Half a month later, the puppet government of Sun City officially issued an ultimatum, demanding that the city-states that did not submit to the city immediately pay a certain amount of fines to the puppet government named the New Sun Kingdom, and requiring the city lords of each city-state to personally meet the new Sun Kingdom king in Sun City.

During this time, there were about a dozen city-states that successively submitted to the puppet government of Sun City. There are still more than twenty city-states in the entire Scorching Sun Federation that do not take the orders of the puppet government of Sun City to heart.

But now as soon as the ultimatum comes out, the city-states are a little unable to sit still. Everyone was afraid that if they didn't obey Sun City's orders, Barono's army would really come over. At that time, the army of Baron'ou will definitely be devastated, because the largest number of troops in these city-states is no more than 10,000, and it is impossible for them to be the opponent of Baron'ou's army.

Tens of thousands of troops as powerful as Sun City were all broken and even invaded by Balen'o, not to mention the armies of these small city-states. These small city-states are all eager to surrender to Sun City, but they dare not move due to the last condition of the puppet government, and demand that the city lords go to meet the new Sun Kingdom king in person, what if they are detained there? Under the trap, all the city-states that were about to move temporarily dispelled this idea.

Daheng City explicitly issued a notice to the government of Sun City, asking the new government of Sun City to recognize the legal status of the Six Cities Alliance and allow the Six Cities Alliance to be autonomous. The Six Cities Alliance will pay a portion of the tax to Sun City as the Six Cities Alliance's contribution to the New Sun Country.

Sun City did not give a reply to this request, and Mo Geda waited for a week and a half without giving a reply. In a fit of rage, Mogoda announced that the Six-City Alliance would not recognize the legitimacy of the New Sun Kingdom, and announced that the Six-City Alliance would be renamed the Six-City Federation, and Daheng City would become the capital and officially establish the state.

The other states had no idea what Mogoda was thinking before, and when he suddenly announced this announcement, everyone was stunned. The heads of several city-states met overnight in Vientiane City to discuss this matter, and Cheng Lei, as the second city lord of Silver Tower City, also participated in this meeting.

Participating in this meeting were the three city-states of Silver Tower City, Silver Stone City and Vientiane City. Because Vientiane City is located in the middle of the two cities, it is most convenient for the gathering of the three city-states.

Cheng Lei took Kong Long and Kong Hu with him, and ordered Lei Yang to bring ten soldiers as guards. Duke Duozan also brought Xilin and ten guards, Cheng Lei and Duke Duozan and Lei Yang, Xilin sat in a command car, and the others all rode horses. Duke Dozan praised the comfort of the car all the way, but after a bumpy ride he got a little sick and began to vomit, so he had to get out of the car and ride forward, with Sirin by his side.

While walking, Duke Duozan also told Xilin that he felt very comfortable in the car, and he wanted Xilin to repair the car in the backyard of the Silver Tower after he went back. But I didn't expect that motion sickness would be so uncomfortable after sitting in the car for a long time, so let's put the car repair thing aside first.

The MixC is the closest city-state to Silver Tower City, so they entered the MixC before evening. This is the first time Cheng Lei has come to another city in this world, he has always stayed in Yinta City before, and he has never been to another city at all. The scale of the MixC is much larger than that of the Silver Tower City, and the architectural style is more Westernized, compared to the architectural style of the Silver Tower City, which has a more oriental flavor.

This may be because the tradition of the MixC is more inclined to integrate Eastern and Western cultures, while the Silver Tower City is more inclined to maintain oriental characteristics. The Lord's Mansion of Vientiane City is not towering in the Silver Tower City like the Silver Tower, but a large complex of buildings. In contrast, the City Lord's Mansion in Vientiane City is a bit of the style of Cheng Lei's camp, which is the old City Lord's Mansion in Yinta City, but the scale of the former is much larger.

The city lord of Vientiane City is a very rich fat man, who looks very happy, and just looking at that big belly makes people laugh a little. His name is Bart, and his title is also a duke, so he is called Duke Bart.

The lord of Silverstone City was an old man over sixty years old, with white hair and white beard, and he looked very kind. He was a marquis and was known as the Marquis de Monroe.

In the meeting room of the City Lord's Mansion, after Duke Bart arranged for everyone to sit down, he cleared his throat and spoke: "Summoning a few people here today is actually very simple, just to discuss what we should do next and how we should go in the future." ”

"The announcement issued by Daheng City this time is actually selling us, if the new government of Sun City is serious, then the first to send troops to attack must be Marquis Monroe, your Silverstone City. Next is our Vientiane City, and finally Yinta City. If we occupy the three cities, we will form a semi-circular encirclement of Daheng City, although Daheng City still has the support of the two cities in the south, but it can't make many waves. Tell me about it. ”

Duke Bart paused slightly, and looked at the reactions of the others, actually wanting to hear the thoughts of everyone present. At this time, Duke Duozan spoke: "There is Daheng City and our three cities in front, so the two city-states in the south of Daheng City will not be afraid at all. They will definitely support Daheng City's actions and go all out to help Daheng City carry this battle down. ”

