Imperial warlords: Cannons are the only truth

The Secret Intelligence Service has never disappointed in its efficiency.

That afternoon, the revised "documentary" was re-broadcast.

The scenario that Jill Boris described, where one person plays two roles, is of course absolutely "non-existent".

This is blatant slander and defamation.

At the same time, Jill Boris's true identity was also revealed—a Dunley agent!

Furthermore, in the Daqian security department's report, the whole incident was described as a premeditated sabotage and assassination operation.

Jill Boris was tasked with drawing attention to the scene, while his accomplices were responsible for disrupting the power supply and creating chaos in an attempt to attack Chief Shen Moshen.

Fortunately, the conspiracy was dealt with properly in time.

Otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Finally, Jill Boris and other foreign spies with dual identities were arrested.

Among them, the sharp-eyed and extremely perceptive Jill Boris was executed on the spot that same day by the Daqian Security Department on multiple charges, including espionage, malicious defamation, and assassination...

With the official announcement of the "documentary" series by the Daqian side, and the assertion that only the Daqian Zhenguo Army, who personally participated in the battle against the barbarians, has the most authority to speak on the truth of the battlefield, the Daqian Zhenguo Army is the most qualified to speak on the matter.

Everything is subject to the official announcements of the Great Qian Dynasty; all other statements are malicious smears.

This series of actions once again demonstrated to the Western Luo Kingdoms just how "flexible" and domineering the Great Qian Dynasty's style and methods under Shen Moshen's leadership truly were...

Following the Gil Boris affair, and after repeated discussions among the Western Roman states.

They believed it was still very necessary to hold pre-war negotiations with the Daqian side before the formal start of the war.

However, the so-called pre-war negotiations here are not meant to be held to avoid war.

It's simply a matter of both sides agreeing on some mutually acceptable rules of engagement before the fight begins.

The fate of the barbarian kingdoms is still fresh in our minds.

Although the Western Roman countries shouted slogans loudly and made all sorts of harsh statements at the Gedun Conference,

However, after calming down, the Western Luo Kingdoms looked at the Yi Kingdom's homeland, which had been completely turned into a "land of ruins".

They felt that they needed to have a proper discussion with the Daqian side before the battle could begin....................

This is absolutely necessary!

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July 21st, the eleventh year of Yongsheng.

The Anti-Qian Alliance's preparations for launching a military campaign against the Great Qian have reached the final stage.

Both sides knew that the time before the Great Qian Zhenguo Army and the Western Luo Kingdoms clashed in full force would not exceed half a month!

And at this tense moment when a major battle was about to break out.

Pre-war negotiations are also underway.

"Your country previously stated that it was not involved in the formulation of international conventions."

"Therefore, your side does not recognize international conventions."

"This time, we want to reach a treaty with you on both sides—a treaty of belligerency that we both recognize and abide by!"

Lieutenant General Stampek Sidney, the negotiator for the Anti-Gan Alliance, spoke in his somewhat broken Gan language.

In order to prevent the contents of this pre-war negotiation from being leaked, and to allow both sides to speak freely.

The negotiators selected by the Anti-Qian Alliance were all fluent in the language of the Qian Kingdom.

This eliminates the need for a translator to be present and relay the information.

This also reduced the number of people who knew the specific content of the meeting.

In other words, this was a secret negotiation held behind closed doors.

Neither side wanted the details of the negotiations to be known by too many people.

After all, there are some things that everyone knows but cannot say outright to outsiders.

Take, for example, the actual situation on the battlefield in the barbarian country.

Although the entire Western Luo knew what the Daqian Zhenguo army had done to the Yi Kingdom.

However, the Daqian Zhenguo Army never openly acknowledges the extraordinary measures they have taken in foreign countries.

“That’s good, very reasonable.” Lu Jingcheng, commander of the Daqian Zhenguo Army, nodded: “Let’s set a framework before the official start of the battle. If we lose, we have to accept it, so that we don’t get desperate and disregard everything else.”

"This negotiation was initiated by you."

"Just tell us what you mean, we're all ears."

"First of all, we believe that even from the most basic humanitarian perspective, your army should not use indiscriminate warfare tactics to harm civilian groups of hostile forces!"

"We must not use force against civilians of hostile countries, we must not attack civilian targets, and we must not maliciously massacre civilians of hostile countries. This is the first suggestion we have made to you."

