"King, can we take the initiative to attack?"

Luo Wu next to him suggested.

"Take the initiative?"

The people in the field began to think again. In Yan Country, every important decision was made through discussion and thinking by everyone, and usually the logic could become more reasonable.

"What I mean is, if we agree to the divine envoy's request and take the initiative to send people to help them defend the city-state, then we can directly arrange for the main force to pass through Shangyang City and cross the Luonan border to defeat them."

Luo Wu elaborated on his plan in detail.

“This is a bit difficult!”

Li Fei next to him had some doubts. If the troops were dispersed, it would indeed be possible to temporarily appease these people, but it would be difficult to have a reason to directly destroy these countries.

"I think our most important thing for these small countries is to stabilize their populations and ensure the interests of Yan. As for the public's resistance, I believe it can be easily resolved in Yan."

Luo Wu added.

"Indeed, from a strategic point of view, we don't need any reason to conquer these small countries. We will take them naturally. Neighboring countries are based on military strength. As long as we can fight a good battle, any problem is not a problem."

Duan Tianming didn't think it was a big deal. He was not a hypocritical person. He just wanted to eat other people's food. There was no need to hide it too much. As long as he sent an envoy and sent a group of reinforcements to the garrison, he could basically stabilize the surrounding area.

As for the problem of internal emptiness, there is no need to consider it for the time being. On the one hand, this strategy will not last long. On the other hand, the internal troops have been withdrawn, and the outside is probably surrounded by these large city-states. As long as troops are stationed in these large cities, it can be regarded as a disguised protection of the interior.

The most important strategic goal now is to control the population, the more the better. It is absolutely necessary to get a population that is truly controlled by Yan State. If Yan State directly controls the population of these big countries, and relocates these populations to the core areas, and strengthens management with Yan State's system, then the population ratio of Yan State to the countries it influences will change from more than ten to one to four to one.

The impact of this change in proportion is immeasurable, but it still takes some effort to truly absorb it.

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The Great Elder has been resting in Yangcheng for more than ten days. He heard that the troops of Yan Country have arrived, but Lingyun Country, which has achieved its goal, is not in a hurry.

On the one hand, the neighboring countries have already communicated with each other. This time, Lingyun State is the representative who came to test Yan State. Now that Yangcheng has been captured, it can be said that they have grasped its sensitive nerves, and the longer this sensitivity lasts, the better.

The more important aspect is naturally that the girls in Yangcheng are more beautiful, which makes the fairies linger. Even the princess of Yangcheng is arranged to come and "serve" this great elder who is unknown how many hundreds of years old. Such a gentle place naturally makes people want to stay for a while longer.

Although Lingyun Kingdom's system is not strictly centralized, its supervision is still very strict, and its independence is basically very poor. Compared with the Luonan Confederation led by Duan Tianming, it is not at the same level at all.

More importantly, no matter whether it is ordinary human beings or conquered Wu clan countries, they have no say in front of the immortals of Lingyun Sect. This is basically well-known in the surrounding areas. Every year, many countries offer beautiful women to go to Lingyun Sect for "training".

Among these people, there are many princesses from the original country, or children of nobles. After all, compared with the peasant women who are always oppressed and work in the fields, those noble women are more beautiful.

This kind of treatment is also the reason why these small countries are vying to join Yan State. During the period when Lingyun State’s army was testing the situation, Yan State’s soldiers had already begun to provide support to the surrounding city-states. Due to the construction of roads in the Luonan area, although it is not yet complete, it can basically facilitate the rapid passage of the army. After more than ten days of arrangements, the relevant deployment has been completed.

In Shangyang City, the Yan Kingdom's army has integrated the entire city's defense. This is what Duan Tianming wants to emphasize. In his statement to the envoys, Duan Tianming clearly emphasized the need to help these countries defend themselves, but he did not mention a word about agreeing to these countries joining the Luonan Confederation.

Of course, these small details were harmless to the monarchs. Now, in the hearts of the countries that had been frightened by the Lingyun Kingdom's capture of Yangcheng in just a few hours, the arrival of the Yan Kingdom was no different from a savior. These nobles were willing to marry their daughters to them, and there was no harm in making some "excessive" demands.

"Welcome Flame King, welcome Flame King!"

The king of Shangyang Kingdom personally came out of the city gate to greet them and shouted twice in a row, which showed how excited they were.

"Haha, here comes the Sheep King."

Duan Tianming started the usual polite greetings, which has become a rather formulaic process for him now, although he did not like it in his heart.

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The group entered the city, and the Yan Kingdom's army followed in, giving the King of Sheep no sense of boundaries at all. This was certainly due to Duan Tianming's low emotional intelligence, for sure.

"this···"

King Yang felt somewhat uncomfortable, but since he needed help from others, he naturally couldn't show it.

"Haha, this is the army from my Yan Country coming to replace us. They're here to help guard the city walls, so naturally, the sooner the better. Didn't we discuss this with the envoy earlier?"

Duan Tianming laughed it off, obviously having low emotional intelligence and not feeling it.

"Well, let's go into the palace first. I've already prepared a banquet."