Alien Arms Empire.

Chapter 1751 1752 Ministers

From a strategic perspective, the Yangmu Empire, which had originally wanted to gain benefits, did not gain any benefits at all after declaring war on the Tang Empire.

Originally, the elves and the dwarves agreed that after they drove away the "invaders" from the Tang Empire, the dwarves would cede part of their southern territory to the elven empire as compensation for their intervention.

Later, the cession agreement was expanded. As the elves invested more and more, the ceded part included the entire dwarven side of the border, plus a large area of ​​land in the southwest near Hot Wind Port, extending all the way to the south of Saint Luo.

However, these lands can no longer be ceded to the Yangmu Empire, because the Dwarf Empire is now in name only and has long lost the ability to fulfill the treaty.

On the other hand, the elves really did not have the courage to take these territories that "belonged" to them, because there were no high mountains or steep cliffs to defend these lands. If the troops went there, they would easily be annihilated by the Tang army and would not be able to defend them at all.

What's more... part of the elves' territory is still under the occupation of the Tang Empire: Now that Hot Wind Port has been lost, how can they have the mind or the courage to care about the territory that does not belong to them?

Therefore, the land that originally belonged to the dwarves and was now occupied by the elves was actually only the land along the border, which was originally built by the dwarves to defend against the elves.

The reason for occupying this defense line is that the elves plan to connect their own defense line and the dwarf's defense line to form a defense zone with strategic depth to fight against the future Tang Empire's southward army.

Of course, it is not particularly easy to transform this line of defense, because the dwarves did not consider the defense behind them when building this line of defense, at least they did not fully consider this aspect.

For example, some defensive fortifications built using reverse slopes, some ingeniously designed cross-fire points, hidden bunkers...all of these are actually of no use at all.

But the elves were reluctant to give up the large number of bunkers and tunnels on the dwarf defense line, so they gritted their teeth and occupied them all...

Therefore, except for a few key circular defense areas, many of the fortifications on the dwarf border defense line need to be renovated. Therefore, for the elves, if they want to gain a foothold here, they need a lot of investment.

On the other hand, in Ironforge, the capital of the Ice Empire, Iceberg I sat in his seat in the underground bunker and remained silent for a long time.

He had just signed the "peace negotiation" document himself, writing his name with shaking hands. For an old man like him, his life had been too eventful and full of ups and downs.

If he was a mediocre monarch, then the things that should not have happened in the past twenty years, such as he seized the opportunity of the rise of the Tang Dynasty Group, swept across several dwarf kingdoms, and pushed the Ice Kingdom to the pinnacle of history.

But he did fail. The Ice Kingdom, which had reached its peak in history under his leadership, eventually fell into ruin and became a thing of the past. He failed to preserve his ancestral legacy and became someone else's "prisoner".

In a sense, Binghan Yishi and Yuan Shao were somewhat similar. They both pushed their family businesses to new heights, but in the end, they both let the accumulation of several generations fall in their hands. "Your Majesty..." Looking at the somewhat withered Binghan Yishi, the prime minister was reluctant and wanted to persuade him, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he saw a look full of complicated emotions.

There was not only pain in those eyes, but also some confusion and loneliness. He could even see a little calmness and relief in those cold eyes.

In just a moment, the prime minister's words of persuasion were stuck in his throat and he could only look away and let the room return to silence.

"It's all over." Binghan Yishi's voice rang out, and it seemed that it was no longer his own voice. Just over an hour had passed, and he had suddenly aged more than ten years.

For an old man, ten years is not a word that can be mentioned casually. The hoarse voice made him stunned, but two seconds later he continued to speak, saying to the generals and ministers standing in front of him: "It's like a dream... Now I wake up, and everything in the dream no longer exists."

"Thank you all for accompanying me to this day. Now that I think about it, I have indeed been disappointing in the past few months." He had just recalled his life and found that his decisions did have serious problems when facing the Tang Empire.

Moreover, in the past two months, he had been crazy and self-enclosed, rarely communicating with his ministers, living in a small, empty world of his own making, indulging in the absurd game of self-deception...

Now that the ending is set, people can finally calm down and look back at themselves. Binghan Yishi feels a bit socially dead, his performance is really too shameful.

"We once worked together to turn the Ice Kingdom into an empire, unified the dwarves, and moved our capital to Ironforge... This is your achievement, and I am very grateful for everything you have done for this country." Ice I said as he thought of the document he had just signed.

That was truly an incredible torture: he was already just a marquis, he could not have his own armed forces, could not have his own fiefdom, and only had dividends from some subsidiaries of the Tang Dynasty Group as "allowance".

The power he had was gone, and his country was in someone else's hands. It was too late for him to say anything now, so he could only continue calmly: "From now on, you and I... will all be subjects of others. I wish you all the best."

To be frank, for these dwarf officials standing opposite him, as long as they have a clean bottom, they will definitely be able to make a name for themselves in the Tang Empire.

First of all, these dwarf officials are all capable "ministers", otherwise they would not have been able to assist Icehan I in pushing the Icehan Kingdom to its peak.

Secondly, the Tang Empire had just occupied the dwarven region, and it must have needed a lot of local officials to help. There must be positions, and a lot of them! Referring to the series of operations of the Tang Empire in Qin and Chu, we know that these dwarven officials are even more promising than Binghan I.

The generals and ministers of the Qin State, such as Prime Minister Ying Ke, Air Force Commander Zhang Xuan, and General Ying An... these examples all proved to the dwarf officials that they had a bright future.