Chapter 190: Preparing for Withdrawal
Since Sun Nansong is known as the god of the Tianwu Army, and is one of the inheritors of the ancient Sun family, his military and political vision is naturally very high, and when Tang Dou has not completely finished speaking, he has already thought of several possibilities, and then combined with Tang Dou's previous words of "It is a matter of life and death for 200,000 troops", he has already guessed what Tang Dou is going to say.
"Who do you think is doing all this?" Sun Nansong looked at Tang Doudao.
Tang Dou shook his head: "I don't know about this matter yet. But I can reason! ”
"Tell me about it!" Sun Nansong asked.
Tang Dou pulled out a long sword from the weapon rack on the side. This kind of weapon rack placed in the tent is actually a decoration, taking the meaning of the majesty of the tent, so these weapons are all flower shelves, and an ordinary bronze-level soul cultivator can easily break it.
Tang Dou used his sword as a pen to draw a big circle on the ground, and then drew three small circles in this circle. The three small circles fill the big circle, with only some very small space.
"The small circle of three is the Three Kingdoms of Zijin, Shenluo, and Tianwu. And this big circle is the Nine Roaring Continent! Although the three great powers do not say that they completely rule the entire Jiuxiao Continent, there is very little space left, in these blank areas, there is no problem to be an idle cloud and wild crane, but if you have any ambitions, it is not enough. ”
Tang Dou said as he continued to draw: "If I am a conspirator and my purpose is to establish a force that belongs to me, then how can I succeed now?" ”
"Build up power in one place and then gradually encroach on one of the countries. Well, no, this will be quickly destroyed by the country. Or can you build up power in places where all three countries want to reach out, but have scruples, and then take advantage of the suspicion between the three countries to slowly grow? "It is Zhengde who speaks.
It was probably the first time in his life that he had discovered his true opinion on such a matter, so he was very interested.
"My dear brother, your idea is good, but it still doesn't, for it takes a long time, and there is a great deal of luck. Who can guarantee that the three great powers will not suddenly join forces and destroy you? Speaking of the development of these blank gray areas, how do you think it should be developed? ”
"The reason why these strips are not controlled by the three countries is that in addition to the terrain problems, it is more unprofitable and there is no oil and water. Since there is no oil and water, what do you use to recruit troops? You are the emperor, you should know that if you don't have money, you want to have an army, that's just a fool's dream! Tang Dou poured a large basin of cold water on Zhengde.
However, Zhengde was not discouraged, lowered his head and thought for a moment, his body shook, and looked at Tang Dou: "Big brother, you don't mean ......" He hesitated, and seemed to see the encouragement in Tang Dou and Sun Nansong's eyes, so he stretched out his foot to erase all the three circles in the big circle, and then said: "Break the three circles, let the three major countries fight chaos, and then take advantage of the chaos and form their own forces!" ”
Sun Nansong cast a pleased look at Zhengde, and Tang Dou directly gave thirty-two praises: "Okay, brother, as a ruthless conspirator, you have already started to get started!" ”
Zhengde grimaced: "Big brother, why don't I think you're praising me?" Shouldn't it be a compliment to me? ”
"You're thinking too much, I'm definitely praising you!" Tang Dou patted him on the shoulder, and said with a serious face: "If you want to deal with the conspirators, then you have to become a conspirator, as long as this is the case, you can know what the conspirators think." Then you return to your position as Emperor Tianwu and defeat the enemy as an emperor! Remember, think of the enemy, use the enemy right, use the army with surprise, and treat the people with holiness. If you do these sixteen words, you will be able to fool your ministers at will! ”
Sun Nansong originally listened to the front part of Tang Dou, and he had to admire it in his heart, feeling that Tang Dou didn't say anything else, he definitely had the talent to govern the country, and even moved to recommend it. But when I heard the last sentence, I almost didn't bite my tongue off. The front is still a blood-boiling experience of the Holy Monarch, a good way to govern the country, why has it become a trick to fool the minister in the back? Is the minister used to fool?
