Chapter 457 Ultimatum

  It has been more than a week since the Lion Kingdom regained the entire territory.

  Summer had already seen the hope of restoring the country.

  However, what surprised him was that despite the great advantage, the Alliance army stopped at the northwest border of the No. 9 oasis. Instead of continuing to move forward, they even dug trenches and built fortifications on the spot.

   Not only that.

   What made Summer even more disturbed was that he heard from his acquaintances in the Lion Kingdom that the king of the Lion Kingdom was considering consolidating the covenant with the alliance through marriage.

   Not even just that King Edward.

  Prince Winter also has his eye on the unmarried administrator.

  It's a pity that he doesn't have a daughter of the right age. Recently, he is considering adopting a adopted daughter from his subordinates.

   What is even more unscrupulous is that a certain duke actually sent his daughter into the manager's palace as a servant!

  What rough and tiring work can a pampered noble lady do?

   Isn't that just a joke?

  He could figure out what that guy was planning with his feet!

   Too shameless!

  Different from the Honey Badger Kingdom, the Lion Kingdom does not stipulate that only a few wives can be married. And because of too many heirs, those nobles who claim to abide by tradition actually don't care whether their blood will flow out.

  Thinking of those shameless guys who are really capable of such a shameless thing as betraying his daughter, he couldn't sit still, so he immediately applied to see the administrator of the alliance.

   Browse Room.

  Looking at Chu Guang sitting on the sofa, Summer took a deep breath, intending to get straight to the point, so he said in a serious tone.

   "Dear Master Manager... May I ask how you treat my younger sister, Miss Aphne?"

  Chu Guang froze for a moment, and glanced at the young man in surprise.

  Just now, he was still thinking about whether this guy thinks that the advancing speed of the alliance's front line is too slow, so he came to urge him to hurry up.

  Why did you suddenly mention Aphne?

  Chu Guang thought for a while and said.

   "Aphne is a studious and inquisitive girl. People who work with her speak well of her. You don't have to worry about her too much."

  Although I haven't had much contact during this period, considering diplomatic issues, Chu Guang still asked the person in charge of the Merchant Union about Aphne's situation.

  According to the description of a girl named Shuangxue, the little princess from the Honey Badger Kingdom is modest, gentle, kind, and generous.

  Although this rhetoric may be a filter with a little personal factor, but to make people produce these beautiful filters, there must still be some pleasing sparkle.

  People don't develop feelings for another person for no reason.

  However, the prince named Summer didn't seem to be satisfied with his evaluation, and continued to ask questions relentlessly.

   "...Compared to others, I care more about your evaluation. Dear Master Manager, or allow me to put it in a more straightforward way."

  Summer nodded slightly, and continued in a very soft voice, "From the perspective of the opposite sex, what do you think of her?"

  Chu Guang looked at this guy with a strange expression.

   "...No special opinion, what's wrong?"

   Seeing that the manager didn't understand his hint at all, Summer suddenly felt a headache.

   It may be that the euphemism of the nobles does not work well here.

  Maybe I should be more direct.

  Summer gritted his teeth, let go of his reserve, took a deep breath and said.

"I asked my sister, and she spoke highly of you. She and I, said that you are as wise as the stars in the sky, that you can feel at peace just standing next to you, and that she would spend the night with you if she could. Let's chat..."

  Chu Guang coughed dryly, interrupting this guy's nasty speech.

   "...you can just say what you have to say, don't praise me so obliquely."

   Let this guy go on, he's worried that his toes will dig through the soles of his shoes.

  When Summer heard this, he almost choked on his own saliva.

  He has already said it so directly, and even improvised a love poem.

   How **** direct! ?

   Completely letting go of the last trace of euphemism, he opened his mouth with a slightly broken mentality.

   "I'm here to match my sister, are you willing to marry my sister?"

  嗐.

   That's all.

   This guy came to him at night just for this matter, Chu Guang was also speechless for a while, and leaned back on the sofa.

   "In the alliance, personal feelings are private matters. We will not confuse private matters with public affairs, let alone engage in political marriages."

   Unexpectedly, Chu Guang refused so simply.

  Summer's expression was a little disappointed, but he still wanted to fight for it, but he heard Chu Guang continue.

   "I should have said something like that before."

   "If you have nothing else to do, please go back."

  …

  Leaving the shelter, Summer standing on the square was at a loss for a while, but he was unwilling to give up just like that, and went to his sister after some hesitation.

  After listening to her brother's narration, Aphne sighed softly, and closed the book borrowed from the library and the notes copied aside.

  Summer glanced at the words on the cover of the book from the corner of his eye.

  《Research on Classical Economics: The Contradiction and Evolution of Production Relations and Productivity》

  He vaguely remembered that the book Aphne read before seemed to have the same name.

