"The Kingdom of Wu is nothing to worry about!"
"As for Xu State, it has already declined."
"The Xu State is no longer the powerful country it once was that could stand up to the supreme kings of the past dynasties. Since King Mu, the Xu State has completely declined and completely surrendered to the Great Zhou Dynasty. But even so, it is not getting worse year by year. Now, it is only There are more than 200 counties left. Xu State, which was once the overlord of the southwest, has completely declined. Now that it can defeat even a partial army of Chu State, Xu State is uneasy."
"In my opinion, the Xu Kingdom is about to die soon! It will either die at the hands of the Chu Kingdom, Wu Kingdom, or Qi Kingdom. Of course, if the Xu Kingdom has not been destroyed within a hundred years, it may still be killed by us. In Yancheng’s hands, it’s still unknown!”
Listening to Wu Qi's confident words, everyone laughed again.
Yancheng has a great future, and many of you here are sure of this. Yancheng is very dangerous, and everyone here is also sure of this.
"If it were the Xu State back then, they would have already brought their troops in by now. How could they be like now, sitting on the border waiting for the opportunity?"
"As for the country of Yue, it's the least to worry about."
"First of all, the Yue Kingdom and the four southern counties are not bordering each other. There is a large jungle in between. The army cannot get through. What's the use of just relying on a few experts?"
"Moreover, the current situation is that Wu is stronger than Yue. If Chu had not been supporting Yue and containing the main force of Wu from time to time, Yue would have been destroyed by Wu long ago."
"At this time, as long as we show our strength, the Yue Kingdom will only win over us, and the four southern counties will be just a small friction in the face of the overall situation, and no one will take it to heart. At that time, the overall situation should be Yue The country unites us in Yancheng to fight against the more powerful Wu State."
"Overall, this battle is a very important battle for our rise in Yancheng. If possible, I still feel that it is better to be upright and directly defeat the Yue State, defeat the Wu State, and scare away the Xu State. This is the best policy."
Otherwise, even if Yancheng wins, there will always be people who force Lai Lai. Yancheng's victory is all due to the use of despicable means and good luck...
"To deal with the four southern counties, the current idea is to invite a fight!"
"An open and honest invitation to fight!"
"Write a letter of challenge directly to Wen Zhong in an honest and fair manner, and the two parties will formally engage in a battle somewhere."
"This battle is divided into two parts. One is a head-on battle between armies to see whose Taoist soldiers can fight better. The other is a battle between ministers to see whose high-end combat power is stronger."
"The goal this time is to make Yue lose both games."
"The Yue Kingdom and the four southern counties are not bordering each other. There are only two Xuan-level Taoist soldiers in the Yue Kingdom, and they are all on guard against the Wu Kingdom."
"However, Wenzhong will most likely not accept such an offer."
Wen Zhong is not stupid. Where did the army come from to fight against Yancheng?
Transferred from within the country?
Winning is not honorable. Everyone will only think that your country is a big vassal state. It is natural for you to win a local title. No one will think that the country of Yue is very strong because of this. There is no obvious gain if you win, but even more if you lose. It's a big loss, a big loss, and the gain from winning is not of the same magnitude as the loss from losing. Who would participate in such a bet? Can Wenzhong be held responsible?
"So, we will give Wenzhong another choice, and that is to fight!"
"There will be three games for warlocks, one for Taoist priests, and one for Taoist priests. This is also a good opportunity for self-expression. I don't think our people will lose."
"It doesn't matter even if we lose, we can continue next year."
"Our bet will only be limited to this year." Wu Qi said seriously.
"Yes, we are just a local lord, not even a small prince. It is natural to lose to a big prince. No one will think it is unreasonable. As long as we win one of the three games, we will not lose. If we can win two, We will make a lot of money. If we win all three games, this is not necessary. It will save a little face for the country of Yue, and we will need to continue to cooperate in the future."
"In short, such a battle, even if we lose in the end, can inspire everyone in Yancheng to work hard. It also shows that our strength is indeed insufficient, and it also shows that our understanding of the great princes is still too shallow. The strength of Yue State, in the great He is considered weak among the princes." Xiao He added.
If Yancheng had been carefully preparing for so long, he couldn't win two out of three games in this invitational battle. He couldn't even win against Wenzhong or even the weakest among the big princes like Yue, so why challenge Wu? Take a shower and go to bed early!