"The biggest problem now is that the Great Heng City is now at war with the new government of Sun City on our behalf, and at the beginning of the war, the first target of the Balen'ou army was our three city-states. Why do we want to make wedding dresses for Daheng City? At that time, our city-state will face the crisis of being attacked and occupied, which will not be beneficial to us at all, but for Daheng City, there will be people to support them. ”

The Marquis of Monroe replied angrily: "We, Silverstone City, hope that Vientiane and Silver Tower will join us in protesting and ultimatum against Daheng City. If Daheng City turns a blind eye, our Silverstone City will directly surrender to Balun'u to avoid Baron'ou's attack, and it will not only be the common people who will suffer at that time, but also those of us who have a great cause, and we will definitely be a hundred times more uncomfortable than others! ”

Cheng Lei interjected at this time: "Three city lords, I have a suggestion, it's best for us not to attack Daheng City together. In this way, Daheng City will think that we have discussed it and go to embarrass them, and it will not be good for anyone to force them to jump over the wall in a hurry. And the military strength of Daheng City is also there, even if it is not comparable to Balen'ou, it is not something that the city guards of our three city-states can compete, so we will act separately and then see how Daheng City reacts? ”

Cheng Lei's words were high-sounding, and they did not make Duke Bart and Marquis Monroe feel the slightest difference. However, Duke Duozan knew Cheng Lei, and he knew that since Cheng Lei said these words, it must be the most beneficial to Yinta City, so Duke Duozan also helped to defend Cheng Lei's suggestion.

In the end, the three city-states reached an agreement, and they each protested to the city, demanding that the city renegotiate with the new government of the city of Sun or station troops to the west of Silverstone to prevent the attack of Baronou's army.

After returning to Yinta City, it was already late at night, and Duke Duozan and Cheng Lei talked in Yinta again. Cheng Lei said his true thoughts, if the three of them jointly criticized Daheng City, Daheng City accepted it, it was okay to say, if Daheng City did not accept it or became angry?

If the two sides do not reach a unanimous agreement by then, then the previous alliance will definitely collapse. With Mogoda's temperament, he would not tolerate the "rebellion" of the three city-states against him, so it was inevitable to start a war. At that time, the first to bear the brunt of the pressure will of course be Yinta City, because Yinta City is directly north of Daheng City, and it is the closest city-state to Daheng City.

Duke Duozan suddenly realized, and praised Cheng Lei for his thoughtfulness, if it weren't for Cheng Lei, it might have caused a catastrophe this time.

Cheng Lei went on to explain that if Balonou launched an attack on the Six Cities Alliance, it would be Silverstone City that would bear the brunt. Moreover, there is Vientiane City in front of Yinta City, and Daheng City will not sit and watch like that. Therefore, for Yinta City, the danger factor of turning the other cheek with Daheng City is much higher than that of the united front with Daheng City.

Cheng Lei suggested that since it has been decided to issue an ultimatum to Daheng City separately, then Yinta City can persuade Daheng City from the perspective of righteousness, and it is necessary to postscript that Yinta City will look forward to Daheng City in the future. In this case, Daheng City will definitely not take any action against Yinta City, and it is possible that Yinta City will be regarded as its own person.

Duke Dozan nodded again and again, and the biggest problem now is how to strike a balance between the new government of Daheng City and Sun City. Cheng Lei's words gave Duke Dozan a direction to guide him, and also made his heart completely in his stomach. Because Silver Tower City does not need to face the battle with Daheng City or Balunou now, it can still have a chance to breathe.

The next day, Xing Chenghui sent someone to inform Cheng Lei that the second batch of thirty-six trucks had been in place and all of them had been transported to the Lion King base. Cheng Lei immediately sent someone to send money to Xing Chenghui, and repaired a letter to thank Xing Chenghui. In fact, Cheng Lei should have visited the door in person, but after he rejected Xing Chenghui's request some time ago, he is not embarrassed to see Xing Chenghui again now.

Now that the truck was in place, the modification work naturally began immediately. Zheng Bin personally went to the Lion King Base to guide the work, and the arsenal in the Lion King Base is now very well equipped and staffed, and it has the conditions to modify these trucks in batches.

The general outline of the base has now been fully formed, the soldiers are living in four-story soldiers' quarters, and the people in the residential areas are living in various houses that they have built themselves. Moreover, the wasteland in the west of the city has also been reclaimed a lot, and Qi Mi sent people to buy them all kinds of seeds, and now they have all been sown, and after a few rains in the previous period, all kinds of crops and vegetables are growing very well.

Cheng Lei also instructed Qi Mi to build a large farm, bought a lot of pigs, cattle, sheep and chickens, and recruited a group of breeding workers to provide various meat and milk eggs for the base. People in residential areas are also encouraged to raise their own livestock and poultry, which can also spread some pressure on the supply of meat, eggs and milk at the base.