Chapter 462: Showing Weakness
After all, Ye Junwen is the generalissimo of the empire, and now controls all the armies of the empire (nominally), so he must attend this emergency meeting. This is the first time Ye Junwen has participated in a meeting in the palace, and it is not that he was not called before, he just found an excuse and didn't go, but this time he couldn't hide and had to participate.
Ye Junwen was already the last person to arrive at the palace at this time, the other ministers didn't dare to be so arrogant, and let the emperor wait for you, but of course Ye Junwen had privileges, especially this kind of military meeting, he was much more useful than the emperor, he didn't come, everyone had to wait.
"Imperial Marshal Serina has arrived!" Soon the voices of the palace guards came, and the ministers quickly stood up and looked at the front door of the main hall. At this time, no matter what these ministers think in their hearts, of course they have to serve Ye Junwen on the surface, isn't it just cleaned, who knows if this cleaning is over, no one wants to be the next one.
Soon Ye Junwen walked into the palace hall, of course, Selena also followed Ye Junwen, at this time, it didn't hurt for her to show up in front of the ministers, if everyone knew who she was, Ye Junwen would at least be able to hold out for a while if she was not in the future.
Ye Junwen also looked at the situation of the palace hall, the last time he came was when the palace was attacked, at that time it was really a mess here, but now after sorting out, it is really much better. looked at the Beverly above, this is the first time Ye Junwen has seen Beverly in formal clothes, what I saw before was basically wearing private clothes, it is true that people rely on clothes, this Beverly is wearing the queen's clothes quite like it.
Ye Junwen's position is a little next to the emperor, a step lower than the emperor, except for him, no one dares to grab the position. Of course, Ye Junwen didn't give Beverly any salute, and walked directly to his seat and sat down, and Selena also consciously stood behind Ye Junwen.
"Okay, what's the situation?" Ye Junwen asked lightly.
"Your Excellency, Marshal." A civil official here stepped forward and said, of course, Ye Junwen didn't even know who this civil official was, and he couldn't name any of the people here, "In the morning, we suddenly received a declaration of war from the Saigus Empire, which was really very sudden, and there was no warning at all before this, and the other party suddenly announced a war." It's a shame! β
As he spoke, the other party handed Ye Junwen something like a document. At this time, Ye Junwen was also very familiar with the words on this side of the other world, and after a little look, this declaration of war was indeed written by the emperor of the Saigus Empire, which probably meant that a region called Messister had been the sacred territory of their Saigus Empire since ancient times, and it was inviolable, and now this land was in the hands of the Holy Wieland Empire, so they were going to launch a war to fight for the territory.
Of course, this kind of excuse for war is really random to find, yes, I said before that the three empires of the human race often go to war, and there are really many excuses for war between the three countries, and you can start a war by picking one out at random, so this reason is not the point at all, and there is no point in arguing about this, even if you prove that the Messister region is the territory of the St. Willan Empire since ancient times, it is useless for people to change their excuses to continue fighting.
At this time, it is naturally useless to compromise, people definitely don't want the land in the Messister area, even if you give them they will immediately turn up another excuse, this is known to everyone, so this meeting is to discuss what the other party wants and how to deal with it.
"At present, the Saigus Empire must see that the empire is newly established and has an unstable foothold, and wants to take the opportunity to attack us." The minister here said, "The other party's purpose is definitely not a simple territorial issue, I think the other party's meaning may be to find a way to destroy us." β
"The Prime Minister is right." Another minister next to him said, at this time, Ye Junwen knew that the person who gave him the letter of resistance before was the prime minister of the St. Weilan Empire, the so-called prime minister is the head of the civil officials, and Ye Junwen, as the head of the military attachΓ©, has never even seen the other party, and this is no one.
"Your Majesty, it is useless to compromise, you can only resolutely fight back at this time." The prime minister here continued.
The hatred between the three empires of the human race is not something that can be said clearly in one sentence, so the prime minister said that he wanted to fight back, and everyone basically agreed, even if he couldn't fight, it was impossible to surrender, everyone thought so. It's just that most people don't know whether they can beat it or not.
Yes, as civil officials of the empire, no one can say how much combat strength their empire's army has, they don't know at all, everyone looks at Ye Junwen, and only Ye Junwen has come to tell them about this question.
