Chapter 682
Ouyang Shuo did not agree with Black Snake's judgment.
If Dichen didn't attack the Stone City, what he was afraid of was not the city guard army, but the [Shanhai League] behind the city guard army. It is precisely because Di Chen has seen through the [Shanhai League]'s determination to defend the stubborn stone city that he will not act rashly.
The current Handan City, just like the previous Shanhai City, is too full to digest at once. The territorial area of the Kyoto province ranks among the top three among the provinces.
If Handan City provokes another war and rushes to attack the stubborn stone city, once the [Shanhai League] intervenes strongly, the war will rage, which is definitely not good news for Handan City.
The current Di Chen has already learned how to weigh the pros and cons.
"Do the other members of [Yanhuang League] have similar actions?" Ouyang Shuo asked.
Black Snake nodded, "That's right. In the past six months, Lord Chunshen has spent a lot of money in Jingchu Province, hired more than 100,000 player mercenaries, and started a strong sweep mode. In the current Jingchu Province, except for Xiangyang County where the royal city is located, other The place is already the territory of Danyang City."
"The current Chunshen Jun has a big appetite and is ready to extend his tentacles into the Central Plains province."
After hearing this, Ouyang Shuo shook his head.
Mr. Chunshen has tasted the sweetness of the mercenaries, and he has the potential to be unstoppable, and he is gradually drifting away on the road of mercenaries.
On the surface, the cost of mercenaries is much lower than the cost of maintaining a territorial army. In fact, mercenaries can only assist, not rely on. Otherwise, it would be extremely detrimental to tempering the territorial army.
The army of Danyang City in the previous life was extremely weak in the national war, and was rated as "silver-like pewter gun head" by the players.
Did not expect this life, still the case.
It has to be said that Mr. Chunshen is too much a businessman, and he likes to calculate the gains and losses of wealth too much. In the big picture, there is still no progress, which is really disappointing.
This is also the so-called: the authorities are obsessed, but the bystanders are clear.
Mr. Chunshen, who was deeply involved in it, probably didn't think so, but he was proud of his calculations.
"The Chixue City in the East China Sea Province and the Overlord City in the Jiangnan Province have also completed their occupation of the province. The difference is that there is still Jianye County where the King City is located in the East China Sea Province. The Bawang City in the Jiangnan Province not only Occupy the entire province, and establish Yizhou Island as Yizhou County, and officially bring it under the rule." Black Snake continued to report.
"What is the size of the navy in Bawang City, and how powerful is it?" Ouyang Shuo asked suddenly.
Black Snake was stunned, but fortunately, he was prepared, "According to investigations, Bawangcheng has already established a Zhoushan fleet. Not only that, Bawangcheng also plans to form a Penghu fleet on Yizhou Island. The strange thing is that their fleet organization is similar to ours. The teacher is almost the same. I suspect that the information was stolen."
"That guy has a way." Ouyang Shuo had seen Xiong Ba's methods, "Have you found out how the information was leaked?"
"Basically found out." The efficiency of the Black Snake Guard is not so high, "It should be the official in charge of purchasing warships in Bawang City, who tricked the person in charge of our shipyard. When we detained the factory director, he still Keeping it in the dark, I thought it was not an important matter, so I said it casually."
Ouyang Shuo straightened his expression, and said with emotion: "It seems that in addition to collecting information from the outside world, your intelligence departments should also provide special training to the officials of the confidential departments of the territory to enhance their anti-reconnaissance capabilities."
"Yes!" Black Snake solemnly said, "After going down, I will coordinate this matter with Commander Shen Buhui."
"En." Ouyang Shuo nodded, then asked, "What about the situation in Kansai Province?"
Speaking of Kansai Province, Black Snake just smiled, "The Kansai Province is very lively now. The central part of the province is occupied by Xianyang County and Chang'an County, while the north and south are taken by Shura City and Fallen Leaf City respectively. If it is not Blocked by Wangcheng, Shura City and Fallen Leaf City may have already fought."
"They never thought about expanding abroad?" Ouyang Shuo asked.
"There are signs of this." Black Snake nodded, "Fallen Leaf City is actively intervening in the Central Plains Province, intending to go out of the Kanto and enter the hinterland of the Central Plains in one fell swoop. Helplessly, the eastward advance of Luoye City conflicts with Danyang City's northern expedition strategy. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty made a strong statement in Shangluoyang Wangcheng, and for a while, the Central Plains may not be able to win the battle."
"As for Shura City in the north, most of its territory is the Loess Plateau. The geographical location is relatively poor, the land is barren, and the development potential is limited. It is NPC forces, dare not act rashly. The only east side is occupied by Fengxiang City, and now Shura City is like a bird trapped in a cage, with nowhere to escape."
Ouyang Shuo frowned, thinking of the Mongol Empire again, and said, "If you're in a hurry, you jump over the wall. The Black Snake Guards should pay more attention to Shura City, especially to see if it has contact with the Mongolian tribes."
"Understood!" Black Snake nodded again, and said instead: "Looking at [Yanhuang League], the swordsman city in Shu is probably the least ambitious. So far, swordsman city has only won one county. After that Without the desire to continue to expand, although the mountain roads in Shu are rugged and the transportation is inconvenient, it is still a bit strange."
