Xiao Yichen, whose face was gradually becoming serious, folded his fan on the east side of the border of Northern Qi, and said in a deep voice: "The biggest problem of Northern Qi is the harassment of star thieves in the east, and the disadvantage of the use of troops by the western countries. Let's start with the Star Thieves.

What are Star Bandits? It's just a bunch of bandits. Their biggest characteristic is that even if they invade other countries, they will not occupy territory, but will only burn and loot to obtain enough resources for their own life. And the Nine Star Thieves in the Northeast Chaos Zone have always been the most powerful bandit organization in the entire Star World. These people are lawless, and they don't talk about any courtesy, righteousness, benevolence and faith at all, for them, there is only the distinction between those who can rob and those who cannot.

Just like back then, when this king had just pacified the eastern frontier, the nine star thieves gathered two multi-star domain capital ship groups to attack the imperial holy land, and finally under the combined attack of this king, Shen Tukun and other imperial generals, half of them were annihilated, which completely put the holy land in a relatively safe situation. After that, General Shen Tukun launched a 'net' defense, and seventeen years later, he once again annihilated the invading star thieves, and since then, the nine star thieves realized that the empire was not the Fifty-Eight Kingdoms, let alone the Northern Qi, and since then all the plundering eyes have fallen on the Northern Qi, and the empire has become the occasional small-scale harassment it is today.

Compared with the military strength of the empire, the Northern Qi is a different situation, due to the constraints of various conditions, and the fact that there are as many as seven star fields connected by the Northern Qi and the chaotic region, so the star thieves can be said to come and go freely. The two major ship groups guarded by the Northern Qi Dynasty were often the star thieves, so they symbolically sent troops but did not actually fight, and after two days of delay, the star thieves would naturally retreat after they had robbed enough, and they would have military merits, so why take risks? Therefore, the star thieves robbed every year, and the Northern Qi army exterminated as many as they did every year, but those star thieves were still like leeks in the ground, and they could never be cut.

It is precisely because the star thieves in the east have dragged a large number of Northern Qi troops that they can only be on the defensive on the western front, but they are unable to attack.

Seriously, the Northern Qi monarch did not think about exterminating the star thieves first, but even if they were exterminated, what could they do? The star thieves had been living in the chaotic region for tens of thousands of years. The people there have long been accustomed to this kind of day of not producing, robbing for a living. What's more, every year, I don't know how many crimes such as sinners and slaves escape into the area, and even if they can be defeated, I don't know how much effort, military and financial resources will be spent just to tame these people who regard the law of the jungle as the law of heaven. Therefore, sweeping away the chaotic areas, not only can Northern Qi not do it, but also our country can't, otherwise it will be tantamount to a big tumor on its back. ”

Speaking of this, Xiao Yichen's tone was a little deeper, his sword eyebrows were slightly furrowed, and he said: "More importantly, once the threat from the north and the east of the Northern Qi is swept away, then all its national strength will be transferred to the western front.

If the Northern Qi were allowed to take the Northwest Twenty Kingdoms, then they would not only be able to unify the north, but even the west would be in direct contact with the Semu people. This has little effect on the Coloreye people, who have already made the northern part of their home the focus of their defense, but it is a mortal threat to the Empire. Because, if this situation really occurs, then this star will only be left with the Great Qi in the north, the color eyes in the west, and the white widow in the south. Ladies and gentlemen, in this case, as the strongest empire and in the midst of the Three Kingdoms, do you think the Northern Qi people will maintain any friendship with us? Especially when the food and starships they need can be purchased directly from the neighboring Semu people......"

Slightly knocked on the folding fan in his hand, pretending to force F2 member Xiao Weigeng to raise his head and said: "The third brother's words are very reasonable, if Northern Qi reaches this point, we will really have to face a siege from three sides." ”

"That's right, so, for my country, we must help Northern Qi and help him maintain the current strategic posture of 'defending the east and defending the west', until the Xingchen Army is fully equipped with the tenth generation starships and the retired ninth generation starships will form more ship groups!" Xiao Yichen nodded seriously.

Xiao Lingtian, who had always seemed to be thinking, suddenly opened his mouth and asked at this moment: "Qinglong'er, this is the reason why you have always been reluctant to attack the chaotic region?" But if not, after those star thieves get the imperial starship, they will definitely plunder the Northern Qi instead of the empire, if so, the Northern Qi people will probably think that we are secretly funding the star thieves, which is quite a fatal blow to diplomatic relations." If you are instigated by someone with a heart again, I am afraid that it will be ......"

"Father Emperor Shengming. Xiao Yichen arched his hand, and then said: "Although there are nearly 700,000 starships stolen, not to mention the overall military strength of the empire, even the 11.3 million starships under the command of General Shen Tukun in the northeast are nothing. Unless he was stupid enough to think that he could fight the Imperial Star Army with this starship, he would definitely not have the courage to attack. Even if he wanted to join forces with other star thieves, the star thieves who had suffered two big losses would not easily agree. Therefore, their inevitable choice must be to attack Northern Qi. And how could the Mixed River Dragon, as the initiator, hide behind, and the other star thieves would not allow him to hide behind, so it is almost a foregone conclusion that our starship will be exposed in the eyes of the Northern Qi people!"

"If that's the case, wouldn't it be even more important to attack the star thieves immediately? Otherwise, if you drag us like this, let's break off diplomatic relations with Northern Qi, that's the real danger!" Xiao Jingxuan finally waited for the opportunity, and couldn't help but jump out and shout loudly.

Frowning and glancing at Xiao Jingchen, Xiao Lingtian looked at Xiao Yichen, who was silent, and asked in a deep voice, "Qinglong'er, what are you planning?" ”

took a deep breath, was silent, slowly walked back to his seat, put down the folding fan gently, then stood up straight, reached out three times and patted his hem, lifted Xiao Yichen in the front placket, landed on his knees, put his palms on his forehead, and in the stunned eyes of everyone, after kowtowing three times with the most solemn etiquette, he lay on the ground.

Xiao Lingtian was startled at first, then closed his eyes, and after a little contemplation, he raised his voice and asked, "Prince Lingxiao, what is the performance?"

"Your Majesty, I beg your Majesty to immediately send Lord Wang Yu, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, as the chief envoy, and Lord Xiao Rui of the Zongren Department as the deputy envoy, to immediately send an envoy to Northern Qi to report to him the fact of the rebellion in Eastern Xinjiang and the theft of the starship, and apologize with a national courtesy, expressing the Empire's willingness to fully compensate for the losses caused by the starship in the future!"

After Xiao Yichen's magnetic but calm voice sounded, not to mention the Empress Dowager and the others, even Xiao Feixing, who had always stood on the same side as him, opened his eyes wide, and looked at the man who was kneeling in the center but refused to get up in disbelief.