Volume 7 Mortals and Gods Chapter 786: Genoa (Part 1...
The Holy Empire aggressively opened roads in the forest and gathered hundreds of thousands of troops on the border. If it said it had good intentions towards the Batoria Empire and the Cyrel Empire, even the goblins could not be deceived.
But today, the Emperor of the Siril Empire was discussing with various ministers whether to form an alliance with the Batoria Empire and the Albrex Empire under some harsh conditions and send troops to join the war.
Somewhat unexpectedly, Emperor Xirel's proposal was unanimously supported by all the ministers.
This is not because the ministers are flattering the Emperor of the Xirel Empire.
In the Xirel Empire, these powerful ministers have always expressed their own opinions on major events and are not afraid to conflict with the emperor. This is also the biggest difference between the Xirel Empire and the northern countries.
At the same time, the Principality of Charles is also holding a parliament to discuss the current situation on the mainland and the decision of whether to send troops.
As the progress of the parliament progressed, Iros soon realized that these important officials did not really care about the Bavaria Empire and the Cyril Empire. The only thing the Shire valued was the Holy Empire in the south.
Iros currently has a detached status. He participates in all important meetings of the principality, but rarely expresses his opinions.
Regarding the issue of aiding Batoria and the Siriel Empire, he always remained silent, but he was thinking about it in his heart.
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If he becomes Handel one day and becomes the mortal enemy of the Holy Empire, I just hope that his children in the future will not become him.
The highway through the north is still open for dozens of kilometers, but hundreds of thousands of guilty coolies are enjoying a rare break.
In order to show goodwill to the Cyrel Empire, the Holy Empire stopped the road construction process and will wait until the results of the mission to the Cyril Empire are obtained before starting road construction again.
In fact, this goodwill was quite reluctant. Everyone on the street had already known the ambition of the Holy Empire, and it only took more than ten days to cut down dozens of kilometers of forest.
At this time, hundreds of riders were walking through the uncut virgin forest, heading towards the capital of the Xirel Empire.
Iros, wearing ordinary clothes, also followed the cavalry forward.
Northerners are very skilled in horsemanship, and even the few fifty-year-old civil servants who presided over the negotiations are no exception. Therefore, even in the forest, this cavalry can move very fast.
After stepping out of the forest, under the guidance of the guide sent by the Xirel Empire, the envoys set foot on the road leading to the imperial capital of the Xirel Empire.
Iros looked around leisurely, admiring the surrounding scenery.
This is the scenery of the south.
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Although it is only a thousand kilometers away from the current territory of the Principality of Charles, the climate is completely different.
The stretching remnants of the Rocky Mountains block the cold current from the north. Therefore, when the night wind is still cold on the northern grasslands, the Hillel Empire is already full of green and the hot wind is blowing.
Most of the people in the delegation were obviously not used to the suddenly warmer temperature and had already lost their clothes.
But Iros was still wearing his robe, and the temperature had no effect on him.
The scenery of the Cyril Empire is still quite different from that of the Shire Principality, but when Iros sees this southern scene, he always feels familiar.
Unknowingly, a sense of homesickness arose in Iros's heart.
Because his father's former country was in the south, and his mother, as a high elf, also lived in the Central Mountains.
However, this emotion only passed through Iros's heart.
Along the way, the most common thing Ilos did was to stand alone in the wilderness at night, staring at the stars in the sky in a daze.
A few days later, the envoys took advantage of the darkness and quietly entered Genoa, the imperial capital of the Cyril Empire.
Genoa has a population of half a million. The city has high walls and thick walls, with dark colors as the main color. It looks solemn, mighty and spectacular.
In comparison, the buildings in the southern countries are much lighter and more dynamic.
If the southern countries are like a gentle girl, then the Xirel Empire is like a majestic mature man.
In the south of the Xirel Empire, hundreds of thousands of troops are fighting a life-and-death battle.
On the negotiating table in Genoa, the struggle was no less fierce than the battles on the front line that were filled with blood, smoke and flames.
The two sides have great differences on the conditions for the Albrex Empire, the Batoria Empire, and the Shire Principality to participate in the war.
The envoy from the Ablix Empire insisted that the Xirel Empire cede a large area of territory in the north before it would send troops to join the war.
The Xirel Empire only wanted to cede a small piece of useless wasteland and pay some gold coins to get help.
Iros has no interest in diplomatic negotiations, and it is not his specialty.
In the eyes of Iros, the sword is the factor that can decide everything.
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Diplomacy is just a flower hanging on a sharp knife, and it may wither at any time.
