Imperial warlords: Cannons are the only truth

"The situation on the Wukan side needs to be resolved as soon as possible."

Morse Yarlin then walked to the table, looked at the marked map of the sandbars, and said, "Intelligence says that the Great Qian Zhenguo Army is preparing to take action against the forces in the sandbars, the extreme continents, and the Wo continents that refuse to recognize the rule of the Great Qian."

"Of the seventy-six countries and regions of varying sizes on the Sandbar Continent, including the Wukan people under our control, there are fifteen countries and regions that still do not recognize the rule of the Great Qian."

"The largest of these fifteen countries and regions is a small sandbar country called the Sanila Tribal Alliance."

"The Sanila Tribal Alliance was formerly a colony of the Gelian people, and the fact that it now refuses to recognize the rule of the Great Qian is likely also manipulated by the remnants of the Gelian people."

"Although the Sanila Tribal Alliance has the largest territory among the fifteen anti-Qian forces, their entire territory is only equivalent to a slightly larger county in the Great Qian Dynasty."

"The population is at most 200,000."

"The combined territory of the fifteen anti-Qian forces in Shazhou is probably only about the size of a single city in Daqian, and the total population is estimated to be no more than one million."

At this point, Morse Yarlin shook his head helplessly: "This data is truly appalling—it's utterly pathetic..."

Upon hearing these statistics, Jerome Tobias, standing nearby, couldn't help but sigh, "Who can argue with that...?"

"It's really sad to think about."

"The world is so big, but there are very few who dare to challenge the people of Qian Kingdom."

"Without a doubt—from a global perspective, the ruling position of the Qian people has been recognized and tacitly accepted by the whole world."

"That's all we can do..."

"In the eyes of the people of Qian, we are at best nothing more than a criminal gang that can't be brought to the table."

"If the Daqian Zhenguo Army were to actually enter the sandbar and take military action, these fifteen rebel forces would have absolutely no chance of resisting..."

"I hate to admit it," Jerome Tobias said indignantly.

"But this is a fact that none of us can change..."

"Therefore, we must seize the time to conduct systematic guerrilla warfare training for these Wukan armed groups!"

Morse Yarlin tapped the map on the table: "Once the Great Qian Zhenguo army really attacks, we will quickly withdraw into the neighboring Qianguo-controlled area by breaking up into smaller units and turning soldiers into civilians, as we agreed beforehand."

"No matter how hardcore the Daqian Zhenguo Army is, as long as we retreat into the civilian areas, they will not dare to adopt the indiscriminate combat mode as before."

"After all, the common people in the Qian Kingdom's territory are nominally all subjects of the Great Qian Kingdom."

"The Daqian Zhenguo Army should also consider the consequences before taking action."

"This is also the only way we can deal with the Great Qian Zhenguo Army..."

"If you push us too far, we can even use materials found in the civilian areas to take a large number of hostages and negotiate with the Qian Kingdom!"

A sinister glint appeared on Morse Yarlin's face: "Anyway, the Great Qian side now defines us as an extreme criminal organization."

"Since they're an extreme criminal organization, let's show them what extremes are like!"

"Our mission in escaping was to cause trouble for the people of Qian Kingdom for a long time."

"I, Yarlin, am destined to be at odds with the people of Qian Kingdom for the rest of my life!"

"As long as I, Yarlin, live, I will not let the people of Qian Kingdom have an easy time!"

Jerome Tobias, also a fervent anti-Gan nationalist, resonated deeply with Morse Yarlin's words: "That's right! As long as we exist, we will be the nightmare of the Gan people!"

"Although we are no match for the Great Qian Zhenguo Army, we can take action against those unarmed Qian people."

"And those who have sided with the Qian Kingdom and are willing to become its 'slaves' are also our targets!"

"Hasn't the Great Qian Dynasty established protectorates for all five continents of the world?"

"Then these protectorates are all ready targets for us!"

