Ouyang Shuo had his reasons for warning Di Chen during Feng Qiuhuang's coronation ceremony.
A month ago, Emperor Kangxi announced that he would form an iron-blooded alliance with the Jin Kingdom in the north. This cast a shadow over Great Xia's plan to attack the Jin Kingdom.
Following that, Great Zhou also announced that they would form a strategic alliance with Great Qing.
All of a sudden, the northern land was covered in dark clouds. The atmosphere was tense.
Di Chen was obviously trying to intimidate Great Xia by allying with the Qing Dynasty to stop Great Xia's military operations in the north. Once Great Xia took down the Jin Kingdom, it wouldn't just be a nail in the north, but a super fortress.
This way, Great Xia would form a pincer attack on Great Zhou, which Di Chen didn't want to see.
Ouyang Shuo was also very determined. He instructed Yue Fei to prepare for war. Once the preparations were complete, they would immediately start a war with the Jin Kingdom.
Ouyang Shuo didn't believe that Great Zhou would dare to play any tricks.
If Great Zhou really got involved, Ouyang Shuo wouldn't mind starting a war with Great Zhou. Now, it all depended on whether Di Chen had the guts to take the initiative to start a war.
After the coronation ceremony, Ouyang Shuo wasn't in a hurry to return. Using this opportunity, he communicated with Feng Qiuhuang and exchanged information about the Mongolian Empire in the north.
Even though Genghis Khan didn't do anything after entering Mongolia, Ouyang Shuo was still worried.
Before Genghis Khan took over, the Mongolian tribes had already started to infiltrate the Central Plains and collected first-hand information. This grassland force definitely wouldn't be willing to stay in the grassland forever.
There would eventually be a war between Great Xia and Mongolia.
The State of Jin shared a border with the Mongols. How could they stay out of it? They would definitely be the first to bear the brunt of it.
"Be careful of Di Chen."
Ouyang Shuo instructed Feng Qiuhuang.
"I understand!"
Feng Qiuhuang was also from a big clan, so he naturally knew what was going on.
With the establishment of the Great Jin Dynasty, Great Zhou's strategic space was further compressed. There was no space for Great Zhou to expand in any direction.
As for overseas, Great Zhou was also restricted.
The closest ASEAN was Great Xia's territory, so Great Zhou couldn't interfere at all. Any further would be America, and it could only be South America.
North America was Dawson Dynasty's territory, so Di Chen wouldn't dare and couldn't touch it.
South America was no pushover either.
With the end of the first war month, a new empire was forming on the South American continent — the Indian Empire. The empire led by the indigenous people was sweeping across the entire South American continent at an astonishing speed.
Not to mention Great Zhou, even if Great Xia wanted to get involved, they would have to think twice.
What made Di Chen even more uncomfortable was that after Great Xia took over Yingzhou County, the Great Xia Pacific Fleet moved their headquarters to Yingzhou, and they immediately had half of the say in the Pacific Ocean.
Not long ago, the Pacific Fleet had fought against the Dawson Dynasty's Freedom Fleet, and they were equally matched. Both sides had divided the Hawaiian Islands, which was equivalent to a draw.
With the establishment of the Pacific Fleet's headquarters in Yingzhou County, they would not be at a disadvantage in the confrontation with the Freedom Fleet. Ouyang Shuo had already instructed the naval command to prioritize the Z1 Type Battleships in the Pacific Fleet.
In this way, Great Zhou's strategic space was pathetically small.
Right now, the Great Zhou Dynasty was still in the period of breaking in internally, so they did not feel anything. Once they finished their internal reorganization and wanted to expand outwards, they would suddenly realize that there were no pushovers around them.
Under such circumstances, they could not rule out the possibility of Di Chen taking a risk and colluding with Mongolia to launch a pincer attack on the Great Jin Dynasty.
It wasn't that Di Chen was being extreme, but this was the law of survival in the wilderness. If a territory wanted to survive in the wilderness, it had to expand, expand, and expand.
If one didn't expand, one's opponent would expand.
When one's opponent was strong to a certain extent, it would be the day of destruction.
Therefore, compared to Mongolia, Great Zhou was the true enemy of Great Jin, and they had the greatest motive to attack Great Jin. "Even a cornered dog will jump over a wall!" Ouyang Shuo said with a smile.
Feng Qiuhuang had obviously thought of this as well, and he appeared very confident. He replied with a smile, "Don't worry. Although Great Jin only has one province, it is not a pushover."
After going through the national war and the war that had just ended, Great Jin's trump card, the Blazing Flame Army, had completely matured and was a formidable enemy that could not be underestimated.
Apart from the Blazing Flame Army, Feng Qiuhuang was already preparing to expand the Imperial Guard Corps as the foundation. With the two armies overseeing, Great Jin could truly sit back and relax.
After hearing Feng Qiuhuang's plan, Ouyang Shuo was very supportive and said, "After some time, when Great Xia has a new batch of captives, I will send them over to you."
"That couldn't be better." Feng Qiuhuang's eyes lit up.
If the Great Zhou Dynasty had the option of going overseas, then as a purely inland dynasty, the strategic space of the Great Jin Dynasty was incalculably small.
Look at the existences around Great Jin.
To the north was Mongolia, which even Great Xia didn't dare to provoke. To the east was the covetous Great Zhou. To the south was the untouchable Great Han. To the west was their ally, Great Qin. There wasn't a pushover.
In Feng Qiuhuang's words, "It's good enough that they don't bully me. How would I dare to provoke them?" If it wasn't for Great Xia's backing, the fate of Great Jin would be truly worrying.
Great Jin was unable to fight against external forces and naturally didn't have any new soldiers. If they were to rely on recruiting new soldiers, the efficiency would be too low and it wouldn't meet the recruitment requirements of the Imperial Guard Corps.
On the other hand, Great Xia was never lacking in wars and had plenty of prisoners of war.
The number of prisoners of war that Ouyang Shuo had previously disbanded was no less than hundreds of thousands.
Ouyang Shuo was helping Feng Qiuhuang to achieve a win-win situation. No matter what, having an iron-blooded ally like Great Jin in the northwest was greatly beneficial to Great Xia's strategic layout in the Huaxia region.
"Do you think Di Chen will take the initiative to attack Mongolia?" Feng Qiuhuang asked.
Indeed, for the Great Zhou Dynasty, Mongolia was a good breakthrough. Once they opened up a path in Mongolia, it would be a great opportunity for the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Even if Di Chen couldn't see this, his strategist would definitely be able to see it. Not to mention others, but the peerless beauty of the leader of the three female Zhuge Clans would definitely be able to see through it.
Ouyang Shuo thought for a moment and shook his head firmly. "He won't."
"Why?" Feng Qiuhuang was puzzled.
Ouyang Shuo smiled. "Because he's afraid of me."
Given Di Chen's character, if he chose to attack Mongolia, he would definitely be worried that Great Xia would stab him in the back. After all, Great Zhou's military strength was limited. Once they set off, the dynasty would definitely be empty.
"Will you?" Feng Qiuhuang asked.
"Perhaps!"
Ouyang Shuo wasn't sure if he could resist the temptation.
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