Chen Qingluan still had other choices.
But the second that Li Tianlan had stepped into Recchi City, all of Wulan State had no choice.
What was even more pathetic was that many of the high-level personnel who were given great hope by the people of Wulan State did not realize this.
The meeting between the high-level officials of Wulan State from morning to night was coming to an end.
At the same time, the quarrel was reaching a climax.
News from the outside world was delivered to the meeting room every few minutes.
Li Tianlan was still 20 kilometers away from the Office of the President.
There were civil strife and a lot of noise in the conference room.
Rational politicians had already begun to a.n.a.lyze the future situation of Wulan State after it surrendered to Zhongzhou State.
The hot-tempered soldiers were still shouting for a fight.
Carlos, the President of Wulan State, sat quietly in his seat and looked on with cold eyes.
The politicians who sought peace were headed by the Prime Minister of Wulan State, Reeker.
The politicians who sought a war were headed by the General of Wulan State’s defense armies, Joel.
When it was peaceful in Wulan State, both President Carlos and Prime Minister Reeker liked General Joel very much.
This year, the general was nearly 60 years old. He was strong and valiant. He was upright and strict in managing the army. Although he was in a high position, he was simple and honest. He could be said to be the model of the entire military of the country, or an alien.
Many people in Wulan State did not like General Joel. But they all respected him at the same time.
When Rekvia’s shadow enveloped Wulan State, Wulan State wanted to do something from the standpoint of the state. General Joel would be the best bargaining chip for Wulan State to put up a fight against the pressure from Rekvia.
Therefore, even in the field of military defense, General Joel was also the best candidate to deal with General Tostel·Rekvia. Whether it was the President or the Prime Minister, they both attached great importance to the general in daily life.
However, at this moment, Prime Minister Reeker felt that General Joel was brave, but not wise enough.
The news from the frontline of the war kept coming and had already shaken the whole Dark World.
The territory of Wulan State was large in Europe. But it was not a powerful country, and its military strength was limited. Now, more than half of its elite corps had been destroyed by the enemy within a day.
To seek a war?
This was indeed a good idea.
But how were they going to fight?
Prime Minister Reeker raised his head and looked at the old general in his sight.
The general stood there and gave an impa.s.sioned speech.
The Prime Minister’s eyes gradually became cold.
He suddenly knocked on the table heavily, and his tone was obviously impatient and annoyed. “Enough, General.”
The whole venue suddenly became silent for a moment.
The Prime Minister took a deep breath, suppressed his emotions, and said indifferently, “Everybody understands your enthusiasm. But please understand what the reality is.”
“The current situation is that the enemy’s 3,000 soldiers have completely broken up the three elite armies, which our Wulan State has trained at a great expense. Perhaps what you said is right. After the war, the enemy has suffered a great loss and is very tired. Li Tianlan may have been seriously injured. If we are now mobilizing the limited army in Recchi City, maybe we are qualified to fight with them and may even win.”
The Prime Minister’s tone became increasingly serious. “But can you contain Li Tianlan? Kill him? Who can do that? And you seem to forget that w.a.n.g Tianzong has already appeared in Recchi City!”
General Joel’s imposing manner suddenly weakened a little.
But then his momentum suddenly rose again.
He did not pay attention to w.a.n.g Tianzong’s topic intentionally or unintentionally. Instead, he retorted directly, “We may not be able to contain Li Tianlan, but so what? We just need to beat them back tonight, and then we can win!”
Prime Minister Reeker was so angry that he laughed. He lit a cigar and took a deep breath. Then he said with a poker face, “Tell me your reason.”
“Li Tianlan is seriously injured. As long as we beat them back tonight, it will take time for them to fight back. What Wulan State needs now is time. Mr. Prime Minister, we still have great strength. We are the largest country in all of Europe except for Snow Country, and we have many armies. Over the past decade, we have nearly 400,000 soldiers that retired. As long as I have enough time, I can recruit more than 200,000 retired soldiers in the shortest time and reorganize several large armies. Then, victory will definitely belong to Wulan State!”
General Joel’s voice was loud and firm.
More than 200,000 retired soldiers.
The number of those 200,000 soldiers exceeded the total number of soldiers serving in the armies of Wulan State.
The higher-ups of the group who sought a war seemed to be persuaded, and they were talking about it.
The Prime Minister looked at him silently, as if looking at an idiot.
