The 2133rd Day: 3 Days to Decide the Outcome

Just like what Li Cong said, the second prince of the Southern Empire is an idiot. He has already proved that his method is useless, but this guy still refuses to admit defeat. As far as he is concerned, this The guy still wants to end these things quickly, so he keeps sending his own people up, as if he can break through the defense line of Cao's house, what is the final result? It is already two o'clock in the afternoon, and there are still four hours before sunset. Everyone knows that if it gets dark, the attackers will feel even more uncomfortable, especially for troops like Cao's House that don't go out very often. Hiding behind the strong fortifications to attack the soldiers of the Southern Empire, and the most important thing is that the cavalry of the Southern Empire cannot go into battle at night. The cavalry's battle at night can be said to be a shortcoming, without the rapid impact of the cavalry , Relying on the infantry must be the stuff that was killed by others. These guys in the Southern Empire still don't understand how to get there. The sky has already darkened. After the last shelling of Cao's House All the airships have been dispatched up, and all the densely packed airships in the sky are the airships of Cao's House. They all know that if they continue to attack, these things will blow themselves up and there will be no scum left. Yes, these are the people from Cao's House of Commerce. They will use such things after they can't beat them. I don't know what they are thinking in their minds, but one thing is certain, that is, the people from Cao's House of Business are not I am willing to fight at night. Although the Southern Empire wants to fight at night, there is no food for a day. How can I fight? Even the generals are hungry, so they will definitely not fight. Watermark Ad Test Watermark Ad Test

"Hehe, I really didn't expect that we could achieve such a great result today. If the people of the Southern Empire want to attack at night, I really don't know what to say about them. The daytime is still very beneficial to them. If they attack one by one If they don't know what to do if they attack at night, we will give them a big blow. Have the results been counted? How is the situation at Tuoba Yuanye? We all attacked together. If that guy didn't defend If so, I will really have to teach him how to do it tomorrow. By the way, there is also the capital, we can also let our people start activities. War is one aspect on the battlefield. In a peaceful place it is another aspect. On the one hand, if it is used well, it may be greater than the progress on the battlefield." Li Cong looked at the soldiers who were drinking broth happily, and they were all tired all day, but today's casualties are not There are much fewer than yesterday, and some wounded have already been torn off. For Cao's house. As long as you are injured, you have to pull it down immediately, even if you feel that it will not be affected. After the injured person goes down, there will be someone who is not injured and will come back. They are the most valuable assets of the entire firm. If something happens to them, it will be unacceptable to the entire firm. They cannot do that. They must take good care of the wounded, regardless of the Southern Empire. Life and death of the wounded are absolutely different.

"Sir, today's report has already calculated a rough figure, because the war has just stopped, and we have not yet completed the figures in many places. Sometimes we can't estimate it. What is certain is the current situation. The loss is not very large. About 40,000 of us have lost combat effectiveness. The remaining 50,000 people can come back after two days of rest. Their injuries are not very serious. As for the Southern Empire, our airship reports Said that all three of their legions were disabled by us,

Today their loss is more than 12 million people. One of their legions tried to go around and attack us from behind, but it walked into our minefield and has not yet come out, and more than half of the casualties, but ours The minefields have already been made by them and there is nothing left. We need to continue to arrange the minefields tomorrow. General Tuoba’s side is worse than ours. They have only started to build fortifications now, and the general The liaison officer over there just came over and said that their shells were gone, and they asked our side to deliver them to them quickly. There may be wars over there at night, and the enemy over there did not want to push them away. It means to go down. "The adjutant on the side said that he really admired the boss in front of him. He used to say that Tuoba Yuanye was the most capable person in Cao's firm, but this result can be seen by others. The people here are resting here, but the people over there are not finished yet. We still have some shells left. There are no shells around, and they will face a war at night. It seems that they can't rest at night.

