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

Da Zhou, the northern end!

At this time, Zhou Zheng's tens of thousands of elite troops had already been stockpiled for a long time.

Although he didn't take action again, his daily training did not stop.

Xiao Guan used the most modern methods to train his troops, which made them even more elite.

However, even so, the uneasiness in everyone's hearts was growing.

It has been a long time since Su Xun'er arrived here, but the court has not taken any action yet, which makes everyone feel gloomy.

"Your Majesty, the news is blocked and it is impossible to understand the current situation of the court."

Xiao Mu's face was serious, and his voice had a hint of solemnity.

You know, they have lost all news and are now in a completely passive state.

Unless we send troops now regardless of the consequences and head straight for Kyoto, if we continue to stay here, we will just be waiting for death.

But acting rashly is not a good thing.

Not to mention that Zhou Zheng's current military strength is far less than that of the imperial court. Just the long journey may lead to an ambush by the imperial court. Even if they attack directly when they are exhausted, they will be completely passive.

Everyone remained silent, just looking at Zhou Zheng quietly.

From beginning to end, Zhou Zheng's face did not show any so-called panic or fear.

It seemed that everything was within his expectations, as if everything was under his control.

No one knows where Zhou Zheng’s confidence comes from, but it doesn’t matter anymore. What matters is that they can’t wait any longer.

"That's right, Boss. The current situation is already quite troublesome."

"If this continues, not to mention the issue of military pay, we won't be able to meet our food and fodder needs."

"And, I heard that..."

Zhou Ping also stood up, speaking rapidly with a distorted expression.

"And what?!" Zhou Zheng finally spoke.

He frowned, but when he looked at Zhou Ping, there was a hint of tenderness in his eyes.

Over the years, Zhou Ping has become Zhou Zheng's right-hand man, a brother who lives and dies together. Most importantly, Zhou Zheng feels greatly comforted by Zhou Ping's growth.

This growth is not only because Zhou Ping has gotten rid of his previous dandy image, but also because his pattern has expanded and his horizons have broadened.

From the perspectives of politics and military affairs, and between the people and court officials, he can be said to be a relatively qualified leader.

As long as Zhou Ping is willing, Zhou Zheng can make him the King at any time.

"The Great Xia Kingdom is ready to make a move."

"They have even begun to send spies into the northern border quietly."

"If we don't finish dealing with this here, the entire northern border may become the possession of the Great Xia Kingdom."

When the northern border was mentioned, everyone's heart was in their throat.

The entire Zhenbei Army was mobilized. Although the entire northern border was still being cultivated and managed by the King of Zhenbei, without the Zhenbei Army, the northern border had become quite empty.

As long as the Great Xia Kingdom is willing, it can now march straight in and take over the entire northern border.

Everyone is clear about this.

Although Tuoba Nazha helped Zhou Zheng delay time in Daxia, how could the civil and military officials of Daxia turn a blind eye to the temptation of the northern border that Daxia had coveted for hundreds of years?

The fundamental reason why they have not taken action before is that they are waiting.

Waiting for Zhou Zheng and the imperial court to suffer losses.

Waiting for the five ancient families of the Great Zhou to take action in order to spy on the methods and capabilities of the five ancient families.

But this kind of waiting is not a long-term solution. Once the patience of the Great Xia Kingdom is completely exhausted, the entire Great Xia Kingdom will surely send troops south.

At that time, it would be unlikely for them to return for help.

In addition, Baker is about to return, and the relationship between him and Zhou Zheng is destined not to bring peace to the Great Xia Kingdom.

Therefore, everyone can wait for this so-called decisive battle between Zhou Zheng and the imperial court, except them.

If things drag on, the northern border will most likely become the territory of the Great Xia Kingdom.

After the imperial court had completely neutralized their arrogance, it directly crushed them in one battle.

"How are the preparations going?"

Feeling the burning gazes of the crowd, Zhou Zheng knew that he couldn't go on like this.

