Chapter 1257: Common Goal
In the eyes of many people in the outside world, it is really too incompetent for the dignified Shenyan Great Empire to attack a high-truth kingdom that cannot be overwhelmed.
If it weren't for Mi Yuanyun's previous record being too dazzling, I'm afraid that many people in Shenyan would have shouted to change the commander.
And in fact, the Shenyan Imperial Court did have a similar voice.
In such a large empire, the ministers and the major families naturally have their own interests, and it is a joke to work together and cooperate sincerely. Mi Yuanyun is now a member of Prime Minister Wei Zhong's faction, and if he hits him, he will also hit Wei Zhong.
But Wei Zhong's own importance to Mi Yuanyun has not decreased by half a point.
He knew very well that under a series of unfavorable circumstances such as internal fighting, the soldiers' fighting spirit was reduced a lot, and the strength of the external Gaozhen side was enhanced, it was extremely difficult for Mi Yuanyun to maintain the momentum of suppression.
Many people were blinded by Long Yan's record of tens of thousands of miles in a short period of time, and they completely forgot that Gao Zhen himself was also a strong country. It would have taken years or even more than ten years to conquer such a large country.
What they need in this battle is time.
As long as there are no big changes in Shenyan's country, as long as Mi Yuanyun is still there, if this battle continues, Shenyan will win sooner or later.
Other than that, there are no variables in the outside world.
For Wei Zhong, the biggest variable in the outside world is naturally Lin Si and the Moon Kingdom behind him.
Every move of this small country in the southeast region will make them pay attention now, and this time there is such a big thing in the country of Yue, of course they will not act as if nothing happened.
In fact, the one thing that Wei Zhong, Su Miao and the others regret the most now is probably to give Yueguo a chance to breathe. In the year and a half that the three ghosts of Shangling disappeared, the Moon Kingdom had actually been disabled.
At that time, if these big powers and the gate faction of them increased their strength a little, even if Yue Luoning had his wrists in the sky, he would not be able to change the outcome of the complete defeat of the Yue Kingdom. After all, the gap in power is simply too great.
Even if Lin Si can fight again, he is only one person. No matter how outstanding his command skills are, even if he comes back after all the troops of the Moon Kingdom were wiped out in advance, what can he do?
It's just that at that time, where could they have expected that there would be today, where could they have expected that the Sword Sect would actually stand on the side of the Moon Kingdom without warning? At that time, they only felt that the Moon Kingdom was no longer worried about its own insecurity.
No matter what a temporary alliance with the Moon Kingdom can bring them, it can't compare to a powerful enemy in the future, right?
If the Moon Kingdom wants to expand, it will affect the interests of the two empires, which is an inevitable thing.
Now regret is no longer helpful, and the top priority is how to mitigate the adverse effects.
Mi Yuanyun had obviously thought about this question a long time ago, and in the face of Wei Zhong's question, he said without thinking: "Of course it's a bad thing. ”
"Oh?
"It's very simple, Yue Luoning's accession to the throne is equivalent to releasing Lin Si, and from then on he can appear on the battlefield without distraction. This is not good news for us. ”
For Mi Yuanyun, the direction he thinks about is very simple, that is, there will be a strong opponent on the battlefield in the future.
Wei Zhong said with interest: "Do you think Lin Si will fight us in the future?"
"That's inevitable, right? The six southeastern countries can't stop him and the Sword Sect at all. What's more, he also has Ji Bingyun to help, assisted by Ye Hong and Xue Chen. ”
"But the Moon Kingdom will also attack Qianlan, and Qianlan is also our enemy. Because the Moon Kingdom and Purple Star teamed up against the enemy Qianlan, it distracted their energy, and our pressure in the past six months has been much less. ”
Wei Zhong's words were not wrong, the Yue Kingdom counterattacked the Northwest and Qiansong Dynasty, and fought against Qianlan, in fact, it helped the Shenyan Empire in disguise.
As soon as Gao Zhen is broken, Qianlan will face the front of the Shenyan army, so among the Gao Zhen army opposite, there are a large number of Qianlan people to help.
Because the Moon Kingdom and Purple Star are involved in the forces of the Qianlan Kingdom, Qianlan's assistance to Gao Zhen is now much smaller.
And if Shenyan didn't attack Gao Zhen, and Qianlan could do his best to deal with the Moon Kingdom and Nanqi, then Ye Hongji Bingyun at the beginning would probably be difficult to compete with the Qianlan army, after all, the difference in strength between the two sides was too big.
Although the Moon Kingdom has never had contact with Shenyan, to a certain extent, now the Moon Kingdom and Shenyan are actually tacitly teamed up.
If you consider it from this aspect, the stronger the Moon Country, the more beneficial it will be to Shenyan's current war. After all, if the Moon Kingdom is really strong to a certain point, Qianlan will not dare to continue to distract and assist Gao Zhen, they will even withdraw all the men on the Southern Qi side to the south, and then defend the Moon Kingdom with all their might.
When the time comes, the enemy opposite the Shenyan army will naturally be further weakened.
"But once the Moon Kingdom destroys Qianlan, the next step will be Gao Zhen, and we will inevitably fight them at that time. ”
Wei Zhong nodded with a smile: "You're right, the Moon Kingdom will definitely become our enemy. We don't need helpers, what we need is that there are no strong new enemies in the south. If my prediction is correct, the Bilan Empire will choose to form an alliance with the Moon Kingdom this time, and they will definitely take advantage of the situation to put forward a condition. ”
"On what terms?"
