The first day of the fifth month.

The imperial capital of Great Xia, the imperial palace.

【Ding! You are not afraid of the deterrence of the Imperial Dynasty, and kill the Ancient Emperor Emperor Taishen Jun Gu Qingke, domineering value +8000]

【Ding! You send a large army to defeat the invading army of the Ancient Emperor Dynasty, so that the Ancient Emperor Dynasty does not dare to commit again, shocking the world, and the overbearing value is +30000]

[Current overbearing value: 40,000.] 】

In the imperial garden, Xia Ao was sharing the bright sunshine and fragrant flowers with seven or eight concubines, and he didn't move the domineering value that had already accumulated 40,000, because he planned to directly exchange it for a diamond treasure chest after accumulating 100,000 points.

After all, the Ancient Emperor Dynasty is the master of one side, and it is much stronger than the comprehensive foundation of the Great Xia Dynasty, so the overbearing value obtained through those two things is quite rich.

The ambush battle of the Nanyuntan fleet and the battle of Eighteen Bays completely played out the bloody and majestic nature of the Great Xia army, which not only greatly dealt a blow to the arrogance of the Huanggu Imperial Dynasty, but also sounded the alarm to other forces that should not be offended, and it can be said that Xia Ao's psychological expectations were completely met and his goal of strategic deterrence was completed.

It's just that the Great Xia side also paid a certain price.

In addition to Yan Yunqi, all the elite armies that participated in the Battle of Eighteen Bay had a lot of casualties, adding up to more than 70,000 casualties, which was the first battle in the history of Great Xia in which there were large-scale casualties of the base army.

In view of the particularity of the Underlay Army, although they can recruit new pawns to supplement the aborigines, and the soul armor can also be passed on, ordinary new pawns cannot meet the strength needs of the Underlay Army at all, and rushing to fill it will only pull the entire army back.

Therefore, the replenishment of defective soldiers must be selected from the elite of the main battle army.

Even so, there is still a certain gap between the conditions of the base army.

Therefore, the imperial court had to give priority to allocating a batch of Yuan Jing and even Yuan Qi Essence to improve the strength of these alternate soldiers.

And to do that, it will take at least a few months to digest.

In addition, what Xia Ao valued the most was the thousands of battleship soldiers who generously died.

Although those battleship soldiers were just ordinary local soldiers, their exploits in the Battle of Nanyuntan were extremely prominent, not to mention the fearless sacrifice they showed! And the powerful deterrent that this brings to the ancient army and other forces!

Therefore, Xia Ao not only personally ordered to reward the families of all the battleship soldiers, but also ordered the establishment of a special battleship cemetery to bury all the battleship soldiers who died in the battle of Nanyuntan, and personally wrote an inscription for the cemetery!

When the martyrs' cemetery is completed on May 5 and the bones of the martyrs are buried, Xia Ao will also personally attend the memorial service to affirm and promote the fearless spirit of the Great Xia soldiers who are not afraid to sacrifice for their family and country, and inspire the military and the people of the entire imperial dynasty.

……

"Your Majesty, the Pavilion Master of Baixiao Pavilion and Zhang Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites ask to see you."

Wei Zhongxian walked lightly from a distance, and said towards Xia Ao with low eyebrows.

"Xuan."

Xia Ao swallowed the purple grapes that Gu Ruoyun fed to his mouth, and after swallowing them slowly, he asked the concubines to go to the distance to avoid them, and then waved his hand.

Although he did not summon concubines of different races to accompany him today, in order to avoid possible leakage between the concubines, he still asked the concubines to avoid them temporarily.

"Yes!"

Before long, Wei Zhongxian came with Bai Xiaosheng and Zhang Yi.

"Your Majesty!"

"No courtesy."

Xia Ao raised his eyes and looked at the two of them, and asked lightly, "What is the matter with the two Aiqing here?" ”

Bai Xiaosheng glanced at Zhang Yi, saw the latter nodding humbly, and immediately took a step forward to report first.

