Imperial County Magistrate

Chapter 539 tragic
When the army set out, there were craftsmen accompanying the army, who built roads across mountains and built bridges over water.

Zhao Kang and others sent troops from the imperial capital this time, passing through Liangzhou and Tongzhou to join the Xuanwu Army stationed in Tongzhou.

At that time, a total of [-] troops will come to the rescue.

The coach is Zhao Kang, the deputy coach is Zhou Long, and the vanguard general is Sun Fang.

After half a month's march, Zhao Kang and his party arrived in Tongzhou.

Prefecture Shepherd Zhang Zheng had gathered all the Xuanwu troops early. When he saw Zhao Kang and his entourage, he quickly dismounted his horse and stepped forward with a big smile: "National Master! Long time no see!"

Since returning from Jingguo, because Zhang Zheng was busy taking care of Tongzhou's military affairs, Zhao Kang was running around every day.

Therefore, these two brothers who once fought side by side to death have not seen each other for nearly two years.

Zhao Kang also smiled, and the two of them hugged each other, making the armor on their bodies creak.

Looking at Zhou Long on the side again, Zhang Zheng punched him: "What a boy, you've become a handsome man!"

Zhou Long chuckled: "Now the title and official position are above yours."

"Fuck! If Tongzhou wasn't inseparable from me, I would have gone to fight with the imperial master." Zhang Zheng shouted in a depressed voice.

As the governor of Tongzhou, he can be said to be the master of Tongzhou. Nowadays, Tongzhou is full of waste, and he has a temperament that wants to handle everything personally.

It is not an exaggeration to say that Tongzhou cannot do without him.

Zhao Kang smiled and said: "Don't worry, you can't run away either. Soon, you won't have time to take a good rest."

Zhang Zheng was stunned, looked around and asked in a low voice: "National Master, what do you mean? Isn't it enough to send out troops this time to repel Jingguo's enemies? Is there still a battle to be fought?"

Zhao Kang smiled maliciously: "Zhou and Qi are trying to take advantage of the muddy waters this time. Can we let them go?"

Zhang Zheng's eyes suddenly lit up. He was startled when he thought of a possibility and looked at Zhao Kang with a horrified expression: "National Master, you, are you going to do it?"

Zhao Kang said calmly: "In this northern land, four countries are too many. Two is almost enough."

"So Zhang Zheng, you have to hurry up and raise another army for me in Tongzhou."

Zhang Zheng's heart was beating wildly. He took a deep breath to suppress the excitement in his heart and clasped his fists: "I understand, I understand. Please rest assured, Master. I, Old Zhang, will never let go!"

Zhao Kang laughed: "That's good!"

Fifty thousand Xuanwu troops joined the ranks, and the Xuanwu general Wu Yu who commanded the troops was generously granted the official position of a former general by Zhao Kang.

Watching the [-]-strong army leaving Tongzhou City, Zhang Zheng touched the wall, and his subordinates asked in a low voice: "Your Excellency, the army is going out now. Should we send the [-] new troops to Jinlin Pass to guard it?" , to prevent the enemy from invading?"

Zhang Zheng nodded: "This is indeed the case. Please inform me. All officials will be on standby at any time. There must be no mistakes or delays in escorting the food and fodder. If the national army goes to war, I will chop off his head!"

"My subordinate understands!"

The subordinates retreated, and Zhang Zheng watched the troops in front of him retreat. As the Tongzhou Prefecture Shepherd, he was in the border state, so he had access to some information.

During this period, many refugees from Jingguo even fled to Tongzhou for refuge.

Recalling what the common people told about Jingguo's war situation and what Zhao Kang said before, Zhang Zheng couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.

"Four is too many? Two is enough? Imperial Master, maybe it will be one!"

Leaving Tongzhou, we passed through the renovated Jinlin Pass and marched hundreds of miles.

