Chapter 125: Self-Knowledge
The relationship between the two centaurs in 85_85536 is so complex and delicate...... However, this is only from the perspective of outsiders, there will be such an evaluation. The two people who have long been accustomed to such a relationship between a monarch and a minister, rather than a father and son, don't think there's anything wrong with such a relationship. Even the guards, maids, courtiers, and vassals around them felt that there was nothing wrong with this.
It's like this.
In the two years following the failure of the operation. Salilei was left by Sarida Khan to his side. In the summer palace of Kherson, the capital of the province of Tronica, on the shores of the Black Sea.
In the past two years, Salilei has been abiding by the way of his courtiers. And his cousin Xiàn also made Sarida Khan feel very comfortable. He also seemed to enjoy being respectfully by his side with a young man of great ability who was related to him.
That's it.
And Celier also feels good about this kind of life.
Although he does not have any power, he is not in a hurry. A cowardly position as a centurion of the Xue Army, as a prince, he doesn't care at all. Staying by Sarida Khan's side, he had a chance. As long as the table is a little better, please him, then power, status, and even the throne of the khan...... This qiē is within reach.
As the son of Sarida Khan, Sayrei knew his father's habits. Because of this, he desperately tried his best to show himself in front of his father. The appearance of Xiàn made him like the image of a son that Sarida Khan had in mind.
Today, he has a certain say in front of Sarida Khan. This made Salilei very happy and kept up the good work.
He sat on his knees at the foot of Sarida Khan—of course, that's the only way a centaur sits. While resting quietly, he was still observing Sarida Khan's expression......
Celire saw that he was smiling. It seems to be in a good mood.
This made Celile's mood relax a little. Companions are like tigers, and they must be extremely careful.
"Father Khan......" After seeing that Sarida Khan had read it and put the information on the case, he asked tentatively:
"What's written on it?"
"Interesting stuff. Sarida Khan reached out and tapped on the table. Beside him, a human maid respectfully picked up the information and sent it to Celile's side.
Celilei quickly skimmed through the content of the article. Then he changed his face - it was written about the series of changes that had taken place in the Grand Duchy of Mazovia in recent times. Needless to say, the protagonists are none other than the Hereford family.
The intelligence highlights the strength of the Hereford family. This strength is divided into two parts. In terms of martial arts, the new army of Circassia, trained by Count Otto, and in the civil service, William introduced a series of new policies.
After Sailile put down the text, his complexion became not very good-looking.
"What do you think?" asked Sarida Khan after this. He smiled, very relaxed, very relaxed to Celile. His tone was understated, as if he didn't take the rise of the Hereford family as one thing.
"The Hereford family. Very dangerous. I am afraid that it is the biggest obstacle to the khanate's stepping on Mazovia. Selilei weighed the words and replied, "If the Khanate wants to conquer the human world, it must first conquer the Ostrogothic Empire. To conquer the Ostrogothic Empire, you must first conquer the Grand Duchy of Mazovia. To conquer the Grand Duchy of Mazovia, then it is necessary to conquer the Hereford family. ”
"Hmm...... That's right. After a moment's deep groaning, Sarida Khan smiled and nodded. Saylilei heard his father Khan agree with him. Should have been happy. But he observed Sarida Khan's expression for a moment, but found no compliment, approval, or approval.
The city of his "father Khan" is much deeper than he imagined.
"Well, what does Father Khan mean ......," and Saylilei began to ask for advice.
This "consultation" was indeed partly intended to satisfy the vanity of Sarida Khan. But in the same way, Celier also understands that his father's insight, ability, and thinking are much stronger than his own. He really had the heart to learn from Sarida Khan.
Perhaps it was his sincerity that satisfied the Centaur Khan. After a pause, Sarida Khan decided to say something more in-depth to Sailile.
"Do you think we can really conquer the whole world?" asked Sarida coldly.
"......" he asked. Sailile was directly stunned. When he was a child, everyone instilled in him this idea, the centaur was the pride of the sky, the darling of Tengri, and the Tartariya Khanate was destined to reign over the world, conquer a qiē, and make the people of the four states submit to their feet.
