Chapter 205 Heartbeat
Chapter 205 Heartbeat
Lord Ouyang also knew that he couldn't push too hard and embarrass the king.
Therefore, he decided to quit while he was ahead. When King Shui Ling asked him to stand up, he stood up obediently, but his expression was still full of disapproval of the prince.
King Shui Ling looked at the two groups of people with a clear dividing line in the imperial study and felt a headache coming on.
Rubbing his aching temple, King Shui Ling said to Mao Yunkai.
"Yun Kai, tell the gentlemen the number of soldiers sacrificed in each battle since the war began."
Mao Yunkai instantly understood King Shuiling's intention. He started from the first battle when Fit attacked Shuiling and reported in detail the number of people who died.
The number of soldiers who died would be recorded so that their families could receive pensions after the war.
Both Mao Yunyuan and Mao Yunkai cared deeply about this aspect, so they recorded it in great detail.
Lord Ouyang, who originally had a look of disapproval on his face, gradually began to look strange as Mao Yunkai continued his story.
Even though I didn't understand at first why King Shui Ling asked Mao Yunkai to say these things, I understood after listening to the rest.
They only knew that a lot of people had sacrificed, but they didn't expect so many people had sacrificed. The total number of sacrifices was almost 100,000.
If the fighting continues, how many more people will be sacrificed?
The few people who had originally questioned and opposed lowered their heads silently.
Even the most stubborn Lord Ouyang didn't know what to say at this moment.
If they still don't understand at this point that the king also agrees with the method proposed by Mao Yunkai, then they are really fools.
However, they also understood the king's concerns. If the war continued, the sacrifices would be too great and it would also cause a loss of national strength.
If the war could have ended earlier, a few cities might have been lost, but at least the troops would have been preserved.
As long as there are enough troops and they can wait a few more years, those lost cities will be recovered sooner or later.
Seeing these old stubborn people, King Shui Ling finally reacted and his solar plexus, which had been painful, felt less painful.
"Everyone, tell me, is it better to write to the Eurasian Kingdom or the Sisi Kingdom?"
This time, King Shui Ling did not ask everyone whether they agreed or not, but directly asked which kingdom to write to.
Everyone in the imperial study looked at each other and started discussing in low voices.
After a while, an adult came out and reported to King Shui Ling.
"Your Majesty, I feel that the Eurasian Kingdom is better than the Cyce Kingdom."
"Oh, tell me why you chose the Eurasian Kingdom?"
King Shui Ling continued to ask.
"Eurasia is located between us and Fate, so its geographical location already gives it an advantage. Furthermore, the Eurasia Kingdom has a better relationship with us. If we ask the Sisi Kingdom for help, they'll likely ask for exorbitant amounts."
The minister who had just reported the matter answered honestly.
After the minister finished speaking, Lord Ouyang, who had strongly opposed it at the beginning, stood up again.
"Ou Ya and our Shui Ling have a marriage alliance. We can ask the princess to help facilitate this matter."
Compared to the civil officials who consider geographical location and personal connections, Mao Yunkai, a military general, pays more attention to strength.
"Your Majesty, compared to Cesi, Ouya is more powerful. If Ouya is willing to take action, it can better contain Fate."
After listening to everyone's stories, King Shui Ling nodded thoughtfully.
In his heart, King Shui Ling is more inclined towards Eurasia. As for the reason, it is naturally what the few people just said.
Given the opportunity to pay a lower price, King Shui Ling would naturally not give people the chance to be slaughtered like pigs.
Moreover, the relationship between Sisi and Shuiling was mediocre, and King Shuiling was not sure that King Sisi would agree to help, even if he was offered benefits.
In addition, whether in terms of national strength or the ability of generals to lead troops, Eurasia is only weaker than the Kingdom of Fit among the four countries.
If Ou Ya is willing to take action, he will definitely be able to restrain Fate.
After thinking for a while, King Shui Ling signaled the eunuch to grind, then lowered his head and began to write quickly.
While King Shui Ling was writing the letter, all the ministers lowered their heads and remained silent, for fear of disturbing King Shui Ling.
Soon, King Shui Ling finished writing a letter, blew on it to let the ink dry quickly, and then handed it to the prince beside him.
"Seal the letter and have someone deliver it to Feng Mo as quickly as possible. Also have someone contact Yu Rao and ask her to say a few words if necessary."
The prince took the letter respectfully, nodded, and then left first without caring about the ministers who had not yet left.
The fastest way is to let the secret guards use the teleportation array.
In addition, we must be careful about this matter and not let it leak out, otherwise if Fate gets the news, it will not be good.
After the prince left, King Shuiling also asked everyone else to leave, leaving only Mao Yunkai.
"What do you think of Prince Han Xi?"
Mao Yunkai was still wondering why King Shuiling left him alone, but he finally reacted after hearing King Shuiling's question.
Although he didn't know why King Shui Ling was asking about Xuanyuan Xingyao, he still answered honestly.
