"Is the large army the focus of the negotiations?"
"Yes"
On the way, the emperor was to stay in the capital, and accompanying Zhang Zhengyuan was the emperor's own sister, King Level expert who was almost equal to the emperor!
" The Daoist School needs a large army to control puppets in order to build its first wave of protector troops, but later..."
What happens next?
"Every time the Daoist School introduces new technology, I can't predict how it will turn out, but the first wave of guardian troops is certain. As long as we can keep that army in check, we can negotiate with the Daoist School."
"Should we stabilize that large army?"
"Do you have any concerns?" Zhang Zhengyuan asked, looking at the other person curiously.
According to the information, the Xiao Household seems to have absolute control over this Ghost King Army, right?
Even if some generals awaken their past life memories due to the activation of the Buddha Kingdom, they still can't control all the soldiers in a short time, can they?
"Some." The other person frowned, and for some reason, a sense of unease rose within her.
The composition of the Ghost King Army is not significantly affected by the Buddha Kingdom, because each soldier has a ghost spirit Symbiosis with him, including the general. Even if he awakens some past life memories and wants to betray the army, the ghost spirit in his body may not agree with him.
It's not that simple. If we can act quickly, we have a good chance of stabilizing morale.
But for some reason, ever since Zhang Zhengyuan mentioned that stabilizing the army would allow them to negotiate with the Daoist School, she began to feel uneasy.
"What exactly do you mean?" Zhang Zhengyuan asked curiously, taken aback.
"Stabilizing morale is something anyone can do, and might even do better than me."
"Huh?" Zhang Zhengyuan was taken aback. "Who is it?"
" King of Qin!"
"Wait, wasn't he eliminated from the power circle by you guys?" Zhang Zhengyuan was taken aback.
The King of Qin was previously mistaken for the Number One, and his progress had been closely monitored. His fate was clear to everyone: betrayed by powerful families, he fell before he could unify the world.
"It was a meticulously planned scheme, but in reality, all the powerful families took a risk because the King of Qin of Qin at that time had a very high level of prestige. Do you know what that prestige refers to?"
Zhang Zhengyuan, who had also risen through the ranks of the army, immediately understood what the other party meant.
A military leader's prestige extends from top to bottom. Especially when a leader's prestige is well-established, it is very difficult for lower-ranking generals to rebel. Of course, this requires a very high level of prestige from the leader, almost to the point of being a faith. In the history of the Central Federation, very few people have been able to achieve this.
Even if a few high-ranking generals rebelled, it was difficult for Huo Qubing during the reign of Huo Qubing Wu of Han, Li Shimin during the Tang Dynasty, or Yue Fei during the Southern Song Dynasty to have any effect, because their prestige had already influenced the lower ranks. Everyone worshipped their leader like a totem. If your superior suddenly asked you to betray the leader, would you do it?
A few people do it, but most people don't.
"You mean your army, and many others, are still loyal to the King of Qin?"
"Yes," she nodded, though reluctant to admit it. "The truth about the death of the King of Qin of Xiao Household was never revealed to the lower ranks. Although many years have passed and many of those soldiers know what happened, the King of Qin of Qin's power was waning, and most of them had to continue living their lives. The Emperor's younger brother unified the world, and they all received corresponding rewards. The King of King of Qin's power rose very quickly at the time, so there wasn't much trouble."
"However, at least 70% of the captains and junior officers of the Flying Dragon Army are former loyal followers of the King of Qin!"
"What the heck?!" Zhang Zhengyuan exclaimed in surprise, "Why didn't the King of Qin ever use this kind of power before?"
"Who would want to follow him?" The other person rolled their eyes. "The situation is already settled. Many generals' families are near the capital. Even if your prestige was high back then, after twenty years, do you think you can just come here and raise your arms? Is that even possible?"
"That's true. But now?"
"Actually, the possibility is very small, but what I'm afraid of is..."
"He was the first to make contact with the Daoist School?"
"You're quite a smart person."
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"You got here quickly."
When Ziyue reappeared before Chen Qing, Chen Qing smiled easily, but the smile quickly faded as she brought several pieces of bad news.
" Baiyu doesn't think that much about it."
"Didn't Wei Gongcheng say you brought a lot with you?"
"I did bring quite a lot, but the situation was urgent at the time. For the safety of the army, I teleported a large amount of Baiyu and the troops away in advance. Who would have thought it would end like this?"
"Where did the army go?" Chen Qing asked in astonishment.
"In that situation, who would dare mark clear coordinates? Random teleportation would be the obvious solution."
Chen Qing: "."
"The worse news is that the King of Qin most likely knows the location of those armies."
"Damn it." Chen Qing covered her face. "Could your news get any worse?"
" The Fighter Army have a strong faith and will not easily betray us. Once they form a battle formation, even the King of Qin can't do anything about them."
"Not betraying doesn't mean you won't be swayed. Do you know what the King of Qin is plotting?" Chen Qing said seriously.
"I have a rough idea," Ziyue said in a low voice. "The head guard is backed by the Daoist School sect. The King of Qin and I temporarily cooperated to eliminate the head guard, probably because he wanted to work with the Daoist School alone."
" Daoist School." Chen Qing's eyes lit up.
What came to mind?
"I've come up with an idea." Chen Qing continued to ponder, "I've been wondering why the King of Qin chose the East Sea. After all, the East Sea is the most difficult place to recruit soldiers. Unless he completely wants to rely on the sea monsters of the East Sea, the population of the East Sea is not very meaningful to him. Now that you've mentioned the Daoist School, some of my long-standing doubts have been resolved."
"Just as I thought," Ziyue said quietly. "Those humans in the East Sea... there's something wrong with them, isn't there?"
Chen Qing nodded. He had experienced the Painted Skin Mister incident. Although it was a bit exaggerated that such a large area of the East Sea was turned into puppets, it seemed to make sense when he thought about the forces behind it.
"If the King of Qin wants to cooperate with the Daoist School, he must be qualified to serve as Daoist School protector. The Daoist School's revival is weakest in the first two waves. I learned some history about the Daoist School from Elder Liu. In the first two eras, the Daoist School simply hid and waited for the great revival of spiritual energy before using high-level Daoist immortals to control a large number of puppets to be born. However, this way, they couldn't gain much each time. If they want to revive earlier, they need an army to protect them!"
"That's what I think too, but where would the King of Qin get an army?" Ziyue frowned and said, "Even if he wanted our army to help protect him, would his subordinates listen to him?"
"He looks exactly like me, what's wrong with him impersonating me?"
Ziyue: "."
"That can't last long, can it?" Ziyue chuckled. " The Fighter Army's generals will soon feel it too, won't they?"
After all, combat requires the expenditure of Power of Faith, and if a fake Chen Qing couldn't produce any, how could he not be suspected?
"He only needs to deceive us for a little while, because he already has his own army!"
"My own army"
"He was almost the ruler of the world back then, does he really think he has no foundation of his own?"