Chapter 398: Northern Wei wants to defend the imperial city

“Not yet?”

The empress felt a little lost.

“Your Majesty, you have asked this three times today.”

The female official supported her arm and helped her up, saying softly: “If there is any news, I will tell you immediately.”

“I always feel a little uneasy.”

The empress stroked her chest and said with a wry smile: “It seems something big has happened.”

“Some time ago, when Suizhou City was flooded, I was suddenly awakened from my sleep by starvation.”

“Your Majesty, you are just worrying about nothing.”

The female official consoled him, “With Marshal Helian here, the Xiliang King is nothing but a clown.”

“Although our situation is difficult right now, as long as Marshal Helian can withdraw his 200,000 troops from Osprey Gorge, the Imperial City will be impregnable.”

“Even if Xiliang has 500,000 men, they can never capture the Imperial City.”

“Can you come back?”

The empress murmured to herself. Although her tone was full of doubt, she seemed to have the answer in her heart.

Even if Helian Bobo came back, what could he do with 200,000 soldiers who were cobbled together?
The tide is gone.

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that the Northern Wei Dynasty was doomed, but there were still many people who refused to face this reality.

They want to make a last-ditch effort, and the empress is one of them.

After all, the Northern Wei Dynasty’s foundation cannot be destroyed in its own hands.

“I’m back.”

“I will definitely come back.”

The female official’s tone was extremely firm, and she seemed to have complete confidence in Helian Bobo.

This was almost the last thought and hope in her heart. If she didn’t even have this thought, she would be nothing more than a walking corpse.

From beginning to end, this female official had never seen the sworn enemy, the King of Xiliang, in person, and was determined to have only seen his appearance in a portrait.

But deep down, he wished he could eat his flesh and blood and sleep on his skin. Generally speaking, King Xiao Han of Xiliang was the number one enemy of the Northern Wei.

Through a series of major battles, he personally shattered the powerful Northern Wei, occupied the Northern Wei’s land, and plundered the Northern Wei’s people.

Since she was a child, her father died at the hands of the Xiliang Army, although not at the hands of Xiao Han.

But it is closely related to the King of Xiliang.

The female official’s father was Murong Yan, the defender of Suizhou City, and she was a daughter of the royal family Murong.

He is also the confidant of the Northern Wei Empress and has been assisting the Empress in running the government over the years.

Although the female official’s rank was not high, the power she held was extremely astonishing.

But this little power, although it could be said to be overwhelming in the Northern Wei Dynasty, was nothing compared to that of the King of Xiliang.

If you want to seek revenge with your own strength, there is almost no hope at all in this life.

“How is the matter of recruiting soldiers from various places going?”

The empress sighed softly.

She already had a premonition that the Northern Wei Dynasty had already stepped half a foot into the abyss of destruction, and the 200,000 troops in Osprey Gorge might not be able to return.

As the helmsman of the huge Northern Wei Dynasty, the empress must consider the Northern Wei Dynasty if Helian Bobo cannot return.

Because how to defend the imperial city is just as the female official said, as long as the imperial city is still there, the Northern Wei Dynasty will not perish in such a short time.

As long as there is a child from the imperial city, everything will be able to turn around. Even if the chance is very small, as long as there is a little hope, it will be fine.

But the question was how to defend the imperial city? The Northern Wei Dynasty mobilized the whole country and put together an army of 400,000, but 200,000 of them were submerged by a flood in Suizhou City.

Another 200,000 were trapped in Osprey Stream.

Now, there are only a few thousand imperial guards left in the Northern Wei imperial city, and even the soldiers from other states have been withdrawn.

But this time Xiliang has dispatched a full 500,000 elite troops. Now that the battle of Suizhou City has ended, Xiliang’s fierce general Liao Huan is leading the army northward. In addition to the more than 100,000 cavalry led by Xiliang King Xiao Han himself, there are two other armies on the front line who are attacking cities and seizing territories in the Northern Wei territory as if they are in an empty land.

Moreover, these two armies will soon be approaching the city. What will we use to deal with them then?

“The Ministry of War is making preparations, and the prefectures, counties and districts are urgently mobilizing soldiers, but it will take at least seven days for them to arrive.”

The female official hesitated for a moment before answering.

“Starting tomorrow, the four gates of the Imperial City will be tightly closed, and all the young and strong men in the city must participate in defending the city.”

“Open the armories of each government office and distribute them. We must defend the imperial city.”

The Empress gave the order.

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The female official beside him received the order and left quickly.

At this moment.

As the empress of Northern Wei, she had no other choice but to defend the imperial city to the death.

Who could have imagined that the empress of Northern Wei, who was so high-spirited and determined to conquer the Central Plains, would today be attacked at her doorstep and left with nowhere to go.

If she leaves, there will be no need to fight this war. It would be better to hand over the imperial city to the Xiliang Army.

As long as the city is intact, people will survive; if the city is destroyed, people will die. This is her only solution.

It is also the last bit of integrity for an emperor.

As the empress’s order was passed down, the four gates of the imperial city were closed, and the only remaining imperial guards began to arrest young and strong men from house to house.

No matter if they were farmers, merchants, high-ranking officials or royal nobles, all young and strong men had to be equipped with swords and guns.

As for armor, there wasn’t much in stock in the armory, and that stuff couldn’t be made in a short time.

They didn’t even have bows and crossbows, so they could only send a group of people wearing coarse linen clothes to the top of the city wall.

The Northern Wei Dynasty in the Central Plains was paying close attention to this war. In addition, many small countries in the Western Regions also planned to take advantage of the situation.

But when they saw the lineup of the battle between Xiliang and Northern Wei, they were all scared to death.

Xiliang dispatched 500,000 elite cavalry, and Northern Wei dispatched 400,000 soldiers, with a total of nearly one million troops on both sides.

What is this concept?
Many small countries in the Western Regions cannot even muster a million-strong army. Even the total number of men, women, young and old in their country may not even reach one million.

What can you use to fish in troubled waters?

If Northern Wei or Western Liang sneezed, it would cause a bloody storm in the Western Regions. Zhao Mule only led a few thousand cavalry to conduct a drill outside Xiacheng, and he scared the rulers of those small countries so much that they could not sleep day or night.

What a joke.

If they don’t watch out now, they will be punished by the King of Xiliang and they won’t even know how they died.

As a result, the trade routes of the Western Regions remained absolutely peaceful during the war between Xiliang and Northern Wei.

No one dared to jump out and cause trouble.

Not to mention the movements of various forces, let’s just talk about Helian Bobo, who has entered the realm of great immortality in Osprey Gorge and is fighting against Xiao Han, the King of Xiliang.

The two strongest men in the world pushed their auras to the extreme, and the fairy light on Helian Bobo’s body became more and more dazzling.

Above the sky, Xiao Han shook his head and took a step forward. The armor on his body hummed and a sharp aura came towards him.

The long and narrow Xiliang swords in their hands clashed with each other, and the blades emitted a cold light, and murderous aura gathered around them.

(End of this chapter)