I was imprisoned by the Empress at the beginning, and I was secretly invincible

If it was just the Prince of Lu, Ji Luoyao had full confidence that she could defeat him.

After all, the soldiers under the Prince of Lu were not elite, the generals were not numerous, and he himself was a weakling.

Even if the other side had a large number of strong men to help, she now had the Human Emperor Sword in her hand, and the ones she was least afraid of were precisely these martial arts masters.

But if the three forces of Jizhou Taiping Dao, Jiangnan Uprising Army, and Xiliang Iron Cavalry were added, the situation would be very different.

Let alone other aspects, the total number of troops of these four forces alone was as many as 1.7 million.

1.7 million troops!

What kind of concept is this?

The imperial guards of the court that now guard the imperial capital are only a mere 200,000 at most, and they are not even a fraction of the other side.

Even if these 200,000 imperial guards are so elite and capable, can they still defeat an army of 1.7 million?

Even if another 300,000 troops were temporarily recruited to make up 500,000, regardless of the difference in strength between the two sides, the number alone was more than three times the difference.

And according to the information she received, there were also many strong men in these three forces.

For example, the three generals of the Taiping Dao, General Tiangong, General Digong and General Rengong, were all strong men in the Heavenly Man Realm.

Although there was no direct evidence, according to various deeds, the three of them were probably the three Taoists who attacked and killed the King of Yan.

The leading General Tiangong, who called himself the Great Sage and Good Teacher, had once summoned lightning out of thin air in public.

This was clearly a peak Heavenly Man Realm strong man who had already comprehended the power of the law.

Based on this alone, even if others had some speculations, no one dared to mention revenge for the King of Yan.

After all, no matter how noble the King of Yan was, he was already a dead man. It was not worth it to provoke such a terrible strong man for a dead man.

There were also Chen Sheng and Wu Guang in Jiangnan.

When they just started the rebellion, the two accidentally provoked a top family in Jiangnan.

This family had a wide network of connections, and immediately called on friends and invited many sects to gather thousands of powerful martial arts masters to set up a killing game against the two.

However, the final result was that these thousands of powerful martial arts masters were killed by the two.

On the other hand, the two were unscathed.

And the whole process took less than an hour.

It was terrifying!

After this battle, everyone knew that Chen Sheng and Wu Guang were extremely powerful and would never dare to provoke them easily again.

At least there would be no beheading plan against the two.

Because this would most likely be a meat bun hitting a dog - a result of going and not returning.

There was also Dong Zhuo in Xiliang. Although he himself did not do much, his adopted son Lu Bu was an unparalleled and invincible general.

Not only was it as easy for him to kill generals and enemies as eating and drinking, he also repeatedly staged the feat of breaking the city alone.

He conquered the entire Xiliang almost by himself, and was called the God of War of Xiliang.

He led the cavalry, invaded like fire, came and went like the wind, and was invincible.

With all these things, these three forces gave Ji Luoyao the feeling that they were even more dangerous than King Lu.

More importantly, these forces almost killed the imperial capital at the same time, as if they had made an appointment in advance.

If there is no trick in this, she would not believe it even if she was beaten to death.

"So, these forces may have been secretly in contact for a long time, or the forces behind them have already reached an agreement in secret."

"The Demon God Empire, the Golden Horde, the Western Buddhist Kingdom, the Southern Xinjiang Witch Clan..."

"Which of these forces are involved, or are all of them involved?"

Faced with such a situation of being surrounded by enemies, even a proud Ji Luoyao couldn't help but feel full of despair for a while.

If these forces are really involved.

Then what she has to face this time is not just the four local forces, but also other major forces from outside the Central Plains.

The number of the opponent's strong men is definitely far beyond her expectations.

With the current strength of the imperial capital alone, it is impossible to compete with so many forces and so many strong men.

In a sense, the imperial capital is now a dead place.

"What should I do?"

"What should I do now?"

"Is the Great Zhou Dynasty really going to perish in my hands?"

As night fell, the court officials had left, and only Ji Luoyao was left alone on the dragon throne in the Taixuan Hall.

She wanted to make great plans and aspire to become the unique Great Zhou empress.

She even wanted to emulate the ancestor of the Ji family and achieve the great cause of a generation of human emperors.

But now it seems that she can not only fail to become the unique Great ZhouThe empress, on the contrary, is likely to become a king who loses his country.

From the greatest emperor in history to the king who loses his country, this huge gap has only been in the past year.

In just one year, she was defeated and destroyed the foundation that the Ji family had inherited for many years.

Whenever she thought of this, she couldn't help but feel hopeless.

"After all, I still overestimate myself..."

She slowly raised her head, staring at the distant starry sky with a dull face, but there was no light in her pupils.

The whole person was like a puppet statue, and she didn't move for a long time.

Even if the cold night wind blew and blew her long hair on her forehead, her eyes did not blink.

At this moment, she is no longer the arrogant and conceited empress of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Instead, she is more like an ordinary girl who is lonely, helpless, weak and helpless.

The female officials and eunuchs who originally served her have been dismissed, leaving only Shangguan Qing, the only confidant who has been with her since childhood.

Seeing Ji Luoyao like this, Shangguan Qing felt the same way, and her heart was broken.

Seeing that the night was getting darker and darker, she hesitated for a moment, but still walked forward and called out: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty..."

Ji Luoyao raised his head and looked at her with lifeless eyes.

Seeing this, Shangguan Qing took a deep breath, and then said: "Your Majesty, wake up and cheer up. You are the backbone of everyone now. This won't work."

"Cheer up? Haha, what's the use of cheering up? Can cheering up make the enemy retreat on their own initiative?"

Ji Luoyao shook her head gently, her eyes full of sadness and despair.

"It's impossible. Those guys are ambitious and have long set their sights on the Great Zhou and the Central Plains. They can't give up easily."

"Only if our Great Zhou Dynasty is completely destroyed will they be willing."

"If I don't die, they will never stop."

At this moment, Ji Luoyao saw it very clearly.

She knew very well that only when she died and the Great Zhou Dynasty fell apart would the war stop.

Shangguan Qing opened her mouth. Although she wanted to persuade him, she was just a female official after all, not a great talent.

At this moment, she couldn't say any great truth, let alone think of any solution.

However, although she didn't have any solution, she knew that there was someone who must have a solution.

"Your Majesty, why don't you... go and ask the Duke of Weiguo?"

After hesitating for a while, Shangguan Qing couldn't help but speak.

"Ask him?"

Ji Luoyao's heart was shocked, and she immediately raised her head, with a glimmer of hope in her eyes.

But then, a hint of hesitation appeared on her face again.

If it were usual, with her personality, she would definitely refuse without hesitation.

But this time, she hesitated.

Because... she knew very well that this might be her only way.