Before he could say something, Tang Dou diverted the topic: "Now we know the enemy's conspiracy goal, which is to plunge the three major powers into chaos. Then there was the Zijin civil strife in the front, and the HRE Kingdom lost 300,000 troops. If the hat of this evil art is buckled to the head of the Heavenly Martial Kingdom. Brother, what do you think will happen? ”
Zhengde also understood now, and his face changed: "Our Tianwu will become the big wrongdoer." Wait, big brother, do you mean that the person who is impersonating me, or controlling another me in giving the order to attack, is also one of these conspirators? ”
Tang Dou nodded: "I haven't been able to understand why the Heavenly Martial Kingdom suddenly sent troops at this time. Although I am almost certain that Tianwu is not a person who uses evil magic, Tianwu is too delicate to send troops at this time, and it is definitely possible to say that he is an accomplice of the conspirators. And I wanted to assassinate the marshal before, but that's actually for this reason! ”
"I don't quite understand. What does this have to do with the fact that you wanted to assassinate Uncle Nan before, big brother? Zhengde was confused.
Tang Dou smiled: "Although I am not a righteous person, I don't want to see such a thing as chaos on the mainland and the destruction of lives." Then the question is, if the Tianwu army continues to nest here, once the HRE Kingdom reacts that the 300,000 army is wiped out and starts to cooperate with the Zijin Kingdom, then the Tianwu Kingdom will take action, and it will be too late. ”
"There are two ways in the end, one is to withdraw Tianwu's troops, and then retreat into the country, say nothing and not attack, and then send a master to find evidence and prove his innocence!"
After a pause, a hint of evil aura appeared on his face: "The other way is the most direct, find a way to kill the 200,000 troops here." The Celestial Warrior Kingdom no longer has any strength to wage war, so it can only defend passively. Zijin and Shenluo don't feel threatened, so they won't join forces to target Tianwu! ”
Zhengde's powerful mouth swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty: "Big brother wanted to kill our 200,000 army before? ”
"It's a pity, I thought the same way, but I just couldn't do it. So my only way is to kill the god of war. Later, when I found out that you were coming, I wondered if it would be more complete to kill you together. But then the conversation between you and the marshal gave me a new idea! Tang Dou smiled, looked at Zhengde's neck, and made a head-cutting motion.
Zhengde shivered, touched his neck and said, "If I hadn't told Uncle Nan about that matter, big brother, do you really want to do it?" ”
"Make a multiple-choice question, is it better to kill millions of people in a big war, or to kill the 200,000 troops of Tianwu, or to kill you and the marshal?" Tang Dou said.
Zhengde touched his mouth and said with a wry smile: "When you say this, big brother, I also think I deserve to die." ”
"Wait a minute!" Sun Nansong seized a loophole in Tang Dou's words: "I don't deny that you did seize the opportunity to kill me and Your Majesty before. But His Majesty's arrival in the barracks at this time should be something that no one could have expected. Even in the Imperial Palace, although they knew that His Majesty would definitely come to the front line, they could not know the specific time. Even if you get any news from the royal family, it is impossible to accurately grasp the exact time of His Majesty's arrival. In other words, it was just a coincidence that you came to the barracks and met His Majesty. ”
"If you don't have Your Majesty, it won't be easy for you to kill me. So what do you do if you fail in an assassination? I can see that you're a person who makes decisions and then acts. It is impossible not to have any backup plans! ”
Tang Dou smiled dumbly: "Thanks to the marshal." I do have a lot of back-up plans. But when it comes to assassination, I'm actually sure whether there is His Majesty or not. Of course, since assassination is no longer possible, we will not discuss this issue. I understand what you want to ask, Marshal. What you really want to ask is, what qualifications do I have, or what means do I have, to threaten the 200,000 Tianwu army that is best at fighting? ”
He paused for a moment, and his expression turned cold: "Lord Marshal misunderstood from the beginning, it was not me who wanted to destroy the Tianwu army, and the reason why I came to assassinate you was to prevent this tragedy from happening." Although I'm not sure that if I kill you, the 200,000 army will be saved, but I don't lose money if I try, do I? ”
"So who is fighting the idea of the Tianwu army?" Sun Nansong actually still doesn't completely believe in Tang Dou. The Battle Spirit Oath can only guarantee that Tang Dou will not harm Zhengde, but it does not mean that he will not do something else, especially the resourcefulness and means that Tang Dou showed in front of him, all of which made him vigilant.
