"That's great." Marshal Leicester read the latest battle report and spread the paper on the table. "Lee Borrum Rasool has surrendered to the dwarf country. Lee Borro's heavy handicraft industry
The district has also been occupied. How about following the imperial edict issued by His Majesty the Emperor?"
"The imperial edict issued by His Majesty the Emperor is to form a solid formation and stand firm in the garrison to show coercion to the kingdom." A general replied.
"If the information brought by Colonel Korn Friede is true, it is indeed so," Lester said.
Korn Fried Borderer is Yayaka Ty Korn Fried. As the true ancestor of vampires, he has absolute control over the lower-level undead. He was planted by Mesette who used the undead to harass the imperial capital.
mark.
It was found that he followed the so-called Rick Aganea to the Council of Countries and stayed briefly. After that, the mark was interrupted, probably because the Dragon King's body was discovered and cut off.
In other words, just as some people predicted, both the Theocracy and the Council intervened in the war, and demonstrated a transcendent power that humans could not reach at all costs - god-like power.
Logically speaking, if all human countries are supported by corresponding transcendent forces, the war between humans can still proceed, unless the gods on both sides break the rules and engage in rear-end massacres.
But if you drive your opponent to death, you might really make them fall into disrepute.
Moreover, even the Theocracy has directly participated in the war. Judging from their military movements, they have no intention of letting the empire swallow up the entire rich hinterland of the human kingdom. This is also in line with the predictions of some smart military advisors.
Therefore, the emperor decided that before such a thing happened, it would be better to accept the kingdom and let it go, and give one-third of the kingdom's land to the Holy Kingdom, the Dwarf Kingdom and the Dragon Kingdom to divide it up to share the "hatred".
The remaining territory of the kingdom supports the new king, and can also avoid bordering with the Council and Theocracy, which are considered more dangerous by the empire, leaving a buffer zone.
Various intelligence collected during this period of march shows that the Kingdom is different from the Empire. It seems that most of the people there have little patriotism and belief. Even the villagers who were forced to conscript soldiers and food and turned into thieves and the mercenary group who turned into bandits
I encountered a lot of escaped remnants, which was simply unimaginable in the empire.
In order to protect themselves, nobles from all over the country desperately recruited troops and paid food. During the empire's continuous march, the cumulative number of "armies" encountered by the established kingdoms actually exceeded 400,000, which shocked the empire's army and the high command in the rear.
However, they were just a group of civilians holding weapons, but hot weapons and magic casters were rarely seen, and even regular weapons were insufficient. Many "soldiers" even carried farm tools and sharpened wooden sticks.
They only took up arms out of fear of the oppression of the noble lords and fear that the enemy would not let them go.
Such an army would basically collapse at the first touch.
Because the conscripts paid too much food, those who escaped could not make a living and became thieves. Indeed, the trained soldiers had nowhere to go and became more powerful thieves.
It feels like the empire spends more time working on thieves to protect supply lines than fighting various sieges.
Even the citizens of the Dragon Kingdom, which had been invaded by orcs for a long time, were not so depraved.
Someone at the Imperial High Command proposed at that time: Since these people have no patriotism, wouldn't it be enough to return the abandoned and occupied land and the captured military rations to the farmers who were forcibly recruited to pay for the rations?
However, the captured military rations are not enough to make up for the shortfall, and the waste of this year's harvest is probably doomed. Even if you spend a lot of money to hire the Fairy Temple to cast magic to change the weather, it will not help. Do you want to distribute the empire's precious military rations to the kingdom? No,
The population gap between the two sides is too big.
This is also the reason why His Majesty the Emperor is willing to give one-third of the occupied territory to other allies - shouldn't we all help each other clean up this mess?
"So, if no one questions the intelligence brought by Colonel Korn Fried, we have decided to armistice and prepare for peace negotiations. Does anyone have any objections?" Lester asked the generals around him.
"Yes, the information this time is different from the past. It is really difficult to verify." Magic Army General Sarasina raised her hand.
"Is there anything different from the past?"
It is very convenient to use small flying animals to make undead as "reconnaissance aircraft", because the undead will not tire and can fly continuously regardless of obstacles. Yayaka has many such bats, so it is also responsible for a considerable part of the reconnaissance work.
, but the Imperial Intelligence Department is very cautious, and will always re-investigate and verify it later. It's not that Yayaka is not trusted, but that the information is always timely.
The problem is that this time the intelligence source went to the Review State, and the Imperial Intelligence Department cannot reach there.
"This is not a problem. The two powerful and flying Graems that appeared in the King's City of the Fairy Temple are indeed related to the Council of Ministers." said Raymond, deputy minister of the Imperial Intelligence Department.
By the way, the head of the Imperial Intelligence Department is Fluder, who has mastered the most powerful surveillance magic and communication magic in the Empire. He usually doesn't bother to attend such meetings.
"Why didn't you say it until now?" Lester said dissatisfied.
"Actually, it should be said in this meeting to discuss the truce. Didn't this just find a suitable opportunity? The main reason is that the Fairy Temple considered that the Council of Ministers obviously used that kind of thing to cover up its own affairs when it interfered in the war in the capital city.
The identity, in this case, should not be revealed. We cannot figure out the thoughts of the Dragon King. They seem to be not the same race as the Queen of the Dragon Kingdom or the dragons of our Dragon Knights. But maybe the review country does not want the kingdom to be destroyed.
As long as we acquiesce to this, we hope that the two countries will not enter a state of hostility."
Even if there is a certain level of support from the Fairy Temple, the emperor would not want to be an enemy of a group of dragon kings. The empire and the Fairy Temple are not in a symbiotic relationship.
"I understand. Everyone here knows how to deal with this matter, right?" Lester glanced at the generals on both sides of the table.
Some people who were taking notes immediately put down their pens, tore off the paper from their notebooks and threw them into the oil lamp in the center of the table. Although magic lamps are very popular in the upper class society and the Imperial High Command cannot afford to install them, natural flames have their own
It has a unique use. For example, as it is now, it can also react to some harmful gases, and it can somewhat detect the effect of assassination.
"Next, let's discuss how to send an envoy."
"But don't you think it's too naive?"
Lester looked at the cavalry general, Lane, who said "naive".
"It's just a matter of sending an envoy. If that's the case, we may have to consider the situation getting worse," he said.