Marquis Descartes originally thought that Xu Yi's unexpectedly tough attitude was just a negotiation tactic to force the Candela Empire to change conditions that were more favorable to them.
This kind of negotiation method is also common, so he was just shocked at the beginning, but not too anxious. While reporting the initial negotiation situation to the senior officials of the Candela Empire, he was preparing to continue to contact the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and the Luersun Kingdom for the next step. One step negotiation.
However, to his surprise, both the Luersun Kingdom and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce have always firmly rejected his request for another meeting and talks, so that he and his delegation were in Babulal City. After staying there for a full week, I didn't even see anyone in charge of the Luersun Kingdom or the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, let alone Xu Yi, who played a decisive role.
A week later, a piece of news reached the ears of Marquis Descartes, which immediately shocked him and the entire envoy into speechlessness.
The joint forces of the Luersun Kingdom and the New Flying Chamber of Commerce's escort team captured Mobigan City, a city in the southern part of Talaman Province, two days ago, on May 3, and are now approaching the provincial capital of Talaman Province.
"Your Majesty the Marquis, these guys seem... It seems they really have no intention of negotiating with us..." A member of the envoy said to the Marquis Descartes in stunned silence.
Marquis Descartes could no longer maintain the usual calm and calm expression on his face, his weak smile full of bitterness.
He had no idea that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and the Luersun Kingdom would actually send their troops to continue the attack without even giving them a chance to negotiate peace.
Do they really think they have the ability to defeat the powerful Candela Empire
"Lord Marquis, what should we do now?" asked another member of the envoy.
Marquis Descartes shook his head slightly, looking a little confused.
The Xinfei Chamber of Commerce was completely unexpected and tough, and he didn't know what to do.
After thinking for a long time, Marquis Descartes let out a long sigh.
"Wait. The only thing we can do is wait. No matter what, it all depends on how it performs on the battlefield. So now... we can only hope that the soldiers of the empire will not let us down... "
The other members of the envoy looked at me and I looked at you, and we all saw the bitterness in each other's smiles.
The soldiers of the Empire would not let them down if they were on the battlefield. Why do they appear here, and even have to endure the arrogance of those guys from the Ruerxun Kingdom and the New Flying Chamber of Commerce
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From another perspective, the soldiers of the Candela Empire army really did not disappoint the members of the envoy.
Because... they were indeed, as everyone expected, unable to withstand the attack of the Lu-Xin coalition.
After the Lu-Xin coalition forces broke out a more powerful and crazy attack than before. The province of Talaman fell faster than the southwestern province.
It only took twenty-one days for the provincial capital of Talaman Province to be breached. Duke Lagor, the governor of Talaman Province, refused to retreat and was directly killed in the battle.
The five magisters who requested reinforcements from the Kandra Empire's military headquarters were not all spared this time, and one magister died. Two of the remaining four magisters were seriously injured, and the other two were forced to retreat.
After the fall of the province, five cities in the northern part of Talaman Province surrendered to the Lu-Xin coalition forces.
At this point, the province of Talaman was completely occupied.
On May 29th, the Governor of the Southern Province, Duke Elman Windsor, suddenly announced that the Southern Province was independent from the Candela Empire.
As soon as the news came out, the entire Candela Empire was shocked, and the entire Sainz Continent was also shocked.
On June 7, Tural Province, the southernmost province of the Kandela Empire and the province with the largest coastline in the Kandra Empire, also announced its separation from the Kandra Empire. But it was not a declaration of independence, but a declaration of joining the Principality of Standing.
Tural Province is the province that has the most cooperation with the New Flying Chamber of Commerce among the many provinces in the Kandra Empire. Over the years, the New Flying Chamber of Commerce has established nearly a hundred cooperation projects in the Tural Province, almost It involves all aspects of the Tular Province, and it can be said to be the province with the deepest penetration.
When the Candela Empire declared the New Flying Chamber of Commerce to be a hostile chamber of commerce, although the industries under the name of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce in Tular Province were also damaged to a certain extent, most of them were preserved through various other means, making the New Flying Chamber of Commerce The power in the province of Tural is still deep-rooted.
Therefore, this time the Tural Province announced its separation from the Candela Empire after the Southern Province and merged into the Principality of Standing, although it still shocked countless people. But it didn’t surprise many people.
However, unlike the southern province's declaration of independence, which had an impact mainly on the spiritual level, the Tural Province's declaration of secession caused very serious substantive damage to the Kandra Empire.
