Chapter: 3343
As soon as Chen Zhonglei heard that Hamid was willing to negotiate, he immediately became furious: "This king of a demon killed over 2,000 soldiers of mine at the Dragon Temple, let us suffer a loss in international mercenary forces, and now he even wants to talk to me? I'm telling you, this is absolutely impossible! The Dragon Temple will not agree!"
"What if you don't want to negotiate or attack? Are you just going to keep wasting time like this?" government army commander asked.
Chen Zhonglei spoke coldly: "This matter of not negotiating, have we not reached a consensus just a few days ago? At the time, everyone's opinions were very unified - we wanted to wipe out Hamid's entire armed forces. Why are you changing your mind now?"
The other side opened his mouth: "The situation on the battlefield is constantly changing. Initially, we didn't want to negotiate because we thought Hamid would definitely resist and wouldn't agree with us. But now he has already shown a willingness to compromise. So why not take this opportunity to have a good talk with him?"
Chen Zhonglei spoke sternly: "We don't have anything to discuss with him. Whether you want to negotiate or not, we won't change our original intention - we will definitely destroy Hamid and his entire entourage."
The other side raised an eyebrow and opened his mouth: "If your determination to eliminate Hamid is so strong, I advise you to quickly give him a good beating and don't just waste time here. Even if you accept it, I'll get tired of this soon too!"
He said with some impatience: "Or maybe we should pull back our troops first. You can continue to surround Hamid here."
Chen Zhonglei scowled and cursed: "Are you messing with me? We came to help you fight a war, and now you want to retreat?"
"What else?" the other side asked him: "Don't you think I should accompany you here and waste time for another year? Do you think we only have Hamid as an enemy in our country? We have many like him waiting for us to clear them out. We don't have the energy to keep fighting one Hamid here."
He said resolutely: "Our high-ranking officials have already given a clear directive - if we can't come up with a clear solution within 5 days, we will withdraw our entire force and go back to rest and re-plan our battle strategy, regardless of whether you participate or not!"
Chen Zhonglei saw that the other side was completely not joking with him and immediately became nervous.
He wasn't afraid that the government army would withdraw at this moment.
He was mainly worried that the government army would think Wanda's power was not up to par and abandon Wanda, leaving them to fend for themselves.
If that were the case, all their early efforts and sacrifices would have been in vain.
The government army only needed to turn its back, and both sides would stop cooperating - everything about this 100-kilometer land would be reduced to nothing!
Thinking of this, Chen Zhonglei urged, "Don't hurry to withdraw now! Hamid's request for negotiations at this moment is undoubtedly because he can't hold on anymore, so he wants to find a way out before the entire line collapses. If we insist on fighting on, maybe the other side will collapse itself!"
The government army official spoke up, "According to our information, Hamid should have a large amount of supplies stored away - I don't dare say how much, but it's definitely sufficient for at least several months!"
Chen Zhonglei hurriedly said, "That's just hearsay, we don't know the actual number of supplies Hamid has. What if Hamid intentionally fires smoke bombs to mislead us, making us think he has plenty of supplies and then negotiates with him? We'll fall into his trap!"
As he spoke, Chen Zhonglei added, "And don't forget that he's been mobilizing many scattered troops recently. His numbers have increased several-fold, and his material consumption will only speed up! It's possible that he can't even hold on for a month now. What we need to do is just be more patient and firm in our attitude towards Hamid, and make sure not to give him any room to maneuver - if we don't, Hamid will surely go crazy!"
The other side shook their head and spoke up, "My superior has already agreed to negotiations. As my superior sees it, as long as Hamid is willing to openly surrender and disarm all his soldiers, disbanding them on the spot, we can let Hamid off without pursuing any legal accountability - or if Hamid wants, we're willing to recruit him into the government army and have him serve in a minor official capacity."
"What?!!" Chen Zhonglei exclaimed, "Hamid has killed so many of your people; he should be publicly executed! And you want to pardon him?!"
The government official on the other side said, "As long as he is willing to surrender, that's not a problem. You need to know that Hamid has become the beacon and banner for all opposition forces right now. If Hamid surrenders, the confidence of all opposition forces will be severely shaken, which would be a great advantage for us. Of course, we're willing to pardon him!"
Chen Zhonglei gritted his teeth and said, "Hamid is our Wanlong Temple's archenemy! If you want to pardon him, you need to consider how we at Wanlong Temple will respond to this situation! Do you think you'll take on the entire Wanlong Temple as your enemy?"
The other side seemed to worry when they heard this.
Indeed, no one dared to provoke a powerful organization like Wanlong Temple. JrNovels.com