On the morning of March 10, 3016 in the Tang calendar, in the palace of Lanshui City, the capital of Lanshui Kingdom, Lian Rong, the king of Lanshui Kingdom, said to Prime Minister Liu Kai with a sad face: "Now the Monia Empire has joined the Military Alliance of the Nine Nations, and requires that our Lanshui Kingdom must join the Military Alliance of the Nine Nations in the name of a vassal country, so that it is equivalent to directly roasting our Lanshui Kingdom on the fire." ”

Liu Kai, the prime minister of Lanshui Kingdom, hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, our Lanshui Kingdom must not join the Nine Nations Military Alliance, otherwise once the Nine Nations Military Alliance declares war with the Tang Empire, our Lanshui Kingdom will definitely bear the brunt and be swallowed up by tens of millions of troops of the Tang Empire." ”

King Lian Rong smiled bitterly, "This king also knows that our Lanshui Kingdom should not join the Nine Nations Military Alliance, but what about the Monia Empire?" Although the Monia Empire has no garrison in our Lanshui country on the surface, there are more than 20,000 military instructors of the Monia Empire among the sixteen infantry divisions of our Lanshui Army. ”

Since the Lanshui Kingdom became the sphere of influence of the Monia Empire, the Monia Empire has been using the method of sending military instructors to the Lanshui Kingdom to control the army and navy of the Lanshui Kingdom to a certain extent.

The Lanshui Army still maintains its old establishment, and the entire Lanshui Army has a total of 16 infantry divisions and regiments, with a total strength of about 800,000 troops, while the Monia Empire has more than 20,000 military instructors in the Lanshui Army.

The number of military instructors of the Monia Empire in the navy of the Lanshui Kingdom is not much, only more than 400 people, but the navy of the entire Lanshui Kingdom only has more than 30 warships, and the capital ship is only four ironclad battleships, and the total strength is less than 5,000 people.

The total population of Lanshui Country is also 100 million, and the reason why it has not formed too many troops is that on the one hand, it is limited by military spending, and on the other hand, it is that the army of Lanshui Country only recruits Qiang people, and the Qiang people in Lanshui Country add up to only about 10 million.

Prime Minister Liu Kai said in a deep voice: "The Tang Empire has more than 70 million land forces alone, and our Lanshui country's army is only 800,000. ”

King Lian Rong hesitated for a moment and said: "The meaning of the Monia Empire is to let our Lanshui Kingdom expand the size of the army to more than five million after joining the Nine Nations Military Alliance, as for the funds and weapons needed for the expansion of the army, they will all be provided by the Monia Empire, and the Monia Empire will send another 100,000 military instructors of the army to our Lanshui Country, if the war breaks out, the Monia Empire promises to send millions of additional land forces to our Lanshui Country to fight side by side with the army of our Lanshui Country." ”

Prime Minister Liu Kaizhi shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, the Qiang people of our Lanshui country are only 10 million, even if all the adult men are recruited into the army, it is not enough to five million, as for the conscription of the Tang people, it is simply self-defeating, if we want to join the military alliance of the nine countries, but we will have to fight against the Tang Empire, our army of the Lanshui country will recruit the Tang people, and if the war is not fought, the troops will turn against the water." ”

King Lian Rong sighed helplessly, "Prime Minister, what do you say our Lanshui Kingdom should do now?" ”

Prime Minister Liu Kai pondered for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, our Lanshui Kingdom was a vassal state of the old Tang Empire more than a thousand years ago, and now the new Tang Empire has been established, and it has quickly become the world's first power, and now there are seven first-class powers in the world, plus the Hessel Kingdom and the Revelli Kingdom, although a nine-nation military alliance has been formed against the Tang Empire, but their nine countries do not dare to declare war on the Tang Empire immediately, and are still preparing for war, which shows how strong the military strength of the Tang Empire is. Can we, the Lanshui Kingdom, consider rejoining the new Tang Empire? ”

King Lian Rong sighed again and said: "This king has also considered letting our Lanshui Kingdom get out of the control of the Monia Empire and rejoin the Tang Empire, but there are more than 90 million Tang people in our Lanshui Kingdom, once our Lanshui Kingdom becomes a vassal state of the Tang Empire, this king is worried that our Lanshui Kingdom will soon be swallowed by the Tang Empire, and there will be no bones left." ”

Prime Minister Liu Kai then said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, there are some things that the minister doesn't know if he should say?" ”

"You and I have a friendship between the monarch and the minister for nearly 30 years, this king has always regarded the prime minister as a confidant, and the prime minister is also the most trusted person of this king, if the prime minister has anything to say, you might as well say it directly."

