Chapter 178 Three-party game, Grant becomes a key pawn again!
Chapter 178 In the three-party game, Grant becomes the key piece again!
Author: Shengxiao Swordsman
Chapter 178 In the three-party game, Grant becomes the key piece again!
After announcing the organizational structure adjustment, Director of Administration Xun Yu also announced relevant personnel adjustments.
Among the three newly established departments.
The Ordnance Department is the best. It still retains the original team, Director Ou Yezi, Deputy Director Gong Shuqiu, Bage.
Yang Ning, former deputy director of the Financial Department, from Chongxian Hall, was promoted to director of the Audit Office.
As for the Director of Industry.
Because I need to be familiar with the industry, there are currently no suitable candidates, and I plan to recruit from outside.
I think there will be another wave of recruitment boom.
………
afternoon.
Tang Jing attended the unveiling ceremony of Changan Construction Group again.
The predecessor of Changan Construction Group was the construction team under the Construction Department (now upgraded to the Construction Department), integrating exploration, design, construction and supervision.
The business scope covers civil engineering, roads, bridges and water conservancy, etc.
It can be regarded as a giant in the construction industry.
The establishment of Chang'an Construction Group is an important step for the Lord's Mansion to move towards refined management. In accordance with the principle of "separating business from enterprise, separation of management and office", some institutional functions will be "enterprise".
Under the construction signature, in addition to the newly established Chang'an Construction Group, there are also Chang'an Port Authority, Mero Terminal Management Office, Meiling Hydropower Station and other enterprises and institutions.
It can also be regarded as "slimming down" the staff group.
………
the next day.
The Mermaid Tribe and Paul the Octopus have successively sent information - the Sea Dragon Clan has indeed been very lively in recent days, and from time to time the leaders of the vassal races are called to the Sea Dragon City to discuss matters.
After returning from Hailong City, the vassal races began mobilizing for war.
On the other hand, according to Fei Lian's investigation of the coalition forces, it was also discovered that in the past two days, the coalition forces were transporting grain and grass supplies to the border counties of Lorton County and Nash County.
In the land of two counties, there is not only one city.
Except for Loton County and Nash County, other counties have also built city walls, but in order to rush the work, they only built small cities with a side length of one kilometer.
It is equivalent to the palace city of Chang'an City.
Even so, these small cities will turn into war fortresses once a war breaks out.
It still has an effect.
"Sir, there are various signs that the Hai Clan is likely to join forces with the coalition forces to cause trouble." Du Ruhui said.
"Making trouble, okay."
Tang Jing was very calm, "It's a good thing that the Sea Clan didn't jump out. By jumping out, we just take this opportunity to eliminate the hidden dangers in one fell swoop, allowing the Chang'an Fleet to truly have unimpeded access to the Caspian Sea."
"It can also eliminate the threat to the east of Chang'an City and improve the safety index of the base camp."
If the Sea Tribe really wants to stay in the sea, then Chang'an really has no good way to deal with them. It can only choose to support the Mermaid Tribe and the Siren Tribe and develop checks and balances.
After all, the Chang'an fleet has never been large-scale.
Now the Sea Dragon Clan has taken the initiative to come ashore to provoke them, taking advantage of the opportunity to destroy them in one fell swoop.
"In a two-front battle, the coalition forces will definitely go all out to contain the three armies of City Guards, Fengxiang and Feixiong. It is unclear how many troops the Hai Clan can assemble this time."
It is really difficult to make decisions without knowing the enemy's situation.
"This is simple."
Tang Jing had an idea, "Aren't there still a thousand Naga warriors imprisoned in Chang'an Prison?"
"Send the three Naga warriors back and ask them to send a message to the Naga Queen. If you want these thousand Naga warriors to survive, then obediently hand over the information about the Hai Clan's attack."
"According to the information given by the Mermaid Tribe before, it is very likely that the Sea Dragon Tribe is willing to send troops to attack Chang'an City this time, and Queen Naga is among them to instigate it."
To this day, the Naga Queen does not know that there are still a thousand Naga people alive in Chang'an City.
This.
This became Chang'an's biggest lever to control Queen Naga.
It is true that the Naga Queen wants to take revenge on Chang'an, but these thousand Naga warriors are really important to the Naga tribe. It can be said that it is related to the survival of the species.
If Queen Naga is unwilling to disclose the information, or the information is wrong.
Chang'an executed these thousand Nagas.
In this way, even if Queen Naga succeeds in her revenge, she will be completely defeated.
Think about it.
In order to keep her people alive, Queen Naga doesn't mind being a kid once.
"Your Excellency is wise!"
After all, Du Ruhui was a latecomer and didn't know much about the previous situation in the territory.
I didn't expect this at the moment.
