Please call me Your Majesty!

Chapter 97 How happy it would be if a man could go to Hades together? !

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After a brief period of confusion, Emperor Yongjin, who was attached to "Old Seven", forced himself to calm down as quickly as possible.

At this point, he had no choice but to accept this change in identity and recognize that he had become a different person.

For Emperor Yongjin, the most important thing is to absorb as much information as he can and stay alive.

In the memory of this little soldier named "Old Seven", Emperor Yongjin could only extract a few useful pieces of information from the blank and confused experience.

A farmer who had been farming since birth, he was forced to join the army in the turbulent times in recent years. There were very few useful contents that Emperor Yongjin could grasp from the memory of "Old Seven".

What Emperor Yongjin could be sure of was that he was still in the Great Zhou Dynasty, but the reign title had been changed. The current reign title was the third year of Kaiyang, and the reign title before Kaiyang was his own, Yongjin.

In other words, it should be the era after Yongjin. Based on the "Prince of Jin" inadvertently mentioned by the soldier in front of him, Emperor Yongjin was more certain of this information.

The change of the reign title actually indirectly proved one thing, that is, Emperor Yongjin had passed away.

He died in the 30th year of Yongjin.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to change the reign title, but Emperor Yongjin did not know which of his sons would inherit the country.

What Emperor Yongjin didn't know was why Prince of Jin appeared here, in the south.

Including this bandit army with an armed force of 100,000, its strength was completely beyond the expectations of Emperor Yongjin.

This made Emperor Yongjin eager to know what kind of changes had happened to the Great Zhou Dynasty after his death.

How could there be such a powerful bandit army in the South, and an armed bandit army at that?

The experience, identity and status of "Old Seven" are too low, which makes Emperor Yongjin's perspective very confusing.

At the moment, Emperor Yongjin can only find out the true situation and facts from the mouth of this unprepossessing soldier in front of him.

"Why didn't this bandit army go straight to Yingtian Prefecture?" Emperor Yongjin asked hoarsely, "This place is located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, with convenient water transportation and surrounded by low mountains. It naturally forms a terrain that is easy to defend but difficult to attack. If the bandit army takes Yingtian Prefecture, the situation in the south will be under control. What's the point of attacking this small Poyang?"

Han Gu looked surprised. Since Poyang City had been held for a long time, the personnel turnover was very fast and many people were not familiar with the details.

Under such circumstances, people who fight bravely are promoted very quickly. Han Gu was just an unknown person at first, but now he has been promoted by exception and leads a team of a hundred people.

Now, it was Han Gu who came to receive the remaining soldiers and gather some soldiers in the city who had lost their organization. For example, "Old Seven" was the new unit that Han Gu had just handed over.

Therefore, the fact that the other party could say such words at least proves that they have military knowledge and at least understand the basic terrain of the south.

"I heard that the court in Chang'an was completely killed by traitors." Han Gu just said that in order to stabilize the fighting consciousness of the remaining soldiers, and tell them that there is a way to survive, but they must fight hard.

Otherwise, the morale of the army will be broken, and it will be a problem whether we can keep ourselves safe, let alone achieve merit.

"Old Seven" spoke like this, and Han Gu was not stingy with the information he knew. In such a tense situation, being able to talk was actually a good thing, and it could also ease the emotions that were about to collapse.

"The King of Jin is one of the few surviving members of the royal family of the Great Zhou Dynasty. This group of ant thieves came to overthrow the Great Zhou Dynasty, so killing the royal family is a legitimate thing for the ant thieves."

"The reason we don't attack Yingtian Prefecture is mainly because there are rebel suppression troops from the imperial court around Yingtian Prefecture. Their strength is much stronger than the official troops in our Jingzhou area. Besides, Jingzhou is a prosperous place in the south. If we take it down, the strength of the ant thieves will double. It doesn't mean that we must take Yingtian Prefecture." Han Gu sneered. He picked up a branch and drew a rough map with his bare hands.

"The pressure he faced in taking Yingtian Prefecture was much greater than the pressure in taking Jingzhou."

"Although the imperial court has lost the power to control the rebels, the rebels will not sit idly by and watch you, the ant thieves, grow stronger."

"And the King of Jin is a member of the royal family of the Great Zhou Dynasty. If he can contact the rebels one day, we can immediately form a double-team and devour the ant thieves."

Han Gu directed two arrows from different directions to surround the area where the ant thief was.

"The ant thieves are not stupid to be able to become big. Rather than being surrounded here for no reason and being eaten by everyone, it is better to defeat them along the way. This way, there will be no worries about the journey behind, and there is no need to worry about being involved in a multi-location battle."

