"Is there going to be a war?"
In Mishir District's high-level meeting, Xilu Tia asked curiously. Several high-level Mages and heads of important departments present looked at each other and then answered.
"This, there are just some public opinions at the moment, Hedra, don't worry so much." They knew that this girl was busy with her studies recently and rarely asked about the outside world.
"But the situation is indeed not good, and famine has begun to occur in some areas." The person in charge of the material reserve department of Mishir District replied. "After the price of food has increased, people in prosperous and wealthy areas can barely afford it, and the officials in these areas will also carry out disaster relief to prevent people from starving to death, but it is difficult to say that in areas that are already poor and have poor financial conditions."
"How long can the food we currently reserve supply the residents of this area?" Xilu Tia asked.
"Due to the implementation of a series of policies and measures last year, our current food reserves are quite sufficient. If the rationing system is implemented, it can last for three years." After reporting this data, many people present felt a lot more at ease.
At least in Mishir District, life can still go on.
Three years...
Xilu Tia thought about the current situation. If the harvest can be maintained this year and next year, by the time Season of Sinking Fog arrives, it should be able to reserve the food needed for the past five years. Even if Season of Sinking Fog faces a reduction in production, it should be able to survive the remaining sixteen years.
Thinking of this, she relaxed a little, and then her mind turned to the news she had heard recently.
Since the conflict between the Aesius Kingdom and Mide Duchy on the Mage Alliance border, this war between small countries has gradually attracted more and more attention. Many scholars have tried to use this conflict as material to analyze and publish various conclusions.
Among these conclusions, more and more people are leaning toward war.
This is not a good thing, Xilutiya thought to herself. As one of the few people who has personally experienced the two major power systems of the Woodland Alliance and Mage Alliance, she is very clear about the advantages, disadvantages and strengths of both parties.
If Woodland Alliance launches an offensive war against the Mage Alliance, the result will be a disastrous failure, because Woodland Alliance has always been very loose. If it launches an attack, it will be like picking up a fist made of sponge to attack. It is weak and weak, and everyone has their own thoughts.
However, if Woodland Alliance conducts defensive operations, the results will be very different.
Many factions within the Woodland Alliance are organizations that have been in the local area for hundreds of years. They have inextricably linked networks in the local area and are extremely familiar with the local environment. Many of the secrets passed down within the factions also have local characteristics and occupy geographical advantages.
Under such circumstances, if Mage Alliance launches an attack and enters Woodland Alliance's various complex and changeable regions and countries, it is estimated that it will be overwhelmed, as if it is stuck in a quagmire, and the advancement will be slow. As time goes by, Mage Alliance's war machinery and Fire Seed will be consumed in large quantities. When it is difficult to obtain sufficient resource supplies, it will be extremely difficult to win.
At present, Mage Alliance does have a great advantage over Woodland Alliance, but this advantage is not enough to overcome the resistance brought by the long and complex front. Only Mage Alliance once again ushered in a revolutionary breakthrough in technology, can it conquer Woodland Alliance in a crushing way at a relatively small cost. Now Xilu Tia can only pray, hoping that the top management of the Woodland Alliance will not be so impulsive. If Woodland Alliance takes the initiative to launch an attack, she will not be able to stop it even if she wants to stop the war. She cannot let Mage just be beaten without resisting. When the crowd is excited, no one will dare to block the crater, and they can only set off a large-scale resistance.
If Mage Alliance is considering launching a full-scale war, she can try her best to mediate. After all, she now knows three His Majesty Named One. They are people who can talk to the Mage Alliance's highest will and can give some advice.
After the meeting, Xilu Tia inquired a lot about the border conflict and had a clear understanding of the whole incident. Although the current public opinion has the momentum to launch a war, it is still in its early stages. Most people only talk about it verbally and are not ready and aware to devote themselves to the war.
What should I do? Xilu Tia leaned on the chair and looked up at the ceiling. Her long, silky hair fell from the back of the chair along her shoulders. Forcing a ban on speech that provokes war? This lacks sufficient reason and is too abrupt. Not only is it ineffective, but it also exposes her identity.
Go and advise the sages of Alliance Council to never start a war? Is this really useful? Are those sages people who can be persuaded by a few simple words? In the end, they also lack enough strength and behave abruptly, arousing suspicion.
