When Xu Hao threw the imperial edict on the ground, a figure appeared behind him. It was the Grand Marshal Xu Che, who was supposed to repent and practice in seclusion in Gaoyang, the new capital.
"Father!" Xu Hao turned around and knelt in front of General Xu Che.
Xu Che looked at his youngest son, whose star destiny had been fully awakened, with killing abilities and star power infused into his body. He had surpassed himself, who was already a martial arts immortal who had survived the three disasters. Xu Che laughed happily, "As expected of my son, he has lived up to my expectations."
Xu Hao looked at the corpse of the eunuch of the Great Zhou Dynasty holding the imperial edict in front of him, and his eyes were filled with blazing flames: "Is father really going to rebel?"
Xu Che snorted coldly: "This is different now."
"The Great Zhou has lost the Nine Dragon Imperial Seal, the Dragon Pillar of Luck has collapsed, the Mandate of Heaven is no longer with us, and the Great Zhou is doomed."
"I miscalculated that the new army could resist the Divine Capital Army and the Marquis of Wuwei. I never thought that the emperor would have the courage to abandon the Divine Capital and move south. But now it is different. The Great Zhou has lost its power and the whole world is chasing it. This broken ship of the Great Zhou is no longer a place for you and me to live. No matter who can unify the world, that little Kong Qi will have no chance."
Xu Che lowered his head and looked at Xu Hao: "Also, as the Nine Heavens Killing Boy General, although you have opened your star destiny, your murderous aura is not enough, and your destiny has not returned. It is just right for you to destroy this Great Zhou."
Xu Hao said, "Father, the Dragon Guards have now become the Imperial Guards and the Tiger Guards. Without any soldiers, how can we defeat the Dragon Court of the Great Zhou?"
Then Xu Che sneered and said, "Just because Kong Qi broke up and reorganized my Yulong Army, you think I have no other options? When I, Xu Che, took charge of the Yulong Army, the late emperor had not yet ascended the throne. Does this kid think that by breaking up the Yulong Army, he can get rid of my control over it?"
The armies of the Yi states including Zhongyun, Mengze and Xu were forced to withdraw from Teng County. As they retreated and fled, only less than 80,000 soldiers out of the hundreds of thousands that originally came from the south were left, struggling to defend Chang County.
The Tiger Guard Army surrounded Chang County tightly, and all the important checkpoints and ferry crossings were heavily guarded, making it impossible for these barbarians to escape even if they had wings.
With frequent reports of victory from Shaozhou, the Tiger Guards believed that they would win the battle. However, from the moment the dragon pillar collapsed in Gaoyang, the situation became somewhat different.
The Tiger Guard general looked at the Great Zhou's new capital from afar late at night and saw the dragon pillar collapse and the Great Zhou's fortune fade. He instantly knew that something had changed in Gaoyang.
But what was even more terrifying was that the eunuch who was supposed to deliver the imperial edict to the Tiger Guards was intercepted and killed on the way. The original imperial edict required the Tiger Guards to accept the surrender of the barbarian army, force them to sign a surrender form and then let them go.
The Tiger Guard Army was stationed to garrison and regulate Changjun, Tengjun and Fengyang counties, and the imperial edict to firmly hold the three counties came into the hands of the Tiger Guard Army commander, which turned into an order for the Tiger Guard Army commander to quickly defeat the Yi army and then immediately return to Gaoyang City.
The inspector of the Imperial Observatory, who was originally stationed in Teng County, quickly rushed back to Gaoyang on the night when the dragon pillar of the Great Zhou collapsed, causing the Tiger Guard to lose a major force.
The Tiger Guards' general personally led the army to attack the remaining 70,000 Yi troops in Chang County, and the map was decided in one battle.
However, what was unexpected was that the 20,000 soldiers in the central army suddenly rebelled. The original Tiger Guard Army flag fell down, and the flag of the Dragon Guard Army stood up again. Everyone shouted slogans and wore red dragon scarves.