All the high-level executives who made requests for peace also looked at Joel as if they were looking at an idiot.
“Good idea.”
The Prime Minister was silent for a while, then nodded and said blandly, “But what about the military supplies?”
General Joel was an eccentric person in the upper cla.s.s, but he had an unparalleled reputation at the bottom level of the military.
The Prime Minister believed that he could recruit more than 200,000 retired soldiers in the shortest time possible.
But where were the military supplies for such a large number of soldiers?
Under normal circ.u.mstances, Wulan State was in an extremely bad situation and some of the powerful nations in Western Europe would definitely help Wulan State for their self-protection.
But tonight, KingTong showed up here and was taken away by w.a.n.g Tianzong, which had shown the att.i.tude of the Shadow Throne.
The att.i.tude of the Shadow Throne represented the att.i.tude of Western Europe.
So it was impossible for them to get weapons from Western Europe again.
As for the Rekvia family…
Rekvia was the focal point of the battle between the Snowdance Corps and the Jiang family of South America.
Now the Jiang family of South America had suffered a terrible defeat. As long as Rekvia did not disappear, it knew what team to choose. So it was difficult for Wulan State to get weapons from Rekvia.
The biggest arms dealer in Europe could be said to be the Violet family from Snow Country.
However, now that it had developed to this stage, both the Violet and the Morton families remained silent about everything that had happened in Wulan State.
The reason was simple. In the case of Rekvia’s subtle att.i.tude, neither of the two families would like to make the first move.
Because there was the Qin Clan between the two big families and Wulan State.
So they did not have enough weapons to arm an army of hundreds of thousands of soldiers.
Even if they emptied the inventory of Wulan State and managed to equip everyone with weapons, Wulan State did not have the courage to really fight against Zhongzhou State.
Their declaration of war was nothing more than to put pressure on Zhongzhou State.
Were they really going to fight?
Not to mention the invincible forces of the Snowdance Corps that had shocked the world, even just the garrison of the Arctic Ocean Command was enough to crush Wulan State.
There was chaos everywhere in Eastern Europe. If Wulan State really decided to fight to the death, it was obvious that the major countries that had put pressure on Zhongzhou State with Wulan State today would attack Zhongzhou State or come to pick up bargains in Eastern Europe.
But the Prime Minister was sure that the rash General in front of him did not understand these things.
So he just asked a simple but direct question.
How to get the military supplies?
All who sought a war were stunned for a moment.
Except for General Joel.
A hint of obscure and subtle light flashed in the eyes of the upright General, who was called “a living hero” by the military of Wulan State. Besides, he seemed to be a little hesitant.
“If…”
He suddenly opened his mouth and said, “I mean, what if I can provide a batch of munitions for 50,000 soldiers?”
A batch of munitions for 50,000 soldiers.
This was not a small number for any country or power.
The Prime Minister suddenly paused and looked at the General in front of him.
At this moment, the old General in front of him suddenly became a little strange to him.
“What’s the quant.i.ty?” the Prime Minister suddenly asked.
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“They are the most advanced weapons from Zhongzhou State, Star State, and Germany, as well as enough bullets and firearms including some heavy weapons. It will only take three days. Within three days, this batch of military equipment will arrive in Wulan State,” General Joel said calmly.
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At this moment, not only the Prime Minister but also President Carlos, who had been watching coldly, could not help being shocked.
He could take out military supplies for 50,000 soldiers at one time.
If he did not make a reservation in advance, it would be a little hasty for any country or force.
Few countries in the world could take out a large number of the most advanced military supplies of the quant.i.ty that Joel had said.
It was hard for a country.
It was even more rare for any super force to do this.
The most important thing was the speed that Joel had mentioned.
They would be able to reach Wulan State within three days.
This further narrowed the scope of the force that was able to do this.
In three days.
Where would they go to transport this batch of equipment?
Just as the Prime Minister was tempted, the light in the eyes of President Carlos dimmed again.
He closed his eyes as if he was asleep.
The Prime Minister was still thinking.
But thinking about what?
In Eastern Europe, the four families had the strength to provide this batch of military supplies, for they were the local tyrants in Eastern Europe.
However, Rekvia would not provide them.
Nor would the Qin Clan.
The Qin Clan would even stop the Violet family and the Morton family.
In Europe, Rothschild should have been able to provide them as well.
