When Ahrami heard what Mu Sheng said, he sighed: "Borges, you are still you, you have never changed, and your methods are still so sophisticated..."
Mu Sheng smiled and said: "Thank you, the patriarch. We are facing a formidable enemy. Naturally, the fewer enemies, the better. Only with friends all over the world will this road go smoothly."
Ahlami nodded and said: "That makes sense. Among the people we can win over in Taisha, the stronger ones are the lord of the northern Book State, Duke Jakkun Patula, and the lord of the western Chin State, Marquis Bikluart. , the lord of Valu State in the southwest, Marquis Magaro, and the most valuable among them is Duke Jakkunpatula, who is the most powerful local faction in Tesha."
"Duke Jakkunpatula has more than 60,000 elites in his hands. I just heard that he was recently squeezed out of the royal capital by Taisha Prime Minister Pamika Takouba and several big nobles. He seems to be planning to return to the royal capital. He is indeed worthy of winning over. The other two marquises were very dissatisfied with the gradual reduction of the real power of the local nobles by Emperor Tessa Jiatu Lukti III, so they became rebellious."
"The Taisha Royal Army, which directly belongs to the Taisha Royal Family, has nearly 200,000 elites. Without external intervention, the princes in these places should not dare to move. And most of the monks trained by Guixucao also serve in the royal army. If we and When the Jin Dynasty marches south, the most difficult force to deal with is the Wang family's army, and the coalition forces of the princes are nothing to worry about."
Hearing this, Mu Sheng nodded and said, "Well, fortunately, I invited the Wolf Lord to send troops. There are so many monks in the Taisha Wang Family Army, which is really difficult to deal with."
Ahrami said: "I am also going to gather the scattered tribesmen to help you, the Great Emperor."
Mu Sheng laughed and said, "Okay! I heard that the warriors of the Three-Eyed Tribe are good at shooting. With the help of your subordinates, the great clan leader, we will definitely achieve great feats in this battle."
After sending away the chief of the clan, he sent scouts to sneak into Taisha territory to collect detailed information there.
More than ten days later, the envoys Bortas and Zongbi sent to the Jin Dynasty had successfully completed their mission and returned. Mu Sheng took a look at the covenant in his hand and nodded with satisfaction. The alliance was finally officially formed.
The accompanying deputy envoy Li Ping also personally handed over the canonization edict to the emperor. The Jin Dynasty court granted him a gold seal, a pair of jade pendants, a jade belt, and a set of prince's crown clothes, and he was granted the title of Prince Zhennan. title.
Deputy envoy Li Ping stepped forward and cupped his hands and said: "Replying to the emperor, your majesty saw the letter and congratulations from Emperor Changsheng. He was very satisfied with our surrender attitude and increased the military expenditure by one million gold..."
Mu Sheng chuckled secretly when he heard this. The Celestial States are all relatively face-saving, or the emperor is very face-saving. In order to show the authority of a powerful country, as long as the face is given enough and the mountain puppet posture is lowered, as a vassal state, the Celestial State's dignity must be Enough is given.
Mu Sheng played with the gold seal in his hand and asked with a smile: "Your Majesty, is His Majesty the Emperor still in Xinshan County? Now that our alliance has been concluded, I would like to see His Majesty the Emperor in person to express my gratitude."
Li Ping said respectfully: "To the King of Zhennan, His Majesty has already returned to the capital. I will definitely convey the wishes of the King of Zhennan to Your Majesty. In about three months from the Jin Dynasty, I will dispatch 20 people from the Central Plains. With an army of 10,000 moving south, plus General Lu Sheng's 120,000 troops, our army will gather 320,000 troops at the border of Xinshan County. The commander-in-chief of this battle is General Lu Sheng. I hope that the King of Zhennan will follow me when the time comes. The court has agreed to join forces with the general to combat the rebellion."
Mu Sheng said: "It's easy to say! Don't worry, sir. I will go to the border on time to meet the general in accordance with the covenant."
Li Ping smiled and said: "Okay! King Zhennan, I will resign and return to the court."
After seeing off the Chinese envoy Li Ping and his entourage, Muzi summoned Bortas and Borzongbi to the castle to hold a temporary military meeting.
Mu Sheng said: "Since we have successfully formed an alliance with the Celestial Kingdom, you are also envoys to Jin Dynasty this time. You have also met the emperor of Jin Dynasty. What do you two think about this military operation?"
Bortas pondered for a long time and said: "For my ancestors, I thought that the Jin Dynasty's use of troops this time was intended to force peace through war. It seems that the kingdom has no intention of killing Taisha. As long as Taisha is defeated, Laima promised to After the kingdom is restored and the Jin army completes this established strategic goal, it will return to its homeland and stop invading."
Mu Sheng nodded and agreed with his point of view.
Borzongbi came out and said: "Ancestor, I am a little worried. After the Jin Dynasty used troops this time, there is nothing to say after the defeat. If we win, there will be a lot of troubles. The Jin Dynasty will help After the restoration of the Kingdom of Laima, they naturally threw away their hands and left, but if Taisha realizes this, the whole government and the public in Taisha will be furious with our puppets! Given time, when Taisha regains its national strength, they will definitely come with all their troops. Although we are not afraid of revenge, after all, there will be endless troubles."
Mu Sheng nodded and said: "Yes! What you said is very good, but we can't afford to offend the behemoth Dajin. I can only choose the lesser of two evils. The battle for the restoration of the small Laima Kingdom , but it has disturbed our entire southern Xinjiang. Do you have any clever ideas?"
