Some time had already passed since Li Shimin had personally led his troops out on campaign!
Chang'an City remained as prosperous as ever. People flowed through every street, while the cries of peddlers and porters rose without end!
Toot, toot...!
Suddenly, a shrill train whistle sounded from Chang'an West Station. Another train arriving from a different prefecture steadily pulled to a stop!
Just as the train came to a halt and the carriage doors were about to open, a dispatch rider clad in armor, with three small flags tucked into his back, sprang out of the locomotive cab!
"Make way, all of you, make way! Urgent military dispatch, urgent military dispatch!"
"Clear a path for me, hurry!"
Hearing the dispatch rider's shouts, the passengers who had originally been preparing to board hurriedly and voluntarily opened up a passage, allowing him to swiftly carry the battle report to the imperial palace!
Watching the dispatch rider race away, the travelers waiting to board immediately erupted into heated discussion on the platform!
Good heavens!
The Sage had led his troops out of Chang'an some time ago, and at last, news from the front had arrived today!
"Good heavens, after waiting so long, military news has finally come back!"
"Hey...! Brothers, want to guess what the dispatch says?"
"Obviously, it says our Tang Dynasty's heavenly troops won a battle! It's only Goguryeo—could they possibly stop the heavenly troops of our Tang Dynasty?"
"Exactly! I heard that when the Sage personally went on campaign this time, he brought along new weapons—things called cannons and firearms, I think. Their power is terrifying!"
"Hey, hey...! I've got some distant relatives living outside the Firearms Directorate. They said these weapons called cannons and firearms were produced by the Imperial Preceptor. When they go off, the sound is truly