Gyeonggi Central, the royal capital.

The sky was bright, the towering and heavy city wall was shrouded in a mist, and the stubborn garrison stood on the wall of the royal capital, and the patrolling soldiers patrolled back and forth, making the entire royal capital extremely heavily guarded.

Although the city gate has not yet been opened, countless people living in villages and towns on the outskirts of the royal capital have pushed melons, fruits and vegetables to the outside of the royal capital, waiting to enter the city.

The royal capital was the political and economic center of the empire, with a population of nearly one million years and was the largest city in the entire empire.

Although the entire empire is now crumbling, for those who live in the royal capital, there is no difference between peacetime.

During the hundreds of years of the founding of the Great Hung Empire, there were countless rebellions and uprisings, and each time it was able to save the day.

The royal capital has stood for hundreds of years without falling, so whether it is the common people of the royal capital or the princes and nobles, they do not have the slightest worry in the face of the erosive situation in various places, because they feel that the army of the empire can solve everything.

In the early morning, the small traders pushing fruits and vegetables gathered outside the city early, wanting to enter the city early and sell fresh things at a good price.

There is a set time for the opening of the city gates of the royal capital, and those small vendors who are active have also set up breakfast stalls outside the city to provide breakfast for those waiting to enter the city.

Outside the city, more and more people gathered, and the early stalls were steaming, and the vegetable vendors were reluctant to pay for breakfast, but the business travelers were much more generous, sitting down in groups to eat breakfast, and then waiting to enter the city.

Now that foreign invasions are taking place in the northern part of the empire, the situation in the provinces is chaotic, and the business of the merchants is also declining.

While having breakfast at a small stall, it is inevitable to talk about some recent state affairs, such as the suppression of the rebellion by General So-and-so, or the tense situation in the north, with great battles.

In addition to gossiping about the battles of these imperial armies, the scandals of the princes and important ministers in the royal capital have also become talking points.

A certain marquis married the thirty-fifth concubine, and a certain prince is jealous of whom and so on.

What's more, high-ranking officials of the imperial court privately held a cockfighting competition, which finally allowed Prime Minister Wei's son to win the first prize

While these caravans were chatting and the vegetable vendors pushing fruits and vegetables were anxiously waiting to enter the city, the sound of horses' hooves was heard in the distance.

"Da-da-da-"

Three cavalrymen in black armor quickly burst out of the mist and appeared in everyone's field of vision.

The guards guarding the city walls also heard the sound of horses' hooves, and their crossbows poked out of the battlements.

"Get out of the way!"

"Get out of the way!"

"Eight hundred miles expedited!"

The three black-armored cavalrymen galloped all the way, and although there were many people gathered at the city gate, they did not have the slightest intention of slowing down, and roared from afar.

"Eight hundred miles expedited! Open the gates! ”

The city guard guarding this city gate saw the small red flags on the backs of the three black-armored cavalrymen from a distance, and his face suddenly changed.

Following the order of the city defender, more than a dozen guards quickly rushed to the winch, and in the creaking sound, the hanging planks were slowly lowered.

Soon, heavy planks were placed on the moat, and three black-armored cavalry rushed across the moat and into the royal capital.

The city defender saw the three black-armored cavalry galloping along the wide road in the city, rushing towards the majestic palace group, and his face looked extremely solemn.

This city guard has been on duty here for more than ten years, and he has not encountered an urgent battle report of eight hundred families for a long time, except for the eight hundred miles of urgent war reports encountered during the prince's rebellion and foreign invasion many years ago.

"Hurry up to Prime Minister Wei's mansion, there are eight hundred miles in the east just now, and the urgent report has been sent to the imperial city."

After a little thought, the city guard summoned a soldier, and after a few words of explanation in a low voice, the soldier left in a hurry.

Soon, the battle report was uploaded layer by layer and sent to the inner court, directly bypassing the little emperor and presenting it to Prime Minister Wei Cheng.

"Read it."

When he heard that the eight-hundred-mile war report was coming, Prime Minister Wei Cheng, who was lying on the chair, seemed extraordinarily calm, without any emotional fluctuations.

"Lan Bowen of Ansan County reported: The county guard Lan Bowen, Liang Xuanfeng of Nanyang Prefecture sent troops to quell the rebel army, but our army was defeated, and a general of the empire, three more than 5,000 officers and soldiers below 1,000 households were all wiped out. Liang Xuanfeng's ineffective command led to a fiasco at the front line, lost Nanyang City, and fled without permission, and the crime was added to the first degree."

The attendants quickly read out the eight-hundred-mile urgent battle report, and Wei Wendao's cheeks couldn't help twitching a few times, and he immediately regained his composure.

Faced with such a fiasco, Prime Minister Wei just squinted his eyes.

Now there are many troubles, fighting for power and profit, and there is no longer so much energy to get angry, and the wind and waves have come, and they have become more pampered and unfazed.

"Prime Minister Qiqi, the Lord of the Six Divisions has arrived at the Military Aircraft Hall, waiting for discussion."

At this moment, a servant came in and made a respectful report.

"Prime Minister Qi, the general of the auxiliary country has arrived at the military aircraft hall and is waiting for discussion."

"Prime Minister Qi, Lin Zhengying and Marquis Lin have already arrived outside the hall, waiting for discussion."

After Wei Wendao listened to the eight-hundred-mile urgent battle report, the six departments that got the news, the people from the General's Mansion and the Linhou Mansion all arrived in a hurry.

They had already learned some news from the mouth of the flying horseman, that is, the imperial army of Nanyang Mansion had suffered a crushing defeat, and the city of Nanyang Mansion had fallen, which was something that had not been encountered in many years.

"Now that they're all here, let them in."

"No—"

Soon, under the leadership of the attendants, the six ministers, the general of the auxiliary state, and the Marquis of Lin all entered the inner hall.

When they saw Wei Wendao, who was the most seated, they saluted one after another.

Facing these important ministers at the core of the imperial court, Wei Wendao waved his hand weakly, asked them to stand up and speak, and at the same time asked the close attendants to read the battle report again.

Although they already knew the general situation of the matter, after hearing the battle report, these important ministers of the empire still looked extremely ugly.

"Nanyang Mansion City has fallen, the official army has been defeated, what do you think should be done?"

Wei Wendao asked after looking around at the crowd of people.

"Prime Minister, Liang Xuanfeng's command is too wrong, and he misses the opportunity, and the minister thinks that he should be severely punished to set an example-" Marquis Lin took the lead in standing up and speaking out.

"The minister reconsidered, Liang Xuanfeng and others were upright and upright, but they were defeated by the thieves, so that Nanyang Mansion City fell, and tens of thousands of people fell into the hands of anti-thieves, and the king was shaken, and he should be held accountable." The Lords of the Six Divisions also expressed their opinions.

Seeing that the people of the Sixth Department took the opportunity to make trouble, the generals of the General's Mansion also looked extremely ugly.

"Prime Minister, the defeat of Nanyang Mansion is not a fault of the war, but the corruption of the local county government is rampant so that everyone is a thief, and the thousands of households in Nanyang Mansion have protected the army to fight with the thief army, and have sacrificed their lives for the country and died on the battlefield. The auxiliary general stepped forward to make his debut.