Volume 6: Fighting for the World Chapter 277: Southward Expedition, Northward War
"Long Xing, you have always been in charge of the collection, compilation and analysis of intelligence about the Church of Light. What you know must be more detailed and clear than what we know. Since you have decided to convene us to hold this temporary emergency meeting of all dark directors, you must have reached a preliminary conclusion and felt that the situation was urgent, so you did this just now. We don't need to spend any more time speculating. It is better to put forward your opinions directly for our reference, so that we can be more targeted and more convenient for discussion. By combining everyone's opinions, it will be easier to accurately infer the purpose of the Church of Light's unusual move this time." Damao Maoying rejected the opinion of another director, but did not let everyone continue to discuss freely. Instead, he threw the question back to Long Xingtianxia. As the deputy speaker, but always eyeing the position of speaker, he was never willing to behave himself and cooperate. He always liked to use every opportunity to create trouble for Long Xingtianxia, either openly or secretly. For a thorny issue like this, if the opinion is correct, it is the duty of the Speaker. If the opinion is wrong, it will damage the Speaker's reputation and give him the opportunity to show off.
Fortunately, this trick has happened countless times among the top leaders of the resistance alliance, including Long Xing Tian Xia, Desert Eagle, Qing Wu Fei Yang, Qiu Shui Chang Tian... Almost every regular meeting is full of verbal battles and scheming, in order to strike at "political enemies" and maintain or even improve their own reputations. They have usually made necessary preparations for possible attacks. Especially Long Xing Tian Xia, as the speaker, is at the center of the storm and has become the target of public criticism. For the topics raised by him, he is naturally more fully prepared and will not easily give Desert Eagle an opportunity to take advantage of him. He did not shirk his responsibility when he heard the words, but spoke out with confidence. He is very confident.
"Since Feiying wants to hear my opinion on the unusual behavior of the Church of Light, I will talk about my own opinion and provide a way of thinking for everyone to discuss. In fact, I have just informed everyone of the relevant information I know, but the information was gathered here first, so I have more time to think and analyze it than everyone else. I have come up with some foolish opinions after careful thinking. I believe that if everyone discusses it in depth for a while and conducts a comprehensive study and analysis of the relevant situation, it should be possible to unravel the mystery and draw a definite conclusion through various surface phenomena. Based on the information or direct information from various aspects, It is confirmed directly or indirectly that there is no doubt that the Church of Light's unusual move is not a bluffing exercise, but a precursor to a large-scale operation, and the preparatory work must have been arranged and is about to enter the final stage of preparation for implementation. After being silent for so long, they must be unable to hold back. Judging from the content of the "mobilization order" and the preparations for the mobilization of personnel in the Church of Light, their action this time should be similar to our "Northern Strategy" plan, and will never be aimed at just one specific target, but should be a long-term, series of large-scale attacks. "
"My initial guess is that the target of the attack by the Church of Light this time is likely to be the same as ours. They have also chosen a continent and tried to do their best to weaken our power on that continent, consolidate their position from being threatened, and reduce the risk of being attacked . After all, as long as our resistance alliance is unable to completely eliminate the Cathedral of Light in all the main cities of the three continents of East, South, and North within the limited time, even if we lose the battle between light and darkness in the "World", we will not even have the chance to fight the ultimate battle between light and darkness. And with the efforts of all the participants and many other members, as our anti-La alliance has flourished, its power has expanded rapidly and has reached a point that the Church of Light cannot contain. Not to mention the "World of Light", which is currently only able to maintain its dominance in the Western Continent, the continued existence of the forces in the three continents of East, South, and North has already encountered a great impact and is in danger of being destroyed at any time. The Church of Light is no longer in its glory. It does not have an absolute advantage, Unless the players in the Bright Senate under the leadership of Supreme Rong Zhuo are all a bunch of idiots who can't see the reality clearly, they will definitely not compete with us on all three continents. That will only disperse their strength and give us the opportunity to defeat them one by one. After all, apart from the several main cities controlled by us and the several major mercenary groups that have become the "Public Enemies of Light", our resistance alliance has no other obvious targets to attack. The Church of Light must do its best to maintain the existence of the Cathedral of Light in each main city, which may be attacked by us at any time. It is in the open and has to be on the defensive. The Bright Senate cannot and does not have enough strength to maintain the existence of every Cathedral of Light on the three continents. In order to more effectively counter our destruction plan, their wisest choice is to abandon one or even two continents, concentrate their strength to stabilize one, and try their best to curb our offensive and destruction operations to preserve several Cathedrals of Light within a limited time and win a chance of victory. "
Long Xingtianxia's words caused another discussion among the dark directors, but his words were so convincing and well-founded that Dame Feiying and Qiu Shui Changtian had no way to refute them. Long Xingtian deliberately stopped speaking and waited for a while. Everyone was discussing in private, but no director stood up to raise any objections.
