Records of the Human Emperor Chapter 636: The Capital Astir!

Chapter 636: The Capital Astir!

Translated by: Hypersheep325

Edited by: Michyrr

Flapflap!

Countless carrier pigeons flapped their wings and took off in various directions, spreading the news of the victory in the southwest to every place.

In a place seven or eight li from the capital, an orderly army equipped with bright armor was somberly marching along the official road, toward the southwest. At the front of this army was a middle-aged man exuding a noble aura, mounted on a white steed. As he looked toward the southwest, a faint tinge of concern could be seen in his eyes.

The war of the southwest had lasted for more than a month, almost two months now.

But the entire Imperial Court was unable to muster any soldiers. Two months seemed like an eternity for the southwest, but to this massive empire that needed to gather resources from all sorts of places, it was utterly insufficient.

Even though the Bureau of Military Personnel, Bureau of Personnel, and Bureau of Works were doing all they could, it was still not enough.

King Song had also done all he could, staunchly pushing past all opposition to extract thirty thousand soldiers from the Imperial Army, bringing his total number to seventy thousand well-trained soldiers that he could lead to the southwest.

But to tell the truth, not even King Song was confident that these seventy thousand soldiers would be of any use.

After all, the Mengshe–Ü-Tsang army had more than five hundred thousand soldiers!

However, the matter of the southwest was too large for King Song not to go. And this matter also involved Wang Chong!

King Song looked up at the gloomy skies and quietly said to himself, Wang Chong, this king has already done all he can. I hope that you can hold on. I hope that I won't be late!

The capital had long ago been informed that Wang Chong and the Annan Protectorate army were besieged on a mountain by the Mengshe–Ü-Tsang army and in an extremely perilous situation. There was even a rumor that by the time the Imperial Court had received this news, Wang C

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