   How long has it been, and I haven't finished watching it yet.

   "You shouldn't have gone to him."

   "Why." Summer felt disapproving of what Aphne said.

   Although it is true that no progress has been made, he does not think there is anything wrong with doing so.

   There are already long queues of thoughtful people in the Lion Kingdom. If you don’t take the initiative on your own side, wouldn’t that be giving away a great advantage?

  Looking at the second brother who is still not convinced, Aphne continued.

   "He may regard the alliance as more important than himself, how could he agree to such a conditional request at this time."

   Summer said without thinking.

   "Is there any conflict here? Since the alliance is more important than oneself, the issue of heirs should be considered as soon as possible."

  Aphne shook her head.

   "To say something like this shows that you don't understand the league."

   It’s okay if I don’t understand…

  Do you understand well?

  Summer really wanted to ask this question, but after thinking about it, he still didn't say it in the end.

Because he suddenly thought that some time ago, he had been working with Princess Teresa in Fallen Leaf City to take care of the refugee camp related matters, while Aphne went to Dawn City, the capital of the alliance, to help organize books. Well, I really don't have a better understanding of the alliance than my sister.

  Aphne paused, then continued in a gentle tone.

"The alliance is not an alliance of one person, but an alliance of all the survivors who have suffered... He always said this sentence to people, and every time he mentioned this sentence, the little girl named Shuangxue looked Always shines."

   "Frost and snow?"

"Well, my friend, of course it's not just her, but everyone else too. They are united under the banner of Vault 404, and their allegiance is to the administrator, but not only to the administrator. The alliance belongs to them, not to them Alliance. At first I didn't understand what kind of kingdom this was, but then I gradually understood."

   "Understand... what?"

  Looking at her brother who still didn't understand, Aphne said in a serious tone.

   "A union is not a kingdom, a union is a union."

  That voice seemed to carry a hint of good longing, or yearning.

  Summer's expression was slightly astonished, looking at this younger sister who seemed to be getting stranger.

   Since when did she become like this?

   After a while, Summer's Adam's Apple moved slightly, and he spoke.

  “…would you consider changing jobs?”

  Aphne froze for a moment.

"Why?"

  Summer picked a euphemistic wording.

   "These books have affected you too much, you should read something more in line with your age—"

   "Is it a picture book?" Aphne looked into his eyes intently, "You said that I am no longer a child, why do you want me to read those childish things? What's more, you know it's fake."

  Summer: "But at least it won't make you have some weird thoughts..."

   Aphne said seriously.

   "I don't think there is anything strange about this. The problems will not disappear because we turn a blind eye. With the development of productivity, one day we will have to face those problems."

  Summer coughed, interrupting her ignorant argument.

   "Let's talk about your life event."

  Of course he knew those things.

   But from the standpoint of the royal family, that is not something he should consider.

  He needs to maintain the rule of the honey badger royal family in the No. 3 oasis, and then he considers how to make the people living there live better.

   This is his obligation and responsibility.

  Aphne nodded, stopped talking, and waited for her brother to say something.

  Anyone has the right to pursue their own happiness, but she is very clear that this does not include herself who was born in the royal family.

  The aura of the royal family has given her a lot, and she should respond to people's expectations of her.

   It would be a bit too selfish to forget these because of a sentence of freedom.

"...we need the alliance's friendship, whether it is now or in the future," Summer paused for a while, "but the managers of the alliance are not interested in my proposed marriage. I hope you can be more proactive, of course... how to grasp this To what extent, the decision is up to you."

  Hearing what her brother said, Aphne was relieved.

  Although she is ready to sacrifice her personal happiness for the family, but emotionally speaking, she is of course more willing to marry her sweetheart.

   It's great that I didn't force myself to betroth myself to someone else.

   "I understand, but I still want to say that you are too anxious about this matter."

   "The war between us and the legion is not over yet. That lord will probably not be willing to put too much energy outside the battlefield. If you talk to him at this time, it will be counterproductive."

  Summer frowned involuntarily, and gradually realized this.

  He admitted that he might be a little impatient. The reason why the alliance did not move may be because they are not ready to continue to advance the front line, and they are not planning to give up on themselves.

   Calm down again, he looked at his sister and asked.

   "Is there any remedy?"

  Aphne nodded slightly.

   "Of course, if you want to gain his approval, the best way is to make achievements that can be seen by him, instead of staying in Dawn City like you are now and making him feel that you are idle."

  Summer humbly asked for advice.

   "Then where do you think I should go?"

   Aphne continued.

"Going back to Fallen Leaf City is a good choice. The alliance intends to build roads and railways to Lion City in the Lion Kingdom. As a transportation hub connecting Luoxia Province and River Valley Province, the development of Fallen Leaf City will be critical...Every day This time the manager came to the Merchant Guild to inspect the work, and that place was mentioned the most. He hopes that the Merchant Guild can research and introduce more favorable policies to help the development of Fallen Leaf City."

