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    "Li Lang from the Far East has captured 21 towns including Shacheng, Mazhuang, and Caocheng in Liangzhou. The defenders in various places are hard to resist and are retreating."

    In the majestic palace of Hanhai King City, Minister of Military Affairs Zhang Deyi presented a thick stack of urgent documents to the Crown Prince Zhang Yuanzhong who presided over the government, with a solemn face.

    After Li Lang, Marshal of the Far East Empire led the army to defeat the Holy See, he immediately divided his troops to attack the vast sea.

    Under the personal leadership of the imperial marshal Li Lang, the Far East Army troops crossed the border of Hanhai and launched an attack on Hanhai regardless of the exhaustion from the long battle.

    The troops in the Far East have experienced several months of fierce fighting, and they have been greatly weakened both mentally and physically.

    However, after learning that Hanhai sent troops to attack their Jiangnan province and other places, it also aroused the same hatred among the Far East Army troops.

    You must know that Jiangnan and other regions are the places where the Far East Empire pays money, food and taxes, and are also important sources of troops.

    In particular, many of the militia troops under Li Lang's command were temporarily recruited and assigned, and a considerable part of them came from the southern region.

    When they learned that their hometown was attacked by Hanhai people and their family members were dead or alive, they just started clamoring to fight back to their hometown.

    After comforting and explaining by military officers at all levels, although their emotions have been stabilized, their hatred for Han Hai is increasing day by day.

    This time Li Lang led his troops to attack Hanhai. On the one hand, it was to contain Hanhai's army and ease the pressure on the southern part of the empire. At the same time, it was to cooperate with the Freedom Alliance's attack.

    The Hanhai people can unite with the Holy See, Prairie Wolf Cavalry, Desert Empire, etc. to attack the Far East Empire.

    The Far Eastern Empire naturally sought the foreign aid of the Freedom Alliance to attack the Hanhai Dynasty.

    Following the field army led by Imperial Marshal Li Lang, the militia troops invaded the territory of Hanhai, and urgent documents from all over the country flew to the royal city of Hanhai like snowflakes.

    "What is the new Fifth Army doing? They have tens of thousands of people. Could it be that they can't even stop the tired soldiers in the Far East?!"

    Crown Prince Zhang Yuanzhong is in a very bad mood now. After hearing what Minister of Military Affairs Zhang Deyi said, he immediately questioned him with a cold face.

    When the front line of the Holy See was defeated, Zhang Yuanzhong urgently mobilized the new fifth army to the northwest to guard against possible attacks by Li Lang.

    But now that the new Fifth Army has been transferred, facing Li Lang's attack, they are still losing cities and territories, which is naturally difficult for him to understand.

    "Your Highness, although the Far Eastern Army is a tired army, their weapons are sharp, and the soldiers in the army are also fierce veterans of hundreds of battles. In addition, our army is a new army, with no experience in fighting in battle  "Military Affairs Minister Zhang Deyi explained.

    Crown Prince Zhang Yuanzhong waved his hand and said, "Don't look for so many reasons, tell the commander of the new Fifth Army that all the soldiers and civilians in Liangzhou will be dispatched by him, but you must defend Liangzhou and stabilize the northwest defense line.  If Liangzhou is lost, let him commit suicide by disemboweling himself!"

    "yes."

    Minister of Military Affairs Zhang Deyi knew that using a newly formed army to block Li Lang's strong army was nothing short of a dream, but now he dared not speak for the newly formed Fifth Army, fearing that he would offend the crown prince who was in a bad mood.

    "How is the situation in Jiangzhou? Where is the enemy army of the Freedom Alliance?"

    After learning about the war in Liangzhou in the northwest, the battered crown prince Zhang Yuanzhong asked about the enemy forces in the Freedom Alliance.

    "Reporting to Your Highness, as of this morning, the enemy forces of the Freedom Alliance have successively occupied the entire territory of Haizhou and Jiangzhou, and the forward has arrived in Ningzhou"

    Minister of Military Affairs Zhang Deyi looked at Prince Zhang Yuanzhong's gloomy face that dripped water, and his voice became weaker and weaker.

