Many people looked at the exquisite and elegant "Youlan Collection" on the bookshelf, and they all showed envious eyes, but they could only look at it.

Of course, there are not a few people who can afford it, Yulan City is a more prosperous city than the capital city of Yong'an City, not to mention that now there is another Cuiyun City, although it is mainly homeless, but there are also rich businessmen among them, even if they can't understand it, buying a copy and putting it on the desk is also a status symbol.

And for readers, they can't put it down, and the poems in it are not as good as even Xiao Xiang's monk Zhou Yunxi, and everyone is vying to collect them.

As a result, 10,000 copies of the poetry book were sold out that night.

Most of the people from wealthy families and literati and writers buy "Youlan Collection", while ordinary people prefer "A Thousand Charming Thousand Words" because the words in it are easy to understand and rich in life philosophy.

Many people buy both.

The two books about Mu Qianmei have become the most discussed topics on the streets for a while, and from this, they talked about her imminent official canonization as the king.

The two cities that were disturbed seemed to suddenly become full of vitality, and the expressions on people's faces changed from numbness and despair before to full of hope.

Mu Qianmei didn't have time to pay much attention to the things outside, at this time, she was holding a meeting of the core personnel in the conference room on the twelfth floor of the City Lord's Mansion in Cuiyun City to discuss the specific actions of the next step.

There were still more than 30 people in the conference room, and Mu Qianmei, who was sitting in the main seat, spoke first:

"The situation in the West Rain Country is becoming more and more severe, our Cuiyun City and Yulan City are the closest to each other, if we don't join forces, sooner or later they will be broken by others, we now have a million troops, which sounds like a lot, but almost all of them are newly recruited recruits, who have not been on the real battlefield, have not received the baptism of war, and their combat effectiveness cannot be compared with those soldiers of a hundred battles."

"Fortunately, there are two million defenders of the imperial court in Yulan City, they are the strongest foundation for our defense of the city, and our recruits must strengthen their training and improve their combat effectiveness as soon as possible in order to deal with the upcoming war."

"And for the five million troops who are fighting on the front line, it would be very good to have a maximum of two million that can be safely withdrawn in the end, so that the number of troops we have in the end is five million, and this amount of strength is obviously too small to complete the national defense war of our Xiyu Country."

"The biggest opponent in the country is Wu Changkong, the army in his hands was originally only four million, but recently it has grown extremely fast, because after our emperor was assassinated, many people went to join him, and now the total strength is about six million."

"And the strength of our front line is only attrition, not increase, in the next retreat, there will be continued losses, two phases of attrition, in the end we are only about two million, and the opponent may have four or five million."

"In this way, it is a situation of equal strength, and if you continue to fight a war of attrition, you will still lose both sides in the end."

"However, we can't afford to consume it anymore, because the current Xiyu Country, the other four countries have already stationed troops, and the Demon Realm is eyeing the sidelines, if they still fight a war of attrition with Wu Changkong, they will reap the benefits, and they must not let that happen."

"Therefore, we must unite with other feudal forces as soon as possible, point the spearhead of the war at foreign forces, temporarily break away from the civil war, drive out external forces, and then resolve internal contradictions."

"This is a big strategic direction, and the specific details will be discussed slowly later."

"Now the court of Yulan City, after many splits, the number of people left in the court is less than thirty percent of the original, but the two or three percent left behind are precious, whether it is the experience of handling state affairs, or the loyalty to the country, they are all people who can stand the test of time."

"Next, our Cuiyun City and Yulan City will unite, and then reorganize, our Cuiyun City is mostly young people and is more radical, while the civil and military generals of Yulan City are more mature and stable, for us, it is not good to be too radical and too conservative, neutralization is the best combination."

"For future wars, we must advance and retreat in a certain way, and the way of civil and military affairs must be relaxed one by one, so that it is possible to find a glimmer of life in the cracks."

"If the four countries are united, their army will exceed 100 million, and it is impossible to win in a head-on battle, because even if we succeed in uniting all the feudal forces, and even with the addition of the gangs in the rivers and lakes, we will only have 20 million troops in the end."

"And we have a weak follow-up, and it is already difficult to increase troops at home, unlike the other four countries, they have no domestic consumption, so they can continue to replenish their troops while fighting."

"We don't have any chance of winning, we can only choose to outwit, and there will be a glimmer of hope."