"The current ant thieves have no real logistics. They fight wherever they can and rob wherever they can, using war to support war and replenish military rations. Therefore, they do not have the ability to divide their forces for combat."

"We attacked Jingzhou to break the pincer attack and build a large granary in the rear area. But now, the ant bandits have been attacking Poyang for so long and still haven't been able to break in. I guess their food and grass are almost at their limit."

Emperor Yongjin's heart soon sank to the bottom of the sea. Now he finally understood how tragic and extremely dangerous this battle was.

If they lost, the Great Zhou would be completely destroyed.

What shocked Emperor Yongjin even more was that such a brutal upheaval had actually occurred in the court of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Someone had actually managed to break into Chang'an and wipe out all the royal families of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

However, Emperor Yongjin could not find any information about such a major event in the confused memory of "Old Seven". Perhaps as a farmer in the south, "Old Seven" had never paid attention to what happened in the court in the north. He simply wanted to survive and have something to eat.

But for a powerful royal family like Emperor Yongjin, such a request is too easy to achieve.

But 'Old Seven' tried his best.

How can a person who doesn't even know whether he can survive care about the so-called court?
The more he searched Old Seven's memory, the more disheartened Emperor Yongjin became.

It would be strange if the Great Zhou Dynasty had not been destroyed.

Moreover, Emperor Yongjin discovered something even more distressing from Old Seven's memory.

The King of Jin, who escaped disaster and was in Jingzhou, managed to escape death and survive a mystery called the "Burning of Jin".

"Old Seven" was not clear about the details. He only knew that Prince Jin was sent by Emperor Yongjin to thoroughly investigate "Wang Ruizhen's land case" and took the opportunity to investigate the land donation in the south. Eventually, his land was set on fire for no reason. He just didn't know how he survived and became a famous figure in southern Jing under the name of "Lu Xin".

Now that the South was in such danger, the King of Jin stopped hiding his identity and accepted orders on the battlefield.

This suddenly matched all the information before and after Emperor Yongjin, because before this, Emperor Yongjin was planning to send Chu Shizhao, who was in the Tianlao, to the south to thoroughly investigate Wang Ruizhen's case in the form of "making up for his crime".

Everything, all fits together.

In other words, what is happening now is what will happen in the future? !
Prince Jin almost died at the hands of the Jiangnan gentry who benefited from their land donations while investigating a case.

And he, Emperor Yongjin, died shortly after the "Burning of Jin" broke out, which then triggered a rebellion among rebellious officials and the royal family of the Zhou court was massacred.

At the same time, there were traitors who rebelled in the south and lured a large number of people to follow them. They became ant thieves that brought disaster to the world. They even had a force of more than 100,000 or even hundreds of thousands. The first target they wanted to attack was the only remaining bloodline of Emperor Yongjin, his only surviving son.

This undoubtedly made Emperor Yongjin's eyes go dark.

In his opinion, this was the same as announcing on the spot that the Great Zhou Dynasty would be destroyed.

There was no way his fourth son, Chu Shizhao, would be able to win such a battle. Once Chu Shizhao died, his bloodline would be extinct, and the empire would be destroyed.

Emperor Yongjin had never expected that the Great Zhou Dynasty, which had lasted for such a long time, would end in his hands.

He is the king of a fallen country.

He is the king of a fallen country! At the same time, as the night deepened, a light rain began to fall in the city. Han Gu looked at the "Old Seventh" who was in a bad mood and had a sad face. He didn't know what he had said to hurt him. When he was about to comfort him, the sound of the "night watchman" beating the gong was heard in Poyang City.

This is an order to assemble a temporary conscription force.

Han Gu immediately turned serious, then showed a hint of surprise, and then laughed twice and said: "The time has come for us to achieve success and fame in tattooing heads."

"If you succeed, you will be famous all over the world. Even if you fail, you will still be considered a hero if you fight against hundreds of thousands with only 10,000 men."

"I will go and gather the others. You will go to my tent and wait for the King of Jin to send you."

As soon as he finished speaking, Han Gu left in a hurry.

In Poyang City.

There were less than 8,000 remaining remnants of the army, and they gathered on the only parade ground. In the center of the parade ground, there were dozens of hot pots in which the few pieces of meat were being fried and cooked, and next to the hot pots were bowls of cooked rice.

Of course, this rice is not the tribute rice or the plump and delicious white rice specially supplied to the royal family and powerful families.

However, under such difficult circumstances, being able to produce so much rice without any sand or soil shows sincerity.

