Rumble…
"Move aside! Military orders from the Governor's Office!"
A team of knights shouted loudly when they were hundreds of meters away from the city gate of Youzhou City.
When the city guards heard this, they quickly drove away the commoners and merchants who had entered the city and made way for the messenger.
This group of knights charged into Youzhou City and headed straight for the Governor's Office.
In the yamen, Zhang Zhao saw the messenger knight in the front hall.
"Reporting to the chief historian, His Highness has issued an order. There is a change in the Pillar of Heavens Mountains. All the residents of the towns under Youzhou are to move into the cities immediately. All the troops are to be on guard in case of a beast tide!”
"Thud!"
Hearing the order, Zhang Zhao's expression changed drastically. He reached out and took the order.
After quickly reading it, Zhang Zhao immediately shouted,"Quick, call General Lu over!"
"Here!"
After receiving the order, the knight immediately left Youzhou City with his subordinates. He had to go back to report to his superiors.
Soon, Lu Bu arrived at the Governor's Office. When he saw Zhang Zhao, he was about to bow when Zhang Zhao stopped him.
"General Lu, the military situation is urgent. You need to send someone to inform all the villages and towns under Youzhou City to pack up and take refuge in the nearby cities.”
"Lord Chief Historian, what happened?”Lu Bu asked in bewilderment.
"The Pillar of Heavens Mountains, there's a change in the Pillar of Heavens Mountains.”
" What?!" Lu Bu's eyes widened, and his expression turned solemn. He cupped his fists and said,""Lord Chief Historian, don't worry. This general will send troops out of the camp now!”
"Alright, General, go quickly."
"Here!"
Lu Bu turned around and left. Zhang Zhao quickly gathered Bai Fu and the others to take stock of their supplies.
All the villages and towns in Youzhou City had a population of hundreds of thousands.
As these people poured into Youzhou City at once, they definitely needed a lot of food, tents, quilts and other living things.
Otherwise, Youzhou City might be in chaos due to hundreds of thousands of mouths.
……
Along with the cavalry squad sent by White Cloud City, they informed the various counties and the various garrisons.
The garrison troops also started to break camp. They informed the people outside the city to take refuge in the city while the rest of the army headed to the nearest county city to prepare for defense.
When the beast tide broke out, White Cloud City would definitely suffer the greatest impact, followed by Youzhou City.
After that would be the counties of Youzhou.
But even so, the counties still did not dare to be negligent.
There were nine counties in Youzhou Province, including eight counties outside Youzhou City.
The 300,000 troops were split into eight counties, and each county only had 30,000 to 40,000 troops. Including the city guards, the largest army was 50,000, and the smallest was 30,000.
The closer they were to the northern counties, the more troops there were.
But even so, it would still be fine if they were attacked by thousands of fierce beasts.
If tens of thousands of fierce beasts passed through White Cloud City and Youzhou City and reached the city they were stationed in, it could cause a huge disaster.
All of Youzhou was in an uproar, and they all went to the cities to support the old and the young.
The troops stationed in various places had also gathered many carriages to help transport the people back to the city as soon as possible.
……
In Chang 'an, the Divine Capital, a grand court meeting was being held in the Hall of Heaven's Tribute. A thousand oxen rushed in, ignoring the ministers who were reporting. He cupped his fists and said loudly,
"Your Majesty, the Deputy Headmaster of the Imperial Censorate, Li Chunfeng, has an urgent request to see you!”
The assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue, who was interrupted by Qian Niu Bei, had an ugly expression.
However, since it was an urgent matter, he did not dare to interrupt.
At this moment, all the officials knew that Yuan Tiangang, the head of the Imperial Censorate, was a grandmaster.
This was a foundation that only the Holy Lands had.
Such an expert enjoyed an incomparably high status in the Great Tang. Even Li Shiming had to address him as 'Teacher Yuan'.
Naturally, after Yuan Tiangang came out of seclusion, the Imperial Censorate's status also rose.
Li Shimin frowned and opened his mouth slightly,"Announce!"
"Here!"
Qian Niu had just left when Li Chunfeng, who was wearing a Constellation Robe, walked in hurriedly.
Seeing the anxiety on his face, all the officials in the hall were puzzled. What had happened to make this Deputy Headmaster have such an expression?
"Your Majesty, the Golden Eagle from White Cloud City has sent a message. There are changes in the Pillar of Heavens Mountains. The ferocious beasts are boiling.”
Whoosh…
Li Chunfeng's words had just fallen when the entire court was in an uproar.
The assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue, who had been interrupted just now, was no longer dissatisfied. At this moment, his face was also pale.
"Is the news true?" Li Shi Min also stood up and asked loudly.
"Your Majesty, this matter was reported by His Highness King Jing to the Black Knights of White Cloud City. In addition, the four gates of White Cloud City are now tightly shut. At the same time, there was also news from Youzhou City that Lord Zhang, the chief historian of the Prince's Mansion, and General Lu Bu, the garrison general of Youzhou City, had begun to gather civilians into the city.”
"The Thousand Households Bureau of Youzhou also sent experts to investigate overnight. The ferocious beasts and wild animals outside the Pillar of Heavens Mountains are indeed restless and show signs of rebellion.”
"Your Majesty!"
After Li Chunfeng finished speaking, Minister Zuo Pushe, Pei Ji, who had been ignoring him for a long time, immediately stood up and reported,""Your Majesty, the beast tide at the Pillar of Heavens Mountains is no small matter. Even if there are only signs, we should send reinforcements.”
"I agree!" Right Servant Fang Xuanling also stood out."Your Majesty, once the beast tide breaks out in the Pillar of Heavens Mountains, if the north is unable to resist it, it will definitely fall apart.”
"At that time, even if the beast tide receded, less than ten percent of the border towns of Youzhou would remain. There would also be the foreign tribes in the north eyeing them covetously. If we don't send reinforcements, the north might completely fall.”
"Your Majesty, I agree. We should send troops to support Youzhou as soon as possible!”
"I agree."
"I agree!"
…….
One by one, the ministers stood up.
The Great Tang Imperial Court had never been so united before.
From this, one could see how terrifying the beast tide was to the Great Tang officials.
Li Shi Min naturally knew how terrifying the beast tide was.
After calming himself down, he sat back on the dragon throne and looked at the generals. He shouted,"Duke of Hu Qin Qiong, Duke of Lu Cheng Yaojin, Duke of E Yuchi Jingde!”
"I'm here!"
The three generals who were called out were wearing thin armor and replied loudly.
"I order all of you to lead your troops and immediately set off to Youzhou to provide support.”
"Yes, I will!"
"In addition, Fei Ying orders the British Duke Li Ji to lead troops to assist Jingzhou.”
"Here!"
"Duke of Bao, Duan Zhixuan, Duke of Xun, Zhang Liang!”
"I'm here!"
"The two of you, lead the troops to help Bing Province!”
"I will obey!"
"This matter cannot be delayed. Give me the commander's seal and all the beloved ministers will set off immediately!”
"Here!"
After receiving the commander's seal, the few dukes whose names were called turned around and left, followed by a group of generals of the fifth rank and above.
The Dukes returned to their residences to put on their armor while the other generals returned to the camp to gather their soldiers.
An hour later, hundreds of thousands of troops were mobilized from the south of Chang 'an, heading toward Youzhou and Bingzhou.
Youzhou, Jingzhou, and Bingzhou, these three military towns were not far from Tianzhu Mountain. Although only Youzhou had changed direction, they had to be on guard.
Otherwise, if there was a beast tide in other directions, it might be too late to send troops to support!
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