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His eyes returned to Wancheng Kingdom.

Wanchengguo, which was hit hard by the Dongyuanzhou raid, will respond next?

Is it to integrate forces, gather resources, and strengthen training, in order to launch the fiercest blow to Dongyuanzhou as quickly as possible?

but……

Although there were shouts of fighting and killing in the media and newspapers, countless people screamed for "revenge".

However, three months have passed since the attack, and there is still no movement from Wanchengguo's military.

It's just that the alert level has been raised and the training intensity has been strengthened.

Even the actions to conquer Beiyuan Continent were stopped, and no more Lingyuan fleet was sent there... Even with a little effort, Beiyuan Continent could be swallowed up.

But it stopped.

All major military operations were stopped.

Why does this happen?

War weariness.

The war-weariness among the Wehrmacht has become so strong that they collectively violate military orders from above.

The war has been going on for almost twenty years, with almost no pause.

The soldiers are tired and have long been tired of fighting.

The nerves are tense for a long time, the pace of the war is too fast, running around, and the body and mind are exhausted.

What makes them even more uneasy and unable to sleep is the torture of their moral conscience.

Invaders are always unjust.

Massacre, plunder, destruction, slavery, sexual humiliation...these crimes were commonplace and often happened before their eyes.

As participants, some soldiers enjoyed it, some gradually became numb, but a considerable number gradually felt uncomfortable and disgusted.

In particular, the images of faces struggling with pain, the wailing and screaming before death, and even the scene of blood everywhere... have become a common nightmare for many soldiers.

Coupled with the enemy's fierce resistance, teammates continued to die.

War weariness gradually spread.

Some soldiers choose to commit suicide, some soldiers attack their teammates crazily, some soldiers rebel and surrender to the enemy... Every time such an incident occurs, the morale of the army will plummet.

Of course, more soldiers still submit applications for retirement and choose to leave the military.

If the military refuses many times, they will become deserters and flee back to their hometowns.

In the past two years, at least one-fifth of the more than 500,000-strong National Defense Forces have left the army...many of them belong to the elite.

What's even more alarming is that in terms of recruiting, there are no more people to recruit.

Because the risk of joining the army was too high, the aggressive actions he carried out were not without doubts in the country. As a large amount of wealth from other continents was transferred to the Wancheng Kingdom, the alarming inflation rate led to skyrocketing prices and widespread complaints.

At this time, some economists realized that not all the benefits brought by the war were benefits. The windfall gained from the war would also have great destructive power on the national economy.

Among the mainstream public opinion in society, many voices of reflection have also appeared, suggesting that the war should be ended as soon as possible.

The four major sects that have been charging ahead and suffering heavy losses no longer have the same excessive pursuit of the Spiritual Vein Immortal Mountain as before.

Even after Wancheng Kingdom was attacked by Dongyuanzhou and suffered heavy losses, the four major sects did not choose to continue to advance and retreat with Wancheng Kingdom. Instead, they proposed to withdraw their troops at the same time.

Hongping Taoist Patriarch said: "Half of my Qingyun Mountain Immortal disciples have been lost. We really can't fight anymore."

Taoist Shengkong (Ye Kong) said: "Guanglei Mountain has been damaged by more than 30%. No matter how much wealth and fairy mountain there is, it will be useless."

Longwan Daozu of Chixing Mountain said: "Among the four sects, our Chixing Mountain has suffered the most heavy losses. If we don't rest for a hundred years, our strength will be difficult to recover."

"Feiyun Mountain will have to rest for at least fifty years before it can have some spare time."

The young sect of Feiyun Mountain advocated Jin and said.

All the forces of the four major sects were withdrawn from the National Defense Force and returned to the mountains to recuperate.

Cheng Zhiyuan, the newly elected leader of Wancheng Kingdom, wanted to scold his mother, but there was nothing he could do.

After all, Dong Yuan Continent has the strongest comprehensive strength among the four surrounding continents, and its technological level is not bad. If you want to win it, you must be prepared to pay an extremely heavy price.

Even preparations to use all the power in hand.

Not only the four major sects do not have this kind of preparation and awareness, but even the top leaders of Wancheng Kingdom cannot make this determination.

Because after swallowing two foreign continents several times larger than themselves, and then beating Beiyuanzhou until Wanchengguo, who was unable to resist, consumed too much strength, its military strength was greatly weakened.

Take the six Lingyuan fleets as an example. At present, one of the six fleets has been completely disabled, two have lost more than half, and the total number of Lingyuan warships with combat capabilities left does not exceed 500.

As for Dongyuan Continent, due to the large amount of soul stone mines underground, the cost of building Lingyuan battleships is quite low. The number of Lingyuan battleships in Dongyuan Continent is conservatively more than three times that of Wancheng Kingdom.

Of course, the combat effectiveness of the Wancheng Kingdom's army is definitely stronger, but now the morale of the Wancheng Kingdom's National Defense Force is low, and the military morale is floating. If they go to Dongyuan Continent in this state, big problems will inevitably occur!

"Five years of repair!"

"We will repair for five years first. After our strength has recovered to a certain extent, it will not be too late to conquer Dongyuan Continent!"

"The main task of the National Defense Forces in the past five years is to increase vigilance and guard against possible invasions from the east, to appease the morale of the troops, to inspire the fighting spirit of the soldiers, so that they can be content with their duties, use up their strength, and wholeheartedly defend our homeland!"

