In fact, the Mirage Kingdom relies on itself to stay far away from the east and west continents. In the past, it had its own little tricks in many places. The Mirage Emperor was also an ambitious hero.
The Mirage Kingdom only calls itself a kingdom externally, and there is nothing wrong with its name. However, internally, the King of the Mirage Kingdom is called Mirage Emperor, which in itself is an act of arrogance.
At the same time, according to the general practice, the capital of the Mirage Kingdom can only be called the Royal City, but the Mirage Emperor named it the Mirage Capital. This actually caused dissatisfaction among many countries in the early years.
It’s just that at that time, the sky was high and the emperor was far away, and the Mirage Kingdom’s naval fleet was powerful, so no one could take care of the issue of Mirage Kingdom’s trespassing, and in the end we had to let it go. This is why the Mirage Emperor is the Mirage Emperor, and the capital of the Mirage Kingdom is called the Mirage Capital.
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Later, over time, everyone got used to it, so the Mirage Emperor became the Mirage Emperor, and the Mirage City became the Mirage City. This continues to this day.
The Mirage Emperor once hoped to expand its territory: he launched a war against the Zheng State, and actually won! His army occupied Dongwan and other islands, and it seemed that the rise of the Mirage State was unstoppable.
But everything that happened next completely shattered Mirage Emperor's dream of external expansion. He failed, failed in East Bay, failed in Beiyuan, and now... he still cannot escape the fate of failure.
The world is so unfair. While Tang Mo and his ministers were having a banquet in the Forbidden City in Chang'an for a group of children, the Mirage Emperor was enjoying his food in the basement of the Mirage City.
His food standards were about a whole light-year away from Tang Mo's food standards. The emperor of the Tang Empire was extremely extravagant in terms of food and accommodation. If Tang Mo was evaluated according to the standards for evaluating emperors, then he might
Most likely he is a fool.
The Mirage Emperor is just the opposite: in order to form the main fleet of the Mirage Kingdom, he only eats one dish for every meal, and even skips soup.
Originally, he thought that if he persisted for a few years and the main fleet was built, he would be somewhat relieved. But the fact is that his main fleet was completely wiped out. In order to set an example for the soldiers of the Mirage who were fighting on the front line, he
We can only maintain the poor standards before the war broke out.
At this moment, the Mirage Emperor was looking at the plate of scrambled eggs in front of him, his face was really ugly to the extreme: he also wanted to eat meat, and he also wanted to taste the delicious food that had accompanied him again.
It's a pity that he can't eat it, because there has been a local famine in the Mirage Kingdom, and food problems have begun to plague the Mirage Kingdom.
The Tang Empire invaded the South Island from January to September, and the mirage lost an island, an important port, Da Nanwan, and a large area of cultivated land.
You must know that Nandao is the southernmost island of Mirage Kingdom. This island is also the most suitable island for cultivation in Mirage Kingdom. It provides Mirage Kingdom with a large number of crops.
Without the South Island, Mirage Kingdom would have no way to be self-sufficient in food. But this was just the beginning. The bad news came one after another, leaving the Mirage Emperor overwhelmed.
Xindao was not defended either! The Tang Empire's troops were sharper than anyone imagined, and Xindao fell faster than the South Island.
It is now autumn, and the harvest season has arrived. Naturally, the produce from the two lost islands of the Mirage Kingdom cannot be transported back to the main island. Naturally, the civilians on the main island will be hungry.
In addition to the food output on the two islands, the cultivated land in the southwest of the island was also destroyed by the war. These places are now occupied by orcs, and naturally there is no harvest.
After losing nearly two-thirds of the grain-producing areas, and a large amount of nearly mature grain being bombed by the Tang Empire's air force, the Mirage Emperor could only honestly accept the fact that his country was about to run out of grain.
As the main fleet of the Mirage Kingdom was completely annihilated and the Tang Empire's naval fleet cruised freely in the waters of the Mirage Kingdom, the revenue from the Mirage Kingdom's seafood products almost disappeared.
The Tang Empire's naval fleet was afraid of being attacked by suicide speedboats. No matter how big the target was, it would open fire and attack it as soon as it was discovered.
Almost all the fishing boats that went out to sea were sunk by the Tang Empire, and countless fishermen were killed and injured. In this case, the Mirage Emperor basically had no way to eat seafood.
The only place that can produce some seafood now is the northern part of the North Island. Because it is not a shipping route and there are no large or medium-sized ports, the warships of the Tang Dynasty will hardly go there to hunt.
It is because of this that some brave fishermen take the risk to go fishing, and then take the risk to transfer to the north of the island, in order to make enough profits.
As the saying goes, the bigger the storm, the more expensive the fish...
Under such circumstances, it is unrealistic to expect how much seafood can be delivered to Mirage Emperor's dining table. It is possible to eat dried fish once in a while.
Just when the Mirage Emperor was about to swallow the scrambled eggs that he had eaten so many times recently that he almost vomited them, Mirage Wuk walked into the Mirage Emperor's room with an ugly face.
