Seeing his cousin's almost distorted face, Frederick burst into laughter, "What's wrong? Kloof, shouldn't we pay some reward for the Cominis to build a prosperous and prosperous Shuangdui City for us? Or do you think Is the price of the remuneration too high?, I think thirty million kronor is not expensive, and if they asked for the full forty million kronor, I would agree with it."
Kruff stared blankly at the handsome and suave cousin in front of him. He simply couldn't understand what was going on in his head at this time. Could it be that he couldn't see through such a simple situation and insisted on putting these three thousand people together? Ten thousand crowns given to the Kominis for free? ! Could it be that there was a huge deviation in his level of understanding and he believed that the Cominis could not take the Twin Heaps? If the Komini family formed naturally, but with the cooperation of his side's 300,000 troops, Kloof firmly believed that he would be able to conquer the Double Duoji, unless his side deliberately held back the Double Duoji, but Kluf did not think that this would be possible. It's a good idea, especially with this timing.
Frederick finally laughed, and the charming smile on his handsome face was enough to charm any girl. Why Frederick was unwilling to talk about marriage until now has always been a concern to many people. At this time, Kruff turned a blind eye to the smile that was comparable to that of a girl. At this time, he was completely defeated by his cousin.
Turning around and patting his cousin on the shoulder, Frederick pursed his charming lips and smiled: "Kruf, believe me, Frederick will always seek the greatest benefits at the least cost for our Luzon, Please rest assured about this.”
The changing situation in Northern Luzon has always worried Wu Feng. But under the current situation, the Imperial Capital must stand firm, and Wu Feng is also speculating on when the confrontation between him and Situ Tai will turn into a real war. We still need to wait, but it is difficult to infer the specific time from the current situation. He neither dares to easily transfer the third and fifth legions to the Eastern Continent, nor is he willing to withdraw the first legion from Kansai. After all, once the third and fifth legions become the main force and engage in a full-scale firefight with Situ Tai's group, the first legion will inevitably stay on the front line as a general reserve to hold down the battle. And from the Kansai or Heshuo front lines to Northern Luzon, even with fast It would take at least nearly twenty days for the transportation camp to transport tens of thousands of people, and with the current transportation capacity of the transportation camp, it is simply impossible to transport a legion to two thousand miles away without interruption at one time. The most important thing is that Wu Feng believes that as long as the Second Army and the Indian Army deal with it properly. It should be possible to hold on for a while with three strong cities until reinforcements arrive.
Wu Feng has always been skeptical of Frederick's strategic intentions. Wufeng also communicated with Ling Tianfang many times on this issue, and studied the situation in Luzon with the heads of the two major intelligence agencies, but he was still unable to figure out Frederick's intentions for such a large-scale military mobilization. It seems reasonable to attempt to attack the Pasha people in the east and in the west, but after the land north of the Salween River was recaptured by the Luzon people, the Pasha people have re-strengthened their deployment along the river. Kutuzov personally named him as the commander of the defense line, and he was a wily and steady veteran. If the Luzon people wanted to repeat their old tricks easily, they would probably not be able to work. It seemed that Frederick could only join forces with the Cominis to invade the north. However, various signs showed that the Luzon people's military preparations had been completed, but they had not yet entered the fighting position. On the contrary, the Cominis came from behind. All preparations have been completed and heavy troops have been assembled along the Green Sea Swamp north of Shuangdui. They are preparing to bypass the Green Sea Swamp and invade north, and depending on its size, there seems to be signs of conquering the double pile and then invade west. These abnormal situations were all reflected in Wu Feng's hands. What on earth was Frederick planning? Could it be that he really reached a common agreement with the Luobei people to send troops together and was waiting for the Luobei people
However, things had developed to this point, and Wu Feng had to prepare for the worst. After sternly demanding that the Bai people must unconditionally dispatch 20,000 infantrymen to quickly go south for reinforcements to deal with the increasingly tight situation in Northern Luzon, he put the first The three main divisions of the Legion withdrew from Guanxi County to station in the area of Partridge Pass and Chongmakou, and also mobilized the carriages and horses of the transportation battalion to this area, in order to prepare for the critical situation in Northern Luzon. These three divisions will be deployed to Northern Luzon within ten days. If the two legions' 200,000 troops can't defend for ten days, then He Lianbo and Hu Yanqiu will not be able to come to see him. Wu Feng Believe in this. In addition, Wufeng also transferred a division from the Jerok Army to Qingyang, which could cope with unexpected events and prevent the Luobei people from actually crossing the Tengger Grassland to harass the northwest. Although this kind of deployment seems a bit passive and does not quite fit in with Wu Feng's behavior, it is the biggest adjustment that Wu Feng can make at present.
