World-Ending Demon Emperor
Chapter 885 - 417: Suo Lun’s malicious plan! Trample Turing Duo!

Chapter 885: 417: Suo Lun’s malicious plan! Trample Turing Duo!

Why did Suo Lun refuse to negotiate with Turing Chen?

It wasn’t because of Turing Duo, but because he wanted to take this opportunity to eliminate Duke Turing Tuo. In his view, Duke Turing Tuo was even more dangerous than Zhi Li at this time!

For a nation to be strong, the most important thing is the nationalization of its military! In feudal kingdoms, this could also be called the royalization of the military!

This was fully exemplified by Count Suo Long.

As a commander equally renowned as Duke Turing Tuo, every battle Count Suo Long fought involved leading hundreds of thousands of troops. Upon his triumphant return, he would hand over military control to King Quo Bian.

The true military force belonging to him, Suo Long, was forever only about ten thousand men from Tianshui City!

At that time, King Quo Bian’s influence was significant, and even Duke Turing Tuo didn’t dare overtly interfere with the military. As the commander of the Southwestern Legion, he obeyed King Quo Bian’s orders without question!

However, since the king confirmed his lack of a son and Zhi Li was appointed as his heir, King Quo Bian gradually became a figurehead. Despite the nobles still fearing him, a king without a son completely lacked a future!

Even though the king strongly supported civilian elites, this power was still too immature and temporarily incapable of standing up to the nobles and regional lords!

Moreover, most civilian elites had comparatively short-sighted perspectives. Zhi Li broke tradition by taking Ling Ao as his attendant, earning the loyalty of all the civilian students at the Royal City Academy—the naivety of the civilian elite class was evident from this.

Amidst this opposition and figureheading of the king, the kingdom’s military gradually fell into the hands of private individuals, with Duke Turing Tuo being the main culprit.

He not only monopolized the Dragon Guard Legion but also remotely controlled the Southwestern Legion and simultaneously held the position of chief marshal at the Commander-in-chief’s Office. One man single-handedly controlling the majority of the kingdom’s main forces was truly a source of national unrest and a breeding ground for calamity.

It was precisely the complete rupture between the ruling class and King Quo Bian that presented the opportunity for an ambitious figure like Duke Turing Tuo to seize control of the military.

Using the kingdom’s taxes to raise his own troops, he disregarded the interests of the kingdom.

Following the example set by Duke Turing Tuo, Earl Chu Ye did the same, began controlling the Northern Legion, and treated the kingdom’s main legions as if they were his family’s private soldiers.

In this campaign against Suo Lun, as the kingdom’s heir and the supreme commander of the eighty thousand Rebellion Quelling Army, Zhi Li had command over only his own ten thousand guard troops; he couldn’t control any of the other armies at all.

After the first day’s defeat at the Fenglei Fort Defense Line, the destiny of the mighty heir lay directly in the hands of Duke Turing Tuo. If Suo Lun had not refused to collude with Duke Turing Tuo, Zhi Li would have become a prisoner that very night.

If this trend wasn’t curbed, the Rage Wave Kingdom would inevitably head towards warlordism and regional militarism!

By then, even if Zhi Yan ascended to the throne, the Rage Wave Kingdom would not be far from collapse.

Duke Turing Tuo was the biggest cancer of the Rage Wave Kingdom, and Chu Ye was a slightly smaller one.

The reason Suo Lun didn’t negotiate with Duke Turing Tuo wasn’t because of Turing Duo, but because he wanted to seize the opportunity to eliminate him and cut out the cancerous Turing family from the kingdom!

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Inside Fenglei Fortress!

"My plan is simple, which is to string Duke Turing Tuo along, giving him great hope, but not genuinely negotiate."

"Then let Earl Chu Ye lead the Northern Legion to attack Baiyun City, to attack Duke Turing Tuo! Let the two of them fight like dogs, and take the opportunity to eliminate these two cancers of the kingdom."

Zhi Yan nodded, "Chu Ye will definitely do it; he’s been acting subservient in front of Duke Turing Tuo for years. Once Duke Turing Tuo is eliminated, he thinks he can replace him. For his own position, he will definitely fight to the death! This moment is the best opportunity, perhaps even his only chance."

Suo Lun said, "Chu Ye is cunning. In this great battle, his two hundred and fifty thousand troops suffered twenty thousand casualties, and he then retracted and did not engage further. So now, he still has an army of around two hundred and twenty thousand – more than three times that of Duke Turing Tuo. Coupled with our assistance, the likelihood of destroying Duke Turing Tuo is very high!"

"Greedy desires dull the senses, plus with me playing along in your scheme, Chu Ye will definitely take the bait and fight to the death." Zhi Yan continued asking, "What about Jian Ze?"

Suo Lun responded, "Though Jian Ze commands the Southwestern Legion, he is not a warlord. The Southwestern Legion has always been under Duke Turing Tuo’s control. He is a decent commander, and as long as he remains loyal, he is not only usable, he can be greatly utilized!"

"Hmm!" Zhi Ning curled up in Suo Lun’s arms, responding softly with a hum.

Suo Lun slapped her smooth, round buttocks, grabbing it firmly, and solemnly said, "In any case, the Rage Wave Kingdom cannot have warlords; the military must be nationalized, and there can be only one commander, that is the King! I will definitely leave our son a strong and clean Rage Wave Kingdom, not a mess."

Zhi Yan, flipping her body around, wrapped her arms around Suo Lun’s neck and kissed his lips softly, murmuring, "My husband, you are truly charming when you say these words! The way you selflessly work htmlFor the Rage Wave Kingdom is truly captivating!"

Following that, she mounted Suo Lun’s waist, saying, "For our son, you are working so hard—now let’s start by having a son, you go!"

...

Inside the posthouse in Nujiang Province!

Zhi Li still couldn’t make up his mind; assassinating the king and forcefully ascending to the throne was an incredibly perilous path!

Originally, his idea was to take Fang Qingzhuo and Zhi Ning, along with his two daughters and Zhi Ning’s son, to escape to the Flame Empire.

He had heard that Prince Ji Min still harbored deep feelings for Zhi Ning, so he thought by arranging Zhi Ning’s marriage to Prince Ji Min, he could garner greater support from the Flame Empire.

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