Imperial warlords: Cannons are the only truth

Just as the Daqian Zhenguo army was carrying out a "clean-up" operation in the Macana Islands with impunity.

The battle in Xiluo was pushed into an unprecedentedly fierce stage by the fighting style of both sides, which completely disregarded the rules!

The development of the Western Luo war also greatly exceeded the expectations of the Daqian side.

Originally, before the outbreak of the Western Luo War, the Supreme Command of the Great Qian believed that the Pulun Army, which had the strongest overall combat power in the Western Luo Continent, would definitely have an outstanding performance on the battlefield.

Although the Pulun army was facing three of the oldest military powers on the Western Luo Continent, this did not affect the Pulun people's outstanding performance on the Western Luo battlefield.

Moreover, this time the Prun people brought a bunch of Xiro underlings to gang up on Glenn, Dunley, and Lanxi.

Although the small kingdoms of Xiluo that joined the punitive expedition did not play a significant role on the actual battlefield.

However, at the very least, it can help the Prun people offset one of the three kingdoms of Gelian, Dunli, and Lanxi, so that the Prun army will not face too much pressure.

Moreover, according to the war game simulation conducted by the Supreme Command of the Great Qian Dynasty before the war, several conclusions were drawn that the punitive expedition led by Pulun would gradually gain the upper hand and even take control of the battlefield.

If the two sides are allowed to fight until a final victor emerges, the Supreme Command of the Great Qian Dynasty believes that the chances of the expeditionary force winning are at least 67.93%...

Therefore, even if the Green Alliance took the initiative and struck first against the crusade, it was still a mistake.

However, the Supreme Command of the Great Qian still believed that with the valiant general Pu Lun in the counter-offensive organization, the situation would be quickly turned around.

And indeed, in the early stages of the war, as the Supreme Command of the Great Qian Dynasty had predicted—the Puren people, having recovered from their initial attack, launched a counterattack, driving the Lanxi army, which had entered Puren territory earlier, back out of Puren and advancing the battlefield into Lanxi territory...

The formidable fighting power of the Prun army was on full display!

President Violet Algernon of Prun even stated in a public speech that they would completely end this war, which would determine the future fate of the Western Continent, within eighteen months!

However, Plump President Violet Algernon's remarks were clearly premature...

Everyone underestimated just how terrifying war can be when it's fought without rules!

Moreover, it makes the already unpredictable battle situation even more unpredictable..........................

After briefly gaining a battlefield advantage, Glenn, Dunley, and Lanxi, who had the initial advantage, were quickly overtaken by Prun.

However, just when the Pulun people were feeling triumphant and full of confidence, the Lanxi people, who had been driven to desperation and had no scruples whatsoever, were the first to unleash their ultimate move!

The Lanxi side mobilized almost all of Lanxi's most elite air forces to launch an air raid plan called "Great Destruction" against Pulun and the surrounding member states of the punitive organization!

No one knows exactly how many fuel-air bombs the Lanxi people dropped on hostile countries in their "Great Destruction" plan.

Anyway, the worst off is the small Duchy of Tanli, a neighboring country of Xiluo with a population of only a few hundred thousand.

The "Great Destruction" plan directly led to the demise of the Duchy of Tanlly..................

During the "Great Destruction" plan, Pulun also experienced for the first time the most ruthless side of the Lanxi people when they were pushed to the brink—almost all the cities in a province bordering Lanxi were razed to the ground!

The Blue West's move was truly unexpected by everyone.

Before the "Great Destruction" plan, no one expected that the first to truly go all out and kill would be the Lanxi, which was considered the weakest of the three kingdoms of Glen, Dunli, and Lanxi!

It was the Lanxi people, whom the Pulun people looked down upon the most, who first taught them a lesson!

The gears that set the Western Roman war out of control began to turn rapidly with the Lanxi people's "Great Destruction" plan......................

Having never suffered such a great loss before, the Pulun people were naturally not intimidated by the "Great Destruction" plan launched by the Lanxi people.

