The Man in Power After Being Married into Her Family

The government supreme commander, who was aside, was already stunned. He was personally an advocate of the peace negotiation, and when he heard Charlie's words, he was even more convinced of his own views.

So, he subconsciously blurted out, "Master Wade... If we withdraw our troops, can your army leave the opposition force and join the government instead? If you can do that, we can just write off everything in the past. We will also give Hamed full autonomy, and we will even allow him to remain neutral in our battle against the other opposition forces. I wonder if Commander Hamed would be interested?"

The government personally felt very pessimistic about attacking Hamed. 4

Therefore, they would prefer to be able to take Hamed i n.

This was because they acknowledged and recognized Hamed's warfare capability very much. It would definitely be the best of both worlds if Hamed would be willing to join the government.

When Zayne heard these words, he immediately said angrily, "What do you mean by that?! Don't forget that Hamed still carries the blood debt of more than two thousand and five hundred men from Ten Thousand

Armies!"

Charlie said indifferently, "You're always welcome to come and collect the price for this debt. As I have already mentioned earlier, we have more than enough weapons and ammunition to kill all of you eight times or even eighteen times over. Moreover, our soldiers are itching to do something these days anyway. If you are still a man, it would be better for you to launch an attack today. If you are just a coward, we can continue the stalemate. It does not matter to us anyway."

Zayne's blood was boiling with rage, but when he thought of what Lord Porter had instructed him to do, he then shouted angrily, "Wade, go back and tell Hamed that I, Zayne Carter, will definitely lead my troops to go forth to attack and kill all of you within the next five days or up to ten days at most!" The government supreme commander became anxious when he heard this, and he blurted out," Zayne Carter, what do you mean by that?!" Charlie laughed and said, "Can't you see through him yet? They are deliberately trying to sabotage the peace negotiation between us. They do not want us to join hands with the government!"

Zayne did not expect that Charlie would expose his fundamental motive all at once, and he hurriedly tried to cover up for himself. "I did not mean that! You were the one who kept provoking me!"

Charlie ignored Zayne, and he turned to face the government supreme commander as he said, "There is a fable in Oskia called 'When the sandpiper and clam go to war, the fisherman catches them both'. It roughly means that a long-billed water bird wanted to eat a plump mussel, but the mussel clamped the bird's beak tightly. When Both

parties were at a stalemate, a fisherman who was fishing passed by, and he caught both of them directly."

As he spoke of this, Charlie then added, "The government is the water bird, we are the mussel, and Ten Thousand Armies is the fisherman in this case! What they want the most is for Syria to be in turmoil

forever so that the governmene.ne

would never have a single day of peace or the ability to protect themselves. In that case, the government can only cede the land to Ten Thousand Armies and ask them for their help and protection. That way, they will be able to

maximize their interests in Syria." 4

Zayne blurted out, "Stop talking nonsense here! The term of our collaboration with the government is that the government will only allocate land to us so that we can build and establish our mercenary base after we have successfully purged all the opposition forces! At that time, there will be peace and tranquillity in the whole of Syria. There will be no such thing as 'When the sandpiper and clam go to war, the fisherman catches them both'!" 2

The government supreme commander frowned and said seriously, "That is indeed the term of our collaboration with Ten Thousand Armies. We will only give them the land to establish their base in Syria after we have already purged all the opposition forces. So, the kind of situation that you are talking about actually does not exist."

Charlie sneered and said, "Sigh. You're really stupid. Do you honestly think that they will help you to purge the opposition forces completely?" 2 "Syria is the only place that is in constant turmoil and would always be in need of Ten Thousand Armies' help. That is also how they can keep asking for all kinds of benefits from you!"

"Just think about it carefully. If Syria is truly at peace a t that time, will your government be able to accept the fact that there is an armed organization that is as powerful as Ten Thousand Armies in your territories?"

"When the time comes, even if Ten Thousand Armies does not breach the contract, you will definitely

breach the contract. This is because our old Oskian ancestors have already long said that the place that one sleeps should be the safest place. So, how can an outsider be allowed to sleep by my bedside?" 2NôvelDrama.Org copyrighted © content.

"Therefore, I dare to guarantee that even if Ten Thousand Armies helps you to clear out the opposition forces successfully, after acquiring the one hundred square kilometers of land from you, they will definitely cultivate new opposition parties in secret to come out to continue opposing you! They will continue dragging you into the quagmire of war!"

"In that case, you will fall into the middle of a raging civil war once again, but that would no longer have anything to do with Ten Thousand Armies." "At that time, Ten Thousand Armies might come to find you again and make another proposal that if you give them another one hundred square kilometers of land, they will help you to purge all the opposition forces!" 1

"If this continues, you will be like soldiers who are covered in wounds, but your wounds can only fester and heal repeatedly. It will be impossible for you to ever be able to become a strong and healthy man under this kind of inhumane torture, and you can only continue living in their shadow forever!" 13