Lin Shuying is weak, she seems to be pitiful, but she is by no means a good type, even if she is a daughter, she still has a great greed for power.

Deep down, there is a dream of an empress!

She is like a chameleon, very well camouflaged, usually inconspicuous, hunting and prey, but often suddenly killing, a fatal blow, so that the opponent is unable to guard against it.

For a long time, she has always believed that no matter how many obstacles there are in front of her, how many famous generals, a wise monarch, with her extraordinary means, will one day trample the other party under her feet and reach the pinnacle of power.

Therefore, who dares to block her and oppose her on the road to hegemony can only be forcibly suppressed with the power of thunder and iron-blooded means.

Since ancient times, the road of power has been full of blood and bones, and to reach the pinnacle of power, you not only need to strategize, but also hold a bloody sword and step on the bones.

Lin Shuying doesn't care about this road, blood flows like a river, white bones become a mountain, reach the peak, and achieve the goal!

Today, she devised a plan to deal with Yan Guo, and without the slightest hesitation, she sent someone to convene Jian Ye, Tian Xu, and Liu Zhuoya to discuss.

She knew Lin Feng, this guy was a war maniac, and the cavalry under his account was completely an indestructible war machine, and the two were combined, and the Yan State Iron Cavalry torrent had eroded the east, west, north and south, and it had never stopped.

At present, the Yan State has strong enemies on all sides, and they have been cut off, only the Song State is lucky to stand in the south of the Yan State, between the two, although there are alliance restrictions, the Zheng State war, before the dust settles, the three kingdoms of Chen, Song and Yan cannot attack each other, otherwise, they will be enemies with the remaining two countries.

However, the torrent of Yan Guo's iron cavalry was raging, and most of the troops of Chen and Song fought against Zheng State.

In addition, Lin Feng's ambition is even more than her, over the years, on several important occasions, she has openly and secretly put forward the ambition of fighting for hegemony, others believe in Lin Feng, in the face of national interests, she absolutely does not believe that Lin Feng will abide by the covenant.

Jian Ye and the others received the edict, arrived in the palace in a hurry, and the news of the Yan army's victory in the north was known to the three of them before, and they had personally discussed the solution with Lin Shuying before.

Within half a day, he was summoned by Lin Shuying for the second time, afraid that things would be far worse than he imagined.

After sitting down, Lin Shuying told them her thoughts, hoping that there would be a good solution to the matter.

Hearing this, no matter whether Jian Ye, Tian Xu, or Liu Zhuoya, they did not support Lin Shuying's plan, and it was not a perfect strategy for the Song State to pretend to be defeated and retreat, and attract the southern vassal states to go north to deal with the Yan State.

Jian Ye wiped the beads of sweat from her forehead and said anxiously: "The empress, I plan to pretend to be invincible, causing the Yan army to be strong and threatening the southern vassal states, so that the other party can lead troops north, but can the empress consider that if the Yan army occupies the territory of the Song State, but stops when the vassal states can bear it, the southern vassal states will not continue to go north, and the Yan State will get the territory and achieve the predetermined goal."

Taking a step back, even if the empress's plan is corresponded by the southern vassal states, in their eyes, the biggest victim of the rise of the Yan State is bound to be the Song State, and if the Song State starts a war with the Yan State, the Song State is bound to mobilize more troops and annex the Zheng State, which will be completely lost! ”

"That's right, empress, even if you want to lead the southern vassal states to the north, you don't have to damage the territory of the Song Kingdom. More importantly, there is still Chen State in the north, this variable is very large, whether to continue to unite with the Song State or take refuge in the Yan State is very important to the Song State! Tian Xu said.

Hearing the suggestion of the two, Lin Shuying shifted her gaze to Liu Zhuoya and asked, "Lord Liu, what do you think?" ”

Liu Zhuoya arched his hand and said: "Empress, Yan State has won a big victory, the momentum is like a rainbow, if you want to attack the Song State, the iron cavalry has already rushed down from outside the plug and arrived at the border between the Yan and Song countries, but a few days have passed, and there is no trace of the Yan Army, Weichen feels that while being vigilant against the Yan Army, the Song State should quickly capture Zheng State, solve the war in Zheng State, and withdraw early." In addition, the monarchs and ministers of the Yan State are cunning, in order to avoid the other party's surprise, they can send people south to contact the southern vassal states.

The empress should know that the war in Zhao is not over yet, if the Song State wants to contain the Yan State, Weichen suggests that she persuade the southern vassal states to send troops into the Zhao State to secretly support, or directly fight against the Yan army, which not only has the opportunity to consume the strength of the Yan State, but also allows the southern vassal states to test the strength of the Yan State, and for the Song State, there is no need to spend a single soldier! ”

There are many ways to contain and weaken the Yan State, but there is no need for the Song State to consume territory, after all, the Song State has today's vast territory, and it is the soldiers of the whole army, throwing their heads, spilling blood, and relying on their flesh and blood, little by little.

Hearing Liu Zhuoya's opinions, and then synthesizing Jian Ye and Tian Xu's thoughts, Lin Shuying realized her mistake in her heart and realized that she was thinking things too simply.

According to Liu Zhuoya's suggestion, the Song State did not need to send troops at all, as long as it successfully lobbied the southern vassal states, the Song State could not only rely on the southern princes to weaken the power of the Yan State, but also have the opportunity to continue to participate in the war of the Zheng State.

The losses are very small, the gains are large, killing two birds with one stone.

After pondering for a moment, Lin Shuying coughed twice and ordered: "Lord Liu, since the plan was proposed by you, then Lord Liu personally went to the south to lobby the southern vassal states.