"Well, send the shells from our side to their side as soon as possible. As long as our key attack can succeed this time, these two strongholds will be fixed on their side like nails. Then we will We can let them know that we are great, and at that time we will have what we want, and they will not make us ugly, these people are not fools, and they all understand that now is a critical time, I guess there must be some killer moves from the Southern Empire, but for us, any kind of killer move is useless, but Tuoba Yuanye is a little worried, and the people on their side Everyone has raised their guard. An empire has been passed down for so many years, and there will definitely be something powerful of its own. If you are a little bit better than the other party, if you are not careful, such a little advantage may disappear immediately. At that time, we will really regret it. We must keep this point, and we can only do it in the next negotiation. It's better." Li Cong said quickly when he heard that Tuoba Yuanye hadn't finished yet, he had already stored more than 30 million rounds of large shells in the world in his body, and these things were just transported from the earth. Yes, the cost of millions of rounds per day is also very huge, but if there is no cannon, the enemy's attack cannot be blocked. This thing is indispensable, and sometimes this thing can destroy the enemy's will to fight Well, many soldiers in the Southern Empire are most afraid of this thing. From their point of view, it is absolutely different when the cannon fires and when the cannon does not fire. They all know that the cannon is the most powerful weapon.

Things like laser cannons are already used on the earth now, and it can be said that such old-fashioned shells are available. Such things are for some countries that originally existed on the earth. That's a lot of reserves, and 30 million rounds is just a small number. Other things made by humans may not be of much use, but this thing made by humans is very powerful. Many people say that the weapons made by humans may destroy the entire earth several times. In fact, this thing is definitely true. of. Even hundreds of times are possible. Of course, it will be even more powerful if you add those nuclear weapons. These things are pediatrics on the earth. Now the most used on the earth is the laser cannon. This thing uses It is driven by a cuboid energy crystal block with a length of about 15 cm and a width of 10. This thing can allow him to charge quickly. Sometimes such things can flatten a hill at once. If this is the case, it is estimated that the entire planet can be taken down soon, but Li Cong didn't use those things. In Li Cong's view Something like that is just too powerful. This world has not figured it out yet. If those things are taken out, some people here will probably be dissatisfied, and they will be besieged. Of course, the most fearful thing is that some more powerful enemies will appear. Then Li Cong really couldn't handle it anymore, who knows who they belong to.

The Southern Empire is also liquidating their battle results, but in the end, the result surprised them all. Is this a nonsense? How is this possible? The Southern Empire lost more than 14.5 million troops today, and the combined losses of both sides exceeded 26 million. Although it is 4 million less than yesterday, they absolutely cannot afford such losses every day. When the war dead is already dead How could such a situation happen in the past? Is the war like this from now on? When the senior officials of the Southern Empire received this report, the first thing they thought of was how they should face it. It would be nonsense to continue sending troops to the front line. If the number of people could solve the problem, they wouldn’t have to suffer as much as they do now. The thing to do is how to solve this problem. So many people in the past are probably useless, but what can they do? It can only be the second prince who made an imperial decree and asked him to do better. The second prince himself was wronged. I didn't expect this errand to be like this. If I knew it would end like this, I wouldn't kill us To take care of this matter, it is better to stay honestly in the capital. You can live well in the capital, and now you are fine. Everything is blamed on me. Do you think this matter has something to do with us? ? Can we decide? When did the people in Cao's House become so easy to bully? If you have the ability, you all have to try it, and you will know that the imperial edict will be issued later. Don't I know that the imperial edict is easy to issue? Lao Tzu will also use a pen to get things done, but is it the same thing now? Have you carefully checked if this can be done? Are all the people in Cao's firm idiots?

The war has entered the third day. On this day, the target of attack and defense seems to have changed. The Cao Family Firm has changed from the attacking side to the defensive side. Of course, the Cao Family Firm is definitely attacking, but only in a small area Just attack, start from the two occupied bases, and start sending your own troops towards their east-west direction. The original second line of defense was only broken for less than 200 miles. For the defense line of 3,000 miles It's nothing to say, it's just one-fifteenth, as long as they can pay attention to it, it's nothing, but they didn't pay attention to this matter, they think that the people of Cao's House will definitely continue to move towards Those who attack from the north will definitely not attack from the east and the west, but because of their miscalculation, these people are about to fail. They have gathered combat-capable troops, and those who stay in the defensive position are all They are not very useful people. These people can say that they can still look after the house, but they really have no ability to resist when they encounter the tiger and wolf teachers of Cao's House, so they lost their lives in less than a few hours. A line of defense of 500 miles.

