Within the towering Forbidden City, the government offices lay deathly silent. Military officers hurried along, and everyone seethed with fury.
Three battles, three defeats!
Appalling!
An unspeakable humiliation!
"Which grand secretary recommended Jia Huan in the Court Deliberation Hall? He must answer for his crimes against the state and its altars! The army is a nation's mighty weapon-how could it be entrusted to a lackey?"
"The court of Great Qian will become the laughingstock of the world! Only a court sunk in utter incompetence would let a lackey devise military strategy. How are we to face the common people?"
The officials of the Imperial City bristled with rage, submitting memorials of impeachment one after another.
Pacification Commissioner Jia was far too stupid!
Had he held the passes and ultimately failed to defend them, the world would have condemned and cursed him, but sensible people would have understood that he had merely been unlucky, singled out for prominence in the barbarians' proclamation.
He would have borne blame because of bad luck.
But now, it was entirely the result of his incompetence!
Did he truly think the barbarians were mere clay chickens and pottery dogs?
If Northern Mang's heavy cavalry could be crushed with a single blow, why had Great Qian's borders fallen into such ruin?
Pacification Commissioner Jia wielded immense power at such a young age. Arrogance and confidence taken that far made him an outright fool!
Inside the Imperial Study.
Crash-
The imperial desk was a mess, an exquisite inkstone smashed to pieces.
Emperor Jingde breathed heavily and raged:
"I never imagined that he would suddenly become such a fool in military matters!"
"A rout on the first day, and then he actually went back for a second and a third? The Emperor's Personal Guard, the Emperor's Personal Guard-and now