The end of the world begins with the king

Chapter 720 Make Southwest

"They withdrew..."

"They really withdrew..."

On the city wall, soldiers cheered.

These soldiers belonging to the capital of Shu County have been holding on to the city for more than a month, and now they are finally looking forward to the imperial court's retreat.

In fact, this is the second time that the imperial court has withdrawn troops since the withdrawal of the forbidden army more than ten days ago.

While everyone was cheering, the officers above the city gate were also watching the imperial army leave by the window.

"It seems that the imperial court was really forced to do nothing by King Yong, and even the soldiers of Nanyang Dusi were transferred away!"

The one who said this was Luo Hongyuan, the Commander of the Suining Guard.

Behind him stood other senior officers of the Suining Guard, as well as Yang Ruo, the commander of the capital of Shu County.

"Those people in the imperial court want to chop off our heads, I'm afraid King Yong will kill them first!" Yang Ruo said solemnly.

"Your Excellency's words are very true!" Everyone responded one after another.

The higher the rank of the officer, the more dangerous it is to work in Shu County and Shannan County.

From the 24th year of Tai'an to before they rebelled, more than 50 high-ranking officials of the capital had been beheaded by the court on charges of ineffectiveness in suppressing zombies.

At this time Luo Hongyuan said: "But I don't know where we will go from here!"

No matter which one wins, the imperial court or King Yong, they must clean up the chaos in the southwest, and they will also be in trouble when the time comes.

As for the future, obviously not a few people in the room can decide.

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In Shannan and Shu County, the two capitals now have the final say, and the capital of Shu County is the main one.

At the moment, in the hinterland of Shu County, a team of envoys from Zhao Yanxun is rushing to Rongcheng Mansion.

After more than two years of suppression, although the capital of Shu County failed to wipe out the zombies, it also made the density of zombies extremely small.

In addition, there are large and small rivers in the territory, which can limit the zombies as much as possible, so the production of Shu County has resumed by [-]%.

Judging from these achievements, the capital of Shu County has meritorious service. Facing the "pressing step by step" of the imperial court, the capital is naturally very resentful.

In the yamen of the capital of Shu County in Rongcheng, Li Jinzhong, the commander of the capital, was checking the map, but received an unexpected report.

"You mean, King Yong's envoy has arrived?" Li Jinzhong stroked his beard and said.

The little official who reported it replied: "Exactly, now people are outside the east gate. Do you see me or not?"

After thinking for a while, Li Jinzhong said in a deep voice, "Take them into the city!"

After the little official left, a man walked out of the study on the left side of the room, holding a document in his hand to read again.

"King Yong sent someone over, what does he want to do?"

This person is Wang Baozhen, the commander of the Shannan Capital. The two counties wanted to deal with the imperial court together to suppress the rebellion, so he also came to Rongcheng to command the army.

It can be said that the affairs of the two southwest counties are now decided by the two of them.

I just heard Li Jinzhong say: "We rebelled, and King Yong rebelled. To put it bluntly, we are a group of people. We want to ask us to send troops to help them deal with the court together!"

After Wang Baozhen thought for a while, he frowned and said, "I don't think it's that simple. They can defeat the Western Front Army overnight. I'm afraid they don't need our help!"

The two of them sent many people to inquire about the news about the front line of the Hanshui River, as well as the situation of the Yong army and the court, so they knew more details.

Li Jinzhong said in a deep voice: "The Western Front Legion has a group of forbidden troops that the imperial court can fight the most. The Yong army defeated it overnight. It is really a strong army!"

"The population in the northwest is sparse, and there are those monsters making trouble, how did King Yong gather such a strong army?"

Both Li Jinzhong and Wang Baozhen couldn't figure out this question, so they talked about other things and waited for King Yong's envoy to arrive by the way.

After conquering the Han River and taking the eastern part of Hexi County, Zhao Yanxun rescued many exiled officials in addition to recovering a group of surrendered officials.

Most of these officials are officials from the concubine family who were excluded, and they all supported Zhao Yanxun as the crown prince.

Strictly speaking, these people should not be called Duanfei family, after all, they are centered on the cabinet minister Lu Chaowen.

