Chapter 891 You see, after capturing the enemy general, the crisis will be over.
"Gatu, the beast of the Orei Empire, right?" Lu Xingshi held the Shield of the King of the Earth and cleared the guards with his fighting skills. It was a piece of cake to have the guards around Cato without hurting him.
He asked this casually. In fact, Lu Xingshi still knew a thing or two about Cato's appearance.
With the appearance of a depressed middle-aged man, he is a feared imperial beast on the battlefield.
The other party has climbed up from the bottom, so his appearance is naturally not handsome, but actually very ordinary.
"It's me, Count Langton, who is not as brave as even the strongest knight in the empire." Cato complimented.
He was actually relieved in his heart. Lu Xingshi didn't kill him immediately, which meant that everything could still be discussed.
"Brave? No, no, no, you made a mistake. If the Orei Empire hadn't invaded the Kingdom of Voss, I would have been just a little earl in the fringe area." Lu Xingshi said with a smile.
It means you messed with me first, otherwise he would just be a law-abiding person.
"It's different. Count Langton, you are a great knight, a true great knight." Cato repeated the great knight, and emphasized the word "real".
Lu Xingshi's power of the earth does have the characteristics of fighting spirit, so being recognized is not a big deal.
Cato was a general of the empire. Even though he had never seen Dou Qi, he had seen descriptions of it in books.
"Good luck means nothing." Lu Xingshi said calmly.
"This cannot be explained by good luck." Cato knew that this was just Lu Xingshi's humility: "But I am still confused. It seems that the great knight cannot be as good as you."
"If you are a champion knight, but you have no courage?"
According to the description in the book, the great knights in the past could not defeat an army like Lu Xingshi by one person. Even the champion knight could not defeat fifty thousand steam soldiers so easily.
Therefore, Lu Xingshi's power looked strange in Cato's eyes, like someone who had the power of a kingdom knight at the stage of a great knight.
However, this is even more incredible.
After people condense the life seeds, there is no way to improve. Not only can you improve, but you can also gain power that is not in line with yourself.
This incident is bound to turn into a storm.
Because even a kingdom would have one or two canonized great knights, and the number in the Orei Empire was even greater, nearly a hundred.
Correspondingly, the value drops as the number increases. Especially when there are only a hundred enemies, it is of little use to the empire.
This enemy of a hundred people means that if ordinary people are replaced by extraordinary soldiers similar to the quality of steam soldiers, ten people can win.
"This is my own secret. It's not very convenient to share it with General Gato."
"I worked hard to get here, and my idea is very simple. I want to invite General Cato to be a guest in my territory." Lu Xingshi said euphemistically that you are now a prisoner.
Cato was not surprised at all, but became energetic: "Of course, this is my honor."
"And the empire's special envoy will come to you soon, Lord Count. I hope you can place the remaining steam soldiers. They are innocent."
Just what Lu Xingshi said just now made Cato understand one thing. Lu Xingshi was willing to negotiate with the Orei Empire.
Otherwise, you wouldn't be concerned about your face and treat yourself as a guest, but you would simply say that you are being held captive.
"Of course, but I hope the imperial envoy will be faster. My territory is not rich."
"And it's winter now, so I can't entertain you for too long." Lu Xingshi agreed, but gave a time limit.
It's just that he didn't tell them the time limit accurately, so he left the initiative to himself.
At the same time, he warned them that you'd better hurry up, because if you are late, you will go on a killing spree.
"Don't worry, Count Langton. The imperial envoy will arrive within three days at the latest." Cato estimated that if the empire paid enough attention, they would definitely arrive within three days.
Steam engines bring not only steam soldiers and steam weapons, but also the help of steam machinery.
"Then let's go, General Gato. I hope we can get along harmoniously in the next three days."
"Although my castle is not big, it will not be a problem for you to accommodate General Gato." Lu Xingshi said, and several moonlight werewolves rushed in, preparing to escort Gato back.
As for the aftermath of the battlefield, Lu Xingshi didn't have to worry about it. Someone would naturally deal with the prisoners of steam soldiers from the Orei Empire.
Taking advantage of this moment, Cato observed the living Moonlight Werewolf at close range, and he couldn't help but feel more and more fond of it.
‘You must get the Moonlight Werewolf cultivation technology. ’
‘The two abilities of not being afraid and not afraid of death alone are enough to qualitatively change the military strength of the entire empire. ’
This means morale never gets low and collapses.
Lu Xingshi noticed the other person's eyes and smiled.
"General Cato likes the Moonlight Werewolf very much?" Lu Xingshi asked casually. Of course, he knew that even if there were to be peace talks, his lowest standard was to use the Moonlight Werewolf's skills as a proxy.
