What a tragedy. I took some medicine and meant to nap for a moment, but when I woke up, it was already past ten. Let me muddle through one more day; I'll make it up tomorrow.
This Li Enxian truly was indulging in fantasy.
After some indirect probing, Sun Shaozong discovered that Li Enxian had actually hoped to use him to persuade his elder brother to submit a memorial to the court, joining forces with Joseon to strike the Black Water Mohe from two directions—well, they were the Later Jin now.
If not for the rebellion in the Southern Borderlands Five Kingdoms, there might have been some hope of it. But under the present circumstances... no matter how powerful Great Zhou was, it likely could not sustain three battlefields across the south, north, and east at once.
What was more, Great Zhou's military strength had long since fallen far short of what it had been at the founding of the dynasty.
Still, Li Enxian was no fool.
There could only be one reason for him to entertain such an impractical notion—Joseon had already been driven into a corner by the Later Jin and truly could not hold out any longer.
If that was indeed the case, then even if the court did not wish to fight this war in the north, it would likely be dragged into it in the end.
After all, no matter what, they could not simply sit back and watch Joseon be swallowed by the Later Jin, further strengthening the enemy.
But once they went to war with the Later Jin, the Mongols would certainly take advantage of the chaos. At that point, it would no longer be war on three fronts, but enemies on all sides.
Thinking of that possibility, how could Sun Shaozong still