Urban Sims

Chapter 538
The line of sight returned to Wancheng Kingdom.

Wancheng Kingdom, which was hit hard by the Dongyuanzhou raid, what will be the next step?

Is it to integrate forces, gather resources, and strengthen training, in order to launch the most violent blow to Dongyuanzhou at the fastest speed?
but……

Although there was a lot of shouting and killing in the media and newspapers, countless people shouted "revenge".

However, three months have passed since the attack, and the military of Wancheng Kingdom has still not moved.

It's just that the alert level has been increased and the training intensity has been strengthened.

Even the conquest of Beiyuanzhou was stopped, and no more Lingyuan fleet was sent... Even with a little effort, Beiyuanzhou could be swallowed up.

But still stopped.

All major military operations are stopped.

Why is this happening?
war weariness.

The war-weary sentiment in the Wehrmacht has become so strong that it collectively violated the orders of the upper echelons.

The war has been going on for almost 20 years, and it has hardly stopped for a moment.

The soldiers are tired, and they have been tired for a long time.

The nerves have been tense for a long time, the pace of the war is too fast, running around, exhausted physically and mentally.

What makes them even more uneasy and unable to sleep is the torture of moral conscience.

Aggressors are always unjust.

Massacre, plunder, destruction, enslavement, humiliation... These crimes are commonplace and often happen before their eyes.

As participants, some soldiers took pleasure in it, some soldiers gradually became numb, but there were also quite a few soldiers who gradually felt uncomfortable and disgusted.

In particular, the faces struggling in pain, the wailing and screaming before death, and even the scene of blood everywhere... have become the nightmares that many soldiers often have.

Coupled with the fierce resistance of the enemy, teammates continued to die.

War weariness gradually permeated.

Some soldiers choose to commit suicide, some soldiers madly attack their teammates, and some soldiers defect to the enemy... Every time such incidents happen, the morale of the army will plummet.

Of course, more soldiers still submit applications for retirement and choose to leave the army.

If the military refuses repeatedly, they will be deserters and flee back to their hometowns.

In the past two years, at least one-fifth of the more than 50 National Defense Forces have left the army... many of them belong to the elite.

What is even more frightening is that, in terms of conscription, they have begun to fail to recruit anyone.

Because the danger of joining the army is too high, the aggressive actions it carried out are not without voices of doubt in the country, and with the transfer of a large amount of wealth from other continents to Wancheng Kingdom, the astonishing inflation rate has led to skyrocketing prices, and there are many complaints.

At this time, some economists realized that the benefits brought by the war were not all benefits, and the windfall obtained from the war would also have great destructive power on the national economy.

Among the mainstream public opinion in society, there have also been many voices of reflection, suggesting an early end to the war.

The four major sects who have been charging forward and suffering heavy losses, have no longer pursued the Lingmai Xianshan as before.

Even after the mainland of Wancheng Kingdom was attacked by Dongyuanzhou and suffered heavy losses, the four major sects did not choose to continue to advance and retreat with Wancheng Kingdom, but proposed to withdraw their troops at the same time.

Taoist Hong Ping said: "My Qingyun Mountain immortal disciple has already lost half of it, I really can't fight anymore."

Shengkong Daozu (Ye Kong) said: "Guanglei Mountain has been damaged by more than [-]%, no matter how much property and fairy mountain it is, it will be useless."

Daozu Longwan of Chixing Mountain said: "Among the four sects, Chixing Mountain has suffered the most losses. If we don't rest and recuperate for a hundred years, it is difficult to recover our strength."

"Feiyun Mountain has to recuperate for at least 50 years before it has the strength to spare."

The young sect of Feiyun Mountain advocated advancing.

The forces of the four major sects were all withdrawn from the National Defense Forces and returned to the mountains to recuperate.

Cheng Zhiyuan, the newly elected head of Wan Chengguo, wanted to scold her, but he had no choice.

After all, Dongyuanzhou, among the four surrounding Yuanzhous, has the strongest comprehensive strength, and its level of technology is not bad. If you want to take it down, you must be prepared to pay a very heavy price.

It is even the preparation to light up the strength in your hands.

This kind of preparation and awareness, not to mention the absence of the four major sects, even the high-level officials of Wancheng Kingdom would not be able to make this determination.

Because after swallowing two foreign continents that were several times larger than him in a row, and then defeating the defenseless Wancheng Kingdom in Beiyuanzhou, the strength was too great and the military strength was greatly weakened.

Taking the six spirit yuan fleets as an example, one of the six fleets has been completely disabled, two have lost more than half, and there are no more than 500 spirit yuan warships left with combat capabilities.

As for Dongyuan Continent, due to the large amount of soul stone mines underground, the cost of Lingyuan warships is quite low, and the number of Lingyuan warships is conservatively more than three times that of Wancheng Kingdom.

Of course, the combat power must be the strong army of Wancheng Kingdom, but now the morale of the Wancheng National Defense Force is low, and the morale of the army is fluctuating. In this state, going to Dongyuanzhou will inevitably lead to big problems!

"Repair for five years!"

"Repair for five years first, and after our strength has recovered to a certain extent, it will not be too late to conquer Dongyuanzhou!"

"The main task of the National Defense Forces in the past five years is to raise our vigilance, guard against possible invasions from the Eastern Territory, appease the morale of the troops, inspire the fighting spirit of the soldiers, and let them be content with their duties, put all their energy into it, and defend our homeland wholeheartedly!"

