Peerless Taoist

This voice was like a clap of thunder, shaking the hearts of everyone.    

The Marquis of Liyang raised his hand and grabbed at the air, immediately pulling the five people over. He said in a deep voice, "What exactly is going on?"    

The five cultivators were in high spirits. When they saw the Marquis of the Imperial Court, they immediately did not dare to be impudent. "Reporting to the Marquis, the front line achieved a great victory. The Tang army even abandoned their camp. They ran away!"    

These five cultivators were specially trained to be scouts to send messages.    

With a few words, they revealed the situation of the battle!    

The Tang army suffered a crushing defeat. Hundreds of thousands of corpses were left behind, and the entire army was defeated!    

No one suspected that they were lying. Such an important military situation, even if they lied, they could not hide it.    

"Is the local army really that strong?" The Liyang Marquis was obviously shocked as well.    

He was the Marquis and had participated in the Tang war before. He knew very well how fierce the Tang army was.    

Just now, he had received news that Li Mi had set up an ancient battle formation and summoned the God of War, Chi You, to slaughter the entire Great Yu Army.    

However, he did not expect that in less than a day, the situation of the war would be reversed. The Great Yu Army had turned defeat into victory.    

"Report! The front line is under the command of East Victory Provincial Governor Lu Yu. He has already gone after the Tang Army!"    

In the distance, another group of scouts were rushing over.    

Compared to the scouts, the talismans flying over from all over the country were faster. The same message was written on them.    

Victory on the front line!    

...    

Great Yu Imperial Palace, Cosmos Palace.    

At this moment, all the ministers and courtiers in the palace were quarreling with each other, and the forces of various sects were arguing with each other.    

The civil and military officials were standing on both sides of the palace. In front of them, there was even a row of imperial princes who were given seats, clad in red robes embroidered with pythons and dragons. All of them had gloomy looks on their faces.    

These royal lords had noble bloodlines, but their strength was not at the peak. Hence, they could only participate in decision-making but not go out to battle.    

At this moment, when the court assembly had just begun, the officials had already started to argue with each other, and their words were extremely fierce.    

"The Emperor has arrived!" The eunuch by the side suddenly screamed.    

The Cosmos Hall immediately became silent. Even the person whose face was flushed red from the quarrel just now also forcefully endured the anger in his heart and stood in their respective seats.    

Zhao Yuanyan appeared. He was dressed rather casually and did not wear a dragon robe. He only wore a bright yellow brocade robe and his hair was tied up. He walked to the dragon throne and sat down, accompanied by a few eunuchs.    

"Long live the Emperor." All the officials knelt.    

The Royal Highnesses also stood up and kowtowed, without exception.    

In the past, when the Emperor of Taiqian, Zhao Tianyin, was in power, he canceled this kind of kneeling etiquette, even if it was the upper court that only needed to bow to the Emperor.    

But after Zhao Yuanyan got in power, in the name of the ancient ceremony, he once again used the kneeling ceremony. On both sides of the palace, there were eunuchs in charge of supervising. Their eyes were like falcons, checking if every official was in line with the rules.    

"All ministers, rise." Zhao Yuanyan waved his hand.    

All the officials stood still, and a eunuch immediately shouted, "If there's anything, report it. If there's nothing else, then leave the court."    

The Cabinet's Grand Secretary Yang Shouyi, who stood at the front, did not make a move today. Logically speaking, he should be the one to speak at every court assembly.    

"Emperor, we have just received the battle report. Our army's front line has already obtained a huge victory! The Sishui Pass has already been reclaimed by the Hidden Dragon Army. Now, the entire army is advancing forward. The Tang army is retreating in defeat. They are no longer able to resist our attack. The official suggested that the Imperial Court chase after the victory and mobilize all their forces. Chase the Tang army out!"    

A military official stepped out, his voice rough and filled with killing intent.