"Back to Your Majesty, the people of the Cangying Emperor Dynasty today spent a sky-high price to buy a piece of information."

"Oh? What is the information? ”

Xia Ao became interested and asked with interest.

Being called a sky-high price by Bai Xiaosheng, who is accustomed to seeing all kinds of transactions, shows the great price paid by the Cangying Emperor Dynasty this time.

And the information that the Cangying Emperor Dynasty wanted to know at a great cost, he was also very interested.

It is true that Bai Xiaosheng is a divine object, but as I said before, there are many things that Bai Xiaosheng, the master, cannot know in advance.

And to obtain all kinds of secrets, Baixiao Book also needs energy support, and this energy is Yuan Jing and Yuan Qi Essence!

The more stealthy the information, the more energy it consumes.

Of course, the more precious the information, the greater the benefits that Baixiao Pavilion can obtain, and a hundredfold windfall profit is considered commonplace.

Therefore, for all kinds of transactions, as long as it does not endanger the secrets of Great Xia, as long as the other party can afford the price, Bai Xiaoge basically does not refuse to come.

"Back to Your Majesty, the information bought by the Cangying Emperor Dynasty is the force behind the Eastern Desolation!"

Bai Xiaosheng responded softly, with a strange smile on his face.

"Oh?"

Xia Ao was stunned, obviously a little unexpected.

As for the secret behind the death of the little marquis of the Eastern Wilderness caused by the duel between the prince of the ancient wilderness and the little marquis of the Eastern Wilderness, no one in the world knows what it is, and it is also unsuccessful to get the answer from Baixiao Pavilion, because the people behind the scenes have already paid the free visit fee.

But for Baixiao Pavilion and the Great Xia Dynasty, this will naturally not be a secret.

Xia Ao was lamenting this matter before, but he didn't think that there were other forces behind the East Wilderness.

But Emperor Cangming's attack happened to point Xia Ao in a direction.

"Interesting ......"

"Then is there really any other force behind this Eastern Desolation?"

Seeing that Xia Ao's interest was getting higher and higher, Bai Xiaosheng's smile became even stronger.

"Back to Your Majesty, there is! And this answer, many people may not be able to guess at all......"

"Can't guess?"

Xia Ao raised his eyebrows, and did not rush to ask for an answer, but groaned.

"So, there should be two possibilities."

"First, the answer is right in front of you, but it will be subconsciously ruled out by people at the first time."

"If that's the case, then it can only be the Ancient Emperor Room. The Eastern Wilderness is not in harmony with the imperial family, and the world knows that it is separated from the ancient emperor, and there is a faint disobedience. Therefore, no one would think that behind the scenes of the Eastern Desolation is the Desolate Ancient Emperor's Room! ”

"But because of this, it is possible that the Ancient Emperor Clan will do the opposite, and calculate other opponents by creating the illusion that the two sides are not on good terms. For example, let the Eastern Wilderness Hou throw himself into the Cangying Emperor Dynasty, but at the critical moment, let the Eastern Wilderness Candidate fight back to win a major victory! ”

"Combined with the behind-the-scenes of the Shen Tu Xiu incident, this possibility is not small."

However, with Gu Haoran's temperament, it would be too difficult to lay out such a big game of chess. With that in mind, the odds are much smaller. ”

"Second, the reason why people can't guess this answer even after racking their brains is because the forces behind the scenes are like ghosts, almost unknown to the world."

"If this is the case, then the most likely thing to think is that it is the incomparably mysterious sea elf clan."

"At least before the beauty list was born, there were very few people who knew about the existence of the sea elf clan in the entire continent, and most of them only knew one name."

"In this case, no one will associate the Eastern Desolation with the Sea Elf Clan."

"However, if the Sea Elf Clan is really in the Sea of Returning, it is possible to connect with the Eastern Desolation."

"After all, the southern part of the Eastern Wilderness Prefecture is adjacent to the Guiming Sea, and the Sea Elf Clan may also covet the main continent, so they chose the Eastern Wilderness Hou as their agent."

