Riding and Slashing

Chapter 387 The Method of Downplaying Hatred

General Sulla did not bring anyone with him for this visit, he came alone.

This was also the first time that Li Ang had faced this general from the Ashborn Empire face to face.

If you didn't look into Su La's eyes, everyone would probably think that he was an ordinary civil servant, like the kind of polite scholar or clerk that you can see in all courts.

Only those blood-red pupils showed that this was a warrior who had been walking in the dark for a long time.

"General Sulla, it's a pleasure to meet... you come to discuss business? But I don't know what else to talk about now-Kelos and his son Antonius must die! I think His Majesty Marius should be very clear about this! "

Li Ang received Su La very politely, and regardless of the fact that Su La represented Emperor Marius now, Li Ang would respect him just because this general came all the way from another continent to deal with the Snake Worship Cult.

But Li Ang really doesn't know what kind of deal can be negotiated under the current situation.

"Your Excellency Li Ang, His Majesty Marius and I also feel that the death of Kairos and his son is not a pity. But the soldiers of the Shadow Legion don't need to die with them..."

Su La took out a small scroll from her pocket and handed it over: "This is a letter from His Majesty, you might as well read it first."

Li Ang spread out the roll of paper, the handwriting was scrawled, dots of ink were scattered, and many characters were bent and deformed.

It seems that Marius was in a bad state when he wrote the letter, and his hands should have been shaking all the time.

There were only two sentences in the letter.

The first sentence is: 'My friend, you know better than I what will happen if the Noldor and the whole human race become mortal enemies. '

The second sentence is: 'Within a month, I will send Antonyus' body to White Hart Castle. '

Li Ang sighed, crumpled the scroll silently, but then spread it out again, and handed it to Wendatil beside him.

"Your Excellency Li Ang, you can also tell that I am not a good negotiator, so I am here just to convey the meaning of His Majesty Marius. I will go there and wait for your reply..."

General Sura pointed to the hill where Kairos and the Shadow Legion were located.

After speaking, he went straight up the mountain.

"grown ups……"

Lisa Dilan looked at General Sura who was alone, wondering if he should stop him.

"Let him go up."

Li Ang waved his hand to let him go, watching Sura's figure gradually disappear on the mountain.

Then, he turned his head and asked Vendatil: "If you can bring back the corpses of Kailos and his son, can your family calm down?"

It was not the two thousand Noldor that he asked here, but those Noldor who did not follow him and were fighting among themselves.

"As long as the culprit is removed, probably everyone except the Aldalian tribe will calm down. But... at least let the elders of the tribe see the culprit's body first."

Vendatil also knew what Leon meant. If most of the Noldor were always in hatred, it would be a real disaster for the entire group.

Fortunately, Wendy has personally solved the Gaulus who ignited the fire, which can be regarded as calming down some emotions. Otherwise, it would be difficult for Wendy and Lisa Dilan to maintain their sanity.

Li Ang has been dissuading the Noldor from being impulsive these days. They must first ensure that the entire group can continue to develop, and then slowly consider revenge.

If it wasn't for Li Ang's efforts to dissuade them, apart from Li Ang's territory, the eastern part of the continent would probably already be full of arrows of revenge from the Noldor.

But after all, there are only a few who can be persuaded, that is, the two thousand around Li Ang.

Most of the other Noldor elves are gathering separately, and some of the more impulsive ones have poured into various parts of the Bacchus Empire.

Even Islandil, who has always been cautious, is leading his troops to storm the Almera Fort.

This kind of impulsive revenge may cause the Bacchus Empire to suffer huge losses, but the Noldor Elves will inevitably suffer heavy losses.

If the matter cannot be quelled as soon as possible, the hatred between the Noldor elves and humans will become irreversible—only the few Noldor elves around Leon and the elders of various tribes know that it was Antonius who ordered the burning of the forest. It was Kailos who made the plan, and their father and son were the culprits.

But most of the other Noldor elves will definitely not distinguish so much when they are furious. They only know that this is a disaster brought to them by humans. Driven by hatred, they are likely to cause massacres in some human villages and towns .

And once the massacre happened, it would be difficult to appease this kind of grievance, and the Noldor elves might gradually become the public enemy of mankind.

If the situation turns into a war between the two races, then it must not be human beings who are finally killed to extinction...

"We have to find a way to persuade other tribes to recall them as much as possible and wait for a month with peace of mind. If Antonius' body is not sent to White Hart Castle in a month, I will do my best to accompany you to Buck The Sri Lankan Empire launched a full-scale attack."

Li Ang said to Wen Datil.

Vendatil nodded, then suddenly turned to look at the mountain.

