Chapter 579: Then We Shall Deal With Them One By One

Every step was difficult.

Liu Zheng took a deep breath.

Only now did he realize that what people said about the treachery of Jinghua was true. Compared to the deceit and the invisible, cutthroat infighting of this moment, he preferred the head-on slaughter of the battlefield.

The air was oppressive and heavy.

It was enough to make one unable to breathe.

Liu Dahao and Feng Sanniang also looked at each other in dismay.

Everyone realized how difficult their situation was at this moment. With wolves in front and tigers behind, they were surrounded by enemies. Xie Tianyao had intended to settle scores with Liu Zheng this time, to settle scores with this terrifying force from Liangzhou that he found difficult to control.

On top of this, there was the Crown Prince, Xie Fang.

There was also the representative of the scholar-officials, Minister of Personnel Zhu Zhen.

And there was Dong Guifei, who had just gathered a bunch of rabble to support herself.

Looking across the entirety of Jinghua.

It seemed that the only person standing on Liu Zheng's side was Prince Yong.

A bitter smile.

At this moment, Liu Zheng was left with nothing but a bitter smile.

Calm.

He tried his best to calm himself down.

One must remain composed when facing great events!

He had always kept these words of Qingyang Shuo in mind.

Xie Tianyao...

The Crown Prince...

Zhu Zhen...

Tiemu Cheng...

Taking a deep breath, he smiled faintly: "Then we shall deal with them one by one."

"Huh?"

Several people were dumbfounded.

Deal with them one by one?

Liu Zheng gave a cold smile: "Since the Emperor has not spoken, it means there is still room for maneuver. First, he wants to see how this grand ceremony is handled, and whether our Longyan Dynasty can continue to intimidate these petty villains!"

"Second, Tiemu Cheng is arrogant and domineering; I can help him solve that."

"Third..."

A sharp glint flashed in his eyes as he stood up abruptly and said coldly: "It is time to let these Jinghua natives know who is protecting them! They have lived the good life for too long and have forgotten what our Liangzhou Army is for..."

The expressions of the few people changed simultaneously.

News always spreads quickly.

Just half a day later, Qingyang Shuo, who was in Yintan City, had already received the news.

The threat from the Qi.

The dignity of the Longyan imperial court being trampled upon!

The tacit understanding between him and Liu Zheng had reached a level where they did not need to communicate by letter at all.

The young master was in trouble.

He was trapped in a predicament.

Qingyang Shuo thought for only a moment before waving his hand, and a military order was sent to Liangzhou Prefecture.

The fifty thousand Liangzhou Army troops stationed at Rongshan Pass were to march on the Xiongnu Royal Court!

Once this military order was issued, the entire Longyan was in an uproar.

That very day, fifty thousand Liangzhou Elite Cavalry launched a Lightning War on the Xiongnu border. Everyone knows that speed is the essence of war, but the speed at which the Liangzhou Army mobilized this time could no longer be described as swift. It was simply a feeling of flying!

The nearest Xiongnu tribe was slaughtered that very night.

Not one of the three thousand people in this tribe could escape.

The dead died, and those captured were taken as slaves.

Two days before the Longyan Emperor's birthday, blood began to spread eastward across the Grassland under the invincible iron hooves of Liangzhou.

That's right.

It was spreading eastward...

As for why it was eastward, no one could clearly explain.

The Xiongnu Royal Court was greatly shocked.

Since the last great battle at Rongshan Pass, the Xiongnu had lost one hundred and fifty thousand able-bodied men, and they should not have been able to recover for fifteen years. The two sides had been at peace, so why did this Longyan suddenly attack?

Furthermore, this Longyan army actually dared to attack during the time when the Grassland was at its most lush and the horses were at their strongest?

Had they gotten cocky?

For thousands of years, Longyan had never taken the initiative to attack the Xiongnu!

The Xiongnu Royal Court was exhausted from dealing with it.

"What is going on!"

