rise of empire total war

Chapter 43 Peace Negotiations
After the decisive battle on the Sinlan Plain, the Ramirez army was almost wiped out, and the Ravana people were no longer a threat. They marched all the way, invaded Cork, and regained the inexplicably fallen Fort Cochrane. .

Fort Cochrane still stands on the hill, and the traces of the battle more than half a month ago can still be seen faintly, and even the bones of the human body can be occasionally seen from the grass on the side of the road.

As the poorest earldom in the kingdom, the capital Cochrane Castle is also shabby. Most of the castle's interior buildings are made of wood, and some of them were destroyed in the war.

It is worth mentioning that Corkland does not have a city. To be precise, this earldom was established to guard against neighboring countries, and its use is naturally only military.However, it was such an earldom that was only used for military purposes that quickly fell at the beginning of the war, causing the flames of war to reach the Margaret Territory it was supposed to defend.

Therefore, King Harlaus decided to entrust his right-hand man and the most important third prince, Bandak, here to defend the eastern part of the kingdom.

The news about the entrustment of Corkland to the third prince Bundak was officially announced after the recovery of Cochranburg. King Harlaus's decision was expected by the nobles in the army, so everyone did not express it. He was so surprised, but congratulated the protagonist Bundak one after another, and Richard was naturally one of the congratulatory crowd. After all, Bundak has not shown any obvious hostility at present, and his identity is still Richard's relative. uncle.

After a few days of recuperation in Fort Cochrane, the army continued to march eastward. The goal of King Harlaus was to capture several cities or castles in the Kingdom of Ramirez, and then he could send envoys to make peace with the enemy. I believe that the main force will be lost. The Ramirez people in the army have no confidence to continue fighting.

The mainland calendar is June 1105, 5.

After a few days of marching, the Ravana army crossed the border and entered the Kingdom of Ramirez. Most of the land of the Kingdom of Ramirez is a hilly area. Also known as the city of a thousand hills.The Ramirez people who were born in the hilly area are better at fighting in the mountains rather than in the plains. Naturally, their cavalry is not strong. The combination of the two factors makes the defeat in the decisive battle of Xinlan seem very reasonable now.

In view of the fact that the main force of the Kingdom of Ramirez was almost wiped out in the Xinlan Plain, and only some local militias that were not mobilized remained behind, King Halaus felt relieved to attack several cities and castles near the border. The strong siege of the Ravana people, the attacked city can only fall after meaningless resistance, ceding control.

And just as the Ravana people were marching forward, the envoy of the Ramirez people finally arrived. He is the foreign affairs chief of the kingdom and also the earl of a place.

Out of respect for Ramirez’s foreign minister, King Harold set the venue for the negotiation in the city lord’s mansion of a newly occupied city called Luwen City. Perhaps it was out of the idea of ​​letting Richard learn, Harold Si also called him over to participate in the negotiation.

The head of foreign affairs of the Ramirez people is named Lucius Edward, a middle-aged man who is somewhat bald. His eyeballs are different green from others, which looks extremely weird, but this does not prevent him from carrying out diplomatic work.

The envoy sent by the Kingdom of Ravana is Earl Oscar David of Barenac. Richard has had some contact with him. He looks like a good old man who smiles all day long, but his personality does not match his appearance. It is more appropriate to use the word smiling tiger to describe him.

"Dear Your Excellency Lucius, my name is Oscar David, and I am the Earl of Barenac of the Kingdom. It is an honor to discuss with you the peace between the two countries."

When the two parties were seated, Earl Oscar first introduced himself, and then got straight to the point, saying: "About this war, we believe that the responsibility lies entirely with your country. It was your country that first provoked the war, brazenly invaded our Cork territory, and robbed the wealth. , massacred civilians."

"Forgive me for not agreeing with you, Your Excellency Oscar." Lucius seemed unhurried, and he retorted calmly: "Before the war broke out, it was the soldiers of your country who first offended the civilians of our country and robbed them of their legal rights." Property, your country did not give an appropriate way to deal with it after the incident happened. Our country had to deal with it in its own way."

Hearing this, before Oscar could speak, Bundak on the side sneered and said, "The way your country handles it is to shamelessly occupy our country's Cork Territory and further invade the Mafugat area?"

At the end of the sentence, before Lucius answered, Bandak continued: "Regardless of whether this war is right or wrong, it is an indisputable fact that your country was defeated in the Xinlan Plain and the main force was almost destroyed. We all Nobles who have received civilized education will not take the opportunity to extort money. Well, as long as your country recognizes the two cities occupied by our army and Fort Thornton as the legal territory of the Kingdom of Ravana from now on, and pays a ransom in exchange for the The nobles and soldiers captured by our army will end this war."

"We can accept the second condition, but I'm afraid we can't accept the first condition." Lucius lost his composure before, he almost stood up, propped his hands on the table, stared at Bundak, He paused and said, "The kingdom's territory cannot be divided even an inch!"

"Your country probably won't be able to gather many soldiers to fight again." Oscar said lightly, "If your excellency doesn't agree with our terms, I'm afraid the loss will be more than these two cities and a castle."

"The loser doesn't have the right to bargain with us." Military Chief Bandak added with a sneer.

"you……"

No matter how unwilling Lucius was, he still couldn't refute their words. As the kingdom's chief diplomat, he knew the actual situation of the kingdom very well: after the defeat in the Sinland Plain, the expeditionary army could return safely with the king. There are less than 500 people in the capital Yaquico, and there may be some lucky defeated soldiers who can return to their hometown, but there is no need to expect them to go to the battlefield again.

At the same time, the enemies of the kingdom are not limited to the Ravana people in front of them. If they know that the kingdom has no soldiers to use, they will definitely send troops impatiently.

Thinking of this, Lucius had no choice but to accept the conditions of Bandak and Oscar, and said with a trembling voice: "On behalf of His Majesty Oweko, I agree to your conditions, but please release some of the captured nobles and soldiers first." , we will prepare the ransom as soon as possible.”

"There is no problem with this. In order to show our sincerity, we will first release two hundred prisoners of war." Bandak said with a smile, but this smile was full of strong malice in Lucius' eyes.

(End of this chapter)