Jerome Tobias's fervor was no less than Morse Yarlin's: "If we can't stay on the sandbar, we can go to the Arctic!"

"If we can't stay in the Arctic, we can go to the Continent of Wo!"

"And Qianzhou too!"

"And the capital!" Morse Yarlin was also caught up in the excitement: "In my lifetime, I must personally go to the capital—to create an explosive event in the capital that will shock all the people of Qian Kingdom and the Great Qian Dynasty!"

"We estimate that we don't have many preparations left on the sandbar."

Immediately afterwards, Morse Yarlin turned his attention back to the sandbar map spread out on the table: "Get Dizak sorted out as soon as possible and put the new agent on the job."

"The reason why Dizak is cooperating so well now is because we have made him believe that the Daqian Zhenguo Army will not take the Wukan tribe, this godforsaken place, seriously at all."

"Furthermore, we will not actually take strong measures against the Wukan people."

"But the truth is—the belligerent Daqian Zhenguo Army has never found an opportunity to unleash its power, and they have long been unable to contain themselves."

“For those warmongers in the Daqian Zhenguo Army, they are not picky eaters at all now.”

"They won't be picky when it comes to beating people."

It must be said that Morse Yarlin had a very thorough understanding of the Daqian Zhenguo Army's modus operandi.

“If Dizak knew that the Daqian Zhenguo Army was preparing to attack them, he would surrender to the Daqian Zhenguo Army immediately.”

"Tonight's bonfire dinner was quite fruitful."

Morse Yarlin sneered, "At the very least, Dizac spoke his mind while drunk and revealed his truest thoughts and plans."

"That's when we realized just how unreliable Dizac was as an agent."

"Otherwise, if we only realize this problem after the Daqian Zhenguo army has attacked, it will be too late!"

“Yes! It seems God is protecting us…” Jerome Tobias said, glancing at his watch and smiling. “It’s getting late.”

Didn't Dizac say he had prepared a "wonderful" gift for you?

Jerome Tobias grinned mischievously, "We've discussed everything we needed to discuss. Are you going back to your tent to enjoy your gift now, or would you like to chat a little longer?"

“This Dizac is really clueless. Out of the six of us, we prepared a ‘fine’ gift for you alone.”

"That's really favoritism!"

"What? You have a problem with Dizac's favoritism?" Morse Yarlin sat down directly on Jerome Tobias's bed. "That's perfect!"

"I can't accept this gift from Dizac—I have the strength but not the heart!"

"I'll sleep here tonight."

"Go to my tent and spend a wonderful night with that beautiful 'black beauty' from Wukan!"

"You didn't even glance at it before you were sure you wanted to refuse their kind offer?"

“Didn’t you have a problem with that? You got off easy. Hurry up and go, it’s getting late.” Morse Yarlin said as he lay down on Jerome Tobias’s bed…

Got it!

Now Jerome Tobias has no choice but to go...

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the other side.

The capital city—headquarters of the secret intelligence agency.

"Based on the intelligence we have at this stage, we have reason to suspect that the anti-Gan forces appearing around the world are not only composed of remnants of the Western Rococo."

“There are also some anti-Qian forces that are being manipulated behind the scenes by forces within the Great Qian Dynasty.”

"However, the purpose of these black sheep from within the Great Qian Dynasty getting involved is not to actually rebel."

"The ultimate goal of these people boils down to two words—profit!"

“Some unscrupulous businessmen use these extreme forces to suppress their competitors through underhanded means of force.”

"Or they could directly exploit these extremist forces to better run their shady businesses."

"We have discovered that in recent times, several cases of double-crossing involving large sums of money have occurred around the world."

“If you dig deeper, you can see the involvement of these anti-government extremist forces.”

"One of the most typical cases of double-crossing is the opium ambush that occurred in Shazhou twenty days ago."

"A fully armed smuggling team was responsible for escorting a batch of opium that was said to be worth hundreds of millions."

