Chapter 777: Ivan's Problem
"Lord Wu suspects that it is fake? Why did General Nadianwei do this? What's in it for you? Could it be that they have secretly united with the Great Prince for a long time, but if this is the case, there will be no desperate attack on Nexus City. It's a real knife, a real gun, a dead man, but it can't fool us. Matvey spoke realistically, attacking Utkin's suspicions.
"Yes." Hearing this answer, Utkin also shook his head. The fight between Dian Wei and Yuri is not fake, so it seems that they are not secretly united with the eldest prince, even if this is the case, the drunken thing should be true, it seems that he really thinks too much about himself.
Matvey didn't pay attention to Dian Wei's drunken body, in his opinion, this was simply cranky, he was more concerned about the Celestial Empire's troops. "Lord Wu, although I also heard that the second prince is a little afraid of the army of the Celestial Empire, and he is afraid that the end will not be big in the future, but that is all in the future, if even the world is lost, then why do you have to worry so much?"
"Oh, then the general means that he agreed to invite the army of the Celestial Empire to enter the country?" When Utkin saw Matvey say this, he knew what he meant.
"Yes, I agree. Instead of losing the city suspiciously now, it is better to invite the army of the Celestial Empire and let them fight with the army of the great prince, and we will reap the benefits of the fisherman. As I said, if the Celestial Empire really wants to do something to us, then even if we don't agree, won't they come to attack? In the end, Matvey finally said something that Utkin was puzzled about.
"Yes, if people really have bad intentions, even if you don't invite people to come, they won't come by themselves." As if he had been enlightened, Utkin slapped his thigh and said: "That is the case, I will write to the second prince now to ask for instructions, by the way, please also ask the general to sign with me?" ”
"Naturally, there is no problem." Matvey patted his chest and said with a big bag. All he cares about now is to keep the city and his head, and as for other things, I'll talk about it later.
Soon, the secret letter signed by the two was written, and Utkin arranged for someone to be trusted to send the letter out.
The day after the letter was delivered, the exact news came that Peter had led an army of 800,000 from Lenks to Hepaolan.
As soon as he got the news, Utkin hurriedly found Li Ru, and then the Sixth Army began to build fortifications on top of the Haybalan Tower, and the oil, sleepers, and boulders were carried up to the tower one by one.
Eight hundred miles were urgent, and the secret letter written by Utkin and Matvey was delivered to the hands of the second prince, Ivan.
At this time, Ivan had a confident smile on his face.
Since Peter left Great Rus' with a million-strong army, Ivan has faced much less military pressure, and although it is not yet superior, at least it is not as powerless as before.
A few times you attacked me, but there were mutual victories and defeats, and the battle situation seemed to be developing in a good direction, which also made Ivan see the possibility of taking the throne.
But it was at this time that the secret letter sent by Utkin reached him. After learning the news of the danger of Hyperorchid, his face, which was still smiling, suddenly became serious.
Ivan's face changed, looking at the eyes of the national teacher Feladimir on the side, he only felt a little disappointed that this second prince had no city government.
However, he likes Natasha too much, and now that this woman has followed him, as the only request is to help, Feradimir really can't refuse.
"Second Highness, but is there any bad news?" Feradimir thought that no matter what, he still had to help Ivan come up with ideas, so he took the initiative to ask.
"National teacher, you see, this is a secret letter jointly written by Utkin and Matvey, they say that Haipaolan is in danger now, and if they want to defend the city without breaking, they can only ask the Celestial Empire to send troops to support, hey, what two wastes." As Ivan spoke, he sent the secret letter from the attendant beside him to Feradimir.
Feradimir only glanced at the letter briefly, and then tightened his eyebrows.
He was naturally very clear about the situation in Hypaolan. Knowing that it would be a problem for Utkin and the two of them to defend Hybolan, let alone carry out a counterattack. That's why he came up with the idea to ask the Celestial Empire to send troops to support. Just to prevent the tail from happening, he only allowed a small number of troops from the Celestial Empire to enter the country. But now it seems that he has thought too simply, and it is difficult to solve the dilemma over there with only a small number of Celestial Empire troops.
While Philadimir was still pondering, Ivan had already spoken: "National teacher, once Hypollan is occupied, it is likely that Peter will gain an inch and attack the city of Adan, if this is the case, then we will face the danger of being attacked from both sides, so there is no room for loss there." ”
Needless to say, Ferakimir also knows the importance of Hybolan, which is not only a border city next to the Celestial Empire, but also a retreat for the second prince. That is to say, even if one day, the eldest prince Anatoly cannot be defeated, if Ivan wants to leave, he can leave from there, and once even this city is occupied, it means that there is no way out, and the only thing left is to fight and be killed.
