Chapter 77
The young lady suddenly turned her head toward Tie Long Cheng, her gaze sharp as a sword and cold as ice . But as the pensiveness in her eyes increased, that sharpness also slowly disappeared .
“Three years ago, the emperor suddenly got hit by a poisoned arrow . His life was like a candle in the wind . At the time, the prince was only ten . And even though he was brilliant, it would have been difficult for people to accept his rule . Iron Cloud was at the verge of crumbling down . All the officials were thinking for themselves . It was a dangerous situation like a thousand pound weight hanging by a hair . ”
Tie Long Cheng said slowly . It made Chu Yang feel as if he was explaining himself! This was the first time they met . Even if he had the status, this man still shouldn’t have to explain to him like this… this was really curious .
Tie Long Cheng continued, “After that, Diwu Qing Rou suddenly made some mistakes in the battlefield . Unexplainable situations that made seasoned generals of Great Zhao leave their bodies in the battlefield . These three battles were essentially inconsequential to Great Zhao, and certainly did not have to be so costly to them!”
“Because, at that time, they only had to simultaneously attack, and all of Iron Cloud would have gone up in a puff of smoke in about half a year! Our Iron Cloud was basically powerless at that point! However, at that key moment, the enemy’s generals suddenly went to their deaths due to erroneous intelligence reports! As a result, we were able to easily wipe them out! Those decisive battles were the surviving chance that Iron Cloud needed!”
“Afterwards, we sat down and went over everything . In looking at those three battles, we discovered that no matter how we tried, we never had the ability to push them into such trap! In another word, they were looking for their own deaths; they wanted death . This made us surprised and puzzled . ”
“After these incident, Great Zhao Nation’s military took a month to rest and regroup . However, they did not need to rest or regroup at all; it seemed as if they were giving us time to regain our strength and strategize our plans on purpose…”
Tie Long Cheng took in a deep breath and said, “It was not until we brought back information from Great Zhao and carefully analyzed many times that we discovered it was Diwu Qing Rou’s conspiracy! Unfortunately, we could do nothing but cooperate with this conspiracy! We could not avoid allowing him to lead us by the nose!”
“Diwu Qing Rou needed a prolonged war to gather its exploits, eliminate his dissidents, increase his following, and bring the military under his control . And, at that period, our Iron Cloud needed time much more than Diwu Qing Rou did . Moreover, we needed to gather the country’s military, because that period was key to the survival of Iron Cloud!”
“If we did not cooperate then Iron Cloud Nation would have fallen in only a few months . And even if we did not cooperate, Diwu Qing Rou still had other opportunities . Limitless Nation for example! We had a no choice . It was a humiliation, but we had to swallow our pride and live!”
When Tie Long Cheng got to this, he let out a very long sigh .
Even though he did not continue, Chu Yang and the others understood .
At that time, the two sides cooperated to eliminate dissidents and unify their respective nations! Without an actual agreement, you achieve your battle accomplishments, I take back my territories, you get rid of opposition, I eliminate my enemies, and everything quietly happened that way!”
In short, their goals were the same: Unify all of their respective nation’s power to realize their own strength!
If Diwu Qing Rou went to war at that time, Great Zhao would, without a doubt, have had complete victory . However, after that victory, he would have to face the doubt and opposition among some officials as well as soldiers . At that time, his foundation was not yet stable . In the worst case scenario, he could end up without a place to bury his dead body! Even if he could keep his life and his position at the time, he would have absolutely lost any opportunity to advance to the peak of power!
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