As soon as Grand Duke Fesabrun said that the envoy sent by Grand Duke Handela had stayed in the barracks for four days, Lorist stopped in his tracks. Wait, something seems wrong...
Lorist turned his mind, and looked at Grand Duke Feisabrun with a worried expression. What does this old guy want to do? The envoy sent by Grand Duke Handela should naturally be sent to see the Second Highness, and he should be left in the barracks to call him back. Also, this should be the barracks that I am in charge of, so you hide the envoy with me in the end What are you thinking? You want to drag me into the water without telling the Second Highness
As soon as Grand Duke Fesabrunn saw Lorist, he understood that he had misunderstood, and quickly stepped forward to explain in a soft voice: "The envoy knows us, and he came here specially to find me this time, just to find out if they want to stop fighting with His Majesty. What price should I pay for making peace? I dare not make peace for them without authorization, so I came back to discuss with you. In addition, you also know that there are many people in my military camp, so you brought people to you to avoid being accused by Your Majesty. Discovered and misunderstood... "
Well, that's not what dragged me into the water. And when did we get so close? Even Grand Duke Handra sent an envoy to discuss with me? But Lorist was also aroused curiosity: "I know you too? Who is it?"
You old guy has always had various entanglements with the four principalities of the central region. I think the four principalities of the central region lost 60,000 to 70,000 elite infantry in order to rescue you. I didn't expect you to take refuge with the Second Highness in a blink of an eye, and even brought two legions of your family to attack the four principalities in the middle of the country in an ungrateful manner. Don't you think about the incident when your Fesabrun family's flag appeared in front of the defensive position a few months ago and was scolded bloody by those garrison soldiers? Why do you still have the face to continue hooking up with the four princes in the middle of the country in private...
That's true, Grand Duke Handra, why would he send an envoy to this cheeky, shameless and unrighteous old guy to make peace? If such a thing happened to him, he would have to fight to the death with the other party... Lorist was complaining in his heart, but he also understood that such a thing was beyond reproach in the eyes of the nobles, and everyone made such a choice to save the family . There is nothing to be done about what the Grand Duke of Feisabrun did. It is not surprising that it is very common for the nobles of the Galintia continent to turn their faces against each other today.
"The envoy here is the Earl of Churchwick. You also met him at the welcome banquet when I held the knight tourney. It seems that you invited him to talk to you at the hotel called Anna's house where you stayed." Fei Grand Duke Sabron looked around and said in a low voice.
This posture was a little awkward, almost whispering into Lorist's ear. Lorist took two quick steps and distanced himself a little: "Oh, it's him, did he come over and say something?"
"This..." Grand Duke Fesabrun hesitated for a moment: "You should tell him, because of the previous relationship, I am caught in the middle, which is a bit of a quarrel."
"You are self-aware." Lorist nodded, "Then where is he?"
Earl Churchwick stayed in a remote corner at the end of the barracks. Several temporary cabins were built here. It was originally the place where the Flying Tigers punished the soldiers who made mistakes, and now they are asked by the Grand Duke Fessabrun to stay behind. Once the commander of the Pegasus Legion in the camp, the head of the Bonaparte Army sent someone to clean it up, it became a guest room for entertaining guests.
Lorist was silent. If the Flying Tigers stayed in the camp, let alone Grand Duke Feisabrun brought someone, even he himself would have to be notified before he could enter the camp. Now that the Flying Tigers have gone to Moyuan, this old man On the contrary, in the big camp here, you can come and go freely, as if you have entered the land of no one. However, he also understood the commander of the Bonaparte Army who stayed behind. He was a knight of the Felim family, and he had to consider that the southern province of the family territory and the Eastern Wilderness province were connected. Even as a member of the four Northern Alliances, he cannot easily offend the Grand Duke Fessabrun. Besides, this old man is also the grandfather of Lorist's real wife. Open the door of convenience.
When Lorist and Grand Duke Fessabrun entered the door, Earl Churchwick was already standing at the door to greet him. He bowed to Lorist and Grand Duke Fessabrun respectively. Lorist was keenly aware of the surprise in the earl's eyes when he found out that he had arrived. Perhaps he thought that Lorist was the one who could make the decisions.
After the three of them sat down, Grand Duke Feisabrun was surprisingly silent, as if he was unwilling to speak. Sure enough, after rambling about for a long time in Lorist, Earl Churchwick couldn't hold back anymore, and directly explained his reason for coming. That is, Grand Duke Handra hopes to persuade or influence the intention of the Second Highness through Grand Duke Fesabrun and Lorist, to stop this useless war, and return the four central principalities to peace...
Lorist played with the teacup in his hand, as if there was some interesting secret hidden in this ordinary silver cup. It wasn't until Earl Churchwick finished speaking that he became a little impatient, and then asked softly, "What? Can Grand Duke Handela hold on?"
