Chapter 1278 Reflection and progress
"What should I do in this situation now?" Emperor Jingping asked again after drinking all the tea.
"Don't you want to negotiate peace? Then let's talk." Zhao Wei said: "But we have agreed first, it's a false discussion, and make a gesture, and then slowly drag it down, so that the Great Sun Demon Kingdom can fight to the death with the Tianyu Empire with confidence."
"Yes." Emperor Jingping nodded and said, "I guess the Great Sun Demon Kingdom may not really want to seek peace. It is just because the situation is forced to do so. I also want to paralyze us first and take out my hands to solve the Tianyu Empire first. Even the Great Sun Demon Kingdom may even want to pull us into battle to fight against the Tianyu Empire."
"I guess this is the idea of the Great Sun Demon Kingdom, so let's talk about it." Zhao Wei said: "We will not enter the palace again for the time being. We just can see how many ghosts and monsters are hidden under the muddy water in the capital."
After the two sides agreed, Emperor Jingping quietly left again. With his current strength, if he really wanted to hide his whereabouts, there were really not many people who could see through it.
Since then, the envoys of the Great Sun Demon Kingdom continued to lobby everywhere, and the civil and military ministers in the court quarreled every day for war or harmony. Emperor Jingping did not express his opinion easily, but just watched coldly.
As for Zhao Wei and Liu Yulinglong, they have never been to court since that day. They claimed to be sick and need to take some rest.
No one would believe that such a reason is true, but just regards it as an excuse, thinking that they are a move that they know it is difficult to control the riots.
It’s not that no one was worried that Zhao Wei and Liu Yulinglong would be angry, and then they took the butcher knife again. Many powerful ministers who had clamored for a few days were even more trembling. Later, they saw that nothing happened, but they just thought that the two were really afraid, so they became more and more arrogant.
Then there were memorials such as impeaching Zhao Wei, Liu Yulinglong and even Xia Fan's arrogant and domineering intentions.
Only Emperor Jingping knew what he thought about, but he kept these memorials and did not send them out. It felt like he had acquiesced, so that many ministers who were already ready to move became more and more energetic.
Peace talks are of great importance, so naturally they cannot be discussed just by talking.
However, the increasingly louder and louder peace talks in the court of the entire Han Dynasty made the envoys of the Great Sun Demon Kingdom feel that the Han Dynasty did not want to continue the national war, and then the corresponding information was passed on.
It was precisely with such information that the Great Sun Demon Kingdom began to gradually shift the focus of the war to the Tianyu Empire.
Especially after a while, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty let go in the court and said that he could talk, the Great Sun Demon Kingdom breathed even more relief.
Even for a huge empire like the Great Sun Demon Kingdom, fighting two countries with equal strength at the same time is definitely not an easy task. Now one side is willing to negotiate, and whether it can succeed or not, it will be enough to breathe a sigh of relief.
The Tianyu Empire could not understand the current situation and then sent envoys to Hanjing to lobby around.
The envoys from both sides were busy, and they were trying to win over this minister today and that minister tomorrow. Therefore, the debate on whether to negotiate or not in the court of the Han Dynasty became more and more intense.
During this period, Yukongyue's three-tribe coalition forces were never moved, and the soldiers of the Han Dynasty under Mu Yandang were only mobilized within the territory captured by Yukongyue, helping to stabilize the situation and suppress those hard-working elements who refused to surrender to the Han Dynasty.
The only troops led by Xia Hu, Xia Lei, Xia Yu and Xia Xue were still continuing to attack the cities and land.
However, their troops belonged to the Western Xinjiang. They were nominally under the jurisdiction of the Han Dynasty, but in fact, since Xiahou was named King of Zhen, everything within his fief was completely autonomous.
The Han Dynasty had no way to interfere. It was like this before, but it was still like this now.
At least on the surface.
Therefore, if Emperor Jingping requested several requests from the envoys of the Great Sun Demon Kingdom during the peace talks, the two countries should completely stop some war behaviors, they could only helplessly express their helplessness.
The Great Sun Demon Kingdom is not stupid. Of course, I know that Emperor Jingping may not be unable to control it. Most of them are too lazy to care about it, but some things can really be seen but cannot be explained. So I can only send troops to increase the attack on Xia Hu and the other four soldiers.
In fact, the number and combat power of the troops in Xia Hu and others cannot be compared with the coalition forces of the three tribes, so naturally it will not have a particularly significant impact on the current situation. At most, it will be disgusting the Great Sun Demon Kingdom.
The Great Sun Demon Kingdom, which can distribute most of its troops, can finally start a war with the Suma Tianyu Empire with confidence.
Some time ago, the Tianyu Empire took advantage of Yukongyue's attack and really took advantage of the fact that it was really cheaper to follow him, and at the same time, it also pushed the front lines of many places into the territory of the Great Sun Demon Kingdom.
War is very cruel, and wherever it appears is a catastrophe. This is not only a military disaster but also a man-made disaster.
