"Order that the front line must be held! Hold it! Don't give an inch! All positions must be fought for repeatedly! All males between the ages of 12 and 60 must join the army!" The Mirage Emperor gritted his teeth and began to make arrangements for the resistance.
Even though his industry is almost finished, even though his weapons and ammunition can hardly keep up. Even though other supplies are no longer enough, even though... the Mirage Kingdom is on the verge of collapse.
But he still believes that he can change the current situation with persistence: "Also, tell the people in the Lions Empire! I don't care about anything else. This most serious condition is completely unacceptable!"
The condition he said was that after Emperor Mirage abdicates and becomes the owner of the island, Beidao will no longer be a monarchy, but will change into a country similar to a "constitutional monarchy".
There is no other way. Since the Mirage Emperor is ready to surrender, at least we can't ask for killing the Mirage Emperor. If we can't kill it, we can only keep it, so we will keep it as an island owner.
As for the people who talk about the future of the Mirage Kingdom, they definitely cannot be people like Mirage Dabo, so these people will naturally have to be eliminated or directly thrown into the garbage heap of history.
The Tang Empire had satisfactory candidates to rule Beidao: Mirage Wuxiong and Mirage Wenmao were fiercely competitive, but Tang Mo could let the two of them form a Mirage "cabinet" together with other obedient people.
This is equivalent to a political death sentence for Mirage Emperor, making him completely a puppet: he is naturally opposed to Mirage Wuxiong, Mirage Wenmao and others in terms of power, which makes them completely unable to unite.
Therefore, for the Mirage Emperor, the most unacceptable condition is this condition. He must ask the Tang Empire to change this condition. Compared with this, the condition for him to abdicate is nothing.
This is why he has been urging the envoys who are negotiating with the Tang Empire in the Lanes Empire to reject the request of the Tang Empire.
Mirage Wenxin has always been in charge of this matter, and of course he knows exactly what Mirage Emperor said. He lowered his head and remained silent, as if waiting for Mirage Emperor to continue explaining.
Another issue that has not yet been discussed is the fact that the Mirage Emperor is having trouble sleeping and eating, and that is the fact that the Tang Empire wants to station troops in the Mirage Kingdom.
Isn't this equivalent to putting a knife on the Mirage Emperor's neck? The Mirage Kingdom cannot even refuse the Tang Empire to land, let alone allow the Datang Empire to land first...
When Mirage Emperor and Mirage Wenxin mentioned this, Mirage Dabo said from the side: "Your Majesty, if you think about it carefully, it may not be a bad thing for the Tang Empire to station troops here..."
Mirage Emperor was stunned for a moment, then looked at Mirage Dabo, and squeezed out a sentence through his teeth: "What do you mean?"
Mirage Wen Dabo lowered his voice, walked closer to Mirage Emperor and said: "If we go to Beidao, there is only Beidao... Then the Tang Empire may destroy us at any time. This is a fact that is difficult for people to admit... isn't it?
His Majesty."
"Whatever you want to say, just say it!" The Mirage Emperor's face turned even more ugly. He really wanted to slap the prime minister in front of him.
Everyone knows some things well. What do you mean by saying it? Are you humiliating me? Are you showing off in front of me for the Tang Empire?
"In this case, why not do the opposite, Your Majesty! Since the Tang Empire wants to garrison troops, just let them garrison them!" The more Mirage Dabo spoke, the clearer his ideas became, and it seemed that he had opened the door to a new world: "
By then, won’t it become the Tang Empire guarding the country for you? Who in the world would dare to provoke you?”
The Mirage Emperor's face looks a little better. This trick sounds pretty good. He can save a lot of defense budget. Anyway, if he just lies down and lets the garrison of the Tang Empire guard the country, it will be over.
So, he glanced at Prime Minister Mirage Dabo, his tone became somewhat kinder, and he continued to ask: "If there is anything else, say it in one breath."
"Yes! Your Majesty!" Mirage Dabo lowered his head and continued: "Since our conditions cannot be too many, let's first think about what we want."
"If the Tang Empire is willing to garrison troops, doesn't it mean that it has sent a group of people to us as hostages? Once the Tang Empire wants to take action against us, we can attack these garrison troops first... This kind of mutual exchange
Restriction is definitely a good thing for us." After Mirage Dabo said everything, he looked at Mirage Emperor and waited for Mirage Emperor's response.
The Mirage Emperor nodded, and he also felt that this could indeed be done. Although it was uncomfortable to be garrisoned by other countries on one's own territory, blessings and misfortunes depended on it. From Mirage Dabo's point of view, being garrisoned by the Tang Empire was indeed not a problem.
An absolute bad thing.
Because only Beidao is left and is close to the territory of the Tang Empire, the Mirage Kingdom basically has no ability to struggle now. Since it can't resist, wouldn't it be most comfortable to lie down?
