Chapter 1171 The Sword Is Cold, but the Blood Should Be Hot (Two in One)
As the saying goes, "Husband and wife are originally birds in the same forest, and when disaster strikes, they fly separately."
When there was a problem with the giant ship of the Great Zhou Dynasty, someone naturally had other thoughts and wanted to find another way out. The person who sent the secret letter to Ouyang Shuo was Wuhou Xiongba of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
In the letter, Xiongba revealed that Yue Dichen was going to fight passively in this national war, and might only send out a small number of troops in a symbolic manner, reminding Ouyang Shuo to be mentally prepared.
Dichen is about to break the jar, and he doesn't want to worry about the reactions of the players in Huaxia District, and doesn't want to be like last year's National War Month, half-hidden and half-hidden, and finally made a wedding dress for Daxia.
From Di Chen's point of view, no matter which national war target Ouyang Shuo chooses, Da Zhou will not get any benefit. That being the case, it is indeed a pragmatic approach to voluntarily give up.
As for the players' opinions, in Di Chen's words, "It's already like this, what else should I be afraid of?!"
After reading the secret letter, Ouyang Shuo was thoughtful.
Dichen's plan did not surprise Ouyang Shuo, what surprised him was the deep meaning behind Xiongba's move. Xiongba is not a fool, he quietly revealed this matter, and his intention of showing goodwill is very obvious.
Perhaps, the Great Zhou Dynasty is about to usher in another split.
"It's time to end it." Ouyang Shuo looked intently.
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In view of Dichen's "non-cooperation", on May 20th, Ouyang Shuo announced on the forum in advance that the target of the national war was the Tianzhu District. The dynasties were assembled in order to save marching time.
Unexpectedly, there were very few respondents.
In this national war, not only the Great Zhou was not enthusiastic about participating in the war, but even the Great Jin Dynasty was not very interested.
Last year, when they fought against Japan, the purpose of Dajin was to build a sea base and start ocean-going trade; this time when they attacked Tianzhu, even if they took a little land in Tianzhu District, it was still an enclave, which was useless.
Furthermore, Dajin was not as powerful as Daxia's family, and NPCs couldn't be resurrected, Feng Prisonhuang naturally became cautious. No one is interested in doing things that do not match the risks and benefits at all.
As the King of Jin, Feng Prison Huang has to be responsible for thousands of people, and cannot do whatever he wants.
Ouyang Shuo could understand it.
Only in this way, this national war has become a one-man show in Daxia.
"It's not easy to sing a one-man show."
Once the Tianzhu District is enraged and they are allowed to unite and take the initiative to attack Huaxia, then the Hetao Province will bear the brunt. Who attacked whom is still unknown.
If Ouyang Shuo were the Peacock King, he wouldn't miss such a good opportunity. He happened to use the power of Tianzhu District to take advantage of the national war to win the Hetao Province in one fell swoop, and regain the ground for the defeat in the last war.
If the Java District and the Russian District also declare war on the Huaxia District, then the life of the Great Xia will be even more difficult. Let alone the bones of Tianzhu, it is considered good to be able to hold the territory.
Thinking about the key point, Ouyang Shuo shook his head with a wry smile.
The disadvantages of Daxia's external expansion were highlighted at this time, but all the game areas bordering the Huaxia District bordered on the Daxia Dynasty.
On the contrary, the Great Zhou Dynasty and the Great Jin Dynasty were located inland, but there was no pressure.
The fire at the city gate also brought disasters to Chi Yu, not to mention that Da Xia had already made countless enemies. Presumably, no matter whether it was the Silver Hand or the Azure Badge, they would not let go of such a good opportunity to attack Da Xia.
What made Ouyang Shuo even more distressed was still to come.
On May 21st, I don't know where the news came out, saying that neither the Great Zhou Dynasty nor the Great Jin Dynasty had any intention of a national war this year. A smarter player immediately senses danger from it.
If you think about it for a while, you can imagine that this national war will never be as smooth as last year, and the players' desire to take advantage of the opportunity will naturally fade away.
Some players who were going to respond to Ouyang Shuo's call and go to Hetao province to assemble, also stopped under the influence of the people around them.
The entire Huaxia District fell into a strange atmosphere.
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On May 22, Shanhai City.
In the summer palace, Ouyang Shuo frowned. The "gossip" that came out yesterday was 100% released by Dichen. The purpose was to add chaos to Great Xia, and his intentions were not without sinister.
"It's really no lower limit." Ouyang Shuo was completely disappointed with Di Chen.
What disappointed him were the players from Huaxia District.
Ouyang Shuo never expected that a round of game updates and a competition of achievement points would make adventurers regret their lives so far, without their previous passion for home and country.
Full of enthusiasm, all turned into cold calculations of gains and losses.
This is human nature, but Ouyang Shuo faintly felt that something was wrong. He always felt that such "self-protection" actions by adventurers might not be in line with Gaia's original intention.
If the players in the game world don't have passion, how can they expect them to be able to capture their own strength for the living space of human beings in the more difficult and harsh environment of Planet Hope? !
