it's over.
The national war between the Soma Alliance and the Sika Kingdom is over.
The war was declared on July 11th, and the official armistice and contract signing date was October 26th, exactly three and a half months before and after.
In the past three and a half months, the situation on the entire continent has been turned upside down. The Soma Alliance, the Truth Society, and the Sika Kingdom have all undergone tremendous changes.
The first is the Soma Alliance - it has been prepared for so long and paid a heavy price. With the help of Richard, the Soma Alliance finally achieved the real goal of launching a war and eliminated the Truth Society.
Since the Truth Society has been eliminated, the Alliance naturally has no reason to continue the war. After all, many people in the alliance have seen the danger of continuing, that is, after the truth society is eliminated, an all-out attack on the Sika Kingdom is carried out. Even if the Sika Kingdom is completely annexed, it will still bear a heavy burden and fall into constant division. in crisis.
Instead of doing this, it would be better to stop in time and digest the dividends obtained in this war. After digesting and dealing with the internal conflicts, it would be easier to try to swallow the entire Sika Kingdom.
Then there is the Truth Society - the Truth Society can be regarded as the complete loser in this war. The headquarters is gone, the top managers are exiled to the endless sky, and most of the remaining members are killed. Some hard-line elements want to resist, but they soon He was almost being educated and educated by Richard and the four magic knights, and in the end even his soul was shattered - after all, the Society of Truth has lost the qualification to speak. From now on, whether this name can be remembered by others depends on it. An unknown quantity.
Then came the Sika Kingdom—the Sika Kingdom was considered to be at a disadvantage, as evidenced by the fact that it lost half of its territory. However, the Sika Kingdom did not lose all its capital, and there was still a chance for a comeback. Especially after the top leaders of the Sika Kingdom decided to abandon the Truth Society and resist alone, they became unprecedentedly united.
At this time, the battle between the Alliance and the Truth Society came to an end. Although the Truth Society was destroyed, the Alliance also lost almost a complete elite alliance. The Sika Kingdom did not hesitate and took advantage of the situation to launch an attack, hoping to regain its lost glory.
However, the imagination is full, but the reality is cruel. As soon as the Kingdom of Sika prepared to launch an offensive, the remaining three coalition armies of the alliance appeared like ghosts in the hinterland of Sika, and then launched a series of breathtaking attacks, defeating the army of the Kingdom of Sika as if showing off their skills, and at the same time defeated All the confidence of the Sika Kingdom.
This battle was directed by Sauron himself, led by the entire command room. After wiping out the real target of the Society of Truth, the war finally no longer needed to be hidden and could be fought with all strength. After Sauron received the information in advance, he asked the three alliances to The legion quickly maneuvered and exploded into extreme combat power under the command, showing the alliance army and its terror, making everyone understand how the title "Military God" came from.
After this battle, Sika was completely frightened. After several more small battles and tens of thousands of lives lost, Sika finally recognized the reality. Within a few days, within the Sika Kingdom, the peace talks faction overwhelmed the hard-liners, sent the highest-level envoys, and began the peace negotiation process.
After that, they talked about fighting, and finally on October 26th, the two sides signed a contract in the palace of the city lord in Kasha City, agreeing to end the war and welcome peace.
The contract has many contents and is all-encompassing, such as releasing their respective captives, withdrawing troops in order, destroying fortresses and outposts built during the war, compensating military expenses, mortgaging mines, etc.
The most important among them is the latest division of territory.
At the end of the war, the Kingdom of Sika lost almost two-thirds of its territory, retaining only one-third. In this regard, the Soma Alliance showed magnanimity and did not demand all occupation, but returned half of it—that is to say, through the contract, the territory of the Sika Kingdom was restored to two-thirds of its pre-war territory, and the alliance only Asked for a third.
In fact, the Soma Alliance is not purely magnanimous. The reason why it voluntarily gave up nearly half of its occupied territory was due to various considerations.
The first is to use territorial concessions in exchange for other benefits.
Secondly, I feel that annexing such a large territory is a big burden, so it is better to take the initiative to reduce some of it - after all, the best is the appropriate one. Therefore, many areas with no war value, such as undefeable plains, vast wilderness, and uninhabited Gobi desert, were returned to Sika, leaving only strategic points that are easy to defend and difficult to attack, and are connected to all places. Transportation hubs, etc., can be said to be taken advantage of.
After taking advantage, the alliance did not stop there. It quickly divided the occupied area into dozens of special garrison areas, ranging in size from large to small, and stationed different numbers of troops to maintain law and order.
There are rumors that the alliance is planning to entrust part of these dozens of special garrison areas to those who have made meritorious services in the war in the form of fiefdoms, part of it will be used to support the goodwill regime of Sika, and the last part will be directly administered.
This is considering that this war consumed a lot of national power, so we should save resources as much as possible. When the national power is completely restored, we can digest the occupied areas step by step.
Richard was not too concerned about this. After all, he had never been interested in political matters. What he thought more about was: Now that the war is over, should all the things that the Alliance Emperor promised him be fulfilled
He was looking forward to the remaining materials in the Royal Library.
In anticipation, Richard followed a delegation of high-level officers from the Alliance Army and embarked on the road back to Xiaya from the border.
Speaking of which, the so-called delegation of high-level military officers are those who have contributed to the war and are preparing to participate in the celebration ceremony in the palace. Except for Sauron, a few people stay in the reef castle to beware of sudden changes in the Sika Kingdom. , most of the top military officials were in the delegation.
For this reason, the delegation received extremely high standards of reception along the way. Every time they passed a city, even if they did not enter the city but just walked, there was a grand welcome ceremony.
And it has been confirmed that when the delegation arrives in Xiaya, an unprecedented grand entrance ceremony will be held. Except for the alliance emperor who will not show up, many palace ministers and princes will attend.
why is it like this
Because this is the honor a war hero deserves.
After hearing the news, Richard decisively left the delegation and took the first step, sneaking to Xiaya one day in advance - he really didn't want to waste time on this meaningless ceremony.
In this way, in the afternoon of November 5th, when the delegation was still on the way to Xiaya, Richard entered the gate of Xiaya.
Thinking of the last time he came here, which was almost four months ago, Richard felt a little emotional.
Stepping on the road, Richard walked all the way towards the center of Xiaya City. He looked at the traffic around him and the shops on both sides of the street. He raised his eyebrows and found that many changes had taken place here in four months.