Chapter 836: Three Hundred Miles in a Hurry

It has been almost a season since the Liang army set out to conquer China. The increasingly hot weather in the palace of Daliang City has made the Emperor Liang distracted from government affairs. He is now taking a nap on his couch, with four palace maids standing around him, fanning him with fans.

After waking up, he couldn't help but think of the war on the front line.

In the previous war with neighboring countries, the Emperor Liang had seen the power of the Centaurs.

Now the Emperor Liang, who has once again spent a huge amount of money to hire Centaurs as thugs, has dreamed of ruling the Central Plains and unifying the world as early as the first day of the army's expedition.

[According to the time, there should be a victory report back, right? ]

Just as he was thinking about this, a burst of hurried footsteps came from outside the palace.

The voice came before the person!

"Report--"

"Three hundred miles of urgent news from the border!"

When the Emperor Liang heard this, he was immediately ecstatic.

"Hurry up and announce!"

After receiving the order, the dusty messenger hurried into the hall.

Without waiting for the other party to salute, Emperor Liang couldn't wait to ask.

"But the victory report from the front line?!"

The messenger, who had been running all the way, was exhausted at this time. Hearing this, he didn't react for a while, but just said the only information in his mind as quickly as possible.

"The Western Territory, the Western Territory was attacked by an unknown enemy, and Pingyuan City fell!"

As soon as this sentence was spoken, Emperor Liang was struck by lightning, and the ecstatic expression on his face froze completely. After being stunned for two seconds, his face twisted rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye, and then he grabbed the messenger's collar.

"What did you say just now? Say it again?!"

The messenger was frightened by Emperor Liang's behavior and his face turned pale, but he still said the urgent report again with difficulty.

"The Western Territory was attacked by an unknown enemy, and Pingyuan City fell."

"..."

After hearing the news again, Emperor Liang took a deep breath after a brief silence, and then kicked the messenger to the ground.

"Impossible! How dare you lie about military intelligence? This is a crime of deceiving the emperor! Come on! Drag him down and behead him!!"

When Emperor Liang's order came, the guards guarding outside the palace did not doubt him, and hurried into the palace, grabbed the messenger and dragged him out of the palace.

"Unjust, unfair! Everything I said is true! I definitely did not lie about military intelligence!!!"

The messenger shouted hoarsely, but he had exhausted his strength in the process of rushing, and no matter how he struggled, he could not break free from the grasp of the two guards.

As the sound went farther and farther, Emperor Liang's heart could not calm down, but fell into great anxiety.

"Pingyuan City fell? Impossible, this is absolutely impossible!"

While muttering to himself, Emperor Liang looked outside the palace again.

"Pass on my order, send a cavalryman to Pingyuan City to confirm the situation as quickly as possible!"

Originally, after taking a nap, Emperor Liang wanted to cheer up and deal with government affairs, but now he has completely lost the mood.

An entire afternoon was spent in his anxiety.

No matter how efficient the cavalry is, it takes time to get from Daliang City to Pingyuan City, which is located on the border.

But if he doesn't get a definite answer, the anxiety in Emperor Liang's heart will not be eliminated.

For the next week, he can be said to be completely trapped in a strong anxiety.

"Report--"

"Three hundred miles of urgent news from Donghe City!"

On this day, while attending court, another three hundred miles of urgent news came, and it came from Donghe City, which is also in the western border.

This made Emperor Liang's face obviously become uncertain, but he finally gritted his teeth.

"Announce!"

The messenger hurried into the hall and forced himself to tell the news he had brought back day and night.

"Donghe City was attacked and has fallen!"

This sentence was like a thunderbolt from the blue sky, causing the Liang Emperor's brain to go blank in an instant. Then he stumbled and sat directly on the dragon throne behind him.

Frightened, the court officials below knelt on the ground and shouted, "Your Majesty, take care of your body!"

But the Liang Emperor could no longer hear their voices.

It was the height of summer, and it was clearly hot and unbearable. However, the Liang Emperor, who was lying on the dragon throne, felt cold all over his body, and his body shivered uncontrollably.

At the same time, he kept muttering...

"Impossible, this is impossible..."

I don't know how long he stayed on the dragon throne, and finally the Liang Emperor stood up again with all his strength.

"Where did the enemy come from to break two cities in the western border of my Liang State in such a short time?!"

There were only six cities in his Liang State, and with the fall of two of them, he could be said to have lost nearly one-third of his territory.

Not to mention that once Donghe City is broken, the enemy's current position can directly reach his capital Daliang City! !

At this moment, facing the angry questioning of Emperor Liang, all the court officials lowered their heads and looked at each other.

While they were also unclear about what was going on, they couldn't say anything.

"Waste! They are all a bunch of waste!!"

During this period, because of the sudden news from the Western Territory, Emperor Liang was already anxious and restless, and his mental state was getting weaker and weaker.

Now looking at this group of court officials who could not help him solve his problems, Emperor Liang was furious on the spot, and then his eyes went black and he fainted.

The Emperor of Liang's blunder made the entire court a mess.

Afterwards, no one knew who leaked the news, but the news of the fall of two cities in the western border of Liang State spread like wildfire, and in a blink of an eye, it spread throughout the entire Daliang City.

At the same time, compared to the already chaotic Daliang City, Zhuo Ge and Bai Tu, who had successfully captured Donghe City after capturing Pingyuan City, were now in the military camp of Donghe City, discussing the next move.

"Old Bai, do you think we should go straight to the capital Daliang City, or take down the two neighboring cities first?"

At this moment, Zhuo Ge was gesturing on the map in front of him.

This battle was really too easy for them, not only because they had weapons like the three-bow crossbow to break the city.

In addition, another very important point is that the number of troops they had for this expedition was as many as 3,500!

At the beginning, Zhou Xu recruited soldiers twice, 2,000 in the first time and 3,000 in the second time. The 2,000 soldiers in the first time were basically all transferred to Anling City for defense, and the 3,000 soldiers in the second time were all transferred to Feiyan City.

At that time, the total strength of Feiyan City was as high as 4,000! Among them, 500 soldiers stayed in Feiyan City, and the remaining 3,500 followed Zhuo Ge and Bai Tu to cross mountains and rivers and arrived at the western border of Liang State.

With the strength of the soldiers, coupled with the three-bow crossbow, a powerful weapon for breaking the city, the current Great Zhou army in Liang State can really kill at will!

The only thing that slowed down their efficiency was the distance between the cities.