"Your Majesty, in fact, our Qiang people have been getting along with the Tang people for more than a thousand years, and have almost completely been assimilated by the Tang people, and now the words, languages, and customs used in our Lanshui country are all Tang people, so more than 90 million Tang people in our Lanshui country have been willing to be ruled by our Qiang people, after all, there is no difference between the two people except for the title, if the army of the Tang Empire enters our Lanshui country, let alone the Tang people, Maybe even we Qiang people will welcome the army of the Tang Empire, the Tang Empire is the eternal suzerainty in the hearts of our Qiang people! ”

After a pause, Prime Minister Liu Kai continued: "So the minister feels that it is better for us to do it more simply, as long as the Tang Empire is willing to retain the throne of His Majesty the King, our Lanshui Kingdom can even be directly incorporated into the Tang Empire!" ”

When King Lian Rong heard this, he hurriedly shook his head and said: "Lanshui Country has a foundation of more than 1,500 years, where can it be handed over to the Tang Empire for nothing, you must know that even to become a vassal country of the Tang Empire, this king is unwilling in his heart, and the words that the prime minister just said should not be said, and don't mention it again in the future." ”

Prime Minister Liu Kai saw that the king was resolute, and he couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart, "Your Majesty, if we really join the Nine Nations Military Alliance, we will stand on the opposite side of the Tang Empire, and the consequences will be unimaginable." ”

King Lian Rong said in a tangled manner: "Let this king think about it again!" What a dilemma for this king! ”

Then King Lian Rong asked with some uncertainty: "Prime Minister, the nine countries united, in fact, should surpass the Tang Empire in terms of overall strength, is the military alliance of the nine countries more likely to win?" ”

"Your Majesty, the war potential of the Tang Empire is too great, and the minister feels that the Tang Empire has a better chance of winning."

In the afternoon of the same day, in a study room of the Prime Minister's Mansion in Lanshui City, the capital of Lanshui State, Lu Quan, the division commander of the First Division of the Lanshui State Army, asked Prime Minister Liu Kai in a deep voice: "Your Excellency, what does His Majesty the King say?" ”

At this time, in the study, in addition to Prime Minister Liu Kai and Lu Quan, the division commander of the First Division of the Lanshui Army, there were two people, one of whom was Zhang Gao, the division commander of the Second Division of the Lanshui Army.

The other person was an ordinary-looking young man, wearing a black suit, and when he heard the question of Lu Quan, the commander of the First Division, the corners of the young man's mouth curled slightly, and he followed and said: "Prime Minister Liu, presumably the king of your country will not agree to our plan, right?" ”

Prime Minister Liu Kai sighed and said: "His Majesty the King is unwilling to give up the foundation of the Lanshui Kingdom for more than 1,500 years, although His Majesty the King has not yet made a choice, but he should be more inclined to join the side of the Nine Nations Military Alliance." ”

The young man then smiled and said, "So can Prime Minister Liu make up his mind now?" ”

Zhang Gao, the commander of the Second Division of the Lanshui Army, suddenly opened his mouth and asked the young man, "Mr. Feng, when will your promise of the Tang Empire be fulfilled?" ”

It turned out that this young man was an ace agent of the General Intelligence Bureau of the Tang Empire, his name was Feng Han, and the person who persuaded Liu Huaizhong, the Minister of the Navy of the Liuyun Empire, to defect to the Tang Empire was Feng Han, and then Liu Huaizhong helped the Tang Navy seize more than 100 warships of the Salad Navy, including seven super dreadnought battleships.

Feng Han kept a smile and said, "As long as Prime Minister Liu and the two division commanders make up their minds, the cash check from the Datang Royal Bank will be handed over to the three of them immediately." ”

For the three grassland countries of Lanshui, Wupe and Dongyao, the Tang Empire has increased its penetration since the last victory over the Seven Nations Alliance, after all, the population of these three grassland countries, the Tang people account for the majority, and the ethnic groups that rule these three countries have almost completely assimilated by the Tang people, so Su Yi has a lot of ambitions for the three countries of Lanshui, Wupe and Dongyao, and hopes to merge these three countries into the territory of the Tang Empire.

