Chapter 651: The Situation in the Western Realm

Aside from the few countries in the south, as far as the last time because of the distribution of the spoils, there were some contradictions between the Thunder Country and the Night Country, and now it seems that it is difficult to determine whether the Thunder Country is willing to send troops to help.

If generous conditions are given, Lei Guo may be willing to send troops, but after the Lei army comes, Zhao Wu may not be able to lead the Lei army smoothly, so there are too many unfavorable factors in the main battle. The longer the argument goes, the more those who are fighting the main battle will be able to feel the difficulties of the main battle.

Compared with the difficulties in the main battle, in terms of surrender, even if the Luo Tian Great Power did not give substantial material rewards, the conditions of the Luo Tian Great Power were still extremely rich. In addition, the main representative of the surrender is the left minister of the night country, and this alone is enough to determine the direction of the night emperor's decision, not to mention that there are a number of court ministers behind the right minister.

Even if the Night Kingdom has paid too much to get to this point, Lan Ce still can't help but consider the views of the left minister, because there are too many benefits in terms of surrender. First, after more than a year of arduous struggle, the national strength has weakened, and in many places there is no one to sow the cultivated land, and the current harvest is decreasing, but on the contrary, the number of the army is increasing day by day.

After lowering the age limit for conscription, there were fewer and fewer adult males across the country, leading to complaints. In the past few months, thanks to Zhao Wu's support, there has been no rebellion in the Night Country, but excessive consumption of national strength is not a long-term solution. If the war is not ended as soon as possible, the situation in the Night Country will only become more and more serious.

After a long time, even if there is still the ability to resist external enemies, internal troubles will become a big problem, so surrendering to the Luo Tian Great Power is a good choice, not only can the Night Kingdom be able to recuperate, but it will not be possible to face the danger of losing the country at any time like now.

Second, once it is surrendered to the Luotian Nation, the Night Kingdom will no longer have to face the situation of being attacked from both sides in the east and west. At present, although the campaign in the east is quite victorious, the west is already in a predicament. If this crisis is not resolved, all the efforts of the Night Nation in the east will be in vain. Rather than this, it is better for the Night Kingdom to reach an agreement with the Luo Tian Great Power with a larger capital, so that at least the Royal Family of the Night Kingdom can be preserved.

The above two points alone were enough to eliminate all the previous dissatisfaction of many ministers with the Luo Tian Great Power, so the side of the Lord was overwhelming.

Compared with the forces of the main party, the very small number of people who persuaded the fleeing side can be said to be soft-spoken, not only are the number of people small, but there are no ministers who have the power to lean towards the government and the opposition among the people who proposed to let Lan Ce leave the Night Country temporarily, but their views are indeed a direction for Lan Ce to consider.

According to their point of view, Lan Ce not only had to quickly transfer his military forces to the Snow Country, but also caused many civilians of the Night Country to flee to the Snow Country. It's a pity that time is pressing, and even the royal family can't evacuate in a short time, let alone those civilians on the western border. This move involves the very essence of the country, and if it does, many people will be in dire straits.

However, for Lanze, although this plan is somewhat unreasonable, it is still a strategy. If the capital is moved to Zephyr City, the forces of the Night Country will converge in the Snow Country, and the overall military strength will be greatly increased at that time, even if there is no assistance from the other four countries, the Night Country can still hold out for a period of time with its own strength.

This plan can barely be regarded as a delaying tactic, relatively speaking, the disadvantages outweigh the advantages, so it is only a method to ease the situation, and cannot be used as a major choice at the moment. After all, there are only two ways for the Night Kingdom to go, battle or surrender, and on these two issues, Lan Ce has been discussing with his ministers for the longest time.

Now that Luo Tianguo is willing to give the Night Kingdom a chance, anyone with a discerning eye knows that its purpose is to subdue the two commanders of the Night Kingdom, the "Zhao Brothers", in fact, the Night Kingdom royal family itself has no value, before the real decision, Lan Ce and the ministers have gradually understood this.

Now the Zhao brothers' momentum in the Night Kingdom has even surpassed the royal family, and the east and west realms of the Night Kingdom are guarded by the two brothers. Before Lan Ce and them made a decision, they couldn't ignore Zhao Wu and Zhao Xu's thoughts, but Zhao Xu was currently fighting against the armies of Fei and Yang in the Wing Country, and the time for communication back and forth had exceeded the time limit given by the Luo Tian Great Power.

On the other side, Zhao Wu is currently guarding the Blue Moon Pass, an important checkpoint in the west of the Night Kingdom. Blue Moon Pass is a crescent-shaped protrusion from east to west, located in the middle of a mountainous area, it can be said that it is surrounded by mountains, and the terrain characteristics are more prominent than Fancheng, but the Blue Moon City is not a big place, and it is not the only important checkpoint leading to the night capital.

The last time the armies of the two countries in Monlay made a detour to the Blue Moon Pass to quietly surround Yedu, so Yedu could be attacked by the outside world at any time. However, this time, Luo Tianda sent a million troops, and under the absolute superiority of troops, the leading commander did not disdain to take other paths, so the million army drove straight in and did not stop until before the blue moon.

Right now, at the Blue Moon Pass, Zhao Wu has gathered all the troops in the Night Country, and the 300,000 army is guarding the Blue Moon Pass, not relaxing for a moment. Since the million-strong army of the Luo Tian Great Power is composed of the armies of the four countries, there are also two enemies of the Tianyu Kingdom and the Mongolian Kingdom. Zhao Wu used a plan to make the two countries lose half of their military strength, and the two countries naturally remembered such a great enmity.

