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Chapter 202 Jiangdong's Handsome Zhou Lang

The Hall of Nourishing Heart.

After the court session, Zhou Chen returned to the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Meanwhile, Zhou Chen also summoned the six ministers and the Eighth Prince to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and they did not leave the palace.

Although the general strategy for dealing with the alien races has been determined, Zhou Chen still needs to discuss the specifics with Fang Xuanling and the others.

"Your Majesty, urgent news has just arrived from the northern frontier."

Just as Zhou Chen and Fang Xuanling were discussing things, Cao Shaoqin, who was standing to the side, received a message from the Eastern Depot.

Cao Shaoqin dared not delay and immediately delivered the message to Zhou Chen.

Oh!
Urgent news from northern Xinjiang?
Upon hearing this, Zhou Chen and Fang Xuanling stopped their discussion.

Zhou Chen immediately took the message from the Northern Frontier from Cao Shaoqin's hand, opened it, and began to read it.

The urgent message from the northern frontier was short, but its content immediately darkened Zhou Chen's expression.

"bump."

After reading the news from the northern frontier, Zhou Chen slammed his hand on the dragon table, his face extremely grim.

First came the news that the passes had been breached in Xiliang and Nanjiang.

More bad news has come from the northern border region.

Three pieces of news in one day, none of them good, which made Zhou Chen's face turn frosty.

"Your Majesty, has something happened at the northern border?"

Seeing Zhou Chen's grim expression after reading the news from the Northern Frontier, Fang Xuanling and the others felt a pang of unease and all turned to look at him.

News from the northern frontier could make Emperor Zhou Chen so gloomy.

This clearly indicates a problem at the border in northern Xinjiang.

"Yanmen Pass was breached by the Northern Barbarians."

"The Marquis of Weiwu died at the hands of the Northern Di State Preceptor, and Gao Shun was also seriously injured."

"You should all take a look at this message!"

Zhou Chen said grimly, handing the message to Cao Shaoqin.

Cao Shaoqin immediately delivered the news to Fang Xuanling and Zhou Xian, the Eighth Prince.

what?
Is Marquis Weiwu dead?
Has Yanmen Pass fallen?

Zhou Chen's words caused a drastic change in the expressions of the Minister of War and the Eighth Prince Zhou Xian.

The Jade Gate and South Gate passes have already been breached by foreign tribes, and now the Yanmen Pass has also fallen, having been captured by the Northern Di.

In this way, the border barriers on all three sides of the Great Zhou Dynasty would be gone.

The territory on all three sides of the Great Zhou Dynasty was basically exposed to the iron cavalry of the foreign tribes.

Most importantly, Marquis Weiwu is dead.

Who is Marquis Weiwu?
This was a rare loyal and veteran general in the Great Zhou Dynasty. Although he could not compare to Grand Tutor Wen Zhong and Prince Zhou Zhan, who were veterans of three reigns, he was still an important pillar of the Great Zhou.

Now that Marquis Weiwu has died in the northern frontier, this will be a significant blow to the Great Zhou Dynasty.

The Minister of War and the Eighth Prince Zhou Xian took turns looking at the urgent messages coming from the northern frontier.

After the Minister of War and Prince Zhou Xian read the news sent back from the northern frontier, they both fell silent with grave expressions.

The Marquis of Weiwu's family can be described as a family of loyal martyrs, with several sons dying on the battlefield for the Great Zhou.

Now even Marquis Weiwu has died in the northern frontier, at the hands of the Northern Di national teacher.

It must be said that this caused great sorrow to the Minister of War and the Eighth Prince Zhou Xian.

"Your Majesty, with Yanmen Pass breached, Marquis Weiwu killed in battle, and Gao Shun seriously wounded, the northern frontier is in danger."

"An imperial edict should be immediately issued to Lü Bu to return to the northern frontier."

Fang Xuanling said solemnly.

Marquis Weiwu is dead, Gao Shun is seriously injured, and only Hezhou remains to hold the fort in the northern frontier.

There was simply no way they could stop the Northern Di's attack.

Once the Zhenbei Army suffers a major defeat, the Northern Di cavalry will be able to advance unimpeded southward.

It will be troublesome then.

Zhou Chen glanced at Fang Xuanling with a gloomy face; "Lu Bu is already on his way back to the Northern Frontier. Judging by the speed of Lu Bu's wolf cavalry, he will be back in the Northern Frontier in less than two days."