"Then which continent does Long Xing think the Church of Light will choose as the target of their attack?" This time it was Qiu Shui Chang Tian's turn to come forward, still directing the focus to Long Xing Tian Xia, and continuing to look for opportunities to attack him. Every time I saw these "high-level officials" scheming against each other at the gathering, and they were always enjoying it and never tired of it, I was particularly depressed. At the same time, I couldn't help but secretly feel fortunate that I knew my own weight clearly at the beginning and wisely chose to be a "warrior" without having to directly participate in such a "political game" of power struggle. As long as I think about the pain in it, I feel that being in it will definitely be a great torture for myself.
This question is much more difficult. It is related to the interests of all parties and a series of related actions that will follow. It will cause more and greater troubles, and it also directly reflects the attitude of the Speaker himself. Let's not talk about whether Long Xingtianxia's opinion is correct or really in line with the strategy of the Church of Light. The answer itself is enough to stir up a storm. If the reason is not sufficient, he will definitely be attacked by Dame Feiying and Qiu Shui Changtian, who will use the issue to damage Long Xingtianxia's authority and reputation.
Probably, he has dealt with this kind of situation many times. Long Xingtian smiled calmly and nodded politely to Qiu Shuichangtian who was speaking. He still showed that he was well prepared and confident in his own inferences. He was not afraid of the provocations of "political enemies" such as the Desert Eagle and Qiu Shuichangtian. Then he looked up and scanned the whole audience, silently stopped the private discussions of other directors, and then said: "From the basic situation. The three continents of the East, South and North actually have considerable possibilities, each with its own advantages, and can become the focus of the Church of Light to consolidate its power and suppress and weaken us. In the Eastern Continent, there is Hua Mantian, the leader of the Huadu Mercenary Group, who is a transferred player of the Light. He also serves as the vice president of the Senate of Light. He has a high status and a certain say. In order to better maintain and develop his own power and obtain more benefits, he will definitely try his best to focus the attack of the Church of Light on the Eastern Continent. In addition, there is the leader of the Sun Never Sets Mercenary Group, the 'World's No. 1 Angry Swordsman' Yamato Spirit, who has defected. He has become a powerful accomplice of the Church of Light. He can be said to have the most powerful force in the three continents of the East, South, and North. He should be able to convince some senators of light to support him in making the Eastern Continent the first choice for the Church of Light to consolidate its power. The representative figure among the light players in the southern continent is the Peacekeeper, who is also a reclassified knight. He has also received strong secret support from the Church of Light, but he started a little later than Hua Mantian and lost the initiative, so his status is slightly lower. He became a senator of light, and his personal strength is not inferior to Hua Mantian. He is only one place lower than Hua Mantian in the ranking of light scholars. He has received strong support from the reclassified light players in the southern continent and various pro-light forces, and has also formed a small force within the Church of Light. For Hua Mantian Tian is also coveting the position of Vice Senate President, which is held by players who have changed their job to the Light Sect. He is eyeing it and wants to replace him at any time. For such an action that can consolidate and expand their own power and gain more benefits, they will certainly not let it go easily, and will certainly strive for it, and make the Southern Continent the first target to attack the forces of our resistance alliance. As for the northern continent, the power of the Church of Light is relatively weak. The local player who has changed his job to the Light Sect is a female elf priestess of Light named Fengyue Pretty Lady. Her power and influence in the Senate of Light and the Church of Light are not as good as Hua Mantian and the Peace Guard. But at the same time, the power of our resistance alliance is also the weakest in the northern continent, and the resistance we encounter is also It will be relatively small. In addition, the relationship between the high-level officials of the Church of Light and the Neutral Alliance is also relatively close, even closer than ours. At least the Fearless Warrior, who is the chairman of the Neutral Alliance Joint Conference, has often been very ambiguous, with an attitude that is somewhat biased towards the Church of Light. He has also reached a "peaceful coexistence" agreement in several main cities where the Neutral Alliance "peacefully seized power", agreeing to the existence and normal development of the Cathedral of Light and the forces of light. Once the Neutral Alliance can be persuaded to give them even a little necessary support in secret, it will change the situation in the northern continent, allowing the Church of Light to occupy a certain advantage, and also have the qualifications to compete with the Eastern Continent and the Southern Continent for the first choice of stabilizing the forces of light. "
After saying this, Long Xing Tianxia paused again, turned his head and looked at the directors present, with an inquiring expression, which clearly showed that he wanted to see if anyone had different opinions. However, these were all facts, and Long Xing Tianxia's statement and analysis were very thorough, and there was no way to refute or criticize them. Including Da Mo Fei Ying and Qiu Shui Chang Tian, in the face of Long Xing Tianxia's "questions" one by one, they all had to nod in agreement.