Zhao Kang led the army and was approaching Cangzhou of Jingguo. In order to avoid chaos in Cangzhou, Zhao Kang raised the war flag of Qianguo early during the march. As soon as they garrisoned for repairs, officials from Cangzhou sent people.

"Commander, there is an official coming from outside who claims to be the magistrate of Yuncheng County, Cangzhou, and wants to see the commander-in-chief."

Zhao Kang raised his head and said, "Bring him in." After a while, a middle-aged man wearing Jingguo's official uniform walked into the military tent. Looking at the room full of generals in the tent, the man trembled slightly.

This Qianjun is not just here to take advantage of the situation.

"In Xia Jingguo, Song Yuanlin, the magistrate of Yuncheng County in Cangzhou, met the commander-in-chief and all the generals."

Zhao Kang's eyes were soft: "Master Song, there is no need to be polite, please sit down."

Hearing this, Song Yuanlin's tense heart relaxed a little. After sitting down, he couldn't wait to ask: "May I ask the name of the commander-in-chief? Are you leading the army to help my country?"

Zhao Kang nodded: "I am Zhao Kang."

"Master Zhao!"

Song Yuanlin was excited, and Zhao Kang was confused: "Do you know me?"

Although he was also a national master in Jingguo, to put it shamelessly, only those high-ranking officials in the capital were qualified to know him.

Song Yuanlin, a small county magistrate, is obviously not included in this list.

Song Yuanlin said excitedly: "Who in the world doesn't know the name of the Imperial Master? What Master Zhou Mu said is true. You are really here!"

Saying that, Song Yuanlin knelt down with a plop: "Please save the people of Jingguo!"

Zhao Kang was startled: "Sir, please get up quickly and tell me what happened!"

Someone helped Song Yuanlin up. Looking at the sad and angry magistrate, Zhao Kang's heart skipped a beat. It was obvious that Jingguo's situation was already very serious.

Song Yuanlin wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and Zhao Kang hurriedly asked: "Is it possible that Cangzhou has also been affected by the war?"

Song Yuanlin nodded sadly and indignantly, and Zhao Kang was surprised: "After Cangzhou is in Yizhou, is it possible that it is also Yizhou?"

"Ten days ago, Yizhou fell. All [-] Yizhou troops died in battle, and the people of Yizhou were all killed before they could escape! Even...even some people were used as military rations by the aliens who killed them that day!"

Zhao Kang was furious: "What on earth is going on! Where are Xu Shuai and the others?"

Using people as military rations?

Zhao Kang couldn't believe it.

Song Yuanlin said sadly: "Shuai Xu is still leading his army to fight the enemy in Xuzhou, but there are too many enemy troops."

"Hundreds of thousands of troops restrained our army, and then more than a hundred thousand troops were divided to attack Yizhou. The general of Yizhou was seduced by the enemy to take advantage of the situation and advance rashly, which resulted in the entire Yizhou army being annihilated. The enemy's force was overwhelming and captured Yizhou in half a month. city."

"Now we are leading a large army to attack Cangzhou. All [-] of our troops in Cangzhou have gone to Jizhou and Yanzhou to support us. We have no more troops. Please save our people in Cangzhou!"

Zhao Kang took a deep breath. He didn't expect that Jingguo would fight to this extent. Yizhou Guzhou fell and Xuzhou was a frontal battlefield.

Jizhou and Yanzhou are also at war, and now even Cangzhou is not immune.

Except for Bingzhou, where the imperial capital is located, there are wars everywhere in the seven states!It is not an exaggeration to say that the whole country fell.

"Where are the enemy troops?" Zhao Kang asked.

Song Yuanlin said in a trembling voice: "According to reports from the front, we will approach Shilin City in five days at most."

Zhao Kang immediately ordered: "Wu Yu!"

"The end is here."

"I order you to lead 2 Xuanwu Army and [-] Divine Thunder Army to carry grenades to Cangzhou Shilin City as quickly as possible and block the enemy's offensive at all costs!"

(End of this chapter)