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Chapter 296 The Situation of the Tang Empire

Datang Empire, Anping County, Fengling City, City Lord's Mansion.

A middle-aged man wearing a bright yellow dragon robe and a crown (miǎn) 旒 (liú) looked at a piece of paper the size of a palm in his hand with a livid face. It was written all over in small script.

This person is Li Pei, the current emperor of the Tang Empire, whose reign name is Zhengyang.

"Hmph!" After a while, he angrily rolled up the paper in his hand and threw it heavily on the ground, then turned his head and asked, "How many troops can we gather?"

An old man with white beard and hair next to him bowed and replied: "Your Majesty, at present... only the remnants of the Azure Dragon Army, White Tiger Army, and Suzaku Army can be assembled, and the total number is about 20."

Zhengyang Emperor Li Pei's expression became even more ugly, "20 people... If I remember correctly, the normal number of the four major legions should be 20 people each?"

The old man lowered his head even lower, and replied in a low voice: "Your Majesty, it is so."

"That is to say, in less than half a month, 60 people from my four major legions have disappeared!" Zhengyang Emperor Li Pei raised his head and looked at the roof beams, took a few deep breaths, and tried to let the Calm yourself down.

However, how could the fierce anger in my heart be calmed down so easily?
Fortunately, someone came in from the outside at this time, saluted Zhengyang Emperor Li Pei, and then bowed his hands to the old man, "Caomin Zhou Bingyi, I have seen Your Majesty and Di Xiangye."

Zhou Bingyi, Martial God of Zhou Liujing, Patriarch of Zhou Family in Fengling City.

The strong have the dignity of the strong, even if the emperor is in front of them, they don't have to kneel down and salute.

When Zhengyang Emperor Li Pei saw Zhou Bingyi coming in, the expression on his face was slightly relieved, and he squeezed out a smile and asked: "Mr. Zhou, do you have any good news for me?"

Zhou Bingyi gave a wry smile, shook his head and said, "It's not good news. Cao Min received a letter from a few acquaintances of the Martial Gods. They...are unwilling to join the army."

"This..." Emperor Zhengyang Li Pei's eyes darkened, and his expression became bitter.

Among the four great empires, most of the gods of war are scattered among the people. Although the royal family also has powerful people at the level of gods of war, there are not many of them.

This time the incident happened suddenly, and the three Martial Gods who were far away in the imperial capital lost their news, and they did not know whether they were alive or dead.

Among the three Martial Gods, two belonged to the royal clan, and the other was an externally hired priest. If the combined strength of these three people is enough to fight against the two Martial Gods who are at the same level.

But now, they have no news at all.

Zhengyang Emperor Li Pei left the Imperial Palace a month ago, planning to play a private visit on a micro-service. In fact, to put it bluntly, he was tired of staying in the palace and wanted to take a trip as soon as possible.

As a result, within half a month after he came out, he was shocked to hear that the Dadan people had attacked. Before he could rush back to the imperial capital, there was the sad news that all the counties where the imperial capital was located had fallen!
Although the imperial capital has not yet fallen into the hands of the Dadan people, it is surrounded on all sides, and it is difficult to deliver news in a short time.

Since there was no emperor to sit in and give orders, the armies in various parts of the Tang Empire were not well prepared, so they lost battle after battle and lost piece of land after fighting on their own.

Fortunately, Anping County has not been affected by the flames of war for the time being. Zhengyang Emperor Li Pei, who came to the county's Fengling City, showed his token and stayed temporarily in the City Lord's Mansion. Some court officials.

Shang Shu Zuo Pu She Di Huaiying, who had just reported the situation of the army to Emperor Zhengyang, was one of them.

Before they could regroup, new bad news came again - rebellions broke out in many places in the country, and they cooperated with the Dadan people inside and outside, and the land fell rapidly!
This sudden change was like a sap hitting the heads of the Tang Empire's monarchs and ministers.

The Tang Empire has four armies, Qinglong, Baihu, Suzaku, and Xuanwu, distributed across the borders of the southeast, northwest, and guarding the safety of the empire.

However, in this accident, the four major armies were disabled without playing any role!

The Azure Dragon Army, White Tiger Army, and Suzaku Army lost a total of nearly 40 people, and the Xuanwu Army was completely wiped out!

A total of 60 troops are gone, which is undoubtedly a huge loss for the Tang Empire.

Although the Tang Empire had a large population and an army of 200 million people, the four major armies were truly powerful. Although the remaining armies also had certain combat effectiveness, they were not as large as the four major armies on the whole.

Now that the four major legions have been beaten to such a virtuous level, who would expect other troops to play any role?
At the beginning, the Tang Empire was shocked by the defeat of the army, but after inquiring about the situation later, they felt very speechless.

Nima...the majestic Martial Saint and even the Martial God shamelessly participated in the battle of the ordinary army, is this still alive?
It is not an exaggeration to say that a powerful Valkyrie is enough to surpass an army of tens of thousands!
Dozens of Martial Gods are added together, it is even more serious, it is not difficult to wipe out a country directly!

Fortunately, the Martial Gods in the Dadan camp were not completely united this time, and they were somewhat restrained from each other, which gave the Tang Empire a chance to breathe.

Zhengyang Emperor Li Pei took this into consideration and asked Zhou Bingyi, the only Martial God in Fengling City, to find a way to contact other Martial Gods he knew, in order to let them join the army and help the empire turn the tide.

However...the Valkyrie had let him down.

Zhengyang Emperor Li Pei knew that he had no right to blame those Martial Gods, because although in name, those Martial Gods were all subjects under his rule, don't forget that they have absolute strength!

The four great empires are very similar in this aspect. The imperial power is certainly powerful, but that excludes the Valkyrie.

Martial God, Martial God, with Wutongshen, such an existence already has the qualifications to say 'no' to the imperial power.

What's more, even if the Dadan people occupied the Tang Empire, they would not be able to rule for a long time, and they would have to leave sooner or later.

The emperor can be changed again when he is gone, but if the family is gone, those warrior gods are afraid that they will go crazy.

For any god of war, the country is destroyed, and whoever rules the country is unlikely to ignore the existence of the god of war.

The treatment that Valkyrie should have is the same no matter which country he is in.

That being the case, why sacrifice your life for the sake of the royal family?

As for those ordinary people who were massacred... For the aloof Valkyrie, human life is just a series of numbers.

Zhengyang Emperor Li Pei knew this very well, so after hearing the bad news, he didn't say anything but sighed.

At least... Zhou Bingyi is still willing to serve the empire, and it is very good to have the help of Zhou Liujing Martial God.

After Zhou Bingyi gave the news, he also felt a little helpless.

It was he himself who said that he would contact those old friends of the Martial God, but now he failed to give a good result, which made him somewhat uncomfortable.

If he feels uncomfortable, his mood will naturally not be good. In addition, during this period of time, bad news has been coming in one after another, and a lot of anger has already accumulated in his stomach.

When the anger is high, people are easily stimulated and lose their temper.

When Zhou Bingyi was about to say something, he suddenly frowned, raised his eyes to look outside the door, and shouted sharply: "Who is sneaky, why don't you get out?"

(End of this chapter)