Seeing that Elder Zhao was completely stunned, Lei Shaoyuan was secretly happy in his heart.

First of all, an unsuccessful assassination, the black cauldron was deducted on Elder Zhao's back, Elder Qian was not a fuel-efficient lamp, and his subordinates who had sharpened their heads and wanted to show themselves would definitely make a big fuss about this matter and attack Elder Zhao.

Then there was an unsuccessful round-up, which could have been an important weapon for counterattacks, and if used properly, it could even be used as a sharp weapon to bring down Elder Qian, but in the end, it was smashed.

The seventh detachment, which ranked high in combat effectiveness, was completely annihilated, the Qian family fleet fled, and the Terran fleet returned victorious, no matter how you look at it, it looks like a sarcasm for Elder Zhao.

With such a good opportunity, of course Lei Shaoyuan wanted to block him, but he changed his voice and said with concern: "Elder Zhao, things have developed to such a point, you should hurry up and get an idea, otherwise it will be very bad for us." ”

Elder Qian's gang was good at creating public opinion, and the sum of the two things was enough for Elder Zhao to recover.

Especially the round-up matter, it was originally to catch Elder Qian's pigtails, but now he will definitely be beaten up by the surnamed Qian, saying that Elder Zhao planted the blame, you said that the seventh detachment went to arrest the Qian family and the human race to trade privately, what about the evidence, please come up with evidence!

This is called lifting a stone to shoot oneself in the foot, and the wise way is not to say a word, so as not to give Elder Qian a handle to attack him.

But if you don't say anything, it's obviously not okay, and the total annihilation of the Seventh Fleet is an ironclad fact, so you have to give everyone a reasonable explanation.

Faced with such a thorny problem, even Elder Zhao, who claimed to be a wise man, didn't know how to settle it for a while, he subconsciously turned his head to look at Lei Shaoyuan and asked, "Does Elder Lei have a solution?"

Lei Shaoyuan smiled bitterly and said, "How can I have a countermeasure, at most I have a bad idea." ”

"Speak up and listen. Elder Zhao said in a deep voice, he was pretending to be calm, but in fact, his heart was already in a mess.

Lei Shaoyuan replied: "Temporarily avoid the edge, it is obvious that the situation at the moment is not good for you, and the battle with the surname Qian can only fall behind, rather than showing your weak side to the opponent, it is better to take the initiative to retreat and not give them the opportunity to expand the results." Furthermore, this has the advantage of avoiding everyone thinking that Elder Qian is better than you, and then swarming to his side. ”

After listening to these analyses, Elder Zhao instantly regained his composure, nodded and said: "It makes sense, as long as Elder Ben does not confront the surname Qian head-on, there is no question of who wins and who loses, Elder Ben controls the military and political power of the God Realm, this is the real thing, let the surname Qian jump up and down, in addition to having a slight advantage in momentum, what can he do?"

After a pause, he continued: "Also, we must seize the time to win over people like Elder Li to consolidate our strength, as long as we can stabilize it, we will have a chance to fight back." ”

Lei Shaoyuan gave a thumbs up and said, "Elder Zhao is wise!"

Elder Zhao's gaze suddenly became sharp, and his expression became as decisive as usual, Lei Shaoyuan couldn't help frowning, and bad thoughts appeared in his heart.

Sure enough, Elder Zhao gritted his teeth and said, "The third point is the most important part, that is, the attitude towards the Terrans! They dare to completely annihilate a detachment of the Protoss Airspace Fleet, they are simply bold, they must declare war on the Holy Heaven Continent!"

Lei Shaoyuan hurriedly said: "Elder Zhao thinks twice, we are not suitable for two-front combat now, as everyone has argued before. ”

"What, are you scared?" Elder Zhao frowned and looked at him, this old guy changed his face very quickly.

Lei Shaoyuan shook his head: "Of course not, my subordinates feel that it is not appropriate to act rashly before they understand the true strength of the human race, and the human race dares to destroy our seventh detachment, this is a grudge against the sky, how can we swallow our anger." ”

Elder Zhao's expression became kind, and he said, "Declaring war is something that must be done, only in this way can the attention of the people be diverted, so that everyone will share the same hatred and hatred, firmly surround the Council of Elders, and obey the orders of Elder Ben. And this has the advantage of downplaying all of Elder Qian's actions, making his painstaking planning worthless. ”

Lei Shaoyuan said in his heart that the old fox was really powerful, he could sort out his thoughts in such a short period of time, and then make the right decision, no wonder he was able to control the Council of Elders for a long time and stand tall.

On the other side, Elder Qian was reprimanding Qian Jing.

It's not because Qian Jing secretly traded with the Terrans from him, in fact, he himself didn't have much of a taste for the Terrans, and he publicly stated that he wanted to reopen trade activities with the Holy Heaven Continent, so he expressed support for such a thing in his heart.

The reason why he was angry was that Qian Jing failed to do things well, and he was caught by others during the transaction, if it weren't for the fact that the Terran annihilated the seventh detachment, Qian Jing would definitely become a prisoner and be brought back to the God Realm for public trial, and at that time, the face of the entire Qian family would be lost, and he, Elder Qian, would also be discredited and lose the capital to fight with Elder Zhao.

Qian Jing knelt on the ground, bowed his head and was silent.

