The poorest member of the Imperial Guard, the Empress begged me to embezzle.

"Yes."

The Imperial Guard soldiers responded and turned to leave.

Not long after.

The Imperial Guards led the messengers from Yizhou and Jingzhou into the room.

only.

The messenger from Yizhou was carrying a blood-stained black package.

Whether it was Murong Si and others, or the civil and military officials, they all saw this black package.

They were all speculating whose head it was.

"Greetings to Your Majesty."

The messengers from Yizhou and Jingzhou knelt down before Murong Si and greeted her with utmost respect.

The Imperial Guards quietly withdrew.

"No gift."

Murong Si waved her hand and said calmly.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

After the messengers from Yizhou and Jingzhou expressed their gratitude, they stood up.

What good news have you brought?

"The messenger from Jingzhou should speak first."

"Then the messenger from Yizhou will speak."

Murong Si looked at the two messengers calmly and said.

All the officials in the court focused their attention on the two messengers, watching them intently.

Even the cabinet ministers from the most prestigious families have not yet received the news.

"Your Majesty, after the Marquis of Champion led a group of elite Imperial Guards into Jingzhou, they first wiped out the Xuan Yin Sword Sect and the Giant Sword Sect, which were colluding with the Yellow Heaven Sect."

"Then the Marquis of Champion led a group of elite Imperial Guards to Queyue City in Jiangxia County. After arriving in Queyue City, he sent people to Wankou in Lujiang County, Yangzhou to spread the news and attract the traitor Xiao Yu to make a move."

"The traitors have indeed fallen for the trap, sending the two Dharma Kings of the Maitreya Sect with thirty experts to Queyue City to assassinate the Marquis of Champion."

"After killing a group of experts from the Maitreya Sect, the Marquis of Champion cut Wankou into ruins across the river with a single stroke."

"The Maitreya Sect and the Xiao family experts from Yangzhou who gathered in Wankou suffered heavy losses. Only a very small number of experts escaped from Wankou under the leadership of Xiao Yu."

"The 100,000 Yangzhou soldiers gathered in Wankou were all killed by the Marquis of Champion's single strike!"

The messenger from Jingzhou spoke with a respectful expression.

"What? Not only did he kill all the experts from the Maitreya Sect and the Xiao family of Yangzhou with a single strike, but he also wiped out the 100,000 Yangzhou soldiers gathered in Wankou?"

"How is that possible? Even the Imperial Guard's killing formation couldn't possibly reach this level, could it?"

"Hiss, terrifying! Has the Champion Marquis's strength reached such a terrifying level?"

"The Killing Blade Formation, as expected of the Embroidered Uniform Guard's Killing Blade Formation! With the influx of resources, the elite members of the Embroidered Uniform Guard have greatly improved their cultivation levels, which has also greatly enhanced the power of the Killing Blade Formation!"

"It's not just a huge improvement, it's already reached the Celestial Immortal level, right?"

"..."

The entire court was in an uproar. All the civil and military officials showed shock on their faces and began to discuss among themselves.

Minister of Personnel Zhao Duo, Minister of War Cui Yu, Minister of Works Zheng Yun, Minister of Justice Dugu Tai, and others all wore solemn expressions. They had never imagined that Chu Xiu, with the support of the Embroidered Uniform Guard's killing blade formation, had already possessed such terrifying strength.

To achieve such a terrifying boost through military formations, how many armies would one need?

Chu Xiu, however, accomplished this with a killing blade formation composed of more than nine thousand elite Jinyiwei!

From this point of view alone, the cost-effectiveness of the Embroidered Uniform Guard's killing blade formation has far surpassed that of the military formations of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Although it would still require a lot of resources to train the elite of the Embroidered Uniform Guard to this level.

However, compared to other options, it is still more cost-effective to train elite members of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

Empress Murong Si suddenly stood up, her expression calm and composed, but a hint of excitement appeared on her dignified face.

Upon seeing Murong Si stand up, the assembled officials immediately calmed down.

"I have inherited the throne and am constantly vigilant, relying solely on loyal and courageous ministers to stabilize the world."

"You, the Marquis of Champion and Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, Chu Xiu, wield the thunderous blade to slay the evil spirits of Xuan Yin; you employ strategic tactics to break the demonic aura of Maitreya."

"Beneath the city of Queyue, the sword cleaved the great river and beheaded 100,000 rebel soldiers."

