Chapter 1482: Chapter 1399: Broadening the Framework

“Who said we must land in Dorne?” Sitting at the head of the conference room, Tang Mo curiously looked at his generals.

Many generals hadn’t realized this solution to the problem and were quite surprised. Even Chief of Staff Luff, who had just raised the issue, was somewhat taken aback.

The Great Tang Empire rarely engages in proactive expansion; Tang Mo prefers to stand on the side of justice, presenting a forced inevitability to garner public opinion and support.

This is a method that, by using such a passive approach, can maximize the stability of public sentiment, allowing the populace to support their side in the war, essentially raising the banner of righteousness.

Whether it was the first anti-Tang war or this so-called second anti-Tang war, the Great Tang Empire seemed to be passively engaging, thus receiving full support from the Tang people.

On an actual level, this means that the Great Tang Empire’s troops are plentiful, its production capabilities have skyrocketed, and despite the continuity of the war, there hasn’t been much anti-war sentiment.

Comparing it with the warmongering of the Qin Country reveals the superiority of this policy. But an empire always placing itself in a passive position is clearly inconsistent with the expanding power of the Great Tang Empire.

However, this time the situation is significantly different. The intelligence department of the Great Tang Empire has brought back numerous messages, which clearly indicate that many empires on the Eastern Continent are coming together, attempting to use Dorne as a distraction for the Great Tang Empire’s attention in the Southern Region of the Eastern Continent.

Their plan is simple: since the Great Tang Empire and Dorne are still in a state of war, the Great Tang Empire is unlikely to proactively attack those countries that haven’t declared war on the Great Tang Empire.

Analyzing the past of the Great Tang Empire, it indeed seems that it has never proactively provoked a new opponent without ending an ongoing war.

It appears this is basic national policy for the Great Tang Empire, so it can be used to make Dorne Eastern Continent’s shield, becoming a battleground for grinding between the Eastern Continent and the Great Tang Empire.

As long as there is strong war preparation in Dorne, then immersing the Great Tang Empire in the quagmire of war could lead to the Great Tang Empire being thwarted once and possibly halting its expansion, instead shifting to a more stable strategy focused on the Western Continent.

Once a monarch of an empire begins to slacken, once an empire starts settling into the status quo, then decay begins—Eastern Continent monarchs are too familiar with all this, so they believe by pushing the Great Tang Empire into this state, they might have a chance to win.

After obtaining intelligence that empires on the Eastern Continent secretly supported Dorne, Luff and Qian Jinhang didn’t care much; in their view, even if the battlefield focuses on Dorne, there are countless landing zones they can choose from.

The battlefield advantage is still on their side, so the proposals submitted to Tang Mo regarding landing plans in Dorne remain relatively conservative. It was because of these conservative plans that Tang Mo convened such a military meeting.

“Haven’t we been the nice guys for so long that they think we have no temper?” Tang Mo smiled as he continued to ask his generals.

He looked at Qian Jinhang, and then at Luff, before continuing, “Usually you distinguish so clearly, this faction or that faction, thinking you’re marked by identity, but why aren’t you using your identities to discuss the matter this time?”

These questions made the generals attending the meeting bow their heads in silence; they were very wary of forming factions before His Majesty, feeling naturally embarrassed having their secret moves exposed to the Emperor.

“We came from the Brunas Era, so… how about the slogan ‘Return to Brunas’?” Tang Mo smiled and once again posed a question.

This new question immediately made Luff raise his head; he has been following Tang Mo since the Brunas Era, naturally filled with affection for that place.

In the past their focus was mostly on the Western Continent, and Eastern Continent-born generals always felt like floating remnants without a root, just guests on the Western Continent.

Now His Majesty actually asked such a question and raised the slogan of returning to Brunas—how could it not excite people?

At least at the upper echelons of the Great Tang Empire, more than half of the generals are eager to fight back to Brunas and reclaim what they- have lost.

As a result, many people immediately rose to the challenge: limiting their attack visions to Dorne was indeed quite naive; since these countries on the Eastern Continent united to pit the Great Tang Empire with such a filthy tactic, the Great Tang Empire need not talk reasoning.

“I was just asking casually, not necessarily setting the battlefield in Brunas… Eternal Winter Port is also viable, Hotwind Port isn’t bad either…we’ve lost too much in the past, and there’s still plenty to reclaim; so… gentlemen… imagination is vital.” Tang Mo pointed to his temples, opening a new avenue of thought for all his subordinates.

“I hope you understand, the Great Tang Empire is not immutable; it can be humble, it can be tyrannical. We must develop according to our own thinking, not according to how the enemy hopes we develop!” Having finished speaking, Tang Mo stood up, no longer willing to waste time: “Re-draw the attack plan.”

“Yes, Your Majesty!” All the generals present stood up, responding with their heads held high. They also understood that once Tang Mo offered an opinion, this meeting was essentially over.

The Emperor’s time is extremely precious, wasting the Emperor’s time is a crime. Whenever His Majesty leisurely sketches a few strokes in the drawing room, its value is incalculable.

More often, he simply sits there and orally conveys some concepts, naturally having recorders tirelessly working below to jot down those precious ideas so that the Emperor’s “wisdom” can benefit all people.

Tang Mo’s recent focus has been on the Great Tang Empire’s ‘Miss Qiu’, despite his most accomplished disciple Galsa leading the project in the lab, the actual progress is indeed too slow.

The Great Tang Empire has poured countless manpower and resources into purifying this world’s radioactive material and has tried everything to conduct nuclear fission experiments.

Yet the results have been repeated failures—logically speaking, the Great Tang Empire’s technology has already surpassed or approached that of Blue Star in the 1970s. With computers’ support, developing an atomic bomb shouldn’t be difficult.

But facts have proven that nuclear weapons seem to be a taboo in this world. Even though Tang Mo has a complete and nearly flawless blueprint for nuclear weapons in his mind, the Great Tang Empire has stumbled along the path of nuclear bomb development for quite some time.

This is very strange… exceedingly… strange.