But now they were cooperating with the w.a.n.g family of Beihai.
In this case, it seemed that the transportation channels of the military supplies had been blocked.
However, since this batch of arms could be sent over, it meant that the other side had a channel to get through these blocked areas.
Violet and Morton could not do that.
In order to do this, the only way to send the munitions was through the channel of Europe and Zhongzhou State.
Who else could it be?
Who else could it be?
The w.a.n.g family of Beihai!
Carlos opened his eyes and took a deep look at General Joel.
The eyes of the General were still full of wariness. But in the eyes of the President, everything changed.
The President suddenly put on a self-mocking smile.
Upright and tough?
A living hero?
There were so many comments. After all, his nature was to be a dog driven by others under bright comments.
He was just the same as everyone else.
Carlos felt a little bored all of a sudden.
There was no point in asking for peace or for war.
Because they were destined to suffer humiliation if they asked for peace.
But the so-called war was actually also asking for peace.
Because even if it was a war, it would eventually turn into a civil war that Zhongzhou State would fight for the power of Wulan State.
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What he and the Prime Minister were arguing about was whether to seek peace with the w.a.n.g family of Beihai or with the Li family.
Carlos closed his eyes again.
“General, where did you get so many supplies?”
The Prime Minister finally spoke in an earnest and serious tone.
“It doesn’t matter.”
Joel looked at the Prime Minister persistently. His eyes gradually became a little pa.s.sionate. “Mr. President, Mr. Prime Minister, the important thing is that we have a chance now, a chance to get rid of the nightmare of Rekvia. If we can beat back Li Tianlan tonight, we can…”
“Who says that we’re a nightmare?”
A voice suddenly sounded and interrupted Joel.
All the people present, including President Carlos and those who asked for peace or war, were stunned.
The voice was very familiar to everyone.
Because this voice also belonged to a high-level official of Wulan State.
Even among this group of high-level executives, only the owner of this voice could be counted as being at a high level.
He was the General of the Imperial Army, who ranked first in Wulan State.
General Tostel·Rekvia.
Under calm footsteps, the figure of Tostel slowly appeared in everyone’s sight.
He was dressed in a neat suit, with haggard eyes. But his whole face was full of reddish excitement.
The words “high-spirited and vigorous” were almost placed on the face of Tostel.
Everyone was a little unfamiliar with this type of Tostel.
It was not the high spirits on his face that people were unfamiliar with.
Instead, it was his humility.
He was very excited.
But when he walked in, he bent slightly, stood at the door, and made a gesture of “please”.
Everyone’s heart sank.
The sound of footsteps became clearer for them.
Two figures walked into the conference room one after another.
Tostel followed quietly, keeping a low profile and looking respectful.
President Carlos, who was sitting in the main seat, opened his eyes again and looked at the young man who was walking in front.
“He’s really young…”
Carlos’s eyes were a little absent-minded.
It was obvious that the black suit had just been put on, tidy and neat.
His young and even handsome face was a little pale, but his eyes were extremely calm.
A silver bracelet was on his left wrist, shining with sharpness. His body was straight. After a glance, Carlos could only see a piece of almost indestructible sharpness and strongness.
The Dark Swordmaster in Eastern Europe and Tostel followed him, one on the left and the other on the right.
Carlos watched quietly and looked at the young man’s eyes for a moment.
“I’ll introduce myself.”
The young man’s voice was slow and gentle. He stood straight and gave a symbolic salute to all the senior officials of Wulan State. “I’m Li Tianlan, the Commander of the Snowdance Corps of Zhongzhou State.”
His voice sounded in the conference room through the translation device at the same time.
There was a commotion in the conference room. But then it became quiet.
“You should thank me.”
Li Tianlan said calmly, “If it weren’t for me, Wulan State tonight might be different.”
His expression was calm, and he spoke in an extremely calm tone.
“Everyone, I want to announce something.”
Tostel took half a step forward and said in a heavy tone, “Late at night today, the Jiang family of South America, who once cooperated with Rekvia, betrayed our cooperation agreement. Jiang Qiannian of the Jiang family of South America even tried to kill my elder brother, Schenker Patriarch. At the critical moment, His Highness Li Tianlan saved my brother. But the Jiang family of South America has a profound foundation. Although His Highness escorted my elder brother to the ancient Rekvia castle, the crazy Jiang family of South America directly turned the ancient castle into ruins. His Highness was seriously injured in the process of escorting us. Unfortunately, my elder brother was killed by the elites of the Jiang family of South America during the retreat.
