"You reacted very quickly. However, what I want to win -" Zhong Shengguang praised him, but the baton slowly moved from the Baling territory to the west, "- is here!"
He Lingchuan looked at it and was a little surprised: "Xianyou?"
Although half of Xianyou's territory has been conquered by the Red General, cough, the other half is the hardest nut to crack, especially since the Baling Kingdom is standing in the way.
The northeast passage to Baling was blocked, so why did Zhong Shengguang want to attack Xianyu instead?
"The Tongren passage is blocked by the volcano, and Bejia cannot send reinforcements to Baling in a short period of time, which is conducive to our attack on Baling." Zhong Shengguang said with a smile, "Baling also knows this very well, and the peace request letter was delivered to me last night.
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Baling asked for peace? "Lord Zhong is ready to accept their peace request?"
"Why not?"
"I'm afraid this is a delaying strategy. When Beijia's support arrives, Baling turns his back again."
"It's not impossible." Zhong Shengguang took a few steps, "But in the past year and a half, Baling has repeatedly shown goodwill to Panlong City; five months ago, we opened the market with Baling at the border; three months ago
, both sides have reduced entry and exit tariffs."
He Lingchuan suddenly realized: "No wonder there are more and more specialties from Baling in the city and in the market recently."
He was busy leading troops in Seymour Ridge, and Panlong City had changed too much recently. He didn't know the details of these trade matters, otherwise it would be easy to deduce the conclusion, that is, the relationship between Panlong City and Baling Kingdom.
Is easing.
Fight and relax at the same time.
This is interesting.
Emperor Ouyang frequently occurred. Lingshan's assistance greatly increased Panlong City's strength and rapidly expanded outwards. Xianyou was an example, and was beaten until it screamed.
But now He Lingchuan was reminded by Zhong Shengguang, and when he thought about it more carefully, Panlong City did take less action against Baling. He only conquered a few cities and then stopped. The bilateral relations bucked the trend and heated up, and they actually started doing business.
It's just that in the context of the war, these businesses were not very visible.
It turns out that Baling and Panlongcheng had been secretly communicating with each other for a long time?
"Why is the mausoleum so arrogant in front and respectful in the back?"
Ten years ago, Ba Ling was the vanguard in the invasion of Panlong Wasteland, and his attitude towards occupying the cities in the wasteland was even greedier than that of Xianyou. It was only three or four years ago that Panlong City took back these territories one by one.
Zhong Shengguang lost his hand and said: "The reason is very simple. In the past, he was strong and I was weak, but now offense and defense are mutually exclusive."
He Lingchuan understood.
Before and after Zhong Shengguang rewarded the gods, Panlong City wanted land but no land, people and no one, and money but no money. The Baling Kingdom wanted to pinch the weak persimmon, so it bullied it to death.
Now that Panlong City has strong soldiers and horses, and iron hooves trampling across the wasteland, Baling Kingdom speaks softly and wants to restore good neighborly relations.
Zhong Shengguang couldn't help but sigh: "When you become stronger, people around you will greet you with smiles. The same is true for the country."
He Lingchuan also said: "Now Bejia's protection of Baling is not so thorough."
"Mr. Baling is a smart man, and his figure is much softer than Xianyu." Zhong Shengguang shook his head, "Half of Xianyu's land has been taken over by us, and he still barks at us."
One is flattering, the other is swearing. Who will Zhong Shengguang slap? The answer is clear at a glance.
"The King of Baling wrote to me, reaffirming his good-neighborliness and friendship, and saying that the western and southwestern borders are preparing for spring harvest for the people's livelihood. He begged to avoid war." Zhong Shengguang asked, "What do you think this means?"
"A war-free card has been put up in the west and southwest?" He Lingchuan looked at the sand table, pondered for a few moments, and suddenly felt ridiculous, "Could it be that Baling is hinting to us that it will stand idly by?"
Xianyu is on the west side of Baling, but now Baling says that he will have a spring harvest on the western front and will not fight.
The implication is clear: it doesn't want to take action in the coming months.
"Could it be a trap?" He Lingchuan raised a reasonable question, "Even if it's not, if we attack Xianyu, can Baling suppress Beijia's pressure and not send reinforcements?"
Zhong Shengguang asked him: "Leave aside Bejia's pressure, which one do you want to attack first, Baling or Xianyou?"
"Of course it's Xianyu." He Lingchuan did not hesitate, "Xianyou is weaker than Baling in terms of territory, population, logistics, and combat power."
"In years of famine, the weak will be eaten. This is an old saying in Panlong Wasteland." Zhong Shengguang lit the sand table, "You admire the strong and bully the weak. This is also the old tradition of Ba Ling. If Panlong City must send troops, Ba Ling will
Ling hopes that the target is not him, and he will probably sacrifice Xianyou."
Baling knew very well that neither he nor Xianyou could defeat Panlong City together, and Bejia couldn't count on him for a while, so the best way to protect himself was to push a companion out to feed the wolves.
After Panlong City captured Xianyu, it took a long time to digest.
He Lingchuan thought about the real history. Xianyu died long ago, but Baling survived until his time.
There is a reason behind it.
"However, troops are unpredictable. Once our offensive is not strong enough or we encounter trouble along the way, the Baling Kingdom may wait for an opportunity and turn its back and send troops." He Lingchuan also reminded Zhong Shengguang, "As you said, Lord Baling is a smart man.
Once he thinks there is an opportunity, he may no longer sit back and watch."
"Yes, so our attack on Xianyu must be thunderous." The baton moved on the sand table, "We must use lightning speed to capture the capital of Xianyu, just like we captured the Xixi Kingdom."
The main focus is the word "fast".
All tactics in the world can only be defeated quickly.
He Lingchuan straightened his back and said seriously: "Please give the order, Commander."
Sure enough, the smoke is about to rise!
In this wilderness, peace is never short-lived.
If Zhong Shengguang wants to attack Xianyou quickly, he must first make top-secret and thoughtful arrangements. He Lingchuan took a deep breath:
Finally, I can lead the army and enter the main battlefield!
Zhong Shengguang saw through what he was thinking at a glance and waved his hand: "Don't be impatient, your battlefield is not in Xianyu."
Ha? He Lingchuan was stunned.
If not in Xianyu, where else could I be!
It was rare for him to show his emotions on his face. Zhong Shengguang couldn't help but smile: "Don't worry, your Seymour soldiers have other uses!"
He Lingchuan composed himself: "Excuse me."
"I have other information here, about Silla."
The mother country of Panlong City, Xiluo.
Speaking of this, Zhong Shengguang's smile gradually faded.
"Years ago, after the West Luo Kingdom broke its trust with Panlong City for the first time, I did two things. One was to send people to sneak into West Luo, and the other was to get in touch with old friends in the West Luo court."
The West Luo Kingdom once ordered Panlong City to send elite troops back to the country to aid in the war, and promised that the people of Panlong City could return to the country. Zhong Shengguang did so, but the West Luo Kingdom broke the agreement. After this incident, Zhong Shengguang learned from the pain and was no longer gullible.
He wants to have first-hand knowledge of domestic developments.
"You and I both know that our motherland is weak, but today's Shiro is even worse than when the old king was in power!" Zhong Shengguang always gets angry when talking about these things. "After Shiro surrendered to Bega, Bega not only went west