May 11, Haoyuan Dynasty.

Palace.

In the main hall, several ministers craned their necks and stared at their toes, silent.

Inside the main hall, Yuan Shimao sat alone on the throne, frowning.

Although the Haoyuan Dynasty successfully repelled the Wasteland Army, kept the imperial capital, and thwarted the Wasteland Army's attempts to attack in many other directions, Yuan Shimao's mental state did not recover, but became more and more depressed.

Because after a short truce, instead of withdrawing troops from the territory of the Haoyuan Dynasty, the Huanggu Emperor Dynasty sent an additional million troops to the large-scale attack on Haoyuan.

Up to now, the Haoyuan Dynasty has lost nine of the twelve northern provinces, and only three are still struggling.

But when the battle came to this point, the Haoyuan Dynasty was already weak, and the last three mansions might not be able to hold it.

And he also had to consider the possibility of the Ancient Emperor Dynasty continuing to increase troops, once the Ancient Emperor increased his troops, not to mention the three mansions, the entire Haoyuan Dynasty would fall into a dire crisis!

As soon as he thought of this, a nameless fire poured out of Yuan Shimao's heart, swept all the artifacts on the case to the ground, and gritted his teeth.

"Damn the Great Xia Dynasty! Perfidious villain! ”

"I said that I would join forces to fight the famine, but what was the result? It's been more than half a month, but they won't even let out a fart! ”

"Even, he also entertained the envoys of the Ancient Emperor Dynasty, and he frowned at the former enemy! Damn it! Damn it! ”

Listening to Yuan Shimao's scolding, several ministers shrank their heads lower, but there was some slander in their hearts.

Why hasn't Great Xia moved for a long time, why has you been reluctant to help, don't you have any points in your heart?

At the beginning, people sent envoys to talk about cooperation, but you are good, without saying a word, you directly threw out the matter that the Great Xia army did not greet in advance and fought in Haoyuan, and wanted the Great Xia side to give you an explanation......

You don't want to think about it, is it time to mention such a thing at such a critical juncture?

Taking a step back, Great Xia wiped out more than a million desolate ancient armies, but it solved the siege of the imperial capital in disguise and helped Haoyuan a lot, you don't thank you, you still want to ask for an explanation, do you think it's appropriate?

That's it, for the conditions put forward by the Great Xia Dynasty, you actually refused, and properly wanted to let the family work in vain, don't you want to think about this possibility?

It's good now, Haoyuan doesn't need to pay any price to Great Xia, but what the Ancient Emperor Dynasty took from Haoyuan is a hundred times more ruthless than those conditions in Great Xia?

At this time, you complain that people don't have help, and you don't feel blushing?

Of course, slander is slander, but no one really dares to show it, let alone say it directly.

"No! You can't just sit back and wait! ”

Yuan Shimao suddenly looked ruthless, and raised his head to stare at Qiao Xu, the master of the Qingyun Guard.

"The Ancient Envoys are returning today?"

Qiao Xu's heart jumped, and he had a bad premonition, but he could only nod his head hard.

"Your Majesty, according to the intelligence, it is indeed so!"

Yuan Shimao touched his chin and suddenly smiled sadly.

"You say, what will happen if the Emperor and Empress of the Ancient Dynasty and the people of the Ancient Envoys die in the territory of Great Xia?"

As soon as these words came out, several ministers shook their bodies in fright, and their faces turned pale.

Just without waiting for these courtiers to speak, Yuan Shimao said to himself again.

"As long as they die in the territory of Great Xia, even if it can't be proved that Great Xia did it, Great Xia can't get out of it!"

"At that time, the two sides will turn their faces, and Great Xia will have to start a war with the Wild Ancients! In this way, the pressure on my Haoyuan Dynasty will be greatly reduced, and there will even be hope of regaining the lost territory! ”

"Okay, this is a good ......"

Looking at Yuan Shimao, who was a little crazy, several Haoyuan ministers were all frightened.

"Your Majesty! Never! ”

An old minister knelt on the ground with a thud and persuaded him sadly.

"When the emperor and queen travel, how can they not have the protection of a powerful supreme? Moreover, it is impossible for the Great Xia side to ignore the escort of the Desolate Ancient Envoy Group, the combined strength of the two parties, with the background of my Haoyuan Dynasty, it is impossible to assassinate, let alone directly bury the entire Desolate Ancient Envoy Group! Unless hundreds of thousands of elite troops are dispatched to besiege it! ”

"But the army and ears and eyes of Great Xia are not blind and deaf, let alone hundreds of thousands of troops, even if it is a few thousand, I'm afraid it will be difficult to blend in!"

"At that time, the matter will inevitably be revealed, and I, the Haoyuan Dynasty, will also completely offend the Ancient Emperor Dynasty and the Great Xia Dynasty at the same time."

"A small part of the power of the Ancient Emperor Dynasty has already exhausted my Haoyuan Dynasty, if Great Xia joins in again, I Haoyuan, but I will really lose the country!"

After this person, the others also knelt on the ground and tried to persuade each other, for fear that Yuan Shimao would go crazy and kill himself!

"Your Majesty, what Master Su said is right, this is the road to the abyss!"

