"General, there is news from Albuquerque. Albert, the rebel's mine director, has wavered in his mind about whether to continue to be an enemy of the expeditionary force. He hopes to meet with you. He seems to have thoughts of rebelling."
In the expeditionary camp, Wang Xu received the news from below.
He was not too surprised by the news.
Strength can be divided into two types, one is soft power and the other is hard power.
In terms of hard power, the two sides are equal to each other. Only in the Koroma region, the rebels are stronger.
Soft power is different. Behind Wang Xu is the Expeditionary Corps, the Human Race Parliament, and the Human Cultivation Alliance. Behind the rebels there is nothing.
The first is to attack the enemy, then the second is to attack the enemy, the next is to attack the army, and the third is to attack the city.
Wang Xu does not need to use military operations to quell the rebellion in the Koroma area. He can completely use the general trend to win over and let the rebels in the Koroma area become chaotic on their own.
As for loyalty, he believes that there is a limit to loyalty, and there are definitely only a few people who can be die-hardly loyal.
Now it seems that Albert, who is known as one of the two walls, is only loyal to the Lord of Cosman. He just doesn't know whether General Renault of the city guard on the other side of the giant wall is the same as Albert.
afternoon
"General, outside the camp gate, a businessman who calls himself Benjamin comes to see you, saying that he has made an appointment with you."
"Benjamin?"
Wang Xu raised his head slightly. Only Albuquerque knew the location of the secret camp of the expeditionary force.
It is self-evident who comes at this time and with this name.
"How many people did they come?"
"Only Benjamin himself."
"Bring it in"
Following Wang Xu's order, a strong man who called himself Benjamin soon arrived at the camp under the leadership of the personal guards.
Wang Xu waved his hand and motioned for the others to leave.
After the idlers left, he looked at Benjamin, who was eight feet tall and had totem tattoos on his face, and said, "Should I call you Benjamin, or should I call you Albert?"
"Benjamin is my pseudonym when I was young. You can call me whatever you want." He stood at the door like the Albert Tower. While Wang Xu looked at him, he also looked at Wang Xu.
"Then I'll call you Albert." Wang Xu pointed to the chair in the tent and said, "Please sit down, Mr. Albert."
Albert walked over and sat down, stroking the classical wooden chair, and said casually: "General of the Expeditionary Force, you look very confident. Aren't you afraid that I'm pretending to surrender and come to take your life?"
"Don't be afraid. If I died so easily, I wouldn't come here. What, you want to try?"
As soon as Wang Xu said these words, the two looked at each other and smiled.
If Albert had come to fight the king, he would not have chosen the meeting place here. This is the base of the expeditionary force, and not a place where anyone can run wild.
Albert dared to go to the meeting alone, and he was sincere. Not to mention that he could not see the depth of Wang Xu, even if he could see it, he would still regret it.
"There should be no fools who can sit in our position. Let's just say what you want. You want me to surrender. I've considered this. It's not that I can't agree, but how can you guarantee that I won't kill the donkey? Agree.
Mine, will you be able to give it to me afterwards?"
Albert is not a stubborn person, but he will not listen to Albuquerque's words. He needs to get a formal commitment from the expeditionary force.
That's why he came here to attend the meeting alone, which not only showed his sincerity, but also showed that he did not lack the courage to fight to the death.
"So it's because of this!" Wang Xu said with a smile on his face, lowering his voice: "Your totem clan has been at war with my human alliance for a long time. You should have heard of our internal mechanism, right?"
Before Albert could speak, Wang Xu added: "We are different from you. We don't have so many tribes, and there are no divisions between tribal leaders and priests. As for us, we implement a family management model. The human parliament is a clan. The following
There are countless big families.
The Wang family I belong to is one of the big families, and my grandfather is a human councilor, equivalent to the seventh-level totem warrior in your tribe. You should understand what I am saying, right?"
"Seventh level totem warrior!"
Albert took a breath. He didn't know much about the human power system. He couldn't understand the Mahayana monks or the Tribulation-Transcending monks.
The seventh-level totem warriors are different. There are only twenty or so of these rebels, and each one of them is a big shot who can influence the situation.
Hearing that there was such a big shot standing behind Wang Xu, Albert was frightened and relieved at the same time.
