Chapter 344

Khun Sa knew very well that once he raised the banner of nation-building, it would inevitably cause opposition from surrounding countries.

By then, an armed force of less than 20,000 people would not be enough to support the situation.

For this, Khun Sa constantly recruited soldiers and bought horses, and even more needed to wait for an opportunity.

"Knock, knock, knock."

The office door was knocked.

"Come in."

Khun Sa said.

The door opened, and a major wearing a dark green military uniform walked in quickly.

"Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief, this is the intelligence on the Siamese people's plantation being destroyed a few days ago."

The major handed a document to Khun Sa and said.

The so-called Commander-in-Chief naturally referred to Khun Sa.

Although Khun Sa had not yet officially built a nation, he had already constructed a general framework internally; the army was called the Mong Tai Army, and he was the Commander-in-Chief of the Mong Tai Army.

"Let me see."

Khun Sa took the document and flipped through it; soon his face became solemn, and his brows were deeply furrowed.

"Forty Hind armed helicopters? Is the intelligence reliable?"

Khun Sa asked emphatically; even he didn't have such a rich family background.

Armed helicopters were not something one could buy just by having money; one or two were easy to get, but when it reached a quantity of forty, it was fundamentally impossible to get without strong connections.

"It has already been confirmed; that group of attackers indeed possesses forty Hinds."

The major replied.

"This group of Siamese people, what kind of force did they provoke?"

Khun Sa frowned and pondered.

This was not because Khun Sa cared about the Siamese people, but because they were in the same Golden Triangle, and he had to consider the situation in case the base was also attacked.

"Order it down, all personnel enter a state of combat readiness, and anti-aircraft missiles are on 24-hour standby."

Khun Sa ordered.

"Yes, Commander-in-Chief!"

The major gave a military salute, then left the office.

"Beep, beep, beep!"

At this time, Khun Sa's satellite phone rang.

Being deep in the Golden Triangle, Khun Sa naturally had no mind to pay attention to technological products; he didn't even know the existence of Galaxy II.

"Who is this?"

Khun Sa picked up the phone and asked with a hoarse voice.

"I am the Siamese General Bali; Your Excellency Khun Sa, any interest in cooperating together?"

On the other end of the phone, Bali said.

"Cooperate? I have nothing to talk about with the Siamese people."

Khun Sa hummed; a few years ago he had had friction with the Siamese military; although it didn't go as far as taking it out on Bali, he still had no interest.

Saying this, he was about to hang up the phone.

"Wait! Your Excellency Khun Sa, please listen to me finish first."

Bali said hurriedly.

"Speak if you have a fart."

Khun Sa coughed up a mouthful of thick phlegm and spat it under his feet with a "phew" sound.

"A few days ago, a group of unidentified forces attacked the plantations of me and several other colleagues, causing us heavy losses.

Afterwards, we learned that this group of people possesses forty Hind armed helicopters, and their strength is extremely terrifying."

Bali first narrated the situation simply, then said, "Now we have found out that these attackers are Seeing Ni Yongyao's men, and they are specifically going for the white goods plantations."

"Seeing Ni Yongyao?"

Hearing this name, Khun Sa felt it was very familiar, then immediately remembered who Seeing Ni Yongyao was.

Khun Sa didn't care about technological products, but was very keen on weapons; he had an understanding of the HK416 and MPX released by Black Steel Industry before, and even specially got the videotape of the press conference.

At that time, Khun Sa took a fancy to the performance of these two weapons at a glance; the only pity was that the selling price was expensive and not suitable for large-scale equipment, so he had to give it up in pain.

However, Khun Sa still got two weapons for his own use through some channels and couldn't put them down, often using them for entertainment at the shooting range on weekdays.

"How did you become enemies with Seeing Ni Yongyao?"

Khun Sa asked.

"That's a long story; Seeing Ni Yongyao is now the underground emperor of Hong Kong, but he prohibits all white goods transactions, forcing us to have a falling out with him..."

Bali said.

"So destroying your plantations is Seeing Ni Yongyao's counterattack?"

Khun Sa said.

"That's right."

Bali said, "Your Excellency Khun Sa, the purpose of calling you is to invite you to cooperate together to encircle and suppress that batch of Seeing Ni Yongyao's men; if we are lucky, it's not impossible to seize forty Hinds.

As long as these people are handled, Seeing Ni Yongyao is a tiger whose claws and teeth have been pulled, not worth worrying about.

By then, the entire Hong Kong market will be open to us."

Hearing these words in Khun Sa's ears, his brows furrowed tightly, constantly pondering the pros and cons.

"How many troops do you have?"

Khun Sa asked; in the end, he still leaned toward cooperating with Bali to encircle and suppress this batch of Seeing Ni Yongyao's men.

One was the forty Hind armed helicopters, which made Khun Sa very jealous, wishing he could move them to his military base immediately.

The second was Seeing Ni Yongyao's attitude toward white goods; Khun Sa suspected in his heart, if Seeing Ni Yongyao finished dealing with the Siamese people, would he turn around and attack him?

Khun Sa had no interest in gambling on this probability.

"A total of 15,000 people; this is the limit we can draw out to enter the Golden Triangle."

Bali said.

Although several generals had a large number of soldiers under them, they also had their own garrisons that needed to be guarded, and not many could be sent to the Golden Triangle.

The internal part of Siam was not calm; once too many people were drawn out and their movements exposed, it was very likely they would be attacked by enemies.

It was also for this reason that Bali and the others chose to cooperate with Khun Sa.

"Quite a lot of people, but what benefit is there for me to cooperate with you? Wouldn't it be better for me to sit and watch you dogs bite dogs?"

Khun Sa hummed and said.

In fact, Khun Sa already had the intention to cooperate, and now he just wanted to get some more oil and water.

"Seeing Ni Yongyao bought a large piece of land on the border of Chiang Rai Prefecture; after the encirclement and suppression are successful, these lands can all be transferred to Your Excellency Khun Sa's name."

Bali said.

"Just a piece of land is not enough; I need your support."

Khun Sa said.

"Support? What do you need our support for?"

Bali asked.

"You will naturally know when the time comes; rest assured, it's not a big deal."

Khun Sa smiled and said.

Khun Sa didn't intend to pull Bali and the others to his side in one cooperation, but prepared to lay a foundation first, and then slowly deepen the cooperation later.

After gradually forming a community of interests, it would be over if Bali and the others wanted to quit.

By the time Khun Sa announced nation-building, he would have natural allies within Siam.

"Since it's not a big deal, then no problem."

Bali said in one breath; in his view, the top priority was to resolve that batch of Seeing Ni Yongyao's men, and other things could be put aside first.

"A few days later, I will go with others to visit Your Excellency Khun Sa in the Golden Triangle."

Bali said.

"Welcome anytime."

Facing future allies, Khun Sa's attitude was much more enthusiastic.