The second prince never thought that a few hours ago, he thought he could quickly take back these two places, but now it seems that there is no point in taking them back. Losing 200 miles per hour The line of defense is estimated to follow this speed. This afternoon, the second line of defense will be gone. Of course, millions of people died at Cao's House today, because they all attacked by force. The loss is not small. If it was yesterday, they would definitely be very happy. Less than 20 million people died here today. This ratio is already very good, but what is the use of such a result now? Or I don't need such a result at all, what I need is to be able to drive them back and protect the second line of defense. He understands very well what it means if this line of defense is lost, which means that the Southern Empire has no ability to build a third line of defense, and can only rely on the resistance of each city one by one. It will be possible to reach the capital of the Southern Empire in a few months, even occupying the entire territory of the Southern Empire, unless the other three empires come out to fight against the people of the Cao Family Firm. It might make them calm down a little, otherwise it is absolutely impossible to stop the people from Cao's House of Firms. The second prince has gone crazy. This is just an explanation people gave him at this time. The crazy second prince gave the order to retreat when he knew that the second line of defense had completely collapsed, and the army of more than one billion began to run back desperately. The war horses, towards the soldiers who have become sheep to kill...

Li Cong didn't expect that today's battle would be so smooth. Although his losses were a bit larger, the strategic goal was basically accomplished. More than 1.1 million shells were shot out today. Li Cong saw Looking at the already empty inner world, the war should be over at this time. The blitzkrieg relies on the power of cannons. Now that there are no shells, it must stop, but the army of the Southern Empire is now even more aggressive. It was chaotic. If he could work hard, he would probably be able to hit their capital, but Li Cong still didn't put his idea into practice. He knew that the people of the three empires over there had tolerated him to the limit Well, if I go to the old nest of the Southern Empire, it is estimated that the people of the Southern Empire will definitely unite with the remaining three empires to fight the largest war against me. It's just a joke, I may die miserably, even some masters from the four empires may kill me when they come out, sometimes I am very afraid of the strength of those masters, this There are still a group of very powerful people in the four empires. They may not be Li Cong's opponents individually, but they still have some very powerful battle formations. If they all use formations, Li Cong may lose It's very miserable. These people estimated that Li Cong was afraid of this, so they wouldn't carry the war to the end. The people of the four empires saw that Li Cong stopped attacking on the new day, so they didn't say anything. What's left is the matter of the Southern Empire, and it has nothing to do with us. If you want to end the war, you still have to have a good talk with the people in Cao's House, and give up something.

Many people in Cao's House did not know why Li Cong gave such an order. Now is the best time to attack. Behind the second line of defense is a flat plain. 400 miles is no problem. You can occupy more than 50 provinces of the Southern Empire in a week. Stopping at this time is simply a waste of the life of Cao's business. Many generals don't understand Li Cong's behavior. I want to debate with Li Cong to see what Li Cong means and why he stopped, but these people were stopped by Tuoba Yuanye, what are you talking about, your task is to obey orders , When you came out of the military academy back then, you all memorized these words by heart. What’s the matter now? Why don’t you remember this? If you don’t even remember this, you’re not a soldier anymore. In fact, when Tuoba Yuanye started, I also had thoughts in my heart. This time is the best time. The three-day war caused the casualties of Cao's House to reach 2.5 million, which is already a large number. The number is too large, and such casualties must be achieved with greater results. Unexpectedly, Li Cong called a stop at this time, but he soon understood that although the war situation of Cao's House is very good now, but He knows it clearly. No one can tell what will happen in the future, and it may suffer.