"They were ambushed and killed by another armed group halfway there."

"Hundreds of millions of dollars worth of opium were stolen by the other side, and none of the seventy-three armed guards who participated in the armed escort were left alive!"

"It is worth noting that the seventy-three armed guards responsible for transporting this batch of opium are not ordinary armed guards."

"These men are all highly trained and battle-hardened elite mercenaries."

"It is understood that the stolen opium belonged to the K Group."

"At its peak, the K Group monopolized the opium smuggling business in the entire sandbar."

"The fact that they dared to target the long-established opium smuggling giant K Group shows that their background is definitely not simple."

"Moreover, according to the information we have gathered from our secret intelligence agency, the one who took action was likely an anti-government extremist armed force entrenched in the territory of Shazhou."

"We suspect that the real mastermind behind this anti-Qian extreme force is a certain dark force within the Daqian Dynasty."

"But we haven't figured out exactly where it points yet."

"However, these things must be inextricably linked to the forces of those audacious and unscrupulous merchants."

"Therefore, the anti-Qian forces scattered around the world can be roughly divided into two categories—one is the anti-Qian forces composed of the remnants of Xiluo with a vengeful nature."

"There's another type—an anti-Qian force that's essentially an internal force within the Great Qian Dynasty, using the guise of external forces to create an anti-Qian regime..."

"What Your Majesty feared has indeed come to pass."

"Compared to the first type of anti-Qian forces, this second type of anti-Qian forces is particularly egregious in nature!"

After listening to his subordinates' detailed report, Chen Guyan, the head of the secret intelligence bureau who chaired the meeting, frowned and said, "It seems that with the arrival of the unified era, the comfortable internal environment has given those parasites a strong tendency to grow wildly!"

"Now, the new world order has been completely established by our Great Qian."

"The external threats have been completely eliminated."

"As for those anti-Qian forces active around the world, they have no real ability to threaten the court's rule."

"However, what's most worrying right now are these traitors and opportunists from within our own ranks."

"The strongest fortresses are often breached from within."

"It is difficult to conquer the land, but it is even more difficult to defend it!"

"His Majesty has already foreseen this situation—the world is at peace, and the empire will usher in a new era of even faster development."

"While countless new opportunities are exploding forth, they will inevitably also ignite the most fervent greed deep within people's hearts!"

"Some people can face the enemy with real swords and guns without even blinking!"

"We can still uphold our principles even in the face of torture and forced confessions."

"However, in times of peace, these tough and unyielding men may very well fall prey to sweet-coated bullets and cosmetics!"

"At the imperial council meeting a few days ago, His Majesty specifically emphasized this historical problem that has been unavoidable throughout history..."

"The court officials who have been dragged down, and the unscrupulous merchants who are only interested in profit and disregard the laws of the court—these will all become worms that erode the empire!"

"Unexpectedly, the issues that were just raised at the Imperial Conference have already begun to surface."

"It seems we underestimated the audacity of these profit-driven businessmen."

"In order to gain greater personal benefits, the 'powerful ones' among them even dared to secretly manipulate anti-government forces for their own use."

"These people are far more audacious than bears and leopards!"

In response to the situation that has been exposed, Chen Guyan immediately issued an order: "From now on, in addition to providing intelligence support to help the Daqian Zhenguo Army clean up the mess,

"Our secret intelligence agency must intensify its efforts and devote as much of its main energy as possible to the operation of purging these black sheep within our ranks."

"We must cooperate with relevant departments to root out as many of the scoundrels hiding within the Great Qian Dynasty as possible!"

“A dike of thousands of miles breaks in an ant nest.”

"This is also an issue that His Majesty has repeatedly emphasized."

"I just didn't expect that this kind of thing would spread and develop so quickly!"

"For the imperial court, curbing this unhealthy trend is an urgent matter."

Chen Guyan frowned and said, "It seems I need to personally go to the palace to give His Majesty a detailed report on the current situation..."