Seeing that no director raised any questions, Long Xing Tianxia continued to state his opinion, "While there are advantages, there must be disadvantages. While there are advantages, for the Church of Light, the three continents of the East, South, and North also have their own weaknesses, which will pose a great obstacle to their actions to consolidate the local light forces. On the Eastern Continent, in addition to the two main cities controlled by our resistance alliance through the "peaceful seizure of power", there are also my Longteng, Xue Wuxia's Tongxin League, Qiu Shui's Zhongtian, three large and large mercenary groups that have been judged as "public enemies of light". Their forces are also deeply rooted and have a considerable advantage over Hua Mantian and Yamato Spirit. Moreover, there are many local top players with high reputations, such as myself as the Speaker of the Dark Council, Ah Dai who has been awarded the title of "the world's number one master", Ah Feng, the "world's number one knight", Qiu Shui who ranks second among the undead wizards, and others, who will not be allowed to be in If the Church of Light suppresses them wantonly within their sphere of influence, they will encounter greater resistance, and it is not something they can easily succeed. In the southern continent, they also control two main cities, and Feiying, as the deputy speaker, is responsible for presiding over daily affairs and has been doing meticulous work for a long time. They have worked hard to develop and expand their power. To this day, their overall strength is also above the local forces of light headed by the Peace Guardians, and I believe they are also not to be underestimated. As for the northern continent, with the efforts of Feiyang, the deputy speaker, and Director Sakura, the leader of the Star-Moon Mercenary Group, our resistance alliance has a high reputation, which is also beyond the reach of the local forces of light represented by the Pretty Lady. No matter which continent the Senate of Light chooses as the first choice to attack us and consolidate its power, it will encounter great resistance and resistance. It is impossible to be a smooth task that can be accomplished overnight."
"From what Long Xing said, it seems that the Church of Light will not choose the Eastern Continent as the first target of attack. So it has to choose between the Southern Continent and the Northern Continent?" Qingwu Feiyang asked. As another vice speaker, she was unwilling to remain silent in the meeting. Moreover, this was directly related to the interests of the local dark forces in the Northern Continent that she represented. Regarding the "Northern Strategy" plan, the local dark forces in the Southern Continent, represented by the Desert Eagle, have always been quite critical and reserved. They might take the opportunity to cause trouble and affect the smooth progress of the "Northern Strategy" operation.
Long Xingtian nodded, "In a sense. The Eastern Continent can be said to be the base camp of our resistance alliance. It developed the earliest and is the most powerful. We must not lose anything. The Church of Light wants to fight us head-on, and the result is not optimistic. Even if Hua Mantian will do his best to promote it, I believe that Supreme Rongzhu and Real Madrid should not take such a big risk with the future of the entire Church of Light. The Senate of Light will not pass the proposal to choose the Eastern Continent as the first target of attack." This is the benefit of our Eastern Continent players serving as the chairman of the Dark Council. No matter how fair they try to be on the surface. Guaranteed to be impartial and unbiased, as long as there is a slight inclination in various policies and actions, it will be enough for our local forces to enjoy more benefits, either openly or secretly, and will not let the dark forces of other continents catch the handle and raise any objections. It was not very obvious in the early stage. As the struggle between light and darkness intensified in the later stage of the game, the slight gap gradually accumulated and became quite conspicuous, which could completely affect the various actions of both sides of light and darkness and the interests of all parties.
