It's a very appealing suggestion.

In the eyes of the Count of Perris, this is the mind of the highest ruler. Cooperate with each other, not just one war. As the saying goes, "There is no eternal hatred, only eternal gain."

The attendants escorted the prisoners out of the camp, and only Tianhao and Shi Rui were left in the spacious space.

The Lion King remained patient until the footsteps outside were far away, and then he stared at Tianhao with cold and sharp eyes, and asked darkly: "Let these damn white bastards learn our language...... What exactly do you want to do? ”

Without outsiders present, Tianhao didn't need to maintain a superficial etiquette to the lion king. He picked up the tea on the small table on the side and took a sip: "Do you think I'm helping them?" ”

"The best white people are dead white people, and the kind that eats into their stomachs and turns into and then pulls them out." Shi Rui's cold words revealed undisguised killing intent: "Don't think that you can do whatever you want during the war. Even if you have brimstone, you can build muskets and cannons and you can be unscrupulous. Young man, you'd better give me a reasonable explanation! ”

"I think the same as you do, that only dead whites are the best whites." Tianhao reversed the order of speaking, but the actual meaning did not differ. He poured a cup of tea and handed it to the Lion King, and asked seriously, "Tell me, do you know these white-skinned guys?" ”

"They're the devil!" Shi Rui didn't reach out to take the cup of tea that was handed over, a vigilant look flashed in his eyes: "If your memory has deteriorated somewhat, then I can remind you once again———— they have been attacking the Lock Dragon Pass for the past few hundred years. We cannot co-exist with white people in the same world, and all problems can only be solved by a war to the death. ”

Tianhao smiled slightly, maintaining the posture of handing over tea: "Do you know how many of them there are?" ”

The lion king apparently did not understand the true meaning of this question. The old Shi Rui was enraged, his eyes burned with fire, and he gritted his teeth: "I know that they are numerous, and the total population of just one Viking is several times that of all our tribes combined...... What, you're scared? ”

"A little bit." Tianhao said quietly, his voice filled with a strange ingredient that Shi Rui could not discern: "Saxon, Viking, Rhine, Plantagenet, the Kingdom of the Lord, and the Holy See...... Combined, these countries have a combined population of more than a billion people. What about us? Even if all the tribes were combined, the total population would be less than 20 million. ”

"That's not the reason!" The Lion King is unusually stubborn and resolute: "Our soldiers are very brave, one can beat them ten, or even more!" ”

Tianhao nodded, a sneer on his face: "I admit that this is not wrong, but there is a premise———— that is, we and the white people must have cold weapons, and do not use muskets and cannons. ”

"Even without gunpowder, we can still win against them!" Shi Rui's expression was a little hideous.

"Even with gunpowder, you can't beat the whites." Tian Hao revealed the cruel truth with cold words: "Think about those red monsters who broke through the Lock Dragon Pass!" They are war machines made by whites. Not to mention long knives and bows and arrows, even muskets and cannons cannot pose a threat to them. The world is changing every day, but we are always standing still. In fact, sometimes I think about it, it is actually a good thing that Suolongguan was occupied by whites, at least an old guy like you was forced to leave the palace because of the war, come out and walk around, breathe fresh air, and then take a closer look at the white-skinned devils who came from the south. ”

The lion king was not as angry as he had imagined. Although the muscles on his face were twisting and wriggling, he didn't pounce on it and break Tianhao's neck on the spot.

After a long time, Shi Rui asked with a gloomy face: "You dare to laugh at me?" ”

"Don't get so angry, drink a cup of tea to cool off." Tianhao forced the teacup into Shi Rui's hand, but the sneering expression on his face did not change: "Don't say that one fights ten, just those Viking officers just now, you are very reluctant to deal with three by yourself." Besides, it's not like you don't know what's going on inside us. War requires strong logistics to support it, and although the scale of our current army mobilization has not reached the limit, it will certainly have an impact on next year's grain cultivation and harvest. If you don't have enough food, even if you win the war now, what will you do in the future? ”

Although the lion king has a violent temperament, he is not a brainless idiot. He took a sip of slightly cold tea with a gloomy face, and was silent for half a minute, his brows furrowed tightly: "...... What are you going to let those white people learn? ”

"It's mostly about language, and secondarily about our daily lives, customs, and culture." Tianhao does not hide his thoughts.

