The room fell silent again.

People looked at each other, and in all eyes there was uneasiness and fear, and anger.

Count Perris cleared his throat vigorously, and stood up with his hands on the table: "Ladies and gentlemen, the safety of Lord Duke is of course important, but the key problem now is that we are no longer able to maintain the battle line. The artillery fire of the northern giants was very fierce, and their cavalry had already penetrated into the flanks. If we continue to talk about it like this, we will all have to die here. ”

Victor saw despair in the count's eyes. He subconsciously asked, "My lord, what do you mean ......?"

"Let's negotiate!" Perris said the decision he had already made in his heart: "The pontoon bridge was blown up by giants, and even if the whole army retreats now, we will still not be able to cross the river." They have a powerful fleet there, and by that time the situation will only be worse than it is now. ”

Negotiation?

All eyes were on Perris. Surprised, confused, approving, hesitant, unwilling...... Although everyone has different thoughts, no one has said anything against it.

Victor hesitated: "Your Excellency, we ...... We had never been in contact with those giants, and we didn't speak the same language with them. ”

"It's easy to solve." Perris looked at the young adjutant and let out a deep sigh: "Raise the white flag, I think they should understand what it means." ”

From Flamar downwards, Perris is currently the highest rank holder in the Viking Army.

"I don't want to die." He spoke very directly: "We have to live." As long as the giants are willing to accept our surrender, then what happens in the future ...... Maybe there's a chance. ”

……

A colonel was elected as a representative, accompanied by a personal attendant, waving a white flag, and slowly lined up the northern giants not far away.

Colonel Vanderham is a stocky man, the kind of man who is good-looking, easy to deal with and doesn't lie. In fact, he is not far from accepting this terrible job, but there is no way, if he does not voluntarily surrender and negotiate with the northern giants on specific issues, including himself, everyone will die here.

What's more, this kind of thing involves luck, no one wants to take the initiative to become negotiators, and all the high-ranking officers are forced to gather and draw lots. A 1 in 100 probability can also be drawn...... Colonel Vanderham was in tears.

A giant officer led him to Yuan Kai.

The temporary headquarters was just an open space, where Yuan Kai stood accompanied by a group of officers. Raising his head and looking up at the giants with cold expressions around him, Colonel Vanderham was a little embarrassed in fear———— the two sides did not understand the language, how should they communicate?

"What's your name?" Yuan Kai broke the silence first.

Vanderham's eyes widened suddenly, and there was a hellish look on his face.

The savage giants of the north actually spoke English?

And the pronunciation is so pure and very fluent!

"You...... Do you speak our language? The colonel bit his lip hard, and the pain from that position told him it wasn't a dream.

"What's so strange about that?" There was no trace of a smile on Yuan Kai's rugged face, calm and majestic, mixed with sarcasm and strong warning: "This is the first time, so I treat you very favorably." A word of advice to you———— learn our language as soon as possible, otherwise ......"

There is no need to continue in the following words, it can be regarded as a pit deliberately dug by Yuan Kai.

Vanderham nodded repeatedly. His heart was filled with horror.

"Looks like you've made your decision." Yuan Kai looked down at the white officer who was much shorter than himself: "Say, what are you going to do?" Fight again? Or surrender now? ”

Vanderham did not dare to hesitate for a second, and hurriedly said the words that he had memorized when he left the barracks before: "Honorable lord, on behalf of the Supreme Commander of the Northern Expeditionary Force of the Viking Kingdom, Count Peris, I would like to pay you and your king the highest respect. This is a wrong war, and we are willing to settle the misunderstanding with you and make some compensation......"

