On the night of September 7, the seventeenth year of Yuanping in the Han Empire, in the Qiyun Protectorate in Pingxi City, just three days had passed since Yan Liqiang "came out of seclusion". That night, the lights in the Qiyun Protectorate were bright, and almost all the officials under the Qiyun Protectorate, including civil officials of the seventh rank and above, and military officials above the rank of captain, gathered here today.
Just today, Yan Liqiang made an important decision in front of a group of civil and military officials in the county in the Inspectorate. Tomorrow, he will lead 20,000 elite Longya soldiers out of the pass and officially march to the Gulang grassland to wipe out the seven Shatu tribes and the Black Jie people.
After making this decision, it means that starting from tomorrow, all the people, departments, and officials in the entire Qiyun County will work at full speed around Yan Liqiang's expedition and the war to reclaim the Gulang Grassland.
Today's meeting is a mobilization meeting for civil and military officials in Qiyun County.
As early as after Yan Liqiang issued the order to kill the Hu people, everyone knew that this day would come sooner or later, and the county had been preparing for war. What surprised some people was that this day came so early. Many people thought that it would take at least until next year, or another three months, before Yan Liqiang would be able to send out troops. But what they didn't expect was that after the Inspector came out of seclusion, he made this decision all at once, with a firm will that would not tolerate any change.
After the decision was made, the entire Qiyun Protectorate was in an uproar, especially the military officers and generals, whose blood was boiling with excitement and they could hardly hold back and howled to the sky.
In the past few months, seeing the knights and militiamen who entered the Gulan grassland and constantly brought back the heads of the Shatu and Heijie people, and received rewards and made a fortune, with countless pastures, silver, cattle and horses, everyone in the Longya Army, from veterans like Tieyunshan to ordinary soldiers, were envious. However, because they did not receive Yan Liqiang's order, the Longya Army was not allowed to go out to join the war, and everyone was holding back their anger.
Now, after hearing Yan Liqiang's decision, the pent-up anger of these military officers was finally released, and they all thought, it's finally our turn to take the stage...
Of course, there were voices of opposition. These voices of opposition mainly came from several civil servants under the Inspectorate. The reasons for their opposition were very simple. With the current situation on the Gulang grassland, the Shatu people and the Black Jie people had long been like frightened birds, getting scared three times a day. Even if Yan Liqiang did not send troops, after waiting for another half a year, perhaps the Inspectorate would not even need to send troops, and the seven Shatu tribes and the Black Jie people might have collapsed without a fight.
In response to such voices, Yan Liqiang only said one sentence, "You think this is the easiest, but you don't know that time waits for no one. Given the situation in the Han Empire, the sooner we recover the Gulang Grassland, the sooner we will seize the initiative. For the officers and soldiers in our army, this is the time to make achievements and bring honor to their ancestors. Ask them if they are willing to sit back and enjoy the fruits of their labor at this time?"
After hearing what Yan Liqiang said, those dissenting voices disappeared.
Tonight, Yan Liqiang specially hosted a banquet on the lawn in the back garden of the Inspectorate's Mansion to entertain the civil and military officials who had come to attend the meeting in the Inspectorate's Mansion today.
Just when the banquet was in full swing, there was a sudden light in the northeast sky. A strong light tore through the northeast sky, causing everyone in the back garden to be shocked. They all turned their heads to look towards the northeast sky...
"What is this..." Even Shi Changfeng and Qian Su, who were holding wine glasses, stood up suddenly and looked at the strange phenomenon in the distant sky in astonishment.
In just a blink of an eye, everyone saw countless meteors falling from the northeast sky, and exclamations rang out throughout the garden.
Fang Beidou looked at Yan Liqiang first, and the two exchanged glances. Yan Liqiang nodded slightly, and Fang Beidou understood at once that this was the natural disaster that destroyed the entire capital area. Looking at the sky thousands of miles away that suddenly became colorful, Fang Beidou's eyes were complicated - if it was like this thousands of miles away, then what would the capital area look like at this moment? He couldn't even imagine it.
"Could this be the natural disaster that befell the capital city as predicted in the Han Empire Times?" Someone among the civil and military officials present at the meeting finally reacted and shouted loudly.
The crowd at the meeting was suddenly in an uproar.
"Yes, yes, looking at the direction, it should be where the Imperial Capital is..."
"There should be no one in the Imperial Capital now. I heard that it's full of zombies. It's very scary!"
"Then what will happen when this heavenly calamity falls?"
"No matter what the scene is, I think it would be best if this natural disaster were to wipe out all the zombies in the capital..."
"makes sense… "
Yan Liqiang had also stood up. He stood on the lawn with his hands behind his back, looking at the sky in the distance, with an unfathomable light flashing in his eyes. The scene before him was particularly shocking to others, but for him, it was a second experience. It took four years of hard work and struggle for him to be able to stand here today and watch this calamity fall.
Others were just watching the excitement, but for Yan Liqiang, there were too many stories behind this scene. Who could have imagined that such a devastating catastrophe was not an accident, but a carefully planned one? If it weren't for him, the people in the capital would all be in annihilation. His appearance changed a lot of things. Half of the people in the capital escaped, and the remaining half, under the influence of the puppet worms, became demonized puppets, and those demonized puppets would be destroyed in this catastrophe tonight...
Yan Liqiang tried his best. The scene before him gave him a very different feeling.
Everyone was staring at the sky in a daze. A few minutes later, the entire northeast sky turned red. A fireball that looked many times larger than the previous meteor to the naked eye tore through the sky and fell down. The sky suddenly became clear and then dimmed again.
The change in the northeastern sky lasted for more than ten minutes before it completely disappeared. At this time, the people attending the banquet were no longer in the mood to eat or drink. The entire back garden was silent, and everyone was looking at Yan Liqiang.
Yan Liqiang looked at everyone and said in a deep voice, "You all know why I said time waits for no one. Once the catastrophe is over tonight, the entire capital will be reduced to ashes. The so-called court of the Han Empire will completely disappear, and nothing will be left. The Han Empire will be even more chaotic in the future. Now is the time for us to take the initiative to do something. I will completely wipe out the seven tribes of Shatu and the black Jie people who invaded the Gulang grassland within three months, that is, before the end of the year..."
"We are willing to follow you till death and recover the territory of our great Han Dynasty!" A group of officers, led by Tie Yunshan, bowed to Yan Liqiang. The other civil officials followed suit and bowed. "Please rest assured, sir. When you go to war, we will make sure to take care of the affairs of the county and not let you worry too much!"
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Almost half an hour later, Qiyun County felt the tremors of the earthquake coming from the northeast...
On the second day, Yan Liqiang led 20,000 cavalrymen and set out from Pingxi City, heading straight for Baishishan Pass!
The battle for the Qiyun Guardian Office to retake the Gulang Grassland is about to begin!
(End of this chapter)