At the moment when the dragon pillar of luck of the Great Zhou collapsed, not only the major Taoist gate gods of Gaozhou witnessed this scene, but almost most of Dongzhou could see from afar that the golden pillar of luck standing in Gaoyang in the distance exploded, and nine dragon auras rushed to various places.
In Shanyin County, Zhengzhou, Li Cang, who served as the prime minister of Zheng State, saw the dragon pillar collapse at night. A purple-gold dragon came across the sky from afar and landed in the Zheng Palace.
Li Cang entered the palace overnight. The lights were on inside the palace. Next to King Zheng stood a member of the Xuanyuan clan with a human body and a snake tail. King Zheng looked very happy. From a distance, he could see that the dragon energy in his body deepened and his luck took on the appearance of a real dragon. This was clearly a sign that the Great Zhou destiny was split and most of it fell on him.
Ji Chongming was wearing a dragon robe, and the lights in the hall were bright as day. As soon as Li Cang entered the hall, he attracted his attention and said immediately, "My dear minister, you are here! I just wanted to tell you something."
It seems that King Zheng Ji Chongming has already known about the collapse of the dragon pillar of the Great Zhou and the splitting of the golden dragon of destiny. After all, Li Cang is not the only one in Zhengzhou who can see the strange phenomenon of Gaozhou in the southeast. The high priest of the Xuanyuan clan behind Ji Chongming can also do it, and the generation of heavenly masters sent by the Heavenly Master Sect can also do it.
Li Cang bowed and said, "Congratulations, Your Majesty! Congratulations, Your Majesty!"
"The Great Zhou's destiny has been lost, proving that Your Majesty is the true Dragon Emperor."
King Zheng Ji Chongming shook his head and said, "I just want to end this chaotic world as soon as possible. If it continues for one more day, the luck of the human race and the people of Middle-earth will be weakened. There will be continuous wars, natural disasters and military disasters, and the roadside will be full of bones."
“I heard that in many counties of Panzhou and Baizhou, there was no smoke from cooking fires for thousands of miles, and there were countless cities and villages with corpses of starving people everywhere.
Li Cang said: "But Zhengzhou and Minzhou have recovered. Now, five counties including Chi Nan County and Chi Bei County have been captured. Four of the six kings of Huandi have fled in panic. They are terrified when facing Xue Jing, the general under your majesty."
"As long as we take over Huandi and the capital, peace will be within reach."
King Zheng took out a secret letter and reported it to Li Cang: "Take a look, this is a secret letter from Panzhou."
Li Cang's expression changed slightly: "Could it be that something happened in Panzhou again?"
Ji Chongming said: "General Wang Che, who pacified the bandits, has died. Dou Shuo has declared himself the King of Donghai and will fight a decisive battle with King Wei of Panzhou in Yuandong County. The two sides have been fighting for so long that Panzhou and the new army can no longer hold on."
"Besides, both King Wei and the new King of East Sea, Dou Shuo, can't wait any longer."
Wang Che was a general of the Pingkou Army, which was originally the new army of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Because the Great Zhou Dynasty gave up Yangjing, the emperor and his ministers fled south, and the Pingkou Army became an abandoned pawn, and fell into an isolated and helpless situation. There were chaotic troops all around, and the King Wei of Panzhou and his Shendu Army who wanted to enter the pass were holding them back.
If King Wei of Panzhou wanted to leave Panzhou and enter the capital of Huan, he had to surrender the two counties of Yuandong and Yuanxi, and the new army would never give up these two places.
The new army was originally formed to resist King Wei of Panzhou. Most of the soldiers were recruited from the four counties of Yuandong, Yuanxi, Donglin and Donghai. Therefore, they could not give up this place and could only fight to the death with King Wei of Panzhou, resulting in a stalemate.
This is also the reason why the new army has not disbanded after Yangjing fell and the Great Zhou Longting moved south.
Because most of them came from the local area, once King Wei of Panzhou entered the pass, the first to suffer would probably be their hometown. If the military lords and officers above wanted to abandon these four counties, the first to collapse would be themselves.
After the Great Zhou Dynasty moved south, the new army took root there and also conquered Donglin County and Donghai County. General Wang Che, who was in charge of suppressing bandits, lost the constraints of the court and became a local emperor without a real name, the lord of the four counties of Donghai.
Now that Wang Che is dead, the new army and the four counties of Donghai have completely changed, and Dou Shuo has become the real King of Donghai.
Li Cang, the Prime Minister of Zheng State, looked grim. “Although King Wei’s army was once the strongest army in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and there were three martial arts immortals, King Wei was once a top-notch warrior who had survived three levels of immortal disasters and four levels of thunder tribulations, and there are countless martial arts masters under his command.”
