So, he hurriedly shook hands with Porter and said excitedly, "Hello, Mr. Waldron! I must have offended you because of what happened before but please, don’t take it to heart..."
Porter said solemnly, "Commander Hamed, please be rest assured. Since Mr. Wade has already said that we should turn the page over and start afresh, I would never dwell on this matter anymore."
When Hamed saw that Porter was so forthcoming and respectful toward Charlie in his words, he was amazed. He wondered why Porter had such great respect for Charlie.
Charlie smiled slightly at this time and said, "Brother, Porter and Ten Thousand Armies which is under his command have already pledged their allegiance to m e. From now on, he will be one of your own too!"
Hamed was dumbfounded when Charlie said these words!
He had originally thought that Charlie was just here to help them reconcile, but he never would have dreamt that both Porter and Ten Thousand Armies would have already pledged their allegiance to Charlie.
So, he subconsciously asked, "Brother... is this really true? You're not joking with me, right?"
Just when he was still feeling incredulous and in
disbelief, Porter also spoke up, "Commander Hamed, M r. Wade is not joking with you. Ten Thousand Armies has really pledged its allegiance to Mr. Wade!"
Hamed was shocked, and he looked at Charlie as he muttered and asked, "B-Brother... How on earth did you manage to do that?!"
Charlie laughed and said, "We will talk about all these things later. When will Sayid be arriving?"
Hamed looked at the time and replied, "In about ten more minutes."
"Okay." Charlie nodded and said, "Let’s wait for him here, then."
Ten minutes later, another helicopter slowly landed in the middle of the valley.
Sayid, who was wearing a military uniform, jumped down from the helicopter in big strides. As soon as he saw Charlie, he approached him and greeted him warmly, "Hello, Mr. Wade! We finally meet again!"
Charlie nodded and smiled. After exchanging a few pleasantries with him, Charlie then introduced Porter t o him.
Sayid had never seen Porter before, and when he suddenly learned that the young man next to Charlie was Porter, he was suddenly a little confused and lost.
Charlie patted Sayid’s shoulder and smiled as he said, "I asked you to come for the negotiation this time because I want to solve all the problems between you and Ten Thousand Armies in just one step. In addition, I also want to offer you a better option. So, why don't we go over to Commander Hamed's conference room to talk about this matter in detail?”
"Yes!" Sayid hastily agreed.
When the four of them arrived at the conference room, Charlie opened the door and got straight to the point a s he said to Sayid, "Sayid, those fifteen thousand prisoners of war from Ten Thousand Armies must be a considerable burden and liability for you, right?"
Sayid was naturally reluctant to admit this in front of Porter and so, he pretended to be relaxed and said," Actually, it does not really matter. We have already specially set aside a place to imprison them, and everything is in order."
Charlie laughed and said, "Sayid, now that we are here today, regardless of whether it is I, Hamed, or even Porter, none of us here are your enemies anymore, but we are all your friends."
After saying that, Charlie then added, "Ever since Hamed successfully defended against the attacks of the government and Ten Thousand Armies, the other opposition forces have all started to strengthen their defenses vigorously. In the future, all of them will also develop their bases in the mountains one by one where it would be easy for them to defend themselves but difficult for others to attack them. It will be difficult for you to fight, and since you will not be able to defend yourself against the danger, the situation will only become more and more passive in the future."
The expression on Sayid's face remained unchanged, but he was indeed worried about this matter in his heart.
Right now, the two sides were really in a stalemate. Originally, this stalemate did not make the government feel too anxious. After all, they had always felt that the other side was in the defensive stage and that they would still have the upper hand if they were to attack.
However, what had happened in another country in the Middle East some time ago sent chills down their backs.
That country had just undergone a huge change, and i t was the passive side that was playing guerrilla in the mountains that gained the ultimate victory.
This had greatly stimulated their nerves and made them become nervous all of a sudden.
At this time, Charlie said directly, "Sayid, if you are willing, Ten Thousand Armies can become your halfally in the future."
Sayid was surprised and asked, "What is a half-ally?"
Charlie smiled faintly and explained, "They will become the bulletproof vest on your body. Although they will not participate in your offense, they will fully assist you in defense and guard you against the opponent's fatal strike when you're in danger!”
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