The sword is cold, but the blood should be hot.
It was under such circumstances that Ouyang Shuo invited the leaders of the guild such as Bloody Romance to visit the Summer Palace.
Imperial Garden, West Lawn.
Because it was not a relationship between monarch and minister, the occasion Ouyang Shuo arranged for the meeting was not so serious. Everyone sat around on the lawn, having afternoon tea and chatting.
After chatting for a while, Ouyang Shuo asked, "What do you think of the rumors these two days?"
Bloody Romance and the others glanced at each other, but they didn't know how to answer. They were all extremely smart people, and they had already guessed why Ouyang Shuo summoned them before they came.
Even if you are mentally prepared, there is no way to answer.
After all, this is not something glorious, and it was very embarrassing to be asked by Ouyang Shuo hotly.
Seeing this, Ouyang Shuo sighed softly in his heart. He looked around, and every guild leader he was staring at unconsciously avoided their eyes and did not dare to look directly at them.
Even Xie Siyun had a flash of apology in his eyes.
"I can understand your plan. There is nothing wrong with empathizing." Ouyang Shuo gave them a step down and eased the atmosphere of the scene a little.
"It's mainly because the people below are making a lot of noise." Mingyuezhao Dajiang reluctantly explained.
Ouyang Shuo nodded, "I can understand what everyone is doing, but I don't agree with it."
Seeing this, Bloody Romance said solemnly: "Brother Ouyang, if you have any ideas, please express them clearly!"
To Ouyang Shuo, Bloody Romance is very respectful. This lord, who was about his age, could always see things that others couldn't. Therefore, when Bloody Romance said this, there was absolutely no irony in it.
Ouyang Shuo also understands the nature of bloody romance, "The relationship between the individual and the collective is constantly changing. For the guild, the player is an individual, and the guild is a collective; Individuals. If you look at the Huaxia region, the Chinese civilization, the Great Xia is not an individual."
"The ancients said that if the skin does not exist, the hair will not be attached..."
When Ouyang Shuo said this, Bloody Romance and the others had strange expressions on their faces. They thought that Ouyang Shuo was just imitating the "principle of patriotism", which was really ridiculous and out of standard.
Trying to convince them like this is absolutely impossible.
Ouyang Shuo's expression remained unchanged, "Gaia launched real-time update of achievement value, which seems to emphasize individuality, but its real purpose is to enhance the overall strength of human beings, so that we have the capital to survive on Planet Hope."
"If this time, in the face of the national war, the guild obeys the voice of the players and chooses to retreat. The hearts of the people are scattered, and the future is on the planet of hope. Once interests conflict, can the guild as a collective still exist?"
"..."
Bloody Romance and the others looked at each other, and for the first time, solemnity flashed in their eyes.
Ouyang Shuo went on to say: "Perhaps you have also noticed that since the players came out of the small world of Wangcheng and entered the Great Xia Dynasty, the cohesion of the guild has been challenged."
Great Xia has a well-established system. In Great Xia, most players can live comfortably without needing a guild; some of them are good at it, and even feel that the guild has become a drag.
In addition, the laws of Daxia are strict, players commit crimes, and the government needs to come forward to judge, and it is not the turn of the guilds to fight privately. In this way, the guild's protection function for members is greatly weakened.
All in all, some functions of the guild have been subtly replaced by the Daxia government, and the sense of existence of the guild has naturally continued to decrease.
Correspondingly, the binding force of the guild on the players will also be reduced. Just like this time, when the members made a fuss, Bloody Romance and the others had to compromise.
This is really not normal.
So upon hearing what Ouyang Shuo said, Mingyue Zhaodajiang nodded unconsciously.
"Since that's the case, have you ever thought about what kind of form the future guild will exist on Hope Planet. Or, once the game is over, the guild will disband?" Ouyang Shuo's words were very heart-rending.
Indeed, in the face of interest considerations, players can ignore the feelings of family and country, so how can they care about the friendship of the guild. Once it returns to reality and social relations are rebuilt, the guild will lose its soil for existence.
Falling apart is almost inevitable.
Once the guild disintegrates, the guild leaders will suffer the most. They will return to ordinary life, and they will no longer be able to control the wind and rain like in the game world.
If it's still on Earth, it's fine. The original intention of them forming the guild was to make money. As long as they could make money, who would expect to be able to dictate to the guild members in reality.
But "Earth Online" is not a regular game. The game world is more and more closely entangled with the planet of hope, and the fetters with reality are no longer limited to money.
Under such circumstances, no one would believe that the leader of the guild had no greater ambitions.
To realize their ambition, a major premise is that the guild can continue to exist on Hope Planet, but according to Ouyang Shuo's analysis, this is almost impossible.
In terms of organization, guilds can't keep up with the territory even if they flatter them.
Since the development of the game, the operation mode of the guild is no different from other games, it is still the same. The territory is different. Since its inception, it has taken the organization as the core and continuously strengthened and improved the organizational system.
Today, it is no different from reality.