Therefore, if you really have to fight a war, you will think of pushing the battlefield into the empire.
Although doing this will cause some losses in the geographical location, fortunately, it won’t feel bad about it anywhere if it is broken.
Now that the Tianyu Empire has pushed the front line, the Great Sun Demon Kingdom will naturally not be seen. The first thing to do is to recover the lost land, and then turn around and fight into the Tianyu Empire.
It was not difficult for the Tianyu Empire to capture the territory of these Great Sun Demon Kingdoms, because they basically did not make much effort, and just followed Yu Kongyue's troops to get a bargain.
At that time, the defenders of the Great Sun Demon Kingdom were frightened by the attack of Yukongyue. Faced with the attack of the Tianyu Empire, they basically abandoned the city and fled without any strong resistance.
But now it is not easy for the Great Sun Demon Kingdom to regain these lost territory, because the Tianyu Empire will never easily return the things it has obtained.
Besides, the Tianyu Empire knew very well what the Great Sun Demon Kingdom wanted to do, so of course they did not want the war to burn into their own yard, so they were determined to block the Great Sun Demon Kingdom's army and reinforced the city that was about to be stolen.
When the Great Sun Demon Kingdom came, there were naturally many loopholes to be exploited. Moreover, this battle can only be won but not lost, so the army of the Great Sun Demon Kingdom was all red.
As a result, as soon as the two sides started fighting, the situation became unusually tragic. The city-defense formation collapsed shortly after lasting, and then it became a cruel city offensive and defensive battle. The number of casualties on both sides increased as the battle increased.
What's even more terrifying is that both sides used the trick of turning the corpse into a zombie. In this way, the cruelty on the battlefield is far greater than before.
"It's so miserable!" The scouts of the Han Dynasty who were ordered to observe the situation couldn't help but shake their heads, but their faces were full of smiles.
For the Han Dynasty, neither the Great Sun Demon Kingdom nor the Tianyu Empire were good things. Now they are biting dogs here, which is really a welcome thing.
"I deserve it."
"That's right, if the Great Sun Demon Kingdom wants to invade us, what would have happened if it weren't for the prince's blocking him."
"How could we say that the prince is amazing? If it weren't for him, how could we watch the fun here leisurely?"
"The prince is mighty!"
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These scouts talked in a verbal way. The prince they said was Xia Fan.
After Emperor Jingping ascended the throne, he did not mention anything about appointing Xia Fan as king. After all, for Xia Fan, this was definitely not a glory, but more of a humiliation.
If Emperor Jingping really did this, Xia Fan might not be so, but Zhao Wei and Liu Yulinglong might turn against him on the spot.
Because although the title of King is noble, he is above ten thousand people, but he is still below that person, and after all, he is still a minister.
If Emperor Jingping really wanted to be the king of Xia Fan, he would have to determine the status of the king and the ministers, which would be equivalent to saying that Xia Fan was short of him. Who can accept such a thing?
Besides, how did Emperor Jingping come from when he was the throne? It was not because he had the ability to earn it back and rob it back, but because Xia Fan gave it to him.
If he was equivalent to the emperor, Xia Fan could do it at any time, but he did not. Instead, he gave up the emperor's position to Emperor Jingping.
On the other hand, Emperor Jingping named him king, which is not a humiliation. What is this? Even if Xia Fan doesn't say anything, his subordinates will definitely make a fuss.
Because of this, Xia Fan did not have a title in the end, and he didn't even have an official position, so his title became varied.
Officials like Mu Yandang generally respectfully call Xia Fan a master. Although it is a bit inappropriate, it is a respectful title. And ordinary soldiers have more names. Some call Xia Fan the prince, and think that he will definitely be able to be king in the future. Some call him the Grand Marshal.
No matter what he said, everyone is full of respect for Xia Fan. After all, Xia Fan has made great contributions to the current situation by fighting, and no one can deny it.
In particular, the soldiers at the lower level were extremely grateful to Xia Fan, because they saw how cruel the war between the Great Sun Demon Kingdom and the Han Dynasty was, so they realized how difficult it was for them to live well.
Just as the Great Sun Demon Kingdom and the Tianyu Empire were striking, Xia Fan sat cross-legged in the quiet room in Moyun City, patiently sorting out and recuperating the injured soul.
The soul is extremely important to the practitioner, but it is not static. Especially as the practitioner's strength continues to increase, the soul will also undergo some changes as it gradually becomes stronger.
This kind of change may be good or bad, so practitioners need to pay attention at all times, otherwise a ray of evil thought will arise and may become a deadly inner demon.
At this time, Xia Fan not only sorted out his soul and removed the drought and preserved the essence, but also sorted out his experiences of over 10,000 and learned from them.
Life can always be improved through repeated reflections. The same is true for cultivation.
In addition to recuperating his soul, Xia Fan was also recalling and sorting out his understanding of the great way, and at the same time sorting out his understanding of the rules of the world in his heart.
Chapter completed!