Imperial County Magistrate

Chapter 828 The hard-working emperor

A despicable conversation directly caused the Great Xia Vanguard Army to lose its leader. Not only that, but some other generals also suffered.

There was chaos in the military camp. Looking at Dongfang Yue's corpse with a blooming head, no one would be able to recognize it if it weren't for the armor on his body.

The soldiers' hearts were very heavy, and their hearts were even more frightened. More than a dozen captains gathered together.

"The general is dead, what should we do now?"

"You ask me who I will ask!"

"Why don't you retreat? The enemy is a magician!"

"Yes, yes, I think we should retreat!"

More than a dozen captains looked at each other, but in the end everyone focused on the person with the highest official rank.

Just as the other party was about to speak, someone ran into the camp in terror!

"Disaster! The enemy is attacking!"

The generals looked over and saw that they were scouts outside the camp, and quickly asked how many people were coming.

"Too many! It's impossible to count!"

"Retreat! Retreat quickly! Gather the whole army and retreat quickly!" One person was still able to hold his own and quickly gathered everyone to retreat.

They saw countless infantry under Wu Xiong advancing towards the Xia army camp. Behind these infantry were artillery pieces being pushed forward, ready to fire support at any time.

Seeing this battle, how could the Daxia army dare to resist?

They all ran away, unable to defeat Dongfang Yue when he was there, let alone Dongfang Yue who was still dead right now.

Upon hearing the news that the enemy army collapsed without a fight, Zhao Kang was stunned for a moment: "There was no resistance at all?"

"No! These bastards are just like frightened rabbits. Some of them didn't even want their weapons, armor or luggage, and turned around and ran away."

"It shouldn't be." Zhao Kang muttered.

Zhou Long on the side smiled and said: "It seems that he knew that he could not compete with us head-on, so he ran away in a hurry."

Zhao Kang suddenly smiled: "Maybe it's more than that."

"What did the prince think of?" Wu Xiong asked.

Zhao Kang gently tapped the table and said, "These guys came to invade us with great fanfare, but in terms of the combat power they have shown so far, they are not as good as the previous Zhou and Qi states."

"They at least dare to touch us. I guess this is a country that is used to being comfortable."

Zhou Long's eyes lit up: "You mean?"

"I estimate that this Daxia army has not fought many battles!"

Zhao Kang Yile, "If it is an army tempered by the flames of war, no matter how powerful the opponent is, they will resist. Don't forget that this is a vanguard army. As the vanguard of an army, it occupies favorable terrain and provides The main force opens up the situation and gains a foothold, which is the duty of the vanguard of an army."

"Now they have just fought a few battles and then fled. Does this look like an army that has withstood the flames of war? Even the vanguard army is like this, and the main force behind it, haha."

Zhao Kang's laughter was full of contempt. No matter how fancy his training was, he had never fought with a real sword or spear on the battlefield. It was just a pewter spear head, so it was nothing to be afraid of.

Wu Xiong and Zhou Long also understood what Zhao Kang meant and laughed.

"Okay, originally I thought it would be some kind of terrifying opponent, but the thigh Liu Yanran found is not thick enough!"

Zhao Kang stood up and said: "This opponent will be left to you to deal with. This land is a strange place for us after all. While chasing the enemy, don't forget to make a step-by-step approach."

"I'll understand." Daxia hasn't fought many battles, but the army is different. Although they have been recuperating for two or three years, one-third of the garrison on the Yongning defense line originally followed Zhao Kang on the battlefield. Old foundation.

After judging that the enemy army was a group of soft-footed shrimps, Zhao Kang had nothing to worry about anymore.

Called Watt to take off the hot air balloon and prepare to rush to Jingguo.

Today's Jingguo is no longer as big as it used to be. The old Jingguo territory, coupled with the full acceptance of Qi State's land, makes the territory extremely vast.

Even if Zhao Kang set off from Ningzhou in a hot air balloon, including the rest time, he flew for eight full days before arriving at the Steam Research Institute in Jingguo.

In recent years, Zhao Kang has completely fulfilled his original promise to Wu Rulong, and has done a lot of state-owned Jingguo.

Even because Emperor Jing Wu Guanhai is paying special attention to hot-air balloons, after Zhao Kang sent the steam research talents to Jingguo, he issued a major order that all domestic development must make way for firearms research and hot-air balloons.

During the research process, we continued to communicate and cooperate with the Steam Research Institute in Yangzhou to share research results.

In just three years, the hot ball has developed to the eighteenth generation.

As soon as Zhao Kang arrived, someone rushed to report to Wu Guanhai in the palace. Wu Guanhai was naturally overjoyed and hurried over as soon as he threw away his dragon robe.

The two haven't seen each other for a long time, but their friendship with each other has not diminished at all.

"I have to stay longer this time. Why are you the only one here? The sisters-in-law and the rich are not here?"

Wu Guanhai smiled and waved his hand to reject the cigarette offered by Zhao Kang. In terms of age, Zhao Kang was one or two years older.

But from the appearance point of view, this is not the case. Today, Wu Guanhai looks like a middle-aged man in his mid-forties.

I recall meeting him in Huajing at the beginning of that year. The then crown prince Wu Guanhai was wearing a python robe with a jade belt around his waist. He had a handsome face and always had a gentle smile on his lips.

When people look at it, they can think of the four words "Gongzi Ruyu", but now.

Looking at people today, the eye sockets are sunken and the pupils are bloodshot, and the figure is also much thinner.

Even though he became emperor, he didn't seem to think about his happiness. Instead, he became more and more haggard.

Zhao Kang knew that this was caused by years of hard work. The emperor of Jingguo wanted to restore Jingguo to life as soon as possible.

Over the years, there has not been much time to sit on the throne and live in the harem.

He personally led hundreds of officials to divide the fields, appease and gather the original people of Qi, and go through people's livelihood, agriculture and military affairs, and even the primary schools established in various places in Jingguo.

I'm afraid the rest time every day is not enough for three hours.

When Zhao Kang looks at this guy now, he always feels like looking at Emperor Yongzheng.

In addition, Zhao Kang also knew that there was still a huge pressure on Wu Guanhai's shoulders.

When the city of Huajing was captured, the three brothers and more than 200 officials died heroically in order to defend the country and give him time to escape.

In order to prevent the female elders in the harem from being humiliated by the enemy, he personally picked up the sword and killed them all.

This is definitely a torture for Wu Guanhai, so he can only let Jingguo prosper.

Only then did he feel a little worthy of those who died.

The living often carry more.

Thinking about Zhao Kang, he couldn't help but patted the other party's shoulder and comforted him: "You should also take a good rest. Don't think about completing the work of three generations by yourself. People will be exhausted. Learn from Xiao Xuance and relax." Just relax when you are ready. It’s been so long and you still haven’t got a concubine or a queen?”

(End of this chapter)