   "Business is only one aspect, and the resettlement of refugees is also a big problem. You can see that Princess Teresa is very smart. She has been working hard to prove that she can do this well."

  Looking at her brother who was lost in thought, she continued.

   "There is no place like a palace in the Alliance, maybe you should try to change your thinking."

   "As for my affairs, you don't need to be too anxious... Our home field is after the war, not now."

"Please give me some time."

  …

   "Wasteland OL" official website forum.

  Today was as happy and lively as ever.

   Luo Yu, who picked up a SSSR-level favorite, excitedly shared his experience in raising a baby on the forum, and a large group of single dogs were helping him with suggestions purely based on imagination.

   Mosquito quarreled with several power players about whether to install a motor and battery for "Destroyer 2".

   "Battle Royale" exploded in Ideal City, this time even Fang Chang was envious, chasing the mole to ask if there was a shortage of funds, if he wanted venture capital.

  Professor Yang and Brother Ye Ao lost money and were not in a good mood.

  Especially the latter, who lost a huge sum of money for a cup of milk tea, and posted more than a dozen posts on the forum clamoring for a refund, but ended up being banned because of screen swiping.

   Surprisingly, many people pleaded for him.

  A considerable number of melon-eating people said that the forum cannot be without pets, just like watermelon cannot be without melon rind, and without Brother Yeao’s coquettish talk, it always feels like something is missing.

  Of course, apart from those flooded posts, what interests players the most is the content related to the new version.

  It has been a week since the Beta0.4 version updated the "Ocean Trade" system, and finally some players have explored the ocean at the end of the land!

  Tail: "Whoa! The sea! Tail saw it! (ω

  Yaoya: "Sea?! Where did you see the duck?"

  Tail: "Silver Moon Bay!"

  Quit smoking: "Damn it? Why did you go there?"

  Guangfeng: "Niuba..."

  Drawing on the edge: "I searched for a long time, but I couldn't find the entry of this settlement in the official website setting collection."

  Tail: "At the southernmost part of the No. 4 oasis! The largest commercial city in the Hump Kingdom! There are many beautiful houses there, as well as yachts and sailboats! By the way, the map of this game is really huge!"

  Siss: "Oh! Super big!"

  Roshan Damomo: "+1!! You can rent a boat to go to sea at the port! I heard from the sailors there that you can see an archipelago if you sail all the way south!"

   Quit smoking: "6666!"

  If you don’t count Fang Chang who flew to the east coast, this is probably the first time that the players of “Wasteland OL” have explored the sea in the game.

   Hearing that there are still so many unexplored areas, both cloud players and players are excited.

   At this moment, a certain sewer war **** jumped out.

   Picking up garbage level 99: "Brother Meng, do you have the speed to see the sea! Let's team up and go south!! (smirk

   Stronger than others: "I, I, I!"

  I want to quietly: "The old driver takes me!"

  …

  9 Oasis.

  Northwest front.

  Sitting in the frontline command post, Commander Quanshui frowned slightly as he watched the aerial photos taken by the reconnaissance plane.

   "Something's wrong..."

   Hearing his muttering, Mole, who was drinking tea across the command table, glanced at him.

   "What's wrong?"

   "Look at this photo," Quanshui put a few photos in his hand on the table, and slid them over for him, "This was taken by the plane of the Goblin Corps over the southeast of No. 3 Oasis."

   For these few photos, they paid the price of two pilots.

   But for valuable information.

   It's all worth it!

   Mole stared at these photos for a second, and suddenly showed a surprised expression in his eyes. I saw trenches stretching for hundreds of kilometers on the overlapping sand dunes.

   Behind the trenches are dotted with legionary camps.

  The layout seems to be loose and random, but it actually hides a mystery. No matter which position is attacked, it will be attacked from at least two directions, or even three directions.

   "Hiss... the scale of this camp is not small, I am afraid there are many people stationed there!"

  Commander Spring shook his head.

   "There are more than a few, I think there are at least ten divisions!"

   "Ten divisions?!" Mole showed a surprised expression on his face.

  A division is equivalent to a team of 10,000 people, which means they have deployed nearly 100,000 people on the border? !

  How could there be so many people in the Legion!

   And can their logistics keep up?

   "This is only what we saw. Their logistics convoy did not appear in the aerial footage. It should be a little deeper."

  Commander Quanshui paused for a moment, then continued.

   "The next thing we will face is probably the main force of the legion!"

   Mole frowned slightly.

   "You mean...the clone group?"

  Commander Quanquan nodded with a sinking face.

"Um."