"With Queen Naga as the internal response, we are more than 70% sure of this battle."
"Then let's do this for now."
At the moment, both the Sea Clan and the coalition forces are still in the planning stage, so Chang'an can only adapt to changes and try to find out as much information as possible.
The accuracy of the intelligence will, in a sense, determine subsequent success or failure.
"Sir, on the coalition side, should Black Snake also talk to Grant and let Grant test out the coalition situation?" Du Ruhui suggested.
"Can!"
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Tara Province, Darke County.
In the last round of war between Chang'an and the Aztec Alliance, Chang'an was naturally the biggest gainer, and Grant actually made no more concessions and made a big mistake.
Relying on the cooperation with Chang'an, not only did they jump out of the war quagmire of the River Valley Province, but they also successively conquered Darke County, Louis County and Lanxi County in the southeast of Tara Province.
It occupies one-third of the land of Lower Tara Province.
Although he was labeled as treason because of this, he gained real benefits.
Absolutely no loss!
Recently, Grant has been intensifying his troops and preparing to capture Baruch County to the north of Darke County.
Once successful.
Then he can really be on par with Tara City State and become a veritable lord.
That is what the Alliance calls the great warlord.
In the just-concluded beast siege, the Aztec Alliance generally paid more attention to Lorton County and Nash County, which were in the limelight. Little did they know that Grant was also one of the biggest beneficiaries.
His new main city, Duck City, is on the verge of being promoted to a first-level county town.
Once promoted successfully.
Then Grant can truly secure his throne as the Aztec League champion.
The future is brighter.
But a piece of news he received recently made Grant suddenly unhappy.
According to the information he received, two days ago, at the request of the coalition commander Douglas, the alliance held an emergency council meeting to discuss the matter of sending troops to Chang'an.
I heard it was very noisy.
Naturally, Grant is not the focus of the alliance council's wrangling, but there is one thing that makes him have to pay attention -
At the alliance council meeting, Eric, the director of Tara Province, proposed that if he wanted the coalition forces of Tara Province to cooperate with the coalition forces in fighting, they must agree to one condition of Tara Province——
Before setting off for the expedition, first gather the strength of the alliance to assist the Tara Province in annihilating Grant's Ministry.
"The most important reason for the Union's defeat in the last battle was that it did not pay enough attention to the variable Grant, which led to Grant's treason and the subsequent total loss of the Union."
"Will the alliance make the same mistakes this time?"
"Last time, Grant was able to make a dirty deal with Chang'an. Will it not happen this time? If the war between the two sides is in full swing, Chang'an's army will use Grant's territory to attack the Tara Province."
"So what?"
At the Alliance Council meeting, Eric spoke righteously.
to be honest.
I just wanted to take the opportunity to use the knife of the "Union Army" to get rid of Grant, who was a henchman.
How does this not make Grant feel heavy?
If the Union really agrees to Eric's request, even if Grant is very confident in leading troops to fight, it is difficult to say that he can survive the front of the Union army.
After all, Darke County's total military strength is only a mere 200,000.
It's not even as good as the Tara Provincial Coalition Army.
Prior to this, the reason why Grant had the confidence to take the initiative to attack Baru County when the total strength was not superior was that the coalition forces in Tara Province had to fight on two fronts.
In order to guard against Chang'an.
The coalition forces of Tara Province stationed nearly 200,000 troops in the Oshan Fortress alone.
But now.
The situation seems to be reversed.
The only thing that made Grant feel a little relieved was that Eric's proposal was not approved on the spot at the alliance council meeting that day.
The most determined opponent was Douglas, the commander of the coalition forces.
The reason is also very simple.
"The Hai Clan will launch an attack on Chang'an City within a week. If the Alliance rashly starts a war with Grant at this time, not only will it lose troops, but it will also delay important events and miss the opportunity to deal with Chang'an."
The three counties occupied by Grant also had cities built on them.
It's not that easy to conquer.
As for whether the Hai Clan can wait for the Alliance to deal with Grant, the traitor, before attacking Chang'an City, this actually does not depend on the Hai Clan, but on the battle in the Beiluo Mountains.
Once the war in the Beiluo Mountains ends, the plans of the Hai Clan and the coalition forces will all come to nothing.
The time window left for them is not long.
Faced with Eric's appeal on behalf of the Province of Tara, Douglas's reply was-
"The coalition forces of Tara Province will first cooperate with the alliance's military operations. Once the war in Chang'an is over, it will not be too late to get rid of Chang'an, the personal nuisance, and then go back and deal with Grant, the traitor."
"Without Chang'an as a backer, it's not easy to deal with Grant."
Douglas said so.
"As for the Tara Province's worry that Grant will make peace with Chang'an again and allow Chang'an's army to attack the Tara Province through the passage, it is even more unnecessary."