After thinking about it carefully, the Mirage Emperor felt that he had discovered a new continent: perhaps as long as the Tang Empire took a step back and allowed him to continue to control the Mirage Kingdom's real power, he could tolerate other conditions and agree to surrender.
"The negotiations cannot be spread to outsiders! The news must not be leaked!" The Mirage Emperor no longer bothered with the terms. Instead, he turned around and warned his friends: "Otherwise, if the morale of the army is shaken, I will hand you all over!"
What he is talking about is not intimidation. The Tang Empire is looking for a group of scapegoats to kill. Anyone the Mirage Emperor surrenders will be surrendered. If it really makes him unhappy, just make some decisions about resistance and landmines.
On their heads, these ministers will be executed by the Tang Empire.
The mirage writer lowered his head bitterly and defended himself: "Your Majesty! Our family is not doing this. What if the news leaks out from the Tang Empire..."
"Then I don't care! Anyway, I won't admit any surrender at the time of peace talks!" Mirage Emperor stubbornly interrupted Mirage Wenyou's words.
Mirage Wenyou looked at Mirage Wenxin aside, because Mirage Wenxin was in charge of the negotiations, but it was Mirage Wenyou who was doing the confidentiality work.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Mirage Wenxin smiled bitterly and shook his head, saying that he was powerless. He could control the mouths of his men, how could he control those in the Tang Empire?
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Things were not as simple as Mirage Emperor thought. Since Tang Mo had made a promise, he would definitely fulfill it.
Since he promised to let the orcs own a piece of land, he will definitely give the orcs a piece of land. He has almost done this now.
And similarly, since he promised to give Mirage Wenmao and Mirage Wuxiong, two loyal dogs, a place in Mirage Kingdom, then he will definitely give them a place!
The news spread to the Lions Empire, and the envoy of the Mirage Kingdom once again met with the envoy of the Tang Empire. This time, he did not need an introduction and walked directly into the embassy of the Tang Empire.
The splendid interior really protected the face of the Tang Empire. Ordinary embassies were not so lavish. The embassies of the Tang Empire in all countries occupied a much larger area than those of other countries.
Everyone knows that this is the local intelligence center installed by the Tang Empire, and everyone who comes in and out here may be a spy for the Tang Empire.
But no one dares to cause trouble for these people here. They are almost all operating openly, but such unscrupulous actions have been ignored by the local rulers.
The envoys from the Mirage State expressed their conditions nervously, but the diplomats from the Tang Empire did not seem surprised.
In fact, the Mirage Kingdom's telegram code has been deciphered by the Tang Empire. In this case, the Mirage Kingdom is almost sending the message in plain code.
The Mirage Emperor's request and the Mirage Kingdom's bottom line were actually laid out naked in front of the Tang Empire's diplomats. They knew everything, even earlier than the Mirage Kingdom's diplomats.
"We don't agree with your..." The diplomat from the Mirage Country opened his mouth and prepared to explain their bargaining process.
As a result, when he opened his mouth, he was interrupted by diplomats from the Tang Empire: "We do not agree to reduce any terms! This is a gift to you, not a negotiable condition."
This sentence almost choked the several Mirage Goblin diplomats sitting there: This is not a negotiation, this is naked verbal bullying!
The goblin from the Mirage Kingdom was about to say a few words when an official from the Tang Dynasty continued: "Do you believe that I will hold a press conference right now to publicize the fact that the goblins have come to us for peace talks?"
As soon as they heard the Tang officials say this, several goblins instantly became mute. They really didn't dare to make this matter a big deal. If it really made a big fuss, wouldn't it mean that the morale of the frontline troops would be shaken?
When the time comes, the Mirage Emperor will definitely deny such a thing in order to stabilize the wavering military morale, and this is tantamount to blocking the Mirage Emperor's way of surrender.
Who will bear this responsibility? Doesn’t this push the Mirage Emperor to a dead end? I don’t know whether the Mirage Emperor will die by then, but they will definitely die.
So a few people just shut their mouths and listened honestly and carefully as the officials of the Tang Empire continued to bully... No, they continued to talk about the conditions.
"Don't think we are joking! The so-called Mirage Emperor who went back to tell you that his life was a gift from us! If he does not agree to all our demands, the war will continue! By then, no matter where we are in the world, we will find him.
Mirage Emperor and his descendants, execute our justice! Unless they are all dead, we will not stop! This is the... promise of our Datang Empire." The Ambassador of the Datang Empire to the Lions Empire said word by word
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"Believe me... we have the strength." A young man on the side showed a smile, but this smile made several goblins feel shuddering.
"Actually, it's already like this. Wouldn't it be better to be a rich man in peace and live happily on the North Island?" The young man stood up, walked to the goblin ambassador, and patted the other person's shoulder with his hand:
"Ask your Mirage Emperor for the exact words..."
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The second update will be later. Let’s watch it tomorrow morning... Yes, Long Ling stayed up late again...