"The Prime Minister of the Hunter Empire personally led an army of 150,000 people to defect to the Demon King's army. His vitality was severely damaged. Even if two years have passed, it is impossible to recover so quickly. Moreover, the Queen of the Hunter Empire died suddenly for unknown reasons, and she was newly enthroned.

The little emperor is only twelve years old and has no ability to control the entire empire. This has led to the fact that the Orion Empire is now completely internally divided. Each noble lord defends his own territory, but still surrenders on the surface.

Royalty.”

"In this case, find one or two of the most powerful lords who exploit their own people, spread the "Theory of Empire Collapse", encourage the peasants to rise up against their lords, and then distribute weapons and some aid to these peasants

, I believe it will soon produce results and reach the point where a single spark can start a prairie fire.”

"Please wait a moment! Madam Marquis!"

Finally, the generals who were listening were confused, and one of them said -

"I understand Madam Marquis's thoughts, but now our main enemy should be the Demon King's Army, right? Or to take a step back, it's the Blue Bay Empire, right? But from what you said, madam, we seem to be planning to conquer the entire Golden Continent first.

Are they turning the world upside down? Doesn’t this play into the Demon King’s army’s plan, which is to hope that humans will not unite but consume themselves first? Can our internal attack on each other... really be effective in resisting the Demon King’s army?

"

Ariel curled her lips.

To be honest, she couldn't say that she was 100% sure that this method would work.

Because if there is a strategist in this world who can guarantee that his strategy will be 100% successful, it is not a human being, but a god.

It's a pity that in this world now, except for a few guardians who just watch and do nothing and a demon king, it seems that God has never been born.

Does this really work?

Do we really have to give up on uniting those empires, and instead start to stir up chaos within the empires, support new regimes to come to power, and then jointly resist the Demon King's army... Is this set of steps really useful? Will it happen when humans are fighting among themselves?

, the Demon King’s Army has already taken advantage of this chaos to unify the entire Golden Continent in one fell swoop?

You know, Ariel once made a big mistake about who was the devil and who was the hero. That mistake led to the sacrifice of countless people and a lot of tragedies.

Now, can she really guarantee that her decision is not another "mistake"?

Ariel didn't have any confidence in her heart, but even though she had no confidence, she still told her the method.

After all, this is the best method she can think of based on the current situation.

"Ms. Marquis, perhaps this policy should be changed..."

At this time, two more generals spoke to dissuade him.

"Yes, yes, Sister President, on the one hand, we have to fight various empires, and on the other hand, we have to fight the Demon King's army. On the other hand, we still don't know if those armies that have become violent (harmony) are really willing to fight with us.

Joining forces is tantamount to making all the countries on the Golden Continent our enemies at once. It really looks like... we are the Demon King's army."

Even Coco is a little nervous now, and the other members of Mermaid Song are also a little nervous now and don't dare to agree to this proposal.

Maybe... I was really wrong?

This question flashed in Ariel's mind.

She has never forgotten that she cannot be said to be an expert in war. In the past few years of fighting against the Demon King's Army and the Blue Bay Army, although she has made many decisions, she never dares to say that she has made many decisions.

When did you become a master tactician or a top strategist?

The only thing she can do is to carefully evaluate the situation in each environment, and then make predictions based on her own judgment.

A strategist made by a strategist who only knows how to guess...can't really say that he won't make mistakes, right?

But at this moment...

"I do think this method is worth trying."

A voice spoke, and Ariel looked up, only to find that the speaker was not someone else, but Pocky, who was also one of the generals.

"I also agree with General Pocky's idea. Perhaps for us now, we may need to stimulate each other in turn."

The other one who made a sound of agreement was the jelly from Mermaid Song.

At this time, Jelly and Pocky looked at each other and nodded towards each other.

At this time, Bai Qi continued: "Let's not talk about Madam's declaration of war against all empires in the entire Golden Continent. From a tactical perspective, I feel that with our current development speed, a small

The small Qiongshen Mountain can no longer accommodate us. In this case, I support further expansion first."

"Now, there is a trade agreement between us and the Blue Bay Empire. Although this agreement seems very fragile at first glance, the current Blue Bay Empire is also very fragile. I am afraid that Tide Blue will not have the energy to treat us again in the short term.

Declaring war. He is now just blindly propagating that we did not attack further because we were afraid of Blue Bay. Such propaganda is insignificant to us, so we can ignore it."

"On the contrary, because of these propagandas, I am sure that he will not take corresponding actions when we act. In this way, we can really help some civilians in the Hunter to escape from the tyrannical (harmony) regime.

In the name of attacking a lord in the Hunter Empire."

As he said that, Pocky stretched out his hand, pointed towards a Hunter Territory that was closer to the Blue Bay Territory, and said——

"This area is called Shuizawa Valley. The lord in power is not a hereditary knight. He took advantage of the sudden death of the previous lord not long ago and forcibly married that lord's daughter, thus taking control of this land. According to me

Judging from the information obtained here, the other party may have felt that the process of acquiring territory was too easy, and also knew that the foundation of his power was not strong and could be overthrown at any time. Therefore, after taking office, he imposed excessive taxes, and the total taxes on farmers were almost the same.

