Another month passed in a flash.

It would not be an exaggeration to say that this month has been calm.

Xilong City, the former main city of the Nantes Province of the Zhu Yan Empire, is now firmly occupied by the Qingyang Empire.

Ouyang Lixing, after all, did not send troops to take back Xilong City, but allowed Chen Ze to lead a million-strong army to guard this city, which could be called the lifeblood of Nantes Province.

Xilong City cannot be recovered yet, let alone the three main cities behind it, Ketan, Xili and Ter.

At this point, it is estimated that the Zhu Yan Empire has also acquiesced to this result and has no plans to regain it for a while.

And everyone knows that the longer time passes, the slimmer the chance of regaining these four cities. When everything is settled, if the Zhu Yan Empire wants to do anything in the future, it will have to spend more than ten times the energy and price to do it.

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All this happened because Ouyang Lixing refused to send troops.

Even though the Zhu Yan Empire sent a special envoy to urge Ouyang Lixing to send troops, Ouyang Lixing still resisted the pressure and directly rejected the request of the special envoy Hong Tianji.

In desperation, Hong Tianji had no choice but to return. What he brought back was news that should have outraged the royal family. However, when the court received Hong Tianji's reply, their reaction was just like Hong Tianji's reaction at the Lord's Mansion in Ihe City.

The reaction is the same.

I can only smile bitterly.

Yes, this matter is indeed a bit difficult. If Ouyang Lixing agrees, it will certainly make the empire temporarily relieved, but if they don't agree, they can't reprimand Ouyang Lixing too much at this time.

After all, they still have to rely on Ouyang Lixing to withstand the pressure from the Anluo Province. Although they cannot achieve their most ideal results, Ouyang Lixing still regained more than half of the Nantes Province for the empire.

, and more importantly, it also allowed the war in Nantes Province to temporarily calm down.

This finally made the Zhu Yan Empire's situation on the mainland much better.

You know, it all started with the fall of the Province of Nantes. To this day, there are still countless pairs of eyes staring at the Province of Nantes, and they calculate their own gains and losses based on the situation in the Province of Nantes.

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The stability of the Nantes Province will undoubtedly make the people with hidden intentions lose many calculations. It can be said that the situation of the Zhu Yan Empire is stabilized.

At this time, the empire would never dare to fall out with Ouyang Lixing no matter what. Once the wise general was pushed into a panic, he would let go and go straight back to Fengqi Province. Fortunately, in case Ouyang Lixing

Thinking that he could no longer survive in the Zhu Yan Empire, he turned to the Qingyang Empire...

Based on Ouyang Lixing's power at this time and his importance in the province of Nantes, it can be said that as long as Ouyang Lixing surrenders to the enemy, the consequence will be the complete collapse of the province of Nantes!

One can imagine what kind of super treatment Ouyang Lixing will receive from the Qingyang Empire if he expresses this intention.

So, it's not impossible.

Super high-level generals like Ouyang Lixing are the ones that every empire wants to win over, not to mention that Ouyang Lixing can bring a super gift to the Qingyang Empire.

Based on this consideration, how could the Zhu Yan Empire dare to force Ouyang to do it?

When Hong Tianji was sent there, he also wanted to use the friendship between the two and the national justice to show Ouyang Li's actions with affection and reason.

However, Ouyang Lixing didn't listen to him at all.

This is also the biggest headache for Ouyang Lixing's enemies when he is an enemy.

No matter what you say or do, Ouyang Lixing has his own sense of proportion. He will not let external factors affect his judgment, nor will some external factors affect the final decision.

In the end, the Zhu Yan Empire relented and did not continue to force Ouyang to enforce it.

Of course, there are naturally no reinforcements. It's not that we don't want to, but we really don't have them. We can only rely on Ouyang Lixing to continue to grind in the province of Nantes.

As a result, a whole month has passed and the situation has not changed.

Ouyang Lixing is still stationed in Juhe City, and Chen Ze is also stationed in Xilong City.

The only difference may be that the city defenses in Xilong City are getting stronger and stronger. During this month, Chen Ze has not been idle, repairing and strengthening the once-destroyed walls of Xilong City bit by bit.

The city defense has now at least returned to 70% of the thickness it had before the city was massacred.

And as time goes by, it indicates that the Zhu Yan Empire's chances of taking back Xilong City are getting slimmer and slimmer.

Of course, at this time, if Ouyang Li could not move, Chen Ze would naturally not be able to move either.

It is naturally good to be able to occupy an additional city at the level of a main city. At least the Qingyang Empire will have less credit in the future, and Chen Ze will have to occupy more.

So, today, one month later, the Qingyang Empire finally sent an envoy.

At this moment, in the meeting hall of Xilong City, a group of generals led by General Luo gathered together, and everyone's eyes were looking at the middle-aged man in purple robes who was sitting at the head of the guest seats.

"Brother Luo, I didn't expect that we would meet here."

The middle-aged man in purple robe looked very kind, and his attitude towards General Luo was also very good. On the surface, he seemed to be a good old man.

Commander Luo also smiled slightly and said, "Brother Cheng, we haven't seen each other for a while."

"Isn't it?"

The middle-aged man in purple robes is called Cheng Hong. On his chest is the unique military rank symbol of the Qingyang Empire. Judging from his military rank, he is also a general-level figure.

He looked at Commander Luo and said with a smile: "Brother Luo, the reason we haven't seen each other for a while is not because you have been traveling abroad all year round. But what Lao Cheng didn't expect was that you actually went to Nantes Province to become a top official."

Commander, tsk tsk tsk, are you planning to go a step further?"

Commander Luo waved his hands and said: "Brother Cheng is joking, don't you know what kind of person I am? How can I, the Luo family, possibly go further?"

As soon as these words came out, Cheng Hong hesitated for a moment, and then he coughed twice, as if he remembered some past events, which made a look of embarrassment appear on his face.

"Brother Luo, I'm not..."

Cheng Hong wanted to explain, but before he could speak, Chief Luo had already interrupted him and said with a wry smile: "It doesn't matter, you and I don't need to make this meaningless explanation."

As soon as the words changed, General Luo thought for a while and asked: "Brother Cheng is here this time, but what are the instructions from the family?"

You must know that Cheng Hong, as the special envoy of the empire, came all the way to Nantes Province. Naturally, he did not come to greet Commander Luo. He came with new instructions from the Qingyang Empire.
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