bestfiction Chapter 1201 War Erupts Again in the Western Regions
Chapter 1201 War Erupts Again in the Western Regions
The voice was like a bucket of ice water at minus thirty degrees Celsius, poured over everyone's heads and faces.
In an instant, all that joy and fervor was extinguished.
The entire Taiji Hall fell into a deathly silence once again.
All eyes turned to the direction of the palace gate.
A young messenger, dressed in the uniform of a Western Region border soldier and covered in blood and wounds, tumbled and crawled into the hall!
His face was filled with despair and fear that could not be described in words!
As soon as he entered the hall, he knelt down with a thud, not even having time to perform the most basic etiquette between ruler and subject.
Then he roared in a hoarse voice that was almost like a howl!
"Your Majesty! Something terrible has happened!"
"The Western Regions... Something terrible has happened in the Western Regions!"
The Western Regions?!
Upon hearing those two words, Murong Yan's heart sank!
An extremely ominous premonition instantly surged into her heart!
The Western Regions were the final meeting point agreed upon by Marco Polo, the envoy of the Byzantine Empire, and their Great Qian Divine Machine Battalion expeditionary force!
Is it...
"Speak quickly! What exactly happened?!" Murong Yan's voice instantly turned icy, yet filled with undeniable authority!
"It's...it's the Ottoman Turks!" The messenger gasped for breath, his voice filled with undisguised trembling and fear!
"Their...their 200,000-strong army has somehow silently crossed the Kunlun Mountains!"
"Just three days ago, they... they suddenly launched a frenzied attack on our Anxi Protectorate stationed in the Western Regions!"
"The Anxi Protectorate was caught completely off guard and collapsed overnight!"
"General Guo Ziyi of the Protectorate General's Office is seriously wounded and his whereabouts are unknown!"
"One hundred thousand...one hundred thousand Anxi soldiers were completely wiped out, with not a single survivor!"
"what?!"
This devastating news was like a bolt from the blue!
Like a super bomb with immense power!
Instantly, a deafening explosion resounded throughout the entire Taiji Hall!
All the civil and military officials stood frozen in place, as if they had been frozen in place by a spell!
They all stared wide-eyed with their mouths agape.
His face was filled with disbelief, shock, and horror!
The Anxi Protectorate... is gone?
General Guo Ziyi...whereabouts unknown?
One hundred thousand Anxi troops... completely wiped out?!
This...how is this possible? !
This is simply a fantasy!
You must know that the Anxi Protectorate is the most important military barrier for the Great Qian in the Western Regions!
General Guo Ziyi was one of the three great generals of the Qianlong Emperor, alongside Zheng Kedi and Yue Fei!
And those 100,000 Anxi troops were the most elite border defense force of their Great Qian Dynasty!
This is an iron-willed army capable of withstanding any powerful enemy.
How could they possibly be completely wiped out overnight?!
What exactly was the Ottoman Empire?
How did they manage to transport an army of 200,000 across the Kunlun Mountains, known as the "Sea of Death," so quietly?
In an instant, countless questions filled with shock and fear flooded everyone's minds.
It sent chills down their spines!
When Murong Yan heard this shocking news that was enough to make the world change color,
On that beautiful face that had just smiled because of the great victory at Humen.
Instantly, all color drained from his face!
It turned completely white!
Her body swayed uncontrollably, and she almost fell off the tall phoenix chair!
Her mind went completely blank in an instant!
The Anxi Protectorate is gone...
This not only means that their Great Qian Dynasty has lost one of its most important western barriers.
It also signifies the Silk Road, which they had painstakingly reopened, leading to the West.
It was completely cut in half!
This also means all the grand plans they had previously made regarding "expanding overseas to develop industries".
All of this will become empty talk!
But what terrified and terrified her the most was...
Shenji Battalion!
Her 5,000-strong Divine Machine Battalion was still on its way to the Western Regions!
And her beloved husband, who is still in the Shenji Camp!
They had no idea that such a tremendous change had taken place in the Western Regions!
They were still foolishly following the original plan, heading towards the Anxi Protectorate, which had long since become a death trap!
They are walking step by step into the encirclement that the enemy has carefully prepared for them!
The thought of her husband, who was still seriously injured and powerless, was unbearable.
They were about to face a ferocious Ottoman Turkish army of 200,000!
Murong Yan's heart felt as if it had been gripped tightly by an invisible hand!
The pain was so intense she could hardly breathe!
An unprecedented, chilling despair!
It instantly engulfed her completely!
"No...no..." she murmured absentmindedly, her beautiful phoenix eyes now empty and lifeless.
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty!"
"Your Majesty, what...what's wrong?!"
The prince's civil and military officials looked at her, who seemed distraught and on the verge of collapse.
They were all terrified!
They knew the prince had fallen.
His Majesty is their only and last pillar of support in the Great Qian Dynasty!
If even His Majesty falls!
Then their Great Qian Dynasty is truly doomed!
"Your Majesty! You...you must pull yourself together!" Zhou Xing, the Minister of Revenue, was the first to react. He scrambled to the foot of the imperial steps and shouted in a tearful voice!
"His Highness...he still needs you!"
"The little prince in your belly needs you too!"
"We, the hundreds of millions of ordinary people of Daqian, need you more than ever!"
You absolutely mustn't collapse!
Zhou Xing's words were like a thunderbolt, instantly waking Murong Yan from her boundless darkness and despair!
Correct!
She can't fall!
She absolutely cannot fall!
Her husband still needs her to save him!
The baby in her belly still needs her protection!
The vast yet fragile empire behind her needs her protection even more!
She is Murong Yan!
She was the only and last female emperor of the Great Qian Dynasty!
She must not fall when her man needs her most!
An unprecedentedly powerful and tenacious willpower!
It burst forth instantly from her petite, seemingly frail body!
Her phoenix eyes, which had been empty and lifeless, now showed signs of life.
It reignited the indomitable flame!
The flames were filled with a chilling, resolute, and overwhelming killing intent!
She took a deep breath.
He slowly stood up from the cold phoenix chair.
Then, in a chilling voice that could change the very fabric of the world, he spoke, word by word.
"Imperial...decree!"
"Summon!"
"Minister of War Yue Fei!"
"Zhou Xing, Minister of Revenue!"
"Minister of Works, Li Ge!"
"Wang Anshi, Minister of Personnel!"
"And there's Zhao Wuji, the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard!"
"And all civil and military officials of the third rank or above in the capital!"
"Proceed to the Zichen Palace immediately for an audience!"
"Right now! Immediately! Right now!"