Chapter 889: The ministers of the Western Rain Country are puzzled
It seems that the reason why Long Chengyuan is entangled in his heart is that he is thinking about whether to defeat the more powerful Xiyu Kingdom by surprise first, or choose a more conservative way to defeat the weak Demon Realm first.
There are pros and cons to both methods, if you can defeat the West Rain Country by surprise, then it will be much easier to clean up the Demon Realm again, but it is more risky, because it is unlikely to defeat the West Rain Country, and if you fall into a protracted war, the situation will be very unfavorable.
If you defeat the Demon Realm first, and then attack the West Rain Country at the end, it will invisibly give the West Rain Country more time to prepare, and it will be much more difficult to defeat the West Rain Country at that time.
Of course, if the strength is strong enough, it is better to start a war on both sides at the same time, and if it succeeds, it will be able to dominate the world at a faster speed.
After thinking about it for a long time, Long Chengyuan still decided:
"Let's defeat the Demon Realm first!"
"The Demon Realm is now divided into two, Qu Linghao has fled to his hometown in the Demon Realm, here, Qu Yunyang is also in a coma, and the princess Qu Lingfei is in charge of the overall situation for the time being, how can she have any overall situation, the main thing is that Ye Wuyue and Tang Luo are making decisions, as long as they defeat Ye Wuyue and Tang Luo's army, it is equivalent to defeating the Demon Realm."
"At that time, we will be able to attack the Western Rain Country with all our might, and the success or failure will depend on the will of God."
After finishing speaking, he looked at the three people in front of him and asked:
"What do you think about the three of you?"
Long Zhantian, Yuwen Junxiong and Tang Yuansi replied at the same time:
"Your Majesty's will be obeyed!"
Long Chengyuan nodded and said:
"Then this matter has been decided, I will send a distress message to Zhou Shan tonight, and then I will wait for Zhou Shan's reply!"
Ye Wuyue and Tang Luo of the Demon Realm were still hesitating, Long Xiao Kingdom had already decided to take a risk, while on the side of Xiyu Kingdom, Mu Qianmei didn't know anything about it, and they had been busy cultivating with Liu Tingfeng recently, but they had raised their cultivation to the middle of the Tribulation Period at a very fast speed, and they were in the same realm as Liu Tingfeng.
After dawn on this day, Liu Tingfeng entered the Peach Blossom Secret Realm early and hid, and Mu Qianmei continued to go to the Heavenly King Hall as always.
In addition to Zhou Yunxi, Lu Zimo and Baili Hefeng of the original Xiyu Kingdom, there are also people from the Southern Star Country and the Heavenly Thunder Country.
Nan Buyi and Wei Wuji from the Southern Star Kingdom, Han Qi and Lei Zhenyu from the Heavenly Thunder Kingdom, plus the civil and military officials they brought, are now all courtiers of the Xiyu Kingdom.
It is said that thousands of troops are easy to obtain, and one general is hard to find, but the current Xiyu country is full of talents, and it can be regarded as the court with the most famous ministers, famous generals and strategists outside the sky.
Since Mu Qianmei's cultivation has been improved, the kind of momentum that she has invisibly emanated from her body has become stronger, sitting on the throne of the Heavenly King Palace, it seems that the entire court is shrouded by her momentum, giving people an invisible sense of oppression.
After the hundred officials saluted, Mu Qianmei glanced at the entire court calmly, and then asked slowly:
"According to the latest news from Qingping Division, Long Xiaoguo has been dispatching troops and stationed in the border fortress in the area occupied by the Demon Realm now, obviously preparing to start a war, what do all the Qing families think about this?"
As soon as she finished speaking, all the civil and military officials suddenly showed different expressions, some were surprised, some frowned, some fell into deep thought, and some seemed to have expected it and seemed very calm......
Since it was a court meeting, the adjacent officials began to talk to each other softly, Mu Qianmei looked at the different reactions of everyone in the court, then withdrew her gaze and began to flip through the music on the table in front of her.
Zhou Yunxi and Lu Zimo stood side by side, the two old ministers can now be regarded as the important ministers of Xiyu Kingdom, with their profound knowledge and rich experience, many things can be viewed from a higher perspective, and there will be a sense of calmness when they are solved.
However, for this matter, both of them showed solemn expressions, because Long Xiaoguo was preparing to go to war at this time, which was an extremely irrational behavior according to common sense.
Anyone can see who is the first to go to war in the current situation of the Three Kingdoms, and who does not have the advantage, with Long Chengyuan's vision and experience, it is impossible for him not to understand, why did he still choose to start a war in the Demon Realm?
With the current strength of the Longxiao Kingdom and the Demon Realm, it is bound to be a lose-lose situation in the end, wouldn't it be a situation for the Xiyu Kingdom to win without a fight?
Long Chengyuan has done so many things before, and the ultimate goal is to dominate the world, how can he make wedding dresses for others?
After Zhou Yunxi and Lu Zimo glanced at each other, they both showed the same puzzled expressions on their faces.
Lu Zimo first said softly:
"Mr. Zhou, in your opinion, what kind of medicine is sold in this Long Chengyuan's gourd?"
After Zhou Yunxi groaned slightly, he replied softly:
"We don't know what cards he has, but one thing is for sure, he will never insist on opening the battle when he knows he will lose both."
"Since he dares to start the war, it must be something to rely on, we should think about it, what else can he rely on?"