"When we win the Yue Kingdom, the army will go directly along the Chao River to annex the four southern counties to see Wu's reaction."
"First, if there is no response from Wu State, then we will first govern the four southern counties, and then open up the connection between the four southern counties and Chunmu County. After the jungle there is opened up, there will be three counties anyway, and this The three counties are now full of monsters and ghosts, so it is very difficult to open up, but it will be enough for us to continue working for two years."
Having said this, Wu Qi looked at Xiao He. Xiao He took out a large number of jade slips, one for each person, which recorded many plans for Yancheng in the first situation.
"There must be a demon king in the three counties. The worst case scenario is that we directly encounter a vicious beast at the level of the first generation monarch. This kind of guy is difficult to communicate with, but fortunately, we can win it without wisdom. If it is a demon god with wisdom, , then we can negotiate directly.”
"The four counties in the south, plus the three counties developed, there are seven counties, which is enough for us to develop for two years."
"good."
After everyone stopped discussing, Wu Qi continued: "The second option is that the Wu State reacted extremely violently and directly sent a large army to fight with us. This is also very good. It will be a quick victory. After winning, the seven western counties will also be conquered. Take it down, and then find an opportunity to kill Xiang Liu Liwei!"
This time, Wu Qi took out a stack of jade slips, and Xiao He also took out a stack of jade slips.
"If we fight Wu State head-on, can we win? Wu State also has Xuan-level Taoist soldiers!"
"Yes, there is a Xuan-level Taoist army near the Seven Western Counties, but it has never entered the Chao Kingdom. Moreover, once we start a war with the Wu Kingdom, what will Uncle Chao do? Will he also become ours? enemy?"
"From a rational point of view, our weak Uncle Chao helps us, and when we are strong, Uncle Chao helps us. However, Uncle Chao doesn't look like a rational person anyway? No one knows what he is thinking! "
"Can you kill Xiang Liu?"
"Even if Xiang Liu is suppressed, he is still the first-generation monarch. If he fights hard, he will definitely be able to briefly burst out with the strength of a complete victory. Can he really be killed?"
"It has been a long time since a first-generation monarch has fallen directly in the world. Every first-generation monarch is a pillar of the country. Can we really kill him? Even if we kill him, will other first-generation monarchs feel that we do not understand the rules, which will affect their views on What do we think of Yancheng?"
Obviously, everyone once began to worry about gains and losses.
This is normal. Jiang Hua can completely understand it. This is human nature. It is normal to reveal worries in this confidential small meeting, as long as they are not leaked to the outside world.
Hearing this, Jiang Hua picked up the Jian'ai on his waist: "This is Jian'ai. If the plan to kill Xiang Liu fails in the end, I will use Jian'ai to take action. Even if Xiang Liu can block the previous layer, If he is surrounded and killed, can he stop the Master’s universal love?”
After hearing this, everyone suddenly felt much calmer.
But they didn't know that the Jianai held in Jiang Hua's hand was not real. It was an imitation, but it looked very real.
Jiang Hua didn't know whether Mo Sheng would use Jian Ai to take action. Jiang Hua felt that with Mo Sheng's behavior, there was a high probability that he would not take action. But at this moment, Jiang Hua can't tell everyone that he has the Book of Heaven in his hand and is invincible, so you don't have to worry.
So, I had to bring a replica to support the show.
Anyway, it's always good for everyone to be more confident.
"The third kind..."
One plan after another was continuously improved as everyone discussed it.
The meeting didn't end until the sun rose the next day. Soon after, Wenzhong received a letter of challenge.
…
Chaonan County, as you can tell from the name, is located south of Chaohe River. This county is also the territory of the Zhang family of the Qing clan. The Zhang family has occupied this county for more than 20,000 years.
It stands to reason that in more than 20,000 years, what kind of situation has not been seen before?
But Zhang has never seen the current situation before!
In the past, due to their special geographical location, there were almost no large-scale military disasters in the four southern counties.
The six northern counties would fall every time Xu invaded.
The seven western counties would also fall every time Wu invaded.
As for the four southern counties, it is possible to fall only when the demon kings come out of the jungle and launch a demon disaster.
In the past, the four southern counties had two main defense targets, one was the nest country in the center, and the other was the monsters in the jungle.
Demonic disasters are familiar to everyone in the four southern counties!