Although the two countries are currently here on the mission of the Great Powers, both countries have a revenge mentality, and they do not want the Night Kingdom to choose to surrender. And once the Night Kingdom chooses to resist, and when the time comes, the two sides will fight each other, and they will return to the Night Country without leaving any information.

Unlike the purpose of the two countries, the Lai Kingdom and the other Hong Kingdom came simply by order this time, and the commanders of the two countries did not want the Night Kingdom to choose to resist, because it would not benefit them.

On the same day, after the armies of the four countries arrived at the Blue Moon Pass, according to the instructions of the commander-in-chief, each army set up camp independently and did not interfere with each other. This is the preliminary arrangement before the war, if the Night Kingdom chooses to resist, Luo Tian's commander Qiu Sanjie will further integrate his forces in order to fight.

As the commander of the troops this time, Qiu Sanjie has very high qualifications, but unfortunately he has no actual combat experience. The first time he led a million people, in addition to the ambition caused by the huge number of troops, the rest was a noble face.

After the troops of the four countries were stationed, the four deputy marshals contributed less to their own country in the possible war, and shared more credit after the war, and tried their best to curry favor with Qiu Sanjie one by one.

Because of his millions of troops, Qiu Sanjie can be called a hegemon, and his power is naturally staggering. In terms of sending troops to the Night Kingdom, Qiu Sanjie's original intention was to follow the instructions of his king, first convey the will of surrender, and then make further plans.

In fact, since entering the territory of the Night Kingdom, Qiu Sanjie, who was born in the world, did not take a small border country like the Night Kingdom to heart, but was more inclined to defeat Zhao Wu in order to establish his prestige. After all, there are already four famous marshals in Luo Tianguo, and for Qiu Sanjie, being able to be as famous as those people is the key. Especially under the flattery of the commanders of the Tianyu Kingdom and Mongolia, Qiu Sanjie's idea of personally defeating Zhao Wu became stronger.

Of course, Qiu Sanjie would not attack rashly, since he had already given the Night Kingdom time to consider according to the holy will, Qiu Sanjie naturally could not do anything that violated the holy decree. Before the news came back from the Night Kingdom, all Qiu Sanjie could do was wait.

The ten-day period is not long, but it is not short, in short, it is enough for the night country to consider. Aside from military affairs, in private, Qiu Sanjie, who is in his forties, is still like a playboy who indulges in lust all day long, not to mention being happy and happy, and he doesn't feel that time flies slowly.

When Qiu Sanjie didn't put the night country in his eyes at all and was only busy enjoying himself, in the Blue Moon Pass, Zhao Wu was there. On the day of the arrival of the troops of the four countries, Zhao Wu sent secret agents to check the situation of each battalion, and now some information is clear.

The strength of the army of the four countries is not what Zhao Wu focuses on, because it is an established fact, Zhao Wu is concerned about who the commander of the army is, and what is the relationship with the four deputy marshals below, through the information reported by the secret agent, Zhao Wu has a more accurate grasp of the current situation.

At present, Zhao Wu is waiting for news from the night capital while thinking about how to deal with the coalition army, which is more than three times the strength of the night army. Based on the fact that the night army is dominated by new recruits, it can be imagined that if the two sides fight, the battle situation will be very tragic.

For the night army, the advantage is not only in the city defense, but also in the offensive and defensive aspects, the night army also has a certain amount of experience. Combat experience can magnify the advantage, but that advantage is not so great that it can significantly reduce the gap between the two sides. In order to truly resist the coalition army, what Zhao Wu needed was strategy.

After careful consideration, Qiu Sanjie's behavior made Zhao Wu feel hopeful. Because of Qiu Sanjie's luxurious life in the army, Zhao Wu could think that now the other party knows that the night army is far less powerful than them, and I am afraid that even the night army does not know how many people there are. I don't know if Qiu Sanjie is overconfident or too conceited, in short, Qiu Sanjie's performance made Zhao Wu see the hope that he could go to war.

In the follow-up considerations, Zhao Wu gave up the hope of getting assistance from the inside, based on the defeat of the Five Nations Alliance, in Zhao Wu's opinion, it was unlikely that he would get timely assistance from the Lei State or the other three countries, so Zhao Wu had to make an external idea.

The coalition is large in number, but it may not be the same in the true sense of the word, so it is not as indestructible as it seems. To put it simply, those were just four individuals forcibly controlled by Luo Tianguo. The four lieutenants below must have their own thoughts, so as long as they find the weakness, they can completely break it one by one. As for how to break them one by one, Zhao Wu currently has some plans.

The last time he really helped Yedu to relieve the siege was Laihuang, thinking of Laihuang's personality, Zhao Wu felt that this time if he wanted to solve the position of Yedu, he had to start from Laiguo. Of course, it is not to hold Emperor Lai hostage again, after what happened last time, presumably the current Emperor Lai will not be easily broken, and Zhao Wu naturally does not have the ability to hold Emperor Lai hostage again.

Compared with offending Laiguo again, it is better to cooperate with Laiguo, presumably the wise and martial Emperor Laihuang may not be willing to be driven by others. Based on his understanding of Lai Huang himself, Zhao Wu wanted to test Lai Huang's attitude. If he can successfully plot against the 300,000 troops of the Lai Kingdom, the situation will be reversed from within the coalition forces, and at that time, as long as he uses some more means, Zhao Wu will be sure enough to force the other three countries to withdraw or surrender.