Chapter 46
"Giddyup!"
"800 Li emergency report, quickly move aside!"
A fast horse galloped through the streets of the capital. On the horse was an armored soldier who kept shouting loudly.
The pedestrians on both sides of the street made way, afraid that the horse would run into them because it was exhausted.
"Su Ming, what exactly happened? Why is that soldier acting in such a panic?”
Zhao Ziyi frowned slightly as he looked at the soldier's departing back and said in confusion.
Su Ming held a candied fruit in his hand, and the four-year-old Su Mu Zi sat on his shoulder.
"Maybe something happened at the border.”
Su Ming said with a smile.
"Could it be that the demons are invading Chengyang again?”
Zhao Ziyi said in surprise.
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In the Imperial Palace.
"Your Majesty, the Demon Defending Land has been broken through by the Demon Army. The second barrier, Crimson Sand City, has also been broken. Now, the Demon Army is marching north and rushing towards the capital."
Whoosh!
The entire meeting hall was in an uproar.
After sixty years, had the demon army invaded Chengyang again?
Zhao Jin, who was sitting on the throne, had a drastic change in expression.
The Demon Resisting Land was the first barrier against the demons, while Crimson Sand City was the second barrier.
Now that the two barriers had been broken, the demons would have a smooth road ahead. Once they broke through Black Iron City, they would head straight for the capital.
Ever since Zhao Jin took over the throne, he had never experienced such a grand battle. His face was a little ashen.
"The 100,000 strong army in the Demon Defending Land, are they all a bunch of good-for-nothings?”
"There are also 50,000 soldiers stationed in Crimson Sand City.”
"Now that two cities have been broken through at once, there's no natural barrier to rely on. Even if I want to send troops to help, there's no chance."
Zhao Jin looked at the civil and military officials below the stage and said in a deep voice,"Dear ministers, do you have any good ideas?”
Chief Assistant Wen He stood up and said,""Your Majesty, I have a plan. Before the demon army arrives, we can first mobilize 50,000 troops from the Demon Hunting City in the north, and then 50,000 troops from Qingzhou, Youzhou, and Shuzhou.”
"A total of 200,000 soldiers are stationed in Black Iron City, which is more than 500 miles away from the capital. As long as we can defend Black Iron City, we can order Yunzhou to send out another 50,000 soldiers to encircle and suppress the demon army that has penetrated deep into Chengyang!”
Zhao Jin's eyes lit up. He deeply agreed with this method.
Even though the demon army had caught him off guard, Chengyang City had hundreds of thousands of soldiers. As long as the demons could withstand the first wave of fierce attacks, they would be able to join forces with the other provinces to surround and suppress them!”
The Minister of War, Huang Ming, suddenly stepped forward and said in a clear voice,"Your Majesty, I feel that there is something fishy about this matter. More than 60 years ago, the Demon Race joined forces with the Demon Race to invade Chengyang City. That was because the Demon Emperor Nangong Tian and the Demon Emperor Tuoba Jie were both Half-Saints.”
"Now that so many years have passed, the two of them must have recovered their peak strength. That's why they have the confidence to attack Chengyang again.”
"Perhaps the soldiers of the Demon Hunting City are fighting fiercely at the moment, but the news has not yet come back.”
"If we want the Demon Hunter City to divide its forces by 50,000, then the Demon Hunter City will only have 50,000 soldiers left. How can we resist the demon race's attack?”
"Once the Monster Race finds an opportunity to attack the Monster Hunt City, Chengyang will be handing over his back.”
"When the Monster Race and Demon Race surround Chengyang again, Chengyang will be in danger.”
Whoosh!
The officials immediately broke into an uproar and began to whisper to each other.
Although Huang Ming's guess was a little exaggerated, he could not rule out this possibility.
The demons and demi-humans had been coveting Chengyang's territory for a long time.
"Silence!"
A eunuch shouted loudly, and the court fell silent again.
After hearing Huang Ming's words, Zhao Jin's expression immediately darkened.
If what Huang Ming said was true, then Chengyang was indeed in deep trouble.
"Then what does Minister Huang think we should do?”Zhao Jin asked.
"I think there are two steps we can take now.”
Huang Ming said in a deep voice," Tell the Youzhou soldiers to retreat to Black Iron City immediately. We will wait for the Qingzhou and Shu Prefecture to send reinforcements. Before that, we must be prepared to fight a war of subjugation."”
Hearing about the war of national subjugation, all the officials in the court were in an uproar again.
"Silence!"
The eunuch shouted again, but this time, the officials ignored him and continued to whisper to each other.
Pa!
Zhao Jin's face was ashen. He slammed his palm on the table, causing the noisy scene to quieten down again.
"What should we do for the second step?" Zhao Jin looked at Huang Ming and asked.”
"Please come out of seclusion, Commander Azure Dragon!" Huang Ming said.”
Please ask the Green Dragon Commander to leave the pass.
These few words made everyone's expression change.
This meant that this war had already involved a battle between Saints.
Although they had never seen the battle between the saints in the imperial palace more than 30 years ago, they had never seen it before.
However, according to historical records, Wang Xiao, the leader of the Carefree Sect, smashed the meeting hall with a palm strike. Chen Yubian, as the guard of the First Prince, was possessed by the commander of the Azure Dragon. He cut off the arm of Wang Xiao, a Half-Saint expert, with a knife and killed Wang Xiao with a palm strike.
Everyone believed that this was the doing of the Azure Dragon Commander of the Northern Garrison.
After so many years, the Azure Dragon Commander of the Northern Garrison had once again been forgotten by the world.
Now that they had encountered such a war, it was already an urgent matter to ask the Azure Dragon Commander to come out of seclusion.
Zhao Jin couldn't help but recall that his father, Zhao Zhuan, had said before his death that if he was invaded by a Saint Realm expert, he could go to the seventh floor of the North Town Administrative Office's archives to seek help from the Azure Dragon Commander.
Just as Zhao Jin was deep in thought, another urgent report came from outside the hall.
"Your Majesty, the demon race's army has already broken through the Demon Hunting City the day before yesterday. The demon race's army is heading straight for Chaojing City. In less than ten days, they will be at the city gates. Your Majesty, please make a decision as soon as possible."
Whoosh.
The officials were in an uproar.
Hearing this news, Zhao Jin's face was already as pale as paper.
Was the incident from more than sixty years ago going to happen again?
"Pass down the order to immediately send the North Garrison Commissioner!”
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