Imperial warlords: Cannons are the only truth

"it is good!"

"Then let's do as the president says!"

"This time, I was granted maximum authority as the representative for the Dunley peace talks."

"Therefore, I can now agree to the conditions proposed by the president on behalf of Dunley."

"Before we came, our President Andre specifically instructed that everything should be aimed at facilitating peace talks and jointly confronting the Daqian Zhenguo Army as the core objective of this trip."

"As long as this can bring about a crushing defeat for the Daqian Zhenguo Army, we, Dunli, are willing to make the greatest possible concessions!"

"Although, given the current situation in Xiluo, no matter how we respond, we probably can't change the fact that the Qian people have taken over Xiluo."

"However, if we can make the people of Qian suffer a bit in the process—then everything we're doing now will be worthwhile!"

"it is good!"

“So—we both agree on this issue.” Violet Algernon nodded. “You were right about one thing.”

"That is—although we are powerless to change the ultimate fate of Xiluo, we must not let the people of Qian achieve their wishes so easily!"

"We want the people of Qian to know that even though Xiluo is at its last gasp, we will still fight to the death to defend Xiluo's last dignity!"

"And only Prun and Dunley can defend Ciro's last vestige of dignity..."

"Mr. President, does that mean you agree to our peace proposal?" Stanley Ockham asked excitedly for confirmation again.

Violet Algernon glanced at the excited Stanislav Ockham and nodded: "Now that you have agreed to the additional conditions I just proposed, I really can't think of any reason to refuse to negotiate."

"After all, only in this way can we make the people of Qian suffer more..."

At this point, Violet Algernon seemed to have something to say, "To be honest, I really didn't expect you Dunley people to have such 'backbone' on this matter."

“In this respect, you are far superior to your allies in the Great Nation and the Lanxi Nation.”

Violet Algernon looked directly at Stanislav Ockham and said, "I thought that, seeing that the tide had turned against you, you would make the same choice as the Great Union and Lanxi."

"I never expected you to have such a strong sense of responsibility!"

"Your actions have truly changed my long-held opinion of you Dunley people."

"Oh, right..."

As she spoke, Violet Algernon looked at Stanley Ockham with a playful expression: "You guys didn't set me up, did you?"

"They said they would stand with us in Pulun to defend the last dignity of Xiluo, but then they turned around and betrayed us to the Qian people?"

“Mr. President, this kind of joke is not to be taken lightly…” Upon hearing this, Stanley Ockham was immediately startled: “We never even considered such a thing!”

"Besides, we can't possibly do that!"

"As members of Xiluo, we, Dunli, swear to never share the same sky with the people of Qian!"

"Our President Andrei has long ago made up his mind—if there is any possibility, we will not allow the people of Qian to easily take over Xiluo..."

Stanislav Ockham then reiterated, "This is also the common will of all the people of Dunley!"

"Alright, don't be so nervous..."

Violet Algernon, seeing the horrified Stanislav Ockham frantically trying to explain, said slowly, "It was just a joke."

"I believe that you, Dunley, are still clear-headed about this matter."

"At the very least, Dunley's actions were far more responsible than those of the Grenadiers and the Lanxi people."

"Without further ado, let's settle on peace talks."

“Go back and tell your President Andrei—say that I greatly admire Dunley’s attitude in defending the dignity of Ciro.”

"I believe that the alliance between the punitive expeditionary force and Dunli against the enemy will surely make the invading Daqian Zhenguo army pay a heavy price..........................."

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a few days later.

The punitive organization led by Prun and the Dunley side jointly issued a ceasefire statement.

The content of the ceasefire and peace talks was exactly what Dunli had discussed with Prun before—the Dunli people voluntarily ceded most of their territory, acknowledged Prun's absolute dominance on the Western Continent, and recognized Prun as their suzerain state.

Meanwhile, the weapons and ammunition that Dunley had promised to transfer to Prun were also secretly put into the schedule.

The sudden "reconciliation" between the punitive expedition and Dunli was indeed unexpected by the Daqian side.

However, for the Daqian Zhenguo Army, which was already prepared to "enter the field" and reap the rewards, this unexpected turn of events actually had little impact.

Even the Daqian Zhenguo Army didn't take it seriously at all.

After all, in the eyes of the Daqian Zhenguo army, advancing into and quickly capturing Xiluo was already a foregone conclusion..................

Let alone facing a completely destroyed Xiluo, even during Xiluo's peak period, the Daqian Zhenguo army was never afraid.

Therefore, the Daqian military's reaction to this unexpected turn of events in Xiluo was rather indifferent...

Just as the capital was somewhat surprised by the sudden reconciliation between the punitive expedition and Dunley.

The Dunley people, however, came to us of their own accord...

"Algernon is a complete madman!"

"As everyone knows, he started this war to dominate the Western Continent!"

"Algernon is obsessed with leading Prun to expand its territory; his ambition and madness are no secret in Xiro..."

Teresa Fornar, the Dunli representative who was secretly sent to the Great Qian Dynasty, emphasized to Xiang Fangxue, the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Great Qian Dynasty who received her, in fluent Qian language, the ambition and madness of President Vaolet Algernon of Prun.

“Mr. Vernal…”

Xiang Fangxue, the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Great Qian Dynasty, smiled and said, "We have long heard about the rumors you mentioned about President Violet Algernon of Prun."

"You're here on behalf of Dunlilidi not to complain to us about President Pulen's ambition and obsession, are you?"

Xiang Fangxue subtly reminded Teresa Fornal: "Mr. Fornal, what I want to know is—what exactly is the purpose of your trip to the capital?"

"I think we should get to the main point as soon as possible..."

As he spoke, Xiang Fangxue deliberately raised his hand to check the time: "Excuse me, let's keep this short, I have a meeting to attend later."