"Let the Moon Kingdom not attack Qianlan, Qianlan helps Gao Zhen resist us, it is considered the Bilan camp, and the Bilan Empire will not sit back and watch the Moon Kingdom withdraw Gao Zhen's hind legs. ”
"Will the people of the Moon Kingdom agree?"
"This matter depends on the attitude of Yue Luoning and Lin Si, the sisters and brothers, but from the position of Shen Yan, I also don't want them to attack Qianlan. ”
"Why?" Mi Yuanyun was puzzled.
Bi Lan and Shen Yan are undoubtedly enemies, what Bi Lan doesn't want to happen, shouldn't Shen Yan want it to happen?
Wei Zhong smiled dumbly, it is true that Mi Yuanyun can be regarded as a last-ditch strategy on the battlefield, but out of the war, he is only slightly stronger than ordinary people in other aspects.
He is a famous general, but he is not a power strategist, and he does not know much about the so-called national situation and power dumping.
"Because Qianlan will also be our territory in the future, how can it be occupied by the Moon Country in advance and make them stronger?"
Mi Yuanyun said thoughtfully: "I understand, neither we nor Bi Lan want the Moon Kingdom to become strong, and in this regard, our interests are the same, so we both want to contain the Moon Country?"
"Not bad. Wei Zhong said with a smile: "We don't want the Moon Kingdom to attack Qianlan itself, but we also hope that they will contain some of Qianlan's forces and create favorable conditions for us." It seems that it is necessary to make a statement to the lord of the country, so that he and the Bilan people can join forces to put pressure on the Moon Kingdom. ”
"How is this possible? How could Yueguo agree to such a thing?"
"Don't forget, there are still thousands of songs that have not been taken back. The war between the Moon Kingdom and Qianlan will not end here. Under the pressure of us and Bi Lan, the most likely decision for the Moon Kingdom to make is to compromise on the one hand and not attack the Qianlan mainland, and on the other hand, we will give in and let them attack the Qianlan and take back the Thousand Song. ”
"The war to recover the Thousand Song Dynasty not only dragged down Qianlan's troops, but also preserved Qianlan and curbed the pace of expansion of the Yue Kingdom?" Mi Yuanyun suddenly realized.
"Exactly, and that's not all. ”
"What else?"
Wei Zhong said lightly: "The location of Qiansong is too important, it is located between the three kingdoms of the Qianlan Southern Qi Grassland, and it is not an exaggeration to call it a choke point. You are a soldier who knows the importance of such an important place. If the Moon Kingdom wants to fight abroad, this kind of place must be in the hands of you. If I were the lord of the Moon Country, I would not sit idly by and watch the existence of Qian Song. ”
"Will there be a conflict between Qian Song and the Yue Kingdom? The Yue Congress will attack Qian Song, will Ji Bingyun help the Yue Kingdom in the future?" Mi Yuanyun's face was happy.
Mi Yuanyun's experience of Ji Bingyun's ability is extremely deep, and he can see many things from those battle reports that others can't see.
Although the two had never fought each other and had never even met, he didn't want to face Ji Bingyun. If he could, he even hoped that before Shenyan and the Moon Kingdom fought, Lin Si would kill each other with Ji Bingyun first, and both would lose out.
The battlefield is decisive, and some people may naively imagine that the two sides will go all out and show their strongest state to fight fairly.
But the real war is not a show, not to please some so-called audience, but life and death and more brutal consequences. If he could weaken the enemy's strength as much as possible before the war, Mi Yuanyun would not consider what would be victorious, dishonorable, unconvincing, or anything.
At this point, Lin Si is also the same. They are looking for victory, not the evaluation of their surroundings and future generations.
Wei Zhong shook his head: "No, if the Moon Kingdom invades the Thousand Song Dynasty, then Ji Bingyun will become a general, but he will be forced to serve the Moon Kingdom." ”
"Then what do you mean ......"
"The Moon Kingdom wants to expand, and Qiansong is also a roadblock. What Bai Yuanhao did had already made the two countries have a grudge. If that's all it takes, the Moon Kingdom can level the Thousand Song Dynasty. But Ji Bingyun and Xie Shaoying, but they have a very personal relationship with Lin April Luoning, which is likely to make Qian Song continue to exist. ”
"The existence of Qian Song will restrict the development of the Moon Kingdom?"
"Exactly!" Wei Zhong laughed.
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Lin Si didn't know about Wei Zhong and Mi Yuanyun's conversation, but even if he knew, I'm afraid he wouldn't care, right?
At this time, he had reappeared in the palace. Although he is no longer the Moon King, he is still unimpeded here.
To be honest, in the eyes of many people now, he just doesn't have the position of the Moon King, but he is still the real number one in the Moon Kingdom.
The reason is very simple, after all, he is the orthodox heir of the royal family, and at the same time, his personal strength is too strong to ignore the royal power of this Moon Kingdom.
How he regained the throne from Liangyue in the first place, countless people have already witnessed. In the eyes of many, he has the ability to do something similar again at any time.
For this, Lin Si himself is also very clear. He knew what outsiders thought of him and Yue Luoning, and this was what he was most worried about right now.
Many people feel that they may be able to get that position back at any time, which is bound to make some people think too much. This is actually very detrimental to Yue Luoning's rule, and it is not the result he wants to see.
But where is the human heart that he can easily change?
He hoped that Yue Luoning would have a unique authority in the Moon Country, which would be more conducive to the stability of the Moon Kingdom and the stability of the court. However, Yue Luoning was pushed up by him, and whoever looked at her would only treat her as a second person at most.
Unconsciously, he had come to the study again, and he had also come to Yue Luoning's face again.