401 Defeat of the king
On January 9, 799 in the Guangming calendar, an exciting news spread throughout the human empire, and Prince Wen Ye Chong ascended the throne six days later, that is, on January 15, as the new generation of Guangming Emperor. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
This is both expected and unexpected.
Everyone knows that Prince Wen returned with great martial arts, and no one in the world can stop his sharpness, and it is normal for him to ascend the throne as an emperor. However, when the new dynasty was first established, it was supposed to gather envoys from various countries on the mainland to proclaim the salute in order to show orthodoxy. However, the two countries of the ice field are now closed by heavy snow, and the time for enthronement is so hasty, and the new emperor of the empire obviously did not notify the two countries of their intentions, which makes the atmosphere that had eased up again tense!
The envoys of the two countries stationed in the imperial capital sent back information and urgently inquired, and they all wanted to know if the new human emperor planned to start a war as soon as the spring blossomed and the ice and snow melted - anyway, if they wanted to tear their faces, it didn't matter whether the two countries of the ice field recognized orthodoxy or not!
In stark contrast to the reaction of the foreign envoys, the subjects of the empire let out a long breath. Although the brother and brother are a little lacking in ethics, the people of the empire, who have long suffered from military disasters, only hope to end the chaos as soon as possible and live a peaceful life.
The people of the empire have a very good opinion of His Majesty the Bright Emperor who is about to ascend the throne, not only because Prince Wen has a reputation for being elegant and virtuous, but also because this Zhongxing monarch was able to ascend the throne only after a hundred battles. In this troubled world, such a strong emperor undoubtedly gave the people more security!
The scourge of the undead in the Northwest is no secret in the provinces of the Empire, and the merchants and civilians who entered the interior of the Empire from the Northwest spread the disaster of Tamu City throughout the continent.
In their eloquent descriptions, the Eternal Night Undead are an invincible devil. I don't know if it's the bad taste in human nature, in people's word of mouth, the eternal night undead, like all the devils in the legend, has the greatest hobby of eating people, every time they have to gnaw blood, and they will not give up until they leave their stomachs and intestines.
In addition to eating people, it also likes to turn itself into a beautiful little girl, which makes people feel distressed to look at it. But don't be fooled by her appearance, because her eyes are the most terrifying, and just one glance at her will kill her. The soulless will follow her to the mass grave, dig out her hot heart and give it to the devil, and when the flesh and blood of the heart are eaten, the remaining bones will be stupidly turned into necromantic soldiers and follow it out to fight.
Since this legend spread throughout the empire's large and small towns, it has become the favorite subject of storytellers, who have hollowed out their brains and compiled a large number of enduring scripts, such as "the love story of the undead Chinese girl and the scholar and the demon hunter", what "the undead girl in distress on the wall painted by the scholar who rushed to take the exam", and what "the undead girl painted the skin to fight for the husband", and so on.
Of course, in order to satisfy people's imagination of a better future, and to ensure that the storyteller is not silenced by the court, the ending of these stories is generally quite good, without exception, those poor people who have been deceived by the undead will suddenly encounter the invincible general of the court at the end, or the personable duke of the empire, and they will beat the undead disguised maiden to death, or change their ways and become the forbidden body of the general or duke.
Obviously, these storytellers have also heard the story of the Northern Frontier Army and the Icefield Army teaming up to recapture Tamu City, and the invincible general is naturally the incarnation of the famous Northern Frontier general Mengton, and the Duke of the Empire is undoubtedly the new Icefield Duke Li Wuheng.
Not to mention, since these stories have been circulated, the fear of the undead has been greatly reduced. Acting Minister of State Luo Jin, who originally planned to issue a relevant ban to prohibit the spread of the topic of the dead, also had to smile bitterly: The ability of human self-mental anesthesia is indeed the first in the mainland!
He immediately reversed the ban and asked the provinces to guide the creation of stories in a targeted manner, to reduce individual heroism and strengthen the role of the imperial court and the royal family.
The officials of the various provinces immediately understood that it seemed that the high-ranking officials of the imperial court were not satisfied with the fact that they were only promoting two earthen buns from the northern Xinjiang to highlight the importance of imperial power in the war.
Therefore, in order to improve the enthusiasm and correctness of folk creation, officials and officials in various localities immediately organized a large number of storytellers, bookstore owners, and other relevant literary practitioners to visit the living conditions of prisons in various places, experience the clothing, food, housing, and transportation of prisons, and broaden the horizons of the practitioners.
Soon, "popular" stories such as "The Imperial County Lord Outwitted the Dead Girl", "The Minister of State Captured the Seven Dead Girls", and "The Prince's Northwest Codex No. 1 and 2" appeared on the market.
This time the trend was so great that when Ye Chong made a private visit to the imperial capital, he also watched a "story that the prince and the undead girl had to say". After the future emperor of the empire returned to the palace, Lord Luo Jin was also summoned into the palace overnight, and did not leave the palace until the early morning of the next day.
Before dawn the next day, the Government Council issued an order to prohibit local government officials from talking about or privately publishing news about the dead except for the central court. As for the people, they only approved the words "appropriate guidance", so that this absurd trend was suppressed!
