150: Chapter 150 A Pure Warrior!

As soon as Zhao Zhenyuan said this, Morpheus was stunned.

"What kind of joke is this?"

"What did you mean by your army of one hundred thousand surrounding and beating up Li Mo?"

"You have to know, Li Mo had already wiped out ten thousand of the Black Earth Tribe's medical troops, and then blew up the Rainforest Mining Area, stealing hundreds of thousands of kilograms of star crystals from them!"

"With such a huge loss, it was already a sign of his good temper that Morpheus hadn't ground Li Mo's bones into dust!"

Therefore, Morpheus immediately said in a deep voice, "Zhao Zhenyuan! What kind of joke are you playing?"

At this moment, Zhao Zhenyuan's expression also became serious: "Do I look like I'm joking?"

Originally, they could have captured or even killed General Gemu; the weight of a group army commander-in-chief goes without saying, but now that Morpheus wanted to take him away, how could it be possible without paying a price?

This could also be considered the simplest form of war reparations.

A defeated nation is naturally expected to compensate the victor.

Morpheus also understood this point. Today, he either had to leave General Gemu behind or pay compensation; otherwise, it would mean total war between the two nations.

But fighting a decisive battle now was obviously not worth it.

Because the morale of Great Xia was high, while the Black Earth Tribe's army had low morale due to their recent crushing defeat. Once a decisive battle started, the Black Earth Tribe's army would definitely lose.

Furthermore, the Baiou Empire would also benefit for nothing because of this.

This was something both Morpheus and Zhao Zhenyuan were unwilling to see.

Zhao Zhenyuan did not choose to fight immediately also because Morpheus was already prepared; even if Great Xia could win, they would have to pay an extremely painful price.

At present, Zhao Zhenyuan had no way to completely annihilate the Black Earth Tribe's army while ensuring his own losses were minimal, so he chose to hold his ground.

Morpheus's tone softened: "What are the conditions? Let's be clear beforehand: it is impossible for you to make me retreat right now, and if you ask me to help you fight the Baiou Empire, I estimate that you won't be happy with the conditions I offer!"

Morpheus had already guessed the conditions Zhao Zhenyuan was going to propose; there were only two possibilities.

One was to have the Black Earth Tribe withdraw from the scramble for the Qiyuan Mountains, but this was basically impossible. The temptation of two high-concentration star crystal mines and the Alien Ruins was simply too great, enough to allow a nation to completely rise.

Currently, the Black Earth Tribe was the most backward among the three nations, so Morpheus had to go all out.

And the second condition was for Great Xia and the Black Earth Tribe to cooperate, but this time the Black Earth Tribe wanted to swallow the Qiyuan Mountains whole; Great Xia would absolutely not sacrifice its own interests to help the Black Earth Tribe.

To tell the truth, Zhao Zhenyuan had indeed originally wanted to propose these two conditions, but he also knew Morpheus would not agree, so he settled for the next best thing and asked Morpheus to cede territory.

"Fine! I know you won't agree to those two conditions. Since that's the case, give us your northern Misibi Mountain Region!"

The Misibi Mountain Region could be considered a relatively important resource area for the Black Earth Tribe.

It contained one star crystal mine, two meteorite iron mines, and some old-era energy deposits like petroleum.

The Black Earth Tribe was already poor, and having had hundreds of thousands of kilograms of star crystals stolen by Li Mo, ceding the Misibi Mountain Region now was simply adding frost to snow.

Morpheus gritted his teeth and said, "Zhao Zhenyuan, your appetite is too big. At most, I can hand over the petroleum in that area to you!"

In fact, old-era energy was no longer very valuable in modern times. The most important thing in Misibi was that star crystal mine, and that was exactly what Zhao Zhenyuan had his eyes on.

"Then there's nothing to talk about. Let's just fight! It just so happens that my Great Xia soldiers are sharpening their blades!"

Zhao Zhenyuan displayed the spirit that a Marshal should have; as the victor, his tone toward Morpheus was not one of negotiation, but of command!

General Gemu, who was seriously injured, couldn't help but say coldly upon seeing this, "Marshal, just let me die! My life is not worth it!"

Although General Gemu said this, he was clearly unaware of his importance to Morpheus and to the entire Black Earth Tribe.

He was the most favored among the many generals by Morpheus, practically equivalent to the second-in-command of the Black Earth Tribe's army, and was the future successor designated by Morpheus.

For the Misibi Mountain Region, Morpheus thought for a moment and then gritted his teeth and agreed.

"Good! Fine! Come to my camp in person the day after tomorrow to sign the documents!"

Morpheus agreed to Zhao Zhenyuan's conditions without much hesitation. He had no choice but to agree; he couldn't really engage in total war with Great Xia.

Seeing that his goal was achieved, Zhao Zhenyuan ordered the troops to withdraw.

Meanwhile, after a full night of rest, Li Mo and the others finally regained their strength.

The pills General Mo Yi gave were quite effective; otherwise, in such a state of exhausted vitality, it would have taken at least a day and a night to recover.

Everyone's bodies were wrapped in bandages after being treated by the medical department, which showed that everyone's injuries were not light.

But fortunately, this battle completely made the Vanguard Battalion famous.

Originally, there weren't many people in The Military who looked favorably upon this temporarily assembled unit.

But after learning of the battle achievements Li Mo and the others had attained, passing soldiers continuously cast admiring glances at them.

"Not bad! The brothers of the Vanguard Battalion are capable! Five thousand men held off one hundred thousand of the enemy's army!"

"Things I didn't even dare to imagine, you actually accomplished! And you killed ten thousand of the enemy!"

"I'm not well-educated, I can only say one thing: Badass!"

"Hahahaha!"

As the saying goes, The Military is a place that values military exploits; as long as you achieve merits, you will be respected.

Although covered in bandages, Li Mo and his group won applause from everyone with their battle achievements.

"Boss! This time we've really made a name for ourselves! Hahaha! I'm going to drink to my heart's content!"

Xu Feng grabbed a bottle of white liquor and started drinking heartily, mixed with the joy of surviving a disaster.

Li Mo was relatively calm; he knew there were still big things to do next.

"Alright! Drink less! Rest for a while, and after your injuries heal a bit, you all go and rally your respective remnants. We still have hard battles to fight next!"

As long as the ownership of the Qiyuan Mountains was not divided, the three nations would continue to fight; Li Mo understood this point clearly.

Following Li Mo's instructions, the few of them quickly rallied their troops. Li Mo immediately took a count and discovered that the Vanguard Battalion now only had about twelve hundred people left.

When he first set out, the Vanguard Battalion had two thousand one hundred and fifty-five men, and later it expanded to five thousand four hundred and fifty-three men in the Rainforest Mining Area.

After a major battle in the forest area, it was surprisingly reduced to only twelve hundred men again.

Li Mo felt some heartache. Most of those who died in battle were the captives he had rescued in the mining area.

If they had known they would die, he wondered if those captives would regret following Li Mo out of the mining area.

After hesitating for a long time, Li Mo still slowly said, "Brothers, you are all good men!"

But the brothers of the Vanguard Battalion did not blame Li Mo; instead, they shouted in unison, "Battalion Commander is good!!"

In reality, the captives in the mining area lived almost like neither humans nor ghosts; it was Li Mo who gave them a chance to die on the battlefield. They were too grateful to even have time to be angry, so how could they blame Li Mo?

When they did not choose to rebel for the sake of star crystals, it proved that they were all pure warriors!