Over the past 20,000 years, the four southern counties have experienced approximately 3,000 demon disasters.
Among them, there were more than 300 demon disasters in which the demon king appeared.
The counties close to the jungle are ravaged by demon kings almost every few decades.
For more than 20,000 years, the four southern counties had a maximum population of more than five million people. The excess population was either eaten by the nobles or eaten by demonic disasters.
However, compared to the other three directions, the relationship between the nobles and the common people in the four southern counties is relatively better. No matter how dark and dirty they are in private, the nobles here are at least benevolent and righteous on the surface.
Because the demon disaster here is really strong.
Except for the Zhang family of the Qing clan, all other counties have fallen.
The most recent major demon disaster occurred six thousand years ago. Six demon kings sprang out of the jungle at once. They were all demon kings who brought their families with them and inspired a large number of demon soldiers.
Good guy, in that battle, the county in the center of the Chao Kingdom fell directly, and the prefect was washed into a mummy by the demon king. In Chaonan County, only the county town leaning on the Chao River was still holding on. After holding on for thirty years, the demon kings slowly left, and then the central army of the Chao Kingdom came over impatiently to snatch the fruits of victory.
Relatively speaking, the nobles of the four southern counties attach great importance to the military because there is a demonic disaster hanging over their heads and they don't know when it will land. As long as you have the ability and can fight, you are likely to get ahead. At least, compared to other places, in the four southern counties, as long as you are good at killing monsters, as long as you are really good at fighting, they are really willing to accept you as a new noble.
It's not that these nobles are very enlightened, it's that they have no choice because of the evil disaster.
At this moment, the head of the Zhang family was faced with a choice, which was the choice of who to seek refuge with.
Should we choose Yancheng or Yueguo?
As for Chao Kingdom, it was ignored by the head of the Zhang family from the beginning.
Gouri's Chao Kingdom has not given much support to the South since he could remember it. All he thinks about every day is how to get benefits from the South.
There is no place to sell the monster meat, monster furs and other items obtained by the four southern counties in fighting against the monster disaster. They can only go from the Chao River and sell them to the center of the Chao Kingdom.
Then Chao State took this opportunity to lower the price, lowering the price to a very low level. They also claimed that the quantity was too large, which affected the original price. Many people are not satisfied with your four southern counties. You can give this The price is already based on the difficulty of your four southern counties. This is all because of the magnanimity of the monarch, otherwise, there would not even be this price.
Once this happens, people will have the urge to rebel.
But this kind of thing happens almost every time! After every demon disaster ends, this is the result.
If it weren't for the fact that he couldn't defeat the Chao Kingdom Central Committee, Zhang would have rebelled long ago!
Therefore, Chao Bo was never among Zhang's choices.
At this moment, Zhang Ting and his son Zhang Maozheng of the Zhang family were sitting opposite each other, discussing in a low voice.
"Father, there are no outsiders here, so my son is telling the truth. Don't be angry." Zhang Mao said in a low voice.
Seeing such a cautious son, Zhang Ting gave him a slap on the head: "You brat, if you have something to say, just say it, and if you have something to say, just fart!"
After being beaten for a while, Zhang Mao didn't take it seriously: "Actually, whether to choose Yancheng or Yue Country, is it really up to us to decide on this matter?"
"There are many benefits to choosing Yancheng. In the past few years, we have sold a lot of savages to Yancheng, and purchased a large number of mysterious armors, magic weapons, magic weapons, and talismans from Yancheng. We can be considered acquaintances. Choose If we lose Yancheng, we will definitely lose our fiefdom. Yancheng is like this, and there is a high probability that it will transform into a cultivating immortal family in the future. Of course, Yancheng has a lot of money, so when the fiefdom is confiscated, sufficient compensation will definitely be given."
"Furthermore, if you choose Yancheng, although your fiefdom is gone, from now on, you don't have to worry about demon disasters. This is Yancheng's business."
"Choose the country of Yue. The country of Yue has no border with us. If we choose the country of Yue, we will be an enclave. There is a high probability that we can maintain the fiefdom and even maintain the status quo. However, don't expect any support from the country of Yue. , you still have to bear the evil disaster yourself."
"However, I still want to say that whether it is Yancheng or Yue State, this matter is not up to us. It has to be decided by Mr. Yan and Dr. Wenzhong. No matter how much we discuss here, it is actually useless. …”
(End of chapter)
