Urban Spirit Sword Fairy

Chapter 2067 I dare not do it

"It's not good, Your Majesty, Dongyang City has fallen. Although the monster army has only [-] monster soldiers, it is far from something that some city guards can resist."

"Your Majesty, the three Miao people in the south have also won many battles. Thirteen cities in the south have been lost."

Bad news keeps coming.

Many ministers above the court, Zhou Mingzhi, were extremely depressed.

Their mood is like riding a roller coaster. How happy they were when they broke Qi State before, how heavy their mood is now.

Now the state of Zhou is in danger in all directions.

The millions of troops of Yan, Jiang, and Wu were all entangled by the troops sent by the Three Kingdoms.

If troops were drawn from them to deal with the demon soldiers and the three Miao army, then the frontline troops might be defeated if they were weak.

On the Qi side, there are still 80 troops stationed near Quanshang City.

However, if the 80 troops want to mobilize back, on the one hand, they are too late. They have to withdraw to Qi State first, and then rush back to Zhou State.

On the other hand, if the 80 troops withdrew, the Qi State that had been conquered so hard before would probably be handed over to Yan State.

Even if there is no country of Yan, the mainland of Qi country still has the dark forces of the Changhong Sword Sect stalking it, plotting to restore the country.

Without the suppression of the army, I am afraid that the Changhong Sword Sect would not be so law-abiding.

Thinking of this, Zhou Mingzhi couldn't help feeling a headache.

The current situation reversed in an instant and became extremely bad.

Of course, this is the price.

Zhou Mingzhi also understood that when he officially wanted to annex the Four Kingdoms, everyone except Zhou State was the enemy of Zhou State.

This was already expected, but he didn't expect the situation to become so bad.

"Let's talk about it. Is there any good strategy? Usually, everyone is as shrewd as a monkey, but now they have become boring gourds." Zhou Mingzhi looked at the many ministers below, all of them either closed their eyes and rested their minds, or looked at the ceiling. , fugue.

In short, no one dared to make eye contact with him.

"Since no one speaks, let me speak." Zhou Mingzhi said in a deep voice: "There are many generals and soldiers in the fiefdoms of your lords, right? Now that the country is in crisis, shouldn't some be mobilized?"

Since the establishment of the Zhou Kingdom, with a history of nearly 2000 years, most of these people in the court today are deeply rooted in their families.

There are four or five of the older families that have been passed down for thousands of years, and there are many others who have been passed down for five or six hundred years.

Nobles who have been inherited for two or three hundred years are all upstarts.

The fiefdoms of these feudal lords are all sites that they have operated for hundreds or even thousands of years, and each site has its own soldiers.

There are as few as 2 people.

There are many such as Wang Lesheng, Duke Wang's fief, which has [-] soldiers and horses.

But Zhou Mingzhi also knew that this group of knighted people would not easily give out the soldiers in their respective fiefs to fight. They were all used by them to support and protect their fiefdoms.

Wang Lesheng laughed, the Wang family is one of the best lords in the entire Zhou Kingdom.

His ancestor was a military general who fought the world with the first emperor of Zhou. He made great contributions and was conferred the title of Duke, which has been passed down for thousands of years.

However, Wang Lesheng, the Duke of this generation, only knows how to eat, drink and have fun every day, and has no interest in power.

"Duke Wang." Zhou Mingzhi looked at Wang Lesheng and said, "You have an army of [-] in your fief, how about going to resist the monster soldiers in the east?"

When Wang Lesheng heard this, he nodded quickly: "Your Majesty, now that our family and country are in trouble, I should naturally lead my soldiers to fight. However, the so-called soldiers under my hands are only farmers in normal times and soldiers in wartime. Peasant soldiers, they may not be willing to fight demon soldiers."

"Your Majesty, you also know that if the soldiers below are not willing to go to the front to fight in this march, how can I command them to move?"

Wang Lesheng declined this sentence.

Zhou Mingzhi's complexion darkened. The reason why he named Wang Lesheng was because Wang Lesheng was a difficult nut to crack. If he moved Wang Lesheng, the other nobles would naturally have to send troops.

But Wang Lesheng's attitude now, I'm afraid it will give others the confidence to reject him.

"Wang Lesheng, do you know what you are talking about?" Zhou Mingzhi said in a cold voice, "As far as I know, the [-] soldiers under your command are more sophisticated than the frontline soldiers of Zhou State. , now the country is in trouble..."

"Your Majesty, I have never said from the beginning to the end that I will not send troops. I am terrified." Wang Lesheng hurriedly knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty is 100% willing to send troops, so I will go back and let my generals fight against the demon soldiers." If they dare not go, I will kill myself in front of them!"

This old fritters!

Zhou Mingzhi gritted his teeth slightly.

He is full of nice words, but he just doesn't do practical things.

This is also one of the status quo of Zhou's dignitaries today.

Zhou Mingzhi glanced at the other Marquis and the others, all of them looked like they had nothing to do with themselves.

"Okay, let's retreat."

With a gloomy face, Zhou Mingzhi turned around and left.

When he returned to the imperial study, he was so angry that he smashed many precious vases.

But no one dared to attack easily.

The eunuchs outside did not dare to enter the imperial study to persuade Zhou Mingzhi.

At this moment, Zhou Mingzhi was in a fit of anger. If Zhou Mingzhi didn't like it and executed himself if he went in, that would be a shame.

At this time, there was a sudden noise from behind the imperial study, Zhou Mingzhi frowned slightly, and looked behind him: "Who is it!"

Lin Fan came out of his imperial study, and said with a smile, "His Majesty Zhou, this should be the first time we meet?"

"Who are you, why did you appear in my imperial study?" Zhou Mingzhi was slightly startled, and entered his imperial study quietly. He was probably a very strong monk, and he just wanted to call for guards.

Lin Fan said: "Your Majesty Zhou, if I were you, I wouldn't call out for the guards loudly, lest I get nervous and attack you. What's more, I don't have any malicious intentions here, I just want to discuss cooperation with you of."

"Talking about cooperation? I don't even know who you are..."

Lin Fan said: "I am the Marquis of Yan Kingdom, His Majesty Emperor Zhou should have heard about it?"

"Gai Shihou."

At this moment, Emperor Zhou thought about it carefully, then fell silent, staring at Lin Fan with fixed eyes, and said, "Are you the Marquis Gai Shi who controls the military and political power of the Yan Kingdom?"

"His Majesty Zhou Huang must have misunderstood me. I am not greedy for power. I am just assisting His Majesty Yan Huang. I dare not do such things as controlling military and political power." Lin Fan said calmly.

(End of this chapter)