The current situation is very unfavorable for the western country, and William knows this.

On this day, William sat alone in the tent, and his heart was full of bitterness.

"What's going on? I was so unlucky to meet such a devil as Chen Mu. ”

"Hey! ——”

William let out a long sigh, originally he wanted to come here to fight, just to make a simple military merit and go back to become a new nobleman.

I didn't expect to kick on the iron plate, and when I met such a powerful figure as Chen Mu, he lost his troops here, and the soldiers he brought out had already died a lot.

If he can't make a few military exploits, when he returns to the Western Kingdom, he may become a prisoner, and the Western people will not let him go.

Just when William was thinking about how to fight Chen Mu next, his staff officers came to report.

"General, I know you're worried right now, but I have a good idea."

The staff officer looked at William, and he said excitedly.

William was slightly stunned, "What's the best way, you hurry up and tell me, I'm in a hurry now." ”

William didn't care about any demeanor now, he just yelled.

The staff officer was taken aback, he didn't react to William's urgency.

But then he secretly rejoiced in his heart: since William was so afraid, then it proved that if my suggestion was adopted by him, and finally implemented smoothly, I would make a great contribution.

Immediately afterwards, the staff officer hurriedly said: "General, if we use our current army to fight Chen Mu, it will not be enough at all." ”

"So I think we can look for reinforcements, there are some city-states in the west, and one of those city-states doesn't know how powerful Great Xia is, but they know that we are very strong.

"Why don't we win them over and let them be used by me, it's better to let them play a role in the decisive battle, if not, these people can at least be cannon fodder."

The staff officer said with a grin, and as soon as he said this, William felt lightning and thunder in his brain, as if a string had been opened at once.

"Okay, good advice, you're really smart, I didn't expect this."

"These city-states in the west, they have always been afraid of us, I let them join, they will definitely be."

William was gearing up, and he let his men stay here first.

He personally led hundreds of elite guards out to negotiate directly with these city-states in the west.

The lords of those city-states, when they heard that William himself had come, came out to greet them.

William didn't bother to say so much nonsense, he directly threatened with force.

"I came here this time for only one purpose, a group of Great Xia troops came from afar, and they threatened the interests of our western kingdom."

"Now I need your help, if this war is successful, I can give you all the spoils of the Great Xia army, and give you some land as a reward."

William said frankly that these city lords were afraid of the army of the Western Kingdom, and secondly, they thought that there were many advantages to fighting them, so they agreed one after another.

"Okay, since the general came here in person and told us so, then we must help, but that Daxia is not powerful."

A city lord asked curiously, and William heard him say this, so he smiled and continued.

"It's just a group of barbarian tribes, how powerful you think, I will take you to fight, and I will definitely be able to beat them to the ground."

These city lords did not doubt the authenticity of William's words, and they all agreed to help.

Then William went back to prepare a little, and prepared for a decisive battle with Chen Mu in the coming days.

But at this time, his men came to report bad news.

said that a certain city-state in the middle, the lord of that city-state, he was unwilling to help them.

William's face changed slightly, and he said to the staff officer, "What's the matter with the lord of that city-state?" How dare he not join our great and glorious army. ”

The staff officer smiled bitterly, "That city-state has had conflicts with us before, thinking that we are bad people, and Great Xia will bring peace to Rome, and our envoy didn't even enter the door." ”

William: "Bastard, now I'll lead a large army to overwhelm the border and make them surrender, and at the same time, I can also lead my brothers to rob that city-state, and let them know that it is good to follow me." ”

William did what he said, and he led his Latins troops, 5,000 musketeers, 5,000 sword and shield soldiers, and thousands of other city-state armies, to the vicinity of the central city-state.

He surrounded the central city-state, and said that if the lord did not surrender, he would lead his troops there, and then burn and plunder here, so that all the people here would become their slaves.

Seeing that he could not resist, the city lord was in a hurry, and then he came up with an idea.

"Why don't I pretend to agree to their request, and then I send someone to find Bactria first, and now the Roman Parliament, and let them help."

The lord of the city first said to the people of the western kingdom that he would give him a day to pacify the people of the city.

Hurriedly wrote a letter, in which he wrote brilliantly:

"You and we are like teeth and tongues, if we don't have them, you will be threatened, if we are there, you will be protected."

"We beg the master of Great Xia, I hope you will come and help us, we beg you."

After the city lord finished writing this letter, he hurriedly sent his warriors to the Roman council.

Chen Mu also saw the content of the letter for the first time.

He nodded and said approvingly, "This city lord is a smart man. ”

Chen Mu then asked the council to convene, and he decided to discuss a useful countermeasure to see how to deal with the cruel Westerners.

These people have different opinions, and some people say that they should simply not fight first, and directly use that city to delay the troops of the Westerners.

Some people also suggested that they should simply attack the lair of the Westerners, which could be regarded as encircling Wei to save Zhao.

But few said they were going to face the Western coalition directly.

When Chen Mu saw these people, he sneered and said:

"You still don't understand military affairs, and there are some battles that we must fight."

"You have to go directly to the rescue of that city-state, I want you to discuss how to send troops, not let you retreat."

"If we see that our friends are in danger now, and we don't help, many other people will feel that we Daxia people are not honest in what we say and do."

"This will put a lot of burden on our future political and military operations."