Imperial warlords: Cannons are the only truth

"This won't work, that's risky too..."

"So what do you suggest we do?"

Realizing that the first to suffer if the Prun people got out of control would be Lanxi, Lanxi's president, Christy Brandon, changed his previous indifferent attitude and became particularly concerned about today's issue.

"President Cecil, you organized today's meeting, and you also proposed the topic."

"After thinking about it for so long, besides assassinating Algernon, haven't you thought of any other options?"

“If I had thought of another solution, I would have said it already. Why would I have waited until now?” Glenn President Dickens Cecil sighed. “What do you think I called you two here for?”

"Let's all brainstorm and come up with a solution, otherwise once Prun's 'thunder' really explodes, the entire Western Continent will be dragged into the abyss by that madman Algernon!"

"If you ask me—if there's really no better way, then let's just go all the way!"

Lanxi President Christy Brandon was also determined: "Let's set a trap first—under the guise of convening a high-level alliance meeting, invite Algernon and Prun's key military and political leaders to Geddon!"

“Then wipe out the entire Prun!” With that, Christy Brandon made a throat-slitting gesture with his hand: “After taking down Algernon and his gang of Prun leaders in one fell swoop.”

"The alliance then launched a military encirclement of Prun."

"Although the Puren army is formidable in combat, it cannot possibly contend with the allied forces led by our three kingdoms, can it?"

"At that point, since Algernon is already dead, the League can just find any reason to define Algernon's death as a criminal attack or an accident."

"Then give the people of Pulen two choices—either fight the Alliance militarily, or elect a new president of Pulen, and Pulen will remain an important member state of the Western Luo Alliance!"

"To make Algernon's death more 'reasonable,' we could even arrange for some high-ranking officials from smaller countries attending the meeting to 'die' along with him!"

"In that case, it wasn't just the participants from Plen who died, but also participants from other countries. Doesn't that make the whole thing easier to explain?"

"Moreover, this matter cannot be blamed on the people of Qian, so as to avoid causing unnecessary trouble."

"It must be said that it was meticulously planned by a group of extremists from the anti-alliance organization in the Western Roman Empire."

"By the way, before convening the alliance meeting, let's hold a large-scale alliance military exercise in Lanxi."

"The time was deliberately set some time after the meeting."

"The troops of the Great Union and Dunley arrived at the military exercise assembly point in Lanxi to await orders due to the distance."

"In this way, there is a good reason for the alliance's military force to arrive immediately after the deed is done."

Once Kristy Brandon got into the swing of things, he became more and more enthusiastic, adding details from time to time.

This ability to perform under pressure is absolutely top-notch!

The plan, which came to mind on a whim, quickly took shape in the mouth of Rancy President Christy Brandon.

"By the way, don't say the scale of the military exercise is too large yet, so as not to attract too much attention."

"Please add anything else you haven't thought of. That's all I can think of for now."

"What do you think?"

"I think this approach sounds extreme, but actually doing it is a quick and decisive solution."

"Many things actually become big troubles because of hesitation and overthinking."

"By the time you regret it, it will be too late..."

Neither Glenn United president Dickens Cecil nor Dunley president Pete Andre immediately responded to Christie Brandon's impromptu suggestion.

The two exchanged a glance, and everything became clear...................

Christy Brandon's plan sounds quite plausible at first glance.

All the steps and arrangements seemed to exude a resolute determination to fight to the death and then survive!

This plan is indeed a desperate measure to survive.

However, this extreme plan, which involved risking everything, essentially dragged the entire Western Alliance into a do-or-die situation.

In this way, the riskiest target shifted from Lanxi to the entire Xiluo Alliance!

Just think about it—the alliance meeting was held on the territory of the Great Union.

According to the plan of Rancy President Christy Brandon, the goal was to kill Plen President Violet Algernon on Georgian territory.

Such an event happening in Gedun, on the territory of the Gelun people, means that the Pulun people will definitely have to seek redress from the Gelun people first!

This effectively tied the Gelian people and the Lanxi people together.

Will the Dunley people follow suit?

We definitely have to follow suit!

With things having come to this point, it's practically impossible for the Dunli people to remain unscathed.

Therefore, if Christy Brandon's plan is implemented, the Glenn, Lancy, and Dunley will have to work together to clean up the mess.

The people of Prun must be subjected to unprecedented military pressure to ensure they do not make "unwise" choices because of Algernon's death....................

It's not hard to see this from Christy Brandon's plan.

The current internal power struggle in the Western Continent is actually a power struggle among the four top military powers: the Great Union, Lanxi, Dunli, and Prun.

As for the other Western Roman countries, they were merely supporting characters in the power struggle between Georgia, Lancia, Dunli, and Prun.

This is especially true for those small Western Roman countries.

Their situation is even more tragic.

Because they don't even have the right to decide their own country's fate.

Although they have all now joined the so-called Western Roman Union, they are nominally all member states of the union.

But neither the Gren, Dunli, Lanxi, nor Prun ever took these small Western Roman countries seriously.

In the power struggle among major nations, these small Western Roman countries are either cannon fodder or victims.

In the face of the Gelians, Lanxis, and Dunli, these small Western Luo kingdoms could be used as sacrificial lambs at any time.

Even the extreme plan proposed by Lancy President Christy Brandon downplayed the issue, suggesting that a few small countries should send people to serve as "supporting roles" for Algernon.

The three of them were so cunning they seemed to have eight hundred schemes in their minds.

