Chapter 489 - The Exchange (1/2)

Chapter 489: The Exchange

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A small fleet of skiffs reached shore in the wee hours of the e bridge at the westernroups of soldiers fro the lake to set up cauard units were only about 10 kiloon ar frouan Jianyi did not think highly of the power of the Fierce Boe, he sent on army to a battle

Gu Shenwei had every intention of accepting the offer and before he could give an official reply, ht

Engaging in battle earlier than planned would be beneficial for both parties

Nosouth was, to the co from combat and it was a little cowardly to the could be counted by the days and the longer it took for the decisive battle to begin, the an to waver He could only secure their trust by achieving success on the battlefield

The boost to the ht by the Fierce Bombs was temporary, and Gu Shenwei hoped that he could test out the coon ar couan Jianyi, was also under i army had already waited for an entire winter, and if he could not coon army, not only would he not be able to demonstrate the ability of the Golden Roc Fort to Norland, he would be too disgraced to face the Supre part in the internal struggle of his own fa the fauan Jianyi hoped to establish his own position by defeating a foreign enemy

Gu Shenwei had not slept for nearly the entire night and woke up early the next u Xian if he should accept the offer The Left General opposed to starting war earlier than planned from a purely ht General is very effective but there are too few of thereatest use of the Fierce Bombs would be to boost the morale of our troops That’s more important than the number of enemies killed by the down the pros and cons of iuard hurriedly dashed in to inforees had appeared at the coast and were cla

There were about 40 to 50 refugees, and they were mostly elderly folk, or wo with the soldiers of the Dragon ar arrives!”

The soldiers auto an aisle between them They then bowed their heads respectfully to him

An elderly man walked forward, supported by a crutch He stopped ten steps away fronal of a soldier The oldwould actually arrive to meet him personally and was a little flustered He felt that he was being too rude just as he was about to speak and slowly kneeled dohile trying to support his body weight on the crutch The soldiers to his side stopped him midway and one of them said softly to him, “There’s no need for such for You can tell him directly what’s on your dom,” said the old man, his voice extremely loud and clear, a sharp contrast to his trouble alking “The people behind doms We took the risk to travel southward to plead for your protection, Dragon King We ion ar wants to kill us all, and only you can stop hi this Out of the 10,000 troops in the frontline of the Dragon army, more than half theion, and even though most of their families had went south as well to escape fronificant number of their friends and relatives who had stay in the north coast As such, they were especially attentive toward news about the other coast

Gu Shenwei shook his head, helping everyone to voice their suspicions “The Golden Roc ar would not want to kill everyone on the north coast for no good reason”

Seeing that no one believed his words, the elderly itated and started to appeal to his audience “The situation is not like that, Dragon King Even though on ar the assets of the civilians in our countries There are made up of… men who carry machetes and love to drink and assassins dressed in black They took everything with them: our money, provisions, metal tools, livestock and even our children Children who’re about 10 years of age have to be conscripted They clai ith the Central Plain Please save us, Dragon King We fear that the four nations on the north coast will be razed to the ground if you delay for another few days”

The soldiers were deeply ion, and noto war or how rance, their still drea to their homeland one day As such, they definitely did not want their homes to turn into a wasteland

Gu Shenwei’s voice was not loud, but his reply could be heard clearly by the old ees behind hi for them first”

The elderlyto control his sadness again “The kings are in danger thedom and do not even dare to make requests of the er kings but house slaves of the Golden Roc Fort We heard that new kings of our nations were crowned on the south coast, and we only recognize thes crowned by Gu Shenwei, only the King of the Stone Kingdom, as still in his infancy, redoon ar Liao, held the ht General

The four of the of the An nation, as about eight, the King of the Hui nation, as a little over 10, the King of the Sha nation, as around 20, and lastly, the King of the Kang nation, as 30 plus

Gu Shenwei stepped aside, revealing the four new kings

Unexpectedly, the elderlyLiao He cast his crutch away and kneeled doith a flurry; it happened so fast that the soldiers at his side did not even have time to stop him “One of your ordinary citizens pays his respect to Your Majesty I idom to save your people from disaster”

After the soldiers of the five nations quickly ees, dozens of the to their kings and pleading for help

Shang Liao ed to cos were a little flustered; they had not expected that their titles could incur real recognition fro Liao, waiting to see hoould react

Shang Liao knehat he had to do He had been waiting for thisand earning the right to organize his own ar publicly