“It’s a pity. Fortunately, Rekvia and Wulan State remain. We’ve suffered a great disaster. But I believe that with the help of the Snowdance Corps, we’ll soon be able to…”
“Bulls.h.i.t!”
A fiery voice suddenly interrupted Tostel.
The ferocious-looking Joel finally couldn’t stand the other party’s nonsense anymore and stood up directly.
He pointed at Li Tianlan fiercely and said furiously, “It is obviously him who attacked the Jiang family of South America and the Rekvia family, and even killed Schenker. Tostel, you…”
“Are you General Joel?”
Li Tianlan suddenly interrupted Joel’s roar.
Joel glanced at him coldly.
Li Tianlan waved his hand.
Qin Xilai handed a file bag in his hand to Li Tianlan.
“I have some doc.u.ments here.”
Li Tianlan opened the file and casually threw the doc.u.ments inside on the conference table in front of him. “These doc.u.ments are enough to show the real position of General Joel. Everyone, the hero in your heart is actually a traitor and a lackey of other forces. I have some records of financial exchanges between General Joel and some forces. It turns out that the General has received nearly 600 billion euros in five years. Every word that he said in the conference room today is with the taste of wealth, but not the wealth of Wulan State.”
It caused an uproar.
Joel’s face changed dramatically.
He could try and refute it.
But the data that Li Tianlan mentioned was so accurate that he was distracted for a moment.
“Bulls.h.i.t!”
He raised his voice and roared again. His body trembled and he pointed to the door with one hand. “Get out, you invader. This is the last warning. I’ll give you five minutes. If you stay here, my army…”
“Can you mobilize your troops?”
Li Tianlan said calmly, “The military officers you bought with money total about 31 people, including three generals. The rest are all Lieutenant officers. Like you, they betrayed Wulan State. For the sake of the overall situation, I helped Wulan State kill them all.”
Two people came to Joel’s mind in an instant.
Sigh City.
Cool Breeze.
Drifting Cloud.
All of a sudden, everything went black before his eyes. For a moment, the sky and earth were spinning around him.
Li Tianlan stretched out his hand and pulled him into the air.
The s.p.a.ce suddenly shook. Joel directly rushed over, whose neck was firmly stuck in Li Tianlan’s hand.
“Traitors should be killed,” Li Tianlan said calmly.
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Joel’s eyes instantly became extremely fearful. “Let go of me. I’m Bei…”
“Bang!”
Li Tianlan swung his hand and slammed him down hard.
Blood spurted out directly, and Joel’s whole body was smashed into pieces on the ground.
Li Tianlan could not let him say the name of the w.a.n.g family of Beihai. So he kicked away Joel’s body and said with a poker face, “A lackey of the Jiang family of South America, why should I let him go?”
Everyone looked at Li Tianlan thoughtfully.
Everyone heard the last word of Joel.
“Bei.”
“Bei what?”
Li Tianlan looked around indifferently and suddenly asked, “Who ordered to stop me when my army helped Wulan State suppress the war?”
The meeting room was silent.
“I have sacrificed more than 2,000 elite soldiers in Wulan State. Who gave such an order?”
Li Tianlan’s voice became much calmer.
Still, no one spoke.
“Bang!”
In the dull sound, the top official of Wulan State, who was closest to Li Tianlan, suddenly broke into pieces of flesh and blood from head to toe.
Blood and minced meat flew up in the conference room, fell on the desk, and splattered on several high-level officials who were closest to him.
“Who is it?” Li Tianlan asked softly.
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“Your Highness, please calm down.”
President Carlos, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly spoke. He stood up and bowed deeply to Li Tianlan.
The Prime Minister hesitated for a moment and stood up as well. He lowered his head and said, “Please calm down, Your Highness.”
Everyone stood up. “Your Highness, please calm down…”
The corners of his Li Tianlan’s mouth twitched as he walked straight up to President Carlos.
Perhaps it was because of the fear of death or because he was too old, but the President subconsciously returned to his position and looked up into Li Tianlan’s expressionless young face.
Li Tianlan looked at him for a while, then suddenly reached out his hand and smacked the table in front of him. Then he said blandly, “Get out of my way. It’s not your position.”