Encroaching step by step, digesting the invaded territory little by little is the basic routine of many small countries, and it has become the basic routine of big countries step by step, which is relatively safe, not easy to break their stomachs, and has relatively high reliability.

Moreover, as long as the integration work is done well, the people in the occupied areas will soon be integrated into the aggressor country and become a family, and after a few generations, they will forget their former motherland and happily become the people of the new country.

The life of the common people is not easy, whoever is better to the people, the common people will be with whom, the old saying is good, the king treats me as a countryman, I will repay the countryman, the king treats me as a passerby, I repay it as a passerby, so as long as the invaders are better to the people, the people in the occupied areas will gradually recognize the invaders, and even slowly develop into a family.

The reason why the territory of the Chinese Empire is getting wider and wider is because of the continuous annexation and integration of small surrounding countries in the development of thousands of years, so the territory has gradually become larger, and after a long period of integration, many ethnic groups have naturally become a family, and even, they can't distinguish each other.

For example, to build a house, it is also the same reason, you need to wait for the cement below to solidify, before you can continue to build the upper layer, if you are in a hurry, do not wait for the cement below to solidify and continue to build a house, it is very likely that the tragedy of the building collapse.

In the later generations, similar things have indeed happened, causing irreparable damage to many families.

Gradually encroaching, then consolidating, and then becoming stronger, and then encroaching, so that a small country can gradually expand its control and slowly develop into a strong country.

The Lion Country has taken a very pragmatic path, if no one stops him, let him develop step by step, it will not be long before all the land of Nantianzhu may be annexed by the Lion State, after all, in history, the Lion Country has pointed the spearhead at the far away country of Pyu, if it were not for the help of Nanzhao, the country of Pyu would have been annexed by the Lion State.

For the Lion Country's step-by-step encroachment routine, how can King Ero of Nan Tianzhu not know it, he will not believe the promises made by the Lion Country, he understands very well that the Lion Kingdom can occupy so many of their ports in one go, it is definitely not a good kind, the reason why peace talks are proposed is because of the limited appetite, can not eat too much in one go, for fear of breaking the stomach, once he agrees to the unreasonable requirements of the Lion Country, it will not be a few years, the Lion Kingdom will become stronger, and when the time comes, his Nan Tianzhu will fall into a more sinister situation, It is possible to destroy the country.

Since he understands this truth, the king of Nantianzhu, Ero, is naturally unwilling to agree to the request of the Lion Kingdom and wants to regain his land, but he suffers from not having such strength, which makes him a headache.

The many small countries contacted were all unwilling to help, and watching Nan Tianzhu's strength be weakened made Ero feel even more desperate.

In the case of insufficient strength, Nan Tianzhu seems to have only the option to passively accept the unreasonable demands of the Lion Kingdom, and if he does not agree to the requirements of the Lion Kingdom, there will be unpredictable consequences.

Hero predicted that if he did not agree to the unreasonable demands of the Lion Country, the Lion Kingdom would send the main force of troops and horses to continue to attack Nan Tianzhu, snatch more land from Nan Tianzhu, and even launch a war to destroy the country, so that Nan Tianzhu would die faster.

But at the same time, it is also possible to arouse the fear of many small countries, so as to bring enough foreign aid to themselves, and everyone will work together to fight against the lion country.

Resisting the Lion Country, whether it is the fate of being annihilated, or whether it can bring enough foreign aid to oneself, which of these two situations will happen, these are all unknown.

Hérault is not very old, and he has some adventurous spirit, he is not willing to agree to the request of the Lion Kingdom, because it means that the Lion Kingdom can consolidate the fruits of victory with peace of mind, and with the help of the east wind of the Tang Dynasty to open up the Silk Road, he quickly made himself extremely powerful, strong enough to annex the entire subcontinent, once this happens, even if the entire subcontinent comes to help, he will not be able to defeat the Lion Kingdom.

If you are in peace for a while, you will inevitably lose your country after many years, and if you resist, you will soon lose your country, or you will unite many small countries to achieve final victory.

