The Hengli Empire did not further invade the Hengxi Empire because their focus was still on the Eternal Temple, so after occupying a piece of land so easily, they retreated without even leaving an army to garrison.
In the end, Hengyuan accepted Diao Si's suggestion to send spies to the three northern countries, and more than a month later, she began to receive information from those spies one after another.
Through the cooperation of so many of them and the battle of wits and courage with the enemy, the situation of the entire three northern countries has been roughly figured out. It turns out that it was precisely because they heard about the great development of the Hengxi Empire during this period that they came to the negotiation table again.
Fortunately, Hengyuan did not ask Henglan to send troops just now, otherwise the three northern countries would probably unite again, and the consequences would be unimaginable.
Because of the long-term melee, the three major powers now believe that the Eternal Temple must belong to one of them. However, because the leaders cannot surrender to others, they have to use force to solve it in the end.
If there are only two countries left, this matter will be easily solved. Whichever one becomes stronger will definitely seize the opportunity to attack other countries. But in this way, the three countries become stable, because whoever becomes stronger will first attract siege from the other two countries.
It is also because of this stable situation that the three countries even have an unwritten agreement, that is, whoever occupies the Eternal Temple will become enemies of the other two countries.
This is a good thing for the Hengxi Empire. As long as they can keep their composure, they will ultimately benefit from the conflict between the three countries.
Everything was going smoothly. After calculating that he could successfully obtain the Eternal Temple, Diao Si was about to start making preparations for the demon army. Because he didn't understand the demon army, Diao Si also needed some related legends and ancient historical records.
However, Hengyuan never really believed in the demon army and the statement that he returned to this time and space from the future, and because the country changed dynasties frequently, the historical records here were incomplete.
There has been no clue about the last component of the Holy Clothes of Light that Diao Si has been probing about. The only explanation is that the component is within the control of the three major powers, and what's worse is that it may be in the sea.
Stable days always pass quickly, especially when accompanied by women who are as beautiful as gods and have different personalities. This even makes Diao Si want to maintain the status quo and not want to destroy this stable situation.
A few more months have passed, and with the development in all aspects, perhaps due to the imbalance between the development speed and the progress of human civilization here, more and more conflicts have begun, and conflicts between classes have begun to emerge.
This is inevitable. After ideological progress, no one is willing to accept unequal treatment, but how can the powerful class be willing to voluntarily give up their privileges? Conflicts will naturally arise.
They attributed all the reasons for this instability to Diao Si, especially making a fuss about his southern country and identity as a man. Fortunately, Hengyuan always supported Diao Si and dealt with some overly arrogant powerful people.
But Hengyuan did not stop these conflicts against Diao Si, because the internal conflicts in the Hengxi Empire are currently expanding, and letting Diao Si be at the forefront of the situation is also to divert the conflicts.
Diao Si could understand these things. He even reminded Hengyuan that she was the most powerful person. If she complied with the demands of the vast majority of the people, it would be her turn after all the powerful people were finally dealt with.
So in the final analysis, there is only one way to divert this internal contradiction, and that is war. Only a threat that affects life and death like war can attract everyone's attention and reduce such social conflicts.
It is still the social stability of the three powerful countries, because they have always been on the verge of war. The people there are only concerned about the war, and how can they care about how the powerful people live their lives.
It was also at this time that Ding Lei, the spy captain in charge of contact over there, passed the news back. Now among the three major powers, the Henglong Empire is gradually becoming stronger. The other two countries have already had the idea of jointly dealing with it, which has led to the current situation. The armies of the three countries are particularly nervous.
This naturally attracted the attention of the Hengxi Empire, because the instability of the three major powers would definitely affect the Hengxi Empire. And if they start fighting all of a sudden, if one of them wins, they will directly take over the Eternal Temple. Can the Hengxi Empire sit idly by and ignore it
The best way is to control these three powerful countries and let them exercise restraint and not use force. It is best for the Hengxi Empire to continue to consume each other like this.
However, considering the growing class contradictions in the Hengxi Empire itself, they also want to take this opportunity to arouse the patriotic enthusiasm of the people. It would be best if they can take the opportunity to divert the people's attention.
Creating public opinion is what Diao Si is best at. A newspaper under Zuo Rui's name has been established under the influence of Diao Si's celebrity. This newspaper has been secretly set on fire and smashed many times, but because of the large market space, it is still Stayed.
Under such publicity, a wave of patriotic enthusiasm was indeed set off. The soldiers of the army were even more enthusiastic. They continued to strengthen their training and talked about how they would defeat the previous alliance, the former emperor died in the battle, and even the Hengli Kingdom just now The topic of shame of violation.
It turns out that it is not difficult to control the thoughts of these people, especially in such an alien world. But there are some side effects. Some military generals and even people's groups went to the border to join in the fun.
That's fine, Diao Si can talk about the pros and cons of their excessive patriotic enthusiasm, and then induce everyone to comment on these things, always attracting everyone's attention.
In the past, when someone shouted about the ills of society, they would always attract onlookers and support from the people around them. But if someone yells again now, the people around them will accuse them. In this time of national crisis, we should unanimously speak out.
Well, after learning from this experience, Zuo Rui's newspaper was privately praised by Hengyuan. She directly gave Zuo Rui a very large benefit and asked him to contribute more to the country in the future and do positive publicity.
Driven by such huge interests, that bastard Zuo Rui agreed. He hadn't discussed it with Diao Si yet. In fact, the recognition and acceptance of the people is the vitality of the media. It is not inappropriate to promote patriotism now, but only positive propaganda should be done. , which will undoubtedly be divorced from the masses of the people.
There is no way. Hengyuan didn't take a long-term view this time. If she hadn't wanted to control Zuo Rui's newspaper, Diao Si could have continued to exaggerate appropriately if there were any problems in the future. But after being controlled in this way, those powerful people would also If you spend money to let Zuo Rui do something, it will be difficult for it to have vitality.
The situation continued to change, and Ding Lei passed on the latest news, saying that the Henglong Empire, facing the threat that the Hengyang and Hengli Empires might use force against it, suddenly released news that the Hengxi Empire was getting stronger, and they had The Hengxi Empire must be eradicated first.
This really touched Hengyuan's nerves. Although Hengyang and Hengli currently did not accept the Henglong Empire's statement and believed that they deliberately used the Hengxi Empire to divert attention, the strength of the Hengxi Empire was a fact.
Hengyuan immediately gathered all the senior generals to hold an emergency meeting, but before the meeting could discuss how to respond, those generals started shouting about sending troops to defeat the three powerful countries.
This shows that many of them have no ideas. Just like most civilians, they are easily induced. In fact, Diao Si had mentioned to Hengyuan before that being a senior general requires wisdom, not individual combat effectiveness, but in the end, Hengyuan only gave these senior generals some military staff.
Hengyuan didn't want to take action yet, because if the three major powers united, they would suffer heavy losses even if they could win, and she didn't dare to have high hopes for the combat effectiveness of Diao Si's weapons.
In desperation, Diao Si was desperate to make a living, and on the grounds of why the Henglong Empire knew that the Hengxi Empire was growing, he proposed that there might be spies from the Henglong Empire in the Hengxi Empire, and even the spies would have certain positions.
As soon as he put forward this idea, the senior generals present started talking about it, and even went so far as to attack each other, and everyone was in danger. Now Heng Yuan could see even more clearly that their military organization was not yet mature and it was not suitable for a large-scale war. (To be continued)