There are not only two forces on this continent, the Cao Family Commercial Bank and the Southern Empire, but there are also many other large and small forces, although the Cao Family Commercial Bank has already controlled Daozong. But to be honest, there are too few things that a Taoist sect can do. Now because of the war with the Southern Empire, Daozong has been monitored by an army of over 100 million in the Southern Empire. It is said that the four major sects are very powerful, but they have nothing to do when facing the violent machinery of the country. You have a lot of ninth-level fighters, but we have more ordinary people. If you want to go out, you will slaughter our ordinary people. If you kill more people, it is estimated that those so-called righteous people will stand up, so the normal war Daozong is basically a spectator. 5,000 disciples went to help the people of Cao's House, but whether it was the beginning or the end, these people were of little use on the battlefield. It's not even as powerful as a cannon. These masters can be said to play very little role in the crowded battlefield. Even if you are a tenth-level fighter, you will be thrown into an army of millions. You killed all these millions of troops, you are very powerful, but what is the final result? In the end, you still have a result, that is, you are killed directly, and there is no good result. In the end, your result is that you are exhausted and killed, and no one will save you, because your opposite is an empire. A huge empire, which is why Li Cong flinched, he didn't want to run into the four empires.

"Hehe, I can tell what you're thinking when I see you. Are you feeling uncomfortable about my order? That's right, we have the upper hand now, but it's in the middle of the other three On the basis that the empire did not intervene, do you think that our food can block the three major empires? Impossible, that is just not reaching their bottom line, if it reaches their bottom line, they will not We will be soft, when the time comes we will have to face an army of tens of billions, our weapons are powerful, and our soldiers are also very powerful, but what is the concept of an army of more than tens of billions? It is impossible to kill them all if they are soft-handed. On the contrary, some of our business within the four empires will suffer heavy losses. At that time, our losses will be great. We are still a chamber of commerce. It is because we have a lot of territory, but it is difficult for us to face the four powerful empires. If we fight against any one alone, we can not be afraid of them. What we fear is that they will unite. In that case, there will be no us There is hope that it can rise, so at this time, it is better to accept it as soon as it is good. You see, how calm it is now, and now it is the Southern Empire that is uncomfortable. They must offer a price that satisfies us, and We also need to rest." Li Cong looked at Tuoba Yuanye and said, Tuoba Yuanye didn't say a word, Li Cong knew what this guy wanted to say, and it can be said that he is thinking in his heart now these.

"Hmph, I don't know how many times you have told me what you said. When I ordered the attack to stop, the generals who came to see me were either 100 or 80. I told them that, but to be honest, Although I explained it to them, I can't get over it in my heart. Now we have the advantage. Although there are more than one billion Southern Empire troops in front of us, just look at their appearance. , They don't even have any backbone at all, they are not soldiers at all, not to mention our tough soldiers, even ordinary people with weapons can easily kill them, look at their appearance , when they run away, they will choose to throw down their weapons. The army of the Southern Empire is what it is today. If we can work harder, I guarantee that you will be able to speak in the palace of the Southern Empire in the second half of the year. , Yes, what you said is also the pressure of the four empires, but what if they can’t unite? Didn’t our intelligence department say that the contradictions between them are very serious, I don’t think they will do it for these things They are united together, as long as there are conflicts among them, can't we all take advantage of it?" Tuoba Yuanye still spoke out what was in his heart, seven of his fifteen guards died, and all of them He was killed in battle, because the situation was too critical at that time, the tide of the Southern Empire had already reached the headquarters, and he sent all his bodyguards there. At that time, he said that he would go to the capital of the Southern Empire, but now he is going to break his promise.