"In terms of diplomacy, we will send another diplomat to contact the remaining forces of Bei Yuan Continent and ask them not to interact with Dong Yuan Continent and not to be enemies of Wancheng Kingdom. If they agree, we will promise not to send troops to conquer them. If you don’t agree and insist on becoming an enemy of Wancheng Kingdom, you will have disputes in the future!”

At the Supreme National Defense Conference, the leader of the country, Cheng Zhiyuan, proposed a "five-year recuperation" plan, deciding to shrink his fists, stop external expansion, and restore national and military strength.

"Okay, now that the army is exhausted, we really need to rest for a while."

"We have been fighting for almost twenty years. Stop and pay more attention to the country! Prices are rising and public dissatisfaction boils. We must find ways to solve these problems."

"I also agree with this plan."

"A gentleman's revenge is never too late in ten years; the national war is dangerous and needs to be dealt with slowly."

The top military officials and most members of Congress agreed with Cheng Zhiyuan's rest plan.

In this way, Wan Chengguo's high-speed chariot finally stopped briefly.

…

Hyun Qingcheng.

Closing the information in his hand, Zhou Ming nodded.

He murmured: "The majority of Wancheng Kingdom's senior leaders are rational and sober people, which shows that this country is not hopeless."

In fact, no matter what country it is, whether it is strong or weak, it will experience some ups and downs or take a wrong path. This is completely normal.

What really determines how far it can go or how long it can last is not how strong the country is or how rich its family is.

Rather, it depends on the ruling wisdom of the country’s top leaders.

and the error-correcting capabilities given to this country at the institutional level.

If that country persists in going its own way and continues to act arbitrarily despite unfavorable circumstances, what awaits this country can only be internal torn apart and a disastrous external defeat.

If this country adjusts in time, corrects mistakes in time, knows how to choose between advancement and retreat, and uses smart methods, it means that this country has wisdom and strong ability to survive.

Therefore, Zhou Ming is quite pleased. Although Wan Chengguo's external expansion activities in recent years have made him worried and hoped to stop them, it is still quite good to return to maturity and reason and grow somewhat after paying enough tuition.

Such a kingdom of ten thousand chariots will not necessarily perish even if it takes another thousand or ten thousand years.

but……

Picking up another piece of information about Dong Yuan Continent, Zhou Ming couldn't help but reveal a wry smile.

Jiang Ruyue.

In his last life, he actually had a daughter with that female devil.

A low-probability event like the union of immortals and mortals to give birth to offspring can actually happen.

I have to lament that fate plays tricks on people.

What is even more surprising is that Jiang Ruyue, with extraordinary abilities and outstanding courage, has carved out a world that belongs to her in the complicated Dongyuan Continent.

Looking at her overt and covert actions, Zhou Ming had a hunch that the huge Dongyuan Continent might really be integrated by her, and the heads of the nine major forces would either completely surrender or die under her clever layout.

In fact, in his previous life, in order to prevent Dongyuan Continent from threatening Wancheng Kingdom, he deliberately divided Dongyuan Continent into nine parts to check and balance each other, making it difficult to condense them into a rope.

Now because of Jiang Ruyue's appearance, the nine major forces in Dongyuanzhou that could never be united before have a tendency to unite.

In addition, she has a long-term vision and attaches great importance to the development of education, industry, science and technology and other fields.

It can be expected that once Dongyuanzhou is successfully integrated by her, Dongyuanzhou will be the strongest opponent and most terrifying enemy of Wancheng Kingdom in the future.

If Zhou Ming were sitting at the current position of the head of the Wancheng Kingdom, facing a being like Jiang Ruyue, the thoughts that would come to his mind would be "stifling", "suppressing", "assassinating", etc., and he would definitely try his best to start from On a physical level, eliminate her as a threat.

It's just that the people in Wancheng Kingdom didn't pay enough attention to her before, or even ignored her.

Now, we will definitely pay great attention to it and come up with countermeasures.

Wan Chengguo's senior officials also discussed sending assassins to kill him, but due to great concerns, they did not implement it.

But it is certain that Jiang Ruyue and the Dongyuan Continent she rules are already the biggest enemies of the Wancheng Kingdom!

What does Zhou Ming think of this?

Shaking his head and smiling bitterly.

He could only shake his head and smile bitterly.

In this life, he didn't want to bear the blame left over from his previous life at all, and he didn't want to find trouble and trouble for himself.

For example, Gao Xiuzhen, he had many thoughts of writing letters to her or visiting her.

But after thinking about it, I gave up this plan.

It's not that he's heartless because he sees her lonely and sad, but it's that feelings shouldn't be sunk in too deeply, otherwise they'll harm others and themselves.

It is wise to let time erase everything.

After all, in this life, he just wants to practice with peace of mind.

Therefore, he will not have much interaction or connection with any person or thing related to the previous life.

For example, Jiang Ruyue, he noticed her existence very early but didn't pay much attention to her.

"The most difficult thing to do in life is to let go. The development of everything has its own rules. Too much interference will only contaminate too much cause and effect, which is useless for practice."

"Whether it is Wancheng Kingdom or Dongyuanzhou, no matter how hard it is fought, I don't have to intervene. I can just stand aside and watch."

"If the situation gets out of control or affects your own interests, it is not too late to intervene."

In short, live your life well and let the outside world change.