"He is promoted to Vice Commander-in-Chief of the Central Military Commission, while still in charge of the Embroidered Uniform Guard!"

"I will bestow upon you a pair of jade discs from the East Sea that glow at night, and three blood coral trees from Jiaozhi, and also allocate three thousand hectares of imperial estate in Hedong County as my private property!"

"Appreciate this!"

Murong Si paced back and forth on the high platform a few times, speaking in a low but powerful voice.

In the Great Zhou Dynasty, the Vice Commander-in-Chief of the Five Military Commands was a third-rank official, the Assistant Commander-in-Chief was a second-rank official, and the Left and Right Commanders-in-Chief were second-rank officials.

Originally, the Five Military Commands also had a Grand Commander who was in charge of the entire Five Military Commands. He was a first-rank official, which was higher than the ministers of the Six Ministries and the governors of a prefecture. He was in charge of all the troops in the country and could even mobilize all the troops except the Imperial Guard and the Capital Garrison without going through the Six Ministries. The governors of all prefectures had to obey the orders of the Five Military Commands.

Later, because the Grand Commander wielded too much power, he was abolished by Emperor Wu, the founding emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, Holy Might!"

All the civil and military officials knelt down and shouted in unison.

Although the Five Military Commissions in the Great Zhou Dynasty were different from those in the Ming Dynasty, they were not honorary titles and had no real power.

The Five Military Commands of the Great Zhou Dynasty held real power.

The Ministry of War's troop deployment order reached the Five Military Commissions, which had the authority to reject it.

Only with the approval of the Five Military Commissions can the Ministry of War truly mobilize the army.

However, Chu Xiu was only a Vice Commander of the Central Military Commission and could not influence the decisions of the Central Military Commission.

Moreover, Chu Xiu had indeed made a great contribution this time, so they couldn't object.

of course.

The Imperial Guards and the Capital Garrison of the Great Zhou Dynasty are not included in this list.

Only the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty could personally mobilize these two.

Murong Si's gaze fell upon the messenger from Yizhou.

"Your Majesty, last night the Imperial Preceptor killed the barbarian Imperial Preceptor Wutugu with a single sword strike, causing the barbarian army to flee in panic. My Yizhou General Zheng Min personally led an army of 300,000 to break out of Guiku Gorge. More than 100,000 barbarians were trampled to death, and more than 350,000 barbarians died at the hands of my Yizhou army!"

"Of the 500,000 barbarian troops that attacked, less than 50,000 escaped!"

"A hundred miles outside Ghost Cry Gorge, rivers of blood flowed and corpses littered the fields!"

"And this head is the head of the barbarian Grand Preceptor Wutugu, which the Grand Preceptor beheaded and presented to His Majesty!"

"This is what the messenger from Yizhou said firmly."

This single sound silenced the entire court.

Of the 500,000 barbarian troops that attacked, fewer than 50,000 escaped.

Just by thinking about it, they could sense the sheer scale of corpses and blood that lay beyond Ghost Cry Gorge.

of course.

This is not the most important.

Most importantly, the Imperial Advisor Qi Tianchen actually killed the barbarian Imperial Advisor Wutugu with a single sword strike.

They brought back all the heads!

It should be noted that the barbarian national teacher, Wutugu, was one of the most skilled martial artists in the world, yet even such a master could not withstand a single sword strike from Qi Tianchen.

It's easy to imagine just how terrifying Qi Tianchen's current strength is.

Similarly, the vast majority of the credit belongs to Qi Tianchen, not to Zheng Min, the governor of Yizhou, or the 300,000 troops of Yizhou.

"open to take a look."

Upon hearing this, Murong Si's face lit up with interest as she spoke.

"Yes."

The messenger from Yizhou placed the black package on the ground, opened it, and revealed the head of the barbarian national teacher, Wutugu, with his eyes wide open in anger and unseeing death.

"Is this the barbarian royal advisor, Wutugu?"

"As expected of a teacher!"

Murong Si smiled gently and said.

The civil and military officials looked at Wutugu's head and felt a strange chill run down their spines.

They always felt that this severed head was Qi Tianchen's way of warning them.

This means that even the barbarian king's advisor is as vulnerable as a clay chicken or a clay dog ​​in his presence.

Anyone who dares to betray the Great Zhou Dynasty can have their life taken by him.