On the mountain, the figure of General Sura reappeared.

There was a splash of blood on Sura's face, her face was expressionless, her eyes were red, like a ghost.

Behind him, a large group of Shadow Legion soldiers also followed him down the mountain, all staggering, many of them still had tears in their eyes.

Su La didn't look back, he held a sharp knife in his right hand and a human head in his left hand.

After walking down the mountain, Sura threw the head in his hand to Li Ang's feet.

It was Kairos' head.

"...Your Excellency Li Ang, there are 510 remaining members of the Shadow Legion, and all of them surrender to you."

General Su La dropped the dagger in his hand, and asked Li Ang, "Do you accept their surrender?"

"... General Sulla, I know that the Shadow Legion does not agree with His Majesty Mario's ideas. Why did they obey your order and surrender to me?"

Li Ang looked at the dying soldiers covered in mud in the Shadow Legion, and asked with some doubts.

"They listened to Kairos's order, not mine...Kailos committed suicide, he made the Shadow Legion surrender before he died—otherwise you think I have such a great ability to win under the protection of thousands of soldiers. To Kailos' head?"

Sura said softly: "I lied to Kailos. I told him that his son had died in my hands...then he drew his sword and killed himself."

Li Ang was silent for a while, then nodded: "I understand. I accept their surrender and promise that they will not be abused."

"Okay, one month later, I will bring [-] grains and Antonyus to redeem them. Is it a deal?"

Sura wiped the blood from her face, and looked up at Li Ang.

Wheat bucket, this is the unit of measurement of the old Bacchus. The Ashborn Empire has continued to use this volumetric measurement method. One wheat bucket is equivalent to fifty liters.

If calculated based on the wheat varieties of the Pendor Continent, a wheat bucket weighs close to 80 pounds.

Twenty thousand wheat buckets, that is nearly 160 million pounds of grain.

This price is actually very cheap - if it is in a good year when there is no shortage of food, it will only be worth tens of thousands of dinars.

But now, the value of food can no longer be measured by common sense.Emperor Marius used grain instead of dinars to redeem people, which was obviously deliberate, and he knew what Li Ang needed.

"...deal. Just one month, I'll wait for you in Changhe Town."

Li Ang nodded in agreement.

"Okay, goodbye."

Sura nodded and turned to leave.

"My lord...we..."

Lisa Dilan looked at Kailos' head on the ground, and then at Li Ang, probably not knowing what to do.

"Take Kailos' body to White Hart Castle, and ask His Majesty Felgas to try his best to appease the Noldor tribes. Tell them, at least one month of military formation is needed first, and the outside world doesn't have so many trees to cover themselves. A group of mobs blindly taking revenge can only die."

Li Ang said to Sadilan and Wendatil.

Afterwards, he turned his head to signal Wendy: "Order to withdraw the troops and bring all the captives back to Changhe Town... Spread the word to all over the place and prepare the army for a month."

……

Three days later, in the Lord's Hall of Changhe Town.

Lisa Dilan has returned from White Hart Castle, and he brought Felgasian over.

"Your Excellency Li Ang, we have received your kindness. But at this moment, it is difficult for me to persuade the clansmen to remain rational... They are not just impulsive because of hatred, but more importantly, they have no home... "

Felgas Aner shook his head at Li Ang, and said helplessly.

"I have no home, my heart has been restless, and I can't listen to persuasion..."

Lisa Dilan also sighed beside him.

Duckweed without roots is indeed difficult to communicate, just like Lisa Dilan back then.

During those years when he was banished from the Noldor Forest, he had been a killer in front of him, suspicious of everyone like a trapped animal.

"Is there no other way? If they cannot be recalled, the war may turn into racial hatred again, and it will be worse than before... If the war is defeated, there will be no forest big enough to shelter the Noldor now!"

Li Ang frowned and asked.

As Lisa Dilan said, without a home, you will feel uneasy.If the fire in the forest is extinguished, you can call on the Noldor to go back and rebuild their homes first, and the matter of revenge can be discussed slowly-they have a long enough life span and can afford to wait. As long as the home is still there, everything else can be done slowly. Come.

However, the fire in the Noldor Forest has been burning for more than 20 days, and it is still not extinguished. The elves cannot return to the forest, so they can only go to Bacchus to kill people.

God doesn't give me much face, and there hasn't been a single heavy rain in the past 20 days.When a large-scale wildfire occurs, sporadic light rain cannot fall to the ground at all, and will be evaporated at an altitude of several hundred meters.Moreover, the thinner clouds will be directly dispelled by the rising heat, and it is difficult to form cumulonimbus clouds.

