Kingdom of Oman, Waranga.

After a heavy rain, the still hot weather is finally a little cooler. Yan Xingbang, the leader of the black-clothed guards, wore a pale gray shirt that could be found everywhere in the southern part of the empire, and walked quickly into the palace courtyard nestled in the shade of a tree.

He brought the latest news of the Empire's Civil War to Saladin, who was enjoying the cool air here.

To be honest, after the end of the First Tiannan War, the activities of the black-clothed guards in the empire were severely suppressed. With the Songjiang Army taking over the southeastern part of the empire, the Blackguards' actions became more and more difficult. Compared to ten years ago, the number of spies in the Black-clothed Guard North Wind Group is only a quarter of the original number at most!

Thankfully, the information on the Empire's Civil War wasn't much classified. From the information disclosed by various forces, coupled with the black-clothed guard's own intelligence channels, compared with it, they can roughly get what they need.

“…… To sum up, the civil war of the Qianyuan Empire was still at the beginning of a full-scale outbreak. Until the Tongshan Pass of the Central Route Army and the Taiping County of the South Road are decided, it is not yet possible to predict which side the situation will turn towards. ”

"There is another one, the Lena people in the north of Yanyun County seem to be ready to move again."

After reading this with his head down, the corners of Yan Xingbang's mouth showed a smile that watched the show. Although the eldest prince who ascended the throne and stood on his own left a lot of troops in Yanyun County and backed the Shanhaiguan, if the Lena people really made up their minds, a Shanhaiguan might not be able to stop them.

"Qianyuan lost his deer, and the heroes chased it together!"

After listening to Yan Xingbang's report, Saladin, who was originally sleepy, opened his eyes, and his essence flashed. But when he remembered something, he immediately sighed in annoyance, which sounded quite regretful.

If it weren't for the successive defeats of the two Tiannan Wars, and then the flooding of the Dayuan River, I am afraid that I would have moved into the Central Plains now and participated in this battle for hegemony, right? The hateful Songjiang Army, as well as the little Chen Wu, they let themselves miss this opportunity!

Once the civil war was won and the world was reunited, Saladin knew that he would not have a chance to take advantage of it for decades to come.

A little unwilling, he clenched his fists, thought for a moment, suddenly thought of something, and said, "Is Wei Chiming back?" ”

"Your Majesty, last week Wei Chi once used the channel of the black-clothed guard to transfer a letter, and it is said that he has become friends with the prince of Qingyue Kingdom. According to the meaning of the letter, it is estimated that he will stay in Qingyue Kingdom for a while. Perhaps, we will not be able to return until winter. Yan Xingbang recalled a little and gave the answer.

Almost four months ago, before the Empire's Civil War officially broke out. Taking advantage of the fact that he was not so nervous, Wei Chiming temporarily put aside the burden in the kingdom and went to Qingyue Kingdom in person. It is not only a field trip, but also a preliminary layout in line with the strategic focus shift of the kingdom.

As mentioned before, the Qingyue Kingdom was the most loyal vassal state in the south of the Qianyuan Empire, with an area of about two counties. After the former Hue Dynasty, the Nam Thai Kingdom and other vassal states were successively annexed by the Oman Kingdom, the Qingyue Kingdom was already the only remaining barrier of the empire in the south against the northward movement of the Omani Kingdom.

In fact, Qingyue may not have been very loyal to the empire. On the contrary, it has an innate fear of the vast empire to the north. But the lord of Qingyue is more intelligent and knows the ambitions of the Omani kingdom over the years. Only by standing firmly on the side of the empire can they resist the kingdom of Oman swallowing their minds.

Of course, in addition to this, Qingyue also did its best to raise an army of 110,000.

Compared with the Hue Dynasty and the like, the national strength of the Qingyue Kingdom is much stronger. If the Kingdom of Oman directly attacks the Qingyue Kingdom, the Qingyue Kingdom, which is backed by the empire, can resist for a long time after receiving support. It is precisely because of this that the Kingdom of Oman chose to break through from another direction, wanting to take advantage of the weakness of the empire and directly capture the Nanfeng Fortress in Tiannan County to avoid falling into the quagmire of Qingyue Kingdom.

It's a pity that the two Tiannan Wars have brought back the Omani Kingdom's attempt to fight back to the prototype, and it has also made the national strength accumulated over the years a deficit. After all, he was the one who took the initiative to attack, and the losses were much greater than those of the Empire, which was defending the fortress.

In desperation, the Kingdom of Oman, which had returned to recuperate from its injuries, reviewed its strategy and was forced to turn its attention back to Qingyue. Even if there is really no way to get hands on the empire in the end, if the two counties of Qingyue Kingdom can be swallowed, the Kingdom of Oman can expand to the territory of nine counties in one fell swoop. It may still not be able to compare with the Empire, but it already has the capital to compete with its northern neighbor.

Wei Chiming, the former vice president of the Executive Yuan, personally went to Qingyue Kingdom, which is a harbinger of the implementation stage of this strategic transfer plan.

"Qingyue country, ......"

Saladin sighed again, but soon, ambition reignited in his eyes.

The lord of Qingyue is only in his forties this year, and his body is very tough, and it is conservatively estimated that he will be in power for at least 20 years. Unlike this smart man who was determined to join the empire, the prince of Qingyue Kingdom was full of bad feelings towards the Qianyuan Empire, which was declining. If this prince can be brought over and made him firmly stand on the side of the Kingdom of Oman, then the lord and prince of Qingyue will inevitably have a sharp and irreconcilable opposition in their positions.

