Your Majesty, please beg for mercy. The prince's rebellion was successful.

The preliminary refining of the musket was successful, which finally made Zhou Zheng feel relieved.

Meng Sheng is still in the hidden canyon, leading the Mohist disciples, tempering the musket day and night.

They know better than anyone that the more muskets they refine, the greater Zhou's advantage will be on the battlefield.

At the same time, Gong Tan was personally responsible for tempering the bullets.

With the current raw materials, tens of thousands of bullets can only be refined in ten days, which is not a difficult task.

Of course, both the manufacturing of muskets and the tempering of bullets are kept top secret.

Having experience in division of labor and cooperation in factories in Xiangjun, Zhou Zheng is not worried about the leakage of the smelting method.

Besides, those who make muskets and bullets are absolutely trustworthy people.

"Your Majesty, my minister, you are not doing your job well, and you have a heavy responsibility!"

In the East Palace, Sima Cheng's face was extremely solemn, and he knelt in front of Zhou Zheng and kowtowed continuously.

No matter how others tried to persuade him, he was unwilling to get up.

If it weren't for Zhou Zheng's scolding, Sima Cheng would have wiped his neck and killed himself on the spot to apologize.

In the northern land, the situation becomes increasingly critical.

He was ordered by Zhou Zheng to recruit troops in person. Unfortunately, three months passed and he returned almost empty-handed.

Whether it was Kyoto or various counties in the Great Zhou Dynasty, Sima Cheng's recruitment mission was greatly hindered.

Although he had orders from the court, he was still struggling.

Now, they have barely recruited more than 10,000 people!

In the Great Zhou Dynasty, there are countless ambitious people who want to join the army.

Unfortunately, the powerful squires and landlords and plutocrats had complicated relationships and their control over the local area was far beyond the court's imagination.

This makes men all over the world have the desire to serve their country, but there is no way to do so.

What's more, the local gentry was powerful and secretly used methods to force the men who joined the army to retire.

Sima Cheng was angry and roared when this scene happened to him.

But in the end it could only turn into countless helplessness, and he sighed slowly.

He once wanted to go all out to kill the gentry and landlords who tried to hinder the imperial court's recruitment of troops, and even arrest those high-ranking local officials.

However, he still suppressed the anger in his heart.

At present, the elites of the Great Xia Kingdom are suppressing the territory. If there is another riot in the Great Zhou Dynasty, it will be the real internal and external troubles.

"Lord Sima, you have done quite well, why do you need to blame yourself?"

Zhou Zheng personally helped Sima Cheng up, his words full of comfort.

He knew very well that the current situation in Dazhou was much worse than he imagined.

Sima Cheng's words were not exaggerated.

Above the imperial court, all the officials obeyed openly, but secretly ignored the imperial court.

Even the current Ministry of Household Affairs is facing great difficulties in consolidating its finances. Local finance has already taken advantage of this opportunity and will no longer turn it over.

If it weren't for the foundation of Xiangjun and the full support of the Su family behind Su Xun'er, it would be difficult for the court to operate now.

Under such difficult circumstances, Sima Cheng was able to recruit tens of thousands of troops, which is enough to show his intentions.

"Prince, I have a list here."

Gritting his teeth, Sima Cheng took out a list from his waist.

The list is densely filled with names of people, as well as their control over the local area and their attitude towards the court.

Looking around, Zhou Zheng seemed to have a calm expression, but in fact his heart was turbulent.

The detail of this list is beyond imagination.

"With this thing, things will be much easier to handle in the future."

Zhou Zheng handed the list to Gong Tan and spoke softly, but anyone could clearly hear the murderous intention in Zhou Zheng's mouth!

Everyone knew that with Zhou Zheng's temperament, he would never sit idly by.

Once the war in the north is over, it will be time for Zhou Zheng to truly resolve these internal troubles.

"Prince, these more than 10,000 people are all available."

"Even if they die in battle, they will not frown."

Although more than 10,000 people could not reverse the situation, they could at least withstand one wave.

"These more than 10,000 people have only one mission!"

"Defend the capital!"

Zhou Zheng's eyes were as sharp as a torch and he was determined.

"For the next battle in the Northern Territory, I will personally lead the expedition!"

Buzz! ! !

Zhou Zheng's words made everyone feel their heads buzzing.

They looked at Zhou Zheng in surprise and tried to persuade him.

After all, the northern land is not what it used to be. At this time, the war is stalemate and there are countless casualties. Once you go deep into it, it means giving half of your life to the underworld in advance.

It's a pity that Zhou Zheng turned a deaf ear to these persuasion.

"There are some things that only I can do!"

Zhou Zheng slowly raised his head and looked in the direction of the northern land. He had a serious look on his face and clenched his fists.

It's been three months!

For three whole months, he has not received any request for help from the North!

Zhou Zheng didn't even know what the war situation was like in the north.

In such a situation, there is only one possibility, and that is that countless Zhenbei troops are using their own lives as a price, using their own flesh and blood to forcibly prevent the southward invasion of Daxia.

Although the city wall is thick, it cannot completely block Daxia's cavalry.

Although the soldiers are brave and not afraid of death, they are outnumbered and outnumbered!

"Zhenbei Army, we don't intend to live alone."

Zhou Zheng gritted his teeth, he knew the temperaments of Xiao Mu and Xiao Guan very well!

They are trying to buy all the time they can for Zhou Zheng!

"Grandpa and uncle, they are fighting to the death, what should I fear?!"

His eyes were bloodshot, Zhou Zheng said deeply.

"Send the order, all court officials will be present tomorrow!"

"I want to visit the northern land in person!"

"There are some things you need to tell them in advance!"

......

The land of the north!

The moonlight is like ink, covering the earth.

Under the deathly silence, only the faint sound of crickets could be heard.

Looking up, some clouds and mist were floating by, but upon closer inspection, it was not difficult to find that those clouds actually showed a trace of blood.

This phenomenon is not just one place, but a common phenomenon in the entire northern land.

Every minute and every second, someone dies on the battlefield.

Blood dyed the ground red, and the air was filled with the pungent smell of blood.

The northern land, with a radius of hundreds of miles, is filled with the smell of death, and countless corpses are buried deep in the earth.

Some of the corpses that were too late to be cleaned up had long since rotted and slowly merged into the earth.

But the soldiers had no time to mourn, because they had only one thought, and that was to fight!

Use your own flesh and blood to build an indestructible city wall.

"Father!"

"We can't hold on any longer."

In the general's mansion, Xiao Hu and Xiao Bao knelt in front of Xiao Mu. Their eyes were bloodshot and their bodies were covered in scars.

The eight-foot-long man was already in tears.

The nearly 100,000 Zhenbei Army now has less than 20,000 left!

Even so, these soldiers are at the end of their game...

"Starting tomorrow, I will kiss you on the city wall!"

"remember!"

"We had no intention of surviving!"

"Kill one to get enough money, kill two to get some profit!"

"A man deserves to die at the frontier, why should he return his body wrapped in horse leather?!"

"This is so magnificent!"