Lu Zimo nodded slightly and said:
"He will never do thankless things, let alone let us Xiyu Country pick up a cheap one for nothing, but, from the bright side, the current Longxiao Kingdom is on par with the power of the Demon Realm, even if it is slightly stronger, the advantage is not obvious, does he have any hole cards that we don't know?"
Zhou Yunxi muttered:
"Does he still have an elite army hiding in the shadows?"
Lu Zimo shook his head and said:
"No way, if he still had the strength, he wouldn't have been so passive before."
Zhou Yunxi said casually: Everyone
"Could it be that they have contacted the remnants of the North Moon Kingdom who have taken refuge in the Snow Ann Forest?"
Lu Zimo thought for a moment, then continued to shake his head and said:
"There are also people from our Qingping Division and Suzaku Hall who have been watching from the Beiyue Kingdom, as long as there is a slight change, we can get the news immediately, they haven't made any moves recently!"
Zhou Yunxi seemed to be lost in thought, and continued to mumble to himself while thinking:
"There is no change in the Northern Moon Country, it is impossible for our Western Rain Country to aid the Longxiao Country, the people of the Southern Star Country and the Heavenly Thunder Country have also been merged into our Western Rain Country, Qu Linghao's remnants have fled back to their hometown in the Demon Realm, all these forces cannot become their help, why is he so determined to crusade against the Demon Realm army?"
Lu Zimo was also thinking about it with the same doubts, and after a long time, he suddenly said cautiously:
"Could it be...... Long Chengyuan plans to ignore the rules of the outer heavens and activate the hidden forces? ”
Zhou Yunxi, who was falling into deep thought, suddenly woke up when he heard this, and said in disbelief:
"That Long Chengyuan...... It won't be so crazy! If he first activated the real army of monks, it would be tantamount to self-destruction, didn't he understand the stake between this? ”
Lu Zimo whispered:
"But, thinking about it, apart from this, he doesn't have any strength that can be suddenly enhanced!"
The two glanced at each other, and they both had to admit that in addition, Long Chengyuan really had no other choice, unless he just gave up on himself, planning to drag the demon world to the death and sink together, and then make a wedding dress for Xiyu Kingdom.
Zhou Yunxi thought about it, and couldn't help frowning:
"If he activates that army, he will be able to quickly defeat the Demon Realm, and then then go on to fight against our Xiyu Country, if we are unprepared, we will also be defeated in a short period of time, in that case, even if the God Realm will be punished, by then the overall situation has been decided, and the Longxiao Kingdom is already dominant, and it is indeed still possible to dominate the outer heavens."
"Perhaps, Long Chengyuan will also suffer from the curse of heaven because of this, but his juniors can inherit his position as emperor and continue to rule the entire Outer Heavens, he is a reckless battle, gambling that the punishment of the god realm will not come so soon, so that he has enough time to lay down a piece of the country for his juniors!"
At this time, Lu Zimo said suspiciously:
"Every country can use an army of monks of comparable strength, and the same is true of the Demon Realm, how can he win so quickly?"
Zhou Yunxi explained:
"What he wants is a surprise, if he activates it first, the demon world will be defeated before it can be reflected, and there will be no chance to activate it."
"The previous Northern Moon Kingdom, Southern Star Country, and Heavenly Thunder Country would rather choose to perish than to activate, and his bet is that we will not think of activating it, in that case, he will be able to pay a great price in exchange for a tragic victory, for him, a miserable victory is better than annihilation!"
The people at the scene were also speculating and discussing, but most people didn't know that there was a hidden force, so they could only discuss without a clue.
Half an hour passed in the blink of an eye, and Mu Qianmei, who was sitting on the throne of the Heavenly King, put down the fold in her hand, lightly opened her lips, and said slowly:
"The Qing family has discussed it almost completely, so let's talk about their opinions!"
As soon as Mu Qianmei spoke, the court immediately quieted down, everyone, you look at me, I look at you, there is no reasonable reason, so no one answers.
After casually scanning around, Mu Qianmei also probably understood the embarrassment of the civil and military officials, this kind of choice of playing cards out of common sense is really confusing, it seems to be a choice to kill himself, but no one believes that Long Chengyuan will be a person who is willing to kill himself, so he can't figure out why he would make such a decision.
In the end, Mu Qianmei had no choice but to ask by name:
"General Bai has experienced a hundred battles and has a wealth of combat experience, what do you think about this?"
Baili and Feng immediately walked out of the queue slowly, bowed down and replied:
"Returning to the Heavenly King, the last general is deeply ashamed, this time I really can't see what Longxiao Kingdom has to rely on."
Mu Qianmei didn't mean to blame, but looked at Wei Wuji and asked:
"Does General Wei have any ideas?"
Wei Wuji also came out and replied:
"The last general can't think of what the Longxiao Kingdom relies on?"
Mu Qianmei looked at Han Qi and asked:
"What about General Han?"
Han Qi also came out to salute and replied:
"The last general doesn't have a clear clue either!"
In the end, Mu Qianmei looked at Zhou Yunxi and Lu Zimo, she didn't speak, Lu Zimo came out and said respectfully:
"Lao Chen and Mr. Zhou have some clues, but there are some secrets involved, and they need to be discussed with the king in private."
Mu Qianmei nodded and said:
"Okay, then let's retreat!"
After the civil and military officials finished saluting, Mu Qianmei slowly walked out of the Heavenly King Hall and went to the imperial study.