"Your Majesty, I don't know what kind of power is still hidden in your hands, and I don't know how powerful this force is. But no matter how powerful it is, it will never be able to kill the Ancient Emperor and Empress! Your Majesty, this must not be done! ”

"Your Majesty, the posture of the Ancient Emperor of the Guanhuang Dynasty should just be to take down the northern region of our dynasty to save face. If the twelve northern provinces are lost, they will be lost, and there may not be no chance to regain them in the future, but we can't drag the entire dynasty into the abyss of destruction! ”

“……”

Listening to the endless exhortations and objections, Yuan Shimao's mind that was carried away by anger instantly cleared, and he was secretly a little afraid in his heart.

He didn't know how he came up with such a dangerous idea, but fortunately he was successfully pulled back.

It's just that he just kept his mouth shut like this, and Yuan Shimao felt that he couldn't hold his face again.

After being silent for a long time, Yuan Shimao suddenly rolled his eyes and smiled coldly.

"What are you afraid of? I didn't say we wanted to do it ourselves. ”

Several ministers were stunned for a moment, and most of their hearts that had already mentioned their throats fell in an instant, but they were still a little nervous.

"What does Your Majesty mean?"

"Looking at the world, you say that you don't want to see the Ancient Emperor Dynasty get out of the quagmire of war, and there are still the strength to intercept and kill, how many forces are there?"

Hearing Yuan Shimao's question, Qiao Xu said without thinking: "There should be three parties." ”

"The first, the Moro Dynasty. Needless to say, everyone understands this. ”

"The second, the Emperor of the Firmament Dynasty. The two great imperial dynasties, Cangying and Desolate, have been secretly competing, and they regard each other as their biggest rivals. Therefore, the Cangying Emperor Dynasty also has this motive. ”

"The third one should be the Chunhua Holy Sect. Although the Chunhua Holy Sect has been quite stable over the years, this is actually only on the surface, and in secret, the Chunhua Holy Sect's infiltration of various forces can be quite ferocious, which shows that they also have the intention of coveting the entire world. ”

"Of course, this only shows that all three parties have this motivation, but they may not do it."

Yuan Shimao frowned and said unhappily: "Oh? Why? ”

"Your Majesty, wounded dogs are the easiest to go crazy! Right now, the Ancient Emperor Dynasty is the injured dog, if a certain party assassinates the Ancient Emperor at this time and destroys the Ancient Ancient Envoys, it will only stimulate the ferocity of the Ancient Emperor Dynasty! Once the matter is revealed, they will only cause trouble for themselves, and at the same time give other forces the opportunity to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight. ”

"Moreover, the Great Xia Dynasty is also not easy to provoke. They had no reason to take the initiative to provoke Great Xia. ”

"So, Chen thinks, this is not very likely."

After listening to Qiao Xu's analysis, Yuan Shimao was a little disheartened, but he refused to admit it.

"Really? I don't see it that way! ”

"Wait and see, if the Ancient Envoy wants to go back safely, it's not that easy!"

Qiao Xu's expression froze, and he lowered his head and stopped talking.

After a moment of silence, the old minister from before stood up.

"Your Majesty, the minister believes that the top priority is to promote a tripartite alliance as soon as possible, so that the other two parties can send troops as soon as possible to contain the power of the Desolate Ancient Emperor Dynasty and relieve the heavy pressure faced by our dynasty!"

Hearing this, Yuan Shimao's face sank, and anger appeared in his eyes again.

"Alliance, Alliance, why don't I want Alliance? But if you look at their responses, is it what it looks like to be an alliance? ”

"My Haoyuan Dynasty is miserable enough, they even want to cut meat from my body! It just doesn't make sense! ”

The old minister's face twitched, and he gritted his teeth and said: "Your Majesty, compared with the destruction of the country, what can a small price be counted?" ”

"Moreover, Chen believes that those two parties will not be too unwise, and they should understand what the fall of my Haoyuan means to them."

"For thousands of years, the reason why the Ancient Emperor Dynasty has not been able to destroy our three parties and unify the entire Heavenly Desolate Domain is because our three parties have watched and helped each other?"

"If my Haoyuan is gone, sooner or later both of them will have to be swallowed by the Ancient Emperor Dynasty!"

"Therefore, the old minister is willing to take the initiative to ask Ying, send envoys to both sides, and persuade them to send troops at the lowest cost!"

Qiao Xu frowned, and after a little hesitation, he still opened his mouth.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that there is no need to pay the price for the two sides to use troops to contain them. Because there are all kinds of indications that the Ancient Emperor Dynasty also wants to get out of the state of war as soon as possible, and their target should only be the twelve northern provinces. ”

"Once their goal is achieved, they will definitely stop fighting immediately!"

Therefore, the minister suggested that the last three mansions should be abandoned directly. In this way, we will not only be able to immediately get out of the difficult battle situation, but also be able to withdraw the elite army that has experienced life and death on the front line, so as to preserve the vitality of our dynasty as much as possible. ”

"As long as we can concentrate on recuperation, I believe that after the chaos starts in the future, we will definitely be able to regain the lost homeland!"

"Should?"

The old minister's eyes widened, and he stared at Qiao Xu with an angry face.

"This is a big matter related to the survival of my Haoyuan Dynasty, how can Lord Qiao Wei decide the big plan with a guessing heart? What if the Ancient Emperor Dynasty is still not satisfied? ”

Qiao Xu frowned and immediately began to refute.

Listening to the fierce arguments between the two, Yuan Shimao was one head and two big.

At the critical moment, a eunuch walked into the temple.

"Your Majesty, a letter from the General!"

Yuan Shimao was in good spirits and hurriedly took the letter in his hand.

After reading the ten lines at a glance, Yuan Shimao took a long breath and made a decision.

"Decree, withdraw the troops!"

(End of chapter)