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

The army is no longer in a hurry to go to the capital to defend the king, but to eradicate the local gentry and powerful people who are harming the people!

As soon as the news spread, the 300,000 elite soldiers were completely shocked!

They thought of countless possibilities, but never expected that the usually gentle King Zhou Yong would make such a crazy decision.

But no one questioned King Zhou Yong's decision, and no one thought that King Zhou Yong had changed his character. Instead, they supported him even more.

After all, during this period of time, they had been harassed by local gentry and powerful people.

These local gentry and powerful people surrendered on the surface, but once they found an opportunity, they would attack in secret.

Thousands or even tens of thousands of elite troops they had already prepared would take advantage of the army's unpreparedness and attack, causing them to suffer heavy losses.

Many brothers died at the hands of these local gentry and powerful people.

Since they followed King Yong of Zhou to the north to fight, they were naturally prepared to die in battle. They were never afraid of life or death, but they absolutely did not want to die in the gutter like this.

Now, with the order from King Zhou Yong, they can attack openly. This makes the eyes of 300,000 soldiers instantly turn bloodshot, and their bodies feel like they have been injected with chicken blood, and they can't wait to attack now.

Feeling that the morale, which had been depressed for a long time, was rising again, King Zhou Yong finally felt relieved.

"Now, divide the troops into five groups!"

"One group will be stationed in the camp here and issue orders to all directions. The other four groups will go to the cities they have occupied before and kill all the local gentry and powerful people who have taken action at all costs!"

"Remember, leave no one alive!"

As soon as King Yong of Zhou gave the order, the army set out instantly.

They moved very quickly. In just three days, the four cities they had captured turned into a sea of ​​blood.

The gentry and powerful people in every city were killed.

Regardless of whether they are male or female, old or young, powerless or not, or whether they are forced or not, in one word, kill!

In fact, later on, these elite troops were sent out to kill with a roster.

For a time, the four cities were filled with blood and corpses.

The original bustling and noisy scene has long since turned into deathly silence.

Those local gentry and powerful people who had watched coldly or even sneered at King Zhou Yong's 300,000 troops, fell under the sword one after another.

They also wanted to resist, and even thought about risking their lives, but facing these elite soldiers who were actually fighting on the battlefield, how could they resist? !

They didn't even react. They just thought that these soldiers and elite troops had given up on going to the capital to support the king and were preparing to return to their fiefdoms, so they didn't make any preparations. Who would have expected that these elite troops would go straight to their mansions.

The elite soldiers had obviously made an absolute deployment.

Their first step was to close the city gates and occupy the high ground.

The second step was to rush into the residences of the main gentry and powerful people. Without any nonsense, and without even giving them a chance to speak, they would kill anyone they saw.

The third step is to start searching the entire city and kill anyone who has any connection with these local gentry and powerful people!

The city, which was originally bustling and full of noise and prosperity, turned into deathly silence in a very short time.

The entire city was filled with the pungent smell of blood.

Even the clouds in the sky turned blood red, giving people a feeling of the end of the world.

The corpses lying all over the place turned the city into a hell on earth.

Even though these elite soldiers were filled with rage, after the massacre, they still stood there in a daze, looking at the countless corpses on the ground and the city that had turned into a sea of ​​blood.

Some timid ones couldn't help vomiting on the spot or even fainted.

But even so, they don't regret it!

Because all the elite troops knew that as long as these local gentry and powerful people were not killed, their journey to the north to support the king would not be smooth.

Was there any manslaughter here?

Of course!

Some of the local gentry and powerful people had been watching and never took any action, but they were eventually slaughtered.

Many of them were civilians and assassins kept by local gentry and powerful people. They were only interested in fame and fortune and had no real ill will towards King Zhou Yong. But even so, the elite soldiers did not hold back and took their lives.

Because, whether it was King Yong of Zhou or these soldiers and generals, they all knew one thing clearly.

That is, in this world, when they are not on your side, they are actually standing on the side of the gentry and the powerful, and have become your enemies.

No matter how miserable our enemies are, they do not deserve sympathy.

Because once the war is over, if Zhou Zheng and King Zhou Yong are defeated, what awaits these 300,000 troops will not be just death, but the extermination of all nine clans, without a burial place.

They know very well what is more important.

Fortunately, King Zhou Yong’s army did not take action against the innocent people in these cities.

Even the army was still trying to appease the people in the city.

But such appeasement seems to be of almost no use to the people.

They had already been shocked by the carnage all over the city to the point of trembling all over, sweating profusely, trembling with fear, and not daring to speak.

Even these innocent people stood there in a daze, unable to speak a word.

There was even a moment when these people thought they could not escape death.

After all, since ancient times, massacres in cities have always been quite crazy things.

Once a city is massacred, all life in the city will be wiped out.

However, all the money was stolen, and even a three-year-old child could not escape the disaster.

Because only by slaughtering everyone can we stop the world from talking and cover up the secret of the massacre.

However, they breathed a sigh of relief when they saw these elite troops begin to clean up the battlefield and clearly posted public notices that they would not do anything to innocent civilians.

However, when the people looked at the elite soldiers and generals wandering around the city, their bodies covered in blood, their expressions became complicated.

Then, the city gates opened wide.

These people can choose to stay, or of course, they can choose to leave.

They are free.

The reason for this is also Zhou Zheng's intention.

He wanted to use the mouths of these people to spread the news of the massacre in the four cities throughout the Great Zhou.

The purpose was not to tell the world how cruel King Yong of Zhou was, but to tell the world what the fate of these local gentry and powerful people was.

Anyone who dares to be an enemy of King Zhou Yong must be prepared to be slaughtered!

Soon, what happened in these cities was transmitted to every corner of the Great Zhou.

This kind of news spreads very quickly.

Even faster than expected.

However, no one believed it at the beginning. After all, whether it was King Zhou Yong or Zhou Zheng, the image they presented was that of serving the country and the people.

Even if they have different positions, they will not kill innocent people indiscriminately, let alone massacre people in the city.

But until, more and more news came.

There were even some local gentry and powerful people in nearby cities who didn't believe it and sent people to find out the news.

But when they saw the countless corpses, the mountains of dead bodies, and the city that was like hell on earth, they finally believed it!

Outside every city, flames would rise at night.

These flames shot up into the sky, lighting up the entire night sky.

A strong and pungent smell of burning and scorching spread across the surface and spread towards the surrounding cities.

This is burning corpses!

Some experienced people finally realized that the news from the outside world was not groundless.

Zhou Yong, it turned out that he really massacred the city and killed people.

And go, not just kill a little bit.

Maybe thousands, or even tens of thousands.

Because only on such a large scale can these corpses be disposed of through centralized incineration.

Otherwise, once the corpses rot and mutate, it means that the plague will soon spread.

At that time, half of the territory of the Great Zhou might fall.

"King Zhou Yong, how dare he do that?"

"Is he crazy?!"

"If he does this, how will history books describe him? If he does this, how will the people of the world view him?!"

Countless people were shocked, surprised, and even filled with anger.

All of this is quietly changing the entire pattern of the Great Zhou.

Within the mansion.

King Yong of Zhou sat quietly on the stone bench.

His eyes were slightly closed, his hands were spread across his legs, and there was no significant change in his expression.

But his rapid breathing and the sweat that kept oozing out of his forehead already showed the inner disorder of King Zhou Yong.

At the same time, King Zhou Yong’s crazy behavior also began to reach the ears of Zhou Zheng in the northern border.

It even reached the imperial court of the Great Zhou.

For a time, the whole world was shaken, and the government and the people went crazy!

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