According to Su Yi's order, the General Intelligence Bureau of the Tang Empire has put a lot of effort into the three countries of Lanshui, Wupe and Dongyao, and after Lanshui, Wupe and Dongyao were forced to join the military alliance of the nine countries, the plan carefully formulated by the General Intelligence Bureau of the Tang Empire has also entered the implementation stage.

The plan formulated by the General Intelligence Bureau of the Tang Empire for the Lanshui Kingdom, the Wupe Kingdom and the Dongyao Kingdom was very simple, that is, to use money to buy off the military and political leaders of the Three Kingdoms, so that these military and political leaders could launch a coup d'état, overthrow the royal families of the Three Kingdoms, and finally merge the Lanshui Kingdom, the Wupe Kingdom and the Dongyao Kingdom into the Tang Empire.

Don't look at these high-level military and political leaders are not Tang people, but in the face of the huge check taken out by the General Intelligence Bureau of the Tang Empire, there are almost no people who are not moved, of course, the General Intelligence Bureau of the Tang Empire also took out some other promises, such as to Liu Kai, the prime minister of Lanshui State, the General Intelligence Bureau of the Tang Empire promised to give him a real position at the deputy minister level of the Tang Empire.

Prime Minister Liu Kai said with some hesitation: "Mr. Feng, the first division and the second division combined, there are more than 2,500 military instructors of the Monia Empire, and there are more than 4,000 guards of the royal family, and there are also the 7th, 8th and 9th divisions stationed near the capital Lanshui City. ”

Feng Han suddenly showed a hearty laugh, "Prime Minister Liu, Commander Lu, and Commander Zhang, let's tell you the truth!" In fact, the other sixteen division commanders of the Lanshui Army have already accepted the cash check of 10 million from our Datang Royal Bank, as long as Lanshui City does it, the other sixteen army divisions will also immediately take action against the military instructor corps of the Monia Empire, and even the Lanshui Navy will soon take action against the military instructor corps of the Monia Empire, so there will definitely be no variables. ”

Prime Minister Liu Kai, Commander of the First Division Lu Quan, and Commander of the Second Division Zhang Gao looked at each other and couldn't help but show shocked expressions.

Prime Minister Liu Kai swallowed his saliva and said, "Mr. Feng, is this true? ”

Feng Han shrugged his shoulders and said, "Prime Minister Liu, it's all this time, I don't need to lie to you." ”

Prime Minister Liu Kai pondered for a while, gritted his teeth and said: "In this case, we don't have any worries, I hope that the Tang Empire will treat us Qiang people the same as other ethnic minorities in the future." ”

"Prime Minister Liu can rest assured, as long as we are the people of the Tang Empire, no matter what nationality it is, the status is the same, and there is no distinction between upper and lower."

On the morning of March 12, 3016 in the Tang calendar, Liu Kai, the prime minister of Lanshui State, and two infantry divisions stationed in the capital Lanshui City, suddenly launched a military coup, and after less than two hours of fighting, they defeated the royal guards stationed in the palace, and successfully captured all the royal family members, including Lian Rong, the king of Lanshui Kingdom, and at the same time, the military instructor regiment of the Monia Empire in the two infantry divisions was also completely annihilated.

At two o'clock in the afternoon of March 12, Prime Minister Liu Kai announced that in view of the fact that King Lian Rong was preparing to drag the entire Lanshui Kingdom into a war with the Tang Empire, Liu Kai, as the prime minister, had to unite the military to launch a coup d'état to prevent King Lian Rong from bringing hundreds of millions of people in Lanshui Country to the abyss.

Prime Minister Liu Kai also declared that in order for hundreds of millions of people in Lanshui to have a peaceful, happy and prosperous life, Liu Kai hopes that the entire Lanshui country can be incorporated into the Tang Empire.

Soon after the military coup in the capital Lanshui City was launched, the other 16 army infantry divisions stationed in various parts of the Lanshui country launched a surprise attack on the military instructor corps of the Monia Empire almost at the same time, and after completely annihilating all the military instructors of the Monia Empire, the division commanders of the 16 army infantry divisions sent telegrams in response to the military coup initiated by Prime Minister Liu Kai.

Even the Lanshui Navy eliminated more than 400 military instructors of the Monia Empire, and sent a message to support Prime Minister Liu Kai, so the situation in the Lanshui Kingdom could not be changed.

On the morning of 13 March, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Tang Empire issued a statement announcing that it would accept the request of the Lanshui Empire, and that the territory of the Lanshui Empire of about 4 million square kilometers would henceforth become the territory of the Tang Empire, and the number of provinces of the Tang Empire would increase by eight, to 187.