In fact, he didn't care too much about this matter in his heart, the fleet returned to the station safely, the elders failed to get any evidence, whoever asks about this matter, he will keep silent and refuse to admit it, what can you do with me?

Elder Qian waved his hand in disgust, and Qian Jing stood up, bowed to him, and then turned to leave.

Elder Qian smiled and said to the people around him: "On the surface, this matter is not good for the Qian family, but in fact, as long as the operation is done properly, we can bite the surname Zhao back, saying that this is a false accusation!"

The person next to him also smiled and said, "Combined with the previous assassination incident, everyone must be more willing to believe us, the surname Zhao is going to be unlucky this time." ”

At this time, a clansman hurriedly ran in from outside and said, "The Council of Elders has just issued an order to officially declare war on the Holy Heaven Continent, and announced the tragic results of the seventh detachment of the Airspace Fleet, clamoring to avenge the dead. ”

Elder Qian's face changed, he raised his hand and slapped the table in front of him, and said, "It's not good, the surnamed Zhao wants to divert everyone's attention, once a war starts against the Terrans, it will not only dilute our accusations against him, but also increase the difficulty of reopening trade." ”

Now that the two sides have become enemies, of course the Terrans will not trade with the Protoss, even if they have made corresponding promises before, they will all be overturned at this moment.

"Then what should we do?" Several staff members were all panicked, thinking that the previous method was a salary draw for Elder Zhao, and it would definitely work, but he didn't expect that the person surnamed Zhao also came to draw a salary from the bottom of the kettle, and he was even more sophisticated.

Elder Qian took a few deep breaths one after another and said, "Immediately announce our proposition, and ask the Elders to find out the ins and outs of this matter first, instead of rashly starting a war against the Terrans, reiterating the dangers of the previous two-front battle, and making the people fundamentally realize that impulse cannot solve the problem! ”

"Understood. ”

This kind of practice is equivalent to going against the Council of Elders, Elder Qian is equivalent to setting up his own foyer, in fact, after the assassination incident, he had such an idea, and made a decision that he would never go to the Alliance Elders' House in the future, and all the orders issued by Elder Zhao would have a fierce attitude of resistance.

For the rebellious behavior of Elder Qian's faction, Elder Zhao didn't take it seriously at all, the Protoss was completely enraged because of the matter of the seventh detachment, and the previous two medium-sized shuttles that went to the Holy Heaven Continent were shot down by the Terrans, and the new and old grudges added up, like a powder keg falling into Mars, and it broke out in an instant.

In the Council of Elders, Elder Zhao gathered a group of loyal teams to discuss how to reverse the unfavorable situation, and the Protoss urgently needed a victory to boost morale.

This is indeed important because of whether the Presbyterian Church will continue to call the shots and whether the people will continue to support every decree issued from here.

Someone proposed: "We should use a surprise attack, with a small fleet as the mainstay, plus two fleets responsible for attracting enemy firepower, and cooperate with each other, as long as the real main fleet can land on the Holy Heaven Continent, no one can stop the footsteps of the Protoss warriors." ”

Someone immediately chimed in: "That's right, even if it's just a team of a few hundred people, it can kill the Terrans, and even directly attack the palace, kill their emperor, and avenge the dead clansmen." ”

"Once the other party's emperor dies, the morale of the human race will drop to the freezing point, and they will completely surrender to us and take the initiative to become vassals of the divine realm!"

Elder Zhao smiled, the idea of these people was even his heart.

Lei Shaoyuan frowned and stood aside, worried about the safety of the human race.

Elder Zhao glanced at him and asked, "Elder Lei, do you have any disagreement?"

Lei Shaoyuan raised his head and said, "The opinions raised by everyone are very good, but I am worried that if the news leaks out, the Terrans will prepare for an ambush in advance, and the people we send can only have one result, that is, to die." ”

Elder Zhao looked at him with appreciative eyes and said, "Elder Lei is very thoughtful, if you want to succeed in this matter, secrecy is the most important link. Elder Ben has decided to use a surprise attack to retaliate against the Terrans, everyone present today must stay here and not leave until the operation is over, is there a problem?"

Everyone was silent, in case there was a real leak of information at that time, whoever dared to dissent now would definitely become the one who carried the black pot at that time.

Lei Shaoyuan regretted it, why did he come up with such an idea for Elder Zhao, I hope that there must be no problems with the air defense work of the human race, otherwise the matter will be really serious.

But if you can't send the news, you can't control what the outcome will be.

Just as he was flustered, an attendant walked in and whispered to Elder Zhao, "Elder Li asks to see you." ”

Elder Zhao's eyes lit up, Elder Sun had already fallen to Elder Qian's camp, making Elder Rang feel like he was alone, if he could win Elder Li over, this unfavorable situation could be resolved.

He had sent people to show goodwill to Elder Li several times before, but the other party was unmoved.

Now that Elder Li can take the initiative to come over and ask for a meeting, it means that there is still hope for this matter.

Elder Zhao secretly made up his mind that no matter what kind of conditions were offered, he had to bring Elder Li over and consolidate his strength.

"Please Elder Li come to my office and serve good tea!" Elder Zhao commanded, then turned his head to look at Lei Shaoyuan: "Elder Lei, you come with me to see Elder Li." ”

Lei Shaoyuan smiled, hugged his fists and said, "Obey." ”