Nowadays, there is no etiquette in the Mirage Kingdom, because at this time, even the basic conditions for etiquette are not met: the place where the Mirage Emperor eats is right next to the place where he sleeps, and the concubines’ bedrooms are next door.
What kind of etiquette is there?
In order to avoid the attack of Scud missiles, the Mirage Emperor took refuge in an underground bunker on the edge of the imperial capital. The conditions here were not very good, so there was not so much fuss and fuss.
"What's the matter... tell me." From Mirage Wuk's face, Mirage Emperor had already seen the problem. He sighed and gave helpless instructions.
Mirage lowered his head to express his apology: "Your Majesty! I just received the news that a bloody dragon flag... was planted on the central square of Dingcheng. It was an observation post that saw it first. It was on the roof of a five-story building near the square.
There was an enemy flag on it, and our people subsequently conducted artillery fire, but the position was ultimately unable to be recaptured."
That is basically the center of Ding City. If it is lost there, it means that almost half of Ding City has been lost.
Of course, the Mirage Emperor knew what the bloody dragon flag meant, which meant that it was already the territory of the Tang Empire. It meant... that the central defense line of the Mirage Kingdom was almost finished.
He did not speak, and the silence in the room was terrifying. The Mirage Emperor was very unwilling, he was really unwilling to accept failure like this.
Mirage Wuk was waiting there, and he didn't know what to do. If Mirage Emperor suddenly rose up and gave him a slap in the face, then ordered him to commit suicide, he would think it would be natural.
After all, the failure of this war cannot be avoided from the leadership responsibility of he and Mirage Haihei. The Mirage army was defeated again and again, and the entire navy was annihilated. It was he and Mirage Haihei who were making the command and decisions. They could not blame others.
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Even Mirage Wuk was a little sympathetic to the Mirage Emperor. No matter from any aspect, the monarch of the Mirage Kingdom was a diligent emperor, completely different from those kings who had subjugated their country. But in the end, the Mirage Emperor was different from those kings who had subjugated their country.
All the same, they have lost the inheritance of their ancestors.
"General...if you stick to the central defense line and the mirage city...how long can you hold it?" The Mirage Emperor asked a question that was difficult for Mirage to answer.
"Your Majesty!" Mirwuk lowered his head and said truthfully: "The situation will collapse faster and faster, there is a lack of ammunition and medicine supplies, there is no steel, the factory is destroyed... After the fall of Dingcheng, the central defense line will fall in less than a month
, even if Mirage Haiping and Mirage Wuyou fight well, the battle will drag on until winter comes..."
He thought about it and gave a more conservative time: "The Mirage City can only hold on until next spring at most..."
For the Mirage Emperor, this timetable was simply the timetable for the demise of the Mirage Kingdom. He was silent again. Neither of them spoke, and time passed by minute by second.
When Mirage Wuk thought the Mirage Emperor was asleep, the Mirage Emperor raised his head and asked another question: "If we send envoys to ask for peace from the Tang Empire now, do you think... they will agree?"
Mirage Wuk was stunned. He really didn't expect that the situation had reached this point, and Mirage Emperor actually had the idea of seeking peace again.
He is not a diplomat, and he does not understand how specific negotiations work. But he knows some things, and he also knows that the Mirage State had a "negotiation" when the Tang Empire declared war on the Mirage State.
Although the outcome of that negotiation was not very good and the Mirage was quite unhappy, it was true that at the beginning, the Mirage tried its best to avoid war.
As a result, there was only one condition given by the Tang Dynasty Empire: King Mirage was the king of the North Island and a vassal of the Tang Empire; the island was the territory of the Tang Dynasty and the people of the Orcs...
This condition is almost equivalent to ceding three-quarters of its territory to the Tang Empire. How could the Mirage agree to it?
But now... The Mirage Emperor has begun to consider whether the Tang Empire will let him go if he really becomes the bullshit King of the North Island. One moment and another, Mirage Wuk thought bitterly.
He considered his words and said carefully: "My people abandon the South Island, the New Island, and the Main Island... This condition was set by the Tang Empire before the war started. Now that our defeat has been determined, they still don't have this condition.
It’s hard to say…”
"He, what else does he want? What else do I have?" Mirage Huang suddenly stood up from his chair, startling Mirage Vuk.
The next second, Mirage Emperor also knew that he had overreacted. He sat back down and exhaled and asked: "Anyway, I will ask the Foreign Minister to arrange for someone to ask... Be prepared."
, defend the central mountainous area to the death! Defend the mirage to the death! Don’t give in an inch of ground!”
He stared into Mirage Wuk's eyes and said earnestly: "Only if you fight well and defend it! There will be room for negotiation on the diplomatic side! So, no matter what, we must defend the central mountainous area, and... Mirage City
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"Yes!" Mirage Wuke stood at attention and lowered his head, assuring Mirage Emperor: "I will do my best to defend the position at all costs!"