What kind of situation, Hérault thought about it again and again, but he was still unsure, and he didn't know how to choose, he wanted to ask the ministers to give him ideas, but these ministers were too disappointed for him.

Relatively speaking, the king of the Lion Country, Khulam, is naturally in a very good mood, and he looks excited at every moment.

It only took half a year to capture the important supply port on the opposite side, which made the Lion Kingdom grasp huge interests, and it was impossible not to be excited.

The ministers under Khurram were also very happy, and they were able to get a piece of the new land, and many of the ministers got a lot of the land, and they also had their share of the port's revenue.

"It's been three days, why is there no news from Nan Tianzhu."

Kurram was slightly impatient.

"Your Majesty, after all, this involves the face of the Nantianzhu royal family, they won't agree too quickly, let's wait a few more days."

The minister replied.

"Face, haha! The army of Nantianzhu is vulnerable, and nearly ten ports have been easily occupied by us, all of which are already like this, what kind of face do they talk about, and they do this more. ”

Kurram laughed haughtily.

"His Majesty said yes, but since they will agree sooner or later, we don't need to be in such a hurry, let's give them more face! After all, they are also not a small country. ”

The minister said with a smile.

Kulam smiled and said: "This is not good, we can't let them delay indefinitely, we have to give them a deadline, if they still can't agree to our request after the deadline, we will continue to attack and attack their royal city directly." ”

After speaking, he had a domineering face.

"Your Majesty, we have spent a lot of money to attack these ports, and the royal city of Nantianzhu is easy to defend and difficult to attack, if we really attack their capital, I am afraid that there is not much chance of victory, it is better for Xu Tu."

The Chancellor spoke out about the difficulties faced by the Lion Nation.

"If you don't have a chance of winning, you have to put on an offensive posture, and we must force Nan Tianzhu to accept our conditions, which is our mission that we must complete."

King Coolam said very arrogantly.

"Your Majesty, how much time do you think is appropriate?"

The minister asked.

King Kulam thought for a moment and said: "Ten days, give them ten days at most to think about it, now three days have passed, give them another seven days, tell them that after seven days, they must give us a satisfactory answer, otherwise, the elite soldiers and horses of my Lion Country will definitely step on their Nantianzhu." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The minister replied.

The Lion Nation has always been a strong people, and the reason why they are so strong is said to be because their ancestors were bad people who were inferior to beasts.

This is also the origin of the name of the Lion Country, according to legend, a long time ago, there was a woman, on the way to marry to a neighboring country met the Lion King, because the bride in the car was scared to flee for their lives, the bride in the car was led into the mountain by the Lion King. Later, the woman got along with the lion for a long time, and she had a relationship, and gave birth to a boy and a girl, who looked like people, but had a very vicious temperament. When he grew up, the son asked his mother, "Am I a man or a beast?" My mother had no choice but to tell what had happened to her. The son said, "Since man and animal are not of the same kind, why don't you leave it?" The mother replied, "It's not that I don't want to leave, it's that I can't escape." ”

Later, the son followed his father, secretly inspected, found out the way out of the mountain, took advantage of the lion king's journey, escaped from the mountains and forests with his mother and sister, and returned to his mother's country, but unfortunately, his mother's parents had passed away, and there were no children and grandchildren, so he had to temporarily live in the village.

After the lion king returned to the mountain, he did not see his wife and children, he was anxious and angry, roared down the mountain, pounced when he saw people, and many people were killed. The king himself led his troops and horses to shoot around. When the lion king saw this, he became even more angry, roared loudly, and the man turned on his back, and no one dared to approach again. The king had no choice but to offer a bounty for shooting. At this time, the son said to his mother, "We are hungry and cold, so why don't I go and enlist." ”

His mother stopped him and said, "No, though it is a wild beast, it is your father, and if you kill him, what difference will there be between a man and a wild beast?" But the son did not listen to the admonition and insisted on going, and the mother had no choice but to watch him go with tears in pain. When the lion king saw his son, he was tame and happy, and let his son rely on caressing, but the son was taken by surprise and took out the hidden sharp blade and stabbed the lion in the throat and stomach. The lion king loved his son deeply, endured the pain and did not move, looking at his son sadly and suspiciously, until he died of anger. After the lion king's death, his body turned into a mountain rock.

