Your Majesty, please beg for mercy. The prince's rebellion was successful.

The first battle is the decisive battle!

This is the slogan shouted by the Zhou Dynasty court.

Countless elite troops were transferred from all over the Great Zhou to the location of the imperial court.

The huge commotion caused an uproar in the world and shocked the people.

Finally, is the decisive battle about to begin?

At this moment, countless people stopped what they were doing and looked towards the Great Zhou Dynasty's court.

They knew very well that before such a slogan, the next battle between Emperor Tianjing and Zhou Zheng would be a bloody battle and a fight to the death.

It would not be an exaggeration to describe it as a world war.

Everyone was equally motivated.

This war was no longer an ordinary royal civil strife, nor was it a simple fight between emperors, but a struggle between different classes in the Great Zhou.

Emperor Tianjing represents the big landlords, the competitive gentry, the dignitaries, and the nobles who have ruled this world for countless years.

They are used to being high and mighty, used to playing with the people of the world at their fingertips, and used to ignoring all the rules.

Therefore, they will undoubtedly stand on the side of Emperor Tianjing, and they will do everything they can to let Emperor Tianjing win!

Because only if Emperor Tianjing wins can they maintain their current living conditions.

Only if Emperor Tianjing wins and Zhou Zheng dies, will their crisis be resolved and their descendants will prosper.

Zhou Zheng represents the poor peasants and common people of the world.

They were oppressed and enslaved, and it was extremely difficult for them to survive throughout their lives.

They thought they had become accustomed to this kind of life and that it would be like this for generations to come, but Zhou Zheng suddenly appeared.

They are like a beam of light, illuminating the darkness in everyone's hearts.

Let those living at the bottom of society see the hope of life and have the courage to pursue the future.

They began to expect, to admire, to have dreams and beliefs.

From then on, their lives were no longer dull and different from those of animals.

These common people and peasants know better than anyone that in the past, they didn’t care who was the emperor, who the court belonged to, and what did it matter if the dynasty changed? !

In their view, everything was meaningless because even with adjustments made from above, they still had no chance of turning things around.

No matter who it is, they are all in the abyss, so why bother?

However, Zhou Zheng suddenly gave them hope.

There is a hope that perhaps they can live a different life, they can live with dignity, they can be respected by the world, and they can be treated well by the court!

Therefore, countless people and farmers prayed for Zhou Zheng at home all the time.

Although they had no ability to help Zhou Zheng, they still prayed for him.

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The south of the Great Zhou.

King Yong of Zhou's march to the capital to defend the throne was no longer as unstoppable as before.

Local gentry and powerful people took action one after another.

They did not have large armies of soldiers and generals, nor did they have elite generals who had fought in the battlefield, but these local gentry and powerful people had extensive local power and controlled large amounts of land and population.

This undoubtedly caused great trouble to King Yong of Zhou.

At the beginning, King Yong of Zhou was able to solve the problem with ease, but as time went on, more and more gentry and powerful people joined in. They hid in various places, and every time they took action, there were hundreds or thousands of people. It seemed small in scale, but their frequency was extremely high.

The continuous attacks had already exhausted King Zhou Yong's elite troops.

Even King Yong of Zhou had not really closed his eyes for half a month.

Whenever night fell, the local gentry and powerful people would gather their forces and attack King Zhou Yong's soldiers at the risk of their lives.

Even though they knew that the result would be certain death, these people seemed not to care at all.

They would rather lose hundreds of lives every night than waste King Zhou Yong's 300,000 elite troops.

Even under such high-intensity harassment, King Zhou Yong's elite troops had long lost the indomitable determination they had at the beginning.

It used to be so easy for them to capture cities, but now they are facing defenders who are weaker than themselves, and they have to pay a huge price to barely occupy these cities.

The more crucial point is that their tests and tortures only began after they captured the city.

Because once the city is occupied, the dignitaries and gentry in the city will certainly organize forces to conduct guerrilla warfare.

Even if King Yong of Zhou ordered to kill those gentry and powerful people who tried to take action, how many such people were there in the entire Great Zhou? !

