Warlords: Rise of the System

A multinational coalition general with a solemn expression and in a hurry rushed into the spacious and solemn conference room.

With beads of sweat on his forehead and his breathing a little rapid, he walked straight to Emmett Taylor, stood at attention and saluted, then quickly reported.

"General Taylor! The situation is extremely critical! A large number of our soldiers have left the city without permission and surrendered to the damn National Salvation Army!

Moreover, originally more soldiers were planning to leave the city and surrender, but this action was forcibly blocked by those guys from Haisang Kingdom!

When the two sides were arguing fiercely, we suffered a great loss. Many soldiers were unfortunately injured by the soldiers of Haisang Country!"

At this point, the general's face showed an expression of mixed pain and anger.

He took a deep breath and continued, "Now, the morale of our remaining soldiers is low and they have lost all their fighting spirit. Almost everyone is eagerly hoping that you will nod and agree to surrender to the National Salvation Army!

General, please make a decision without delay. How should we deal with this difficult situation?"

After saying that, the generals anxiously waited for General Taylor's instructions. The entire conference room was filled with a tense and depressing atmosphere.

Taylor's expression suddenly became solemn, as if a heavy burden was pressing on his heart.

He opened his eyes wide, looking into the distance in disbelief. He had never expected that the National Salvation Army would be the first to use this tactic - psychological warfare!

This completely disrupted his original strategic deployment and plans.

At this time, a gloomy and depressing atmosphere permeated the camp of the multinational coalition forces.

The soldiers were all dejected and their morale was low.

Taylor knew very well that if these demoralized soldiers were forced to continue resisting, it would most likely trigger a terrible mutiny.

Faced with such a difficult situation, Taylor felt like a fly trapped in a spider web, unable to get out no matter how hard he struggled.

Just when Taylor was in a dilemma and at a loss, Ikeda Hisanobu, who had been silent all the time, finally broke the deadlock.

He took a deep breath, straightened up, looked at Taylor firmly, and spoke slowly.

"General Taylor, for the multinational coalition forces led by you, surrender may be the only viable option at the moment.

However, before that, I hope you can leave all the weapons in your hands and hand them over to our Haisang army for use.

Because our Haisang soldiers are ready to live and die with the city!"

Emmett Taylor did not respond immediately to Ikeda's impassioned words.

He frowned slightly, his eyes flickering, as if he was weighing the pros and cons deep in his heart.

As time passed, the air around seemed to freeze.

After a long time, Taylor seemed to have made up his mind, raised his head, looked at Ikeda Hisanobu, and spoke in a calm and slow tone.

“General Ikeda, since your army has such firm belief and courage, they are willing to fight to the death to defend the city.

Then, we are willing to hand over all our weapons and equipment to you.

Furthermore, we are not surrendering immediately at this point.

I will send envoys to the camp of the National Salvation Army to contact them and discuss the specific terms of surrender.

But if the two sides cannot reach an agreement..."

When he said this, Taylor suddenly coughed lightly and paused for a moment.

Then he took a deep breath, as if he had made up his mind, and spoke in a more serious tone.

"Then we can only fight to the death."

After hearing Taylor's firm words, Ikeda Hisanobu, who had been keeping a tense face, finally relaxed a little.

He just raised his head slightly, with an imperceptible smile on his face, and responded in a slightly low but expectant voice.

“General Taylor, although the current situation is quite challenging for us, fortunately we have not yet really fallen into an irreversible desperate situation.

However, as for the conditions you should adhere to when discussing relevant matters with the National Salvation Army.

In my opinion, a tougher attitude and stance could have been adopted to deal with it.

You know, your multinational coalition forces have nearly 300,000 people!

Such a large scale of troops undoubtedly gives you enough confidence.

As for the National Salvation Army, they will certainly agree to all the conditions you put forward in order to reduce their own casualties."

Ikeda's words made Taylor look depressed. "If the soldiers' morale was not low, I would have led the multinational coalition forces to fight to the end without hesitation.

But I just can't bear to see these soldiers die in vain.

Since they have clearly expressed their desire to surrender, as the commander-in-chief, I have no choice but to respect their wishes and choose to surrender conditionally.

Oh! I have been fighting on the battlefield all my life, and have experienced countless life-and-death battles.

I didn't expect that I would be labeled a surrendered general in the end. I really don't know why I wanted to wade into this mess in the first place!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Taylor seemed to have aged by a dozen years in an instant.

The originally straight back became slightly hunched, and the weathered face was filled with loneliness and helplessness.

After careful consideration, the National Salvation Army decided to adopt a unique and effective strategy to undermine the enemy's morale - sending planes to drop large numbers of leaflets in the air.

These leaflets detailed the cruelty of the war and the hopelessness of continued resistance.

And called on the multinational coalition forces to lay down their arms and surrender to avoid more unnecessary casualties and destruction.

After completing this operation, the National Salvation Army began to wait patiently for the response of the multinational coalition forces.

At first, they didn’t have high expectations, but to everyone’s surprise, the results were surprisingly good!

In just a few hours, more than 20,000 soldiers from the multinational coalition forces took the initiative to walk out of the city and raised their hands to show their willingness to surrender to the National Salvation Army.

Seeing such gratifying results, the National Salvation Army originally thought that there would be a large-scale wave of surrender among the multinational coalition forces.

However, things suddenly took an unexpected turn.

For quite a long time afterwards, no soldier from the multinational coalition came out of the city to surrender.

This abnormal situation plunged the National Salvation Army into deep confusion.

What exactly caused the multinational coalition's 180-degree turn in attitude?

Could it be that some more secret and dangerous conspiracy is brewing within the enemy?

Faced with such a confusing situation, the National Salvation Army had to re-examine the entire battle situation and think about countermeasures.

Lu Tianhao, Wang Hui and other generals were sitting together, discussing with serious expressions what strategy should be adopted in the current situation.

At this moment, a soldier with a hurried look walked quickly into the tent, saluted Lu Tianhao, and reported loudly.

"General, the multinational coalition has sent an envoy who wants to meet you. Would you allow him to enter?"

This sudden report broke the silence in the tent, and everyone turned their eyes to Lu Tianhao, waiting for his decision.