Xu Jiawei was just sitting at home when disaster struck out of nowhere.
The four fixed-caliber soul guide missiles launched by the Dou Spirit Empire were truly like four big slaps, leaving Xu Jiawei feeling dazed.
After destroying the border defense forces of the Star Luo Empire, the Dou Spirit Empire did not stop. They charged forward with great determination, sending their entire army to attack deeper into the Star Luo Empire's territory.
Ten thousand years ago, the Heaven Dou Empire was suppressed by the Star Luo Empire. If the Spirit Hall hadn't restricted the Star Luo Empire, the Heaven Dou Empire would have probably been swallowed up long ago.
But today, ten thousand years later, even though the Xue family, which had split into the Dou Spirit Empire, had its strength greatly reduced, they were still able to suppress the Star Luo Empire in battle!
It was simply miraculous!
The Dou Spirit Empire, in a single push, captured three lines of defense and seven or eight cities of the Star Luo Empire before being finally blocked by the Star Luo Empire's army, and both sides began a war of attrition.
In the Star Luo Empire's capital, Star Luo City, Xu Jiawei's face was grim, and his expression was extremely ugly.
The battle reports that were constantly being sent to his desk almost made Xu Jiawei's nose go crooked in anger.
You scum!
I'm holding off the Sun Moon Empire for you, but you're stabbing me in the back?
The countries bordering the Sun Moon Empire were the Star Luo Empire and the Heavenly Soul Empire. The Dou Spirit Empire, due to its geographical location, was tucked behind the Star Luo and Heavenly Soul Empires and did not face the direct threat of the Sun Moon Empire.
Both the Star Luo and Heavenly Soul Empires always considered the Sun Moon Empire to be their greatest enemy, and their most elite troops were stationed on the borders they shared with the Sun Moon Empire.
The most representative of these was Duke Baihu, Dai Hao, who guarded the Bright Dou Mountain Range.
After all, only the Sun Moon Empire constantly thought about starting wars and completely annexing the three great nations of the Douluo Continent, to change its name to the Sun Moon Continent.
The threat from the Sun Moon Empire was the greatest.
As for the Dou Spirit Empire?
Neither the Star Luo nor the Heavenly Soul Empire took this lazy-but-ambitious empire seriously. The troops stationed on the border with the Dou Spirit Empire were mostly there just for show.
For the Star Luo Empire, the greater significance of the troops stationed on the Dou Spirit border was simply to demarcate their national territory.
This was why the Dou Spirit Empire had such a glorious military record, breaking through three of the Star Luo Empire's lines of defense in minutes.
It wasn't because the Dou Spirit Empire was so awesome; it was simply because the elite troops of the Star Luo Empire weren't there. It was normal for an army that was more symbolic than combat-effective to be unable to fight against the entire army of the Dou Spirit Empire.
After Xu Jiawei came to his senses, the Dou Spirit Empire's army was quickly blocked.
But this couldn't extinguish Xu Jiawei's anger.
"Who can tell me why the Dou Spirit Empire launched an attack on us, but I didn't receive any news?" Xu Jiawei's suppressed voice echoed in the court. Anyone could see that the emperor was on the verge of exploding.
The many ministers of the Star Luo Empire looked at each other, each more confused than the last.
"Imperial Advisor, you tell me!" Xu Jiawei's sharp eyes looked at the old man in front of him.
"Uh... Your Majesty, this subject also does not know..." The white-bearded old man said helplessly with a bitter face after being called out by Xu Jiawei.
Not just the Imperial Advisor, but no one in the entire court understood why the Dou Spirit Empire had suddenly gone crazy.
"What about the envoys? Have we sent envoys to the Dou Spirit Empire for negotiations?" Xu Jiawei's face was livid.
"Reporting to Your Majesty... the envoys were... executed..." the Imperial Advisor said, trembling.
"How dare they!" Xu Jiawei completely exploded, slapping the table and turning the solid wood desk and the battle reports on it into a pile of sawdust and paper scraps.
"Damn it, do they really think my Star Luo Empire has no temper? Send word to Duke Baihu, Dai Hao, to return from the Bright Dou Mountain Range and drive the Dou Spirit Empire out of the Star Luo Empire!"
"But Your Majesty, what about the Sun Moon Empire?" The Imperial Advisor's expression was filled with worry.
After all, the threat from the Sun Moon Empire was always the greatest.
If Dai Hao, the marshal guarding the border, were to suddenly change his position and turn to fight the Dou Spirit Empire's army, the defense line of the Bright Dou Mountain Range would be weakened to its lowest point. If the Sun Moon Empire were to launch an attack at that time...
Then their Star Luo Empire would truly be in danger.
The Imperial Advisor's words successfully choked Xu Jiawei up.
It was at this moment that Xu Jiawei seriously considered this issue.
It wasn't that Xu Jiawei was arrogant and thought the Star Luo Empire could completely disregard the Sun Moon Empire; it was just that he didn't take the Dou Spirit Empire seriously.
After all, it was common knowledge that the Dou Spirit Empire was the weakest of the four empires on the Douluo Continent. If the Dou Spirit Empire's royal family wasn't the Xue family from the Heaven Dou royal family ten thousand years ago, the Dou Spirit Empire would at most be just a duchy.
This was an unspoken understanding among the other three great empires; they often didn't include the Dou Spirit Empire in their plans.
The fact that they broke through three lines of defense at the beginning was just a superficial result. In reality, once the Star Luo Empire reacted, the Dou Spirit Empire's offensive was immediately suppressed.
In Xu Jiawei's opinion, driving the Dou Spirit Empire back into its den would only be a matter of minutes.
But...
It was indeed not good to have no one guarding the Bright Dou Mountain Range. The Sun Moon Empire still needed to be wary of. If they lost the Bright Dou Mountain Range, things would get very bad.
"How about this, still send word to Dai Hao to go to Xinglin City to counter-attack the Dou Spirit Empire. As for the Bright Dou Mountain Range..." At this point, Xu Jiawei turned to look at the young woman who had always maintained a dignified and elegant demeanor in the court.
"Jiujiu, the border army of the Bright Dou Mountain Range will be temporarily under your command. I don't ask you to achieve great feats; just stabilize the situation in the Bright Dou Mountain Range."
"Your Majesty, I accept the order," Xu Jiujiu smiled and bowed, accepting the task.
Since they were in the court, Xu Jiujiu didn't call Xu Jiawei her royal brother, but their relationship would certainly not change because of a title.
The ministers looked at each other, but not a single person spoke.
Although the Star Luo Empire was a feudal empire, the emperor ultimately held the most say. The Titled Douluo of the Hall of Worship were all loyal to the emperor. Under these circumstances, which fool would dare to speak out in opposition?
Xu Jiawei was clearly using this opportunity to help Xu Jiujiu gain some prestige. Any hotheaded idiot who spoke out now would definitely face consequences in the future.
Just like that, the Star Luo Empire completed its seemingly harmonious strategic deployment, preparing to launch a counter-attack against the Dou Spirit Empire.
But what Xu Jiawei never expected was that the Dou Spirit Empire had gone completely insane!
When Xu Jiawei thought that by moving Dai Hao from the Bright Dou Mountain Range to Xinglin City, he would be able to repel the Dou Spirit Empire's army and give them a slap to make them behave, it was Dai Hao who was the one who got slapped!
Xu Jiawei's reaction upon receiving the battle report: ?!
(End of Chapter)
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