"The remaining two targets are the Southern Continent and the Northern Continent. In my opinion, the Church of Light should choose the Southern Continent as the first target to consolidate their position." Without further analysis, Long Xingtian directly expressed his opinion, which immediately caused a commotion among many directors present. Our local directors in the Eastern Continent will not be directly affected. Except for the Qiu Shui Chang Tian faction, which is relatively close to the Desert Eagle faction in the Southern Continent and has common interests, they are relatively indifferent. Whether the Church of Light chooses the Southern Continent or the Northern Continent, it is not a war on its own territory, and it will not endanger the fixed assets of various forces. We only need to support them. The chief representative of the Southern Continent, Desert Eagle, was relatively calm and remained expressionless, but Tianxing and the others were somewhat pleased. Although the massive invasion of the Church of Light would directly harm their interests, it might also force the resistance alliance to adjust their countermeasures, cancel the "Northern Strategy" plan, and focus on development in the Southern Continent to curb the offensive of the Church of Light. It might first disintegrate and destroy the light forces in the Southern Continent, allowing the local forces in the Southern Continent to take advantage of the chaos to gain more benefits. The local directors of the Northern Continent, except for Qingwu Feiyang and Romantic Sakura, seemed a little surprised and looked rather flustered, probably because they were worried that the "Northern Strategy" plan would be adjusted again, which would make their plan to accelerate development fail. However, Qingwu Feiyang and Romantic Sakura were relatively calm, and both looked at Long Xing Tianxia, waiting for him to make further explanations.
"In fact, I found it difficult to make a decision at the moment. After careful analysis, I came to this conclusion. I am sure that some members of the Council are puzzled by my judgment. After all, judging from the basic situation of the Southern Continent and the Northern Continent and the comparison between the light and dark forces, each has its own advantages and is evenly matched. It is reasonable for the Church of Light to choose which one as the primary target of attack. The difficulty is about the same. I believe that everyone should have no objection to this point, right?"
After pausing for a moment and seeing that no director questioned what he said, Long Xingtianxia continued speaking. "But don't ignore another factor that will also have a certain impact on the actions of the Church of Light, and they have to take it into consideration when planning. That is the 'Northern Strategy' plan that our resistance alliance has been planning for a long time and is about to launch. Of course, Feiying has mentioned it before, because of our confidentiality and the fact that we have not decided to take real action, everything is still in the preparation stage. The Church of Light cannot know the specific content of our 'Northern Strategy' plan, and I hold the same view on this point. However, this does not mean that the Church of Light knows nothing about this large-scale action that we may take. It is not only that our secret training and preparation work will be discovered by them, but more importantly, the contact and communication between us and the top leaders of the Neutral Alliance is difficult to be completely secret, and some news will definitely leak out. Arousing the vigilance of the Church of Light, even if they don't know our specific action plan, they should be able to judge that we are likely to launch some actions to attack them in the northern continent. This work is specifically in the charge of Feiyang and Yinghua. I believe that you have the most direct understanding of the situation of the Neutral Alliance and have the most say. I wonder if my understanding is correct?"
Qingwu Feiyang nodded. "Although we were very careful when contacting the high-level officials of the Neutral Alliance, we only talked about the intention of cooperation and did not reveal our specific action plan. The targets of the contact were also carefully selected. They have no connection with the forces of light and have no interests in common with us. However, the situation of the Neutral Alliance is quite complicated. It is difficult to distinguish between enemies and friends. Most of them are "fence-sitters". The Church of Light should be able to detect our attempts to win them over. It is impossible to completely hide it from them."
