Chapter 325 The World Needs a Lich King
When Tian Xuanxing and Bai Qiu Ning heard Ji Chan say that she was innocent, they felt it was as ridiculous as hearing a thief say that he was law-abiding.

Tianxuanxing asked: "What did Shen Cheng say in the letter?"

"I asked him to say hello to you. By the way, he has already met Du Tianming and learned about our plan."

Ji Chan waved the letter in his hand and said, "He also took over the entire Yongle City. This guy is quite capable!"

Tian Xuanxing asked curiously, "Since he knew everything, didn't he express any opinions to you?"

Ji Chan and Du Tianming's plan can be said to have Shen Cheng under complete control, leaving him with no choice at all.

Based on Shen Cheng's personality, he would definitely not accept it calmly.

Ji Chan laughed: "Of course he scolded Du Tianming severely, and praised me for being smart and capable. He will definitely thank me for giving him advice when he comes back."

Bai Qiuning snatched the letter from Ji Chan's hand and took a look at it, then said expressionlessly: "Shen Cheng said he would stuff a big banana into your mouth and write positive words all over your body. Is this what you call thank you?"

Ji Chan remained calm: "Beating is love, scolding is care, this is the proof that Shen Cheng and I have a good relationship."

Tian Xuanxing and Bai Qiuning had already witnessed his shamelessness and thick skin, so they were not surprised at all.

Bai Qiuning read the letter again from beginning to end, and then asked Ji Chan, "Are you going to agree to Shen Cheng's plan?"

Shen Cheng proposed a plan in the letter.

Since the conflicts among the three major forces can no longer be suppressed and war is bound to break out anyway, it would be better for him to take the initiative to detonate this powder keg.

Shen Cheng will control Yongle City and declare war on Baiye Kingdom and Qin Wangling at the same time. After the war begins, he will try his best to send all the pro-war factions to the battlefield to consume them and resolve the accumulated conflicts in the war.

At the same time, he will secretly join forces with the White Night Kingdom and the Astrology Palace to eliminate those stubborn elements in each major force.

This war is expected to last about a year. When a large number of middle and high-level leaders of the three major forces die on the battlefield, the lower levels will finally have an upward channel, and the contradictions accumulated over the years will be alleviated, it will be possible to end the war.

After the war, Shen Cheng will take the defeated Yongle City, bear all responsibilities as a loser, and then step down in disgrace.

It's like the world needs a Lich King and World War II needs a mustache to reshuffle the world full of contradictions.

"Agree, of course I will agree."

Ji Chan said with a smile: "If I don't agree, what if Shen Cheng quits?"

"Aren't you afraid that he will fail?"

"What's there to be afraid of? Anyway, the prophecy says that he will succeed. If he fails, it's the prophecy's fault. It has nothing to do with me."

Seeing Ji Chan's daily blame-shifting, Tian Xuanxing suddenly said, "I saw in the prophecy that you two joined forces to prevent the civil war, how come in reality you two joined forces to provoke the civil war?"

Ji Chan revealed the news of Qin Hao and Jin Xing's disappearance, which greatly intensified the conflicts among the three major forces. Shen Cheng brought Xiao Qingque to Baiye Kingdom, which made Baiye Kingdom determined to take back its territory and began to mobilize for war with Qin Wangling.

The mobilization of these two countries directly led to Yu Feng's desperate choice of a coup.

In the end, Shen Cheng transformed into a man with a mustache and went on stage to prepare for a war. Ji Chan, as a prophet, actually gave his full support in secret.

No matter how you look at it, these two guys are the masterminds who are secretly controlling the world, and once they are exposed, they will be despised by the world.

Seeing Tianxuanxing say this, even Ji Chan, who was thick-skinned, felt a little embarrassed.

He coughed and said, "You don't understand. This is called a tortuous process, but a perfect ending."

Under the caring gaze of the two mentally retarded children, Ji Chan gave up and said, "Okay, okay, it's all my fault, okay? I don't know why it turned out like this."

Then he held his head with both hands in a frenzy: "If this is recorded truthfully, I will definitely become the first prophet in history who acts as a warmongerer, and be engraved on the pillar of shame."

He clearly wanted to save the Eternal Empire, but ended up becoming the devil who dragged the Eternal Empire into war. He was helpless.

So, even if he is a prophet, fate can only be manipulated by him.

