The great victory on the Cervomen Plain spread quickly, and the joy of victory spread across the country of Wansheng.
In order to celebrate this great victory, Baihua City has begun to make intensive arrangements for the celebration. They cleared the snow on the streets, lit red lanterns on both sides of the streets, and carefully dressed up each building beautifully.
The day when the good news came happened to be New Year's Day. The residents of Baihua City simply combined the celebration of New Year's Day with the celebration of the great victory, and the event was lively for many days.
After receiving the call from Mingdarak, Yang Yu rushed back to Baihua City from the Cerrowomen Plain overnight.
Ajiket had already learned of Mindarak's intentions in advance, and he told Yang Yu not to worry about the trivial matters after the war and to concentrate on preparing for the negotiations.
You know, even if they fail, the Rose Empire will still be arrogant. It is estimated that they will make things difficult for the Wansheng Kingdom in front of the dragon, intending to gain something at the negotiating table.
Only when they suffer completely will they regret this war.
The Rose Empire attaches great importance to so-called glory.
They appointed a general to negotiate, but when they saw a reserve general sitting opposite him, he was likely to question Wansheng Kingdom's attitude towards peace talks.
They are likely to say things like "The people we sent to negotiate are all in high positions, but you appointed a reserve general as the chief negotiator. This is naked contempt" or "The colorful-haired masked man has clearly made such contributions, but you did not grant him a higher military rank, but negotiated with us with the title of reserve general. We can see the attitude of Wansheng Country from this" and take the initiative in the negotiations.
For the subsequent negotiations, it is necessary to award the medal.
Yang Yu naturally knew this truth, which could be said to be an inevitable result.
Even if Wansheng Kingdom doesn't want him to show up, the Rose Empire will definitely clamor for him to come to the negotiating table.
The key points of negotiation are how to disgust the other party and force them to make concessions after they have made things difficult for you, or how to find a win-win solution that they cannot refuse.
After confirming that the method was indeed feasible, Yang Yu started preparing countermeasures long ago.
Especially before the fire, Yang Yu thought a lot.
Now, the response method has basically been formed. What remains is to see how shameless the Rose Empire will be and how much it can use.
Thanks to the bonus of the title, Lotkar's speed increased a lot. At full speed, it only took him two and a half days to run from the Cerrovomen Plain to Baihua City with Yang Yu.
As soon as Yang Yu appeared in Baihuadu, he was warmly welcomed by the residents of Baihuadu.
People crowded the streets, everyone wanted to see the young general and give him their blessings.
Yang Yu also greeted everyone enthusiastically, and went straight to the palace under everyone's admiring gazes.
Passing through the spacious main hall, Yang Yu saw the radiant thousand-foot-high lion.
After a lengthy ceremony, Wanzhangshi first expressed his gratitude to Yang Yu for saving his life:
"Thank you, Mr. Potato Thorn. It's nice to see you again.
With you, I can recover from my illness successfully.
I really didn't expect that you would make such a great contribution to this country."
"No way. Thanks to your majesty for bestowing me with the essence of my race, I am almost getting rid of the wood-melting disease. Wansheng Country treats me so well, so I will certainly serve them wholeheartedly."
Under the throne, Yang Yu was extremely polite, his words were full of respect, without a trace of falsehood.
Wanzhangshi laughed loudly, but without losing any dignity: "You are really modest. We in Wansheng Country will not mistreat anyone who has made contributions to this country.
Originally, I wanted to wait until my health improved so that I could go to the battlefield and lead the country to victory.
I didn't expect you to do it before me.
I feel really emotional to have come this far.
If you do the math, it has been more than eight years, almost nine years, since the Rose Empire launched the war.
During this period, our country experienced many dangers, including stubborn nobles, traitors, demihumans who fought on their own and had no cohesion, and the sudden death of the previous general.
All of them are about to become the last straw that breaks the camel's back.
How we got through it, I'll never forget.
It is precisely because of the emergence of outstanding talents like you who, in times of crisis, have been able to save the country from collapse and survive until today, and to see the dawn of hope.
The envoy from the Rose Empire had come here a few days ago.
After discussion, we set the date for the negotiations as January 9, which was a week later.
Our two countries will propose our own revisions to the rules set by the dragon and eventually sign a ceasefire agreement.
I hope you can represent Wansheng Country at that time.
In order to thank you for your contribution and to enable you to have an equal position in negotiations with the other side, I will personally grant you the position of general.
After the negotiations are successfully completed, I will also give you a formal title and a piece of territory to thank you for everything you have done for Wansheng Country."
Although he wanted to ask for the title and territory to be exchanged for other things, under the current atmosphere, Yang Yu could not put forward his request and could only give up:
"Thank you, His Majesty, for your kindness."
"Then the next step is the formal awarding ceremony. Thank you again for everything you have done for Wansheng Country. From today on, you will be a general of Wansheng Country. I look forward to your future."
Wanzhangshi called over the maid and asked Qian Xialan to step forward and officially begin the awarding of honors.
Orcs have disliked complicated processes since ancient times. They believe that there is no need to hold complicated awarding ceremonies like those of humans. As long as they can give the heroes the kingdom's care, the power they deserve, and the rewards, the awarding of honors is considered complete.
From Qian Xia Lan, Yang Yu took a unique general token engraved with his name, as well as a general sword of very good quality, also engraved with his name.
There was originally a set of general armor, but no one could have expected such dramatic changes on the battlefield, and the war on the Cerrovo Gate Plain ended so quickly, so the armor has not been completed.
I don’t know whether the armor can be put on by the time Yang Yu finishes the negotiations and comes back.
Yang Yu didn't care at all. Although the armor had excellent defensive capabilities, it was too heavy.
The size of the armor would also affect Yang Yu's movements, making it impossible for him to use his body flexibly at critical moments.
The armor given can only be regarded as a symbol of identity. To a certain extent, the mask worn by Yang Yu and the colorful hair are very recognizable, and there is no need for armor to distinguish the general's identity at all.
Therefore, Yang Yu didn’t care whether he took the general’s armor or not after this.
The armor is not needed now, nor will it be needed in the future.
Yang Yu looked at the camp mission and found that the mission reward for promotion to general was already available.
It’s a pity that I’ll probably never get the last column.
There is no way around it. It is impossible for him to become the general who defends the country of Wansheng.
Because he is not someone who completely stands on the side of Wansheng Kingdom.
(End of this chapter)