"It's not surprising. These people have always wanted to kill me. It's normal that they would want to use this method to seduce me!" Liu Xu nodded.
"No, lord, this is not normal!" Zhuge Liang said immediately, "The other party did think so at first. After the lord made several tricks, the other party already believed that the lord was not the core of the Scourge Legion. At the same time, the lord had many clones, and the other party had long been extinguished. I want to kill the lord, otherwise the other party would not wait until today to take action."
"From what I saw, there should be some change in the other party, which caused Zhou Guo to restart the plan to assassinate the lord!"
"Variables? What kind of variables do you think the prime minister is?" Liu Xu immediately asked curiously.
"There are three possibilities!" Zhuge Liang said, "The emperor finally made up his mind and did not want to retreat any longer. He wanted to fight to the death, but this possibility is extremely low."
"The second possibility is that the Zhou Kingdom has obtained some kind of resources, or divine power, or rare objects, or some magical ability, or the return of its gods, etc., making it believe that as long as the Lord shows up, he will He was actually able to successfully kill the Lord’s trump card.”
"The third possibility, which is also the worst possibility, is that the other party has discovered our secret and knows the existence of the people, which is where the lord's strength lies. So the other party wants to give it a try. If this is the case, then the other party may be afraid He will change his tactics, and instead of fighting us head-on, he will focus on massacring us and other people. After all, as long as all the people here are killed, the lord's strength will probably return to what it was before!"
"How come these Zhou people have suddenly become smarter!" Liu Xu broke out in a cold sweat. Except for the first possibility, which was acceptable, the second and third possibilities were the worst results.
What Liu Xu is most afraid of is the third possibility, because if Zhou really starts massacring the people, it will definitely be the worst result for Liu Xu.
After all, Liu Xu's greatest weakness lies in these common people. Liu Xu's natural disaster army can constantly reflect them, and he is not afraid of death or failure at all. But these ordinary people couldn't run away, and their targets were huge. They basically killed one at a time.
Moreover, the strength of these people in Zhoudu is off the charts. Unless Liu Xu brings out the troops from Heaven, he will not be able to stop those high-end combat forces. But now the men and horses of Heaven must be used to guard their home base of Luoyang Palace. The number of Heaven's descendants and Heaven's gods that can be used in the White Elephant World is far from insufficient.
Once the people in Zhoudu separated to start a massacre, Liu Xu could only stop some of them, but the rest could not be stopped at all.
Of course, even if the influence of the common people on his own strength was ignored, Liu Xu's nature would not allow so many creatures to die tragically in the war caused by him.
"Since the Prime Minister has seen so thoroughly, he must have a good solution!" After Liu Xu realized that he could not think of any good solution, he immediately put all his expectations on Zhuge Liang.
Fortunately, Zhuge Liang was Zhuge Liang. He nodded without thinking and said, "The easiest way is to turn a blind eye and let the other party kill all the people in a city."
"We currently have more than a hundred large cities in twelve provinces. Each city has only three to four hundred thousand residents. If he kills them all, he will only lose 1%. The impact on the lord will not be great."
"After the other party discovers that the massacre of the city cannot shake our army in the slightest, they will understand that the people are not our weakness. At the same time, we should send elite soldiers and generals to intercept and kill, specifically after the opponent's massacre and retreat, we will focus on attacking some of the strong ones. , be sure to kill it.”
"In this way, the enemy first thinks that the people and us are not important, and second, they are afraid that they will be killed or wounded in a rash attack, and they will not dare to do such risky things again. This can be said to be done once and for all." Zhuge Liang said.
"No, this is three to four hundred thousand lives! Is there no other better way?" Liu Xu shook his head without thinking.
"My lord, it's time to cut it off. Those who achieve great things must not be benevolent as women. If these three or four hundred thousand people die, they will die. Their death can ensure the safety of thirty or forty million people, so that the people in other cities will not If they are threatened by the other party's massacre of the city again, it can be said that they died well. Even if they are in the underworld, they will understand the Lord's good intentions!" Zhuge Liang said.
"Then Prime Minister, do you want me to send you to the underworld to ask if they will thank you? I can't reflect the entire heaven now, but I can still reflect most of the underworld!" Liu Xu stared at Zhuge Liang angrily.
"If the lord wants me to go, it doesn't matter if I go. I have already been through the underworld once!" Zhuge Liang said calmly.
"That's enough!" Liu Xu waved his hands and said, "Stop saying such inhumane words. Don't you military advisors all like to come up with top, middle and bottom strategies? I don't want your best strategy, I want your middle strategy. !”
"Ahem, my lord, you are wrong. This is not my best policy, but my middle policy!" Zhuge Liang said with a smile. "..." Liu Xu was stunned for a moment, and then cursed, "You old monster, you still dare to tease me at this time, please tell me what your best strategy is."
"My lord, I don't mean to tease my lord, but the best strategy is not easy to implement, and I can't accomplish it alone. It requires my lord's efforts and a little bit of luck!" Zhuge Liang said.
"What do you need me to do? As long as I can do it, I can do it!" Liu Xu said without thinking.
"Yes, I hope that my lord can break through to the fifth level of the Holy Title within three days, so that my best plan can be implemented!" Zhuge Liang said.
"I..." Liu Xu opened his mouth but couldn't say a word. He finally understood why Zhuge Liang refused to take the initiative to use the best strategy. Because this is not the best policy at all, but the absolute worst policy, the kind that is absolutely impossible.
At this time, Liu Xu was still a second-level author with a holy title, three levels away from the fifth-level holy title. The gap was huge. How could he achieve a breakthrough in just three days?
Moreover, it has only been about a month since he broke through to the second level of the holy title. Even the most exaggerated monster-fighting and leveling style would not dare to let the protagonist level up at this speed.
After all, in my world, there are only 18 minor levels in total. In this breath, I have to upgrade to 5 levels in a row, and it is the last 5 levels. The progress is explosive.
"Lord, I thought this was not impossible!" Seeing Liu Xu's dilemma, Zhuge Liang said seriously, "Although it has only been one month, it has been ten months in the white elephant world. In these ten months Within the month, the people of the twelve provinces rushed to join us, and everyone was reading The Romance of the Three Kingdoms. My lord's power of reading must have more than doubled compared to a month ago."
"I have read through all the training materials in that world. Among them, the bottom line for authors with a fifth-level holy title is 30 million reading power. Even if it is doubled ten times, it is only 300 million reading power. My lord has far exceeded it at this time. If you meet this minimum standard, as long as you can get a climax, you can jump over the dragon gate in an instant, and it is not difficult to achieve the fifth level of the holy title!"
"Prime Minister, your arithmetic is quite good!" Liu Xu complained, "But you should also know that the climax that can make the author upgrade to three levels in one breath must be an extremely violent and unprecedented plot climax."
"At least it has to be a climax like passing five levels and killing six generals and Zilong making seven advances and seven exits. However, I know my own family affairs. Since I finished copying The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, I have never written such a climax. "
"The War between Chu and Han was written by me, so the quality is not good. But I didn't expect Journey to the West to be unable to cause violent emotional fluctuations. How could I have the ability to create such a climax of the plot!" Liu Xu said helplessly. .
"My lord, I have a plan, maybe you can give it a try!" Zhuge Liang said.
"Holy shit, you can even write and remember??" Liu Xu was shocked.
(End of chapter)
