The emperor's plan: to rule the world

Chapter 60 Depression State City
When the White Tiger King was ordered to crusade against Tan Kingdom, in the dense forest outside the city of Cangzhou in the southwest of Dayan, Chu Xuan looked at the city in the distance, his face was colder than ever before.

Behind him, the leader of the shadow guards of the Boundless Palace stood silently, with a rare expression of anger appearing on his face which rarely showed any expression.

Cangzhou City in the southwest of Dayan is adjacent to Nanzhao. To the east is the fiefdom of King Suzaku, and to the north is the fiefdom of King Baihu. A bustling scene.

But what appeared in front of them was almost a dead city.

There were very few pedestrians on the street, and the guards at the city gate were nowhere to be seen. The heavy snow swept the fallen leaves, and it was desolate. Occasionally, there were one or two pedestrians who were also old, young, women and children, but there was not a single young man in sight.

A bad premonition arose spontaneously, Chu Xuan guessed the situation of countless and Cangzhou, but he did not expect it to be like this.

"Go ahead."

Even for a person like Chu Xuan who is not showing any emotions or anger, his tone of voice can't help but be tinged with the coldness of extreme anger at this moment.

Behind him was the leader of the shadow guards, calmly narrating the information they had collected these days. For this information, they deliberately stayed in the same state for many days.

"Cangzhou was originally a frontier fortress, because it is far away from the imperial capital, and there are mixed forces from all sides, so it is not easy to manage. Since about three years ago, people from other countries have continued to settle here. The identities of these people... look no what is the problem."

"About two years ago, the soldiers stationed here were transferred away one after another by Wang Ling from the Suzaku Palace. Your Excellency should probably be able to imagine the strength of the guards in Cangzhou..."

Chu Xuan interrupted him: "What was Feng Yu doing at that time?"

"Stationed in the king's city, and waited on his father's side."

Chu Xuan sneered and didn't speak.

The king's order passed down by King Suzaku, but King Suzaku is serving his father by his side?
It's really unlucky for Feng Yu to treat her parents like this.

"The defense force is weak, coupled with the internal forces lurking in the city, no matter how easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is useless"

"A year ago, Cangzhou City was occupied by an unknown force, and the city has become what you see today."

"In the border of Cangzhou, all those who tried to send news to the outside world were killed. Today's Cangzhou is still under the control of that mysterious force."

Chu Xuan didn't speak, his dark eyes looked at the desolate and twilight city in the distance, his eyes were cold and heartless.

"Have you found out where that force came from?"

The leader of the shadow guard bowed his head and said: "Only the commander-in-chief was found to be a woman."

"How about the number of people?"

He turned his head slightly, looking at the silent man behind him who looked like a mute when he was not speaking: "How many people have not been found out?"

"No."

The leader of the shadow guards said in a steady voice: "There are tens of thousands of people, and the exact number has not been found out."

Chu Xuan was silent for a long time, then turned and went down the mountain.

"grown ups?"

Chu Xuan said indifferently: "The two cities near Cangzhou, Tongzhou and Qingzhou, Cangzhou look like this now, and no one has discovered the other two cities?"

The shadow guard leader couldn't answer this question.

Chu Xuan chuckled suddenly: "The situation in the south is so chaotic, it's no wonder His Majesty sent me here."

However, when he was sent here, apart from the imperial decree and the shadow guards around him to protect him, he didn't have any other means to check and balance this hidden danger.

(End of this chapter)