"Don't worry, Weichen, the empress will succeed in lobbying the southern princes!"

The southern princes, because the southern terrain is more extensive, and there are many large and small princes, and the number is better than that of the north.

But it also has five major vassal states, Chu, Cai, Yue, Wu, and Shu.

Located in the south, Chu is the undisputed hegemon of the south, with the largest area, the strongest army, and the most developed economy.

The state of Yue, the state of Cai, bordered the state of Chu to the south, the state of Song to the north, the state of Zheng across the Yangtze River, and the state of Wu by the sea, bordering the state of Chen, in addition, the state of Yue and the state of Wu were the allies of the state of Song in the south. The west of Shu State, and Cai State by the Longya Mountain Division, if the two countries communicate with each other, must defend the Pico Longya Mountain, through the sword, to arrive.

Therefore, Shu became the most special state among the southern vassal states, rarely in contact with the four states of Cai, Yue, Wu and Chu in the east, and had frequent contact with Zheng and Liang in the north of the Yangtze River.

Among the five major vassal states, there are many inconspicuous small states, like gems, inlaid in the big vassal states.

Because the south is rich in water and the lakes and rivers are all over the place, whether it is the Wu State in the east, or the Shu State in the west, or the Chu State in the south, the economic prosperity is far greater than that of the **** Yan Three Kingdoms in the north.

However, since the beginning of last summer, a drought has occurred in the border area of Wu and Song, resulting in no harvest in some areas of the two countries, and if it were not for the imperial court's disaster relief, it would inevitably cause panic among the people.

At the time of spring ploughing, the drought continued, and continued to expand, not only Wu and Song suffered from the drought, but also Yueguo, Caiguo, and some areas were also affected by the drought.

Among them, the small vassal states, not to mention!

Because, the southern water system is developed and there are many grain reserves, even if there is a drought, if the court has a good way to provide disaster relief, it can still barely tide over the difficulties.

After the spring ploughing, the monarchs and ministers of the three kingdoms of Wu Yue and Cai spent more energy on dealing with the drought, even if the things about the war in the north kept coming, the kings had limited energy, and the war happened in the south, and few people paid attention to it.

More importantly, the north and south were blocked by the Yangtze River, and it was difficult for the northern cavalry to cross the Yangtze River and spread the war to the south. In addition, the southern and northern arms are completely different, and in the southern vassal states, the naval army occupies a very important position in the military force, while the northern military force is mainly based on infantry and cavalry.

In the event of a war between the two sides, whether the northern vassal states try to invade the south or the southern vassal states try to invade the north, the army will usually lose its advantage when it crosses the Yangtze River, and the battle of the large army will usually come to an abrupt end.

Unless it is like the vassal states on both sides of the Yangtze River, which can attack and defend against the enemy, or even consume it for a long time, but there is no force to launch a life-and-death war.

In the southern vassal states, when they were mostly focused on disaster relief, news came from the north that the Yan army swept through the tribes outside the Saiwai and was about to end the war in Zhao.

Prepare to integrate all the forces of Yan, Zhao, Jin, and Saiwai, and guide the party with a sword in millions of steps, level the southern princes, and unify the vassal states.

Even if the kings of the southern princes felt that the Yangtze River was in danger and the northern cavalry could not cross the river, everyone never took the war in the north seriously.

However, it was only after the Yan Kingdom destroyed the Saiwai Colony and turned the vast Saiwai grassland into its own back garden, and the southern princes and kings who despised the northern wars took it seriously.

The strength of the Yan Kingdom seems to be far beyond everyone's expectations.

After all, since ancient times, the outer Cypriot tribes have plagued the northern vassal states, and even when the Central Plains is strong, sometimes they will not uproot the Cypriot tribes and completely eradicate them.

Yan Guo inadvertently knew the power of the northern grassland, and he couldn't imagine how powerful the Yan State cavalry was.

Since ancient times, the difficulty of pacifying the outside of the fortress is second only to the south of pacifying, and now that Yan Guo has pacified the outside of the fortress, the iron riding torrent sword guide Fang, it is obvious that he has eaten the weight and the iron heart, and the slogan he played, I am afraid that it will not be alarmist.

The war in the north was initially decided, and the situation in the south rose again, for a while, the war horses on the official road shuttled to deliver the news, and in the court, hundreds of officials were panicked and discussed countermeasures.

Yan Kingdom, all of a sudden, became a big problem for the southern princes, and everyone was punished.

Especially on the edge of the Yangtze River, the state of Cai, the state of Yue, and the state of Shu, as long as the Yan State iron cavalry captured the state of Zheng, there will be millions of soldiers in the north of the river, if a suitable way to cross the river, the three kingdoms will inevitably encounter war and be forced into war.

War is by no means a good thing for the southern vassal states that have been peaceful for decades!

The southern vassal states were threatened, everyone was full of measurements, and the Yue country quickly organized troops, Chen soldiers 300,000, countless sailboats, displayed on the south bank of the Yangtze River, if the Yan army went south, it would directly fight with the Yan army in the Yangtze River.

The people of Yue believed that with the strength of the Yue State Naval Division and the Song State of the Northern Alliance, they would definitely defeat the Yan State and prevent the opponent's iron cavalry from moving south.

Cai Guo directly sent people to Chu State, hoping that Chu State would come out to preside over the overall situation, resist Yan State, stop it on the Yangtze River, and imprison its power in the north.

Shu sent envoys to Yan to prepare to complete the marriage with Yan and strive to continue the peace between Yan and Shu.