"Deputy Minister Xiang, we are here on behalf of our President Andrew to request assistance from Daqian on behalf of Dunli!"

"what?"

Upon hearing this, Xiang Fangxue was taken aback: "Excuse me, Mr. Vernal..."

"What did you just say you came to the capital on behalf of your CEO, Andrew?

"Did I hear wrongly?"

"You just said—a request for help?"

"Ask our Great Qian for help?"

“Yes! Vice Minister, you heard me right!” Teresa Fornar confirmed in his fluent and perfect Qian language, “I have come here on behalf of Dunli to request assistance from the Great Qian!”

"Ask our Great Qian for help?"

“Mr. Fornal, something doesn’t seem right.” Xiang Fangxue looked at Theresa Fornal with suspicion: “Didn’t your Dunley just reach a ceasefire and reconciliation with Prun?”

"If you two reconcile, wouldn't the war in Xiluo be over?"

"oh................"

Xiang Fangxue immediately realized: "I understand—Mr. Vernal is here on behalf of Dunley hoping that our Great Qian can provide the necessary assistance in your post-war reconstruction?"

"Is that what you mean?"

"Mr. Deputy Minister, you've misunderstood!"

Theresa Fornal shook her head: "I came to the capital on behalf of Dunley not to fight for Dunley's post-war reconstruction aid!"

"Because the chaos in Xiluo is far from over!"

"The ceasefire and reconciliation we signed with the Puren people is merely a stopgap measure to delay and lull them into a false sense of security..."

"Our ultimate goal is to buy time to request the intervention of the Great Qian Dynasty!"

"What?" Xiang Fangxue looked at Teresa Fornar in surprise: "You mean—Tunley wants to request that our Great Qian intervene in the Western Luo war?"

"It's not just about simply intervening in the Western Roman war!"

Seeing that Xiang Fangxue's attitude had finally become serious, Teresa Fornar quickly pressed on, saying, "We want to ask the Great Qian to intervene and stabilize the current chaos in Xiluo."

"The Western Continent has been ravaged beyond recognition by that madman Algernon!"

"The reason why the Western Continent has fallen into such a tragic state is entirely due to Algernon's personal ambition and the Prun people's willful actions!"

"As members of the Siro, we are absolutely unwilling to see Algernon lead Prun to victory in this war!"

"Moreover, Algernon is prepared to launch a head-on attack on the Daqian Zhenguo Army."

"Algernon is certain that the Great Qian will send troops to Xiluo!"

"However, Algernon will not back down because of this."

"This ceasefire and peace talks are precisely to win over our Dunli to jointly fight against the Daqian Zhenguo Army."

"Algernon has only one goal: even if he cannot change the outcome of the Daqian Zhenguo Army's occupation of Xiluo, he must do everything in his power to make the Daqian Zhenguo Army pay a heavy enough price to defend the last dignity of Xiluo!"

"We at Dunli believe that, given the current situation, rather than letting that madman Algernon continue to wreak havoc on the already riddled Xiro, it would be better to accept the reality of peacefully annexing it into the Great Qian territory!"

"We are willing to become part of the Great Qian Dynasty, and we are very happy to cooperate with the Great Qian Zhenguo Army in taking all necessary actions against the still stubborn Pulun people!"

“Mr. Vernal, we in Daqian have never said anything about interfering in Xiluo’s ‘family affairs’.”

"We have never even considered using force to intervene in the Western Roman War..." Xiang Fangxue looked at Teresa Fornal with amusement, emphasizing the Great Qian's stance on the spot.

"understand!"

"It's not that Daqian wants to interfere in Xiluo's affairs, but that we, Dunli, have taken the initiative to request Daqian's Zhenguo Army to enter Xiluo to eliminate tyranny and restore peace to the Xiluo continent!"

The matter is now settled, and everything is understood without further explanation.

Xiang Fangxue smiled and then said to Teresa Fornal, "Mr. Fornal, it seems you have come with a mission to save Xiro."

We have "heard a little about" the situation in Xiluo.

"I heard that the war situation on your side has been escalating and has long since spiraled out of control."

"It now appears that the situation in Xiluo is even worse than rumored..."

"Otherwise, Mr. Vernal wouldn't have made this trip on behalf of Dunley."

“Mr. Deputy Minister, Xiluo is in dire straits, and the culprit behind all of this is Prun, under the rule of Algernon!”

"Algernon has always regarded the Great Qian as Prun's greatest hypothetical enemy!"

Teresa Fornar stated unequivocally, "Algernon led Prun to launch this unprecedented war against Xiluo with the aim of establishing a unified Xiluo and thereby gaining the resources to contend with the Great Qian for supremacy!"

"It was Algernon's incredibly insane idea that gradually dragged the entire Western Continent into its current bottomless abyss..."

“I think every conscientious Siroman would not want to see Algernon’s conspiracy succeed!”

"Algernon is an absolute madman! He will only bring destruction to Siro!"

"But the Great Qian Dynasty is exactly the opposite..."

"We believe that the Great Qian will definitely bring hope and vitality back to Xiluo."

"The Protectorate model of the Great Qian Dynasty in Qianzhou has been proven in practice!"

"We absolutely support extending the Protectorate system of the Great Qian Dynasty to the Western Luo Continent!"

"The entry of the Daqian Zhenguo Army into Xiluo will be the best outcome that everyone hopes for!"

"Only by completely eradicating the evil forces led by Algernon can Xiro regain its former peace and tranquility!"

"Besides representing Dunley to seek help from Daqian, I have another, more important mission on this trip."

"That is—to formally submit an application to the Great Qian Dynasty court on behalf of Dunli to become a Great Qian Overseas Protectorate!"