The year when the Southwest Continent and Northwest Continent were tearing each other's hair out, the Central Continent was also itching to make a move. These people were crafty from the start. They planned to enter the field as reinforcements, supporting one side or the other and dragging out the war between Kang and the Southwest Allied Forces, exhausting as much grain and manpower as possible. Once the time was ripe, they could strike and reap the benefits as the fisherman.
After much deliberation, they chose to bet on both sides.
To that end, they sent two groups of envoys to persuade them separately.
One group of envoys died a violent death. The other returned alive, but without the news they had hoped for. Kang had clearly seen through their scheme and rejected this poisoned temptation from the very beginning. Wasn't Kang refusing a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit?
Since soft tactics would not work, they could only use force.
If this dragged on until Kang and the Southwest Allied Forces decided the victor, then no matter which of the two won, it would be a disaster!
Several major Central Continent states tacitly understood one another and prepared to mobilize their armies.
Unexpectedly, the news leaked out. Qu Country in the Southeast suddenly sent troops to make trouble, forcing them to set aside their plans to profit from the chaos for the time being. Qu Country had not been established for long, but its development over the years had been astonishingly rapid. If they ignored it, their own homelands might even be stolen from under their noses!
They immediately sent envoys to negotiate and seek peace.
They were all neighbors separated by several minor states. There had been no old grudges or recent feuds between them,