I, the villainous eldest prince, will suppress everything!

"These mere iron caltrops are no match for my Ironclad Pagoda army!"

"As long as my Ironclad Cavalry charges into the Great Zhou's formation, Great Zhou will undoubtedly be defeated!"

These words immediately garnered agreement and nods of approval from many Northern Mang generals.

Before the two armies even clashed head-on, the Great Zhou's iron caltrops had already decimated the strength of over a thousand Iron Pagoda soldiers.

For any other large army, this would be a disastrous start; there would be no need to fight this battle, they could just admit defeat.

But facing the Ironclad Cavalry, the loss of thousands of soldiers was insignificant.

Because the remaining Ironclad Cavalry are still in full force, if they break through, the Great Zhou will surely be defeated.

"Your Highness, it's not too late to admit defeat!"

"Why bother? So many people die for nothing."

Sitting in his wheelchair, Zhuge Yu couldn't help but chuckle and make sarcastic remarks.

Qin Li completely ignored him and instead looked at the Empress beside him, "What does Your Majesty think?"

The Empress gently flicked the sleeve of her dark dragon robe and chuckled, "The ability to predict the future is a specialty of you Central Plains people, not mine."

"However, in my opinion, your Great Zhou won't last long!"

Qin Li smiled. "Then how about Your Majesty and I make a bet?"

"What are we betting on?"

The Empress asked.

"Let's bet on who will win."

Qin Li's gaze lingered on the Empress's stunningly beautiful face, a face that one could never tire of looking at. "I've heard that Your Majesty has been on the throne for many years without an heir. Coincidentally, I am the same. If my Great Zhou wins, we can make do and have ten or eight children. Half of them will take Your Majesty's surname, and half will take mine. What does Your Majesty think?"

Will you make do with this?

Have ten or eight children with him?

Listen to this! Is this even human language? How dare Qin Li say such a thing in front of Her Majesty the Empress?

Upon hearing this, everyone around was stunned, staring wide-eyed at Qin Li in disbelief.

Before the Empress could even respond, bang! Zhuge Yu, sitting in a wheelchair, slammed his hand on the armrest of his wheelchair, nearly standing up in anger.

But when he realized what he had done, he quickly bowed and clasped his hands in greeting to the Empress, and then launched into a tirade of spittle at Qin Li, spraying it everywhere.

"Qin Li, how dare you! You are incredibly audacious! This is His Majesty of our dynasty, how dare you insult him so casually..."

In Zhuge Yu's mind, the Empress was high above, a celestial being banished from heaven.

Having a child with Qin Li would be an insult to Her Majesty the Empress!

Before Zhuge Yu could finish speaking, Qin Li shut him up with a single sentence.

"The Emperor isn't worried, but the eunuch is. Do you want to become a eunuch? If so, this prince can help you."

Zhuge Yu was so angry that his face turned red, and he couldn't speak. He almost fainted from exhaustion.

The Empress raised her hand, signaling him to stop talking.

"His Majesty……"

But Zhuge Yu still wanted to say something and explain.

"Shut up!"

The Empress couldn't help but rebuke her coldly.

Today, Zhuge Yu is really good at making himself feel important.

She had already developed a sense of disgust.

Seeing this, Zhuge Yu reluctantly shut his mouth, but stared at Qin Li with extremely vicious eyes.

The Empress looked at Qin Li, a smile playing on her lips, but it wasn't genuine; it was more of a mocking, sarcastic laugh.

"Your Highness, do you really want a child that badly? Do you insist that I bear one for you?"

Qin Li laughed, "Of course. Promoting the family line is a traditional virtue, and how could I, as a prince, abandon such a traditional virtue?"

"Moreover, the children we have will definitely be good, because our genes are there."

"Gene?"

The Empress frowned, puzzled, and asked:

Qin Li chuckled and said, "Your Majesty can understand it as, like begets like, and a rat's son knows how to dig a hole."

The Empress was amused and covered her mouth with a smile before saying, "Then let's make a bet, as the Crown Prince wishes."

"But what if my Northern Barbarian Kingdom wins? What will the First Prince do then?"

It's impossible for the Great Zhou to win and then drag her down to the mortal realm to have children and live as an ordinary woman.

The Northern Barbarians won, but she got nothing. That's not fair.

Qin Li blurted out, "If Northern Mang wins, at worst, those ten or eight children will all take His Majesty's surname!"

puff!

This statement came out.

Qin Li seemed to hear the sound of many people's hearts gushing blood.

No, have you no shame? Have you no shame at all?

They had never seen anyone more shameless and brazen than Qin Li.

The Great Zhou Dynasty won, and half of the children took the Empress's surname.

The Northern Barbarians won, and all their children took the Empress's surname.

Did the Empress gain any benefits?

I didn't get any benefits.

What people care about is not whose surname the child takes, but the act of having a child.

Oh no, that's not what they care about.

But why should the Empress have a child with Qin Li?

Why should I?

Just because Qin Li is the eldest prince of the Great Zhou?

Is Qin Li worthy of him?

He doesn't deserve it!

Not at all!

Surprisingly, the Empress readily agreed.

"Very well, as Your Highness the Crown Prince says."

"Anyway, my Northern Barbarians won this battle, and not just this battle, but the national war."

"From now on, everyone in the Great Zhou, from you, the eldest prince, to all the ordinary people of the Great Zhou, are my children and share my surname."

"Damn it, you're twisting the facts..." Qin Li thought to himself.

However, the Northern Barbarians nodded in satisfaction after hearing this.

Who wouldn't be happy to have an extra son like Qin Li?

……

"Hold on, everyone! Hold on! Hold on no matter what!"

"As long as we withstand the first wave, the Ironclad Cavalry has nothing to fear!"

The angry shouts were quickly drowned out by the thunderous hoofbeats of the Ironclad Cavalry.

The shield soldiers at the very front of the vanguard were mercilessly rammed by the Ironclad Cavalry, sending them flying along with their shields. Several large gaps quickly appeared in the formation.

"That's it, charge! Charge!"

"Whoever slays the enemy general will be granted the title of Marquis with ten thousand households!"

Holding a curved blade, Murong Lie was filled with excitement; he could almost see his name resounding throughout the world!

However, the two peak eighth-rank experts who were protecting Murong Lie, Gray Eagle and Azure Wolf, felt an increasingly strong sense of foreboding.

Something on the ground just now caused them to lose over a thousand soldiers in one fell swoop.

Although they were not hit, they managed to rush over and make direct contact with the Great Zhou soldiers.

But the fierce resistance of the Great Zhou soldiers in front of them exceeded their expectations!

Unlike the Great Zhou soldiers they had encountered before, who either shattered at the slightest touch or turned and ran away.

The Zhou soldiers in front of them were all fearless. When they broke through the formation, the soldiers behind quickly filled the gaps, and the overall formation was not disrupted.

"Young master, we can't just blindly rush in. We need to take a detour, a detour!" the two couldn't help but remind him.

The greatest advantage of the Ironclad Pagoda, besides its full-body heavy armor making it impervious to swords and spears, is its charging speed, which is difficult for humans to withstand.

But as they are now, the Great Zhou soldiers have significantly slowed their pace.

If they don't come up with a solution soon, they will be dragged down and pulled off their horses, and then they will lose their proud speed.

"Screw your roundabout way of saying that!"

"Are you the general, or am I?"

"Listen to my orders, keep charging forward."

"The enemy general is right there! Charge in and capture her!!"

Murong Lie only had eyes for Wei Hongying, who was directing the battle from within the formation; he couldn't wait to end the battle as quickly as possible.