At the beginning, the empress ordered death, and 100,000 dragon riders circled Chang'an

However.

What surprised the court officials was that.

Zhou Linglong's face did not show a furious expression.

Instead, there was a trace of thoughtfulness.

"All the troops retreat to Chang'an... It's not impossible!"

Zhou Linglong's eyes flickered, and his white palm gently rubbed his temples.

Lu Yuan's troops are sharp and strong.

Those cities will definitely not be able to defend against Lu Yuan's army.

It's better to give up directly.

Concentrate all the troops and have a final showdown with Lu Yuan under the city of Chang'an!

Zhou Linglong smiled and said:

"What the elder said is right."

"Facing Lu Yuan's elite troops, we really can't defend the city like a wide net, it's easy to be defeated one by one!"

"Pass my imperial order to evacuate all the troops in Bingzhou and retreat to Chang'an!!"

Boom!

As soon as Zhou Linglong said this, the whole court exploded in an instant!

The ministers all looked at each other in bewilderment.

No one expected that Zhou Linglong would actually give this answer!

"Your Majesty, you must not do that!"

In the court, there was an immediate voice of opposition!

"Your Majesty, looking at the emperors of the past and present, only those who expanded their territories, how could they give up their territories?"

"Even if it is a tiny bit of land, it was conquered by the previous kings with great difficulty!"

"Besides, if Lu Yuan marches straight in, how should we respond?"

All the court officials tried to dissuade him.

Even.

Some old ministers with bad tempers have already started to curse!

"The king dies for the country! The emperor guards the country's gates!"

"If you withdraw from Bingzhou, wouldn't Bingzhou become the property of the thief Lu Yuan?"

"Zhou Linglong, you are sitting on the golden dragon seat, don't you feel ashamed of the ancestors of the Great Zhou!"

Giving up territory, this is not a good start!

Throughout the ages, only those dynasties whose national power was declining and unable to defend.

would give up their own land to others!

"Haha."

Looking at the angry courtiers, Zhou Linglong smiled coldly.

If it were before, Zhou Linglong's idea would probably be the same as this group of people!

Not giving up an inch of land!

But now it is different.

My ancestor has decided to go north to fight against Lu Yuan in person!

With the strength of the ancestor at the level of martial saint, there will definitely be no accidents this time, and Lu Yuan, this big trouble, will definitely be solved completely!

Wait for the ancestor to kill Lu Yuan.

By then.

Those lost cities can be recovered in minutes!

As for why the ancestor has to give up Bingzhou and withdraw all the troops after he has taken action?

Is it a bit redundant?

Zhou Linglong doesn't think so!

Perhaps those high-ranking strong men may not care about the life and death of ants.

But as the emperor of the Great Zhou, she couldn't!

Or rather.

She couldn't ignore those armies composed entirely of cultivators!

Ordinary people died, but those cultivators were the foundation of an empire!

The strength of an empire has never been judged by those ants and ordinary people.

It was precisely these cultivators!

"Don't panic, my dear ministers."

"I asked the Bingzhou troops to withdraw, just because I didn't want to cause too many meaningless casualties!"

"We can't let Lu Yuan, the villain, occupy Bingzhou smoothly!"

"It's even more impossible to let him march straight to Chang'an!"

Zhou Linglong said with a sneer.

"Your Majesty, since the Bingzhou soldiers have withdrawn."

"Who will deal with Lu Yuan's army?"

Finally, someone couldn't help asking.

Hearing this, Zhou Linglong's mouth showed a strange arc.

Haha.

Just waiting for you to open your mouth!

Zhou Linglong smiled inexplicably:

"Right now, there are only 100,000 imperial guards left in Chang'an, and they need to protect Chang'an's defense and cannot be transferred at will!"

"I decided to form another elite force to fight Lu Yuan!"

"My dear ministers, it's time for you to contribute now!"

Finally.

Zhou Linglong said the real purpose of this court meeting!

Where will the army come from?

Of course, it will come from you, the noble families!

Zhou Linglong continued:

"In this regard, I have a few more requirements."

"For this battle, each noble family needs to send out 90% of their private soldiers!"

"Secondly, the major noble families need to send out their ancestors and masters to fight together!"

Zhou Linglong's sharp eyes swept across the court officials:

"My dear ministers, do you have any objections?"

The whole court was shocked in an instant.

The faces of the ministers were all in disbelief!

What?

Ask them to send out 90% of their own private soldiers?

Isn't this going to kill them!

And.

It's a woman.Is the emperor crazy, or is there something wrong with his hearing?

He actually asked them to call out their own ancestors?

Are you kidding me! The court was completely silent.

The silent atmosphere lasted for dozens of breaths.

This news shocked them too much!

"Mr. Yang, what do you think of my proposal?"

Seeing that all the ministers were silent, Zhou Linglong directly asked the confidant he cultivated in the court.

Minister of War, Yang Yan!

Yang Yan's cold sweat instantly flowed down!

Your Majesty, you are putting yourself on the fire!

And it's a fierce fire!

In this situation.

If I agree and start this.

It will undoubtedly offend all the nobles in the court!

Everyone present is a cultivation family. Who doesn't have an ancestor?

And if I don't agree...

Then I will offend the empress again!

He was in a dilemma!

"I think... this matter can be discussed again..."

Finally.

After hesitating for a long time, Yang Yan said tremblingly.

"Humph!"

Hearing Yang Yan's answer, Zhou Linglong snorted coldly.

"Yang Yan, I am very disappointed in you!"

"What about the others? Is there anyone who can stand up and set an example!"

Hearing this.

Everyone bowed their heads deeply.

Every court official was unwilling to be the first to stand out.

Nonsense!

They knew the recent news!

Lu Yuan was so powerful that even the Sword Sect, the largest sect in the Great Zhou Dynasty, was killed!

Who wants to die!

Silence.

Incomparable silence!

This is their silent protest!

The scene was so quiet that you could even hear the fierce heartbeats of these court officials!

"Don't you want to contribute to the Great Zhou!"

"My request is not much... Do you want to refuse?"

The frost in Zhou Linglong's eyes was almost condensed!

It's like this again!

These Great Zhou parasites have always used this perfunctory attitude to perfunctory themselves!

"Your Majesty, we can send out private soldiers, and even send masters from the clan."

"But let our ancestors go to fight... Isn't this a bit inappropriate?"

At this time.

An old minister said with embarrassment.

As a cultivation family.

The foundation of each family is nothing else.

It's their ancestors!

Now let them take out their own ancestors and risk their lives to fight Lu Yuan.

How is this possible!

"Haha... Really a good minister of my Great Zhou!"

At this time.

A sneer suddenly rang in the silent court.

Zhou Huangye, who had been hiding behind and observing the situation, finally couldn't help but take action!

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