Emperor Kotoku stood up slowly, and after watching the dispirited brother Zhong enter the main hall, he slowly opened his mouth and said.

"The prince must have known about the turmoil in the middle school recently, right?"

Eldest brother Zhong bowed to Emperor Kotoku, who had a rather ugly face, and glanced at Wen Wu in the hall. When he saw that there were many familiar ministers missing in the hall, his mood sank suddenly.

His eyes swept to the side and rear of Emperor Kotoku, that is, his wife, his younger sister, the former emperor: Emperor Kogoku, and now Emperor Kotoku's wife, Empress Ho.

Seeing the look in his sister's eyes, Brother Zhong nodded his head with a very serious tone.

"Your Majesty, the minister has indeed known, so he specially led the army back to the imperial capital to protect His Majesty."

Seeing Brother Zhong's pretending to be stupid, Emperor Kotoku couldn't help but feel a sting in his heart, and couldn't help saying.

"The prince's expedition to Baekje this time, the results of the battle must be..."

Hearing this, Brother Zhong couldn't help but stare, and it took him a long time to suppress his impatient anger and said.

"Your Majesty, I was defeated by Silla's and Tang's treacherous schemes and lost my army. I will plead guilty to Your Majesty in the future."

"But now, many powerful people in the country are bewitched by the Tang Dynasty, intending to kill our royal family orthodoxy. At this time, our ministers should work together."

All the courtiers of the Wa Kingdom did not say a word at the moment, and all focused on the two most powerful men in the Wa Kingdom.

At this time, the courtier (official name) Nakatomi Kamazu, who was entrusted with an important task by Emperor Kotoku, but secretly communicated with the elder brother Naka, stepped forward quickly.

"Your Majesty, what Your Highness said is very true. Now, the Tang Dynasty is raising troops to fight for it, and there are chaos everywhere in our country, making it difficult for the government to come out of Feiniao City.

At this time of crisis, His Majesty and His Royal Highness should unite with sincerity to resist internal and external enemies. "

Brother Zhong looked at the Emperor Kotoku who stared at him with burning eyes, how could he not understand the reason of the other party's mind.

Isn't it just that he killed the Su clan himself, wiped out the Suga clan, and took the power of the court in his hands, making the Emperor Kotoku in front of him almost a puppet.

Now, he returned home in a big defeat, and the other party still wanted to take the opportunity to manipulate him, and wanted to wait until later to settle the score.

Just when Brother Zhong was hesitating whether he should make a statement, a general scrambled and rushed into the palace.

"Your Majesty, Cheng Chubi, the commander of the Tang army, has sent an ultimatum."

"Ultimatum?!" Brother Zhong rushed out, and copied the document from the general's hand into his hand.

After only two glances, Brother Zhong's complexion turned gray-white at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Your Highness, what did the Commander-in-Chief of the Tang Army say?" Nakatomi Kamazu couldn't help asking.

Seeing the elder brother shaking the document, he smiled nervously.

"Then Cheng Sanlang has already landed in Wakasa with tens of thousands of troops.

I want Japan to take the initiative to lay down its arms, disband its army, and surrender unconditionally within three days. "

"Three days later, if His Majesty can't come to the camp of the Tang army to beg for surrender, he will personally command the army, destroy the country of Japan, and the city of Birds..."

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Seeing Brother Zhong's nervous expression, Emperor Kotoku felt a chill in his heart, and quickly stretched out his hand to pull Brother Zhong's arm and asked.

"...Prince, can we hold on?"

"I don't know..."

Brother Zhong murmured in a low voice as he recalled the scene of himself on the sea, being besieged by Tang country's new weapons, and suffered a disastrous defeat.

"...I don't know?" Nakatomi Kamazu and Emperor Kotoku's expressions changed in unison.

Brother Zhong has always given them the impression that he is always full of confidence in doing things, so he never had such a gaffe.

