Chapter 1004 Operation Clean Sea
The initial contact was smoother than the two sides originally imagined.
What the Eternal Night Army leader seeks in the East African Islands is safe and equal trade rights. Currently, there is not much demand for the territory of the East African Islands, and naturally it will not threaten the dominance of the bronze dragon.
The turmoil in the East African Islands was not caused by the fleet led by the Yongye Army, but by the defeated East Sea Kingdom and the Commons family's third fleet absorbing local rogue pirates.
Although there is the instigation and acquiescence of the leader of the Yongye army behind this.
When it came to the negotiating table, the leader of the Yong Ye army refused to admit that he had any involvement with them. He just complained that the situation on the mainland in the past few years was too chaotic, and he didn't have the energy to take care of this side. Now he can barely spare a little energy Come, let's clear up the situation here.
In order to prove his innocence, the Yong Ye army leader promised without hesitation that he would cooperate with the Bronze Dragon Clan to uproot these pirates from the Eastern Sea.
This is not a verbal promise, but a real action on the spot.
Sean, the lord of the Eternal Night Army, had just reached a consensus with the envoy team of the Golden Continent led by the Great Elder Hobert of the Bronze Dragon, and they put it into action three days later.
With Xiao En's order, all the ships belonging to the Yongye Army, whether they were armed merchant ships or warships, all gathered towards the location he designated.
The situation in the East China Sea has always been unstable, and the government and businessmen led by the Yongye Army have not been completely separated.
When not armed, warships will also act as frigates for merchant ships.
When force is used, even those merchant ships that transport goods can charge forward and engage in naval battles.
Usually they are distributed in the vast sea area, and they don't feel much. When most of them gather together, people can feel the weight of them.
In just three days, there were as many as 3,000 warships and warships responding to Xiao En's call, and merchant ships and warships arrived in a steady stream every day. Breaking through more than 5,000 ships was not difficult.
"The young lord of the Yongye army is really generous. Just this order can show his determination. He is preparing to launch a real sea purification operation in the surrounding sea area, and clean up the land that does not belong to them. All the warships and warships!" Bradrick, who was sitting on the back of the Wyvern, sighed sincerely.
Bradrick is a pure-blooded Sun Elf with the most typical appearance of a Sun Elf. His blond hair is as dazzling as the sun, his skin is as white as winter snow, and he is tall but slender. The elven thorn sword can be seen as an ornament at a glance.
But the powerful magic fluctuations emanating from him cannot be underestimated.
The sun elves have never been known as warriors, and the powerful elementalists among the elves often come from them.
He was appointed by the Elf King himself, representing the elf's envoy.
"They have such abilities long ago, but they have been slow to take action. Do you still think they are innocent? They are doing this in front of us. Even a fool can see that they are showing off their force!" Elder Hobert spat out a dragon's breath heavily, and said in a strange way.
"Please, Great Elder, control your own dragon power. If this continues, our mounts will be scared to death by you!" Bradrick urged the elemental power to appease the restless Wyvern mount, While saying to the angry Great Elder Hobert, "The words of the Great Elder are obviously paranoid. If the Great Elder hadn't come here in person, they would dare to make such a big move here casually." ?
If that's the case, the children in your breeding area may be the first to blow up the pot and have a full blown fire with them.
The element of showing off force cannot be ruled out, but this is an inevitable process of contact between two unknown forces.
Great Elder, don’t tell me, on the way here, I didn’t go straight to the continent of Arshan, meet with Lord Xiao En, and specially go to the breeding area, gather most of the young bronze dragons, and come with them, not for showing off force?
Sometimes, the cooperative relationship between the two parties is based on the fact that both parties have strong armed forces.
If there is a disparity in strength between the two sides, even if there is a cooperative relationship, it is deformed, and it is due to the pity of the stronger side.
In my opinion, this kind of relationship is difficult to last, and most of them end up with the strong party invading the weak.
In the current situation, Your Excellency the Great Elder should not be afraid of the other party showing off his force, but hope that the other party will work harder to show off his force.
The stronger their strength, the more thorough the Sea Cleansing operation will be.
And the more thorough the Sea Cleansing operation, the less likely it will be for them to engage in small tricks in the name of pirates in the future.
Whether you are a man or a dragon, the truth is the same. Don't be too entangled in what has happened in the past, but focus on the future.
I can't assert that Lord Xiao En has a dirty deal with the pirates in the East China Sea.
But I can conclude that from this moment on, there will be absolutely no possibility of compromise between the two forces in the future. "
For Bradrick to be selected by the Elf King to take on the important task of envoy to the continent of Arshan, it is not enough just to have force, but also to have enough wisdom—political wisdom.
His eloquent talk made Grand Elder Hobert groan, and he was unable to reply for a long time.
Because the elf special envoy Bradrick's argument is very fair, neither is it excessively biased towards the bronze dragon clan, nor is it simply speaking for the leader of the eternal night army.
Compared with him, his previous words were full of prejudice and resentment.
This prejudice and resentment is more or less influenced by what one sees and hears in the breeding area.
Although the turmoil in the East China Sea was mainly caused by the pirates, the casualties of the younger generation of the bronze dragon were mainly caused by the fleet led by the Yongye army. Most of the pirates took a detour to the dragons.
Only the fleet led by the Yongye Army has the power to fight against the giant dragons.
Fortunately, the actions of the Yongye army leader were very restrained before, and the whole was in a passive defensive state. Even if they had the upper hand, they only drove away the young bronze dragons that had exchanged fire with them, and did not pursue them relentlessly. Absolutely.
Otherwise, it would not be as simple as resentment.
Elder Hobert was typically convinced, and said coldly: "The special envoy's judgment is too arbitrary! How can you conclude that the leader of the Eternal Night Army and those pirates will sever all ties?"