"No!" Earl Churchwick jumped up from the stool as if beaten with chicken blood, firmly denying: "His Royal Highness, all the citizens and nobles of our Principality are wholeheartedly prepared to follow His Royal Highness and resolutely fight against you The invasion. At present, our principality has formed three legions, plus the city defense legion of the capital Hans City and the garrison teams in various places. Our Grand Duke alone has more than 200,000 elite soldiers and strong generals.
In addition, there are 200,000 allied troops brought by the three grand dukes. Our military strength has reached more than 400,000, which has long surpassed your 300,000 army. Once you invade our territory, the Grand Duke can at any time recruit 200,000 young and strong from the nearly one million citizens of the Principality to form a new army to fight against the invaders. It’s just that His Royal Highness has benevolence in his heart, and at the same time, he also misses the old feelings of the Krissen Empire, so he strictly ordered the front line to only defend and not fight back, because he didn’t want to hurt the friendship with the Krissen royal family... "
Lorist put down the cup in his hand and began to applaud: "Well said, Lord Churchwick, please continue."
continue? What to continue... Earl Churchwick looked at Lorist inexplicably, not understanding what he meant by continuing, but seeing that Lorist seemed to be listening attentively, he had no choice but to turn his eyes to the Duke of Fessabrun for help. .
Grand Duke Feisab wanted to laugh, but he could only hold back his cough twice, and smoothed things over: "Well, Grand Duke Norton, do you think that we can really rely on His Majesty's strategy to overcome the situation when our military strength is slightly inferior to theirs? The Principality of Handela?"
The old fox is pretending again, and even asked me to come out to play red face. Lorist smiled, and still made it clear: "Lord Earl Churchwick, the three provinces of Handela have nearly a million people, and it would be very difficult to support an army of more than 400,000..."
Earl Churchwick blushed, but he still refused to admit defeat: "No, it's not difficult at all. In the past few years, our principality has had good weather and good harvests, and the grain and grass have filled the granaries everywhere, enough for 400,000 troops. It’s been four or five years. And the business alliance has also given us a lot of support. Since they heard that you were attacking the four central duchies, all kinds of military supplies for free assistance have been continuously delivered.
They hope that the armies of our Central Four Principalities can teach your Majesty a profound lesson, let him recognize the reality, and stop being so ambitious about the idea of unifying the former empire. It's just that our Grand Duke's heart is too soft, and he doesn't want to meet you in battle, so I asked to find out what the two Highnesses mean. If His Majesty Ogesello's request is not excessive, it is better to stop the war and restore peace to the four central principalities as soon as possible... "
Hehe, still blowing. Nobility is hypocrisy. If it is true as you said, will your Grand Duke send you here? Let's wait and see who can't hold on first. Lorist curled his lips in disdain, and did not say anything, deliberately pretending to be embarrassed: "Lord Churchwick, I believe you are telling the truth. But you should know our Majesty's temper, he has always hated the four He believed that if the four Grand Dukes hadn't refused to return to the embrace of the empire, then his great cause of unifying the territory of the former empire had long since dawned.
So, it's not that we won't help you, but that His Majesty has already decided that the four Central Principalities must be destroyed this time. If the four Grand Dukes are aware of current affairs, I personally think it is better to go to His Majesty to plead guilty as soon as possible. I believe His Majesty will never kill the four Grand Dukes. "
"This is absolutely impossible!" Earl Churchwick blushed excitedly: "We still have 400,000 troops in our hands, there is absolutely no way we can catch them without a fight!"
Lorist patted his thigh: "That's great. Since you are unwilling to surrender and you understand our majesty's stubbornness, why not just bring the 400,000 troops over and let's set up our formations for a decisive battle. As long as we are defeated That will naturally calm down our Majesty, and everyone will be able to live in peace for a few more years."
Earl Churchwick's face turned pale in an instant, and he himself knew that he had probably blown too much. In the current situation, my side is more defensive than offensive, especially Lorist is standing on the side of the Second Highness, and the Norton family's armed forces in the Northland are not new to me, so trying to be strong in front of Lorist has the opposite effect.
"Hehe, hehe," Earl Churchwick laughed a few times, and quickly turned the conversation around: "Well, His Royal Highness Norton, I, I have come to seek peace on the orders of our Grand Duke, and it is not for the two of us to seek peace. There is a decisive battle or something. Our Grand Duke sincerely wants to end this war, so I asked you two for your opinion to see if there is any way to end this meaningless war... "
"Really?" Lorist said noncommittally, "Then tell me, what conditions did you make public?"
"Well, our Grand Duke said that if the two His Highnesses can persuade His Majesty Ogesello to restore the pre-war situation of the four principalities in the central region, then the four Grand Dukes are willing to offer two million gold blessings to the Second Highness, and at the same time they are willing to cancel the four principalities. The title is back under His Majesty's command, and he is also willing to hand over a one million donation to the royal family every year... "
Hehe, Lorist was so annoyed, how could he expect the Second Highness to agree to such a condition? And let us persuade the Second Highness, no wonder the old guy stayed by the side and pretended to be dumb. If this war hadn't happened before, the Second Highness might have considered such a condition. Now that the three duchies have been wiped out, such a condition is still mentioned. Was Grand Duke Handela kicked in the head by a donkey
"Do you think our Majesty can agree to such a condition? If Grand Duke Handela is not sincere, he should not have sent you here. How about this? I will send you to our Majesty, and you can talk to him yourself How about these conditions?" Lorist said angrily.