While large-scale military deployment adjustments were being made, various negotiation activities in the imperial capital were still in full swing. Su Tai and Wang Liao, on behalf of Western Xinjiang, conducted a series of tug-of-wars with officials from the imperial aristocracy and Situ Biao respectively. Negotiations with the imperial senators and nobles were not of much significance. They were fundamentally opposed to Wu Feng's involvement in the hinterland of the Central Plains. However, under such circumstances, it was undoubtedly unrealistic for Wu Feng to withdraw from Heshuo and Beiyuan. They There is no power to ask Wufeng to immediately withdraw from this area that has actually been assimilated by Xijiang. He can only ask to bargain with Xijiang on the period of phased withdrawal from these two counties.
The negotiations with Situ Biao's group were undoubtedly much more practical. Regarding the Wuhu group's intention to occupy Quanzhou, extend their power to the Atlantic, and recover Jiujiang and then seize Huzhou, Situ Biao also clearly revealed it. He asked Xijiang to provide considerable support in strategic materials, especially weapons and armor. At the same time, he also hoped to obtain a loan from the Xijiang Bank to help implement this military operation. In return, Situ Biao will fully support Wu Feng in continuing to control Heshuo and Beiyuan, and after taking control of Jiujiang and Huzhou, he will exert military pressure on Situ Tai's family, which will facilitate Wu Feng's military operations against Situ Tai in the north. In fact, , this is a military alliance, formed by Li Wufeng and Situ Biao against Situ Tai. Both sides support each other's military operations, and the ultimate goal of such military operations will be towards Situ Tai.
Patting a stack of negotiation minutes on the desk, Wu Feng sighed helplessly, "Oh, this is the result of our negotiations. Those nobles and elders really don't know what they think. Do they really Do you think that if Heshuo and Beiyuan were handed over to the central government of the empire, they would be able to control them?! What a joke. We have spent so much effort and so much financial and material resources to make this land peaceful and peaceful, and they just ask us to hand it over to them with all their talk. They? There are so many cheap things in the world!"
"But there are too many such people in this world. In their minds, it seems that many things should belong to them naturally. They should have and enjoy them as a matter of course without paying anything. If their interests are violated, they will They were showing off their teeth and claws, pretending to be unyielding, but in fact, there was nothing they could do to change this reality." Su Tai shrugged as if he didn't care, "From my subordinate's point of view, negotiating with these guys is basically playing tricks on others. If you don't consider it, Not wanting to provoke them to overreact, my subordinates wanted to announce the end of the negotiations three days ago. This was good. It also showed our sincerity and gave them enough face. They themselves could finally find a way out and have an explanation. . Humph, we will phase out gradually within three to five years, and we don’t even think about how much changes will occur in three years. The existence of this empire is still unknown.”
When he said the last sentence, Su Tai's words already had a hint of wistfulness, but Wu Feng raised his palms and sighed: "The wind is always blown away by the rain and the wind. What should come will always come, and what should go will always go. The history of this continent, and the history of our Tang people, isn’t it made up of the rise, fall, and overthrow of dynasties one after another? There’s nothing wrong with that. Only when there is destruction can there be life. Learn from the old things. Only by discarding the essence and dross can we witness a more glorious page of history.”
Seeing that his two bosses seemed to be a little intoxicated with historical sighs, Wang Liao, who looked solemn, didn't say much. He just kept flipping through the documents in his hands. This was the intention signed by Hu Tingzhi and his subordinate Situ Biao. The terms of sexual alliance are very rich in content and involve all aspects. It seems that His Royal Highness the King of Thailand is in a very good mood today, but it seems that the news coming from Luzon is not very optimistic. I know why His Highness is so happy.
"Well, okay, let's get back to business. Wang Liao, Situ Biao's side is over, please talk about the specific conditions." As if he realized that he had gone off topic again, Wu Feng also brought the topic back in time.
"According to His Highness's request, my subordinates and Situ Biao's No. 1 subordinate Hu Tingzhi also sat down and had the most detailed discussion, and initially reached some opinions. However, my subordinates thought that we gave Situ Biao too much, and Situ Biao was able to give We have too few, so my subordinates do not agree with this package plan." Wang Liao first expressed his attitude, but some of the terms were directly indicated by Wu Feng. As he himself is only an executor and can change these conditions, he only needs to Through these conditions, we can gain more benefits for ourselves.
Wu Feng naturally knew that the diplomat did not agree with some of his specific instructions, but he did not care. Any objections could only show that the perspective was different, and could not prove anything else, because from the overall point of view, there was no The views of Feng and the foreign affairs department are the same, it is just a matter of degree.