Chapter 484: The People in Panic!
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Records of the Human Emperor Chapter 484: The People in Panic!

Chapter 484: The People in Panic!

Translated by: Hypersheep325

Edited by: Michyrr

News had begun to spread a few days ago. A scout from Li Zhengyi's army had rushed into the capital, covered in blood. Upon being carried to the Bureau of Military Personnel, he delivered his message, a request for reinforcements, and then fell unconscious.

If the large-scale Tibetan assault on the Longxi border was shocking, the grievous news that the 180,000 elites of Jiannan had lost was even more earth-shattering.

No one had expected such a thing. The Tibetan assault made everyone panic.

"The Tibetans are declaring war against the Great Tang! This is a complete break!"

In the Imperial Court, an imperial censor shouted for all he was worth, his face red, his entire body shaking from the sheer rage flowing through him.

"It's already collapsed! In Longxi and the southwest, Ü-Tsang has mobilized over 100,000 soldiers to invade the Great Tang. If that's not a break, what is! Right now we have to talk about what to do next!"

"Li Zhengyi has already been defeated! Where else can we get soldiers?"

"If we want to help out Xianyu Zhongtong and Li Zhengyi, the Big Dipper Army is the best way!"

"But the Big Dipper Army is being held down by We Tadra Khonglo and Dusong Mangpoje!"

"Lord Wang said a long time ago that this wasn't the time to send soldiers, but none of you listened. Now you know!"

"That's not what I'm worried about right now. What of the hundreds of thousands of civilians living in the southwest! If the 180,000 elites of the Annan Protectorate aren't there to stand guard, the southwest is a completely open field! Who else is left that can stop the combined armies of Mengshe Zhao and Ü-Tsang?"

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Bzzt! As if all the air had been suddenly sucked out of the room, the noisy hall fell quiet. All the nobles and officials had stopped talking.

A stifling mood shrouded the entire court.

The defeat of the southwest had never been their greatest worry. Their true concern was the almost one million civilians living in th

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