"Your Majesty, a great victory has been achieved in Xiliang. The messenger sent by General Duan to report the victory is just outside the palace."
"Okay! Quickly call him in."
"promise!"
Zhao Zhong scrambled out again.
Liu Hong's face immediately lit up with joy, and Chen Fan, Li Ying, and the others were also overjoyed.
Although Dou Wu was also very happy, he felt somewhat uneasy. Duan Jiong was a member of the eunuch faction, and this great victory over the emperor would naturally bring him rewards, which would also boost the influence of those people.
Zhang Rang and the messenger also appeared at the entrance of the main hall.
Zhang Rang was originally on his way to attend to other matters, but when he encountered the messenger bringing good news, he had an idea. He quickly put down what he was doing and led the messenger to Deyang Palace, wanting to report the good news to the emperor.
But now he couldn't be happy. When Zhang Rang saw Zhao Zhong's movements while he was running, he felt something was wrong. Now that he saw Zhao Zhong waiting at the entrance of the main hall with a smile on his face, Zhang Rang understood that Zhao Zhong had beaten him to the good news.
"I was careless. This Zhao Zhong is really despicable."
Zhang Rang cursed inwardly and had no choice but to obediently lead the messenger into the palace. The good news had already been delivered, and if he continued to act that way, he would surely displease the emperor.
The messenger followed Zhang Rang nervously. When he saw Liu Hong, he found the emperor looking at him with a smile on his face.
The messenger immediately knelt down: "Your Majesty, I have come here on the orders of General Duan to report our victory."
He then reported the entire battle process in detail to Liu Hong, especially emphasizing how Duan Jiong deployed his troops and how he bravely led from the front.
Liu Hong took the battle report delivered by the messenger and read it carefully.
"good!"
After reading it, Liu Hong couldn't help but exclaim "Good!" Although he had never experienced war, he could easily tell from the battle report how dangerous this battle was, with 10,000 against 30,000, and it was a direct confrontation on the battlefield.
While the quality of soldiers, logistical support, and even favorable weather and terrain are all indispensable key factors in determining the outcome of a war, they also pose a great test to the commander's ability.
Clearly, Duan Jiong had taken all of these to the extreme to achieve this unprecedented victory, a feat worthy of being recorded in the annals of warfare.
Liu Hong looked at the messenger with great interest, thinking that the man's report was well-organized and clear, which obviously showed that he had remarkable military insights.
Who are you?
"This humble general, Xu Rong, is a centurion under the command of General Dong Zhuo."
"Oh? To actually send a centurion as a messenger, Duan Jiming really goes all out."
Liu Hong chuckled lightly, looking at Xu Rong in front of him, and couldn't help but think of Dong Zhuo, who had trampled the last vestiges of the Han Dynasty's dignity into the ground.
"Dong Zhuo, oh Dong Zhuo... I wonder... what do you look like now?"
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