More than eighty years after receiving it.”

"If our mermaid army takes this opportunity to intervene and overthrow this lord, we should be able to win the welcome of many local people at once. As for other nearby lords, my people have also inquired about the information before. They are either greedy for money or afraid of death.

Just a little favor should be able to hold them back and prevent them from interfering with our offensive plan."

"In this way, as long as we can achieve a certain degree of expansion, our ability to act will become stronger. Next, whether we want to completely subvert all aristocratic imperial power or change other policies, we can have a certain degree of maneuverability.

Cards can be played.”

After listening to Pocky's introduction, some people present thought silently, while others nodded repeatedly.

After seeing that no one had any objections, Ariel turned to Jelly and said, "What do you think?"

Jelly smiled faintly and said: "General Baiqi looks at this issue from a battle perspective, so I will boldly show my shame and talk about it from a strategic perspective."

Everyone looked at the one-armed magician. Even after so long, the shyness on his face still could not be eliminated. After such a long time, he still looked like a man who had just participated in the battle, looking slightly green.

"From a strategic perspective, I don't think that instigating chaos within the Blue Bay Empire and the Orion Empire will make our mermaid army immediately become the biggest enemy in the entire Golden Continent."

"As we all know, there has been a grudge between the Orion Empire and the Blue Bay Empire for hundreds of years. Has this grudge been resolved in recent years? No. Rather than being resolved, it is better to say that both countries have been hit hard due to their own strength, so

Now there is no time to deal with the grievances between each other."

"In addition, in the entire Golden Continent, the Burning Blade Empire previously said that it would come to rescue us, but after a long time, it has not been able to come and join us. It can be seen that its fundamental purpose is not to unite with us at all. The Red Moon Empire has been half a year

They were once again at war with the Emerald Star Empire, and these two countries are also the countries our envoy has visited."

"In the face of the current invasion of the Demon King's army, many countries on this continent have not shown much enthusiasm. Is this because they are not afraid of the Demon King?"

"No, it's because they don't regard the Demon King's Army as a problem that they should be responsible for. So, they don't care, and think that the so-called Demon King's Army problem is the same as a distant war taking place in a distant place.

It has nothing to do with me at all.”

"Since the other party doesn't care about the Demon King's army, will the other party really care about the expansion of the mermaid army? I think this also needs to be a big question mark."

Jelly took a breath and continued: "In other words, since few people on this continent care about this war, then we don't have to worry about what our actions will lead to." All empires on the entire Golden Continent have

Come against us' to this extent."

"Under such circumstances, I think we need to learn from our enemy, the Demon King's army. The Elf King hopes to slow down the war, and then gradually encroach on it without causing overreaction in humans.

If we annex humans and let them die slowly without fierce resistance, then we should also learn this approach that will not cause too much harm."

"So, we might as well use this as a basis to gradually encroach on the territory of other countries."

"This has two benefits."

"First, it can allow our overall strength to continue to expand, and at the same time, the side effects of expansion will not be too great. It can increase our strength."

"Second, this approach can stimulate the Demon King's army from another aspect. Let's see if they attack slowly and more efficiently, or if our mermaid army expands more steadily and faster. If you are lucky, you might be able to stimulate it directly.

The Demon King's army can no longer fight so slowly. So, as long as they can't bear it anymore and start attacking other empires from other directions in the forbidden land, then our goal will be achieved."

Ariel listened carefully as the two generals looked at their expansion practices from a local and macro perspective respectively. At the same time, she was also thinking about how many problems there were in such an approach... No, it should be said that the problems are really

There are too many. But if you don’t do it, then there is no possibility of breaking the situation.

At that moment, Ariel turned her head and looked at everyone else.

The slightly anxious expressions on the other people's faces now slowly relaxed. After continuing to discuss for a while, everyone finally reached a preliminary agreement. It also allowed Ariel to make a decision and determine the next course of action for the mermaid army.

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The battle will never end.

But there is always time to rest during the battle.

While arranging the deployment, Mermaid Song is now gradually advancing all arrangements according to its own ideas.

The first step is to send specialized staff to the interior of the Orion Empire to search for situations where the lords and nobles are oppressing the peasants. Once a suitable area is discovered, work will begin there.

These staff members originally came from the grassroots work of the Mermaid Army, and of course they know how to deal with these things.

In fact, just one month after such a matter was decided, a large-scale protest and demonstration immediately broke out in the Orion Mizusawa Valley area.

There is no doubt that this protest aroused panic among the local lords, who immediately dispatched troops to suppress it, resulting in a large number of casualties.

Of course, this suppression also completely exploded the long-simmering dissatisfaction of the people, and then a vigorous uprising began. With the help of the Mermaid Army to provide weapons and some logistical resources, only two
To be continued...