"Prince Han Xi has a high level of cultivation, rich combat experience, and is also a capable leader. The fact that we were able to successfully recapture the city several times is all thanks to the strategies that Prince Han Xi came up with."
When King Shui Ling heard this, there was no joy on his face, but his brows were slightly frowned.
When Mao Yunkai saw King Shuiling's expression, he quickly lowered his head and stopped looking at him.
"The empire has successors."
King Shui Ling took a while before he suddenly let out a sigh.
King Shui Ling actually had no ill intentions, he was just a little jealous.
I am jealous that Xuanyuan Hongtai has such a promising son. If he had such an outstanding son or minister, the Shuiling Kingdom would not have reached its current state.
"You go back first. If there's any letter from Ou Ya, I'll have someone deliver it to you right away."
King Shui Ling waved his hand at Mao Yunkai and said in a deep voice.
"I obey the decree."
The Eurasian Kingdom and the Shuiling Kingdom are separated by thousands of miles, and it is impossible to bring the news back immediately even with the use of a teleportation array.
It would be a waste of time for Mao Yunkai to stay here. He might as well go back to the border first.
Mao Yunkai had just used the teleportation array continuously to return to the royal capital, and now he had to use the teleportation array again to return to Qinyang City.
Even though Mao Yunkai had a lot of cultivation, he found it a bit exhausting to run back and forth.
After returning to Qinyang City, he briefly told what happened in the royal capital and went back to his room to rest.
All that needs to be done has been done, and now all that is left is to wait.
Waiting for the arrival of reinforcements from Fate, and also waiting for news from the Eurasian Kingdom.
If the Eurasian Kingdom agrees to help, then they will be a pushover.
If the Ouyang Kingdom disagrees, then they will send someone else away.
While everyone was waiting quietly, the Eurasian Kingdom was caught in a fierce quarrel.
After receiving the letter from King Shui Ling, King Feng Mo of Eurasia looked at the words on the letter and remained silent for a long time.
Feng Mo was also struggling over whether or not to agree to help.
The conditions offered by King Shui Ling were extremely generous, so generous that even Feng Mo was tempted.
But if we help, we will have to face the Fate Kingdom again.
Although Fate's ambition has been revealed, if Shui Ling is really captured, they will sooner or later face off.
But at that time, it was Eurasia that occupied the position of "victim", but if they sent troops at this time, they would be the "perpetrators".
The relationship between the two is completely different.
Another point is that Feng Mo was not sure about Fate's situation. Although he was confident in his country's military strength, Fate had previously captured several cities in Shuiling, which still left a mark in Feng Mo's mind.
"Prince Xuan."
Feng Mo struggled for a long time but still couldn't make up his mind, so he called the prince to see his opinion.
Feng Mo summoned him, so the prince naturally did not dare to delay and soon came to the imperial study.
Seeing that the prince was about to kneel down to salute, Feng Mo waved his hand to exempt him from the ceremony, then handed the letter in his hand to the prince and asked him to take a look.
The prince took the letter in confusion, unfolded it, and then frowned.
"What do you think?"
Feng Mo asked the prince.
The prince did not answer immediately. Instead, he picked up the letter, looked at it, put it down, then picked it up again, looked at it, and put it down again. He repeated this several times before he seemed to have made up his mind and answered Feng Mo.
"Father, I think this army can be deployed."
Feng Mo's expression changed slightly, his brows raised slightly, and he responded in a flat tone.
"Oh, why do you think you can?"
"If Shuiling is truly lost, Fate's national strength will surge again, and sooner or later they'll turn their attention to us. Since this war is bound to happen sooner or later, why can't we use this to gain some benefits?"
Although the prince seemed so conflicted just now, he no longer hesitated after making up his mind.
"But you should also know that if Fate starts a war first or we start a war first, the public opinion on the mainland will be completely different."
Feng Mo asked back.
The prince nodded and responded.
"I understand, but we don't really intend to attack Fite. We're just pretending. Furthermore, Fite's ambitions are known throughout the continent. Even if word gets out, other nations will simply think we're planning to strike first and won't be wary of us."
As the prince spoke, the balance in Feng Mo's heart slowly tilted.
The benefits given by King Shui Ling were so great that it was difficult for Feng Mo to refuse.
There are three cities and a lot of resources. Let’s not talk about the resources for now. Eurasia has no shortage of them.
But any king with a bit of ambition would find it hard not to be tempted by those three cities.
Moreover, the three cities given by King Shui Ling were not small, and one of them was even very prosperous.
It has to be said that King Shui Ling spent a lot of money to get Ou Ya to take action.
"Please invite several generals to the palace to discuss matters."
Feng Mo finally wanted to hear the opinions of the generals to find out whether this battle could be fought and how confident he was.
After all, fighting a war still depends on military generals.
If the generals feel that they cannot fight and are not sure of forcing Fate to transfer the soldiers on Shui Ling's side, then Feng Mo will be useless even if he is tempted.
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