"Emperor Yan was wary of the Zhou family's overwhelming achievements and attempted to pin the crime of treason on them, strip them of their military power, and bury the heroes who had sacrificed their lives for the people in a filthy abyss."
"When Commander Zhang was captured, he declared with righteous indignation that if the ruler commands his subject to die, the subject has no choice but to die."
He's absolutely right!
"Therefore, I have decided that, in order to ensure the Zhou family's survival, in seven days, I will assemble the army and march straight to the capital to take Emperor Yan's head! If I become the ruler, I will naturally be able to defy orders and survive. Do you all agree?"
Listen to these self-righteous words.
He was clearly about to do something utterly rebellious, yet he spoke of it with such righteous indignation!
Commander Zhang, locked in a cage in the distance, heard Zhou Cheng's decision to march straight to the capital in seven days. He was filled with despair and anger, his lips trembling with rage.
Traitor!
This is a traitor!
The Zhou family army sitting below, however, seemed to have been brainwashed, completely oblivious to how blasphemous this was. They were all excitedly shouting, "Agreed! Yes! Young Master is right! Whatever Young Master says is right!"
"To hell with the emperor demanding the death of his subjects! Now that you're the emperor, who would dare to kill you!"
"Hahaha, I've had my eye on that damned emperor for ages! Kill him!"
“............”
Zhou Cheng listened to the shouts with satisfaction, nodded and smiled, and continued to look at Commander Zhang in the distance with the megaphone, saying provocatively, "Commander Zhang, locked in the dog cage, did you hear that?"
"My soldiers all want me to take the life of Emperor Yan, they don't want me to die."
Commander Zhang was so angry he almost spat out a mouthful of blood.
"Don't worry, so that you can die in peace, I have already prepared a way for you. On the day you set off for war, I will definitely use all the generals of your court as a sacrifice to the flag of the Zhou family army!"
"Use your blood to pave a road to heaven for the Zhou family! Since you are so loyal to Emperor Yan, then drape yourselves over the Zhou family's military banner and witness with your own eyes how the Yan Kingdom is conquered."
"Watch with your own eyes how that supreme ruler of the nine kingdoms goes to the Yellow Springs with you! I will grant your wish."
Coach Zhang's mentality collapsed.
The morale of all the generals in the imperial court collapsed.
Their faces were ashen, and they couldn't even beg for mercy, because they knew that no matter how humbly they begged for their lives, Zhou Cheng would never let them go.
After deciding on the route for the imperial generals to perform the flag-raising ceremony, Zhou Cheng withdrew his gaze and looked back at the Zhou family army below, saying, "There are still seven days before we set off to attack the imperial court."
“I know that most of you were forcibly conscripted into the army by the imperial court.”
“There are elderly and young people in the family, burdens and pressures. After paying the grain tax, we probably can’t even afford to eat. In the cold winter, it is common for the whole family to share a single cotton coat.”
"therefore--"
"All soldiers will be issued ten taels of silver. Those whose hometowns are close to Jiangling City and can travel back and forth within six days can apply to go home to visit their families."
“Those that are more than six days away from Jiangling City.”
“I have prepared eight hundred messengers for you. You can give them the things you want to send and the letters you want to send, and let them go back to your hometown to take care of your family.”
"The famine is severe today, and many people will freeze or starve to death this winter, but it doesn't matter. You are soldiers of the Zhou family, and as soldiers of the Zhou family, you should have no worries!"
After speaking...
Zhou Cheng put down the loudspeaker.
Then he waved to the black rat.
The next moment, dozens of soldiers carried boxes of silver onto the platform.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Clang! Clang! Clang!
The box was opened, and the gleaming silver inside was so dazzling it hurt the eyes. Perhaps it was too bright, because all the soldiers present inexplicably had tears in their eyes, and they quickly reached out to wipe them away.
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