Chapter 757: Recruiting El (Part 1)

El brought Humphrey and others out, clearly wanting Su Cheng to see the bargaining chips he had in his hands.

But Su Cheng saw through it but didn't say it, and took Alyssa to see the situation of Humphrey and others first.

In the two prisoner cars brought by El, there were 41 officials from the Northern General Administration, including Humphrey and Yaerlin.

Judging from their clothes and faces, their captive life these days was not bad. It can be seen that El did not abuse them, and he did treat them well.

"Sorry... Captain Cheng, I'm sorry to trouble you..."

When Su Cheng approached the prisoner car where Humphrey was, Humphrey apologized to Su Cheng in an apologetic tone.

"No need to apologize, Mr. Humphrey."

Su Cheng comforted Humphrey.

"It's not your fault. No one would have thought that a Hilan army would suddenly appear and capture Baidi City."

"Don't worry, Mr. Humphrey, I will definitely save you."

After that, Su Cheng turned back to the wooden table on the high slope.

After Su Cheng came back, El waved to the drivers of the two prisoner cars, signaling that they could leave.

After all, these are very important bargaining chips. After Su Cheng confirmed that Humphrey and others were safe, it would be better to let these bargaining chips return to the safe city.

After the two drivers drove the two prisoner cars holding Humphrey and others away, Su Cheng asked El:

"You should not have used force against the civilians in Baidi City, right?"

"Of course not." El answered without hesitation, "Before starting to attack Baidi City, I had repeatedly ordered my subordinates to strictly prohibit harassing the civilians in Baidi City."

"So please rest assured, except for the casualties of many Baidi City defenders, there were no civilian casualties in Baidi City. If you don't believe it, you can send someone to the city to check."

After a moment of silence, Su Cheng shook his head.

"No need, I believe you."

El is a smart man, there is no doubt about that.

As a smart man, El would not do something like "harassing the civilians in Baidi City" that would anger Su Cheng and increase the possibility of a breakdown in the negotiations with Su Cheng.

Therefore, Su Cheng believed that what El had just said was true, and the civilians in Baidi City were not harassed by his subordinates.

After confirming the safety of Humphrey and others and the civilians in Baidi City, Su Cheng went straight to the point and said:

"Tell me, what exactly do you want to let Mr. Humphrey and others go?"

And El, like Su Cheng, is a person who doesn't like to be polite or talk nonsense.

Seeing that Su Cheng had already come straight to the point,

El did not make any extra polite remarks, and directly took out a piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to Su Cheng:

"Use the 41 people written on this paper to exchange. As long as you can exchange the 41 people written on the paper and ensure the safety of me and my troops, it will be fine."

"How many people are in your troops?" Su Cheng asked as he took the paper handed by El.

"Less than 2,000." And El answered truthfully.

There was nothing to hide about the number of troops under his command.

After all, it didn't matter whether he had 200 or 20,000 people.

Trapped in enemy territory and isolated, if Su Cheng was determined to destroy them, even if he had 20,000 troops, it would only prolong the time for them to be completely destroyed.

There was no point in hiding the truth, so El chose to report it truthfully.

Spreading out the paper El handed him, Su Cheng began to read it at a glance.

On the paper were names.

The first name in the pile was Dominic Broy, the name of the commander of the Hiran army.

And the second name after that, Su Cheng didn't recognize it.

- Camille Young? Who is this?

After searching in his mind, Su Cheng didn't remember who Camille Young was, so he didn't think much about it and skipped to look at the names after that.

Su Cheng recognized most of the 41 names listed on this piece of paper. They were all some of the famous senior generals and senior quartermasters of the Holy Hilan Empire.

El wanted to use these people to exchange for Humphrey and others. Presumably, these people must have participated in the expedition of the Holy Hilan Empire and were trapped in the Aighar Corridor or Muhavitz Fortress.

Su Cheng looked at the list in his hand for a few times and said:

"Guarantee the safety of you and your troops and let you return to the Holy Hilan Empire safely. This is no problem."

"Use Mr. Humphrey and others to exchange for some people in the Muhavitz Fortress and the Aighar Corridor, which is also no problem."

"But not so many."

After saying that, Su Cheng took out the pen and ink he carried with him and scribbled on the list in his hand.

"You can only use these 20 people to exchange for Mr. Humphrey and others."

After saying that, Su Cheng returned the list in his hand to El.

After El received the list, he immediately started to read it.

Dominic and Camille - the names of the two most important people to El and Gabriel were not crossed out, which made El feel relieved.

However, the names of 21 other people were crossed out.

Looking at the 21 names crossed out by Su Cheng, El couldn't help but smile bitterly:

"Captain Su Cheng, I will use 41 officials of the Northern General Administration to exchange for 41 people on our side, 1 for 1, isn't that fair? No, no one on this list can be missing."

"...El, forgive me for being blunt, don't you quite understand your current situation?"

"Now the 300,000 Hiran troops in the Aighar Corridor have been cut off from supplies, and they are already in my pocket."

"You only have 41 hostages, and I have 300,000 hostages."

"And if I think your conditions are too harsh, I can terminate the negotiations at any time. Then I will send troops to wipe you out, and you can kill Mr. Humphrey and others if you want."

"At most, we can reorganize the Northern General Administration. The Britannia Empire has more than 80 million people. Can't we find people who can reorganize the Northern General Administration?"

"So-the initiative of this negotiation is completely in my hands, and the success or failure of the negotiation will not have much impact on me."

"But whether this negotiation is successful or not, It will have a great impact on you. "

"Therefore-do you understand your current situation? You have no right to negotiate with me on an equal footing from the beginning. I am willing to talk to you, and you should be grateful and thank me for my great kindness."

Su Cheng's tone was very tough.

He did not give El any face or room.

Su Cheng's toughness surprised El, and a bitter smile appeared on El's face again.

El also understood his current situation.

As Su Cheng said just now, the initiative of the negotiation is completely in Su Cheng's hands.

If Su Cheng is unhappy, he can terminate the negotiations at any time, no longer care about the life and death of Humphrey and others, and then directly wipe them out.

While ignoring Humphrey and others, he will not return any senior generals or quartermasters of the Xilan Army.

Su Cheng has the ability to overturn the table, but El does not.

So this negotiation was destined from the beginning that El would be extremely passive and need to make concessions.

Military genius brought Zizhi Tongjian to another world

Military genius brought Zizhi Tongjian to another world