Chapter 836: Three Hundred Li Emergency Dispatch
Nearly a season had passed since the great army of Liang set out to conquer Huaxia. Deep inside the imperial palace in Daliang City, the increasingly sweltering weather had left Emperor of Liang with no inclination toward state affairs. At that moment, he was lying on his own couch taking an afternoon nap, while four palace maids stood nearby, fanning him.
When he woke, he could not help thinking once more of the fighting at the front.
During the previous war with a neighboring country, Emperor of Liang had already witnessed the might of the centaur mercenaries.
Now, having once again spent a fortune hiring the centaur mercenaries as his enforcers, Emperor of Liang had begun dreaming grand dreams of taking possession of the Central Plains and unifying the world from the very day before his army set out.
By my calculations, a victory report should be on its way by now, shouldn't it?
Just as he was thinking this, a hurried series of footsteps came from outside the palace hall.
The man had yet to arrive, but his voice came first!
"Report—"
"A three-hundred-li emergency dispatch from the border!"
The moment Emperor of Liang heard this, wild joy bloomed across his face.
"Summon him at once!"
Upon receiving the order, the messenger, covered in dust from head to toe, hurried into the hall.
Before the man could even offer his salute, Emperor of Liang impatiently called out,
"Is it a victory report from the front?"
The messenger, who had been traveling nonstop, was physically and mentally exhausted. Hearing the question, he failed to react for a moment and merely blurted out the one piece of information engraved in his mind as quickly as he could.
"The western frontier—the western frontier was attacked