On the contrary—they want to repay the Lanxi people a hundredfold or a thousandfold!

Thus, the Puron people's retaliatory actions began!

In retaliation for the "Great Destruction" plan, the Prun people quickly devised a revenge plan against the Lanxi people called "The Avengers".

The Pulun people's "Avengers" plan directly targeted Lidu, the capital of Lanxi.

Plump president Violet Algernon publicly declared that he would make Lanxi president Christy Brandon and Lidu disappear together!

The "Avengers" plan launched by the Puren people, who never suffer losses, is indeed unprecedented in its scale.

Moreover, this time, Plump president Violet Algernon has indeed delivered on his tough words.

Although Rancy President Christy Brandon did not die in the devastating bombing by Prun's army.

However, Lidu, the capital of Lanxi, has indeed become a city in ruins......................

At this point, Pandora's box has been completely opened!

The war between the punitive expedition led by Prun and the Great Union, Dunli, and Lanxi has completely spiraled out of control...

Shen Moshen, far away in the capital, receives several news reports of the city's destruction every morning when he wakes up.

The news that a Western Roman Empire had become a thing of the past while one was having breakfast is no longer surprising...

Under this tactic of warfare, the fighting spirit and excellent individual combat skills that the Puren army was most proud of could not exert any advantage.

Ground offensives were no longer of importance; aerial bombardment and heavy firepower exchanges became the main decisive factors for both sides.

Long-range firepower coverage and indiscriminate, devastating strikes became the main theme of this war.

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The capital city—the highest command headquarters of the Great Qian Dynasty.

"The situation on the Western Continent is completely out of control."

"No one can predict what will happen on the battlefield of Xiluo in the next second..."

"It is foreseeable that if the punitive expedition continues to fight against the Great Union, Dunli, and Lanxi in this mode of warfare..."

"I think—it won't be long before the entire Western Continent is almost completely ravaged by them..."

"In fact, the entire continent of Xiluo may be completely destroyed because of this war."

"Given the deteriorating situation in Xiluo, a large number of Xiluo refugees are now smuggling themselves into Qianzhou every day through various means."

"Moreover, there are now many voices in Xiluo that hope our Great Qian can accept refugees from Xiluo."

"Within our Great Qian Dynasty, some civilian groups have also emerged advocating for this, hoping that the imperial court can, in the spirit of humanitarianism, accept and provide relief to the people of Xiluo who do not wish to suffer the ravages of war..."

Ge Daqiang asked Shen Mo for instructions: "Chief, in the face of this public appeal, should we accept a group of Western refugees with restrictions?"

What are your thoughts on this issue?

"Everyone, please speak your mind and say what you really think."

Shen Moshen did not give a direct answer, but instead asked the senior executives of Daqian who were attending the meeting to speak freely about their views and opinions.

"Chief, I don't think we should get involved in this mess."

Zhou Guangming, commander of the Daqian Zhenguo Navy, was the first to express his opinion: "I think this is not a matter of humanitarianism."

"The fundamental reason is that it occurred before the war between the Western Continent Expeditionary Organization and the three kingdoms of Great Union, Dunli, and Prun officially broke out."

"Our Great Qian has stated publicly and clearly more than once that we will absolutely not interfere in any affairs of the Western Luo world in any form."

"Moreover, after the outbreak of the Western Roman War, all the Western Roman countries issued statements one after another, declaring that the two warring camps had entered a state of complete war."

“In a state of complete war, there will be no distinction between civilians; everyone in Xiro will be an armed force of their respective faction.”

"Therefore, from this point of view—in fact, those Xiluo refugees who smuggled themselves into Qianzhou through various irregular means are, strictly speaking, deserters from various Xiluo countries!"

"Similarly, if we were to accept refugees from the Western Luo Continent, it would be tantamount to accepting and sheltering deserters from the Western Luo countries."