Although the king was happy, he also wondered why the lion king had become so tame when he saw him. Under repeated questioning by the king, he confided the truth. After hearing this, the king sighed and said, "Only a man like you who is inferior to a beast can have such a vicious heart that even his own father can bear to kill him." Although I announced a reward, but you killed your father and rebelled, and the laws of heaven and the country cannot tolerate you. Then the king gave him gold by the covenant, but prepared two other great ships and banished his brother and sister to the sea.

Later, my brother's boat drifted on the vast sea for many days, and finally came to a beautiful island and stopped, where my brother lived and had children. I don't know how many generations have passed, the population has increased, and the monarch and ministers have been established, and the name of the country has been set. Because the ancestors had the deeds of killing lions, it was called the lion country, which is the Sri Lanka of later generations. The younger sister's boat drifted west to the Persian Gulf, where she was captured by a ghost and gave birth to many girls, establishing the Western Women's Kingdom.

The daughter country that Tang Seng once passed on the way to the west is said to be the West Woman Country, and it is also a very magical country.

From the origin of the name of the Lion Country, it can be seen that the people of the Lion Country are fierce and strong, and it is precisely because of this that the Lion Country has become much stronger than the surrounding countries.

The deadline, which means an ultimatum, is a warning that if the Southern Tianzhu court fails to agree to the territorial claims made by the Lion State within seven days, it will be attacked by the Lion State.

This deadline was soon brought to the court of Nantianzhu by the foreign minister of the Lion Country, and handed over to the minister of Nantianzhu.

"Your Majesty, this is the letter of the Lion Nation, and they have given us a deadline to give them a satisfactory answer after seven days, otherwise they will gather their troops and launch a large-scale attack on us."

The minister respectfully handed over the credentials of the Lion Kingdom.

King Ai Luo of Nantianzhu trembled slightly with his hands, took the national letter of the Lion Kingdom, and after taking a look, he closed it nervously.

"Your Majesty, what should we do, there are only seven days left, and you must give an answer."

The minister also has no idea.

In fact, there are still a few people who have not returned, and they are going to countries farther away to ask for help, but, according to the calculation of days, when these people come back, they will exceed the deadline given by the Lion Country, so they really can't count on it.

"Do you think that as long as you agree to the conditions of the Lion Kingdom, they will not continue to invade our Nantianzhu?"

Hérault asked.

"Since they have already made a promise, they shouldn't be able to talk and don't count!"

The minister said.

Ero said: "This is the conspiracy of the Lion Country, our best ports are occupied by them, so that in a few years, the gap between us and the Lion Kingdom will be even greater, and when the time comes, they will be able to easily destroy us, and at this moment, they may not be able to break through our royal city, so ......"

"Your Majesty, are you planning to fight to the death with the Lion Nation?"

The minister was surprised.

"There is a saying in Datang that long pain is better than short pain, since it will inevitably die after many years, why not take advantage of the strength now and work hard?"

King Ero of Nantianzhu, Zhengse said.

"Your Majesty, you must think about it, the strength of the Lion Kingdom is much stronger than ours, once the fight starts, even if the royal city can be defended, we will still lose more land, and when the time comes, the loss will definitely be great."

"Your Majesty, our hope of defending the Lion Kingdom is really not very great, if we can live a few more years, why rush to die?"

The ministers were generally pessimistic, feeling that they could not withstand the attack of the Lion Nation at all.

"Have you gained the benefits of the Lion Country, how can you think about the Lion Country everywhere, let me tell you, as long as the Lion Kingdom dares to attack our royal city, East and West Tianzhu will definitely not sit idly by, as long as we can hold on for some more time, when the Lion Kingdom is tired, many small countries that refuse to help us will come to help, and they will not watch the Lion Kingdom annex us? This threatens their interests. ”

King Ero of Nantianzhu expressed his opinion.

"Please think twice, think again."

The ministers were clearly reluctant to go to war because they had huge interests, and if a war started, many of them would be lost.