"Wait!" A sharp cold light flashed in Yuan Kai's eyes: "What did you say?" I heard you just say the word "misunderstanding"? ”

"Yes." Vanderham nodded again, his face full of smiles, flattering and flattering: "Actually, this war was not the original intention of our king, it was the Holy See who insisted on asking us to send troops. Well...... Your Excellency, you may not know the relationship between the Holy See and us. All of us in the Viking Kingdom are devout believers in the Holy Lord, and we cannot refuse the orders of His Holiness the Pope. ”

The killing intent in Yuan Kai's heart became stronger and stronger, and he sneered: "You can say such a thing. Misunderstand...... The war between us and the whites has been going on for hundreds of years, how does it seem to you that this is a misunderstanding? ”

Colonel Vanderham felt his heart flutter. He struggled to push his shoulders up, his tone still tough: "We've never touched before. In fact, we are not the conquerors you think. We're just curious about the world and want to explore further. ”

"So you've been sending troops to attack Suolong Pass?"

"So you think that whatever you want belongs to your king?"

"So you've always treated us like barbarians and want to kill us all?"

Vanderham was overwhelmed by the succession of questions, and the prepared rhetoric suddenly became hollow and meaningless. The colonel didn't dare to bow his head, he could only keep his head up and look up at Yuan Kai. Looking at the muscles on the giant commander's face twisted with anger, Vanderham's heart was filled with deep remorse.

I shouldn't have angered him.

It's all to blame on the damned Earl of Paisley, it's his plan to negotiate.

Yuan Kai bent down, got very close to Vanderham, and whispered gloomily: "You have killed so many of us, and there are tens of thousands of soldiers who died in the battle of Suolong Pass alone. Are you sure it was a misunderstanding? ”

Van Demme could smell the strong stench coming out of Yuan Kai's mouth, which reminded him of carnivorous beasts like lions and tigers. The intense fear almost stopped his brain, and he could only make a voice mechanically: "...... I...... I'm just in charge of conveying that I hope you will accept our request. ”

Yuan Kai stared at him like a snake: "What do you want?" ”

"Let us go." Van Demme didn't dare to come out, but fortunately he had memorized what he had to say before, otherwise he would become a mute with a tongue who couldn't think now: "We are willing to pay the corresponding price for this." ”

"For example?" Yuan Kai's voice was even colder.

"We ...... We are willing to pay a ransom for this. Van Demme became short of breath from nervousness, and he felt almost out of breath under the heavy pressure: "Whatever you ask, my lord, we will meet it." ”

Yuan Kai seemed to look at a clown who had fallen into a trap and was struggling desperately: "I have only one request———— all of you must immediately lay down your arms and surrender unconditionally." ”

"It can't be!" Vanderham subconsciously opened his mouth to reply.

"And what are you going to talk to me about?" Yuan Kai straightened up, raised his hand and pointed to the entourage standing beside the colonel, and shouted, "Arrest him." ”

Two wolf-like dragon guards pounced, grabbed each of the white man's arms, and pinned him to the ground.

"Cut off his head!" Yuan Kai had no pity in his heart, he finally understood what Tianhao had said when he was receiving military training in Rock City before.

The world is big, but it can't accommodate us and other races at the same time.

In ancient times, great men once said that the vast ocean can make us friends with other races and live in peace. However, the greed of the human heart never ends, and they can never give up their vested interests, and they can never become friends with us.

Our ancestors were once attacked by a combination of eight countries. Our ancestors paid a heavy price for this. Women were insulted, children were killed, and countless human heads were cut off by the invaders and placed in a row as toys. For more than a century, the ancestors endured endless humiliation and silently carried the fate of enslavement.

At that time, Yuan Kai felt that Tianhao meant what he meant when he said these words, but he didn't understand what they were. It was only today, when he heard all the unrealistic, even ridiculous, demands from Colonel Vendham that he came to his senses.

The diminutive white squire cried and pleaded, and he struggled desperately but could not change his mortal fate. The sharp knife sliced hard at the back of his neck, cutting back and forth like sawn wood, and blood gushed out like a fountain of blood, splashing Colonel Vanderham's body.

Yuan Kai strode over, stepping on the convulsive headless corpse with one foot, and with so great strength that he stepped on the deceased's back and dented it, making a crisp bone cracking sound.

"Take this head back and tell your commander that if he wants to live, don't negotiate terms with me."