All the officers and soldiers in the central army rebelled and launched a counterattack, cutting off the front and rear of the entire Tiger Guard Army. The Tiger Guard Army general who led the vanguard into battle personally was suddenly deep in the enemy's territory and was heavily surrounded.
At this time, Xu Hao, leading thousands of soldiers, also arrived at the battlefield and launched a fierce attack on the rear camp of the Tiger Guard Army, causing the entire formation of the Tiger Guard Army to be in chaos and completely collapse.
Changping Hou Xu Che also showed up in person, and together with the generals from Zhongyun, Mengze, and Xu, they besieged the Tiger Guard Army.
The lowest of the four was in the late stage of the possession realm and they fought against the top martial arts immortals. On the spot, one could see the demon bodies supporting the sky, the martial arts golden bodies breaking everything, the earth and the battlefield were torn apart, and several mountains were torn apart in the fierce battle.
Each top general not only has his own martial arts true body, but what is even more terrifying is that he has tens of thousands of warriors and soldiers under his command, which are combined with their martial arts true bodies and momentum to form a complete whole.
The fighting power exerted continued to increase, and finally the Tiger Guard Army general was besieged heavily, and his martial arts golden body, which was like a giant Buddha on a mountain, was destroyed, and he died on the spot.
The Tiger Guards' general was killed in battle, and the military's evil aura also dissipated. The former army officers and elite soldiers who were originally shrouded in it could no longer be reassembled.
Under the attack of the army, most of the soldiers who were originally loyal to the Tiger Guard Army and the Dragon Court of the Great Zhou were killed in the battle.
The rest all returned to the banner of Xu Che, Marquis of Changping, and rebuilt the Yulong Army.
After purging the army and rebuilding the Yulong Army, the Xu father and son led the army into Shaozhou and attacked the Great Zhou's imperial guards together with Dingjun Hou Wuheng, with whom they had already made an alliance.
Under the order of Emperor Kong Qi, the Imperial Guard had already begun to slowly withdraw from Shaozhou, preparing to guard the newly established Wuguan and Changshui ferry.
However, they did not expect that the Tiger Guard Army in the South would be defeated so quickly, and what was even more unexpected was that a Dragon Guard Army suddenly appeared behind them.
No one expected that the Xu father and son would regain control of the Dragon Army so quickly, and without any hesitation, they headed straight to Shaozhou, blocking their retreat.
Dingjun Hou Wu Heng, Changping Hou Xu Che, two martial arts immortals and a Nine-Day Killer General Xu Hao, led the army to surround the Imperial Guard in the west of Lichi County, Shaozhou, the site of the ancient capital of the Shao Kingdom.
After three days of fierce fighting, the general of the imperial guards was killed, and the remaining troops trapped south of Li Chi surrendered completely under the persuasion of Xu Che, the Marquis of Changping.
Within half a month, the Long Court of the Great Zhou Dynasty lost its Imperial Guards and Tiger Guards one after another, and lost the last bit of its foundation. Only the Gaozhou defenders and the emperor's personal guards of more than 10,000 people were left.
Moreover, Shaozhou Wuguan, Chang and Teng Erdi were lost one after another. Gaozhou lost its last barrier and was exposed to the enemy army.
Next, the Yi army from Changdi and Tengdi, as well as the Yulong Army and Zhenwu Army that passed through Wuguan.
A total of 200,000 troops entered Gaozhou, with General Jiutian Shatong personally leading the army from three counties as the vanguard, marching all the way up, heading straight for Gaoyang.
When Emperor Kong Qi of the Great Zhou Dynasty, who had returned to the new capital Gaoyang, and all the civil and military officials in the court learned the news, the whole of Gaoyang fell into chaos. When the news was announced at the court meeting, countless ministers collapsed to the ground, and even the prime minister knelt on the ground and cried for a long time.
This time was more terrifying and more desperate than the one in Yangjing.
Because everyone knew that the Great Zhou was over.
This time they had no chance to move south to Beijing. The whole world was lost, and there were rebels and traitors everywhere. Even if they wanted to escape, there was nowhere to escape.