  The clones with unsound minds may not have strong individual combat effectiveness, but under the command of the low-level officers of the legion, they will fight like undead without fear of death until the last soldier falls.

   Morale never falters.

   Neither machine gun fire nor artillery bombardment will make them surrender.

   This is the hardest part.

  When the number of clone soldiers reaches a large scale, the fighting power they exploded is far beyond that of those followers!

  Quan Shui remembered that when he was still an OB on the forum, the Pioneer had just sailed to the northern suburbs of Qingquan City, and Vault 404 encountered the Legion’s Thousand Clone Team once.

  At that time, the thousand-man team was led by Vanus, with a staff of about 2,000 people. It established a position in Yumu District and bombarded the camp where the Pioneer was located in the northern suburb of Qingquan City.

  In order to get rid of those clones, the Pioneer almost did everything in its power, and even used a tactical nuclear bomb to get rid of that army with the cooperation of the players.

   Ten thousand teams...

  It is also equipped with sufficient weapons and ammunition and support firepower.

  Quan Shui had a premonition in his heart.

   Their opponents are afraid that they are going to get serious...

  …

the other side.

   Chu Guang, who was inspecting the new industrial zone in Liming City, suddenly received a telegram from the Buguera Free State.

   To be precise, this telegram was not sent from the Buguera Free State to the Alliance, but from an informant entrusted by General Griffin.

  The length of the telegram is very short.

  Aside from the title at the beginning and the signature of the signature, there are only two lines in total.

  【...You are limited to return the Iron Heart and all the prisoners within 30 days, and withdraw all troops from Luoxia Province. 】

  【This is an ultimatum! 】

  Glancing at the content of the telegram, Chu Guang chuckled, not taking the warning seriously at all, and handed it to Lu Bei who was following him.

   Thirty days?

   Ultimatum?

   The alliance is not intimidated.

  From the beginning of this war, he never expected that the two sides would go to the end. Griffin would definitely try his best to persuade the high-level of the legion to send more support from the west of the Great Desert.

   If these wolves are not hurt, and they are beaten to abandon those unrealistic fantasies, this war cannot end.

  It is not enough to beat the subordinate army to the ground.

   Sooner or later, the alliance will have to fight a real battle with the main force of the legion.

   This opportunity is coming soon.

  Following half a step behind Chu Guang, the head of the First Corps, Wrench, said in a deep voice.

   "According to frontline intelligence, the legion has deployed more than 100,000 troops on the border, including the clone regiment directly commanded by the legion... I think this is not just a show of force to us, they are probably planning to start a decisive battle with us before the autumn harvest is over."

  Chu Guang didn't fall into Griffin's trap at all, and said calmly.

   "The decisive battle? Just a final bluff."

  If they are really sure that they can get these things on the battlefield, there is no need to send any ultimatums, just take them on the battlefield and finish the job.

  Who even used nuclear bombs, but turned around to give you a chance to surrender?

   Obviously, although the coalition forces of the Legion and the Falcon Kingdom completed a strategic retreat before the alliance cut off their retreat, their current situation is not optimistic.

  Manpower of the Falcon Kingdom has been sent to the front line, and normal social production has become difficult to maintain. Coupled with the loss of the supply line from the Buguera Free State, they can only request reinforcements from their hometown.

  No matter how low the maintenance cost of the clone army is, the mouths still need to be fed, and the rifles must be loaded and loaded.

If the "Thunder Project" can be implemented smoothly, the legion that successfully occupied the No. 9 oasis will immediately march north to take down the Golden Lizard, open up the northern trade route, and rely on the market in the Buguera Free State to exchange slaves or other resources for equipment. There is hope for a solution. supply gap.

  However, not only the Thunder plan has failed, but even the remedial plan has failed.

   Wanting to supply such a huge supply gap with the national power of a feudal kingdom is almost the same as dreaming.

  Griffin certainly cannot not know.

   But even if he knew, there was nothing he could do.

   To say a thousand words and ten thousand, they are too far away from the mainland, and at this moment they are paying the price for the previous aggressive invasion strategy.

  Chen Bing 100,000 on the border and the telegram were not so much an ultimatum, but a bluff to buy time, forcing the alliance to abandon the next phase of its offensive plan and switch to offense.

   "What are you going to do?" Wrench asked respectfully.

   Walking to the door of a factory building and stopping, looking at the tanks parked inside, a faint smile curled up on the corner of Chu Guang's mouth.

   "Our enemies asked us to give them an explanation within 30 days. I think 30 days is too long, and it won't take that long."

   "For the sake of our good relationship, two weeks is enough for me!"

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   (Thanks to the leaders of "World Hall", "Makabakamo", and "Donghai Small Fishing Village" for the reward!!)

  (end of this chapter)