Yuan Kai looked at Vanderham with a sense of indifferent majesty, and looked at him standing there trembling as his soul did not possess him: "This is the will of His Royal Highness the Great Regent. I give you two hours, and you must make a decision before the moon rises. Otherwise...... Just wait for death honestly! ”

……

More than 400,000 exhausted Viking soldiers laid down their arms and became prisoners they despised, hated, and even regarded as enemy giants.

The integration process continued from night until noon the following day.

Despite the language barrier, the gesture of lowering a weapon and raising your hands above your head has a clear meaning, which means obedience.

Thousands of dragon infantry set up a deer barn at the front of the position, and five entrances were set up in the middle for the white soldiers who surrendered. All Viking soldiers were required to be checked, and they threw away their arquebuses, unsheathed their swords, and maintained a humiliating gesture of raising their hands above their heads, forming a long line of people to pass through the checkpoints and enter the prisoner-of-war zone designated by Yuan Kai.

The large-scale surrender did not go well, and there were people who tried to take advantage of the chaos to escape. Colonel Van Demme saw a soldier deliberately lying on the ground, trying to avoid the giants patrolling back and forth, but was discovered by the other party, pointed a gun at his head on the spot, pulled the trigger, and the whole head exploded.

The barrel of the giant is too thick! The colonel swore that he had never seen such a terrible weapon. According to the military standards of the Viking Kingdom, this large-caliber weapon has long gone beyond the scope of a "gun" and is simply an ultra-light hand-held artillery.

A tall young man followed the soldiers to the checkpoint. Because he had not rested all night, having fought all day, he looked a little drowsy, but he kept the necessary neatness. It could be seen that he had wiped his face with a wet towel in a hurry, and that he was not stained with blood like the others. Even more striking was the armor he was wearing, which, though lightweight, was of the finest alloy and the metal that made up the breastplate and the shoulder armor on both sides, and the surface was unusually smooth with a beautiful silver glow.

Many dragon soldiers, including Yuan Kai, had noticed this young white man who stood out from the crowd. Judging by his dress, he was undoubtedly a nobleman, and even had an inviolable look on his face. This could not hide the fear and trepidation in his heart, but in any case, when the opponent who could not win the battle was forced to accept the reality of surrender, bluffing was very effective, and it could also give him a little bit of pitiful dignity for himself.

This is a very proud, but not very smart guy.

Yuan Kai made a conclusion in his heart. He looked more closely at young white people.

It's quite handsome, even according to the aesthetic standards of the northern barbarians, you can score eighty points. He has slender fingers and delicate skin, and he should rarely touch a gun in normal times, and he does not belong to combatants, and he has a bookish air in his bones, and more arrogance.

Yuan Kai looked at him with interest, not because he had a special liking for this white man, but just to observe and learn more.

Soon it was the young man's turn to pass the inspection———— the rules were simple, put down his weapon, take off his armor, and all his belongings except for the clothes on his body had to be surrendered.

"Nope! You can't do that. Yuan Kai heard the angry roar of the young man standing in front of the sentry post, and the dragon soldier in charge of the inspection did not understand what the man was talking about, but Yuan Kai knew it clearly.

He stepped over, his gentle expression suddenly showed a hint of hideousness, his waist was bent very low, and the strength of his right fist weakened to sixty percent of his usual level, and he struck hard at the young man's soft abdomen.

The young white man was defenseless, let out a scream, staggered backwards with his hands on his stomach, and took several steps backwards in succession. Without waiting to fall to the ground, Yuan Kai rushed forward with a big stride, reached out and grabbed the other party's hair, pulled the whole person up like a carrot, and forced him to stay upright with severe pain, and his feet could only stand on tiptoe on the ground.

"Let it go! Let me go! The young white man's hand was already out of his stomach, and he pressed to the top of his head, screaming in agony. He felt like his entire scalp was being ripped off alive, and all the blood was concentrated in that area.

Yuan Kai's right arm maintained a fixed posture hovering in the air, and asked lightly, "What's your name?" ”

"Bullock...... I'm Baron Bullock! His screams were louder: "For the sake of the Holy Lord, please let me go!" ”