"Moreover, once we open this door, it will inevitably cause a large influx of refugees from Xiluo into Qianzhou."

"In that case, in essence, we have interfered in the internal affairs of the Western Continent."

"It is precisely because we accepted and sheltered the deserters of the Western Roman countries that we will directly or indirectly affect the course of the Western Roman war."

"From these perspectives—I think it's absolutely unreasonable for us to do this!"

"Without completely breaking ties with the Western Roman Empire, I think it is very necessary for us to maintain our credibility as a major power."

"Since the imperial court has already made its position clear—it will absolutely not interfere in the 'internal affairs' of the Western Luo Continent."

"Then we must keep our word."

"Before formal military intervention in Western Russia, we still have to acknowledge this promise, right?"

Zhou Guangming, under the guise of the imperial court, sang a whole bunch of high-sounding tunes, spouting one beautiful phrase after another.

But everyone could also tell that Zhou Guangming's long speech was mainly to emphasize one point.

That is—he resolutely voted against accepting the Xiluo refugees!

"That's true, but..."

As soon as Zhou Guangming expressed his opinion, someone immediately raised a different point of view: "Everyone can see what the current situation is like on the Western Luo Continent."

"It was less a war and more a complete mutual destruction."

"Given this situation, many Western Romans do not want to continue fighting."

“They even opposed the outbreak of war from the very beginning.”

"Wouldn't it seem a bit heartless of us, the Great Qian Dynasty, to refuse to accept those Xiluo refugees who have lost their homes and suffered from the ravages of war?"

"Doesn't this indeed seem to go against humanitarian principles?"

"It's not that I sympathize with those Westerners, but I'm wondering if our refusal could easily lead to negative public opinion?"

"Public opinion? With the current status of our Great Qian Dynasty, do we still need to worry about other people's public opinion?"

"If you ask me, there's absolutely no need to care about these things."

Why should we meddle in other people's business?

"It might end up being a thankless task."

"Just as Commander Zhou said earlier—if we accept refugees from the Western Luo, the Western Luo countries will see us as accepting deserters."

"Isn't this interfering in someone else's 'family affairs'?"

"At that time, some Western Luo countries will definitely jump out and accuse our Great Qian of going back on its word and meddling in other people's business..."

"You can't say it like that, can you?"

"After all, not all Xiro people wanted to fight; many were also victims of this war..."

"Let me say a few words..." As the scene gradually descended into debate, Han Yunsheng, the commander of the Daqian Zhenguo Air Force, spoke up: "Actually, if you ask me—we don't need to argue about this at all."

"And let's not talk about humanitarianism or inhumanity, and let's not talk about whether someone is innocent or not."

"Ultimately speaking—for our Great Qian Dynasty, those are not the key issues."

Han Yunsheng glanced at the now quiet crowd, paused, then looked at Shen Moshen and said, "Chief, this is how I see it."

"Whether or not to accept the refugees from Xiluo, we only need to figure out one thing—who can guarantee that these Xiluo refugees we kindly accept will behave themselves and not cause trouble in the future?"

There are definitely a lot of ungrateful people in this world!

"Everyone should know what kind of behavior the people of Xiluo have."

"Just think about it—the Western Regions are practically riddled with bullets right now!"

"Many of the Western Roman countries have already gone out of business."

"A significant portion of the Western Roman refugees we are taking in are refugees from countries that have already fallen."

"We've taken them in out of kindness, but it's hard to say whether these people will think about settling down in Qianzhou again or even restoring their country in the future."

"Of course, with our Great Qian Zhenguo Army here, they definitely wouldn't dare to do that openly."

"But you never know if they're secretly trying to sabotage you!"

"Our area was thriving, and we were about to finish off those remnants of the barbarian tribes."

"But now they're rushing to bring in this unstable group that's likely to turn out to be ungrateful."

"To put it nicely, this is a bit like shooting yourself in the foot."

To put it bluntly, it's like—making trouble for yourself and inviting suffering upon yourself.