"Hateful!"
Ashina Tiandu, and his heart sank. Frostwest was in dire straits.
If the other side succeeds, it will be extremely destructive to Frostwest. We must disrupt this operation to reverse this downward trend.
He took a deep breath, having already made up his mind, and resolutely asked, "Minister, do you know exactly where we are at this stage, and whether there is still a chance to sabotage the other side's surrender offer?"
There's no time to hesitate now. We must take risks to stop this from happening, no matter the cost.
Upon hearing this, a glimmer of hope flashed in the eyes of the courtiers. This was indeed a solution, at least offering a sliver of hope. They all looked at Ashley, hoping it would be good news.
Seeing the expectant looks on everyone's faces, Ashley said with a bitter expression, "Your Majesty, I have already sent people to cause trouble, but the results were not very good. According to reports, Xue Rengui personally welcomed the envoy from Great Liang, so he is probably already interested."
Holy crap!
Everyone felt a chill run down their spines; it was practically a sure thing that this was going to succeed.
If Xue Rengui didn't have a favorable impression of Great Liang, why would he personally welcome their envoy? It's obvious he wanted to get involved.
It should be noted that when Frostwest sent an envoy to find Xue Rengui, they brought generous gifts, Frostwest the other party only met with him briefly and then dismissed him.
The fact that they take the Great Liang so seriously clearly shows the difference in their attitudes towards it.
As long as Great Liang isn't too harsh, the possibility of Xue Rengui defecting to Great Liang is extremely high, even 100%.
Frostwest is in big trouble!
"This..."
Upon Ashina Tiandu collapsed onto his throne, staring blankly into the distance. He was completely unprepared for things to have come to this.
He couldn't help but mutter, "Why is this? Frostwest is clearly the closest to you and can directly threaten you, so why did you choose to side with Great Liang?"
Is Great Liang really that wonderful, making you flock there?
He was very indignant. This Xue Rengui was far too hypocritical, even unreasonable, which was unacceptable.
"Your Majesty, what should we do now?"
"If these three forces combine, we'll be completely locked down, practically sitting here waiting to die!"
"Why don't we move the capital? Otherwise, we're in a very passive position!"
After a long silence, the ministers could no longer remain seated and offered their advice: the current situation couldn't be handled head-on.
If they can't hold out, they'll almost certainly be wiped out by the Great Liang, and Frostwest will have no chance at all. Even if they do manage to hold out, they'll still face continued attacks from the Great Liang.
There's no way to avoid this, so it's better to just move the capital and retain some initiative.
"Move the capital!!!"
Ashina Tiandu. Although he had some reservations about the suggestion, he swallowed his words, because it was probably the best solution for the most urgent situation.
If you don't want to relocate the capital, then you'd have to fight three opponents at once and force them out of the central area, but that's extremely difficult.
After a moment's thought, he sighed and said, "My dear ministers, if we were to move the capital, where would we go?"
Moving north would mean being attacked by Xue Rengui Xue Rengui, which would be tantamount to offering oneself up for a beating. It's pointless.
Going east would be even more impossible; they'd be utterly crushed by the Emperor of Great Liang's father, who had an army of two million.
To the west lies Huo Qubing, that guy is practically insane, and he even got Aksu to surrender. If I go there, I'll probably just be throwing my life away.
The only way is to go south, but the Xiling Corridor in the south has already been given to the Great West Empire, which means that the Great West Empire has cut off our escape route. Going south is not a very reliable option either.
"This..."
The ministers sighed. This was indeed a major problem; it was far too difficult!
Nowhere is safe anymore. I never imagined that the once mighty Frostwest Empire would become like this. In less than two months, it has been reduced to a state of utter fragmentation.
For a moment, they couldn't help but feel desperate.
"Damn it, how could this happen? We're completely cornered!"
"We are the Frostwest Empire, why have we become like this?"
"What am I going to do? How can I solve this problem? I don't want to die!"
The courtiers were in a panic. They hadn't expected that there wouldn't even be a place to move the capital. This was a tragedy, a sign of impending doom.
Everyone felt incredibly bitter; they hadn't expected Frostwest to decline so quickly—it was truly unexpected.
It's all the Emperor's fault!
Several ministers in the crowd glanced at Ashina Tiandu, their eyes flashing with chilling murderous intent.
If the current emperor hadn't rebelled and caused chaos in the country, Huo Qubing and Xue Rengui wouldn't have had the opportunity to invade under the pretext of killing the tyrannical emperor.
It is said that many civilians did not resist, but instead voluntarily led the way, which was truly heartbreaking.
If the Emperor hadn't killed the father-in-law of the Emperor of Great Liang, Lin Yi wouldn't have had an excuse to send troops to his father-in-law's country. It's all because of the Emperor.
If we were to hand over the current emperor to the Great Liang, perhaps we could gain a glimmer of hope, or even accomplish a great feat.
Once this thought arose, it could no longer be suppressed and grew wildly, causing several ministers to carefully consider how to achieve this.
Cough cough!
At this moment, Ashley coughed twice, stepped forward, and said in a deep voice, "Your Majesty, let's head south to the Xiling Corridor. If Abaddon doesn't fully support us, we'll attack the Great West Empire directly!"
Damn it, if we can't beat the Great Liang, surely we can beat your Great West Empire?
If you want to reap the benefits without lifting a finger, then we'll lure the hunter right to your house and see if you still come.
Holy crap!
"This idea is a bit unorthodox, but it makes some sense!"
Upon hearing this idea, the ministers' eyes lit up. It really was a solution, a very outlandish one, yet one that was possible to implement.
While the Great Liang is indeed powerful, it doesn't have Great Liang same strength in the south. Instead, the forces of the Great West Empire are guarding their entrance, the Xiling Corridor. If we were to move our capital there, we could naturally draw the Great Liang's army there.
In that case, even if the Great West Empire doesn't want to fight, it will have no choice but to.
After all, if Frostwest were to completely collapse, the next one would be the Great West Empire. In the future, there might not even be Great Han or Great Tang, and everything would fall to the Great Liang.
In that situation, the Great West Empire had no choice but to intervene unless it wanted to die.
"Huh!"
Ashina Tiandu, and he couldn't help but nod slightly. This was indeed a solution, albeit a less-than-ideal one.