Jun Haotian finished reading the imperial edict and the letter, with a look of surprise in his eyes.

You know, this letter was delivered to him even faster than the imperial edict.

And the letter was written to him by his beloved son, Jun Lintian.

The letter stated that he was asked to pretend to occupy a large city of the Xuanwu Empire by surprise attack and then keep his troops in place, as Jun Lintian had a plan for later events.

In addition, the letter also talked about what happened recently in the capital.

Including the death of the eldest prince and the second prince.

Jun Lintian also explained in detail how he got rid of these two people.

Looking at the contents of the letter, Jun Haotian was relieved.

My son has grown up!
In fact, he was not surprised that Jun Lintian was able to kill the eldest prince.

Although he was far away in the northern border, he also had access to information about what was happening in the capital.

The news of the eldest prince's death had already been reported before.

What really surprised Jun Haotian was that his beloved son was able to get rid of the second prince in such a short time.

Jun Lintian was even able to predict Emperor Zhou's actions and guessed in advance that Emperor Zhou would issue an imperial decree to order Jun Haotian to attack the Xuanwu Empire.

So he asked Jun Mengyao to send someone to deliver the letter to the northern border early on.

This is to prevent the plan from being disrupted by untimely communication of information.

After Jun Haotian finished reading the letter, he burned it to ashes, then sat on the main seat in the military tent and began to think.

Now he is increasingly aware that his son is becoming more and more capable, even more smooth and cunning than he is.

If it were Jun Haotian himself, he might not be able to make such considerations and plans in Kyoto.

Jun Haotian was also becoming more and more satisfied with Jun Lintian.

Even now, Jun Haotian can safely hand over the Jun family to Jun Lintian.

Under the leadership of Jun Lintian, perhaps the Jun family will become even stronger!

"Somebody come!"

Jun Haotian shouted outside the military tent.

Then, his deputy general came in immediately and knelt on one knee: "I am here, General, what do you want?"

Jun Haotian smiled triumphantly: "Pass on my order, I will personally lead an army of 100,000 to attack Xuanyang City!"

"The last general takes command!"

The deputy general clasped his fists respectfully, without any doubt or suspicion.

There was even a little excitement in his heart.

Their army has been silent in the North for too long, and their hands and feet are rusty. It's time for them to show their strength!
As a very capable general, Jun Haotian would never procrastinate in doing things.

After he had gathered enough troops, he immediately led his army to attack Xuanyang City of the Xuanwu Empire.

Soldiers are valuable and quick.

Jun Haotian led the army under the cover of night and quickly attacked Xuanyang City with lightning speed.

And occupied it as a base.

Although some people escaped, he didn't take it to heart.

After all, the news here still needs to be passed on to the Xuanwu Empire.

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The next day, Xuanwu Empire.

In the capital, inside the imperial palace.

It was time for the morning court session. After listening to the various questions raised by the civil officials and military generals, Emperor Wu felt quite annoyed.

He didn't know why, but he just felt a little panicked.

He had never experienced such a situation before.

"I am a little tired, let's retire."

Emperor Wu couldn't listen any more, and most of the questions raised by these civil servants were minor ones, so it was okay to leave them for later. He was about to stand up, but at this moment, he saw a messenger outside, holding a military newspaper, running in quickly.

Logically speaking, it is absolutely impossible for ordinary people to enter the Council Hall wearing armor.

But it is different for messengers. After all, they deliver urgent reports from the border. If they are delayed, it will lead to a disaster.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Urgent news from the border eight hundred miles away."

The messenger had been running all the way, and he didn't know how many horses had died. At this moment, he himself was out of breath, dizzy and almost fell down.

"Eight hundred miles of urgent news?!"

All the civil and military officials in the Council Hall were dumbfounded.

Emperor Wu was also a little stunned at this moment. He quickly ordered the eunuch beside him: "Go get a bowl of goat milk! Feed it to him."

The messenger felt some strength restored only after drinking a bowl of goat's milk.

At this moment, he immediately handed over the urgent report in his hand.

Then he knelt on one knee and said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, the battle has started at the border!"

"The Great Zhou Dynasty sent 100,000 soldiers and horses to attack our border city Xuanyang last night!"

Originally, those civil servants and military generals had never recovered from the shock.

When he heard what the messenger said at this moment, he was completely dumbfounded.

"What? Why did the war suddenly start?"

"Our dynasty and the Great Zhou have been living in peace for several years. Why are we going to fight just like that?"

"But it's not that bad. They are attacking Xuanyang City, which has a large garrison and General Qin Chi is in charge. It will take several months to conquer the city."

An impatient general nearby immediately asked, "Messenger, please tell me quickly, what is the battle situation?"

The messenger didn't dare to speak.

When many ministers saw the expression on the messenger's face, they seemed to realize something and turned their eyes to Emperor Wu sitting on the dragon throne.

However, Emperor Wu's expression was particularly grim at this moment, and it was obvious that the battle situation was extremely bad.

"Waste! Waste!"

Emperor Wu angrily threw the urgent report in his hand away and shouted, "It's only been one night and Xuanyang City has been lost?!"

"What on earth is Qin Chi doing? He's just defending Xuanyang City like this?!"

Emperor Wu originally thought that the Great Zhou Dynasty would not take any action after suffering a loss this time.

After all, when he sent Xuanye to ambush and kill the second prince, he had them wear black clothes and did not use the banner of the Xuanwu Empire.

The most important thing is that Xuanye has also confirmed that no one is left alive.

But no matter what happens now, no matter who leaked the news or whether Xuanye made a mistake.

Now that the war has already begun, Emperor Wu has no choice but to accept it.

But he never expected it.

He actually lost a county city overnight, a big city like Xuanyang City!

Even several county towns around Xuanyang City were captured by the army of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

You know, there are nearly 100,000 people in Xuanyang City!

There are also 30,000 troops stationed there!

They were only asked to defend the city. The 30,000 garrison troops were unable to withstand the attack of 100,000 soldiers and horses, and could not even hold out for a single night.

This is simply the ultimate waste!
Even if there were 30,000 pigs there, they would be enough for 100,000 people to kill for several days!
"Who leads the army of the Great Zhou Dynasty?"

Emperor Wu quickly realized the problem and asked the messenger.

The messenger immediately said, "It was General Jun Haotian. Last night, he personally climbed up to the top of the city wall and killed them."

"What?! It's Jun Haotian!"

For a moment, everyone in the Council Hall looked grim. (End of this chapter)