As these officials were dealt with, Lu Chaowen resigned as a cabinet minister, reluctantly seeking a good death for himself.

The person who came to Rongcheng today was Zhang Bojiang, the supervisory censor of Shu County in the former capital procuratorate.

This person had worked in Shu County and knew a lot about the situation in Shu County, so he was sent by Zhao Yanxun as an envoy.

"My lords, the envoy is already waiting outside the gate of the Dusi, but he wants your lords to go out to greet him!"

Hearing the report, Li Jinzhong sneered and said, "He can show off!"

Wang Baozhen said: "After all, he is here on behalf of King Yong, so it won't hurt us to go out to meet him!"

After thinking about it, it's really not the time to be angry, and it's not a big deal to go out to meet him.

I saw Li Jinzhong got up from the chair and said, "Okay, I'll go out to meet you for your sake!"

Immediately afterwards, the two of them went out together and came to the gate of Dusi.

Zhang Bojiang was very thin, because he worked in the fields during his exile, suffered a lot and suffered a lot.

But the ten soldiers behind him stood upright like a mountain.

This time he came from Hexi County, Zhang Bojiang brought a total of fifty guards, all of whom were elite guards, and the other 40 people were all outside the city.

Experts knew if there was one as soon as they stretched out their hands, and just glanced at the guards, Li Jinzhong and the two knew why the Yong army was able to defeat the imperial army in one battle.

If they were given tens of thousands of such soldiers, they would have the guts to fight against the court and take advantage of the troubled times to do something great.

The two walked down the steps, surrounded by more than a dozen personal soldiers, and stopped at a position five meters away from Zhang Bojiang.

Li Jinzhong clasped his fists and said: "So it's Mr. Zhang, I'm sorry for my mistakes!"

Zhang Bojiang was a supervisory censor in Shu County, so Li Jinzhong knew him, but there was little intersection between the two.

"You two are busy with business, understandable!" Zhang Bojiang said indifferently.

Wang Baozhen smiled and said, "Outside is not a place to talk, please!"

Zhang Bojiang did not hesitate, and followed Li Jinzhong into the yamen, while a group of guards arranged for a rest.

When they came to the meeting room, Zhang Bojiang and Li Jinzhong sat opposite each other, showing that the two sides were equal.

Although there were zombies in Shu County, production was not cut off after all, so all supplies were basically self-sufficient, so they had the courage to rebel.

The material supply of the Dusi Yamen is basically the same as before the end of the world, and the hall is full of fragrant tea and cakes.

Picking up the teacup, Zhang Bojiang took a sip, as if returning to his life before he was dismissed from office.

At this time Li Jinzhong asked: "I don't know why His Royal Highness King Yong sent Mr. Zhang over here, what's your business?"

Putting down the teacup, Zhang Bojiang said: "You two raised the banner of righteousness to challenge the false emperor, Your Highness is very appreciative!"

"I was sent here this time to tell the two of you that you don't have to worry about the court's prosecution, because you are innocent!"

Li Jinzhong understood the meaning of these words. King Yong was telling him that they would not be held accountable after becoming emperor.

So here comes the question, since King Yong has given benefits, he will definitely put forward certain conditions.

Seeing that Li Jinzhong was silent, Wang Baozhen opened his mouth and said: "Your Highness clearly judged right from wrong and cleared up the grievances for both of us. We are so grateful!"

Immediately afterwards, Wang Baozhen asked again: "I don't know Your Highness, what do we need to do?"

Seeing these two people being so upbeat, Zhang Bojiang said: "Your Highness said, the imperial court has transferred the army away, and you have no worries about foreign enemies!"

"That's why His Highness hopes that you will wipe out the monsters in the territory as much as possible, and restore peace to the two southwestern counties!"

Zhang Bojiang's words almost made Li Jinzhong and Li Jinzhong think that they had heard it wrong.

He didn't ask himself to send troops to help the war, but to wipe out monsters in the southwest...

At this moment, Zhang Bojiang said in a serious tone: "Your Highness said, if the two of you do not do enough to suppress the situation, he will ask you for questioning at that time!"

(End of this chapter)