Chapter 729: Seven Inches
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After waiting for a long time, seeing that Shangguan Xiu was still looking at Valeria intently, Colin cleared his throat with a dry smile and coughed twice. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć Info Shangguan Xiu seemed to be awakened, and finally came back to his senses, his eyes reluctantly moved away from Valenria's little face, looked at Colin with a displeased expression, raised his hand and pointed at the beautiful girl, and asked, "What does Earl Keaton mean by this?
If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he might have been taken aback by Shangguan Xiu's righteous words. But he obviously looked straight just now, and his eyes were about to fly to other girls, and now he is still so serious and sanctimonious, it seems too ridiculous.
Of course, Colin will not be stupid to break it, and said with a smile: "I don't mean to humiliate Duke Shangguan in Xiawan, this is my sister Valeria Keaton, I have always admired Duke Shangguan, I heard that I have the opportunity to go to Fengying to meet with Duke Shangguan this time, and Sister She's insisted on coming along, I have to see Duke Shangguan's demeanor, I really can't resist this little sister in Xia, so I boldly brought her here, there is rudeness, and I hope Duke Shangguan will bear more." ā
He explained a lot of things in a rambling manner, Shangguan Xiu didn't listen at all, and his eyes fell directly on Valenlia's body, wandering up and down, left and right.
Seeing that he was silent again, his mind was not on himself at all, Colin secretly smiled bitterly, cleared his throat again, raised his voice, and said: "I hope that Duke Shangguan will take care of me!"
Shangguan Xiu finally withdrew his gaze, frowned, and stared at Colin, looking at his eyes, it was almost like looking at a buzzing, annoying fly.
"A small thing, this is just a trivial little thing, what is there to be to bear!" As he spoke, he raised his head and said to the gendarmes on the left and right: "Give me a seat, serve tea!"
Immediately following his order, several gendarmes walked in from the outside with mats and tea. Seeing this, Colin was quite ridiculous, he really couldn't underestimate a woman, the power of this little woman was even better than that of his own foreign minister.
Colin winked at Valelia, signaling her to stop and not keep trying to seduce Shangguanxiu, in case she annoyed Shangguanxiu, but it would be in vain.
After taking his seat, Colin said to Shangguan Xiu with a smile on his face: "Lord Shangguan, about the peace ...... between the two countries."
"There is no need to talk about peace between the two countries!" Shangguan Xiu waved his hand impatiently and said in a deep voice: "The conditions I have made have been very clear, you have to accept it, you have to accept it, you have to accept it if you don't accept it, there is no room for negotiation, if you have to bargain with me, then we can only meet on the battlefield, compare whose fist is hard enough, whose knife is fast enough!"
"This ......" Colin's face was full of embarrassment, and Shangguan Xiu's tone was too resolute, and it was completely non-negotiable. He forced a smile and said, "The three conditions of Duke Shangguan are really ...... It's too strong to be difficult!"
"Yes, I don't think my terms are so unacceptable!"
"In that case, I ...... I really have nothing to say, so I can only say goodbye first!" Colin's face was full of helplessness, he pretended to stand up, waved his hand to Valeria beside him, and said, "Let's go!"
"Wait a minute!" Before Valeria could get up, Shangguan Xiu spoke first. Colin laughed secretly in his heart, even if he reached Shangguan Xiu, he would stop him. He pretended to be puzzled and looked at Shangguan Xiu and asked, "Duke Shangguan still has something to do?"
"Uh......" Shangguan Xiu looked pensive and said, "In this way, I will give you three days as consideration, as for Sister Ling, these three days can be left in our army camp as a hostage for the time being, I don't know what Earl Keaton wants?"
"This ...... That's not right!"
"Can't Count Keaton still trust me?"
"That's not true!" Colin looked embarrassed, looked at Shangguan Xiu, then at Vallenia, and finally ruthlessly, gritted his teeth, and said: "Okay, I can leave Valeria behind, but Duke Shangguan only gave us three days, which is too short, I need ten days!"
"Five days!"
"Eight days!"
"Just five days!"
"In this way, Duke Shangguan, let's take a step back, with a limit of six days, and once the six days are over, our country will definitely give Duke Shangguan a definite answer!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Valenlia said coquettishly: "I don't think Duke Shangguan will care about letting me stay in the wind camp for one more day, right?"
Shangguan Xiu looked up and laughed, no longer insisted, and retreated: "Okay, just six days!" Count Keaton, this is my deadline for you, once six days have passed, if you haven't received a satisfactory answer to me, then don't blame our army for being ruthless, after attacking Goro City, there will be no chickens and dogs left!"
"Yes, yes, yes! Duke Shangguan, please rest assured, within six days, our country will give Duke Shangguan an answer!" Colin bowed again and again, although the expression on his face did not change, but his eyes could not hide the joy and excitement.
The ultimate purpose of the negotiation with Feng Renxu and the Snake was to delay time, and now it has won six days at once, which is simply too surprising, and six days is enough time for reinforcements from the northern city-states to rush to Goro.
The biggest credit for Goro to win this rare six days from the hands of the Wind Army is not him Colin, but Vallenia and Will who gave Valeria to him, and Collin's gratitude to Will now is beyond words.