"All things considered, the second of these possibilities should be greater?"

After listening to Xia Ao's analysis and speculation, Bai Xiaosheng couldn't help but show admiration.

"Your Majesty! As His Majesty said, behind the Eastern Desolation is indeed the Sea Elf Clan! ”

"This answer is indeed a bit unbelievable, through the eyes of the puppet of the Eastern Wilderness City, the minister also saw the shocked eyes of Ying Xiangjun, the head of the Emperor of the Cangying Dynasty, after receiving the information, obviously they had never considered the possibility of the Sea Elf Clan before."

"It's really a sea elf ......"

Xia Ao narrowed his eyes thoughtfully.

"If that's the case, then Dong Huanghou's actions are quite interesting...... I can't say it, the Ancient Emperor Dynasty will undergo drastic changes in a few years......"

Bai Xiaosheng smiled and didn't say anything, because although his overall view is not weak, his grasp of the current situation in the world is relatively average, and he is not sure what amazing schemes are hidden behind this.

"This time, I really want to thank the Cangying Emperor Dynasty, not only gave us a large amount of resources, but also gave us a piece of valuable information for free, which is good."

Xia Ao chuckled, and then looked at Zhang Yi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

"Zhang Aiqing, you are here, but the Ancient Emperor Dynasty has responded?"

"Back to Your Majesty, exactly!"

Zhang Yi came back to his senses from Fang Cai's astonishing observation, and hurriedly nodded affirmatively.

"Your Majesty, the people of the Ancient Emperor Dynasty replied that the Emperor of the Ancient Emperor had agreed to our request and promised to send an envoy to visit my Great Xia, and they also agreed to let the Emperor and Empress of the Ancient Emperor personally lead the team."

"Oh?"

Xia Ao raised his eyebrows in surprise, his eyes were strange.

In fact, he made this request just to tease the Emperor of the Ancient Empire, and then force the other party to hand over the generals who had led the army to invade Great Xia, so that he could use his head to pay tribute to the martyrs' cemetery.

But I didn't expect that the Ancient Emperor would directly agree!

Xia Ao felt a little regretful in his heart, but he quickly perked up again.

The ancient emperor Tong Fengjiao is the fifth best on the beauty list, and it is not bad to be able to see it this time and enjoy it up close.

What's more, he suddenly came up with an interesting idea.

"When will the Ancient Envoys arrive?"

"Back to Your Majesty, the preliminary consultation is the fifth day of the fifth month of May."

Hearing Zhang Yi's answer, Xia Ao immediately shook his head.

"No, try to get them to arrive early, in time for the fourth day of the fifth month!"

Zhang Yi was stunned and puzzled: "What is Your Majesty's plan?" ”

Xia Ao sneered, squinted his eyes and said: "The Martyrs' Cemetery on the fifth day of the fifth month of May is opened, and it is not the best tribute to those martyrs to invite the Emperor and Empress of Huanggu and the envoys of Huanggu to witness and worship?" ”

Zhang Yi's eyes lit up, but then he showed hesitation.

"Your Majesty, the previous war has been a great shame for the Ancient Emperor Dynasty, let them go to the martyrs' cemetery, wouldn't it reveal their scars and humiliate them fiercely? The minister is worried that this will provoke the other party and make it impossible to get off the stage......"

"Fury?"

Xia Ao sneered disdainfully.

"What about fury? It was their Desolate Ancient Emperor Dynasty who first came to invade my Great Xia, but it wasn't my Great Xia who provoked them first! ”

"In this situation, if I give them ten more dares, they will not dare to turn their faces!"

"If it makes me unhappy, I don't have to wait for the Eastern Desolation to make trouble in the future, I can immediately make his Ancient Emperor Dynasty fall into a quagmire and not be able to breathe freely!"

"Don't take care of them, just do what I say!"

Zhang Yi's heart sank, and she hurriedly bowed her head.

"Yes! Got it! ”

(End of chapter)