To put it bluntly, this point is very awkward, and anything done with excessive force will be suspicious.
Xilu Tia sat up and lay on the table again to continue thinking. She looked sideways at the smooth tabletop and moved her fingers lightly.
After thinking for a while, Xilutiya felt that there was no particularly good action target at the moment because the situation was still unclear and all parties were waiting and watching. It was very inappropriate to suddenly jump out and make remarks at this time.
Alas, we can only take one step at a time, and we don't know what the three His Majesty's are thinking. If they are determined to start a war, no matter how hard they try, it will be in vain.
Three days later, Xilu Tia and Amelia came to Sky Tower again to study.
After the day's class, Abelid rarely asked the two about the border conflict.
... I have already told you the origin and story of the matter."
"If you were in charge Mage Alliance, what choice would you make?" After he finished speaking, he temporarily separated the two people with a barrier, and then placed a piece of paper in front of the two girls.
"Write down your thoughts and decisions." He sat on the stone seat, leaning on the armrest with one hand, and looked at the two of them with interest. "This..." Xilu Tia hesitated in his heart.
How to answer this question? She thought to herself.
Should we stand from the standpoint of the Woodland and try to stop the fight, and take the initiative to turn off the flames and persuade peace, or should we stand from the standpoint of the Mage Alliance and analyze it calmly and make a decision that is more in line with the interests of the Mage Alliance.
When Xilutiya was thinking about how to answer, Amelia on the side quickly handed in the paper, which made Xilu Tia also have to pick up the pen and write the answer as soon as possible.
She closed her eyes to speed up her thinking, then opened her eyes, wrote down her thoughts and choices, and then handed over the test paper.
Putting the two people's answers together, Abelid looked at them and showed an interesting smile.
"Yes, you have the same ideas, and it seems that you will get along very happily in the future." He loosened his fingers, and the answers to the two test papers flew back into their hands.
Xilu Tia's answer:
In the face of this border conflict, the official did not give any answer, nor did they send additional personnel from other factions for support. We will wait and see whether "Mist Spirit School" and "Black Finger" decide the outcome.
If Woodland Alliance is so arrogant and launches an attack, then after the opponent breaks through the border, he will give a thunderous blow to shock the opponent, and use this to reach a contract, let Woodland Alliance provide enough food or gardeners to pay compensation, and then give the opponent a step down to end the conflict. If it is a decisive decision After the results come out, Woodland Alliance becomes more cautious and no longer tests easily. It can be determined that Woodland Alliance is afraid. At this time, contract negotiations can be started again, using all-out war as a deterrent to reach food cooperation, but the price set in the contract must be moderate to avoid forcing the other party into a situation where it must fight.
Amelia's answer:
The official should not give up, so as to maintain the decisive initiative. If Woodland Alliance takes the initiative to launch an attack, it can use righteous mobilization to deal a heavy blow to the opponent, and then use the threat of peace talks to spend food and manpower to tide over Season of Sinking Fog's difficulties.
Among the two answers, Amelia only wrote about the Woodland Alliance taking the initiative to attack, while Xilu Tia wrote more comprehensively, and the methods were more tough and hawkish.
Although there will be conflicts, among the two choices proposed by Xilu Tia, even if there is a conflict, it will be the strategy with the least casualties for each other. This is probably the so-called "peace through struggle means peace will exist".
In order to avoid the meaningless sacrifice of a large number of people and the various damages caused by the war, using thunderous means to quickly determine the outcome is indeed a more merciful way for both parties.
There is no deep hatred between the two parties in the first place. If they frivolously and recklessly enter the whirlpool of all-out war just because of a temporary conflict of interests and crisis, this will be a huge disaster for the people of both parties.
"Since your answers are good, please give these two answers to Alliance Council." After that, the paper pages in the hands of the two disappeared, and then appeared at the highest meeting of the Mage Alliance below.
Faced with this sudden decree Named One, the sages in the council couldn't help but pick it up curiously, and soon understood the meaning of the two answers. "Since Your Majesty has made a decision, let's proceed accordingly."
Soon, the public opinion in the Mage Alliance about launching a full-scale war slowly subsided, and all parties were waiting for the outcome of this border conflict with an extremely quiet but extremely concerned attitude.