"The new army has occupied Yuandong County and Yuanxi County, plus the newly conquered Donglin County and Donghai County, covering nearly an entire state. Not to mention that the new army has dozens of Heavenly Stars and Earthly Stars under their command. Although they are not ranked in the top 100 Heavenly Stars, after the star power is infused into their bodies, many of them can almost exert the power of the realm of possession after opening their star destiny, and can also stimulate their potential in the realm of life and death."
"The new army has been getting stronger and stronger over the past year or so, and now even has an advantage over the Shendu Army and King Wei."
Prince Zheng Ji Chongming also seemed to be very concerned about the situation in Panzhou and Donghai: "These two forces are powerful enough to shock the world."
"If it weren't for the fact that King Wei and King Donghai had the same fate and their fates were not in conflict with each other, trapping these two powerful forces in Panzhou and Donghai, the world situation might have become a competition between King Wei and King Donghai now."
"No matter who among them wins and becomes a complete Tan Lang Star, it will be very bad news for us."
"Bringing a large army southward, its momentum is enough to cause changes and unrest in the world and completely break the current situation."
Prince Zheng Ji Chongming looked at the Prime Minister Li Cang and said, "We must prepare and respond as soon as possible. At the same time, we must be faster and take over the entire Huan land before they do and destroy the six kings of Huan land."
As soon as the Great Zhou Emperor's dragon boat withdrew and hurried back to Gaoyang, both the Yi army in Changjun and Tengjun, as well as the Zhenwu army in Yongzhou facing the imperial guards, immediately took action.
The Zhenwu Army, which had remained unmoved by the provocations and conquests of Shaozhou by the Longting Army of the Great Zhou over the past month and only knew how to hide in defense, began to gather in large numbers and was about to launch a counterattack.
Before the emperor retreated, he seemed to have considered this situation. The loss of the Mandate of Heaven and the collapse of the dragon pillar of destiny would inevitably lead to the worst chain reaction.
First, an imperial decree was issued to inform the imperial guards to hold the position to the end, and even retreat to Wuguan at the critical moment.
Afterwards, three more imperial edicts were issued, one to the Tiger Guard Army, one to the Director of the Imperial Observatory of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and one directly delivered by the Emperor Kong Qi's attendant to the Nine Heavens Killing Boy General Xu Hao.
Xu Hao, the vanguard general who had made great achievements in the attack on Shaozhou, was now led by 3,000 soldiers to garrison in a small county town on the banks of the Tenggong River. The Tenggong River was said to be named after a prime minister of the former Dahuan Dynasty and was a tributary of the river.
The county town is just a small county town, surrounded by some idle defeated barbarian troops, hiding in the mountains or some deserted villages. Xu Hao's latest mission is to capture these defeated troops and chop off the heads of those bandits.
After all, at this time the Tiger Guards had almost gained absolute advantage over the enemy forces of the Yi Kingdom, and were extremely hostile to him as an outsider who came to steal military merits. There was no way that the Tiger Guards would allow him to steal military merits.
Xu Hao was in a very low point, and even many Tiger Guards' generals made mocking remarks when passing by the county.
At this time, the emperor's attendants brought the imperial edict on a large ship and entered the county town along the Tenggong River.
As soon as the eunuchs entered the city, they could see human heads hanging on the tops of the city walls. There was also a foul stench in the city, as if the streets and the city were littered with corpses. After all, this county town was taken down by Xu Hao himself.
It was also the only battle since arriving here. I don't know if it can be called a major battle. Anyway, after Xu Hao led the army here, his blood and murderous intent were aroused. He shouted twice and either shocked or scared the rebels in the city to death. Then he led his soldiers into the city in a swagger.
The emperor's eunuch entered the original county government office and saw Xu Hao sitting high up there, wearing armor and holding a golden sword. He announced the imperial edict several times, but Xu Hao did not make any move, but just looked at the edict with cold eyes.
"The imperial edict has arrived!"
"General Xu! I have received your order!"
"Xu Hao! Did you hear that?"
Xu Hao showed no fear towards the eunuch holding the imperial edict. He just stood up and stretched out his hand. The imperial edict in the eunuch's hand flew out and fell into Xu Hao's hand.
After reading it, Xu Hao suddenly seemed to come to his senses, or figured something out.
Then he threw the imperial edict to the ground and laughed loudly.
"When they use me, they reward me lavishly and hold me high. When they don't need me, they transfer me away and throw me aside."
The cold murderous aura in his eyes blasted through the entire county government office and the sky. The sky was stormy and the clouds within dozens of miles were stained with a layer of blood. "Your Majesty, do you think I, Xu Hao, am a dog?"
The eunuch's face turned pale, and he fell to the ground in a daze. His eyes seemed to be bulging out, and blood was oozing out of his eyes, mouth, and ears.
It looked like he was frightened to death with his internal organs ruptured.