"The coalition's operational goal this time is just to contain the enemy's three armies, City Guards, Fengxiang and Feixiong. If the Chang'an army really wants to use the road to enter the Tara Province, then it can be regarded as achieving the operational goal."
"It will be easy to gather the city and defend it when the time comes."
have to say.
Douglas's overall view is quite good.
Also successfully convinced Eric.
But in this case, it was Grant's turn to worry. If the Union really wanted to succeed, then one could imagine his fate as a traitor to the Union.
I felt a little regretful in my heart.
But there is no regret medicine in the world. For Grant, there is no turning back.
There is only one path leading to darkness.
With this in mind, Grant found Black Snake again and took the initiative to report the alliance's latest actions.
"..."
Black Snake, who had just received the mission and had not had time to act, was also slightly stunned.
Is this mission accomplished?
"Ahem, thank you sir for informing me!"
Although he was happy inside, Black Snake's face remained calm.
"Chang'an can block the attacks of the coalition forces and the Hai Tribe, right?" Grant asked tentatively.
When he was still the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, Grant's biggest goal was to capture Chang'an City. Now that he had become a great lord, he hoped more than anyone else that Chang'an City would be as solid as a rock.
One's safety is all tied to Chang'an.
"certainly!"
Black Snake answered resolutely, but the more Grant listened, the more guilty he became. He hesitated and said: "In Chang'an, if you have any plans or need help, just ask."
"I will definitely convey your wishes to my family as soon as possible."
Black Snake also felt Grant's sincerity.
………
Back at the Lord's Mansion, Grant was still uneasy.
As soon as he entered the door, Commander Willie of the Guards Brigade came to report: "Sir, the coalition staff officer Mike is here. Do you want to see him?"
"You're moving very quickly. Let's meet him then."
Grant's eyes were clear. He had guessed before that Douglas refused to send troops to attack Duck, so before the war began, someone must be sent to appease him.
Sure enough, it's Mike again.
"General!"
When the two met, Mike still used his original title.
"Um."
Grant, however, looked calm and said, "Douglas sent you here?"
"yes."
Mike did not deny it, and explained with a smile: "I came here this time because I also want to have a good relationship with the general. This time is the best chance for the general to truly return to the alliance and be accepted by the alliance."
"In a sense, it may be the only chance."
"Yeah?"
Grant looked playful, "So, I still have to thank the alliance?"
"Hey!"
Before Mike could answer, Grant changed the topic and said, "It sounds so nice. The alliance is just afraid of Dak's power and doesn't want Dak to fall to Chang'an at the critical moment."
Douglas wanted to persuade the three provinces to join forces to deal with Chang'an together.
But once Grant launched an offensive against Baru County during this period, the 350,000 coalition troops in the Tara Province would be basically tied up and unable to participate in the battle against Chang'an.
It caused the alliance to cut off its own arm.
Because of this, Douglas hurriedly sent Mike as a lobbyist.
"This is indeed the result the alliance wants." Mike did not deny it. "It would be even better if Dak could directly participate in the battle against Chang'an."
"What's the reason?"
"If Dak agrees to participate in the war against Chang'an, then the alliance promises to reach a true reconciliation with Dak and re-accept him as a member of the alliance."
"And General, you can also enter the alliance council in one fell swoop." Mike gave the conditions.
"What you say is better than what you sing."
Grant didn't believe it, "After An Zhi attacks Chang'an, will the alliance not just kill the donkey?"
The spy placed in the Alliance is very important even to Grant. Therefore, until now, he has not taken the initiative to reveal that he has learned about the "deal" between the Alliance and the city-state of Tara.
But the attitude is already obvious.
"General, are you worried that the Alliance will help the city-state of Tara to defeat Dak?" Mike laughed.
"Shouldn't I be worried?"
Seeing that Mike had spoken out, Grant no longer tried to hide it, "I am a traitor."
"Everyone calls for beating!"
"The general misunderstood."
Mike looked solemn and said in a deep voice: "Within the alliance, the only one who wants to eliminate Dak is the city-state of Tara. From the perspective of the alliance, having Dak is actually far better than not having Dak at all."
"You mean, checks and balances?"
Grant was so smart, he figured it out right away.
"The general is indeed a smart man."
Mike explained with a smile: "Once Chang'an is destroyed, the alliance's current unity will inevitably disappear. The provinces of Ika, Bit and Tara will turn from victims to the strongest.
"
"This is a situation that many people don't want to see."
"Especially the follow-up also involves the redistribution of benefits to the Valley Province."
"Specifically, when it comes to the province of Tara, rather than letting the city-state of Tara become the dominant force, the alliance would obviously prefer to see the two powers separate. How could they attack Dak?"