"What's the use of that?" The lion king felt incomprehensible about this, and the question became more acute.

"Let them know deeply." Tian Hao had an incomprehensible mysterious smile on his face: "Of course, it can only be the part I want them to know, not the whole thing." ”

These words sounded difficult to understand, and Shi Rui's frowning brows could not be released. He fell into deep thought, but he didn't know Tianhao's true intentions. I felt like there was a layer of fog in front of me, and I could see something faintly, but it was very blurry.

Tianhao no longer played dumb riddles, and explained with a smile: "To put it simply, it is to turn them into our people." ”

The Lion King's eyes widened again, only this time his eyes were no longer full of anger, but surprised and disbelieving: "You must be joking." ”

Tianhao looked at the gray-haired old man: "I heard that many years ago, you raised a lion?" ”

This was when the lion king was young. He took this as the legitimate blood of the royal family, and later ascended to the throne, intentionally or unintentionally, on many occasions to tell the story of raising lions in the past, as well as all kinds of interesting anecdotes.

"What the hell are you trying to say?" Shi Rui's expression changed, and he was not as aggressive as before.

"Lions eat meat, and humans themselves are their targets. Although your status is honorable, this is no reason for the lion to exclude you from the normal recipe. Tianhao still smiled: "The reason why you can get along with it normally, let it obediently lie at your feet when you eat, and honestly gnaw on the meat and bones you threw at it, is because it has become accustomed to and accepted this life." ”

Shi Rui had a realization in his heart, narrowed his eyes and asked, "Do you want to transform those white people?" ”

Tianhao nodded: "Turn them into our pets." Just like the black howling wolf, as long as the wolf cub is captured and domesticated for a while, they will become our hunting helpers, opening their mouths to bite their kind. ”

Shi Rui fell into deep thought for a long time.

Tianhao didn't interrupt him, just sat there quietly drinking tea.

After a long time, Shi Rui made a voice: "How sure are you?" ”

Tianhao smiled and said, "It's not clear for the time being, I can only say that I'll do it first." You have to try everything, and if you don't do it, you never know if you can succeed. ”

The confusion in Shi Rui's eyes deepened.

He felt like he couldn't see through the young man in front of him at all. I always thought that Tianhao was just favored by the gods, and he was much luckier than others, so he was able to go from the ordinary leader of the village step by step to the present, but now he found that the power of the other party was far beyond imagination. Not only the army and weapons, but also many aspects that I have never thought of, or even heard of.

The old lion king sat in a different position, and he leaned back on the arm of his chair, immersed in an unspeakable unease.

Shi Rui was very aware of the process of the dragon clan's rise step by step, and he also knew that Tianhao did not kill the king and ascended to the throne. But the more this happened, the more I felt that this young man was flexible, powerful and mysterious.

"What are you going to do?" Shi Rui wanted to dig deeper, but he unconsciously slowed down his tone and became like a peer discussing: "As long as those white people learn our language, they will be honest and obedient?" ”

"Actually, it's not a secret, it's like you taming a lion." Tianhao shrugged his shoulders: "Although there are many factors involved in this, including politics, the principle is the same———— give them a certain amount of flesh and bones, let them get benefits, and they will be willing to help us do things." ”

Shi Rui keenly grasped the point: "So you chose the nobility among the whites?" ”

"Nobles have too many advantages over commoners." Tianhao said bluntly: "They have the power and status, and they can even influence the king himself." Five countries, plus a Holy See. They have too many people and too much power. As I said earlier, I think the same thing as you when it comes to dealing with white people. But if you divide them, for example, by co-opting some of them......"

"Wait!" Shi Rui suddenly stretched out his hand, he was extremely strong, and the tiger's mouth was firmly stuck on Tianhao's arm like iron tongs, as if it was a treasure, and it would slip out of the palm of his hand if he didn't pay attention to it: "Differentiation? Let the Vikings fight other whites? ”

It's so amazing how it feels to be instantaneous. Shi Rui has never been so excited.