If even the morale of everyone present was crushed and wiped out, then the entire Zhenbei Army would not be able to fight.

After he finished speaking, Zhou Zheng turned around and looked at Lei Tong, Yan Pan and others standing beside him.

Such an action surprised everyone.

ready?

what to prepare?

"Your Majesty, all of them can be delivered in three days at most!"

Lei Tong quickly knelt down in front of Zhou Zheng.

This scene made many people frown, as they obviously didn't know what the preparation was for.

Xiao Mu, Xiao Guan and Zhou Ping even set their eyes on Su Xun'er, Yun Yun and others, but unfortunately, they also looked confused and were obviously completely unaware of Zhou Zheng's possible plans.

"Musket!"

After hearing Lei Tong's words, Zhou Zheng finally showed a smile on his face.

He then nodded and slowly explained to everyone.

It turned out that although the Great Zhou court had cut off all contact with Zhou Zheng, it still underestimated Zhou Zheng's abilities and means.

Before he led the Zhenbei Army south to fight a life-and-death battle with the imperial court, he asked Lei Tong, Yan Pan and Shi Sui to lead the strong men of the Urban Management Bureau in the Black Triangle to quietly enter the vicinity of the capital of Great Zhou.

These people have only one mission, and that is to receive firearms.

At the beginning, Zhou Zheng established an arms depot in the Great Zhou Dynasty and handed over everything to the Mohist leader Meng Sheng to be fully responsible.

Everything is developing as they imagined.

It’s a pity that the five great ancient families are indeed very capable, and many of the Mohist disciples were trained by the five great ancient families. This has caused Meng Sheng’s control over the Mohist to begin to waver.

Even the so-called musket that Gan Mo brought out from the arsenal had problems.

This already explains a lot of problems.

Therefore, Zhou Zheng had to find a way to let Lei Tong and others personally lead tens of thousands of strong men who surrendered from the Urban Management Bureau to sneak into the Great Zhou.

They secretly contacted Meng Sheng.

By using the method of replacing one thing with another, the weapons in the arsenal were brought out in batches.

The actions of tens of thousands of people would definitely be a big deal anywhere.

Fortunately, these people are truly elite and extremely experienced.

They quietly began to move northward under various identities, carrying countless muskets and firearms, without anyone noticing.

Their speed is not fast, even very slow.

In this way, his identity was not revealed, and he did not attract the attention of the court.

This is also the key reason why Zhou Zheng was not in a hurry from beginning to end.

Because some things cannot be rushed, and should not be rushed.

Although the Zhenbei Army is strong and brave, and the elite among the elite, they are still flesh and blood after all.

The thousands of muskets that were brought with great difficulty were also taken to support King Yong of Zhou.

This means that in the next war, they can only rely on their flesh and blood.

But how could such a flesh and blood body resist when facing the imperial court's 300,000 troops! ?

It just makes their failure and death more tragic.

But this is definitely not what Zhou Zheng wants to see.

So, he has to wait!

Wait until all the firearms are delivered back.

At that time, the Zhenbei Army began to attack Kyoto.

"Your Majesty, do you mean that we still have enough gunpowder?!!!"

At this moment, even Zhou Ping and others couldn't help but tremble in their voices.

They never felt that this was a battle they would definitely win.

The biggest key point is the lack of firearms.

Before, Zhou Ping even placed his hopes on Meng Sheng. He only hoped that Meng Sheng could make a move secretly and cause problems with the firearms in the arsenal. In this way, at least both sides would fight to the death with cold weapons.

At least there is still a slight chance.

But now it seems that I was overthinking.

With the help of muskets and the bravery of the Zhenbei Army, even if the imperial court had more than 300,000 troops in this battle, in their eyes, it would only be a little troublesome.

Victory will still belong to them.

At this moment, everyone was almost boiling with excitement.

No wonder Zhou Zheng was so calm before, not even panicked.

It turned out that he was waiting, waiting for tens of thousands of muskets to arrive!

By then, it will be enough to turn the situation around and shift the balance of victory in their direction!