"You are right, but you should also know that it is possible that these things are just superficial phenomena. What if the Southern Empire hadn't weakened to the point where it is now? We have already rushed forward. What should we do? We How many soldiers can attack? I don’t know if you have seen this terrain. 3,000 miles constitute the second line of defense. If the Southern Empire can build a third line of defense, their line of defense will be 10,000 miles, or even more Long, at that time we will have to divide our troops even more fiercely. Look at the area we occupy. Although the siege is still going on, those people have also brought us a lot of casualties. We don’t have that much The stomach can eat all of these, we can only take it slowly, let it all come slowly, we have to digest what we eat in the stomach first, and then we can do other things, Otherwise we could all be killed, we can't lose our own, that's what a senior commander fears the most. I thought you'd understand me, watching you explain to the generals I thought you I really understand, it really disappointed me, go back and talk to Lao Wu, he will make you understand more." Li Cong didn't forgive Tuoba Yuanye at all, he really What's more, he was a little angry. Originally, he felt that Tuoba Yuanye should really understand himself, but he didn't expect that this guy really didn't understand himself. What this guy thought in his mind was the same as those ordinary generals. It is to continue the attack.

The internal affairs of the army still need to be digested by themselves. Li Cong came out and walked around. These people were all a little depressed. They all hoped that the war could be ended quickly, but it is impossible to end now, because The Southern Empire has already started to hold an imperial meeting to discuss the issue of peace, and they are not all fools. Naturally, they also know that the people in Cao's House must have their own ideas, and they will not start this indiscriminately. As for the matter, it will definitely get enough benefits in the end, and the Cao's Commercial Bank will also send its own representative. This person must be Wu Zuoxi, but Wu Zuoxi is not clear about Li Cong's bottom line, so he has to talk to Li Cong It is only possible to communicate. Of course, the so-called negotiation is naturally the most important issue in two aspects, one is the compensation, and the other is naturally the cession of land. The compensation must be a large number, so that Nan People in the empire will not have any ability to resist in a short period of time. It is a question of how much they can get by ceding the land. Now Li Cong must have his own ideas. Next, we will see when Wu Zuoxi arrives in the capital of the Southern Empire How the price was set and how it was discussed with that side is also a continuation, and during the negotiation process, Li Cong had to cooperate in the military. It must be felt by the people of the Southern Empire. Pressure is all right, otherwise, how could this matter be handled so easily? It was not that simple when the Eastern Empire signed the agreement, and they were also emotional for a long time.

"Boss, the people from the Southern Empire have already heard the news. After two days of truce, they can't hold on anymore. They want to have peace talks with us, and their people have already discussed the general meaning with us. Yes, it’s still the same as that of the Eastern Empire, hoping to end the war decently. Another thing is that the land ceded to us will never appear in the treaty. They hope to use a secret contract. Everything is the same as last time we were there The Eastern Empire did the same thing, and there was the matter of reparations. They hoped that they could use our tax relief or something to do this. It's us, we have to leave enough face for them." Wu Zuoxi had already talked to the people from the Southern Empire, and he felt that this matter was a bit funny, as if we had lost the battle. How could the people of the Empire make such a request? The reason why I signed such a contract with the Eastern Empire was because I was not an opponent of the Eastern Empire, nor did a full-scale war break out, and the strength of the Eastern Empire was much stronger than that of the Southern Empire. Now that we have completely defeated you, now you still want to save face, is this possible? Isn’t this a bit funny? If you can do whatever you want, it won’t work for us. We have fought for such a long time, so many people have died, and the world will become famous . Everything is not that simple, but since you want to keep this a secret, we can raise our requirements even higher.

"Hehe, in fact, I knew what they meant when they came. They must want to save their face. But they also have to understand that face is sometimes all they want. We in the Eastern Empire The reason for this is because we are not capable enough. The three empires will never fight against us because of a contract. As long as we don’t continue to attack, they will definitely not care about the rest. So we It is absolutely impossible to agree to this condition of the Southern Empire. In fact, that reputation can be completely lost to us. If we insist on such things, they will give up some other things. At that time, everything will be up to us. This is a negotiation skill. I think you will understand more about such things than I do. The issue of reparations cannot be left idle. Regarding the financial situation of the Southern Empire, what do you think we should propose? What about the demand for reparations? You can’t let them go berserk, otherwise they might try their best not to end the war and continue to fight with us. Now we also need peace, we can’t let the war continue, continue It’s not in the interest of our Cao’s House to go on.” Li Cong said, regarding the economic situation of the Southern Empire, he only knew that the Southern Empire might be stronger than the Eastern Empire, and this time his own shops suffered a lot of losses. Yes, he must be compensated by the people of the Southern Empire, but he doesn't seem to be sure about the specific amount, so it's better to let Wu Zuoxi talk about it.