They can't be killed, they can't be killed at all.

Faced with the seemingly endless number of local gentry and powerful people, King Zhou Yong felt a strong sense of powerlessness for the first time.

If we really kill all these local gentry and powerful people, will the Great Zhou still be the Great Zhou? !

In addition, those people who are driven by the gentry and nobles are nothing more than cannon fodder in the eyes of the gentry and nobles.

But the gentry and nobles could not care about the lives and deaths of these common people, but King Yong of Zhou could not be so cold-blooded.

But his kindness did not bring about the other party's restraint, but instead made them become more and more demanding.

Three hundred thousand elite soldiers were mostly wiped out in just one month.

Even if the remaining elite troops still have the strength to fight, they have no desire to fight now.

Because in his opinion, no matter how many cities he captured or how hard he tried, it would be useless in the face of the despicable tactics of the gentry and nobles.

The army's morale is low and it is on the verge of collapse.

King Zhou Yong had already noticed the depressed atmosphere.

Looking up at the starry sky, his gaze finally fell on Kyoto. King Zhou Yong's expression was solemn, and his old face looked even more decadent.

He never expected that 300,000 elite troops, who were not even qualified to meet the elite troops of the imperial court, were trapped in the same place and in a muddy place.

If this continues, they will be dragged to death without the court taking any action.

"Somebody come!"

After a long time, King Zhou Yong exhaled a breath of foul air from his chest.

He knew very well that if he continued like this, he would be waiting for death.

"Your Majesty!"

The old general who had followed King Zhou Yong for a long time quickly appeared in front of King Zhou Yong.

Looking at the prince in front of him who looked much older than before, the old general could only sigh softly.

The current situation is not something they can break out of.

Return the fiefdom? !

But in that case, wouldn't it be a huge joke to raise an army to support the king? !

What's more, returning the fiefdom now is even more unrealistic.

"Order to select 30,000 elite troops to follow me and march to the capital to defend the king overnight!"

King Zhou Yong closed his eyes slightly, as if he had made a huge decision, and finally spoke in a deep voice.

Buzz! ! !

When the veteran heard the order, he felt his head buzzing. He had thought of countless possibilities, but he had never expected this to be the outcome.

Thirty thousand elite troops can certainly break into Kyoto.

But what will be the result? !

Either he would die or his entire army would be annihilated.

Although the current Zhou Dynasty is weak, it is far from being conquered by just 30,000 soldiers.

Even King Yong of Zhou wanted to lead the team himself, which was undoubtedly walking into a trap.

He opened his mouth and gave earnest advice to King Yong of Zhou.

Unfortunately, these exhortations were useless in the eyes of King Zhou Yong.

"We have no other choice."

Shaking his head bitterly, how could King Zhou Yong not know the risks of sending 30,000 elite troops straight into Kyoto?

But as King Zhou Yong said, this is their only chance.

If you stay here, you will just be consumed to death.

In the end, not a single soldier was willing to fight.

Therefore, while the morale of the army has not completely collapsed, we can still form 30,000 elite troops.

This force would certainly not be taken seriously by the imperial court, so they had the opportunity to attack Kyoto.

As for whether the entire army would be wiped out, King Zhou Yong didn't care at all.

Because when he promised Zhou Zheng to raise an army to support the king, he had no intention of going back alive.

Dying in Kyoto would at least give the imperial court a little shock, letting people of the world know that the imperial court is not that scary, and letting people know that there are still people in this world who oppose the imperial court.

"Your Majesty, I have failed to live up to your trust."

"Old minister, I am afraid I am not qualified to induce the five great ancient families to take action."

He bit his lips tightly, and blood began to seep out due to the huge force.

But King Yong of Zhou was completely unaware of this.

His eyes were cloudy and he looked helpless.

"Pass the order down. Thirty thousand elite troops will set out tomorrow and march straight into Kyoto."

"The other soldiers will be stationed locally. They have only one mission, which is to suppress the rebellious local gentry and tyrants!"

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