    "What does your military department do? I think you don't want to be the Minister of Military Affairs, do you?!"

    Zhang Yuanzhong was also furious when he heard that within a short period of time, the Freedom Alliance captured the areas of their two states.

    "Your Highness, calm down, I have wronged His Highness, please forgive me."

    Zhang Deyi, Minister of Military Affairs, was also terrified, and hurriedly knelt down on the ground, begging for mercy loudly.

    Some time ago, Zhang Deyi, the Minister of Military Affairs, could be said to be full of spirits. After all, the frontline troops belonged to the military deployment, and he seemed to have a kind of boldness to scold Fang Qiu for a decisive victory.

    But now with the sudden turn of the war situation, he, the minister of military affairs, was completely roasted on the fire, and he became a punching bag.

    "Your Highness, the enemy army of the Freedom Alliance has invaded our Haizhou, Jiangzhou and other places. This cannot be completely blamed on Mr. Zhang."

      Cui Yuan, chief assistant of Hanhai, also knew the difficulties of Minister of Military Affairs Zhang Deyi, so he stood up and said a few words of justice for him.

    "With the sudden attack of the Freedom Alliance, Jiangzhou, Haizhou and other places do not have any good soldiers or generals to command the troops. It is expected that they will lose consecutive battles."

    "What's more, as far as I know, the defenders everywhere can still fight the enemy, but almost all the officials everywhere have been bribed by the Freedom Alliance. They surrendered in anticipation, and they took the initiative to donate their cities to the enemies of the Freedom Alliance.  "

    "Some officials who were unwilling to surrender were assassinated before the army of the Freedom Alliance arrived"

    "It is precisely because of this that the army of the Freedom Alliance invaded our territory and occupied a large area almost effortlessly."

    "I heard that many officials not only did not organize to defend against the enemy, but even invited bands to hold a welcome ceremony for the troops of the Freedom Alliance."

    Speaking of this, the important minister Cui Yuan, the first assistant, couldn't help but let out a long sigh. The officials of the dynasty have actually rotted to the root.

    In the past, there was no invasion of foreign enemies, and the Hanhai Dynasty was still able to be fooled by the appearance of power. Although officials at all levels were corrupt, they covered each other. At least it seemed that they were all performing their duties, and there were still loyal officials.

    But now, with the situation taking a turn for the worse, in the face of the Far Eastern Army and the Freedom Alliance's attack, these officials who are greedy for life and fear death, and enjoy extravagance are naturally torn off their fig leaf, exposing their true colors.

    A considerable number of them have already been grasped by the people of the Freedom Alliance, so in order to protect themselves, they dare not refuse to agree to the conditions of the Freedom Alliance.

    There are also some people who are open to money and were bought by the Freedom Alliance with money and beauty, and now they naturally invest in the Freedom Alliance.

    Others were promised high-ranking officials and generous salaries by the Freedom Alliance. They hoped that Han Hai would fall immediately, so that they could sit in a higher position with the support of the Freedom Alliance.

    Under the attack of the sugar-coated shells of the Freedom Alliance, officials at all levels in the Hanhai Dynasty almost all surrendered one-sidedly.

    After all, they have earned enough wealth, and there is no need to accompany Han Hai to die with them. They have already regarded their personal interests as more important than Han Hai's national interests.

    "They should all be put to death!"

    Knowing that officials from all over the country did not want to resist the invading enemy, but instead happily surrendered in Kaesong, the angry crown prince Zhang Yuanzhong also turned pale and roared again and again.

    In fact, Cui Yuan, the chief assistant of Hanhai, was already alert to the problem of Hanhai's bureaucratic system when the Far Eastern Dynasty collapsed.

    However, his suggestion did not get the attention of Crown Prince Zhang Yuanzhong, so he did not rectify the corrupt official system.

    After all, Zhang Yuanzhong is still the prince, and he is only in charge of state affairs. He has not yet dared to rectify the entangled bureaucratic system. In order to win support, he can only turn a blind eye.

    But now with the invasion of foreign enemies, the decadent bureaucratic system collapsed rapidly like a bony Nomi card, making the imperial court extremely passive.  (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com
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