The characters hiding in the darkness are not only the Illuminati.

Attila gave Song three months to prepare, and although there were some criticisms of this seemingly "dignified" approach, most of them expressed superficial obedience.

But then it's time to show your powers in private.

There is a saying that the most terrible thing in the world is not the wife cheating, but the wife who cheats on your family property with her lover.

There was a stupid brother in the Great Song Dynasty who encountered this tragedy.

Then again, there is also a truth called "those who steal the hook will be punished, and those who steal the country will be punished".

So when the wife of a monarch cheats, what does she and her mistress do?

The answer given by Dole of the Qing State was to replace the monarch and steal a province to send a lover.

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January 12, Liaodong, the provincial capital Xiangping City.

In order to train the border soldiers to endure hardships and stand hard work, the weather shielding system was not fully opened, and at this time, the streets were cold and snowy, and the large battalion in the city was full of snow, and the soldiers were shirtless in the sea of snow, carrying out semi-simulated training.

"It's really spectacular, is this the strong army that has repeatedly dealt a blow to our country?"

In the corner of the camp, a man in a tight robe who could not see his face said softly. He was covered in snow and obviously didn't know how long he had been waiting here.

The general of the Wu family who accompanied him was slightly stunned, and others said that it was praise, but the words of this man in a cloth could only be listened to as sarcasm.

Only people in China will believe that Liaodong is peaceful, and for more than five years, Liaodong has been at a disadvantage in the war with the Qing State, and the Qing State is still fighting on two fronts! Huang Taiji was in charge of the Great Song Dynasty, and Doer was in charge of dealing with Goryeo in the south.

You may say that it was only a province of the Great Song Dynasty that resisted the Qing Dynasty, and at most the country gave some material support, and it would definitely not lose Yunyun if it really fought. The truth is good, but as an empire with a vast territory, it must have the consciousness of not paying lip service to "mobilizing the strength of the whole country", because every border you have to face foreign threats, especially the Great Song Dynasty, which is semi-surrounded by ancient Mongolian vassal states.

Attila's declaration was meaningful, showing the world its strength while stopping the warring Sixteen Kingdoms of Ancient Mongolia.

Then, the regent of the Qing Kingdom, who had been in charge of dealing with Goryeo, came over and was alone.

The Wu family was a little caught off guard, and of course there was a sense of revenge, so they didn't let Dole meet the person he wanted to see for half a day.

However, Dole was not in a hurry, because if he was not imprisoned at the first time, it meant that there was a possibility of negotiation, and the more calm he was, the more psychological pressure he could give the other party.

Many people will wonder that sometimes countries have won the war, but in the end they have nothing at the negotiating table, and even have to pay reparations in return......

In fact, this is not surprising at all, when the war is fought to negotiate, there is no doubt that both sides have concerns, or have gains, and want to stop the war, so it is the diplomats at the negotiating table who play a key role at this time.

Consolidate the chips at hand, or appropriately throw out some false information to intimidate the opponent and attack the opponent in the most taboo place...... Every outstanding diplomat must be a master of psychological warfare, and if not so, he must be a figure who is full of confidence in his actions.

Doer, who was well versed in this, was releasing his calm and confident aura to the fullest, and sure enough, after more than ten minutes, the people of the Wu family finally couldn't hold their breath.

"The head of the house, please. ”

Dole nodded without sadness or joy, and followed the leader indifferently, and did not question the route of the circle along the way, let alone doubt whether the people of the Wu family had laid a trap, and it was more than ten minutes before Dole was finally taken to Wu Siji's study.

When he entered, he was confronted by the head of the Wu family, who was sitting in a precarious position, and Dole hurriedly saluted him with a posture that was neither humble nor arrogant.

"When we first met, my name was Dole. ”

"I've heard of it for a long time. ”

Dole glanced around with his peripheral vision and found that Wu Siji was the only one in the room, and his heart, which was different from the surface indifferently, suddenly became more solemn.

Because Wu Siji also showed his self-confidence, he was the only one here, which also meant that the high-level Wu family who might have been arguing before had been leveled by Wu Siji. Thankfully, Dole's advantage is still there.

Taking his seat, Dore began to tell the story of where he had come.

"Thinking about our Great Khan's declaration, Lord Wu should have heard a little, right?"