Stampek Sidney, the negotiator for the Anti-Qian Alliance, didn't mince words and went straight to the point: "We hope that you will give this matter serious consideration. The tragedy of the barbarian country should not be repeated!"

"etc................."

Upon hearing this, Lu Jingcheng immediately corrected Stampek Sidney's statement: "General Sidney, on this issue I must correct your obviously biased statement just now."

"First of all, our Great Qian Zhenguo Army is a kingly army and a benevolent army, there is no doubt about that."

“You always try every means to smear and attack us from the outside, and even portray our Daqian Zhenguo Army as a villainous armed force that does no evil and has no humanity.”

"By the way, your newspapers and radio stations have also labeled our Great Qian Zhenguo Army as a 'devil' armed force. We weren't wrong about that, were we?"

"General Lu, the contents of today's negotiations will not be leaked."

"Therefore, I think we have absolutely no need to hide anything, much less deny what we have done!"

"General Lu knows better than we do the truth about what really happened and whether we have maliciously smeared the image of the Daqian Zhenguo Army!"

"Ask yourself, General Lu, do you believe that the Yi Kingdom was struck by a meteorite shower...?"

“Of course I believe it!” Lu Jingcheng gave a very affirmative answer before Stampek Sidney could finish speaking.

"Didn't you see the 'documentary' about General Sidney that we released?"

"Facts speak louder than words, that meteor shower was absolutely spectacular!"

"Whether you close the door or not is a fact. You can say that even if you go to the Yi Kingdom, it will be destroyed by a meteorite!"

Lu Jingcheng asked in a serious tone, "You don't really think we wiped out all 8000 million barbarian people in one go, do you?"

"Are you kidding me?!"

"Unless that thing comes out."

"But we haven't figured out that thing yet, you know that."

"Let's talk about humanitarian issues and the issue of not harming civilians."

"I think our Daqian Zhenguo Army has always implemented this issue very well."

"Indiscriminate attacks? We've never done that."

"On the battlefield in the Yi Kingdom, the Yi Kingdom headquarters had already made it clear that the Yi Kingdom had entered a state of universal conscription, and all Yi people would take up arms and fight to the end."

"The barbarians, regardless of gender or age, all received weapons and frequently carried out suicide attacks."

"Therefore, according to the statement of the Yi Kingdom's headquarters and the actual situation on the Yi Kingdom's battlefield, there are no civilians in the Yi Kingdom's territory."

"Therefore, there was nothing wrong with our actions on the battlefield in the barbarian country."

"Besides, we basically won by default on the battlefield in the Yi Kingdom; it was all thanks to the meteor shower."

"We dare not steal this credit!"

"Then how do you explain your actions on the Salo battlefield!" Stampek Sidney glared at the defiant Lu Jingcheng: "As far as I know, you also extensively bombed the demilitarized zone on the Salo battlefield..."

"Regarding this issue, I think General Sidney should go back and do his homework before questioning us."

Lu Jingcheng said solemnly, "General Sidney, do you really not know what policies the Salo army is pursuing on the Salo battlefield?"

“That was a combat order personally issued by President Colclough Glenn of Sharo.”

"If General Sidney really doesn't know, then I'll give you all a proper review right here and now."

"In order to stop our offensive, Kolcliffe Glen personally ordered that the Sharo army must burn the city before withdrawing from it."

"All supplies that cannot be taken away in time must be destroyed."

"Their aim was to leave our army with nothing of value."

"Of course, we can understand that."

"There's no other way—that's war!"

"Therefore, the so-called indiscriminate strikes by our army against non-military targets mentioned by General Sidney are simply not true."

"Even if they did, it was the Salo people themselves who did it!"

"So it's a fact that your side used fuel-air explosives, such a highly destructive and extremely cruel weapon, on a large scale during the war, isn't it?"

Stampek Sidney said with a dark face, "Wasn't the tragedy at Dagasa Fortress caused by your army?"

"The battles fought by the Daqian Zhenguo Army have repeatedly set new records!"

"The sheer number of enemy soldiers killed, and the cruelty of their methods, were beyond imagination!"

"General Sidney used the word very accurately—the number of enemy troops killed."

Lu Jingcheng smiled and said, "War is inherently cruel."

"To be merciful to the enemy is to be cruel to oneself."

