First emperor of the human race

Chapter 124 The Summons of the Orc Empire
Guo Jia and Jia Xu are in charge of Dengtiantai, responsible for the intelligence organization of the Great Xia Dynasty.

The Eastern Xinjiang news they brought must not be as simple as military intelligence.

"The old slave retire."

Li Nianzi saluted respectfully and left the imperial study.

The affairs and reports brought by the Tiantai are all the most confidential affairs of the Great Xia Dynasty. Without the emperor's permission, no one can attend, not even Li Nianzi, a confidant old man.

After Li Nianzi left the imperial study, Guo Jia and Jia Xu came hand in hand.

"Meet the emperor."

"Meet the emperor."

The two respectfully saluted and kowtowed, Su Chen waved his hands: "Pingshen, tell me, what happened in Dongjiang?"

Jia Xu looked at Guo Jia and motioned for him to introduce.

Jia Xu has a relatively low-key personality, and refuses to stand up at non-critical moments. Even when it comes to handling internal affairs on the rooftop, Guo Jia and Zhu Ji mostly come forward, and Jia Xu is responsible for some darker things.

"Reporting to the emperor, fifteen days ago, the orc empire sent an envoy to submit a peace petition."

Guo Jia saluted respectfully, and said to Su Chen: "General Silong can't make a decision at this time, so please go to the rooftop to submit the information back to the palace, and ask the emperor to make a decision on this matter."

"A letter of peace?"

Su Chen raised his eyebrows, a little surprised, then frowned and remained silent.

The Great Xia Dynasty is indeed very powerful. Among the major human kingdoms in the Central Wilderness, the Great Xia Dynasty can be regarded as the top human empire. mighty empire.

Although the national power of the Great Xia Dynasty has declined a lot, it is still a skinny camel that is bigger than a horse, and much stronger than many small and medium-sized race empires.

But even so, Su Chen did not think that the orc empire had any reason to submit a peace petition to the Great Xia Dynasty.

Judging from the current situation in the Central Wilderness, the Orc Empire is stronger than the Great Xia Dynasty, and there is a giant empire in the entire Central Desert; There are occasional frictions, but the scale is not large. There is no need for the orc empire to submit a peace letter to the Great Xia Dynasty!

According to general diplomatic practice, only the defeated and weak side will take the initiative to submit a peace letter, cede part of their own interests, and pray for the strong side to raise their hands.

In the last millennium, there has only been a precedent for the Great Xia Emperor to submit a peace letter to the Beastman Empire, and there has never been a precedent for the Beastman Empire to voluntarily bow to the Great Xia Dynasty.

So, what is the reason why the Beastman Empire sent envoys to approach the Eastern Frontier Fortress and wanted to take the initiative to submit a peace letter?

Su Chen frowned, raised his head, looked at Guo Jia and Jia Xu, and asked, "You two lovers, what do you think the Beastman Empire intends to do this time?"

"According to the report from outside the Tiantai, the high priest strongly presided over the peace appeal of the orc empire. The main purpose is to redeem the 11 orc captives and orc generals captured by General Silong."

Jia Xu took the initiative to speak and said: "Two months ago, the Military Aircraft Pavilion proposed to submit a list of supplies and requested money to the Beast Empire as a condition for exchanging the Beast captives and Beast generals; I think they should be because of this matter. come."

With Jia Xu's reminder, Su Chen suddenly realized.

After a long time, the orc empire put its stance so low. It turned out that it wanted to redeem the orc captives and orc generals who were defeated in the original battle.

If it wasn't for the orc empire's initiative to send an envoy, Su Chen would have almost forgotten about it.

Not long ago, in the battle of Eastern Border, Si Longbing made dangerous moves, closed doors and beat dogs, and wiped out the army of millions of orcs in the first battle. This was a big blow to the orc empire.

For the Orc Empire and the Great Xia Dynasty, although they have the strength to organize millions or even tens of millions of troops, under normal circumstances, the number of troops preparing for war all the year round will not be too many, because this involves a military expenditure and affects domestic development. question.

The standing army will not participate in the development of any domestic field, but needs to consume a lot of domestic resources in various fields.

As long as he is a rational king, he is unlikely to engage in militaristic and mentally handicapped behaviors during non-emergency battles.

This is also the reason why the Great Xia Dynasty has more than one billion citizens, but only millions of troops (including the city guards and county soldiers of the top ten counties).

The Beastman Empire is warlike by nature, and the number of standing troops is much larger than that of the Great Xia Dynasty. The number of troops in the country is combined, and the number of troops on the surface is about ten million.

"Well"

Su Chen pondered slightly, for some reason, he always felt that the behavior of the Beastman Empire was a bit abnormal.