Bortas touched his snow-white beard and stepped forward to speak: "To report back to my ancestors, I think it is best for us to drag the Jin army into the quagmire of war against Taisha. We cannot just let them withdraw easily and beat the snake to the ground." Inch, either don't do it, or if you do it, you must completely kill Taisha and avoid future troubles. To say the least, you have to let Taisha suffer a major loss of vitality like it was more than 300 years ago. Ancestor, you led the army to defeat If the glorious achievements of Taisha King's Capital can be repeated today, I believe it will completely destroy the confidence of everyone in Taisha, so that they will never dare to spy on our puppets again."
Borzombi said: "What Uncle Qi said is true, but this is only a goal that can be achieved under the most ideal conditions. Taisha is a big country. We can only adapt to the process of the war. If we really have the chance, we will definitely do it thoroughly." Destroy Tessa."
After listening to the speeches of the two of them, Mu Sheng said: "Yes! I do have an idea. We mountain puppets should use the right to attack the unjust."
Seeing the expressions of the two elders looking at each other, Mu Sheng explained: "As for Taisha, I have an idea to disintegrate Taisha from the inside. If our coalition with the Jin army defeats the main force of Taisha, we can achieve the restoration of the Laima Kingdom. The purpose is that the Jin army must withdraw. Lu Sheng, an old man, is not that easy to mess with. Once the Jin army leaves, our Shanpu army will be unable to support Taisha alone. "
"I think we can win over the powerful nobles in Tesha who have dissident intentions. For example, we can help Duke Jakunpatula, the lord of the Northern Book State, return to the royal capital to seize power, and even help him become the prime minister of Tesha. We hold a high position, and our mountain puppets can be regarded as teachers of justice, with a reputation as a teacher, and no one in Southern Xinjiang can find fault with us."
"Jakkunpatula will definitely be grateful to us because he has been promoted to a high position by us. In this way, we will get both benefits and favors. It is the best of both worlds. As long as Jakkunpatula is still sitting on the stage as Taisha Prime Minister, he will definitely be If you want to seek the support of our mountain puppets, do you think Taisha will still have the energy to confront us tit for tat?"
Borzombi and Bortas looked at each other.
Bortas praised the emperor repeatedly: "Old Ancestor Saint, we are especially thinking about how to cannibalize Taisha. It is better to support the powerful officials within Taisha to come to power. In this way, the internal conflicts in Taisha will inevitably intensify, and we can stay out of it. , watch the fire from the other side, or sit back and reap the benefits depending on the situation, it’s high, it’s really high!”
Borzongbi looked in admiration and said: "Ancestor, in this way, Taisha will not work together to resist foreign humiliation."
Mu Zi's heart moved. Such a move could be regarded as provoking internal conflicts among the people of the Taisha Dynasty. They started fighting among themselves first and naturally had no time to look outside.
Mu Sheng chuckled and concluded: "Any country, any organization, if it wants to achieve something, it must first have a high degree of internal unity and not allow outsiders to take advantage of it. With national conditions like Taisha, we have to create a lot of trouble behind our backs." In a few years, it will fall apart sooner or later, we just need to be patient and wait for the opportunity."
Bortas and Borzongbi heard the words and understood in their hearts that their ancestor's words were also reminding them that if they were less selfish and more public-spirited, if everyone adds firewood and the flames are high, the country will surely gradually become stronger.
A few months later, several mysterious guests wearing bamboo hats came to Yucheng. When Mu Sheng heard the report from the guards, he secretly laughed in his heart. He probably guessed who they were. After more than two months of repeated contacts and negotiations, these guests After all, Duke Jia Kunpatula of Taisha couldn't help but want to cooperate with the Shan Puppet in an attempt to regain his position. Now the Shan Puppet has almost mobilized the whole country, and the 320,000 troops of the Jin Dynasty should be assembled in another month. .
Mu Sheng waved his hand and asked the servants to bring the people into the city to discuss with him.
In the reception hall of the castle, the guard pushed open the middle door and Mu Sheng walked out slowly. He saw two people coming into the reception hall. The one on the left was slightly fat, a man in his thirties, with a square face and a characteristic Teisha haircut. beard.
There was a tall and thin man on the right, with a long face, probably in his forties and a serious expression. He stepped forward to salute the emperor and said in a dull voice:
"The lord of the Lower North Book State, Duke Tesha, Jakunpatula, pays homage to the Emperor of Immortality."
The fat man on the left stepped forward, covered his chest with his right hand and saluted: "The lord of Valu State in the southwest, Marquis Magaro of Tesha, pays homage to the Emperor of Immortality."
Mu Sheng nodded slightly and said: "Okay! You are all my guests from afar, please take a seat!"
After everyone was seated, dozens of maids came forward to serve delicacies to the two lords of Taisha, and a dozen singers came forward to perform.
During the dinner, they exchanged cups and changed cups, chatting but not talking about business. Mu Sheng was not in a hurry. It would be great if this kind of poaching others' corners to act as internal support could be successful. It would reduce a lot of resistance to attacking Taisha out of thin air. It didn't matter if it couldn't be done. Just do it, you are strong, and you have the support of your big brother, so you are not afraid of being unable to defeat Taisha. It is expected that the Jin Dynasty will not sit back and watch the younger brother he just accepted being destroyed by other forces. Then his eldest brother will be too shameless. When it is time to send troops, he will definitely go to war. At least Lu Sheng, the general of Lingnan, must help out. This is the benefit of a small country looking for a big brother. First of all, it must be valuable...