"Since it's the boss, you said that the issue of reputation is not that important, I understand. It seems that you are going to make a fortune in silence this time, and sometimes you have to do something like this. They all understand that they can't mess with us, these people are also very measured in doing things, what they value most is their face, there are so many people in the entire empire, and there are a few others who are important The empire has not signed such a defeat treaty with us, and they will certainly not sign such a contract. For them, such a thing is more important than dozens of provinces. I will use this matter to talk to them Let’s talk about it, we have to get the biggest benefit for us no matter what, our soldiers are all dead, and after paying such a huge price, we should get a huge benefit.” Wu Zuoxi’s face also revealed It's a bit sad, this time can be said to be the war with the most deaths and injuries among the people of Cao's House, if there were not so many people's contributions, it would be impossible to have such a result, this time the result can be said Very good, it depends on your own negotiations. As for the economic situation of the Southern Empire, because of the war, their domestic economy is basically on the verge of collapse. If the war continues, the outcome of the Southern Empire will definitely not be as good. How good it is, but they are all dead ducks with a stubborn mouth. Since this is the case, I just ask you for a little more. Wu Zuoxi already has a number in his heart. Now I see Li Cong asking him, Naturally, I know it well.

"The financial situation of the Southern Empire was very good in the past. In the past, the annual income could reach about 3 trillion to 4 trillion silver. Of course, this is the sum of their central and local finances. Yes, counting some royal property and other things, their annual income is at least 4 trillion silver, if there is more, it can reach about 6 trillion, but I think we will occupy 20% of them in this war One of the land, and they are all provinces with relatively developed economies. It is not bad for their income to reach 3 trillion yuan this year. What do you think if we ask them to pay 20 trillion yuan in compensation? If they don’t pay it , we can also give them loans, just let them use some fiscal revenue as a guarantee. They owed us more than one trillion yuan in silver before, and they don’t recognize that anymore. We have to settle it with them, and some of our real estate in various places must be compensated by them. If some are damaged, we can settle with them according to the pre-war price. This they It should not be reckless, I opened the price to 50 trillion silver, presumably they don't want this bastard, and finally take it slowly, 30 trillion silver should be no problem, I believe they will not Other ideas." Wu Zuoxi still knows a lot about economic matters, but he didn't expect such a huge income in the Southern Empire to be so small. Of course, these are just taxes, and some other incomes are Not counting it, their hidden income is much bigger than taxation, it's just that outsiders can't figure it out.

The royal family's monthly expenditures are on the surface of hundreds of billions of silver. If it relies on such a small amount of financial revenue, it is estimated that the entire Southern Empire will go bankrupt. This is absolutely impossible. As for the Southern Empire The people from Cao’s House of Commerce have also inquired about some hidden income, but there is no result. Although there are some mines and so on, it is impossible for those things to have much income. There are some undetectable things, these things may be the most produced by the royal family, but these things will be kept very tightly by the royal family, and you will never see them.

"Well, basically what you said is good. I can rest assured that you go to negotiate. The other three empires have not said anything at this time, but I estimate that the negotiations will start in half a month. They will definitely send people to participate. It is the best thing for them to lose both sides. People from these three empires are just a person who messes things up. They are not good birds. You have to let them know how powerful we are. , although we can't match them, we have to let them know that we are not afraid of people from the three empires uniting, at least one of them is qualified, so that they can't underestimate us." Li Cong thought for a while I want to say that the people of the three empires cannot think that they can control Lao Tzu by uniting. If so, they will definitely be lawless.