Wu Siji showed corresponding self-confidence, so he had to take the initiative to attack and try to tear off this mask of self-confidence.

"Of course. ”

Wu Siji behaved very calmly, but unfortunately, it was impossible for any Great Song person to be calm.

"Do you have a plan for that?"

"You alone will not be able to defeat us. ”

Wu Siji pointed out bluntly, and his words instantly became a little sharp.

This is not a bluff, the Qing State has the upper hand, but Huang Taiji and the Eight Banners commanders all died in Kaifeng, even if Dol does not have to fight Goryeo, it is just a combination of Huang Taiji's men and horses, and they have a slight advantage in numbers. Wu Siji's side asked himself if the offense was weak, but the defense could still drag on for three or five or eight years, leaving Dole helpless.

This is a bargaining chip in strength, but it is also a pity that this is only a comparison of the strength of the Wu family and the Qing state.

"It seems that Lord Wu still doesn't know that this time we Gumeng plan to send troops from all over the country. When it came to his foreign master, Dole's confidence came up a lot, and he unconsciously showed a little pride, "Lift all the subject countries." ”

"Oh, do you mean that Turk or Goryeo, who was beaten to the ground by you?"

Although there was no laughter, Dole knew that Wu Siji was laughing at them. To the west of the Qing Kingdom is the Turks, who were just defeated by the army led by Li Yaoshi last year, and there was chaos inside, and it can be said that it is funny to use this to deter the Wu family.

As for Goryeo, they are indeed not good at land warfare, but they are stronger than the navy, because Attila is behind it, but this information Dorr will not and cannot say. So staying in Wu Siji's impression, Goryeo is a small country that has been defeated by Dole repeatedly.

In fact, it is true, Goryeo is only the size of a province, if it weren't for Attila's desire to build a naval army, the Qing Kingdom would have destroyed them a long time ago. asked why there were repeated conflicts between the two sides in this way, but it was not the problem of the Qing Kingdom, but the arrogance of Goryeo Yelang and his repeated invasion of the Qing Kingdom.

"The universe originated from my great Goryeo, Goryeo people, go and reclaim our core territory!"

With this slogan and belief, Goryeo proposed a strategy of first taking the Qing state, then swallowing the Wu family, and then recovering the Central Plains...... This shamelessness even Attila couldn't see it, and ordered the Qing Kingdom to teach them a little lesson.

That's right, because it was a "lesson" that they didn't destroy them, not the Qing Kingdom and Ta Dol didn't have the ability to destroy them! Hoping that Goryeo's sense of presence could add bargaining chips to his own negotiations? I'm sorry, Dolti doesn't even want to mention this country.

"No, they are only third-rate countries among the many vassal states of our ancient Mongolians. Without waiting for Wu Siji to ask, Dole took the initiative to show a modest expression, "Even our Qing Kingdom is only a second-rate country, far inferior to the neighbor behind us. ”

"Your rear?"

"Well, yes, to the north of me and the Qing Kingdom, there is a country called 'Wei'. ”

"Isn't this a country founded by the heroes of the Goryeo Kingdom?"

Wu Siji smiled, because this kind of naming was clearly a plagiarism of the Wei State of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States. As for Goryeo, he is not completely without intelligence, at least Goryeo's arrogance and shamelessness are very clear, so he subconsciously linked this more northern Wei State with Goryeo.

"No, for you and for Goryeo, Wei is a complete foreigner, but Wei values your culture and technology more than anyone else, and the reason why we were not wiped out by Wei is only because we have a little skill in infiltrating. ”

In the case of the similar strength of the Wu family and his own country, belittleing himself is tantamount to belittling the enemy. Wu Siji's expression did change.

The most inexplicable thing in the world is to play the piano to the cow, and then the more troublesome thing is to talk to people who know a little bit about it, but trouble is better than no solution.

Wu Siji, like most people in the Great Song Dynasty, doesn't know much about Gumeng's situation, although he also watched Xinlan's popular science online, but it must be noted that even Xinlan doesn't know the details of Gumeng.