"Hit ...... It's beatable. Ye Junwen also spoke at this time, "But I don't want to fight at the moment." β
"Huh?" Everyone was stunned, and they didn't want to fight.
"I don't have any money." Ye Junwen spread his hands, "Just after the war, where is there so much military spending now, although I robbed a lot in other places, but the money is not in place immediately." β
Whether it will be in place right away, these ministers don't know, the money that Ye Junwen robbed will naturally fall into his own pocket, of course, it is impossible to hand it over, Ye Junwen will not take out the money himself now to post it to the treasury to fight for them.
"But the marshal......"
"Don't worry." Ye Junwen interrupted the prime minister who was about to speak here, and said, "Actually, things are not so troublesome, even if we have the money to afford the army now, and it is useless to be able to defeat the other party, at present, the human race has three empires." β
"Your Excellency Marshal is saying...... Masodra Empire? However, the Masodra Empire has just experienced a war, they have fought with the barbarians to their north, and they are also very weak at present, it is estimated that the Saigus Empire will see this opportunity and will take the opportunity to attack us. The prime minister said.
"Of course I do." Ye Junwen nodded, the war with the Masodra Empire was the war that Ye Junwen made his fortune in, of course he knew that the Masodra Empire finally withdrew due to domestic accidents, "It's just that even if they are very weak now, it is related to such a thing, and those who smash the pot and sell iron will also send troops." If the Cygus Empire really annexes us, they will also be doomed to them, so if there is a crisis on one side of this war, they will definitely send troops. β
"In other words, if we defeat the Cycus Empire, the Masodra Empire will also send troops to help them?" Although the prime minister said a question, the meaning was yes, and he had already asked and answered himself.
"So I don't say it's useful." Ye Junwen said, "At this time, we are smashing pots and selling iron to send troops, it is better to let the Masodra Empire smash pots and sell iron, and let them send troops." And if you want them to send troops, just make them think we're doomed. β
"In other words, the marshal means us...... Weakness? The prime minister asked.
"Yes." Ye Junwen nodded, "If you send troops directly to the border, it will cost the people and money, and we don't have so much money at all, so it's better to wait here for the enemy's troops to come, once the troops of the Saigus Empire break into our territory, the Masodra Empire will not be able to sit still when they get the news, in order to maintain balance, they may raid the other party's territory to force the other party to return to the army or something, of course, the Saigus Empire should also think of this, there must be defensive troops, and when they go to war, Let's settle the army that has entered our country, and then we won't have to worry about the people of the Masodra Empire coming to intervene again. β
"This ......" The ministers discussed one after another, to be honest, they felt that Ye Junwen's plan was quite good and reasonable, but was it a bit too bold to directly give up their own land, wouldn't it be a huge blow to their national strength if the enemy entered their land and burned, killed, and plundered.
"But Marshal, if the enemy's army enters our territory to burn and plunder, will this have a bad effect on us? This is the first war between the three empires since the new emperor ascended the throne, and we are so weak that in case the people ...... the new emperor."
"In the end, don't you win?" Ye Junwen directly interrupted the prime minister's words and said, "No matter how much trouble the people made before, as long as they won in the end, it would be written off." β
Ye Junwen's words gave everyone a headache, this win is of course the same as Ye Junwen said, but if they lose, won't they all become traitors who resist passively, and if the enemy doesn't solve them, the people will kill them.
And Ye Junwen didn't seem to see this, and continued: "Of course, you can't be defeated all at once, otherwise it will be too obvious, and the people of the Saigus Empire are not idiots, so even if they are defeated, it is not so obvious...... By the way, I just have a solution. β
"Marshal, what is the solution?" The Prime Minister asked.
"The border between the Segus Empire and our empire seems to be defended by the troops of the Fourth Legion, right, then we will tell them to let them defend it." Ye Junwen said.
"Alas...... This ...... "Everyone was shocked, yes, it is not clear whether the Fourth Army is loyal to their troops now, you let them defend to the death?"
"Of course, it is impossible for a legion to hold it, the enemy seems to say that he wants to send 500,000 troops to conquer us, 500,000 must be fake, but 200,000 or 300,000 is definitely there, and a legion can't stop it, so let the third legion go to the fourth legion station as a reinforcement."
"This ......" Everyone was shocked again, yes, I didn't expect Ye Junwen to do this at this time.