Moreover, the contract obtained from the negotiation table is largely a piece of paper.
The sincerity of the great powers to strictly abide by the contract is probably at most similar to Iros' piety to the God of Light.
Before going to the Xirel Empire as an ambassador, Iros had already studied a lot of information about this empire.
The Cyril Empire is different from other large empires. It originated from the southern foothills of the Rocky Mountains.
At that time, this land was dotted with dozens of small city-states and principalities with the same ethnic composition and cultural customs, but they were loosely connected with each other and there were many wars.
These small countries have been tools used by neighboring powers for hundreds of years. Once a war breaks out, they either send troops or pay money, and they are involuntarily tied to the chariots of other powers.
They can only swallow a bitter pill when defeated, but gain nothing from victory.
After this situation lasted for hundreds of years, a miracle finally came to the Principality of Cyrel.
The Grand Duke of the Principality of Cyrel has no other abilities except for his incomparable ability to incite.
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He lobbied and gave speeches in every country and city after city.
In his words, the century-old history of humiliation was exaggerated into the darkest period in human history since his birth.
Finally, the raging anger, instigated by Archduke Xirel, burned through the entire southern foothills of the Rocky Mountains at an alarming speed!
Dozens of small principalities and city-states stood together as never before and announced their complete separation from the surrounding major countries.
What followed was a year of war.
Naturally, the major powers were unwilling to lose their traditional sphere of influence and sent troops to intervene one after another.
Archduke Cyril had no military talent, so he elected Archduke Thomas, who had a distinguished record, as the supreme commander of the alliance to lead the coalition forces to fight against the interventionist forces.
In the one-year war, both sides had victories and defeats, and the alliance suffered more defeats.
However, for the sake of freedom, the 20 million people of the Alliance can endure hunger, cold, and sacrifice. For the sake of freedom, they can endure anything!
The most difficult winter has passed, and the major countries surrounding the Alliance, which suffered heavy losses, finally realized that they could not defeat the hearts of the people of the Alliance who longed for freedom, and had to retreat despite the difficulties and recognized the independent status of the Alliance.
When it came time to share the fruits of victory, Archduke Cyril, who had been keeping a low profile throughout the year's war, became active again as the father of the alliance.
He had never commanded an army, which might have been a disadvantage in wartime, but it became an asset at this time.
Because he never failed.
And no matter how outstanding a general is, he will inevitably suffer a few disastrous defeats in a year of being at a disadvantage in a war. These stains become the best excuse for Archduke Cyril and his political opponents to accuse them.
The people still remember Grand Duke Cyrel who first encouraged them to rebel, and they were even more dazzled by the dazzling halo of miracles on the Grand Duke's head.
Archduke Cyril also publicly declared that he did everything for the people and did not seek the position of Lord of the Alliance at all. As a result, his reputation was the same for a while.
The city lords and grand dukes who had made great achievements during the war began a desperate struggle for the position of leader of the alliance.
The political struggle soon developed into a bloody stage. In just a few days, four city lords and the Grand Duke were assassinated.
And Archduke Thomas, who was highly recommended by Archduke Cyril, was attacked and killed by a group of mysterious killers at night when he returned home. None of the elite guards of the Hundred Cavalry survived!
The ugly faces of the politicians soon became known to the public, and the major factions in the alliance were at loggerheads. In the end, they had to compromise with each other. As a result, Grand Duke Xirel, who had always been aloof and had a special status, was promoted to the throne of the leader of the alliance.
Archduke Cyril was useless in war, but in politics he was a rare conspirator.
He spent twenty years using various means to defeat his main opponents one by one, so that the Principality of Xirel gradually became bigger in the alliance. He also gathered many small principalities under his banner through continuous marriage alliances.
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Twenty years later, the elderly Grand Duke Siriel finally completed all arrangements, officially proclaimed himself emperor, and founded the Siriel Empire.
The history of the Cyril Empire determines its unique reality.
In the empire, dozens of subsidiary principalities and city-states, large and small, occupy half of the empire.
Not only did the local princes have the power to appoint officials and collect taxes, many great dukes also had heavy armies.
These principalities were the product of the compromise made by Archduke Cyrel in order to establish an empire.
Therefore, among the three northern empires, Siriel's imperial family is actually the weakest.
It is precisely because of the nature of the various princes of the Xirel Empire being locked up and fighting on their own that the Holy Empire's army can fight so smoothly.
It was difficult for the main army of the Xirel Empire to mobilize the armies of the princes who were entrenched on one side. They could only helplessly chase behind the agile Holy Empire army, watching helplessly as many fighter planes slipped away from them.