"On the side of Swordsman City, let Shanhaiwei's shadow guards focus on it!"
In Gaia's three years, the Jianghu was hidden from the world, and it was not the time when Swordsman City stepped onto the stage of history.
"Yes!" Black Snake knew how to advance and retreat.
Black Snake also knew that Cui Tianqi, who was in charge of the shadow guards, was Junhou's real confidant. In the past half a year, there are countless corrupt officials arrested by Shanhaiwei, and most of them were arrested by the Shadow Guard.
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After such an introduction by Black Snake, the overall situation in China is already very clear.
In the past six months, the rise of the giants and the retreat of the weak have become the main theme of the wilderness.
Among the seventeen provinces in China, five provinces have been captured by the [Yanhuang League]. On the contrary, only the Taiyuan Province in the north and the Southern Sichuan Province in the south are completely occupied by the [Shanhai League].
As for Yunnan Province and Lingnan Province, they can only be counted as one-third.
And no matter it is Lingxi City, Black Lion City, or Xunlong City, they have not obtained absolute right to speak in their provinces. Stubborn Stone City was suppressed by Handan City and shrank in a corner, just trying to protect itself.
Among them, there is also the hidden worry of Dragon City.
In contrast, the decline of the [Shanhai League] is already an irreversible fact.
"The situation is not optimistic!" Ouyang Shuo sighed inwardly.
The current situation is that [Yanhuang League] members are blooming everywhere, catching up with each other, and truly becoming a prince; [Shanhai League] is the only one in Shanhai City, and other allies are fading day by day.
When this happened, it was due to the fact that the allies were unable to do what they wanted objectively, and there was also subjectively Ouyang Shuo's impetus in disguise. In Gaia's three years in the previous life, how could Di Chen and the others have such arrogance.
In this life, under the oppression of Shanhai City, the major families played all their cards ahead of time to achieve such brilliant results.
In this way, the achievements of Bai Hua and others seem somewhat insufficient.
If Ouyang Shuo remembers correctly, Bai Hua spent five years in Gaia in his previous life before completing the occupation of Yunnan Province. The current achievements are really not bad.
It can only be said that Shiyi time shifts!
In half a year, Shanhai City's "hibernation" has already caused a lot of trouble in the city.
There are constant rumors in the China area, and they can say anything. Some said that Ouyang Shuo was told by the high-level officials to restrain himself; others said that Shanhai City knew that it was no match for the background of the [Yanhuang League], so it died down in advance.
Although it is all ridiculous, it also reflects the player's insight into the decline of the [Shanhai League] from the side. If it weren't for the ocean-going fleet's continuous big news, I really don't know what it will be like in the end.
Naturally, Ouyang Shuo didn't need to pay attention to these rumors. But Ouyang Shuo had to carry the great banner of the [Shanhai League], because it was the key to his future struggle for dominance in the national war.
"Alright, since we have all shown our trump cards, let's fight hard!" Today, Ouyang Shuo will not have any fear, on the contrary, his fighting spirit is high.
After half a year of dormancy, it's time for the tiger to descend from Shanhai City!
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Ouyang Shuo rubbed his head, put aside his thoughts temporarily, and waved his hands, "You step back first!"
"Weichen resigns!"
Black Snake saluted, and when he left the study, he met Zhang Yi, Minister of Honglu Temple, at the door.
The two looked at each other, feeling sorry for each other.
It seems that Junhou's "report meeting" will take a long time.
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"Greetings!" Zhang Yi followed into the study and bowed in salute.
"Sit down!" Ouyang Shuo's expression was casual, his mood was not affected by the incident just now, and he got straight to the point, "Tell me, what progress has Honglu Temple made in the past six months?"
"promise!"
Zhang Yi was well prepared and began to report one by one.
In the past six months, Honglu Temple seemed to be silent, but actually did a lot of behind-the-scenes work. After hearing the results, Ouyang Shuo felt refreshed.
As expected of Zhang Yi, Zhang Yi really did not disappoint Ouyang Shuo.
According to Zhang Yi, the four major city-states of Yunnan, northern Sichuan, southern Hunan, and southern Lingnan have all been attacked by Honglu Temple from the inside, and the chess pieces of Shanhai City have been inserted.
Among them, there is also the cooperation of Black Snake Guard and Shanhai Guard.
It can be said that every move of the four major city-states is under the control of Shanhai City.
Last night, [Yunnan City-State] just proposed to hold an emergency meeting of the four major city-states. Early this morning, the news had already reached Honglu Temple.
Apart from arranging chess pieces, Honglu Temple's biggest lobbying achievement is undoubtedly [Northern Sichuan City-State]. In this city-state, the lords who moved closer to Shanhai City accounted for a quarter.
Among them, there are quite a few lords who are very important in the city-state.
This also means that Shanhai City already has the ability to, to a certain extent, guide the decision-making direction of [Northern Sichuan City-State] at the right time.
At this point, I have to admire Zhang Yi's penetrating tongue.
The rise of the Four Seas Bank also helped Honglu Temple to a certain extent. It was the bargaining chip to provide loans in the future that Zhang Yi could successfully persuade the heavyweight lords in [Northern Sichuan City-State].
If it is said that Shanhai City has not moved a single soldier, it has already broken a corner of the four major city-states.