Chapter 139: All beings are like chess
Di Qing, Lu Su, Yan Ren, Huo Qubing and other generals found Li Jing on the south of Nanshan City. Di Qing took the lead in reporting: "Report to General, Nanshan City has been captured."
"Yes." Li Jing nodded and responded, looked at the black smoke and firelight floating around in Nanshan City, turned around to face the generals, and asked, "How are our army's casualties?"
Hearing Li Jing’s question, Lu Su stepped forward and clasped his fists and replied: “Return to the general, this siege is the main attack of the Allied Forces outside the pass, and our army has no casualties.”
"Very good!" Li Jing was very satisfied with this. It would be unreasonable if the Xia State army was only responsible for beating the side drum and causing casualties.
After Liu Qi and Li Jing's problems were settled, they came forward to report: "Report to the general, the leaders of the rebel coalition forces asked for their visit, saying that our army was to uphold justice for them."
"Administer justice?" Li Jing asked in confusion: "What kind of justice is presidency?"
Liu Qi clasped his fists and replied: "It is said that some forces want to pursue the monarch of the Fulimet Kingdom, while the other forces do not want to pursue the quest. In addition, the various forces are also quarrel about their territory about the land established by the Fulimet Kingdom, and they want our country to take charge of the overall situation for them."
"Haha~!" Hearing Liu Qi's words, Li Jing smiled contemptuously. He finally understood what these indigenous forces wanted to do. It was just that the uneven distribution of spoils and the forces closer to the Fulimet Country were worried about the Fulimet Country's revenge, which was all about interests. It would be strange if they couldn't argue.
Li Jing waved his hand and said, "Let's go, let's go and see what they want to do."
Only after Li Jing was really here did he realize how lively the scene was. All forces of all sizes were crowded together and closed the door and quarreled together. Li Jing and the others couldn't hear clearly what these people were talking about.
"Silent, quiet!" Lu Su shouted at the chaotic scene, but no one wanted to listen, no one cared about it, and no one could hear it at all.
Li Jing frowned at this, and without saying a word, he took out his short musket with him and shot it at the ceiling. With a "bang", the loud noise made these people quiet and finally let these people see the existence of Li Jing and the others.
A nearby native powerful man immediately bent down at Li Jing and the others and said, "Ah! Dear General Xia, you are finally here."
This is a translation, because in the native language, there is no word "general", and in general, the people who lead the army are knights, so these indigenous leaders directly call the generals of the Xia Kingdom knights.
However, generally, the translators of Xia Kingdom directly translated this word into a general, so as not to sound awkward. It is just that "knight" is not completely a general in the indigenous society, but also has its corresponding social status and interests, so it cannot completely replace "general".
"Now I'm here one by one, I'll tell you what's going on?" Li Jing inserted the musket back to his waist expressionlessly, and asked softly in front of the many shocked leaders of the forces present.
"I'll come first, I'll come first." Andrey squeezed into the front row from the crowd and shouted: "This respected general of Xia State is like this. I turned out to be a lord in the north of Nanshan City. Under the heroic leadership of Xia State's army, we captured Nanshan City of Fulimet."
"Now, I want to continue to pursue the escaped monarch of the Fulimet Kingdom so that the land will be restored to its previous appearance, but some people do not want to do this, they just want to go back, and they do not think about it, nor are they afraid that Fulimet Kingdom will come back to take revenge?"
As soon as Andre finished speaking, another lord immediately retorted loudly: "I don't have many troops anymore. Even if I chase you, I can't win. Besides, isn't there a powerful Xia Kingdom here? I guess I won't see the country of Fulimet attacking us again."
"That's right, I don't have much army anymore. The powerful Xia Kingdom will definitely not be able to save him."
"But the country of Welimet still has hundreds of thousands of troops. If you don't launch an attack now, you will not have this opportunity in the future."...
After listening for a long time, Li Jing and others finally understood. Just as Liu Qi said, these people were roughly divided into two factions. One was a relatively powerful force who wanted to launch a pursuit in order to obtain more land. There was a desire to become the second and third welfare state of Met.
Another faction is a relatively weak force. Now that he has successfully driven away the monarch of the Welmet Kingdom, he does not want to lose his strength anymore, so as not to make wedding dresses for others.
"Everyone!" Li Jing pressed his hands against the people present, signaled to him to be quiet, and said, "Do you have any misunderstandings about our country's dispatch of troops this time?"
When Li Jing saw these people talking about his words, he said, "This time, his country was just a counterattack for the attack of the country of Mait. At this time, the purpose of punishment has been achieved. He will withdraw his troops soon, but it is not for you and others to uphold justice."
"But isn't Xia's support to make us independent? Why do you say that now?" Andrei was shocked and full of incredible expression when he heard this. If it weren't for Xia's actions, how could he dare to be independent?
"Haha, yes, my country supports you and others in independence, but I am not here to uphold justice for you and others. You and others will solve the problems between you and others on their own, including the revenge of Mait." Li Jing quickly explained that he did not want these people to misunderstand Xia's meaning.
Although the Xia Kingdom has always conveyed such an image of "punishing the strong and helping the weak" to the outside world, there is no such simple thing between countries.
"How can this be done?" "Then what should I do now?" "I knew that Xia State was unreliable. If I had known it, I would have been unreliable."...
When Li Jing saw the people who were panicked because of his words, he curled his lips slightly and then said, "After all, I support my country, and I will let the Welfare Country annex again. This is not good."
"Yes, isn't this looking down on the powerful Xia Kingdom?" "The noble general of Xia Kingdom, please help us." "I knew that the powerful Xia Kingdom would not be saved by death."...
The rapid changes before and after this made Li Jing and others feel funny. These people really look like villainous people. If they are good, they will flatter and if they are not good, they will speak ill of each other.
"Therefore, this general suggested that you join forces first to resist the attack of the Fulimet Kingdom. If you have spare energy, you can also launch an attack on the Fulimet Kingdom, and your country will not pursue any investigation."
Li Jing's words seemed to be still advocating justice for these people on the surface, but in fact there was no actual content at all, and he also placed Xia Guo in a transcendent position.
These words he said were not what he wanted to say. They were discussed in advance in Xia State. It was instructed by Yang Song. After all, Li Jing was from the Military Department and could not interfere in politics.
In Xia's plan, the power of the Welcoming Met country was to be reduced by half, and these independent forces were indispensable pawns.
In order to prevent Parker's revenge, these independent forces must have the idea of "take your life while you are sick", especially when the Xia army was still there, but the Xia army would not participate more.
In addition, the purpose of this plan is to further reduce the indigenous population of land outside the clearance.
If there is no conflict, it will create conflict, and war is a way to quickly reduce the population. This is also the reason why the Xia Kingdom planned to split the Welfare Met Kingdom.
The forces outside the pass that were independent from Fulimet, under the revenge of Fulimet, must rely on the help of Xia. At that time, Xia will have control over the land outside the pass. Another purpose of the plan is this.
Chapter completed!