Due to the limitations of the previous cooperation agreement between the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and the Candela Empire, the projects related to the magic industry industry invested and developed by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in the Candela Empire are mainly concentrated in two places.
The first place is an industrial base near the capital, Wimbledon, but its main function is to serve as a demonstration. So the scale is not big.
In comparison, it can be said that the real cooperation projects between the New Flying Chamber of Commerce and the Candela Empire are all concentrated in the Tural Province.
The scale of the magic industry in Tural Province alone is enough to account for more than 70% of all the magic industry developed by the Candela Empire in recent years.
Now that Tular Province is separated from the Kandra Empire, it will have a serious impact on all aspects of the entire Kandra Empire in an instant, and immediately trigger a nationwide panic in the Kandra Empire.
More importantly, the secession of the province of Tular. This meant that the Candela Empire lost its southern coastline and all its outlets to the sea.
The current Candela Empire has almost become a landlocked country.
Of course, people on Sainz's continent don't have a strong understanding of this.
The focus of people's attention is still on the Lu-Xin coalition forces that are advancing into the interior of the Candela Empire.
Two provinces were captured in succession, and during this period the Kandra Empire's army did not even see the slightest hope of victory on the frontal battlefield. This severely damaged the morale and confidence of the Kandra Empire.
Although the Candela Empire did not give up and tried every means to restore its decline, it had no chance of winning on the frontal battlefield. Even if it wanted to set up an ambush to reverse the situation, it would all be ambush because of the ubiquitous magic airships of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce. It all became a joke.
As the Lu-Xin coalition forces advanced towards Wimbledon City step by step, the civilians of the Candela Empire did not feel much, but the nobles at the top of the empire became increasingly panicked.
Following the Southwest Province and Tural Province, thirteen more provinces successively announced their separation from the Candela Empire and publicly expressed varying degrees of willingness to cooperate with the New Flying Chamber of Commerce.
As a result, nearly half of the provinces in the Candela Empire were out of control.
In the history of the Candela Empire for nearly a thousand years, there have been great chaos caused by various reasons. The imperial capital Wimbledon was even breached. The entire empire was plunged into war and was even close to a critical moment of destruction.
But in these critical moments, the Candela Empire was always able to finally recover and recover into a huge empire.
But this time... it is different from all previous crises.
In the past, the Candela Empire would fall into crisis, mostly due to civil strife.
But this time, there was no civil strife in the Candela Empire before. On the contrary, the nearly hundred years before that had been called the golden age with the most stable imperial power and the best development in the history of the Candela Empire.
Under normal circumstances, such a Candela Empire would be impossible to defeat.
But now the emergence of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce has shattered all the defenses of the Candela Empire and plunged the Candela Empire into chaos.
August 16th is almost the hottest day of the whole year.
On this day, the Lu-Xin coalition contributed the city of St. Anthony in the southernmost part of the Central Province of the Candela Empire, officially entering the scope of the Central Province and truly threatening the heart of the Candela Empire - Wimbledon City.
Five days later, the Marquis Descartes once again led the envoy and appeared at the gates of St. Anthony's City in front of the Lu-Xin coalition.
However, it was completely different from the self-confidence even with a hint of arrogance four months ago. When Marquis Descartes once again saw the well-equipped escorts of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce in the Lu-Xin coalition, he no longer had any identity in his heart. For the superiority of the Marquis of the Candela Empire, there is only endless bitterness and decadence.
The countless battles with the Lu-Xin coalition forces in the past few months have told everyone that the Candela Empire, which was considered extremely powerful in people's minds, was actually so vulnerable.
The continuous defeats that lasted for more than a year since last year have completely shattered the confidence of all the nobles in the Candela Empire like Marquis Descartes, and also shattered the arrogance in their hearts.
No matter how much they cursed and hated in their hearts, they had to admit that the empire was helpless in the face of the military magic machines "gifted by the devil" from the New Flying Chamber of Commerce.
Even Marquis Descartes felt a little happy and fortunate in his heart.
In the past four months, the Candela Empire made many requests for peace talks to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. Even Marquis Descartes risked his life and came to the Lu-Xin coalition formation many times, but the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce never responded.
Now, the New Flying Chamber of Commerce finally gave a positive response and promised to give the Candela Empire another chance for peace talks. Naturally, Marquis Descartes was overjoyed, as were the entire top brass of the Candela Empire.
The Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is still willing to negotiate peace, which proves that there is hope for things to ease.
As for what the Candela Empire will look like after the peace talks, that is something that can only be considered later... (~^~)