At that time, the black-clothed guards only need to provoke and instigate a little, and they will be able to intensify the contradictions. No matter which side makes the first move, the Qingyue Kingdom will be in chaos.

Of course, taking advantage of the opportunity to attack by force is only a strategy in the plan drawn up by the Kingdom of Oman, and it is a last resort. Having a reasonable excuse to intervene and then annex Qingyue as quickly as possible is what Saladin wants to see. If it is a qiē shun lì, maybe the civil war of the empire has not completely ended at that time, and the kingdom of Oman can go north from the direction of Qingyue Kingdom and directly enter the empire's Daze County, and here, there is no other southern peak fortress to stop them.

As for this legitimate excuse for interference......

Saladin had a slightly ambiguous smile on his face, the lord of Qingyue Kingdom did not have more than one heir. In addition to the prince, there are also two princesses who are famous and famous. If Saladin is the lord of the Kingdom of Oman and uses the throne vacant due to his death as a temptation to coerce and lure him to marry the princess of Qingyue Kingdom, does he have the qualifications to intervene in Qingyue Kingdom as a princess and regent?

Think about it, because the prince disagreed with the ruler of the country, he did not hesitate to risk the condemnation of the world, assassinated the lord of the country, and openly committed self-reliance. Saladin naturally couldn't sit idly by, and at the request of the princess of Qingyue and his queen, he marched into Qingyue to quell the rebellion, and then logically pushed the princess to the position of the female lord.

As for the aftermath...... Needless to say?

If the position of a queen can be exchanged for Qingyue Kingdom, Saladin feels that this business is not a loss, not to mention that the two princesses of Qingyue Kingdom are also famous for their beauty.

He had already made up his mind, and when Wei Chiming came back from Qingyue Country this time, he would immediately send a special envoy to Qingyue Country to ask for peace with the lord of Qingyue Country openly!

As long as 200,000 troops are placed on the border, Saladin does not believe that the lord of Qingyue will dare to refuse!

………

Saladin didn't know that when he was fighting the idea of Qingyue and preparing to take advantage of the civil war in the empire to adjust his focus, someone else was fighting his idea.

That was Prince Nguyen Thi Minh, who absconded after the fall of the Hue Dynasty.

For a while, the prince was chased and killed by the black-clothed guards and fled from place to place, and finally had to flee to hide in a small city in Tiannan County of the Empire, so that he was lucky to save his life. He once thought that he would never be able to revive the kingdom again, but before the First Tiannan War, the envoy of the Songjiang Army who took the initiative to find the door gave Ruan Shiming hope.

With his help, the cavalry of the Song Giang Army and some remnants of the Hue Dynasty joined forces to inflict heavy damage on Koi Castle, indirectly leading to the defeat of the Omanis in the First Tien Nam War!

After the Second Tiannan War, Nguyen Shiminh's forces also helped.

After two defeats, Yan Zhan Ng consumed the national strength accumulated by the Omani Kingdom over the years, and also allowed Nguyen Shiming to see the strength of the Songjiang army. Seeing that Chen Wu's power was expanding, he began to believe that the Songjiang Army could really help him restore the country, so he naturally became more and more concerned about this matter, and began to actively take the initiative.

With the Songjiang army behind him, the power of the remnants of the Hue Dynasty was increasing.

Taking advantage of the great opportunity of the Dayuan River flood, the remnants of the Hue Dynasty sprinkled a lot of money and grain, and selectively began to buy people's hearts. After the Dengzhou Military Academy of the Songjiang Army was held, Chen Wu specially approved two crash courses to help Ruan Shiming train his henchmen and officers. Until the Imperial Civil War, Nguyen Shiming had nearly 100 officers at all levels under his command, as well as more than 2,000 soldiers and lurkers planted in various parts of the Qing River Plain and the Red River Valley.

Although on the surface, the remnants of the Hue Dynasty are still the same as before, occasionally making some small cases to maintain the impact and by the way to contain the attention of the black guards, but this is only a deception after all.

After such a long time of preparation, Ruan Shiming is not willing to accept the status quo and is ready to do a big case and take the first step towards recovering the country!

This move was naturally approved by the Songjiang Military Intelligence Department and King Chen Wu of Thailand. In order to obtain a good condition as much as possible, Ruan Shiming asked the king of Thailand Chen Wu three times in succession to win a chance to meet face-to-face. Eventually, he asked for a thousand sets of weapons and armor.

For the Songjiang Army, which has not yet completed the task of expanding the Sixth Master Regiment, weapons and equipment are in short supply at the moment. It is not easy to squeeze out this thousand sets.

The main reason why Chen Wu is so supportive of Nguyen Shiming is, of course, that he is not worried about the Omanis. Although the information collected by the intelligence department on the Omani side shows that the Omanis have no plans to go north again in the short term, the other party's survival is a big problem after all. Even after two major defeats, the Omanis still had the energy of the Third Northern Expedition. In order not to let the other party have that idleness, Chen Wu was ready to take the initiative to find something to do for Saladin and the black-clothed guard.

So there was Ruan Shiming's carefully planned revenge plan!

It won't be long before every common person on the Thanh River Plain will remember the memories of being a citizen of the Hue Dynasty more than ten years ago!