"Isn't this obvious? They used to acquiesce in the existence of pirates just to attract your attention, but now they have completely lost their use value. If they want to conduct comprehensive trade, they must have a stable environment. I suggest Your Excellency the Great Elder, after the fact, I will give your young people a teacher in trade, so that you can give them trade lessons and increase some trade knowledge. Even if you don’t want to become an excellent dragon merchant, you must at least do it. If people are sold, they will be paid!" Bradrick said meaningfully.
"They dare!" The dragon's power on the elder Hobert's body surged uncontrollably again, which caused a wave of uneasiness on the dragonborn mount.
"Look, look, the Great Elder's own thinking is not correct, and he still uses the hegemonic thinking of your giant dragons. Your hegemonic thinking is easy to use when your strength has the upper hand. Look at the leader of the Eternal Night Army. The sea strength displayed, not to mention the young people in the breeding area, even if you withdraw all the adult soldiers on the front line and start a full-scale war with them, it will not be good.
You should be clear that the assumption I just mentioned is unrealistic. Your front-line dragon warriors can't be withdrawn at all. You can only withdraw one-third of them with the help of other races.
Since it is impossible to make the other party act according to one's own will, one has to follow the other party's method.
The other side's purpose is very clear, that is free trade.
What is free trade?
I believe I don't need to explain this concept to the Great Elder, right?
If your clansmen covet the benefits of the Yong Ye army leader, sign a contract with them and sell themselves.
There is no way for you elders to interfere!
If at that time, you choose to use force, even if we are allies, there is no way to stand on your side! "
"Impossible! It's absolutely impossible for this to happen!" The Elder Hobart roared in a low voice, not thinking about it.
"Hey..." Bradrick sneered.
"What do you mean?" The sneer made Elder Hobert feel a great insult, and he forced himself to suppress his anger and asked.
"The Great Elder underestimated the power of free trade, and also overestimated the resistance of young people in his clan to external temptations. There is really no way for them to make a decision to sell themselves with a box of two boxes of gold coins, but What about one gold mountain, or two, or three gold mountains? If you are not interested in wealth, what about food? What about other novelties? As long as they still have desires, there will be opportunities to make them submit.” Bradrick said Count all the temptations in this world.
Not counting the same, the look of the First Elder Hobert will be embarrassing.
The dragons' obsession with treasure is well known throughout the world.
This is not groundless, but they do have stronger greed than other creatures.
The older dragons will be better, they have already accumulated part of their own wealth, their will is stronger, and they can control themselves well.
Young dragons will fail, and will often be dazzled by the wealth in front of them, making wrong judgments and decisions.
"After initial contact, that young lord is definitely an expert in this area. He will use more methods than you and I can imagine. I have already said what should be said and what should not be said. The Great Elder should weigh it himself! "Bradrick nodded to the bottom and said, "I have finished the performance, and now it is the turn of the young people led by the Great Elder to play. I hope that your next performance can suppress the opponent's momentum. What you represent now is not Just your Bronze Dragon Clan represents our Golden Continent and our entire Rebel Alliance."
During the time when Bradrick and Elder Hobert were exchanging their opinions.
The Yong Ye military leader has already completed the reorganization of the more than 3,000 merchant ships and warships assembled.
After reorganization, it was divided into thirty maritime wings, and each wing was divided into ten small fleets.
Each of the two parties has its own affiliation, and they are closely related to each other.
They will form a large sea net and pull it from east to west, without giving the pirates a chance to break up into pieces and escape at sea.
During the reorganization process, the Yongye Army led the envoy team from the Golden Continent, showing a terrifying ability to cooperate.
Except for the slight disturbance at the beginning, after having their respective affiliations, it is like a whole, and the cooperation between the alliances separated by tens of nautical miles can be precise to the minute.
This is a bit scary.
Being able to do this is no longer a matter of tacit understanding, but an instant conversation between the two alliances.
Until now, Bradrick and the others still haven't figured out how the leader of the Eternal Night Army did this.
At first they thought it was the credit of the magic battleship with the effect of the mage tower, but they quickly rejected this possibility.
It is undeniable that the magic warship is indeed powerful, even if it is placed on the Golden Continent, there are not many warships that can match it.
But it has no problem serving as the flagship of one or two wings, but if it wants to include more than 3,000 warships, it is obviously not capable enough, beyond its magical radiation range.
After the Sea Cleansing operation is officially launched, I believe their front will be stretched even longer.
Judging from the actions of the Yong Ye army leader, they definitely have other remote instant communication methods.
This method of communication also aroused the strong interest of the Golden Continent emissary team, and it was included in the ranks of this trip.
If there is this instant communication method, it will greatly reduce their defense pressure, and even use this method to launch a wave of targeted military strikes against the fallen elves, reversing the decline in recent years.
It's just that this matter, I'm afraid it's a long way to go.
Although the lord of the Yongye army is young, he is an out-and-out old fox. If he wants to deduct any benefits from him, he must pay a corresponding price.
"Go!" Great Elder Hobart nodded to the three bronze dragons behind him.
These three bronze dragons are all elites who were carefully selected by the elder Hobart himself at the front line.
They not only have rich combat experience, but also have served on the front line for many years and have rich training experience.
The first thing they did when they arrived in the East African Islands was to gather those young bronze giant dragons, beat them up one by one, convince them, and then train them according to their requirements.
Grind your guns before the battle, and you will be happy if you are unhappy.
After their emergency special training, whether the combat effectiveness of these young bronze dragons has improved significantly or not, at least on the surface it looks like it.
The flying formation in the air is very neat.
Those who don't know their details are easily overwhelmed by the grandeur they display.