"The Church of Light knows that our resistance alliance may launch an operation in the northern continent. They have two choices. One is to concentrate their manpower and fully support the northern continent to fight us head-on. See which side is stronger. This is the simplest and most direct way. Another is to avoid a decisive battle with us too early, choose to give up the northern continent, and take advantage of the opportunity when our main forces move to the northern continent to expand. Go all out to march into the southern continent, stabilize and further strengthen the light forces in the southern continent, and better protect the Cathedral of Light in the southern continent. This is a more ideal result for the defensive Church of Light, which will be more conducive to confronting our resistance alliance. I believe that with the consistent cautious style of Supreme Honor, he rarely fights a battle without confidence unless he has to. In addition, the representative of the local light forces in the northern continent, Fengyue Qiaojia, lacks sufficient influence in the light recognition group, and is not as good as the spokesperson for the light forces in the southern continent, the Peace Guardian, who is secretly supported by the Supreme Honor. Unless she can get the support of the other two vice-presidents of the Senate, Real Madrid and Hua Mantian, otherwise she will sacrifice the interests of the light forces in the northern continent and choose to stick to the southern cathedral. Land is almost a foregone conclusion. However, Hua Mantian may choose to support Pretty Woman out of consideration for suppressing the Peacekeepers who directly threaten his position. Real Madrid is a player from the Western Continent. Usually, they pay more attention to winning over the local light forces in the Southern Continent, which are stronger in strength. There is a very fierce competition between them and the Supreme Honor. At this critical moment, I am afraid that they will not openly violate the interests of the light forces in the Southern Continent and support the light forces in the Northern Continent, which have too little influence. Moreover, whether it is the Church of Light or us, if we want to launch large-scale operations in the Northern Continent, we have to face the Neutral Alliance and must manage the relationship with them well, so as not to hinder our actions. We are on a mission and must destroy the Cathedral of Light in each main city of the Northern Continent. There is no way to avoid it. Sooner or later, we will have to face the Neutral Alliance. If the Church of Light wants to choose a continent to defend, it may not be willing to act according to the face of the Neutral Alliance. It should be more inclined to hinder our actions through diplomatic means, win over and bribe the high-level officials of the Neutral Alliance to make things difficult for us, so as to achieve the purpose of restricting our development, and put the main forces into the Southern Continent, trying its best to develop and expand, as the place for the decisive battle with us. "
There was another round of discussion in private, but still no one could raise a different opinion. It seemed that Long Xing Tian Xia had prepared the agenda for this meeting very well and would not easily give the Desert Eagle and Qiu Shui Chang Tian an opportunity to attack. Although the faces of several directors from the Northern Continent looked a little ugly, they were speechless and could only let the situation develop in a direction that was unfavorable to them. However, the two main representatives, Qing Wu Fei Yang and Romantic Sakura, were still very calm and did not seem to worry about the next result. I wonder if they had already communicated with Long Xing Tian Xia in advance.
"It seems that everyone agrees with Long Xing's opinion that the Church of Light will choose the Southern Continent as its main target. So what countermeasures should our resistance alliance take? Should we suspend the 'Northern Strategy' and concentrate our forces to resolve the crisis facing the Southern Continent?" Tian Xing finally came up with the idea of the "Northern Strategy". This was proposed by Long Xing Tian Xia. If we take advantage of the situation to veto it and shift the strategic focus of the next stage, we can not only better maintain and develop the interests of the local dark forces in the Southern Continent, but also reduce Long Xing Tian Xia's opportunity to earn more merits from it.
"No, I personally don't think it's necessary to change the plan. The 'Northern Strategy' plan doesn't need to be shelved for this. The Church of Light avoided the real situation and chose to stabilize the light forces in the southern continent. If we make adjustments accordingly, not only will the previous deployment be disrupted, making many of the previous preparations become useless efforts, but it will also fall into the calculations of the Church of Light, which is equivalent to being led by the nose by them. After all, they must have prepared for the plan to stabilize the southern continent for a long time. It's too hasty to adjust the strategy now. Many arrangements cannot be in place. We don't know their specific action plan. In the short term, we will definitely be unable to compete with them in the southern continent. Once we fall behind, it will be a blow to the morale and reputation of our resistance alliance, and then affect the attitude of the neutral forces towards us. The situation will be even more unfavorable to us. We don't want to follow the rhythm of the Church of Light. They chose the 'Southern Expedition', and we will continue to insist on the 'Northern War'. It's better to fight each other and see who is faster and can win a decisive victory first."