"We are all soldiers, a phrase I think General Sidney is familiar with."

"General Sidney himself just said—the number of enemy troops killed was enormous!"

"Our Great Qian Zhenguo Army is annihilating the enemy on the battlefield. Is there anything wrong with that?"

"It's nothing more than our Great Qian Zhenguo Army achieving a series of significant victories and annihilating an astonishing number of enemy troops."

"In addition, the results we achieved in the Battle of Dagasa actually far exceeded the expectations of the Supreme Command."

Lu Jingcheng downplayed the issue, saying, "To be honest, before fuel-air explosives were put into actual combat, we ourselves did not expect that this weapon would be so powerful."

"Of course, according to the post-battle analysis of the Battle of Dagasa, the reason why our army was able to achieve such amazing results in the Battle of Dagasa by using fuel-air explosives."

"The biggest reason is that the Sharo people have a relatively dense troop deployment in the Dagasa fortress, which is an excellent combat environment for fuel-air explosives."

"This ultimately led to the amazing victory in the Battle of Dagasa."

"I think you all know that as well."

"After all, haven't you already copied the fuel-air explosive?"

"Alright, let's not talk about the battles that have already taken place, let's only talk about the battle that is about to take place between our two sides!"

Stampek Sidney knew that continuing to argue with the Daqian side about past events would be pointless.

Stampek Sidney finally understood—whether in public or private, the Great Qian would not give anyone any leverage against them!

As the saying goes, irrefutable evidence is as solid as a mountain!

As the saying goes, "You won't shed a tear until you see the coffin!"

But the people of Qianguo nowadays—they don't care about any irrefutable evidence; they won't shed a tear even when they see a coffin...

Many photos have surfaced from the battlefields of the Yi Kingdom! There are even videos taken by the Yi people themselves.

Isn't this evidence irrefutable?

However, the Daqian side simply stated: everything is subject to the official announcements of Daqian; any photos or videos from other channels are malicious forgeries!

The Western Romans have now truly broadened their horizons.

In the past, when facing the Qian Kingdom, it was the Western Luo people's prerogative to turn their backs on each other, deny their promises, and apply double standards at will!

But now, fortunes have turned.

The Western Romans also experienced firsthand what "robbery" double standards and "robbery" diplomacy truly meant...

"I came to the capital on behalf of the Western Luo Kingdoms to negotiate in order to finalize the rules of war."

Stampek Sidney stated frankly, "We have drafted the following recommendations."

"First, both sides in a conflict should act in a humanitarian manner and avoid using force against non-military targets and avoid massacring civilians."

"Secondly, both sides in a conflict should be prohibited from using only biological and chemical weapons."

"Thirdly, both sides in the conflict should implement a policy of humane treatment of prisoners of war and avoid incidents of mistreatment and killing of prisoners."

"Gone?"

“We only have these three points to make, and we hope you will agree to them.” Stampek Sidney shook his head.

“Agreed.” Lu Jingcheng smiled. “Isn’t this just what’s in the international conventions?”

"Actually, we say we don't recognize international conventions."

"However, as everyone knows, we Qian people have always been benevolent and righteous, and treating others with kindness is our traditional virtue."

"Therefore, we have always been quite restrained on the battlefield."

"On the battlefield against the barbarians, it is something that cannot be resisted by human power."

"Looking back now, we're still terrified—that meteor shower! If our army had been affected too, who would we have been able to complain to..."

"That's why good people should stay away from bad people, otherwise they might get accidentally struck by lightning!"

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Ultimately, after much wrangling and pretense between the two sides, the negotiations ended.

The pre-war negotiations formally finalized the rules of engagement for both sides.

The most important point is that both sides have pledged not to launch indiscriminate attacks on non-military targets and groups to avoid a repeat of the tragedy that befell the Yi Kingdom.

In response, Shen Moshen gave clear instructions before the negotiations began: the request for war made by the Western Route side could be agreed to.

After all, the Great Qian Dynasty will be facing the entire Western Luo world next.

This is fundamentally different from the previous wars with the Saluo and Yi Kingdoms.

If both sides launch indiscriminate attacks without any regard for consequences, Xiluo is capable of retaliating against the Daqian homeland.

Therefore, the Daqian side is also very willing to win this war within the framework agreed upon by both parties, so that the Xiluo people can accept their defeat wholeheartedly!