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As for war, when everyone thinks it will happen, it is bound to happen and cannot be changed by the will of a few people - except for legends.

After successfully seizing the supreme power of Yongle City, Shen Cheng immediately ordered a comprehensive war mobilization. The entire force will be transferred to a wartime system, and all activities will serve the war.

Because the three major forces are in frequent friction and conflict all year round, they are usually in a state of high mobilization. The training of the regular army and the reserve forces, as well as the supply of weapons and equipment are all extremely complete, and they are only one order away from full mobilization.

So after Shen Cheng gave the order, Yongle City completed the war mobilization within just half a month.

September 1st was an ordinary day.

But if you are familiar with the history of World War II, you will know that there is no Poland on this day.

Shen Cheng specifically chose this day to declare war, and he must have been paying tribute to Little Mustache in his heart - mainly to his great degreasing career.

On this day, the largest square in Yongle City was packed with people.

On the long street, countless soldiers in neat uniforms lined up in a long queue. All kinds of the latest tanks and armored vehicles were lined up with no end in sight. Fighter planes soared past in the sky, making huge roars.

Shen Cheng held a grand military parade here. After the parade, all the troops will go directly to the battlefield.

He was also paying tribute to the bearded man.

Before the military parade began, several criminals were taken to a makeshift execution platform.

These criminals were Gao Yi and his subordinates.

In the city-wide coup half a month ago, Gao Yi successfully assassinated the fake Jin Xing. Unfortunately, he and his subordinates failed to evacuate in time, and in the end, all of them were captured by Yongle City.

Shen Cheng had originally forgotten about these people. He only remembered their existence after receiving the report from his subordinates. It was a good opportunity to use them as a sacrifice now.

Moreover, this group of people initially acted as killers in Yongle City, killing innocent people everywhere. Shen Cheng had long wanted to deal with them.

After several people were taken to the execution platform, the judge began to sentence them.

There were many crimes, such as intentional injury, murder, intentional chaos, assassination of Jin Xing, etc., and the chaos half a month ago was pushed onto them. Of course, Baiye Country was also involved, but their envoy had already left in advance. According to the judge's description, the two countries deliberately created conflicts in Yongle City in order to provoke a war, so Yongle City's subsequent propaganda was a just counterattack, not an invasion.

Wars must have a justification. Even if it is just to convince the people of one's own country, one needs to find a reasonable excuse to start a war.

The behavior of Gao Yi and his gang half a month ago was equivalent to giving Yongle City an excellent excuse to start a war, and the Qin Wangling had no way to refute it except to deny it.

On the execution platform, Gao Yi tried hard to look up at Shen Cheng who was standing at the highest point, but in the eyes of everyone, that was Yu Feng.

Gao Yi's eyes were filled with great grief and indignation. It was true that he accepted the order from his superiors to come to Yongle City to cause trouble, but they were discovered by Yu Feng on the first day they arrived, and Yu Feng secretly gave them convenience.

Under his orders, the security department of Yongle City was like a blind man, allowing Gao Yi and his men to kill people and create chaos.

In the end, Yu Feng provided various conditions for the assassination of the fake Jin Xing, such as giving Gao Yi an invitation letter to enter the Grand Theater, and letting the fake Jin Xing's stand-in appear one minute earlier, and so on.

It can be said that it was with Yu Feng's assistance that Gao Yi was able to accomplish so many things.

So Yu Feng was the mastermind behind all this. Now that he had successfully seized power, he actually began to abandon them and put all the blame on them.

Of course, Gao Yi was not so naive. He knew that Yu Feng's behavior was normal and he would definitely do the same if he were in his place.

Understanding is one thing, but can't I complain if I'm about to die?

Gao Yi is regretting now. After successfully assassinating Jin Xing's stand-in, he actually had a chance to escape from Yongle City. He stayed only to determine who would win between Jin Yan and Yu Feng, and to find Gao Feng who was taken hostage by Shen Cheng. As a result, he was wiped out by Yongle City.

It’s a pity that his throat was destroyed and he couldn’t make any sound, otherwise he would have definitely embarrassed Yu Feng.

Shen Cheng ignored Yu Feng's resentful look. After giving an order, Gao Yi and his subordinates were executed in front of everyone.

When Shen Cheng picked up the microphone and announced that he would declare war on both the Qin Kingdom and the Baiye Kingdom at the same time, thunderous cheers rang out in the square.

