"Oh my Majesty, Dongyang City has been lost. Although the demon army only has 30,000 demon soldiers, it is far from something that some city guards can withstand."

"Your Majesty, the Three Miao people in the south have won many battles, and thirteen cities in the south have been lost."

Bad news keeps coming.

Zhou Mingzhi, the many ministers in the court, were in extreme depressed mood.

Their mood seemed to be on a roller coaster. The more joy they were when they were breaking through Qi State before, the more heavy they were now.

Now the Zhou Kingdom is in danger from all directions.

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

If the army is drawn from it to deal with the demon soldiers and the three Miao army, then the front-line troops will probably be defeated when they are weak.

On the other side of Qi, there are still 800,000 troops stationed near Quanshang City.

However, if these 800,000 troops want to be mobilized back, on the one hand, they have to withdraw back to Qi first and then rush back to Zhou.

On the other hand, if these 800,000 troops retreated, the Qi State, which had been struggling to capture before, might have been handed over to Yan State.

Even if there is no Yan State or Qi State, there are still secret forces of the Changhong Sword Sect who are eyeing it and trying to restore the country.

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

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

The current situation has reversed instantly and has become extremely bad.

Of course, that's the price.

Zhou Mingzhi also understood that from the time he officially wanted to annex the four countries, everyone except Zhou was the enemy of Zhou.

This was something that he had expected, but he didn't expect the situation to get so bad.

"Tell me, are there any good strategies? They are usually as smart as monkeys, but now they are dull." Zhou Mingzhi looked at the many ministers below, either closing their eyes to rest or looking at the ceiling and wandering outside the sky.

In short, no one dared to communicate with him in a slight manner.

"Since no one speaks, then I'll say it." Zhou Mingzhi said in a deep voice: "There are many soldiers and soldiers in your fiefs, right? Now that the country is in danger, should we mobilize some?"

Since the establishment of the Zhou Kingdom, it has a history of nearly two thousand years. Most of these people in the court are deeply rooted in their families.

There are four or five ancient families that have been passed down for thousands of years, and there are many other marquises who have been passed down for five or six hundred years.

The nobles who have been passed down for two or three hundred years are all upstarts.

The fiefs of these marquises were all territories that they had operated for hundreds of years or even thousands of years, and they had their own soldiers in their respective territories.

There are only 10,000 or 20,000 people.

There are many such as Wang Lesheng and Duke Wang's fiefdom, with 100,000 soldiers and horses.

But Zhou Mingzhi also knew that these people who were granted titles would not easily give the soldiers in their respective fiefdoms to fight, because they were all used to protect their fiefdoms.

Wang Lesheng laughed. The Wang family was one of the best lords in the entire Zhou Kingdom.

His ancestors were military generals who conquered the world with the first generation of Zhou Emperors. They made great contributions and were named Duke and passed down for thousands of years.

However, this generation of Duke Wang Lesheng 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 a hundred thousand troops in your fiefdom. How about going to resist the demon soldiers in the east?"

When Wang Lesheng heard this, he nodded quickly: "Your Majesty, now that the country is in trouble, I naturally should lead my soldiers to fight. However, the so-called soldiers under my command are just peasants who serve farmers on weekdays and during wartime. They may not be willing to fight against demon soldiers."

"Your Majesty, you know that if the soldiers below are unwilling to go to the front line to fight in this marches and wars, how could I be able to command the movement?"

Wang Lesheng's words were politely declined.

Zhou Mingzhi's face darkened. The reason why he named Wang Lesheng was because Wang Lesheng was a relatively difficult bone to crack. If Wang Lesheng was touched, the other lords would naturally have to send troops out.

But Wang Lesheng's attitude now may give others the confidence to reject him.

"Wang Lesheng, do you know what you are saying?" Zhou Mingzhi's voice became a little cold and said, "As far as I know, the 100,000 soldiers under you are more well-equipped than the front-line soldiers of Zhou State. Now the country is in trouble..."

"Your Majesty, I have never said that I would not send troops from beginning to end. I am afraid." Wang Lesheng hurriedly knelt on the ground and said, "Of course I am willing to send troops 100%. Then I will go back and let my soldiers resist the demon soldiers. If they dare not go, I will commit suicide in front of them!"

This old fried dough stick!

Zhou Mingzhi gritted his teeth slightly.

He said nice things all over his mouth, but he just didn't do practical things.

This is also one of the current situations of the powerful people in Zhou State.

Zhou Mingzhi glanced at the other marquis and others, and they all looked like they were not attentive to their own affairs.

"Okay, go back to court."

Zhou Mingzhi had a gloomy face and turned around and left.

He returned to the imperial study room and was so angry that he smashed many precious vases.

But no one dared to invade easily.

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

At this time, Zhou Mingzhi was angry. If he went in, Zhou Mingzhi didn't like him and executed him, he would be so unfair.

At this time, a sound suddenly came from behind the Imperial Study Room. Zhou Mingzhi frowned slightly and looked behind him: "Who is it!"

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

"Who are you? How could you appear in my imperial study?" Zhou Mingzhi was slightly shocked and quietly entered his imperial study. He was probably a very powerful monk. He was about to call for escort.

Lin Fan said: "Your Majesty Zhou Emperor, if I were you, I wouldn't call you a guard loudly, so as not to take action against you when I was nervous, let alone, I didn't have any malicious intentions when I came here, I just wanted to talk to you about cooperation."

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

Lin Fan said: "I am the Marquis of Yan State. Your Majesty the Emperor of Zhou should have heard of it?"

"Gashihou."

Emperor Zhou thought about it carefully at this moment, then fell silent, stared at Lin Fan with his eyes tightly, and said, "Are you the Marquis who controls the military and political power of Yan State?"
Chapter completed!