A bitter smile appeared on Brother Zhong's face. "Your Majesty, we have only one choice now."

"The only option is to select the dead first and order them to rush to Wakasa to harass the Tang army and slow down their marching speed."

"Decree again, order all the soldiers and horses that can be mobilized to rush to King Qin of Jingji immediately."

"Furthermore, take out all the weapons, recruit brave men, and fight Tang Guo to the death."

Looking at the ashen-faced, clearly unable to see any hope of victory, the elder brother who looked like he was determined to die, Emperor Kotoku felt a chill in his heart.

"Don't we have any chance of winning?"

"Your Majesty, do you know that the Tang State has a new weapon that can spray fire from several miles away to attack the enemy. The reason why the navy led by the minister suffered a disastrous defeat is precisely because of this terrifying weapon of the Tang State."

"Then the chief general of the Tang army, does he really want to kill me in Japan?"

"Your Majesty, it's useless to say anything now. The other party should have landed in Wakasa long ago, but they haven't. Instead, they are encouraging those wealthy families to rebel on their own."

"Looking at this ultimatum again, even if our whole country surrenders, there will be no room for us on this island."

Emperor Kotoku stared blankly at Brother Nakato in front of him, then at Nakatomi's sickle feet, and finally let out a long sigh.

"I'm counting on you to stop the Tang army, I'm a little tired."

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!" Brother Zhong looked at Emperor Kotoku who turned and left, and couldn't help being anxious, but Emperor Kotoku kept walking and continued to stagger away.

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Nakatomi Kamazu sighed softly, and whispered to Brother Zhong.

"Your Highness don't need to call anymore, His Majesty is already disheartened thinking about it, Your Highness, is there really no chance?"

"Right now, the only chance is that God Amaterasu can bless me in Japan, and the Tang Kingdom's weapons can't break through Bird City..."

"Chung Chen, you should go find your majesty immediately, and ask your majesty to write a confession letter immediately, and then send an envoy to plead guilty to the Tang emperor.

The poor country is willing to use the name of Japan, and the king of the Japanese country does not dare to use the title of the emperor again..."

Having said that, Brother Zhong gritted his teeth and clenched the handle of the knife by his waist.

"As long as we can stick to Feiniao City and wait for the envoys to plead guilty to the Tang Dynasty, and get the Tang Emperor's forgiveness, and the Tang Emperor orders Cheng Sanlang's class teacher, we may still have the chance to save the country."

However, whether the Wa country can repeat the old view, I am afraid that this is also an unknown number. After all, did the self-reliance of those wealthy families come from the order of the Tang emperor?

Or Tang Huang was very happy to see this scene,

Brother Zhong didn't continue to think about it, and after watching Zhongchen Lianzu follow his order and walked away quickly, he turned his head and looked at all the civil and military officials in the hall.

Then, he squeezed out a gloomy and sinister smile.

"Everyone, now, at the critical moment of the struggle for the survival of our country, the time for the kings to live and die with the country has come..."

Although Brother Caizhong and Emperor Kotoku hadn't had much time to communicate just now~lightnovelpub.net~, he had already received rumors of a group of Japanese civil and military officials.

Facing this big brother Zhong who is like a gambler who has already put his loincloth on the gambling table, he can only bite the bullet and express his loyalty to the royal family and his determination to die.

But in his heart, he was thinking about whether there was a chance for the whole family to leave the place of right and wrong in Feiniao City, and seek refuge with acquainted ministers or wealthy families.

Maybe in those self-supporting countries, you can get the job of supporting your family in Hukou, instead of staying here and hanging yourself on a crooked neck tree with the big brother there.

"Zuo Bozi Malu, Zhigou Yangtian, you two, each lead five thousand elites, guard the four gates of Feiniao City.

From now on, the four gates will be banned, there will be no single order, and anyone who dares to enter or leave the gate without authorization will be punished as treason and killed on the spot! "

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