Chapter 618: Defeat reports one after another, Liu Hong panicked!【1】

It was the fourth month.

The temperature was gradually turning warmer, and all things in early spring had begun to recover.

Ever since the news of the Way of Peace's rebellion reached Luoyang in the third month, the world had been shaken.

After Liu Hong issued a series of edicts, the entire Luoyang fell into a panic of war.

After He Jin was appointed Grand General, he led the Left and Right Feathered Forest Armies to station outside Luoyang to consolidate the city's defense.

The eight passes of Luoyang were closed.

Huangfu Song, Dong Zhuo, and Zhu Jun successively entered the capital to receive their appointments.

Lu Zhi was appointed Northern General of the Household, leading twenty thousand troops north to Jizhou to suppress the rebellion.

Dong Zhuo was appointed Eastern General of the Household, leading twenty thousand troops, coordinating with Lu Zhi to go north and suppress the Jizhou rebellion.

Huangfu Song was appointed Left General of the Household, leading twenty thousand troops, and together with Zhu Jun, who was appointed Right General of the Household, they combined their forces of forty thousand to go south and suppress the rebel army of the Way of Peace in the Yingchuan area.

Four armies, two directions.

Dong Zhuo and Zhu Jun, recommended by Yuan Kui, each took one route.

And Lu Zhi and Huangfu Song, recommended by Yang Ci, also each took one route.

Liu Hong also ordered the lifting of the partisan prohibitions and re-employed the partisans.

And he distributed all the money and grain accumulated in the Western Garden over so many years, and also used the horses he had accumulated over so many years to form a new army.

Everything seemed to be developing in a good direction.

The four armies had already departed from Luoyang for more than half a month.

As the weather turned warmer, Liu Hong, who had been walking on thin ice for more than a month, came to the Western Garden today for the first time in a long time.

Sitting on the dragon carriage, looking at the Western Garden, which had been decorated with the wealth accumulated over many years and was now dilapidated, Liu Hong, dressed in his dragon robes, felt a pang of heartache.

Billions of coins.

These billions of coins were what he had saved for more than ten years.

Now, in one morning, they were all gone.

Liu Hong, gripping the armrest of the dragon carriage, gritted his teeth in hatred.

However, there was nothing he could do.

"Return to the palace."

Liu Hong, sitting on the dragon carriage, turned his head, not wanting to look at the desolate Western Garden.

Several young eunuchs carrying the dragon carriage took small, quick steps, turned around, and carried the dragon carriage toward the distance.

However, they had only walked a few steps.

Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong came toward Liu Hong in a panic.

At a distance of only a few steps from Liu Hong, the two of them fell to their knees with a thud.

Seeing Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong like this, Liu Hong subconsciously felt a shock in his heart.

"Your Majesty, it's not good, disaster, disaster!" Zhang Rang said with a mournful face, as if his mother had died.

Zhao Zhong, who was to the side, also nodded busily: "Your Majesty, it's not good, something big is not good."

"What is it again!" Liu Hong's face turned pale instantly.

Zhang Rang raised his body tremblingly and looked at Liu Hong: "Your Majesty, defeat reports, the defeat reports from the front have arrived."

"What?"

Liu Hong, shocked, sat up straight on the dragon carriage: "What did you say?"

"Defeat reports?"

Zhang Rang nodded: "Yes, Your Majesty, they are defeat reports, a dozen or so defeat reports." ===== CHAPTER 620 =====