The most terrifying thing about Gumeng is that he is shrouded in the power of the stars, and even the knowledge of birth has lost most of its effect. And the reason why Xinlan knows the intelligence of the Xiongnu and Suss is because they border the general countries of the West and Middle Earth, and through the impressions and intelligence of those countries, Xinlan indirectly knows some of the situation of Gumeng, but in the deeper territory of Gumeng, the intelligence is small and pitiful, the only fortunate thing is that he can roughly know their strength and weakness in the surrounding countries.

"In the north of the Turks, the strongest are Liao and Wei. ”

This is all the information that Xinlan can provide, and there is no bottom on how strong it is.

But after listening to Dole's words, Wu Siji quickly sketched a rough outline in his heart.

This Wei State, even if it is worse than Mongolia, is not much worse, and it is estimated that it has the combat power to sweep half of the Great Song Dynasty.

Wu Siji, as a general, undoubtedly does not like to use the national strength to include population resources, in his opinion, the national strength of Goryeo and the Qing State is similar, and the Turks are stronger than the Qing State, but if they really fight, even if they start a war on both sides, the Qing State will definitely win the final victory.

This has nothing to do with national strength, only with the ability of generals, and no matter how strong the national strength is, it will change because of the outcome of the war.

He believed that Dole was someone who had similar ideas to himself, and so—

"That Wei State, is there a character that you can't defeat?"

Unfortunately, Wu Siji misestimated Dole, and Dole had a lot of things to consider, so when he was thinking, Dole was thinking about many answers in terms of national strength, but when he heard Wu Siji's question, Dole was just a little surprised, but he couldn't talk about being unable to deal with it.

Because there are such characters.

"Yes, he is the Marshal of Wei, known as the 'Ice Monarch'. Dole's expression was so solemn that even he couldn't help but shudder in front of the man.

And Wu Siji's information from it was even more terrifying.

"The title is 'Sovereign', but is it a marshal?"

If it weren't for the fact that the monarch of Wei was a puppet, it was that the monarch of Wei was so outstanding and had a strong personality that such a high-ranking figure dared to stay by his side.

Inexplicably, Wu Siji thought of that idiot-like emperor.

"Presumably, Lord Wei is also a talented figure, right?"

Dol was a little surprised that Wu Siji would think like this, but the truth was also the same, so he gave an affirmative answer without thinking.

The top two can be so highly praised by Dole, and the strength of the Wei State is naturally not a bluff, so far Wu Siji's psychological defense line has collapsed a little, and he sighed when he looked up to the sky.

In addition to Wei and Liao, who don't know how strong they are, there are also Mongolia and Xiongnu who already know that their strength is much stronger than that of the Great Song Dynasty, how can the Great Song Dynasty resist it.

Seeing this, Dole took the opportunity to pursue.

"In fact, compared with foreign countries, the situation in China is more unfavorable to Lord Wu. ”

Wu Siji didn't make a sound, but his somewhat depressed attitude obviously let him continue.

"The previous Song lord Sima Shimin did not hide his desire to cut the domain, although he was defeated, but the military power of the Yue family has actually been weakened, and the Lu family is also under the management of the hairy boy surnamed Xie, and the Shu Han is the head of the Guangwu Emperor, and the Wu Lord who does not belong to the descendants of the Emperor Tianwu ......"

Dole deliberately didn't say anything, but the meaning couldn't be clearer.

"Cutting feudal domains is a necessary measure to strengthen the centralization of power, and I have been mentally prepared for it for a long time. ”

"But we are different from ancient Mongolia, and any country can exist independently. Of course, Lord Wu's nobility is worthy of recognition, but I heard that the Xie family has a budding swordsman, the Yang family also has Yang Yu, who is known as the strongest in the Great Song Dynasty, and the seventh son of the Mo family, the son of the Jiang family, and the son of the Yue family are all quite generals, presumably even if they lose the throne, they can continue to make the family prosperous. ”

Dole did not mention the Lu family, which failed in the civil war, and the Ma family, which focused on business, because he was convinced that Wu Siji would not think about comparing with these two families, but compared to the heirs of other families, the descendants of the Wu family were really too mediocre.

The throne can be handed over, but the family can't just decline, Dol knows Wu Siji's thoughts very well.

It is also clear that as long as the throne is handed over, the Wu family will have nothing.

There was a dead silence in the study, and it was a long time before a voice sounded again—

"I see. ”

With a little struggle and helplessness, Da Song lost a corner.