Earl Churchwick's face turned blue and pale. In fact, he himself felt that these conditions were ridiculous, but these conditions were negotiated by the four grand dukes together, and it was not up to Grand Duke Handela to decide. Now the principality's internal situation is very bad, and the relationship between the four grand dukes is not so harmonious. The Duke of Volendo is the most disciplined and able to restrain his subordinates, and the Duke of Sabaji has the least force, but he can't jump up even if he wants to. The most annoying thing is Grand Duke Faker, who is arrogant and shameless. He obviously lives in the Principality, but he never takes Grand Duke Handra seriously.
Especially those nobles and knights under Grand Duke Faker, they did nothing different from bandits and bandits. They even dared to loot villages and towns in the Principality and plunder women, and even declared that they abandoned their country and left home to defend the Principality of Handela. What does it matter to play with you women
Grand Duke Handela was furious, and sent his knights to capture the noble knights of the Principality of Fakel. He was also concerned about the relationship of the alliance, so he handed these people over to Grand Duke Fakel for disposal. Unexpectedly, Grand Duke Faker turned around and released all these people. He also plausibly said that killing a few untouchables and playing with a few women is a big deal. The big deal is that you can go to me when the Principality of Faker is recovered. have fun...
It would be considered bad luck for Grand Duke Handela to meet such a bastard, especially if such a bastard is an ally on his side. Although the current battle situation in the Principality of Handra is more than enough to form only two legions, the Grand Duke still formed three legions because the third newly formed Black Dragon Legion was to monitor the other blood of Grand Duke Faker stationed in the Principality. Spear Legion, lest they corrupt the villages and towns where the Legion surrounds.
Earl Churchwick is well aware of the current situation of the Principality of Handela. The 400,000 troops are not a bragging rights, and it is impossible to supply 400,000 horses with food and grass for four to five years. But the consumption of 400,000 horses is so huge, the latest statistics show that the grain and grass accumulated in the principality can only supply 400,000 horses for half a year at most. Even counting the harvest of autumn grain in October and the harvest of winter wheat next spring, it should be able to last for another month or two. Just before such a food crisis, the Grand Duke Faker also asked to equip his legion with sufficient meat and fine grains...
It's not that the four grand dukes in the middle have never thought of asking for help from the business alliance, but how did the manager of the Vicia Chamber of Commerce closest to the Principality of Handra answer? There was nothing he could do to help, he could only express sympathy for the four principalities in the central region being attacked by His Highness the Second Highness, but the current business alliance was concerned with the war with the coalition forces of the Central South Kingdom, and there was no way to support the four principalities in the central region. However, the Vicia Chamber of Commerce has dealt with the four central duchies before, and they also have a friendship. They are willing to sell a batch of armor and other military supplies to the four grand dukes at a discount.
It is said to be a discount, but the price is 30% higher than usual, and the quality of the goods is still very poor. The person in charge replied solemnly, there is no way, there are wars everywhere, and the military supplies are in high demand. We can provide this batch of military equipment to the four princes The supplies are already the best efforts of the Vicia Chamber of Commerce. Grand Duke Handa was so angry that he asked on the spot, wouldn't the Vicia Chamber of Commerce be worried that the Second Highness would direct his troops to the Chamber of Commerce's territory, Puerto Org Province, after the destruction of the four central duchies? That was also the territory of the former Krissen Empire.
The person in charge replied very proudly, the Vicia Chamber of Commerce is not worried about such a thing happening, you must know that behind them is the Ford Business Alliance, the largest country in Galintia today...
It was because they could not find the support of the business alliance that the four central princes wanted to seek peace from the Second Highness, but the first condition they negotiated was to restore the pre-war situation, that is to say, to restore the three extinct principalities. Thinking about this condition, it is impossible for the Second Highness to agree, can the swallowed meat be spit out again? As for the donation of two million gold Fords, it is even more trivial. As long as the Duchy of Handela is broken, the two million gold Fords will not be able to escape.
"If, if the two Highnesses can persuade His Majesty Ogesello to agree to our request, the four Grand Dukes will also offer Xie Jin, each with half a million gold dollars..." Earl Churchwick was still doing his best.
Lorist was furious. Labor and management have almost earned two million goldfords from hunting in Moyuan. Are you using this half a million to humiliate me
"Lord Churchwick, since you are an envoy, I can tolerate your rudeness, but I will never allow you to humiliate us. You can go and tell the four princes to wash their necks clean. , I don’t want to dirty my long sword from time to time.”
"You..." Earl Churchwick glared at Lorist.
Lorist ignored him, "Come here, see off the guests!"
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