125 failed stratagems
"Our last hope...... It's gone. Leaning back in a chair, a man sighed in the dimly lit hall.
He had been working hard to find a way to relieve his pressure, but who knew that the whimsical choice of King Capel Castena of Higgs would make all his early arrangements go to waste.
Reality is sometimes so cruel, and the carefully planned strategy can only be exchanged for a sigh that people are not as good as heaven.
"Your Majesty, now that Iran Hill has blocked our path, if we don't think of a way out at this time, we will ...... in the future," he said, a minister said anxiously.
The man sitting on the throne waved his hand and said helplessly: "I know, I know...... But what can I do? I can't beat Iran Hill, and if I could, I wouldn't have waited until now. ”
"We shouldn't have helped them ...... in the first place," a minister said with emotion on the other side.
Hearing his words, the minister who had just spoken answered sarcastically: "What's the use of talking about these things at this time? If we had the strength to fall into the ground, of course we would not be polite...... Isn't it that we don't have that ability? ”
If Minister Breed had been standing here, he would have recognized the people he had seen. Everyone standing here is a high-ranking member of the Steppe Empire, including His Majesty Emperor Nicholas Weiss.
At this moment, he was scratching his head, and his eyes were full of remorse. If he had a choice, he wouldn't have let things get to this point. But who would have thought that the Iran Hill back then had become the Iran Hill today?
He had formed an alliance with Irlanhill before, but he was actually investigating Irlanhill's fiction and reality. He wanted to know what the countries to the south had become, and whether he could use Iran Hill to go south to his advantage.
As a result, his troops lost less than 20,000 men and received a reward of more than 100,000 gold coins from Irlanhill - his soldiers saw the strength of Irlanhill's soldiers, and naturally he had no intention of making waves again.
However, then the economic invasion of Iran Hill began in a frenzy. From the very beginning of table salt, all the way to pots and pans of daily necessities - excellent quality, complete variety, sufficient quantity and cheap Irlanhill products, instantly occupied the market of the entire steppe empire.
The 100,000 gold coins he earned by going south seemed like a lot, but it only lasted for a few months before it was earned by the merchants of Iran Hill and sent back to Iran Hill. In the end, as the emperor of the steppe empire, Nicholas Weiss could only start exchanging war horses and furs for the necessities of life he wanted.
Now his tribe is basically a breeder: the Prairie Empire provides Elanhill with necessities such as meat and furs in exchange for Irlanhill's industrial goods. Countless tribal warriors put down their swords and became shepherds one by one, and if this continues, he will not even have an army!
What's even more terrifying is that instead of decreasing, the already powerful Irlanhill grenadiers are increasing—on the border, the Irlanhill army, which originally had only a few garrison regiments, is now ten times more numerous!
Wait a few more years, and the fools of this war will know that there is no need to fight: as long as the troops of Irlanhill enter the steppe, they have long forgotten that the tribes that have migrated without warriors will submit to the feet of Emperor Aeranhill, just like the kingdom of Higgs today!
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So, when someone came to him to negotiate and prepare to divide up Iran Hill, he agreed without even thinking about it. He promised the other party that as long as Iran Hill was in the middle of the plan and started a war with the Dosen Empire on the southern front, he would personally lead the cavalry of the Steppe Empire to attack Hanhai and Beijun and other regions.
However, two pieces of news soon reached the steppes: the first was that Iran Hill did not declare war on the Dosen Empire, but instead took a laissez-faire attitude towards the Dosun Empire, which had occupied the south bank of the Abyss River.
The second news is even more exciting: the Higgs Kingdom, which was originally going to contribute to the attack on Iran Hill, turned against Iran Hill at this time and took refuge in Iran Hill! Capé Kastner of the Higgs Kingdom, who is well versed in all conspiracies, will definitely bring this matter to light, and the Prairie Empire will definitely be avenged by Iran Hill......
"I didn't expect that damn emperor of Ellan Hill to go to war with the Dosen Empire in the south. Was he lucky, or did he really see through our plan? Nicholas Weiss said through gritted teeth.
"Maybe Higgs has betrayed the Holy Demon Empire a long time ago...... It's them who tell the news! The prime minister of the steppe empire sneered.
"It's too late to say anything...... If we don't take the lead, then the only thing waiting for us is the army of Iran Hill going north! The other minister said with some despair: "Prepare for war...... We're going to struggle anyway......"