No one has ever questioned this ambition. All centaurs. The young people, in particular, are passionate, arrogant and confident.
They highly recognized their own excellence and the strength of the Tartarya Khanate. It is believed that compared with the powerful khanates that are in full swing and control hundreds of thousands, many kingdoms in the human world are corrupt and degenerate, and they are vulnerable. When the time comes, the khanate's army stretches out its finger and pushes it gently, and the decaying human kingdoms will collapse like dilapidated houses.
Celier agrees with this theory. Although he is much smarter than other simple-blooded, confident, and even naïve centaur youths. But he also only believed that the khanate's path to conquest was not smooth sailing. As for the ultimate goal of the Khanate, he only thought that the timing was inappropriate. There are no problems with the rest.
"Isn't it?"
So Celier stammered a little, and asked in a daze. And to his surprise, Sarida Khan actually gave himself, a positive answer:
"It's not. ”
"......" For a while, Celile was so shocked that he couldn't speak.
"How is that possible?" said Sarida Khan, in his usual light-hearted tone:
"We are constrained by a powerful enemy on the outside, and we also have many contradictions on the inside. We have a large number and a strong quality army. But in terms of overall quantity and quality, it cannot suppress our enemy.
At the same time, the science and technology of the human world, as well as military science and technology, are constantly advancing. The military power of the human nations today is much stronger than it was hundreds of years ago, when the khanates rose. And other than that. The population of the human world is also much larger than that of the khanate.
More importantly, the subjugation of the entire human world was not at all in the interests of the khanate.
In the event of an all-out war with the human world, we will be locked in an endless, nightmarish protracted war.
The basic territory of the Khanate was only so large. The main ethnic group of the Khanate, that is, the centaurs, had only so many numbers.
We can't control too much territory. Even if we conquer a large amount of land in a certain period of time, we will have many problems due to indigestion.
We will reduce our deterrence and advantage over the vassal nations because of the losses of the main nation in the early war. We will also divide our forces because of the expansion of the war and the battle front.
To make matters worse, our army is not good at water warfare, woodlands against mountains. This requires us to maintain a large army of human vassals. We will have to divide our power with military power among them.
The wealth we have accumulated will also be lost in the ongoing war. At the same time, because of the war, farming, industrial production and trade will also be destroyed. The economy of the Khanate will also be in trouble.
So, in the end, do you know what the outcome of the Khanate will be?"
Salilei was almost stupefied by what Sarida Khan described. He was stunned and then asked:
"What will it be?"
"We're going to lose a lot. We will perish by losing too much wealth, by the centaur army, and by putting the human vassal armies in power.
Even in the most smooth and optimistic estimation. We occupy large swaths of the human empire, and we can even occupy the entire human world. But in the end, our result will inevitably be annihilated by the uprisings of the human world. In the end, we will even lose our original qiē. ”
"......" Celire still didn't know what to say. Sarida Khan looked at him with a demented appearance. Sighing helplessly. Finally, he made a concluding remarks:
"So, I never thought of an all-out war with the human world. I never thought of taking over the entire human world.
I'd rather have a smaller, steady, economically active, abundant, and militarily powerful Tartaria. Nor do they want a huge, chaotic, uncontrollable, army that rushes every day to suppress the rebellion and the collapse of the economy in Tartaria. My son. Do you know what I mean?"
"Ah...... That, that ......" For a while, Celier still couldn't answer. And Sarida Khan did not force him. He knew that the information that Celile had received indirectly at one moment was too big and too impactful. So I can't react for the time being.
It was only after a while that Celire let out a breath of turbidity. Barely came back to his senses.
It's just that after thinking about this matter for a while, the centaur prince was a little sluggish, and he looked at Sarida Khan with more admiration. But there was more pain.
“...... So, we can't conquer the whole world after all?" he asked.
"Yes, we can't conquer the whole world. Sarida Khan nodded, and continued, "However, this does not mean that we will be at peace. My baby. Our war with the human world will continue. At the same time, we will continue to annex human lands, plunder their wealth, and suppress them to prevent them from developing. It's just that nothing will change in what we do. It's just that what we do will be slightly different from what we advertise......."