Of course, Haibalan City can't be lost, but it is also a dangerous thing to lead the army of the Celestial Dynasty into the country, who knows if the other party has the intention of invading the Rus Kingdom? At least in terms of Feradimir himself, if there is civil strife in the Celestial Empire, if there is such an opportunity, he will definitely find a way to share some benefits, and even it is too normal to grab some territory.
Treat others with oneself, precisely because Ferakimir once thought so, then it is doubtful that the Celestial Empire will do the same. Although in terms of comprehensive strength, the time for the founding of the Celestial Empire is too short and the foundation is insufficient, the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and no one can say what kind of things will happen in the future.
Feradimir was still thinking about it, but Ivan couldn't wait any longer, and he said: "National Teacher, Utkin has already said in the letter that the six legions of the Celestial Empire only give us ten days to think about it, if there is no news within ten days, then they will abandon the city and leave, if this is the case, then Hybalan will be broken, and please ask the National Teacher to make up your mind earlier." ”
Ivan said with a somewhat anxious look, but in fact, he did have an idea in his heart, that is, he would agree to this matter.
In terms of IQ, he is far inferior to the national teacher Philadimir, and it is precisely because he is far inferior that in his opinion, the entry of the Celestial Empire's army is not a big deal. Even if the eldest brother can use the army of Ukraine and the Kazakh state against himself, then why can't he use the army of the Celestial Empire to deal with the eldest brother?
As for how to leave after the Celestial Empire's army enters the territory, Ivan will not be worried, in his opinion, as long as he gives some money and food at that time, the other party will definitely withdraw his troops, how can it be said that the Rus Kingdom is also a big country, and when it is strong, the Celestial Empire has not yet been established? Based on this, how can he say that others must not do anything, and dare to disobey himself? If that's the case, once he inherits the throne and has absolute military power, he will fight until the Celestial Empire withdraws from the border, and even he will wave his army south and enter the Celestial Empire, and it is not impossible to snatch it there.
Ivan was born as the second prince, looking at the strength of Rus, watching it invincible, it is precisely because of this that he has developed this habit of seeing no one in his eyes, in his opinion, there is no difference between the Celestial Empire and Kazakhstan and Ukraine, as long as Rus is serious, the power of the whole country can be easily destroyed.
Ivan was too confident to care about the entry of the Celestial Empire army. But Fera Dimir is different, he is the national teacher of the Rus country, and his understanding of the situation of the Rus country is second only to the powerful emperor of the Axiongfu, and now that the emperor is dead, there is no one who knows the affairs of the Rus country better than him, and it is precisely because of this that he knows that the current Rus country is far less powerful than when it was strong, especially this time the dispute between the two princes has caused a great loss of national strength, so can the current Rus country easily drive the Celestial Empire out?
Of course, Feradimir has looked up to the Celestial Empire as much as possible, but in fact he is still underestimating. This is mainly due to the great war that year, as soon as the second prince came into contact with the Celestial Empire as a special envoy, the family withdrew. It feels like the Celestial Empire is afraid of the Russ Kingdom, but in fact, Zhang Chao at that time had the ability to wrestle with Ross, and it was only because the domestic affairs were not resolved that he didn't want to fight with Ross to lose both ways.
But no one knew Zhang Chao's thoughts, so he thought that the Celestial Empire was afraid of the Rus' country, so he had Ivan's contempt in his heart and Feladimir's instinctive contempt.
"That's it, Second Highness Rong Laochen is thinking about it." Knowing that there were still a few days left to make a decision, Feradimir wanted to talk about it.
"National Teacher, I don't think there is any need to rely on this matter, the Sixth Army of the Celestial Empire said that it could be defended, but what if Peter's offensive was too fierce and they couldn't hold it? So it's better to make a decision early, you say? Ivan didn't want to give Feladimir too much time to think about it, in his opinion, this was a very good thing to solve, just promise the Celestial Empire, the big deal is that he just paid more food, grass and ordnance, but compared to being able to defeat the eldest brother, what is this payment?
Ivan didn't want to think about it, and Feladimir knew what His Royal Highness was thinking. He didn't want to be awkward with Ivan, so he hesitated for a moment and said, "Okay, now that His Royal Highness has an idea in his heart, then do as you say." ”
Feradimir agreed, and the matter was settled, and Ivan immediately ordered to agree to Utkin and Matvey's request for help from the Celestial Empire's army, and at the same time to pull up food, grass and ordnance near Sine.