"That's all it takes......" Nicholas Weiss, who was remorseful, sighed and nodded.
In order to keep his steppe empire, he had already made peace with his enemy the Holy Demon Empire, but fate played tricks on him, so that even then he could not keep his country, which is really an irony.
And the mastermind behind letting the Dosen Empire go north to seize the southern region of Arrant, that is, the Holy Demon Empire, which has just purchased a large number of weapons and materials from Ellan Hill. They hoped to move the main force of Alan Hill south in order to weaken Chris's defenses in the north.
Then the Holy Demon Empire united with the Higgs Kingdom and the Steppe Empire to flank Iran Hill on both sides, completely destroy the country, and then divide the fruits of victory. Even the Holy Demon Empire decided not to have any land, and only to move all the equipment of Ellan Hill.
It's a pity that such a calculation was good, but Higgs's defection suddenly turned the whole plan into a joke: not to mention the lack of a country's military helper, Iran Hill has hundreds of kilometers of strategic depth, and this battle has almost been declared a defeat before it has even begun.
Although the Iran Hill troops on the southern front could not attack the Dosen Empire, it was more than enough to defend the Dosen Empire from moving north. Now the main force of Irlanhill in the north has not moved south, and the defense of the northern region is naturally still full of confidence.
At this time, a rash war is definitely not the original rhythm of carving up Iran Hill - it's not good, several countries that lack coordination are just sending food to Iran Hill. At least, the steppe empire, which is now long gone, has little certainty of breaking through the northern border defense line of Iran Hill.
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"General!" One of the generals rode forward, grabbed the reins by General Simon's side, and said, "Give the order!" The war is already on the horizon! We always have to make our own choices! ”
"I know." With a sigh, Simon, the general of the Prairie Empire on his horse, looked at the dense cavalry warriors in front of him, and said in a heavy voice: "Believe me, if I have a choice, I would definitely not want to give such an order." ”
"For the prairie!" The general beside him drew the long knife at his waist and shouted at the sky.
"For the prairie!" Countless soldiers also drew their weapons and pointed at the sky in echo.
"Nicholas Weiss is brutal! From today, the seven tribes of the steppe pledge allegiance to Iran Hill! Give peace to the grassland, protect the prosperity of the grassland! Long live Iran Hill! General Simon slowly drew his long knife, pointed it at the sky, and shouted hysterically.
"Iran Hill! Iran Hill! Countless soldiers shouted loudly, cheering from the bottom of their hearts for their new allegiance.
Their homes are now full of food and utensils from Irlanhill, their tents are sewn with labels from Irlanhill - the salt they consume every day comes from Irlanhill, and their children even read and write in Hanhai.
Under such circumstances, these herdsmen on the border have long become vines that rely on Iran Hill for survival, how can they turn their guns and kill under the big tree to which they are attached?
Therefore, when they received the order from Nicholas Weiss to gather troops and attack Irranhill, their first reaction was that Weiss, the emperor of the steppe, was crazy, and the second reaction was to prepare for war.
War is still going to be war, because they have to protect their happy life and fight to the end for this hard-won happy life in front of them!
In just a few days, the steppe empire tribes on the border, who had abandoned their migration habits, gathered their troops. 50,000 elite cavalry raised the royal banner of the Irlanhill Empire and formed the first line of defense to defend Irranhill.
Chris also did not intend to embarrass the natives of the Prairie Empire, and soon, a force of more than 50,000 Elanhill grenadiers marched into the prairie, crossed the 50,000 defective Prairie Cavalry, and formed a defensive line further north.
And at this time, the envoy of the Holy Demon Empire, Bakarov, came to Seris again and asked to meet His Majesty Emperor Chris.
"I have come this time to apologize to His Majesty Chris. I've just heard about the Dosen Empire......" said the archon Bakarov, after being blocked at the gates. He had heard about the merger of the Higgs Kingdom into Iran Hill, and knew that all of this had gone beyond the plans of the Holy Demon Empire, so he came here to save the situation.
After all, in his opinion, there is actually no deep hatred between Iran Hill and the Holy Demon Empire, so there is nothing that cannot be resolved: as long as Iran Hill does not declare war on the Holy Demon Empire before the truce between the Holy Demon Empire and the Norma Empire, everything is easy to say.