"In terms of diplomacy, we will send another diplomat to contact the remaining forces in Beiyuanzhou, asking them not to communicate with Dongyuanzhou, and not to be an enemy of Wancheng Kingdom. If they agree, we will promise not to send troops to conquer them again. If you don’t agree, if you insist on being an enemy of the Wancheng Kingdom, you will have to worry about it in the future!”

At the Supreme National Defense Conference, the head of the state, Cheng Zhiyuan, proposed a 'five-year recuperation' plan, and decided to shrink his fists, stop external expansion, and restore national strength and military strength.

"Yes, the soldiers will be exhausted now, and they really need to rest for a while."

"It's been fighting for almost 20 years, stop and pay more attention to the country! Prices are rising and people's grievances are boiling. We must find ways to solve these problems."

"I also agree with this plan."

"Ten years is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge; the national war is dangerous, so it is necessary to plan it slowly."

Senior military officials and most members of Congress agree with Cheng Zhiyuan's recuperation plan.

In this way, Wan Chengguo's high-speed chariot finally stopped briefly.

……

Xuan Qingcheng.

Closing the information in his hand, Zhou Ming nodded.

He murmured: "Wancheng country's high-level people are rational and clear-headed, which shows that this country is not hopeless."

In fact, no matter what country, strong or weak, it is normal to experience some ups and downs, or take a detour.

What really determines how far it can go and how long it can exist does not depend on how strong the country is or how rich its family is.

Instead, look at the ruling wisdom of the country's top leaders.

And the ability to correct errors given to this country at the institutional level.

If that country insists on going its own way and still fights hard under unfavorable circumstances, what awaits this country can only be internal tearing and a disastrous defeat in foreign wars.

If the country adjusts in time, corrects mistakes in a timely manner, knows how to choose between advances and retreats, and uses clever means, it shows that this country has wisdom and has a strong ability to survive.

So Zhou Ming was quite relieved. Although Wan Chengguo's external expansion activities over the years made him worried and wanted to stop it, but now that he has paid enough tuition fees, he has returned to maturity and rationality, and has grown up. It is still quite good.

Such a Wancheng Kingdom will not necessarily perish even in a thousand or ten thousand years.

but……

Picking up another piece of information about Dongyuanzhou, Zhou Ming couldn't help showing a wry smile.

Jiang Ruyue.

In his previous life, he had a daughter with that devil.

A low-probability event such as the union of immortals and birth of offspring can also happen.

I have to sigh that fate tricks people.

What was even more astonishing was that Jiang Ruyue, with extraordinary abilities and outstanding courage, broke through a world that belonged to her in the complex situation of Dongyuanzhou.

Looking at her overt and secret actions, Zhou Ming had a hunch that the huge Eastern Yuanzhou might really be integrated by her, and the heads of the nine powers would either completely surrender or die under her brilliant layout.

In fact, in the last life, in order to prevent Dongyuan Continent from threatening Wancheng Kingdom, he deliberately divided Dongyuan Continent into nine parts to check and balance each other, making it difficult to condense into one rope.

Now because of Jiang Ruyue's appearance, the nine major forces in Dongyuanzhou, which could never be united in the past, tend to unite.

In addition, she has a long-term vision and attaches great importance to the development of education, industry, technology and other fields.

It can be predicted that once Dongyuanzhou is successfully integrated by her, the future Dongyuanzhou will be Wancheng Kingdom's strongest opponent and most terrifying enemy.

If Zhou Ming was sitting at the head of the current Wancheng Kingdom, facing an existence like Jiang Ruyue, thoughts such as "killing", "suppressing", and "assassinating" would definitely come into his mind, and he would definitely try his best to never stop. On the physical level, kill her as a threat.

It's just that the previous Wancheng Kingdom didn't pay enough attention to her, or even ignored her.

Now, we will definitely attach great importance to it and come up with a countermeasure.

Sending assassins to assassinate, Wan Chengguo's high-level officials also discussed, but due to greater concerns, they did not implement it.

But it is certain that Jiang Ruyue and the Dongyuan Continent she controls are already the biggest enemies of Wancheng Kingdom!

What's Zhou Ming's opinion on this...?
Shaking his head wryly.

He could only shake his head and smile wryly.

In this life, he doesn't want to carry the blame left over from his previous life, and he doesn't want to ask for trouble and trouble.

For example, Gao Xiuzhen, he had thought of writing letters to her or visiting her many times.

But after thinking about it, he gave up the plan.

It's not that he is unfeeling, seeing her lonely and sad, but that things like feelings should not get too deep, otherwise they will harm others and themselves.

It is wise to let time erase everything.

After all, in this life, he just wanted to cultivate with peace of mind.

Therefore, he will not have too many intersections and associations with any person or thing related to the previous life.

For example, Jiang Ruyue, he noticed her existence very early on, but didn't pay much attention.

"The most difficult thing to do in life is to let go. The development of everything has its own laws. Too much interference will only contaminate too much cause and effect, and it will not be beneficial to practice."

"Whether it's Wancheng Kingdom or Dongyuan Continent, no matter how the fight is fought, I don't have to intervene, just stand aside and watch with cold eyes."

"If the situation gets out of control or affects your own interests, it is not too late to intervene."

In short, live your own life well, and let the outside world change.

(End of this chapter)