Chapter XXXV. Territorial Claims
The sea breeze was still blowing, and seeing the Byzantine ironclad archers who did not put up an offensive formation, Chen Xiaochu knew that he had made the right bet, Anne must have given an order to Belisarius, and it was impossible to fight. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
"It's pressure, but now that I've created a fait accompli, the next step is to bargain." In front of the two armies, each lined up in formation, Chen Xiaochu drove the horses forward to meet Belisarius, who was also moving forward, and Zhao Yun followed behind Chen Xiaochu with more than ten white horses.
"Young man, what are you doing here, trying to steal from under Queen Anne's wing?" As soon as they met, Belisarius took the lead, although he said it with a relaxed smile, but there was a hint of murder in his tone.
"Well, is this Anne's territory? How can I not see where you Romans are? Whether there are people who farm or pioneers, there are no villages. Chen Xiaochu looked around and said, spreading his hands to show that he was very innocent.
"From here to the north, there is the coastal corridor, the only road leading to the northern region, and the flattest and fertile land in the nearby area, you don't want to block the way of our Romans going north, your alliance leader is not cooperating with us in this way." Belisarius said quietly.
"I don't mean to stop you, go to the north, don't you have a ship? There are so many of them, you don't have to go by land. Chen Xiaochu responded.
"Looks like you really don't know anything, young man." Belisarius stared at Chen Xiaochu and continued, "What do you think we are working hard to build bridges over the river. This is the promise of Huaxia and Rome to jointly resist the nomadic system going south, and you have expanded your power here, does it mean that you Huaxia wants to resist the invasion of the nomadic system alone? This coastal area has been promised to us, isn't it because you Huaxia should develop to the center of the river? Or are you not with those people and the joint statement doesn't work for you? ”
"Me." Chen Xiaochu froze when he heard this, he didn't expect that the civilization seed of his same camp had already promised this place to others, which was something he hadn't thought about at all.
"Did you make such a decision just because it had nothing to do with you? No wonder, after all, my weakness is not an unacceptable thing for you, and having the collective support of the Roman camp against the nomadic family is what you need. Chen Xiaochu thought in his heart, and Wei Chen, Qin Lan, Wu Fan, and the existence of the unknown alliance leader flashed in his mind.
"If that's the case, let's make a deal." Chen Xiaochu breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Belisarius and said.
"Deal? Is your deal with Queen Anne alone? Why, do you have the capital to trade? Belisarius smiled and said, "Young man, don't be too conceited, I helped you get rid of Gro for the sake of your alliance leader's face, what good can you bring us?" ”
"Gro was killed by you?" Chen Xiaochu asked in surprise, looking at those Byzantine ironclad archers, he felt that this possibility did exist.
"No, but it's almost like a dead man, his tribe has been completely destroyed by me, and this is the end of fighting against Queen Anne, who will be a slave to us Romans for the rest of his life." Belisarius looked at Chen Xiaochu with deep meaning and said.
Chen Xiaochu was looked at by Belisarius and felt a chill on his back, but he still gritted his teeth and said: "You are not doing it for others to kill Gro's forces, everyone is for yourself, it's not interesting to say too many polite words and lies, I will exchange benefits with you, I will not let this area out, as long as the benefits are enough, can't your thoughts be changed?" ”
"Oh, young man, I'm really curious, what will you come up with to make Queen Anne change her mind, tell me, if even I can't convince it, it's useless, the consequence is that Queen Anne will directly use coercive means to make your power disappear along the coast after obtaining the results of your alliance leader's consultation, understand?" Belisarius looked very patient and said with a smile.
"I have a manpower base of nearly 10,000 people, this is the confidence I have to talk to you, at the same time, when you send troops to attack the Vikings, I will go together, all the islands I have conquered, all the islands I have captured, all I will give you, I don't want any of them, at the same time, you must give me the living space of the sea fishery, not to interfere with the development of my fishery, and recognize my territorial claims in this area." Chen Xiaochu said quietly that the hatred brought to him by the Vikings, if he could use the power of the Romans to retaliate against them, even if he could not reap the benefits of the island, it would be worth it.
"Cooperation in the attack on the Western Islands?" Belisarius looked at the port of Sujia Town and said, "Just rely on your few small fishing boats?" Do you still need us to provide you with transport ships, and do you still want us Romans to protect you from crossing this sea? This rhetoric is not a satisfying deal. ”
"It's temporary, I'll have warships, before you start a war." Chen Xiaochu immediately responded.
"The defeat of the Greeks is already doomed, the Sanhan people are also breathless by the joint blows of China and Rome, the rest of the camps, either wiped out or survived, it will not take ten days, Queen Anne will lead tens of thousands of Roman warriors to return, can you have a warship in ten days?" Belisarius laughed.
"Ten days? Tens of thousands of troops? Hearing Belisarius's words, Chen Xiaochu seemed to understand that this Anne seemed to be the leader of the Roman camp, similar to the leader of her Huaxia Alliance, if she could mobilize this great strength, she really had no room for resistance at all.
"Strength, is it still not enough?" Chen Xiaochu looked at his Sujiazhen, the copyists in wide clothes and big sleeves, curiously watching the battle between the two armies in various attics, pointing and pointing.
"If Anne had tens of thousands of Roman troops here at this moment, I'm afraid I'd have let me get out of the coast at once." Chen Xiaochu held the reins of the horse, his palms were a little sweaty, and he continued to say to Belisarius: "Ten days, within ten days, I will have a warship that can transport a thousand people, can you be satisfied with such a result?" ”
"Satisfied? Hehe, it's not up to me to decide, but in the past ten days, I won't do anything to you, I'm just reminding you, what kind of strength you have, what kind of territorial claims you have, I will put your claim on Queen Anne, what the result is, only ten days later, I won't know. Belisarius said quietly.
"What kind of strength does it have, what kind of territorial claims are suitable?" Chen Xiaochu muttered in his heart, isn't this Wei Chen's remark of laughing at himself.
"No one will be willing to shrink into a corner, in China, there is also competition, when I can bring benefits to the rest of the people, they will recognize me, fight for my survival interests, just like Airi said, integrate my own survival interests with the survival interests of others, so that they will not be abandoned, so, I must become stronger."
Belisarius left, collected his troops and left, as he said, really to remind himself that the reason why he didn't do it was because the war in the south was not over yet, and he still had his existing strength.
"Why should the lord worry, even if there are thousands of enemy generals and tens of thousands of soldiers, Zhao Yun can protect the lord and the foundation will not be lost." Just when Chen Xiaochu was a little low, Zhao Yun said loudly.
"Yes, I have Zhao Yun, and I have White Horse Yicong." Chen Xiaochu, who was a little excited, regained a little self-confidence, the cowardly lord just buried Zhao Yun's ability, why be afraid of anything, as long as the other party saw how heavy the price to be paid, he would change his mind with three points.
"It's me who is questioning my actions, and it really shouldn't be." Chen Xiaochu pulled the reins and looked at the sea, what he wanted should be done because he should work hard. "When the cooldown time ends tomorrow, I will teleport the 1,000-person military camp in the coastal zone, maybe I will directly teleport the warship out, I just want to occupy here, and the fertile soil in the north, this coastal corridor, is mine." Chen Xiaochu thought firmly.