For example, once it is proposed, the semi-saints of the two countries will not be able to use any means to directly or indirectly interfere in the war, and both sides are not allowed to send scholars at the level of great Confucian scholars to take direct action, but great Confucian scholars can command battles and can indirectly participate in the war, such as asking great Confucian scholars from the engineering family to design mechanisms, or asking great Confucian scholars from the agricultural family to ripen crops, etc.
Not only are great scholars and semi-saints unable to take action, the two countries cannot directly borrow any external forces, such as other countries, such as aquatic creatures. However, they are allowed to get help with basic materials, but this does not include help at the level of divine objects or semi-saint treasures.
In the battle to seize a state, each country will take over one state, and the two states must be adjacent to each other. All fighting must take place within these two states, and neither side may launch an attack bypassing the non-bordering areas.
The battle to seize a state can only last for one year. After one year, if one side has not completely defeated the other, the land area of the new two states will be divided according to the scope of their respective occupation.
Since the war for a state cannot be refused, the party that first proposes a war for a state, regardless of victory or defeat, must wait one year before initiating another war for a state. However, the party that passively accepts the war for a state, regardless of victory or defeat, can continuously initiate new wars for a state against the other party.
When the battle to seize the state is going on, the Holy Academy will send great scholars and semi-saint incarnations who do not belong to either country to form supervisory envoys to conduct judgment and supervision.
These special envoys have great powers.
For example, in a battle, if one side suffers more than 20% casualties, the supervisory envoys will vote. If all the supervisory envoys believe that the victory or defeat has been decided, the losing side must leave all the supplies and retreat, and the losing side must also withdraw half of its troops from the battle.
This half of the troops will be considered temporarily killed and will not be allowed to participate in the battle to seize the state within five years.
The core of the battle to seize the state is to minimize personnel losses as much as possible while ensuring relative fairness.
After all, after the first war between the two worlds, the human race could not withstand the turmoil, and any full-scale war between any two countries would plunge the entire human race into crisis.
The Holy Court racked its brains for the battle to seize the state, and it took a total of ten years to come up with a plan that all countries agreed to.
In the past few years, countries did not engage in wars to seize states because they were overshadowed by the Second War of the Two Realms Mountain. The Second War of the Two Realms Mountain had ended nearly half a year ago, and there were no more monsters outside the Two Realms Mountain. The monster world could no longer be a reason to stop the war to seize states.
Minister of Rites Tan Wei said happily: "Now is the best time to launch a war to seize states! Once Xiangzhou is recaptured, the morale of our Qing Kingdom will be greatly boosted, and the national fortune will rise, while the national fortune of Jing Kingdom will inevitably weaken. Semi-saints and national fortune are connected, and if one rises while the other declines, the foundation of the Saint Way will be difficult to consolidate. In another year, we can launch a second war to seize states!"
"That's right. In the battle to seize the state, they cannot use the powerful mechanisms of the dragon clan. Those mechanisms are too powerful and are all banned!"
"Alas... Unfortunately, we didn't expect them to have such a trap during our last raid."
"I think a war to seize the state is feasible! Now the strength of our Qing Kingdom is not weaker than that of Jing Kingdom. If it drags on, it will be hard to say! Jing Kingdom has been fighting with the barbarians for years and has exhausted its potential. The reason why they were able to win, in addition to that man, was mainly due to the water tribe! Now that the water tribe cannot directly participate in the war, our Qing Kingdom has more than 70% chance of winning!"
"No, it's 80%!"
"As long as that person does not join the war, our Qing Kingdom will surely win!"
"That's right! Just as Yan Yukong said, all of Jingguo's previous victories were due to that person! If that person didn't participate in the battle, how could Jingguo win?"
There was a great sense of joy in the hall, and everyone believed that the Qing Kingdom would win.
"Yan Yukong is currently a Grand Secretary." A scholar suddenly snorted coldly.
The noisy sounds in the hall suddenly disappeared.
Yan Yukong is a Grand Secretary, which means that Yan Yukong can participate in the battle to seize the state, but he is a citizen of Qing and must obey Qing's call.
Letting Yan Yukong kill the people of Jing is the best way to alienate Yan Yukong and Fang Yun.
"No, the Yan family won't agree, and neither will the Southern Saint!"
"How can we not try?"
Unexpectedly, Zong Ganyu smiled and said, "Yan Yukong is a good friend of that man after all, so we shouldn't make it too difficult for him. However, he is a Qing citizen after all, and he can't just sit back and watch when Qing is in trouble. So, let him stay in Xinjing and participate in the planning."
When everyone heard this, they thought that age is always more valuable!
Letting Yan Yukong go directly to the battlefield would not only offend Fang Yun, but also Nansheng and the Yan family. If Yan Yukong stayed in Xinjing and did not participate in the war, Nansheng and the Yan family would not care too much. However, as long as Yan Yukong was assigned some positions related to this war and the news was spread a little, the people of Jing would hate Yan Yukong, and ultimately achieve the goal of alienating Yan Yukong and Fang Yun, and make Yan Yukong loyal to Qing.
"So, what should we do next? Which state should we seize?" asked Qing State Grand Marshal Zong Xuan.
Everyone was stunned for a moment and began to think.
"The navy of Qing Kingdom has always been stronger than that of Jing Kingdom, so we may be able to start a war on the water." An old Hanlin said.
All the soldiers looked at the old Hanlin as if he were an idiot.
Grand Marshal Zong Xuan said unhappily, "The navy of Qing Kingdom was better than that of Jing Jun, but that was in the past. Since the aquatic tribe banned the sea for many years, our navy of Qing Kingdom has long been abandoned, and all the warships have not been trained for a long time. On the other hand, the navy of Jing Kingdom has received help from the dragon tribe, and the warships have been continuously improved, and they are already far better than our army. If the battle to seize the state this time is mainly a naval battle, there is no need to fight, the special envoy can directly judge the victory or defeat."
The old Hanlin blushed and stopped talking.
"Then Haizhou, which is close to the sea, is not suitable as a target."
"No, no, Haizhou has been occupied by the Gong family and the Dragon Clan for many years. There is no chance for our army to win. If the Dragon Clan makes some tricks in secret, our army will definitely be defeated! Change!"
"It is also unacceptable for Jiangzhou to fight across the river. That man is the master of the Yangtze River. Fighting across the river is tantamount to seeking death."
"Then our only target is Xiangzhou."
"Xiangzhou borders Xizhou and Fengzhou. Yongzhou and Xiangzhou are separated by Dongting Lake, so they are barely bordering each other. Since there is no naval battle, Yongzhou cannot join the war. There are only Xizhou and Fengzhou."
Suddenly, everyone fell silent.
Because the geographical environment of Xizhou and Fengzhou is very ordinary, and their strategic position is nothing special, but each of these two states has a big family that cannot be ignored!
There is a holy family in Fengzhou!
There is a Xunzi family in Xizhou!
Even Zong Ganyu, who had taken the magic medicine, was a little confused. He didn't expect it to be so profound at the time. He was too little awake. After all, he was a generalist, not a military strategist. When he was thinking about the battle to seize the state, he didn't think about how to implement it, because these should be the business of military strategists.
No one knew what to say.
Using Fengzhou to fight Xiangzhou? This is simply asking for trouble. Letting the place of the Zongsheng family fall into war will definitely become the biggest joke in the history of the human race. It doesn't matter if we win, but what if we lose
At that time, would Zongsheng belong to Qingguo or Jingguo? And the Daisheng family is also in Fengzhou.
If Fengzhou was chosen, everyone present would be ashamed to face the people of Qing.