"Lord Marshal, you are in a high position, and some things may be clearer than me, the emperor's brother. The Nine Roaring Continent, the three major countries, is it really just the royal families and various families of the three major countries that are in control? In the shadows, is there really nothing else behind the scenes? When a conspirator appears with the intention of upsetting the balance of the entire continent, what will the original superiors do? Do you think that 200,000 people are important for those in power? ”
"Nope! For those in power, 200,000 people, 2 million people, it doesn't matter. What matters is their dominance, what matters is their status. If the mainland is not chaotic, their status will not be shaken, if they can kill 200,000 people to stabilize their position, what do you think those who are in power will do? ”
Tang Dou looked at Sun Nansong coldly, he didn't believe that the other party, who could sit under the command of one country and three armies, and was known as the god of war, would not even know a little about Barton and the Demon Heart Sect.
Sure enough, Sun Nansong's face changed rapidly three times, and finally the face as hard as a stone showed a touch of decadence: "I understand what you mean?" ”
"Big brother, what the hell is this?" Zhengde didn't understand, he looked at Sun Nansong, and then at Tang Dou.
"Roughly what it means is that your conspirators have an enemy, and these enemies are not as simple as 'enemies of enemies are friends'. Their presence is also hostile to you. Well, for example, the current three great countries are like three villages at the feet of two diamond demon beasts that are at war. And the king of the three kingdoms is the head of the village. For these two diamond monsters, the existence of the three villages is the existence of providing them with food and services. Yes, it's good, but no, it's not that you can't survive! ”
"But as all the people in these three villages, you, me, and everyone else, our survival depends on the mood of these two diamond demon beasts. One of them can kill us if they're not careful. So what should we do? ”
Tang Dou looked at Zhengde and gave a vivid example.
Zhengde's eyes rolled a few times, and after thinking carefully for a while, he said with a little hesitation: "Surrender, independence, yang and yin." Three attitudes, three methods, but none of them can be called absolute! ”
"Without sacrifice, there is no victory!" Tang Dou nodded: "If you want to fulfill your ideals, you have to make sacrifices." So what exactly is sacrificed? Now one of the Diamond Demon Beasts has made a move, killing the people of two of the villages and wronging the last one. What should you do as the head of this village? ”
"Show weakness to the enemy, so that the other two villages think that we are not a threat!" Zhengde replied subconsciously, but immediately paused: "Is it really necessary to sacrifice 200,000 people?" No, you can't. If this is really the case, we may not be able to recover within a hundred years. Even if Zijin and HRE don't join forces to conquer, they will suppress us economically. At that time, the people of Tianwu will be bitter! ”
"So the only thing you can do is unify all the voices in the country. Resolutely do not make any form of military provocation at this time, so that Zijin and Shinra have no excuse to deal with you. At the same time, he announced his opinion on the whole incident in a high-profile manner, and severely condemned the users of evil magic. "Tang Dou has no consciousness at all that directing other people's national affairs is not something that a person of his status should do.
However, even Sun Nansong supported Tang Dou's idea in his heart, and after understanding what was going on, what he wanted to do most now was to collect troops.
Zhengde was fooled by Tang Dou, and he already felt that he was responsible for the peace and tranquility of the whole country and even the whole continent, and looked at Sun Nansong with bright eyes: "Marshal Sun, I order you to withdraw your troops immediately!" ”
"Command!" Although Sun Nansong wanted to complain about Zhengde's current state, the opportunity was rare, and he was afraid that Zhengde would suddenly make some trouble.
Although seventy or eighty percent believe that there is another Zhengde in the palace, or that there is another person secretly controlling Zhengde to do things contrary to Zhengde's wishes. But this does not mean that Zhengde itself is a good thing. If this thing is not so strange, will the ministers of those strange orders believe it?
So Sun Nansong decided to cut through the mess with a quick knife, and then talk about the withdrawal of the army first, and as for other things, I will talk about it later.
"Big brother, you can go back to China with me. This time when I go back, I will definitely be told by the ministers, you have to help me! Zhengde grabbed Tang Dou's hand, for fear that the eldest brother who had just married would run away like this.
"Tianwu, I really want to go once. But brother, you have to remember, by the way, Lord Marshal, please remember too. Don't call me my real name in front of others, I only have one name to the outside world, and that is Di Renjie! Tang Dou said.
"Di Renjie? Well, I don't think I've heard this name before! Zhengde muttered.
"Di Renjie? Are you Di Renjie? Sun Nansong's face changed, and he shouted in an incredible tone. (To be continued.) )