The difference between the two models has created the current situation, otherwise, Gaia prefers the lord.
"..."
Silence, an embarrassing silence filled the imperial garden.
The expressions of Bloody Romance and the others were extremely exciting. They may have vaguely thought about such a crisis, but they were never as thorough as Ouyang Shuo thought.
It's not that they are not smart, but that Ouyang Shuo has long been used to thinking from the perspective of the hopeful planet. He stands at different heights, and naturally sees different things.
They can plan for next year, but Ouyang Shuo has already thought of five years from now.
It was Mingyue Zhao Dajiang who broke the silence, and said helplessly: "We don't want to do this either, but the people below are unwilling to go to war, so we can't force them to go, can we?"
"In the past, when a member died in battle, the guild had a complete set of compensation mechanisms, so everyone had no scruples. Even if they want to make compensation now, they are powerless and cannot compensate for the achievement value."
In words, I feel a little aggrieved.
Ouyang Shuo was unmoved, turned his head to look at Bloody Romantic and the others, and asked, "Is this the same in your guild?"
Bloody Romantic shook his head, "It's not all, there are still some people who are willing to go to war, but these people are influenced by the people around them, and their will is not so firm."
Ouyang Shuo understood, [Blood Fiend Mercenary Group] did not disappoint him.
At this point, Ouyang Shuo finally persuaded Bloody Romance and the others to let the conversation return to his control. Then he threw out his plan and said with a smile, "I have a suggestion."
"Speaking!"
Bloody Romance and the others became more respectful. They were like drowning people, in urgent need of help.
"If, I mean if, if the Great Xia Army is willing to open up to the guild, are you willing to join the army?"
The bloody romantic eyes froze, and his expression faded, "Brother Ouyang, do you mean that you are going to recruit us?" Accepting the recruitment of the territory is a taboo topic for the guild.
Even if Ouyang Shuo had a lot of foreshadowing, it still caused a backlash. If it wasn't for Ouyang Shuo's long-term accumulation of reputation and prestige, someone might get up and leave immediately.
Ouyang Shuo was also not cowardly, with such confidence, he nodded and said, "That's right!"
"This……"
Ouyang Shuo's attitude calmed down Bloody Romance and the others. At the beginning, they were only disgusted instinctively. After they calmed down, they really started to think about the pros and cons and the relationship between them.
The more I think about it, the more I can't get angry.
At this point, the guild really has no capital to negotiate with territories, especially giants like Daxia. As mentioned earlier, the moment the guild left the royal city, they could no longer be superior.
Living in Daxia's territory, how could they really do whatever they wanted.
Between the two, the territory occupies an absolutely strong position.
With the situation in Huaxia District, players would only beg to come to Daxia to settle down, and once they left Daxia, it might be a bit exaggerated to say that "there is no place for them to stay", and it is inevitable that their lives are not so good.
Thinking of this, Bloody Romance and the others couldn't help but smile wryly, each and every one of them turned sad, feeling a bit like a twilight hero, in the words of martial arts people, "The world has changed!"
After waiting for a full ten minutes, Ouyang Shuo finally said, "Accepting recruitment is by no means a scourge, maybe you are overthinking it. In the future, you will never regret it. Make such a decision now."
"..."
Bloody Romance and the others remained silent, still unable to twist.
"Can you tell me in detail?" Xie Siyun relieved Ouyang Shuo. With Lin Jing's relationship, [Shangxue Meigui] might be the least resistant guild.
Even so, Xie Siyun felt a little uncomfortable.
"Does this mean the end of an era?!" Xie Siyun sighed inwardly.
Ouyang Shuo said: "We can discuss the specific plan. In principle, each guild can be retained up to the battalion level, that is, 500 people. Under the premise of following the Great Xia military regulations, proper autonomy can also be reserved. All officers, including battalions, can be elected by the guild itself."
As mentioned earlier, Ouyang Shuo tried to increase the player's sense of identity with Daxia. Previously, players were encouraged to build farms, mainly aimed at lifestyle players and casual players, and army reorganization was aimed at combat players.
Ouyang Shuo chose to reorganize the guild not just to deal with the national war.
In the future on Planet Hope, combat players must be the main force to deal with monsters, but in the game world, this force is too out of control, and it is still a mess.
Only relying on the operation of the guild elite group cannot temper players into qualified fighters.
Soldiers can only be produced in the army and on the battlefield.
Therefore, Ouyang Shuo never thought about reorganizing the guild in one go. He aimed at those elite players who are both passionate and talented in combat.
It is Ouyang Shuo's goal to put them into the Great Xia Army and to identify with the Great Xia as a group.
Ouyang Shuo went on to say: "In addition to combat players, the Great Xia Army also welcomes professional players who match the barracks. As for everyone here, if you want, you can start as a division commander."
"As long as you have the ability, it is not impossible for you to be promoted to the commander of the army, or even the commander of the group army, to stand side by side with the famous generals in history. You must know the amount of people employed in the Great Xia."
After Ouyang Shuo finished speaking, the scene was still a bit dull.