Some capable veterans also knew that this meal was probably their last meal before execution.

Chu Shizhao was wearing a crimson robe and a large cap. He was standing at the front of the parade ground. He had a silver helmet on his head and a seven-foot green sword on his back. However, the crimson cloak was already covered with gray dust and mottled bloodstains.

Chu Shizhao's originally heroic face was now covered with gray-black dust, making him look "dusty and dirty".

The only thing that remains unchanged is the vibrant spirit.

Beside Chu Shizhao, there were soldiers holding up torches, standing tall in the drizzle.

"There is no food in our city." Chu Shizhao came up and looked at all the soldiers in front of him. He walked towards each of them.

Pointing at the meat in the pot and the bowls of rice.

"This is all the food in the city."

"Today, I will eat with you all."

As soon as he finished speaking, Chu Shizhao waved his hand, and several generals came up and divided the cooked meat.

Chu Shizhao paced for a while and continued, "In the past, my Emperor Gaozu fought against thousands of enemies with one horse, and restored the country after a long separation. Now, the Great Zhou Dynasty is on the verge of collapse. I, Chu Shizhao, the fourteenth great-great-grandson of Emperor Gaozu, should rise and fall with the Great Zhou Dynasty."

"Tonight is the day I die."

"Do you think I'm afraid of death?" Chu Shizhao shouted towards the front.

"Don't be afraid--" the soldiers on the parade ground answered immediately without thinking twice.

"No, I'm afraid of death." Chu Shizhao said frankly: "No matter who you are, you are afraid of death. I also have a family, and I also want to stay at home peacefully and have enough food and drink every day."

"But, some people are unwilling to give me this opportunity."

"That's why I came to fight this battle."

"Because they won't let me live, and won't let you guys live—"

"Right now our army is short of food and soldiers. The ant thief said that once we break into the city, we will kill everyone. Once we retreat, we will be hunted down and become lambs to be slaughtered."

"Can you survive if you run alone?"

"no!"

"If we want to have a chance of survival, we have to fight to the death and concentrate our strength to fight the enemy in order to have a chance of victory."

"The night before, I sent a secret order for help. General Yang Fang will be able to come to our aid soon, but we have no more food."

"It's impossible to defend it."

"Only by going out of the city to fight can we have hope of survival."

"Let me tell you, if 10,000 people fight against 100,000 or even several hundred thousand people, we will lose the battle, but that is not shameful! History books do not think that we are so shameful either."

"We died defending the court."

"You are all loyal subjects of our Great Zhou. It is so glorious to perish together with the country!"

"If we win, we will go down in history."

"I and you gentlemen make an oath of blood, drink this wine together, and eat meat together." Chu Shizhao slashed his cheek with the blood in the basin of blood from the soldier who was walking up to him.

"Tonight, I will put on my armor, bear the brunt of the attack, and carve out a bloody path for you."

"If you win, I will provide for the parents of those of you who died in battle, and I will raise your wives and children."

"If you lose, I will warm a pot of wine for you in the underworld."

"After all, it is my Great Zhou and I, Chu Shizhao, who have failed to live up to your trust."

"Even if I, Chu Shizhao, die, I will die before you all." Chu Shizhao picked up a pot of hot wine, drank it all and smashed it on the ground. "How happy it would be if a man could go to Hades' Palace with you?!"

"After you have eaten and drunk enough, those who are willing to fight to the death with me, we will live together. Those who are not willing, you can leave through the side door while I am fighting with the ant thieves."

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A mighty and majestic general drank a jar of fine wine and threw it on the ground, "General Lan Shu, I am willing to follow your Highness's steps and charge into the enemy's formation, even if it means death."

Chu Shizhao took a spear and mounted his horse.

He walked alone at the front of the parade ground, pulled the reins and spurred his horse out, "Soldiers who are willing to go with me and fight their way out, then follow me closely."

Chu Shizhao was seen charging towards the west of Poyang City, followed closely by Han Gu, who called on his troops to follow.

When the others saw Chu Shizhao, with his royal body, standing at the forefront of them, they remembered what Chu Shizhao had said before, and their blood surged, and they followed Chu Shizhao out of the west gate.

Those who had intended to retreat and take advantage of the chaos to leave, seeing so many people rushing out, gritted their teeth and quickly followed.

Emperor Yongjin, who was in the crowd, was dazzled for a moment when he saw Chu Shizhao standing tall and resolute on his war horse, marching forward with courage and determination.

There is one more update, which should be released before 12 o'clock.

(End of this chapter)