After saying that, Zhou Chen looked at Cao Shaoqin and said, "Cao Shaoqin, send an edict to Lü Bu. I want to see the head of the Northern Di national teacher."

The Marquis of Weiwu's family was full of loyal and valiant men, but now the Marquis of Weiwu has died at the hands of the Northern Di national teacher.

All Zhou Chen could do was take the head of the Northern Di National Preceptor to console the spirit of Marquis Weiwu in heaven.

“Yes, Your Majesty,” Cao Shaoqin bowed.

……

After Fang Xuanling and the others left the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Zhou Chen frowned and pondered deeply.

With Lü Bu in the northern frontier and Zhang Liao and Jia Xu in the western Liang region, Zhou Chen had nothing to worry about.

Whether it was Lü Bu or Zhang Liao, they were all outstanding figures of their time.

With their abilities, plus the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Zhenbei Army and the Xiliang Army, dealing with the foreign tribes should not be a problem.

Zhou Chen was worried about southern Xinjiang.

If the South Gate Pass is lost, even if King Zhou Zhan of Kaoshan returns to the Southern Frontier, it is uncertain how long he can hold off the Southern Barbarians.

The Eastern Wilderness is also a problem.

It's hard to say whether the Marquis of Donghuang can withstand the attack of the Dongyi and buy some time for Zhou Chen.

Hopefully, I'll get a military general from the next daily check-in!

Zhou Chen thought to himself.

"Sign in."

Zhou Chen silently made a mental note and began today's sign-in.

【bite…….】

[Check-in successful.]

[Congratulations, host, for gaining the loyalty of the character Zhou Yu.]

Zhou Yu?

Zhou Gongjin?
Zhou Chen was shocked.

Thinking back to Gongjin in his prime, when Xiao Qiao had just married him, he was a man of great stature and heroic spirit, wielding a feather fan and wearing a silk turban, and in the midst of laughter and conversation, enemy ships were reduced to ashes.

In an instant, Zhou Chen couldn't help but think of these words.

Zhou Yu, the handsome man of Jiangdong, was a famous hero of the Three Kingdoms period.

He was also one of the few commanders in the Three Kingdoms period who was capable of leading troops into battle.

The Sun family's hegemony, which allowed them to dominate Jiangdong, owes half its success to the handsome Zhou Yu.

When in doubt about external matters, consult Zhou Yu; when in doubt about internal matters, consult Zhang He.

This shows Zhou Yu's status in Jiangdong.

Zhou Chen never expected that today's sign-in would bring him such a big surprise, as such an outstanding person appeared during the sign-in.

Zhou Yu was a man of both literary and military talent, a true genius.

A figure wearing a feather fan and a silk turban appeared in front of Zhou Chen.

"Gongjin greets Your Majesty." As soon as Zhou Yu appeared, he bowed to Zhou Chen on the dragon throne.

Zhou Chen glanced at Zhou Yu; "Gongjin, there's no need for such formalities."

Compared to Xun Yu, who gave Zhou Chen a refined and cultured impression, Zhou Yu gave Zhou Chen a more elegant and refined impression.

This is a person of such refined taste that even women are somewhat envious.

"With Gongjin here, my southern border is safe and sound."

Zhou Chen glanced at Zhou Yu and nodded in satisfaction.

As expected of Zhou Yu, putting everything else aside, just his appearance alone is worthy of the title "Handsome Zhou Lang".

Zhou Chen was originally worried about the situation in the southern border region, but now that Zhou Yu has appeared in the sign-in event, Zhou Chen can rest assured.

Zhou Chen decided to send Zhou Yu to the southern border to help the Prince of Kao Shan deal with the southern barbarians.

Based on Zhou Yu's abilities, Zhou Chen believed that dealing with the Nanman should not be a problem.

"Zhou Yu, I intend to appoint you as the Commander-in-Chief of Zhennan and send you to the southern frontier to assist the Prince of Kaoshan in dealing with the Nanman. Are you willing?"

Zhou Chen looked at Zhou Yu.

"Gongjin is at Your Majesty's beck and call, and will gladly die ten thousand deaths."

Zhou Yu bowed and said.

Zhou Chen nodded; "Okay."

"However, I have something to ask Gongjin for his opinion on right now."

……

(End of this chapter)