The reason why Lanxi President Christy Brandon proposed such an extreme plan ultimately stems from his lack of trust in the Great Union and the Dunli.

The Lanxi people were also worried that the Gelian and Dunli people would secretly conspire against each other—since the Prun people had long coveted Lanxi's territory, and those small city-states could not satisfy the Prun people's appetite.

Why not just send Lanxi to Algernon as a generous gift as well?

Anyway, sending one more gift is the same as sending more gifts, so there's no harm in doing so.

If Algernon really proposed that as long as Prune also "takes over" Lanxi, they would definitely be "determined" to follow the Xiluo Alliance to the end!

Heaven knows whether the Gelian and Dunli people will be swayed by the Prun people's proposal...

Therefore, the safest approach is to bring down both the Greenmen and the Dunlimen!

Meanwhile, Glenn's president Dickens Cecil and Dunley's president Pete Andre, who had remained silent on the matter, naturally understood what Christy Brandon was planning...

Don't be fooled by the fact that the Greenmen, Lanximen, and Dunlimen seem to be on the same page now.

But they both knew perfectly well that as long as the benefits were great enough, they would never hesitate to betray each other...

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"I've thought about it carefully, and I still feel that President Brandon's plan is a bit too extreme and too risky..."

After a long silence, Glenn Union President Dickens Cecil finally spoke about the plan: "I've already mentioned this before."

"It's not that I haven't thought about taking advantage of the alliance meeting to get rid of that madman Algernon."

"However, the risks and uncertainties of doing so are still too great..."

"A slight mistake in any of the details involved in the entire plan could lead us to a complete defeat."

"Therefore, I think we need to think of other, more prudent methods to handle this matter."

"President Andre, what do you think?" Dickens Cecil said, turning his gaze to Peter Andre, president of Dunley.

“That’s right, I also agree with President Cecil’s point of view.”

"This plan is indeed far too risky..."

"It's conceivable that if we actually did that, and something went wrong along the way, the people of Qian Kingdom would likely benefit in the end!"

"In that case, we, the Puren people, and even the entire Xiluo continent will be the losers."

"The only ones who will benefit are the people of Qian Kingdom..."

"We can't take such a big risk only to turn around and let the Qian people pick up the pieces, can we?"

"Therefore, I also think it's more prudent to approach this matter from a different angle!"

"President Cecil, President Andre, you were the ones who proposed the threat theory of the Plen people, but after all this talk, nothing seems to work..."

"We need to come up with a solution to this, right?"

“You can’t think of any other good solutions, and you think the plan I proposed is too risky.”

"Then what do you think we should do?"

"President Andre, do you have any good solutions?"

Glenn Union President Dickens Cecil turned his gaze to the thoughtful Pete Andre: "We two really can't think of any other good solutions, now it's up to you..."

"Actually, what President Brandon just said did give me some inspiration."

Pete Andrei replied thoughtfully, "As I just said—perhaps we should try a different approach to this problem..."

"As long as the problem can be solved, we don't necessarily have to make things difficult for the Puren people."

"A win-win situation for all four countries is actually the best outcome."

"If a balance can be found among Glen, Dunli, Lanxi, and Prun, the crisis on the Western Continent will naturally be resolved."

"A win-win situation for all four countries? A balance point?" Kristy Brandon, president of Lanxi, frowned. "What balance point can we possibly have with the Prun people? How can we achieve a win-win situation?"

"Haven't the people of Qian already told us how to achieve a win-win situation?" Pete Andrei asked with a smile.

"A person from the Qian Kingdom?" Peter Andrei's question left even the president of the Great Union, Dickens Cecil, somewhat puzzled.

“Yes!” Pete Andre nodded affirmatively: “Didn’t the Qian people find the so-called revitalization alliance they had set up before too troublesome and simply turn the entire Qian Continent into a part of the Great Qian?”

"I think the same approach taken by the people of Qian Kingdom is applicable to us as well!"

"Don't you think the Western Continent is too fragmented right now?"

"In reality, the proliferation of small states has severely hampered the entire Western Roman Alliance!"

Pete Andrei said with utmost seriousness, "Having too many member states in the alliance is not necessarily a good thing."

"With more quantity comes more ulterior motives."

"Don't the Pulun people want to expand their territory?"

"Algernon's goal is nothing more than to lead the Prun army to fulfill the boast he made back then!"

"With the Daqian Zhenguo Army here, Algernon's expansion plan can only be carried out in Xiluo."

"Algernon should be well aware of this!"

"So, based on this, I've come up with a solution that satisfies both sides."

Pete Andrei looked intently at Dickens Cecil and Christy Brandon: "Why don't we take this opportunity to properly integrate the resources and structure of the Western Continent?"

"Actually, the Western Roman Alliance only needs four member states!"

"This will not only allow us to better integrate resources, but also enable us to better deal with the threat from the Daqian Zhenguo Army."

"You mean...?" The president of the Great Alliance, Dickens Cecil, felt his heart pounding: "To change the格局 (geju, a term referring to the overall structure or landscape) of the Western Continent and redistribute territory?"

Lancy President Christy Brandon was also taken aback by Pete Andre's proposal: "To incorporate all the other member states' territories into the Glenn, Dunley, Lancy, and Prun?"

"This is absolutely insane..."

“Crazy?” Pete Andrei chuckled. “But it is indeed the best solution of all!”

"I think the Puren people will definitely not refuse this proposal!"