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With Tang Yin's personality, he might not have much foresight, but his goal had always been clear, and that was to expand, expand, and expand again. Until now, for Feng Country, if they wanted to expand to the south, Ann Country And Hui Country and the other two nations were the biggest obstacles.
After annexing the Mo Country, the national strength of the Feng Country had already exceeded that of the two nations. Even if one were to simultaneously become enemies with the two nations, Tang Yin still had the confidence of winning.
However, the hegemons of the south would definitely not sit by and watch the Feng Country swallow up the two nations of the Ann Country And Hui Country. They would definitely intervene and send out their troops.
Tang Yin thought that throwing out benefits as bait was the best way to split the Ann Country And Hui Country alliance. Yue Ze was craftier than Li Xin, and he was greedy as well. With the benefits he had, it would be even harder for him to split the loot than ascending to the heavens.
Tang Yin dared to bet that if he had been angered into running away tonight, then he would have split the two counties with Li Xin. Then, Li Xin would turn around and give one of the counties to Yue Ze, making the alliance between the two countries even stronger. But to put it in another way, Yue Ze might not even do that.
Chizhou, Gurao, were located in the southernmost area of the Mo Country, and looking at the territory of the entire Haotian Empire, it seemed like they were located at the center of the region. The climate was pleasing to the eyes, the food production was plentiful, and the industry and commerce were well-developed, making them worthy of being called two places of superiority, which now that they had fallen into Yue Ze's hands, if they still wanted him to split them up, it would undoubtedly be like cutting off his flesh.
The two nations of the Ann Country And Hui Country sent out their troops at the same time and worked together to fight. In the end, the Ann Country took over two entire counties with nothing at all on it, so how could Li Xin be balanced in his heart? This was the method of dividing the rules that Tang Yin used.
During this night's gathering, Feng, An, and Yu, the three countries, were all overjoyed. The most depressed and lonely part of it all belonged to the Huan Country, which meant that they didn't even get half an inch of land, and they also didn't get any spoils from the fall of Zhenjiang. Li Xin had brought a bunch of General of Huan Country with him and left the Zhenjiang empty-handed.
Looking back at the Ann Country, it could be said that he had returned home full of rewards from two counties, and at the same time, he had brought over ten carts of gold, silver and jewelry with him from the Zhenjiang. When Yue Ze bid farewell to Tang Yin, he was so overjoyed that his mouth couldn't close, thanking him profusely, and repeatedly mentioning the good news regarding the two countries' alliance.
While Tang Yin was dealing with this, his words also unintentionally revealed his dissatisfaction with Li Xin's Huan Country, and he even said some 'angry words' about wanting to send troops to suppress the Huan Country.
At this time, Yue Ze was still of the same heart as him. After hearing Tang Yin's words, he hurriedly tried to persuade him, patted his chest and made a promise. When he returned to his country, he would definitely persuade Li Xin to apologize and wait.
Through Yue Ze's words, Tang Yin could also feel that the alliance between the two nations of Ann Country And Hui Country was deeply rooted. It would not be easy to divide it even if he wanted to.
After figuring out what Yue Ze meant, Tang Yin did not say anymore and personally sent him out of the city. Only when Ann Country and his group disappeared from his line of sight, did Tang Yin finally return to the palace.
Along the way, Ling Shuang who had been silent all this time suddenly asked: "Does Royal Brother plan to make a move on Huan Country next?"
Tang Yin was startled, then laughed and asked: "What? "Am I that obvious?"
He did not express the intention of using force against the Huan Country, but from Ling Shuang's understanding of Tang Yin, she could feel that the Huan Country had become his next goal. Ling Shuang looked straight at Tang Yin, and asked: "In the end, how many Duchies does Royal Brother want to conquer?"
Tang Yin laughed, and did not directly answer, and said: "Sister Wang, you just need to follow me on the same boat, this time, I will kill Mo, but Sister Wang's Yu Country, won't it benefit you greatly?" This was true, Tang Yin was not stingy towards his own loyal allies.
Other than the large amount of spoils of war, Tang Yin had also given two counties each to the Yu Country. The two counties in Ning Nan were Dragon Mountain and two counties in the Lower Bath, and the four counties in Mo Country were almost equal to half of the nation's Yu Country. With these four counties, the strength of the Yu Country had also increased significantly, and of course, the territories between the two nations of the Feng Yu became even more intertwined and difficult to divide.
What he wanted was not to annex a certain country, but to make the entire empire, including Chuan Country. But if one day, his Chuan Country was defeated, would his Yu Country still be able to exist in this world alone?
As she thought about it, she sighed, the current situation is not something she can control anymore, the connection between the two countries is getting closer and closer, one side is becoming inseparable from the other, the two countries seem to be tightly bound together, even if she wanted to tear the alliance with Feng Country, the ministers of the court and citizens of Yu Country would probably not be willing.
