Chapter 544: Absurdity

"Why launch a war against the mountain barbarians?" Ge Zewen frowned and asked.

"Yes." Su Cheng nodded, "Please be sure to tell me the reason for launching this war. If you launch a war without knowing the reason, I'm afraid the morale of the troops will be shaken. After all, there won't be any People would want to start a war without knowing why.”

"The reason for launching the Salomanda Operation... That's right. It's really time to tell you, the commander-in-chief, why we decided to launch a war of conquest against the mountain barbarians. Bancro."

While calling Bancro's name, Gozewen turned her head and looked at Bancro standing next to her: "Tell Su Cheng the reasons why we decided to launch the Salomanda operation in detail."

"yes."

After Bancro responded, he took two steps forward and looked directly at Su Cheng: "Your Majesty, the specific reason may be a bit long."

"It doesn't matter, I'm always very patient."

"Before I explain to you the reason, I have to tell you about the 'Southern Cross Project'."

"Project Southern Cross?"

Su Cheng frowned.

This was the second time he heard this term.

The first time I heard this term was a few days ago, when Gozevin and the others inspected the military camp of the Michael Knights.

At that time, Ge Zewen seemed to have accidentally let something slip. He hurriedly closed his mouth just after spitting out the word.

After Gozewen accidentally spilled the beans, Jacob, who was closest to him in the center, warned him so that he hadn't heard anything just now...

From that moment on, Su Cheng was wary of this word.

Su Cheng's intuition told him that the Southern Cross Project must be a top-secret plan of the empire that only a few people know about...

"Among the three major knights, you and Mr. Albert are currently the only ones who don't know the existence and details of the Southern Cross Project." Bancro continued, "The reason why Mr. Iser knows the existence and details of this plan is , purely because he participated in the planning of the plan."

"I wanted to explain the details of this plan to you and Mr. Albert some time later, but it doesn't hurt to do it now."

“The Southern Cross Project—is the Frank Empire’s plan to destroy the country!”

"The Frank Empire's plan to destroy the country?!" Su Cheng exclaimed.

"That's right. We plan to rely on this plan to destroy the Frank Empire and end the Hundred Years' War!"

Bancro used the simplest terms possible to explain the details of the Southern Cross Project to Su Cheng.

After explaining the details of the Southern Cross Project, Bancro also specifically added that he asked Su Cheng not to tell any outsiders about the plan.

After all, Project Southern Cross is still the top secret of the Empire.

Su Cheng is one of the empire's top military officers, so he is qualified to know.

After silently and carefully listening to the details of the Southern Cross Project, Su Cheng frowned slightly: "I already know the details of the Southern Cross Project, but there is a difference between this and the Salomanda battle. What's the relationship?"

"Of course it does matter." Bancro continued, "Operation Salomanda is actually preparing for the Southern Cross Project."

"prepare for?"

"We plan to use the mountain barbarians to practice and gain experience in conquering and digesting foreign races."

"What?!"

Su Cheng always thought that his concentration was very good, but after hearing what Bancro said just now, Su Cheng couldn't help but let out an exclamation that was a little out of control.

Bancro ignored the shocked Su Cheng and continued:

"The purpose of the Southern Cross Plan is to completely conquer and annex the Frankish Empire."

"By then, the territory of our empire will have nearly doubled, with tens of millions more people who were once Franks."

"To be honest, we still lack experience in how to manage and digest these aliens."

"Although due to last year's 'Xia Feng' offensive, we have taken over a large area of ​​territory and a large population from the Luo Lin Empire, and now have excellent training targets, there are never too many training targets."

"The more experience you have in conquering and digesting foreign races, the better."

"And the mountain barbarians living on the Lygasus Mountains are one of the few excellent training subjects in our empire."

Having said this, Bancro paused.

I planned to swallow a sip of saliva to moisten my now dry throat.

Su Cheng took advantage of the short period of time when Banquero swallowed his saliva and asked:

"That is to say - we launched Operation Salomanda and launched a war of conquest against the mountain barbarians living in the Lygasos Mountains. Is the purpose of using them as training subjects to practice how to digest foreign races?!"

"...That's right." Bancro nodded, "You can say that."

"Please forgive me for speaking frankly!" Su Cheng clenched his lowered fists, "Don't you think it's ridiculous to launch a war just for such a purpose?! Just to find a training partner, you have to sacrifice your soldiers. Risk your life and fight a difficult war where the enemy has all the advantages!”

As soon as Su Cheng finished speaking, Ge Zewen, Jacob, Bancrow and others all frowned.

And Gale not only frowned, but after Su Cheng finished speaking, he angrily yelled at Su Cheng:

"Your Excellency, Captain! Please pay attention to your words! Do you know what the consequences will be if you just said such words?!"

"Mr. Cheng..." Just as Gale finished speaking, Jacob continued in a calm tone, "Calm down. The purpose of launching the Shalomanda campaign is not absurd. Finding a training object to practice how to digest foreign races is actually a very important thing. Because we are very lacking in experience in how to digest foreign races."

"In other words, the Shalomanda campaign is related to how we will conquer and digest the Franks or other nations in the future."

"Launching the Shalomanda campaign may cause many casualties, but compared with the benefits in the future, these casualties are worth it."

Su Cheng lowered his head slightly.

His face was full of hesitation and struggle.

After a long time, Su Cheng's clenched fists hanging on the sides of his legs slowly relaxed.

"…I'm sorry." Su Cheng lowered his head even lower. "Just now, I made a slip of the tongue. Your Majesty, please punish me for my slip of the tongue..."

"There's no need to punish me." Ge Zewen waved his hand. "After all, it's just a small matter. Besides, you're a first-time offender, so I'll pretend I didn't hear what you said just now."

"But——"

Ge Zewen suddenly changed the subject and said seriously:

"Don't say such things again in the future."

"…Yes."

Su Cheng lowered his head even lower.

There was still hesitation and struggle on his face.

In addition to hesitation and struggle, Su Cheng's face also showed some pain and...confusion.

A military genius brought Zizhi Tongjian to another world

A military genius brought Zizhi Tongjian to another world