When Su Chen asked Sima Yi to draw up a list and submit it to the Beastman Empire, it was more of an act of deterrence, and he didn't really intend that the Beastman Empire would obey.

But now that the Orc Empire has voluntarily submitted a peace petition, and a country that is stronger than the Great Xia Dynasty and hostile has voluntarily bowed its head, this has to make people feel vigilant.

Here, maybe there are some other tricks.

At this moment, Guo Jia took the initiative to speak: "The loss of a million beast troops in the Battle of Eastern Border is not a serious loss of vitality, but it also caused turmoil in the Beastman Empire and excited people."

"These days, the Orc Empire is mainly divided into the main war faction and the main peace faction. One side wants to organize a large army to retaliate against Daxia; the other side is the main peace faction headed by the high priest, who wants to stabilize the domestic economic situation."

Guo Jia's voice was steady: "According to my humble opinion, the High Priest should really not want to continue to fight with the Great Xia Dynasty and waste national power. According to the secret report, he has advised the Beast Lord seven times to carry out domestic reforms."

Su Chen smiled: "He wants to imitate Shang Yang?"

"Yes."

Guo Jia and Jia Xu both nodded. They both thought that after seeing the achievements of the Great Xia Dynasty's reforms, the High Priest was more eager and wanted to copy them and carry out domestic reforms.

As long as a country wants to vigorously develop its own national strength, it is generally not willing to take the initiative to fight abroad.

"I can't tell, this high priest has some skills."

Su Chen's eyes were deep, and his tone was slightly cold.

If the Orc Empire followed this excuse to retaliate wildly against the Great Xia Dynasty, Su Chen would feel at ease, but the high priest was very abnormal. This person could clearly distinguish the situation and knew that at this time it should be an arms competition and a national power competition with the Great Xia Dynasty , is not simply a retaliatory war.

The Eastern Border guarded by Su Long is not infallible, but it is also difficult to break through; the death of a million orcs two months ago is the best example.

If too much energy is invested in attacking the Great Xia Dynasty, then the Orc Empire can only watch helplessly as the Great Xia Dynasty becomes stronger day by day, until the time is right, the Orc Empire will eventually be defeated by the Great Xia Dynasty.

The high priest can clearly distinguish the situation, he will not be blinded by hatred, and always maintain a calm and rational mind, this is the most difficult enemy.

"Sure enough, a dog that doesn't bark is the most vicious."

Su Chen couldn't help sighing.

Jia Xu and Guo Jia looked at each other and couldn't help but smile wryly.

The High Priest has a very high reputation in the Beastman Empire, and is highly regarded by the Beast King. The position of the High Priest is the same as that of the Prime Minister of the Human Race Empire, or even better.

Such a big man is just a dog in the eyes of the emperor?

Dijun's vision is supreme, and it is indeed beyond the reach of others.

"In the past two months, there have been constant battles within the Beastman Empire. In the end, the High Priest won the support of the Beast Lord, and the Peace Sect won. That's why there are peace envoys visiting Eastern Border."

Guo Jia continued: "Although the Zhuhe faction headed by the high priest won, it was not easy. The high priest paid a lot for it; even his only daughter who was very favored by his knees married the leader of the War faction. The peace faction can only be said to have won miserably when important personnel engaged in political marriages."

"It seems that the High Priest has many powerful political enemies in the Orc Empire."

Su Chen smiled and asked, "You two lovers, how do you think this matter should be handled?"

Guo Jia and Jia Xu looked at each other, and Jia Xu said, "I think you can refuse the peace."

In Jia Xu's eyes, there was a hint of sternness: "Since the high priest wants to follow the example of Daxia in carrying out domestic reforms, he must not be able to do what he wants! I suggest that you refuse to ask for peace and provoke them. The army will go out to prepare for the war in the East." Xinjiang, forcing the orc empire to go to war with Great Xia!"

"If possible, I suggest that you let Si Long take action first, and kill the peace envoy sent by the orc empire!"

In Jia Xu's voice, there was an undisguised killing intent.

Killing the messenger of peace is the greatest humiliation for a country.

Jia Xu knew very well that if he did this, the Great Xia Dynasty and the Beastman Empire would surely flow into rivers of blood, causing countless soldiers to die in battle.

But for the benefit of the Great Xia Dynasty, he must stand up and speak out against the Emperor!

The Great Xia Dynasty completed the reform through the negligence of the Orc Empire, which can be said to be a success that cannot be replicated; today, when the Orc Empire wants to emulate reforms, the Great Xia Dynasty will never allow them to carry out reforms so easily.

When necessary, they can take the initiative to provoke a war and drag the orc empire into the quagmire of war in the eastern border.

(End of this chapter)