Hearing her sigh, Tang Yin more or less understood some of Ling Shuang's thoughts. He said faintly: "In this chaotic world, if you want to survive and avoid being bullied and swallowed by other nations, there is only one way to become stronger. The Chuan Country has already treated the two countries as thorn in your side, and if your two countries cannot become strong enough to make the Chuan Country stop, there will be a day in the future where you will suffer greatly."
Tang Yin agreed on this point. She first nodded his head, and then changed the topic and said: "No matter what, Sister Wang will definitely stand on the side of Royal Brother today, or even in the future. I hope that the Royal Brother will not side with Sister Wang."
Tang Yin was startled, then laughed out loud, "How can that be!"
That night, Tang Yin was completely overwhelmed by the mountain of military and political affairs. He got up and walked out of the study room to relax.
Right now, the Pingyuan Army s, Feilong Army s, and Huben Army s had all gone south to stabilize and reclaim the counties in the south. Just based on the daily reports that were sent back, even if Tang Yin did not eat, drink, or sleep, it would not be easy for him to finish all of them. Other than military affairs, government affairs were even more complicated and it had its own system of Mo Country which was completely different from Feng Country.
But there were thousands of miles separating the two area, and it would take time for the two of them to arrive. Before the two of them arrived, Tang Yin had to take care of all the military and political matters.
Being able to take care of these small and large matters was definitely tiring for Tang Yin as much as fighting a war. After staying in the King Mo Palace for so many days, he had not even found the time to stroll around.
Of course, what he called 'relaxation' was just a walk in the palace and a good night's sleep.
At this time, the King Mo Palace could be said to be bustling with Yin and Yang, all the palace maids had been dismissed, and replacing them were Guard of Feng Army s who walked ten steps one guard and five steps one guard. The women who stayed in the palace, other than Ling Shuang, were her personal Female Guard s.
The size of King Mo Palace was not small at all. Adding all the palaces and pavilions together, there were more than a hundred of them. With such a large palace, even if one wanted to walk through it once, it would still take a whole day.
Tang Yin took care of most of the matters there for half a day, and when he saw a place with many people, he became annoyed. He brought Ah San and the other two to a relatively quiet harem.1
Shao Fang and the other imperial concubines were no longer here. All the palaces and pavilions were empty.
While walking casually, Tang Yin asked: "Ah San, how long have we left the Yan City this time?"
Ah San pinched his fingers and calculated, the former replied: "Reporting to my king, it has been almost half a year."
"So fast ?" Tang Yin shook his head and laughed, "When it comes to fighting, I really don't think it's ever been so fast ?"
"That's right!" "Great King!" Ah San and Ah Si both had the same thought as they replied in unison.
As he was walking forward, Tang Yin suddenly smelt a faint smell of paper ash. He raised his head and looked, only to find that there were a few soldiers huddled together at the fork in the road.
Tang Yin frowned, even though he was not familiar with the palace rules, he knew that it was forbidden to ignite fire in the palace. Silently, he stepped forward and asked, "What are you doing?"
Those few soldiers obviously did not expect that someone would come over here. They were all shocked by Tang Yin's sudden question and could not help but cry out.
When they turned around, Tang Yin saw that they were all female soldiers. To be able to find a female soldier in the palace, she must be Ling Shuang's bodyguards.
Tang Yin did not recognize them, but they recognized Tang Yin. Seeing that it was Feng King, the Female Guard immediately released their grip on their swords, and knelt down to pay their respects: "I pay my respects to Feng King!"
"Stand up!" Tang Yin waved his hand, and the expression on his face softened. They were, after all, Yu Army, so this Feng King of his couldn't really control them.
He lowered his head to take a look. Through the seams of people, he could see a lot of paper ashes on the ground. He asked, "You guys also answered me why I'm burning paper here so late at night."
"This ?" A few Female Guard s looked at each other, not daring to reply.
Tang Yin snickered in his heart, but his expression was serious as he said, "If there's anything you want to say, just say it. If you guys don't say it, then this king will punish all of you by offering up an offering to curry favor, and I will capture you all!"
A few Female Guard s could not stop Tang Yin from scaring them, their faces immediately became pale white, their heads shaking like a rattle, and they said repeatedly: "Feng King, this little one is definitely not paying respects to Shao Fang, but ? "But ?"
"But what?" Tang Yin asked impatiently.
"It's because the crimes in this palace are too heavy and cause so much trouble that this young one came here to burn paper, wanting to... Get rid of the demons! " A few Female Guard s lowered their heads and whispered.
Haunted? Tang Yin was so angry that he almost laughed, where did all these ghosts in the world come from? In his entire life, he had killed countless people, but he had never seen a ghost come after him.
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