Only when the monsoon comes and the ocean monsoon forms strong convective weather, will it be possible to form a large area of ​​cumulonimbus clouds over the Noldor Forest, and a heavy rainstorm can stop the fire.

But that might take more than half a month. It's only the end of June now, and the monsoon usually arrives in the middle of the mainland in mid-July—the last time Li Ang used a giant tree to attract lightning was in mid-July.

And now, how can the Noldor be distracted?

"It's not impossible...Your Excellency Li Ang, do you still remember what I told you before..."

Felgas looked at Wendy behind Li Ang: "You and Wendy should marry."

"Marry? Will this make the Noldor stop paying attention to hatred?"

Li Ang sighed: "They don't even listen to Wendy's words, even if I marry Wendy, they still won't listen to my advice."

"Of course, they didn't listen to me either. But Leon, you said it yourself, you want to establish a country—I think it's time now, whether it's called the Kingdom of Pendor or something else, most countries Everyone should recognize your status. And I will make Wendy the elf king, and no one will oppose me at this time—as long as you, the king, marry the elf king, it means that all the Noldor elves are your people , and humans in all other countries can understand this too..."

Felgas said slowly: "In this way, there will be no racial struggle between humans and elves. As long as most people recognize your kingdom and your throne, they will all think that elves are Marching towards the Bacchus Empire at your command, not against all mankind."

Li Ang now understood what Felgas Aner meant.

This is to use the name of marriage to transfer the hatred of the elves to Li Ang's will - if Li Ang becomes king, he must aim to unify the mainland, and the attacks of the elves because of hatred can be regarded as military actions , it will not be regarded as racial hatred.

"My lord, I think His Majesty Felgasian is right... Moreover, if you hold grand enthronement ceremonies and weddings in succession, this will also attract the attention of most people and dilute the impact of the fire."

Li Sadilan knelt on one knee towards Li Ang and added.

"...This... Wendy, what do you think?"

Li Ang thought for a while, then turned around and asked Wendy, the person concerned, with some embarrassment.

"Me? I don't know...I think you should ask Amy first..."

Wendy turned her face away and lowered her head.

That's true, it hasn't been long since I got engaged to Amy...

Li Ang sighed, frowned and went to the Inner Fort of Changhe Town.

……

"Master Li Ang, Miss Amy and Alina would like to see you."

As soon as he entered the inner castle, Li Ang met Alina's nominal maid Luha—this is the daughter of the former Lord Bahaman of Eishkoman. Came to live in Changhe Town.

Later, Alina stayed in Sarleon, and Luha stayed with her all the time. She said she was a maid, but she was actually a friend.

Although it is now a hostile country to Bacchus, Alina has not been grounded. Only Governor Justus has been left in White Hart Castle to restrict access - he also dare not go in and out. The Noldor elves now encounter any Bacchus Everyone can kill...

"Where are they?"

Li Ang looked around, but didn't see Amy or Alina.

"They've been waiting for you upstairs."

Luha led Li Ang upstairs, walked all the way to the top floor of the inner castle, and pointed to an open door.

This was once the room where Duke Alma was assassinated by Milgan, but now, this is Amy's study——Amy has seen too many deaths and injuries, and she doesn't care about these things.

Li Ang pushed the door open, and the two girls in the room turned their heads together.

"Li Ang, you should have married Wendy."

Amy's first sentence stunned Li Ang, and he didn't know what to say for a moment.

Li Ang looked at Alina and realized that it was probably Alina who said something to Amy.

Alina smiled at Leon: "I have prepared your enthronement ceremony and your wedding with Amy a few months ago, and I wanted to tell you at that time, if the Noldor elves are to be fully integrated into the human world , the best way is to marry Wendy together - at the same time as Amy's wedding."

"Ah? Ah! This... at the same time?!"

Li Ang swallowed, feeling that this was ridiculous.

"Yes, marry two at the same time. You established the Kingdom of Pendor as the Son of Prophecy, designated the Noldor Forest and White Hart Castle as the Noldor Land, established the Noldor Principality, and made Wendy the Elven King of the Noldor Principality. Designate the entire Sarleon as the principality, and let Amy be crowned as the Grand Duke of the Sarleon (Queen of the Principality). You will marry two queens of the Sarleon and the Noldor at the same time."

Alina smiled unnaturally: "It is because this kind of thing has never happened before, so the marriage between the son of prophecy and the two queens will definitely attract the attention of the whole continent and even the whole world. Ramon and I can make the whole continent All tell the story of you and the two Queens—the enmity of the Noldor and Men will be overlooked...it may seem absurd, but it will please all."

(End of this chapter)