As the saying goes, it's easy to enjoy the shade under a big tree. Since you want to rebel, of course you have to sell yourself at a good price. Obviously, you have a good buyer in front of you.
"Follow me, I won't let you suffer. You should understand that the temple must also obey the arrangements of the Human Race Council. With my status, let alone being far away, it will be easy to protect your position as the Lord of Versailles.
In the future, if you do well and have my support, this is not your end."
Wang Xu paused slightly and then said: "In this life, there are many opportunities. Some people seize them and soar to the sky, while some people fail to seize them and waste half their lives.
Right now, there is a good opportunity to make a career, it is up to you whether you can seize it or not. In the future, you will be a dragon or a worm, it is your choice."
Albert's eyes flickered, thinking about whether to go or stay.
After a while, he felt that he could take a gamble. Anyway, without the mine protection team and back under the command of Lord Cosman, he would not be able to be so carefree in the future, so he might as well gamble on his future.
"Is this true?" Albert asked.
"Seriously, if I violate this oath, the demon inside me will enter my body and I will die." Wang Xu answered firmly.
After hearing this, Albert made a decisive decision and half-knelt on the ground, and said in a deep voice: "Fifth-level totem warrior, Koroma area, Albert, the manager of the Lingshi Mine in the northern suburbs, see the general!"
The tall and tall Albert knelt on the ground and bowed three times, and then said: "From now on, as long as I am driven, I will never shirk. I will never disobey you. I hope the general will not forget today's oath!"
"Ha ha ha ha"
Wang Xu smiled very brightly. There is a saying that goes with the trend. What is trend? The shadow of a person's famous tree can be regarded as a kind of general trend.
Why in Gongshou Daoli, so many masters from all walks of life cannot beat Ma Yun.
Because Ma Yun's Tai Chi Kung Fu has reached the level of 400,000,000 pounds. It's like hunting in the palace. No one has as many prey as the emperor. When you can overwhelm others with force, force is no longer the only option.
"General Albert, hurry up. I need your help today. Why worry that the Koroma area cannot be pacified." Wang Xu's voice changed: "I guess the general already has a plan to pacify it, right?"
When Albert heard this, he knew that the opportunity to show off had come, and said immediately: "Under the command of Lord Cosman, there are not many people who are good at fighting. The only ones who can support the scene are me and General Reno.
Renault was the commander-in-chief of the city defense army, with 30,000 troops under his command.
There are 50,000 soldiers and horses in the entire Koroma area, 30,000 city defense troops, 10,000 under my command, and 10,000 in the Skitarii.
The Skitarii are a unit directly subordinate to High Priest Underhill. This unit's combat effectiveness is not strong, and it is even called a miscellaneous army.
Now, the priest of Underhill has been placed under house arrest by the Lord of Cosman because he supported the surrender. After hearing this, the Skitarii defended the temple and did not obey the orders of the Lord of Cosman. We can try to win over him.
In this calculation, fifty thousand soldiers and horses were reduced to two-fifths, and only thirty thousand could be mobilized by Cosman.
With Cosman's cautious character, he will definitely defend the city and recruit soldiers at the same time. Except for the city of Versailles, we can completely capture the area. He will never take the risk to attack us when the enemy is overt and we are covert.
When other areas have been pacified, only the city of Versailles is left alone, and Cosman is unable to survive even if he is very capable, so the Koroma Incident can be declared over!"
"it's over"
"I didn't even launch a single attack, I just used my strength to overwhelm others. Will the Koroma region be dominated by me?"
After hearing what Albert said, Wang Xu suddenly felt like he was playing the strategy game "Three Kingdoms".
In Romance of the Three Kingdoms, as long as you are strong enough, you can force the enemy to submit to you through win-win, alliance, hostility, and diplomacy without sending any troops.
Now, he feels this way. You must know that at the beginning, the strength comparison between him and Cosman was half a pound to half a pound.
All in all, his power is still weaker.
After going through bribery, wooing, counter-insurgency, and building momentum, seven points of the world's ten were in his hands, and Cosman was actually the weaker party.
This is a sword-free battle. With such an answer, the Cultivation Council should be satisfied, right?.m.