Then he was able to make his demands.
As for the Kingdom of Vos itself, it has become like this, and the Orei Empire can actually do without it. "That's right. How were they trained?" Cato asked tentatively.
"It's very simple. Have you heard of the werewolf curse?" Lu Xingshi asked back.
Cato looked confused, obviously he had never heard of it. The werewolf curse seemed to be only spread in a small area.
"Is it related to the winter wolf on the permanently frozen mountains?" The only word Cato could associate with the word wolf, plus the Kingdom of Vos, was the winter wolf.
"No, no, it has nothing to do with Winter Wolf."
"This is a curse cast by another god. One of the cursed people happened to come to my territory, so the Moonlight Werewolf was born." Lu Xingshi said with a smile.
When he told Cato this, he naturally leaked it on purpose.
The purpose is to allow the Orei Empire to further investigate the werewolf curse. With the national power of the Orei Empire, the probability of finding out that the werewolf curse comes from the God of the Moon and Beasts is not low.
As for the other party copying it? Just think about this.
The mass-energy equation E=mc. Most people know that nuclear bombs are related to this, but how many people can use it?
If the Moonlight Werewolf's skills can be fully deduced by the opponent in just three or two sentences, then the opponent does not need Lu Xingshi's information and can decipher it by himself after directly capturing the Moonlight Werewolf.
So there is no need for those who know it, and if they don’t know it, even if Lu Xingshi and his Moonlight Werewolf have made it clear, the other party is still confused.
"A curse from the gods?" Cato looked strange. He didn't expect that the werewolf in Moonlight could have such an origin.
Lies are unlikely because there is little need.
"Yes, it's a curse from the gods." Lu Xingshi repeated it with certainty, and then asked: "I heard that the steam soldiers of the Orei Empire came from steam engines."
"I want to know, what exactly is a steam engine?"
When Cato heard Lu Xingshi's inquiry, his expression remained unchanged and he said directly: "A steam engine is a boiler that boils water to produce high-pressure steam."
"The steam expands and pushes the piston, and energy is born."
Regarding Cato's explanation, Lu Xingshi smiled: "Of course I know this, it's a very simple principle."
"But obviously that's part of it, not the whole story."
It's not like Lu Xingshi has never dissected a steam soldier. The principle is indeed this. However, the steam soldier can possess extraordinary power, but that's not all.
Cato didn't lie, he just hid part of it.
"Earl Langton's guess is correct, there is indeed more than that." Cato smiled back: "Just like the moonlight werewolves under the earl, they don't just use werewolf curses."
Cato didn't know much about the birth of the Steam Soldier.
He had only visited the birth of the steam soldier, and he only had a rough understanding of the principles. Only the steam experts in the empire really knew everything.
As a general, winning battles is the measure of ability.
So he doesn't need to know how the steam soldiers were born, as long as he can lead the steam soldiers to victory.
Lu Xingshi was not angry when he heard the other party's answer. They were just testing each other, and everyone went back and forth.
I really want to get something out of the other person's mouth, but this is a bit redundant.
People know how to fight, but that doesn't mean they only know how to fight.
"It seems that Count Langton is very interested in the empire's steam soldiers." Cato further spoke.
"That's right, just like General Cato is interested in my Moonlight Werewolf." Lu Xingshi's words made it clear that he also wanted the technology of steam soldiers.
"Earl Langton's love for the steam soldiers is their honor." Cato complimented him in return, mainly because he was really speechless.
As for what Lu Xingshi was about to make clear, there was no point in anything he said, and there was no use in changing the subject.
Cato was thinking about how to gain the upper hand in the subsequent negotiations and transactions.
The most important conflict is that the steam soldier training method will definitely not be given to Lu Xingshi, but the empire wants Lu Xingshi's moonlight werewolf training method.
Then the question is, Lu Xingshi will definitely not agree to such an unfair deal.
With the result of his defeat, the empire's overall layout and grand strategy will definitely be affected, and it will be powerless to fight again.
If the negotiations collapse, then the attitude towards Lu Xingshi will only be a cold treatment, and then use economic sanctions to suppress him. It is impossible to start a fight in the short term.
Even if they want to fight, they won't be able to fight. This time the blow is not small, especially when 50,000 steam soldiers are brought in at once. If there are only 10,000, there is still room for improvement.
Therefore, in order for Lu Xingshi to give up his steam soldiers, the empire would have to pay a heavy price as compensation.
But there is a premise for this, that is, Lu Xingshi has limited regard for steam soldiers, rather than extreme desires.
(End of chapter)