Tianhao sat there and didn't move, he could understand the lion king's gaffe at the moment. Looking at the eyes that were wide open to the extreme, full of infinite longing and hope, he nodded slowly but surely.

"Peaceful evolution is not the preserve of any one country. They can do it, and so can we. That's the only explanation he can make.

The Lion King didn't understand at all.

But it doesn't matter.

From Tianhao, he seemed to see his young self———— he was full of enthusiasm for everything, and there were always countless novel ideas popping up in his mind. These ideas are definitely good and bad, but the target is white, so the possible consequences can also be turned into advantages in Shi Rui's view.

After a long time, the lion king took a deep breath: "Just do what you think." As long as it's against those damn white dwarfs, I can give you maximum support. ”

……

South of Suolong Pass, about thirty kilometers east of Shenwei Fortress, desert area.

Even though it's winter, the sun here is dazzling. The surface of the dry sand is hot, as if it has just been removed from a burning flame. It is often blown by strong winds all year round, and the sandflow hides a lot of things, engulfing the soil and plants like a devil. The rocks gradually changed their appearance during weathering, becoming pitted and concave like skeletons.

Burst Tooth unscrewed the lid of the kettle and took a big sip of water. Although the liquid is light and tasteless, it is needed by the body and moisturizes the throat.

Cold, temperate, tropical.

Stormtooth doesn't know what a "regional climate" is, and he doesn't know that it's close to the equator. He only knew that the distance from the landing on the eastern coast to here was more than a hundred kilometers. The trail is almost entirely sand, and all sorts of oddly shaped stones. Strong winds swept every day, and there was not a single green plant around.

This is a typical Gobi terrain.

To the southeast is a vast desert with little rain all year round, which is a real death zone, and thus becomes the second north-south blockade line equivalent to Suolong Pass.

It was not for nothing that the whites chose to build the fortress in this location. Although the Gobi is perennially dry, you can get plenty of fresh water as long as you walk along the road to the east to the sea———— which is a dark river flowing from the west one day, and the bottom of the cliff near the sea is just the outlet of the river. In fact, as long as you are willing to invest a lot of manpower and material resources, you can completely open a new water source on the Gobi Desert, and as long as you dig deep enough, you can see the underground river channel created by the movement and extrusion of the earth's crust thousands of years ago. There is enough water to feed millions of people.

This is where the daily drinking water of Kamui Fortress comes from.

"I didn't like this place. Too much sand, sand everywhere......" Bruce Tooth muttered to himself, and now only cool clean water could arouse his interest.

The number of troops landing from the sea is very large, and the total number of troops of all branches has now exceeded 120,000. Constantly reinforced docks were built by the sea, and the port began to take shape in just a few days. The intelligence department's reconnaissance report came in handy, and the vanguard built a new city between the sea and the mountains, named "Leizhou".

Engineers worked day and night to excavate foundations and cast a large number of buildings out of reinforced concrete. It is mainly used as a warehouse for material reserves, followed by a rest part for personnel. In contrast, the investment in the construction of the terminal is very large, which is several times more than that of onshore construction.

Whether it was the commander of the fleet, Zhengjiang, or the commander of the Marine Corps, they all knew very well that the key to this landing operation was not to hold the city of Leizhou. It's about the quantity of the goods shipped, and the speed at which they are shipped.

From Panshi City to Lianzhou, all the docks, large and small, are working day and night, desperately rushing to produce standard transport ships. This kind of sea vessel has been verified in many voyages, and the comprehensive performance and various indicators are safe and effective. They were like dense schools of fish coming and going between Leizhou and Rock City, and the engineers and soldiers unloaded the ships as fast as they could like crazy, and then carried all kinds of goods into the warehouse, vacated the open space of the wharf, and continued to wait for the fully loaded cargo ships that had just entered the port.

Material! Material! Or materiel!

Leizhou is an enclave, and the only way to get logistical supplies is by sea. This is the key to supporting the attack on Kamui Fortress!

Now, the time is ripe.