Leaving Valenlia behind, Colin left the Wind Camp contented, and happily returned to Goro to report the good news to Peter. As soon as he walked on his front foot, Shangguan Xiu beckoned to Valenlia and motioned for her to come closer and speak.
Valenlia immediately got up, walked to Shangguan Xiu's side, knelt down, and said respectfully in a half-baked wind language: "My lord!"
"What's going on?"
Valeria looked left and right, and Shangguan Xiu raised her head and motioned to her, but said it was okay. Valeria said: "Your Excellency should attack the city immediately, and there should be no more delay!"
"Oh?"
"The city-states of the north of Besa have now sent reinforcements and are on their way to Goro!
Hearing this, Shangguan Xiu was also secretly surprised, this was the reason why Besa was delaying time! He pondered for a moment and asked, "How many reinforcements are there from the northern city-state?"
Valeria shook her head and said: "It's not clear yet, but the number of troops will definitely not be less, the twelve city-states in the north, even if each city-state only sends 20,000 troops, there are more than 200,000, and at present, it is only known that there are 5,000 Templars sent by Mitias." ā
Shangguan Xiu narrowed his eyes, and the faces of the generals and strategists present also became solemn. If reinforcements from the north were allowed to arrive in Goro, the outcome of the battle would be uncertain.
Luo Ren gritted his teeth, and Zhengse said: "Brother Xiu, Valenlia is right, we can't delay any more time now, we need to attack the city immediately!"
The other generals also nodded their heads and echoed: "The Besa people have one thing on the surface, one thing behind the scenes, they are extremely hateful, our army should attack the city and kill them all!"
Shangguan Xiu rubbed his chin and didn't answer immediately. It's not impossible for us to attack Goro now, but isn't it really necessary to do so? Our goal has always been only one, to force Besa to sign a peace treaty.
Defeated Goro, but the purpose of signing the peace treaty was not achieved, which was tantamount to doing useless work, and it was to let the brothers shed blood and sacrifice in vain.
He shook his head secretly and asked casually, "Valenria, why did Will ask Colin to bring you?"
Valenlia smiled and said, "Will is doing this to buy himself a talisman, in case the reinforcements are defeated and the Wind Army attacks Goro, he will not be embarrassed by the Wind Army because he has sent a message to the Wind Army in advance!"
"Haha!" Shangguan Xiu looked up and smiled, and said: "The vertical son is as timid as a mouse, and he is really worthy of his royal status and the title of duke." As he spoke, he looked at Meng Qiuchen, who was silent in thought, and asked, "The military advisor also thinks that our army should attack Goro now?"
"Storming Goro, the casualties paid by our army will not be less than 50,000. While speaking, Meng Qiuchen looked at everyone present meaningfully.
His words made the faces of the generals present even more gloomy. At present, the strength of the three legions of our own side is only more than 100,000 people, and if we add another 50,000 casualties, it will not even be 100,000 people, which is equivalent to losing the establishment of the two legions.
Luo Ren said categorically: "No matter how big the price is, our army will have to fight this battle, otherwise, when the Besa reinforcements arrive, the inside and the outside should be combined, and our army will be attacked by the enemy, not to mention attacking Goro, it will be difficult for our army to gain a foothold outside Goro!"
"Yes, military advisor, now is not the time to count casualties, you need to make a decision immediately, and in the shortest possible time, conquer Goro!"
Meng Qiuchen crossed his fingers, pointed his two index fingers at each other, and suddenly asked, "Have you all beaten snakes?"
"What?"
"Fight the snake, you have to fight the seven inches of the snake!" Meng Qiuchen said unhurriedly: "Now the psychological pillar of the Besa royal court is the reinforcements of the northern city-states, if our army can defeat this support army, then the Besa royal court has no hope anymore, and can only negotiate peace with our army." ā
"The strength of the reinforcements is unknown, but it will not be less than one or two hundred thousand, with the current strength of our army, how can it be so easy to defeat it?"
Meng Qiuchen smiled, stood up, walked to the sand table, and asked people to take a map of Besa, his finger slowly slid on the map, and said: "The reinforcements of the northern city-states, connected together, look like a big snake, and our army naturally does not have an advantage in fighting with the force, but you all know that the big snake needs to fight seven inches, so where is the current big snake?"
Everyone gathered around and stepped forward, their eyes falling on the map, blinking, and their faces were full of confusion. How can twelve city-state reinforcements look like a snake? And seven inches? Where are the seven inches?
Luo Ren scratched his head and said, "Strategist, what exactly do you want to say?"
Meng Qiuchen clenched his fist and smashed it the map, and the location where the fist was smashed was Mitias. His eyes flashed with brilliant brilliance, and he said faintly: "The seven inches of this big snake are the Templar Army! The five thousand Templars are not many soldiers, but with the combat power and prestige of the Templar Army, it is undoubtedly the backbone of the Twelve Route Reinforcements, if these five thousand Templars can be killed by our army overnight, the Twelve Route Reinforcements will collapse without a fight, and they will never have the courage to continue to reinforce Goro!"