In any case, the existence of the undead has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, as long as they are not in the middle of nowhere, most of the civilians of the empire know that the undead this time are not the nobles of the self-proclaimed gods in the ice field, but the real devil with silver blood flowing in his veins. In the eyes of the devil, both men and women, from the elderly to the drooping children, are the targets of its scourge!
However, the civilians in the interior of the empire are not too worried about this!
Because another exciting news has also been widely circulated: After ascending the throne on 15 January, the new emperor of the empire will lead the army of tigers and wolves to enter the northwest to completely eradicate the undead and demons and protect the safety of the people of the empire! During the personal expedition of His Majesty the Emperor, Princess Fengshuang will supervise the country and preside over the state affairs as the empress dowagen!
At first, the people of the empire were still suspicious of this little-known princess. However, after the beautiful Princess Fengshuang attended several recruitment ceremonies in the imperial capital and Gyeonggi area, and tearfully presented the Imperial Medal of Honor to disabled veterans, the enthusiasm of the people to join the army suddenly reached the extreme.
The hot-blooded young people of the empire have sworn that even if their blood turns to ashes, they will follow His Majesty the Emperor and His Royal Highness the Princess (the hot-blooded young people have heard in private that Her Royal Highness the Princess is still single, and the person she wants to marry no matter where she comes from, as long as she is a big hero who stands up to the sky...... Of course, this is not the point), the hot-blooded young people already intend to defend the dignity of the empire with their lives.
However, while the tide of anti-undead in the empire is rising day by day, few people know that the undead of the eternal night have actually fallen into the hands of the Northwest Army and are secretly on their way to the imperial capital!
All of this is just a means for the new emperor to win the hearts of the people!
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In addition to the scourge of the undead in the northwest, the other is the dying and struggling rebels in the southwest, who still have more than 100,000 people, taking advantage of the scourge of the undead in Tamu City, to defeat the northern army that blocked the Sword Gate.
Most of these soldiers of the Northern Xinjiang Army came from the northwest of the empire, and before Mengton recaptured Tamu City, the situation was erosive, they were worried about the safety of their relatives, and the army was not strong, and Huo Qing, the governor of the southwest, seized the opportunity to break through the defense line in one fell swoop, and returned to the southwest nest through the sword gate.
However, soon after the Southwest Army entered Jianmen, Cao Qiu, a veteran general who had recovered the Gyeonggi region, immediately fell and 150,000 cavalry followed, causing great damage and pressure to the rebels.
Huo Qing intercepted the pursuers, and on the other hand, he approached Yabu City, an important town in the southwest, and fought with Huo Fan, the concubine who swore allegiance to Ye Chong, the prince of Wen, and fought repeatedly, but the rebels were already tired soldiers for a long time, and they returned in vain for several days, while the pursuers were approaching day by day.
Anyone can see that the rebels in the southwest have fallen into a desperate situation, and the defeat of the last rebel army of the empire is a matter of overnight.
Seeing that the morale of the army was declining, the rebel military judges had to kill a group of deserters, but the morale of the army deteriorated even more. Under these circumstances, Huo Qing, the governor of the southwest, had to stop the siege of Yabu City and camp in place to prepare for the final battle.
In the rebel barracks, the soldiers could often see this great man who had dominated the southwest for decades, and he still talked and laughed vigorously, and he did not show the slightest depression, but his body was slightly emaciated.
However, only true cronies know that Huo Qing has cried more than once: "Becoming a king and defeating a king, the four major governors of the empire have gone to three of them, so it can be seen that even if I don't rebel, sooner or later I will fall for Ye Chong, a black-hearted thief."
You see, the governor of the northern frontier, Guo Zizhong, had made great achievements in his life and was loyal, but he also ended up dying in the imperial capital; the governor of the southeast, Qiu Man, was even more ridiculous, bowing his head to slavery, and as a result, he was cunning and a lackey, and he was extremely stupid; as for the governor of the Central Army, Bolu, who was clearly loyal and treacherous, was actually a thief who stole the country, and if he had not surrendered on the spot, how could we have fallen to this. But the old thief was buried in a beautiful place and had a good reputation.
It can be seen that this so-called coffin closure is conclusive, but the black-hearted thief is very close, and he just smears a few words on the dead at will!
I, Huo Qing, have traveled thousands of miles and survived so far, and now I am defeated in this battle, and my life must be short! It is a pity that I have been scheming for many years, and after all, I have lost a little luck, and I will have to bear the infamy of generations...... If we had a little more time, we might be able to reverse this situation! It's a pity, it's a pity!"
Those cronies were also extremely depressed when they saw this, if they didn't know that the killing was too heavy, even if they returned to the imperial court, they would not end well, they would definitely abandon Huo Qing.
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The external troubles are temporarily removed, the internal worries will be calmed, the empire, no one can stop the pace of Prince Wen Ye Chong's ascension to the throne, everyone thinks that the general trend has been decided, but they don't know that in the northwest, a great danger is coming, once this danger breaks out, it may rewrite the world!
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