The ministers looked at Zhou Ming and became a little weird.

Innocent?

childish?

Or... mentally retarded?

In short, all the ministers felt that their emperor was too young.

But Zhou Ming has his own considerations and also the reason why he did so.

One, he is indeed in the wrong. I am afraid that most people will think that he is not very kind in private and are playing and humiliating the Lucis family.

After the old king was pissed to death, the Lucis family rebelled, which was completely reasonable.

After all, no matter who happens to this, it is impossible to swallow that breath.

Therefore, in terms of public opinion, Zhou Ming was very passive and could not be justified.

Faced with the rebels' offensive, he could only try to lower his posture as much as possible to avoid angering them again and causing greater damage.

Two, the so-called "withdrawal of two thousand miles and pardoning the Lucis family three times", is not because Zhou Ming is innocent and stupid, but this is a strategy adopted to win the war.

In fact, if he wants to defeat the rebels, he has more than dozens of ways, and the probability of his failure is zero.

Zhou Ming's request to fight a decisive battle with the rebels on the Great Plains of Edalas County. The purpose is to eliminate as many rebels as possible and fight a beautiful annihilation battle!

Strive to maximize the land and weaken the power of the nobles!

As for "pardon three times", it is also a tactic of trying to get, which is to make the Lucis family be fearless in the state of pardon, make continuous deaths and make mistakes, and finally go from one failure to another, and eventually fail to recover.

In the end, in the Orunian Empire, the strong families with the largest energy, the largest private army and the largest population in the aristocratic faction went to a complete decline.

This is Zhou Ming’s real purpose.

...

On the other side.

The main force of the rebel army went deep into the Wangjing District 500 miles, occupied an unguarded county town, and after stationing in it.

An envoy sent by the imperial capital delivered the letters the emperor wanted to convey to the rebels to the hands of the rebel commander Bruno.

Bruno is 71 years old, with white temples. Because of his martial arts practices for many years, he is burly and strong, with bright eyes. His personality is the same as his father, and he is also very irritable.

However, unlike Old Wangjue, Bruno's temper is not only irritable, but also has attributes such as "cruelty" and "easy to kill". Old Wangjue once criticized him and asked him to "reward more and kill less", but Old Wangjue left, and Bruno, who was unsuppressed, showed 100% of the irritability in his personality.

For example, during this march, Bruno ordered the killing of hundreds of people to the slow marching troops without any mercy.

Temporary commander of the Mansion.

After taking the letter handed over by the imperial envoy, he scanned a few times, and Bruno, who was sitting in the head, suddenly burst into laughter.

"Hahaha!"

"Hahahahaha!"

"It's ridiculous, it's ridiculous. That boy Noctis is so naive and ridiculous!"

Bruno's laughter was mixed with gritting teeth, which was quite strange and terrifying, and a bloodthirsty light was also emitted in his eyes.

He kneaded the letters in his hand into a ball, stared at a certain direction to the west and said, "Noctis, I have been preparing for this war for decades. Do you think your hypocritical alms can stop the millions of cavalry of my Lucis family?"

"I don't need to withdraw my troops for two thousand miles! No matter which city, as long as I stand in front of me, I can seize it!"

"The two armies fought a decisive battle in the Great Plain of Edalas County. OK! As long as you appear there, I will take down your head personally! Then take down this world that belongs to the Lucis family!"

Yes, at this moment, the ambition that had been lurking in Bruno's heart for many years was finally revealed. With a once-in-a-lifetime excuse, how could he hold back?

So Bruno's mood to start this war, although his father was angry to death, the hatred and grief were more important, his ambition was finally able to display his excitement and excitement!

At this moment, his wish for many years finally came true!

Seeing the end of the letter again, Noctis said that if he wins, he will forgive the Lucis family and pardon the Lucis family three times.

Bruno smiled.

A ridicule of the idiot.

When I told this joke to the dozens of generals present, I led the mansion and burst into laughter!

"Idiots like Noctis can even sit on the throne?"

"Noctis is still dreaming of defeating us and want to give alms to Lord Lord three times? OK, after we catch Noctis, we will also give him three chances to escape, and for the fourth time, he will use a saber to cut off his head!"

"Hahahaha, that little ghost emperor is so funny!"

"I can't wait to see that little devil on the battlefield." The general licked his lips, looking forward to it.

"When encountering an idiot-like opponent, this empire is destined to return to its original master. Lord Wang Jue, no, Your Majesty, you are the wise lord who should command this empire!" The minister couldn't wait to start flattering.

"Long live the Emperor!"

The generals, nobles and ministers were unwilling to fall behind, and they all leaned over and knelt down and shouted long live in advance.

Seeing this scene, the imperial envoy who delivered the letter couldn't help but say, "You are not revenge, you are a traitor!"

Bruno glared at the tiger: "Come, push him down and cut him! Go to war tomorrow morning and take his blood sacrifice flag!"

The envoy was immediately frightened and shouted in horror: "Don't kill me, I'm the envoy, I can't kill the envoy!"

But how could Bruno, who was full of bloodthirsty eyes, pay attention to his begging for mercy?

...

Two months later.

On the flat and wide plains of Edalas, two large armies set off on both sides of a river flowing north and south.

The army in the west has golden helmets and golden armor, gorgeous clothes, with nearly 10,000 square meters and a population of about one million.

The army in the east was covered with silver helmets and gray armor, white white silhouettes, and its equipment was obviously worse, but the silent aura of the mourning soldiers also made people feel very depressed and they dare not underestimate it.

As for the number of people, it is about two million, twice that of the western army.

"Dongdongdongdongdongdongdongdongdongdongdongdong~"

After the war drum began to ring.

The rear of the military formation to the west.

Zhou Ming waved his hand and ordered his army to retreat three miles to allow the noble alliance army to cross the river first, and wait until all the main forces go to the west bank, and then the two armies will fight.

Bruno felt unbelievable and murmured: "That idiot, did my millions of cavalry ask my millions of cavalry to cross the river first, gain a foothold before fighting? That idiot..."

For a moment, Bruno even felt a deceitful feeling in his mind, but it flashed by.

When I saw the army formation across the river again, it was indeed retreating in an orderly manner, leaving a large area of ​​open space.

He waved his hand: "Cross the river quickly and attack in full swing!"

...

Rear of the western military formation.

Standing on a hill.

Holding a telescope in his hand, he saw more and more noble alliance cavalry standing on the land on the west bank and laying one conical charge formation after another.

Zhou Ming asked his left and right: "How many soldiers have they passed?"

"Your Majesty, it should be more than 70%, and the cavalry have basically crossed over."

"Okay! Issuing an order, ordering the soldiers to take off their armor, replace their weapons, take out their breech rifles, and ordering the artillery troops to push out their cannons and prepare for volley bombardment! Ordering the 300,000 cavalry who have crossed the river to prepare to trample the rebels' retreat and to capture them all in one go!"

"Yes, your Majesty!"

"Woooooooooooooo~"

"Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom~"

"Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang ~"

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Chapter completed!