"What do you think?"

After discussing each other for a while, an older man spoke:

"The so-called outside must first be at home, I suggest that we first solve the battle with Wu Changkong, and then deal with external forces wholeheartedly, otherwise, when we start a war with other countries, if Wu Changkong attacks from behind, our situation will be even more difficult."

Many people nodded their heads in agreement with the old man's words, and a young officer also said loudly:

"That's right, we will defeat Wu Changkong first, we will have no worries, and we will drive foreign forces out of the country."

The tone was full of resentment, as if Wu Changkong was a thousand times more hateful than foreign forces.

The people present expressed their positions one after another, and about two-thirds of them advocated first, after all, Wu Changkong still exists, as if he is stuck in the throat, and you don't know when he will give you a fatal blow from the rear.

Mu Qianmei also understood everyone's thoughts, but she still patiently explained:

"Whether to go outside or to settle inside first, this involves the question of what is the main contradiction and what is the secondary contradiction."

"When external forces did not intervene, the main contradiction in the country was the contradiction between the royal family fighting for the throne, and at that time, the main enemy of the imperial court was Wu Changkong."

"However, when he united with the Demon Realm, and then let the four countries settle in the country, the main contradiction changed, the internal struggle has become a secondary contradiction, and the main contradiction is the contradiction between domestic and foreign forces, if Wu Changkong still has a little vision, he should unite with us, drive the enemy out of the country first, and then continue to solve the internal strife."

"Of course, judging from the fact that he can cooperate with the people of the Demon Realm, he does not have this vision, so there is very little hope for the alliance to be external."

"If the troops are sufficient, we can solve the internal contradictions first, but our troops are only barely equal to the other party, and it is very irrational to continue fighting with Wu Changkong at this time, and when both sides are defeated, it is the time when the Xiyu Kingdom is destroyed."

"Compared with the two, it is naturally more urgent and important to save the country, and only for this reason can we unite most of the feudal towns as much as possible, and I believe that those who have foresight will choose to join us."

"If we unite enough people, we will not be afraid that they will sneak up on us from the rear, and this side will focus on defense first, and if we succeed in repelling foreign forces, then we will have enough time and energy to deal with internal contradictions."

After listening to Mu Qianmei's analysis, everyone was a little conflicted for a while.

This is actually a dilemma, it is a long process to get outside, and it is unknown whether it can defeat the four-nation alliance in the end, and the hope is very slim anyway.

In the battle with the four-nation coalition forces, the casualties will definitely be very serious, and at that time, what kind of troops will be used to resolve the internal contradictions?

The other old man continued:

"Whether or not the four-nation coalition can be expelled from the country is unknown, and judging from the comparison of forces alone, we have no chance."

"And even if we succeed by luck, we will definitely pay a heavy price, and at that time, how will we face Wu Changkong, who has enough troops?"

Everyone's faces were full of tangled and contradictory looks, so after thinking about it, both choices were not in their favor.

Whether it is the first outside or the first inside, you will have to pay a huge price, at that time, the soldiers are outnumbered, there is only a dead end, pay such a big price, but can only marry people, this seems to be a dead end.

It's wrong to be outside, and it's wrong to be inside.

Mu Qianmei's eyes swept over everyone's faces, and she naturally understood everyone's tangled psychology, and then continued to explain:

"We can't look at the problem from a static point of view, the situation of the war will change every moment, our five million troops will not always be five million, and it will definitely continue to increase in the future, and the premise of the increase is to have a correct position."

"If the civil war continues, it is an internal contradiction, everyone is very disgusted with such a war, and the people of their own country are fighting each other, who wants to participate in such a war?"

"Therefore, if we choose a civil war, it will be difficult for us to unite more people, and it will be difficult to increase the number of troops."

"It's much easier to go outside, everyone has the same hatred, no one wants to be willing to be a slave to the country, and it becomes much easier to unite more people."

"The so-called righteous more help and less help for the unjust, what we have to choose is the avenue, only by choosing the avenue will we win the hearts of the people, and those who win the hearts of the people will win the world."

"As for the consequences of fighting outside, as I just said, we can only outwit, not fight, and it is best to provoke contradictions among other countries, so that they can also compete and consume each other, so that we can find a glimmer of life from it."

"This is our best choice, think about it, is this the truth?"

The crowd began to talk about it again.