"Who can tell me what is going on!"

"Hmm?"

The Xiongnu Chanyu vomited blood that day, his face ashen: "What is going on? Why is the Longyan army attacking us? Why!"

However, no one answered him.

Because at this moment, the sounds of shouting and killing had already arrived from not far away. The group of people in the camp had already turned and run like the wind, not even sparing a thought for their Great Chanyu...

"Pfft..."

Over in Jinghua.

The Xiongnu Royal Court's delegation, here to participate in the Longyan Dynasty's Christmas, had gone mad; they were crying and shouting as they submitted a memorial to the Emperor, bitterly denouncing the crimes of the Liangzhou Army.

Didn't we sign a ceasefire agreement?

You Longyan people have no integrity!

What about the spirit of the contract!

Is there any spirit of the contract at all!

This group of people dressed in Xiongnu attire were weeping bitterly outside the Yangxin Hall.

Xie Tianyao, however, was laughing heartily inside the Yangxin Hall.

The Liangzhou Army had penetrated three hundred miles into Xiongnu territory in a single day!

Good!

Satisfying!

"Good, hahahahaha!"

Xie Tianyao slapped his thigh, glowing with radiance, and laughed: "Good, how satisfying! Truly satisfying as hell!"

Grand Eunuch Zhou stood to the side, his face covered in black lines as he listened.

Perhaps only this kind of thing could make an old fox as gloomy as water like Xie Tianyao act so unrestrained, even blurting out profanities.

Grand Eunuch Zhou chuckled: "Emperor, this Liangzhou Army is truly a sharp blade!"

"Hmm..."

Xie Tianyao smiled for a moment, then roared: "What are you crying for? Get them out! Get them out of my sight! When their Xiongnu were bullying our Longyan, why didn't they cry? Hmm, get out!"

"Yes!"

However...

The Xiongnu people had just been driven away.

The messenger from the Nanzhao Kingdom over there came running over, wailing and shouting.

Because.

At the same time.

The Liangzhou Army stationed at Liangshan had launched an attack on the Nanzhao Kingdom.

With Qin Zhangfeng as Great General, Huobu Quli as Left General, and Huobu Zhuoli as Right General, the army of one hundred thousand had poured out of their nest. Within a single day, they had reached the city walls, and the capital of the Nanzhao Kingdom, Dali City, was in imminent danger!

The siege had begun on this very day.

The rumbling sounds awakened the Nanzhao populace who had just entered the night. The sudden war caused this city, which had long been poisoned by opium, to let out a weeping, death-rattling wail.

Within a single day.

Two wars, both sudden and blessed with lightning speed. And they were carried out with such a crushing momentum that the enemy had no time to react at all.

The entire Longyan was stunned.

The entire Jinghua was dumbstruck.

Everyone who had been paying attention to Prefect Liu took a deep breath at this moment.

Good heavens.

Was it the protection of Jinghua that made them arrogant, or did they think that Prefect Liu, having come to Jinghua, could no longer wield his blade? Only now did those who had been targeting Prefect Liu in the open or in the shadows suddenly wake up.

This was Prefect Liu!

This was Prefect Liu, who held the invincible Liangzhou Army in his hands!

Although he was currently in Jinghua.

It did not affect in the slightest the fact that the Liangzhou Army he had trained could still look down upon the world, peerless and unmatched!

"Emperor..."

"Emperor!"

"Our Nanzhao Kingdom..."

"Our Royal Court..."

"Why is this happening?"

Soon.

It was not just these two small nations.

The next day.

Messengers from the Daxia Kingdom and the Kangju Kingdom, located further west in the Western Regions, came one after another, weeping and kneeling outside the Yangxin Hall.

Chaos.

At this moment.

The foreign delegations in Jinghua were all trembling with fear.

This...

Wasn't it agreed that they would all pressure the Longyan Dynasty together this time?

How did it end up with their own nests being on the verge of being wiped out?