This scene reminded Shen Cheng of the fanatical militarism. The entire country, from top to bottom, from the highest rulers to the lowest civilians, was fanatically embracing war.

They would not consider the possibility of losing the war. Perhaps, but they were only a very small minority. Most people were thinking about how to punish the enemy with war.

Of course, it’s not just the citizens of Yongle City, the same is true for people from Qinwang Territory and Baiye Kingdom.

That is why the war cannot be stopped, because it is the common demand of the three major forces.

After the military parade, all the troops immediately rushed to the front line.

Of course, those rushing to the frontline now are just reinforcements; both sides had already stockpiled heavy troops on the border half a month ago.

At noon that day, dozens of border defenses at the junction of Qinwangling and Yongle City were attacked fiercely by Yongle City. At the same time, Yongle City's declaration of war was submitted to the Qinhuangling government. The interval between the two was less than one minute.

The King of Qin was naturally furious. The war suddenly broke out one minute, and the declaration of war came belatedly the next minute. What was the difference between Yongle City's behavior and a sneak attack?
But it couldn't really be called a sneak attack, because both sides were well aware of each other's military movements and understood each other's intentions. It was just a matter of who would strike first.

So the King of Qin quickly declared war on Yongle City, and the border troops had already begun to counterattack.

While war broke out between Yongle City and Qin Wangling on the eastern front, on the western front, Yongle City’s army was also launching a fierce attack on the border of Baiye City.

Fighting on two fronts has always been a military taboo, and there were many generals in Yongle City who had doubts about this.

But Shen Cheng had already revealed to them privately that he had already reached a secret agreement with the Baiye Kingdom. Both sides would control the scale of the war and then jointly deplete the strength of the Qin Kingdom.

As expected, at the same time that Yongle City and Baiye Kingdom declared war on each other, the border troops of Baiye Kingdom also launched an attack on the Qin King's territory and began to retake the territory that had been previously eroded.

The King of Qin was well prepared for this and quickly declared war on the Baiye Kingdom.

A great melee that affected the entire Eternal Empire broke out, and each force was fighting against the other two forces at the same time.

And this is not a small-scale war of attrition, but an extremely bloody and cruel full-scale war.

Shen Cheng didn't want to delay for a year or two, so he started the war with the mentality of fighting a big battle from the beginning.

The entire Yongle City had a population of about 70 million, and he mobilized an army of 8 million.

This does not include the nearly 16 million reservists. Except for the elderly, the weak and the disabled, almost all young and middle-aged people, regardless of gender, were dragged into the war.

Either go to the front line or work in the arsenal. The descendants of high-ranking officials and nobles were also forced to join the army. No one could stay out of it.

The Qin Kingdom was initially stunned by the all-out attack of Yongle City. In less than half a month, it lost a large amount of territory and more than a dozen cities were captured.

Afterwards, they were forced to increase their military forces before they could barely stabilize their position.

On a battlefield of tens of thousands of square kilometers, both sides assembled millions of troops to engage in a brutal fight, like a huge meat grinder, devouring lives all the time.

Even though the Eternals' vitality is stronger than that of humans, the enemy is also Eternals, and both sides are using weapons that can restrain the Eternals.

Less than two months after the war began, the number of casualties had become so great that they dared not be made public.

Yongle City has now turned into a huge arsenal. All entertainment activities have stopped and everyone is forced to participate in military production.

In fact, there is no need to be so troublesome, because Yongle City has accumulated a lot of weapons, ammunition and equipment over the years, and at least they will not be consumed within a few months.

But Shen Cheng wanted to force everyone to participate, to make them understand that war was no joke, and that it was not something that could be solved by just hiding at home and shouting slogans.

The toy town has turned into a military base, with countless officers busy coming in and out.

Everyone had a solemn look on their face, completely lacking the ecstasy they had when they captured the city last month.

As the offensive on the front lines suffered setbacks, these fanatical combat officers finally witnessed the true cruelty of war.

Shen Cheng has been living in the headquarters all this time. At this moment, he is sitting in the main seat, reading the battle report sent from the front line, and suddenly gives an order to a communicator.

"Let the defensive troops of the 9th War Zone on the Eastern Front move the machine gun positions five meters to the left."

Inside the headquarters, all the officers stared at him in amazement.

　The symptoms of the new coronavirus are almost healed, but when I woke up today I found that my sense of taste had disappeared. Everything I ate had no taste, so I had to blanch it.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)