681 One Man Show (1/2)
Chapter 681-One Man Show
Translator: ryangohsf
Editor: Nora
Ouyang Shuo did not support Black Snake's deductions.
Di Chen did not attack Stone City because he feared the Shanhai Alliance, not the city protection legion. He had seen through the determination of Shanhai Alliance to protect Stone City, which was why he did not dare to act.
The current Handan City was similar to the Shanhai City from before; they had swallowed up too much and needed to digest it. Jingdou's territory scale would be among the top three provinces.
If Handan City started another conflict, rushing into a fight with Stone City, and Shanhai Alliance got involved the flames of war would spread, and it would not be good news to them.
The current Di Chen had learned how to measure pros and cons.
”The other members of Yanhuang Alliance have taken similar actions?” Ouyang Shuo asked.
Black Snake nodded, ”That's right. In half a year, Chun Shenjun had spent a lot of gold and hired 100 thousand player mercenaries to sweep the Jingchu Province. The current Jingchu province, apart from Xiangyang Prefecture where the imperial city is located, the rest is the territory of Pill Sun City.”
”The current Chun Shenjun has a massive appetite and is ready to enter the Zhongyuan Province.”
When Ouyang Shuo heard this report, he shook his head.
Chun Shenjun had tasted the sweetness of using a mercenary army, even to an irrecoverable state; he was walking further and further onto that path.
On the surface, a mercenary army was far cheaper than maintaining a proper territory army. However, in truth, they could only support but not take over. If not, it would be truly detrimental to training a local army.
In the last life, Pill Sun City's army was extremely weak in country wars.
Who knew that in this life, it would be exactly the same.
One had to say, Chun Shenjun was too much of a merchant and liked to balance finances. In the grand scheme of things, there were no improvements, truly disappointing.
It was the case of, 'The person involved in the situation is too caught up in the whole matter, while people looking on can see the whole situation clearly.'
The deeply involved Chun Shenjun would not think about this point; instead, he would feel pleased by his own actions.
”Donghai Province's Blood Red City as well as King City in Jiangnan Province have had similarly taken over their provinces. The difference is that Donghai Province still has an imperial city in Jianye Prefecture while King City did not only take over the entire province, but it has also started to work on Yizhou Prefecfure.” Black Snake reported.
”What's the scale of King City's navy, and how's their strength?”
Black Snake froze; luckily, he had prepared beforehand, ”Our intel shows that they have already built up a Zhoushan Squadron. Not only that, he also plans to build the Penghu Squadron in Yizhou Island. Weirdly, their squadron numbers are exactly the same as ours. I suspect that our info has been leaked.”
”That fellow really has his ways.” Xiong Ba's methods were something Ouyang Shuo had witnessed, ”Did you investigate how it was leaked?”
”Pretty much.” The Black Snake Guards was truly efficient, ”It should be the officers from King City in charge of buying warships; they must have tricked the manager of our shipyard. We have captured him; he still thinks that it was not a big issue, and he could just randomly reveal it.”
Ouyang Shuo grew more serious and said, ”It seems like all you intel organizations aside from intel collecting also needs to train the officials to strengthen their anti-investigative abilities.”
”Yes, my Lord. I'll work with Shen Buhai on this.”
”En.” Ouyang Shuo nodded, asking, ”What about Guanxi Province?”
On the topic of Guanxi Province, Black Snake laughed, ”The Guanxi Province is so boisterous now. The mid region is taken over by Xiangyang Prefecture and Chang An Prefecture, the north and south by Asura City and Fallen Leaf City respectively. If the imperial city did not stand in the way, Asura City and Fallen Leaf City would have fought already.”
”They have not thought about expanding outside?” Ouyang Shuo asked.
”There are such signs.” Black Snake nodded, ”Fallen Leaf City is trying to enter the Zhongyuan Province from the east. Helplessly, the strategy of Pill Sun and Fallen Leaf City conflicted. Along with Hanwu Emperor making things clear, all of a sudden, the Zhongyuan Province became a mess.”
”As for Asura City in the north, the other regions are all high plains with bad geography. The soil is not fertile and has limited potential, which is why Sha Pojun wanted to expand. Helplessly, it's north, west, and south are all NPC powers, so there's nothing he can do. The east is covered by Fengxiang City, so the current Asura City is like a trapped bird, unable to break away.”
Ouyang Shuo frowned, thinking about the Mongol Empire once more, ”When a dog is eager, it can even jump over a wall. Pay more attention to them, especially whether they have come into contact with the Mongol tribe.”
”Understood!” Black Snake nodded his head once more, ”Looking at the Yanhuang Alliance, the one without ambition would be Swordsman City. Till date, they have only taken down one prefecture. After which, they have shown no desire to expand. Although the Shu Land is mountainous, this is too weird.”
”On the side of Swordsman City, let the Shadow Guards of the Shanhai Guards pay attention to them!”
In the Gaia 3rd year, the underworld was not out yet, so it was not time for Swordsman City to take the center stage.
”Yes, my Lord!”
Black Snake also knew that Cui Tianqi, who led the Shadow Guards, was trusted by the Lord. In this half a year, the Shadow Guards had captured many of the corrupted officials n Shanhai City.
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After such an introduction by Black Snake, the situation in the China region became crystal clear.
In this half a year, the giants rose and the weak had been defeated, this had become the melody of the wilderness.