The two sides accepted mediation, and the negotiation location was set at Taquilin. Antonidas, Talanji and others were very excited. They realized that they were doing something landmark.
If this mediation succeeds, it means that if there is a regional conflict in the future, as long as it is not a completely irreconcilable conflict, it will be possible to resolve it through negotiation.
This means that Antonidas and his team are probably formulating the rules for the future world.
Having said that, when the negotiations started, everyone found that it was not as difficult as usual.
High elves and trolls have different moral values, which led to many disagreements during the negotiation process. The biggest core issues are two: dealing with war criminals and land issues.
If according to the ideas of the high elves, everyone involved in the war should be designated as war criminals. But if that were the case, the young men of the Amani tribe would probably be wiped out in one fell swoop.
Amani believes that almost everyone in the high elves knows magic, and every elf they kill in the war has the ability to resist, so they cannot be considered to be killing civilians.
In the end, the Terrans and Zandalar negotiated and formulated a trial standard: those who ordered or directly participated in the killing of non-military women and children were designated as war criminals.
In addition, land division is also a big problem.
The high elves believe that as the victor, they should get all the land in the South Yonge Forest, leaving only Zul'Aman and some surrounding land to the Amani, and ceding the rest to the high elves.
Once this request was made, not to mention Amani, Zandalari expressed dissatisfaction. Their mediation was to preserve Amani's strength, so how could they agree to such an exaggerated land cession?
It was Antonidas who persuaded Anastria. The high elves did not have such a large population and could not manage so much land, unless Silvermoon City could place a large number of rune stones in South Yonge Forest.
However, rune stones require a lot of manpower and material resources. The trolls who are unwilling to lose so much land will not give Silver Moon City time to install the rune stones. They will only plunge Nanyongge Forest into an endless security war. Mudfoot is deeply trapped in Nanyong.
The high elves of Song Forest will not have more energy to participate in the security issues of Azeroth.
The final result agreed upon was to draw a diagonal line from Yanghen Peak in the northeast of Nanyongge to the Windrunner Tower on the southwest coast.
This line is named Yanghen-Fengxing Line on the map. The land on the upper left side of the center line of the map is ceded to the high elves, and the land on the lower right side is reserved for the trolls. The two sides use the line as the boundary and do not invade each other.
Zuljin generally accepted this arrangement.
But under such a main tone, there will be endless wrangling: in the process of identifying war criminals, every suspect will have to fight; every piece of land along the Yanghen-Fengxing line will have to be argued for a long time.
The negotiations continued like this for half a month, during which the decisive battle of the Burning Plains broke out in the southern part of the continent. In these days, the reputations of Li De and Turalyon spread throughout the continent.
The news spread to Eversong Forest, which had a big impact on all parties involved in the negotiations. Zuljin was inevitably a bit sad. He and Orgrim had not known each other for a long time, but they were deeply impressed by the other's magnanimity. Now Orgrim
They have all become prisoners, what else can he say?
Zuljin's attitude changed and he began to cooperate with the negotiations, which made the high elves very proud. The madman they had been watching for a hundred years finally relented today.
Under such circumstances, the nobles in the Silvermoon Council who were originally not optimistic about the negotiations were somewhat moved. When the negotiations were successful in the end, all the members who signed the treaty on behalf of Silvermoon City would definitely gain considerable political capital.
Therefore, the richest member of the Silver Moon Parliament, Alessel Sunwatcher, arranged for his son Ragthel Sunwatcher to be included in the negotiating delegation through operations.
Lagerthel understood that his father was paving the way for himself by doing this. So he tried his best to highlight himself in the delegation, and often made some excessive demands for Amani, which often made the negotiation table unpleasant.
Of course, in the face of the general trend, one or two clowns are harmless. But not long after a negotiation broke up, a bloody friction broke out on the Salas Trail!
Zuljin has almost accepted the results of the negotiations. In order not to interfere with the negotiations, he decided to send his cronies to inform the southern tribes to cancel the previously agreed troop dispatch plan.
However, the men sent out for several days and did not come back, which made Zuljin somewhat suspicious.
Little did he know that the men he sent out would be captured by Halduron Brightwing's troops as soon as they entered the Salas Pass.
Halduron has been stationed here since he agreed with Dar'Kan to block the road going south half a month ago. Since the beginning of the negotiation, Halduron has not believed that Zuljin is negotiating in good faith, and now he has captured Zuljin's cronies.
Halduron's judgment was further strengthened:
Zul'jin wanted to paralyze the high elves in the name of negotiation, privately contact the trolls from other tribes, and launch another sneak attack on Quel'Thalas!
After identifying the matter, Halduron immediately ordered the troops to be in first-level combat readiness.
What should not be such a coincidence is that because they have not received any contact from Zuljin, the forest trolls, who have no information, decided to send a force north to check the situation.
It was a team of 1,000 Moss Trolls from the Moss Tribe. As a result, these 1,000 Moss Trolls were attacked by the Halduron Rangers as soon as they entered the Salas Trail! The whole army was wiped out that night!
The ranger troops sawed off the right fangs of the moss-rot trolls, recorded them as military merits, and brought them to the negotiation venue to question Zul'jin.
If Zuljin might have had other thoughts before, then this time he was really wronged. Especially when he saw 1,000 bloody fangs, Zuljin's eyes were bloodshot.
Not to mention Zul'jin, Talanji and Ral, Niebuhr and other sand trolls who had always had nothing to do with themselves were furious when they saw this scene. Rational creatures will hurt their own kind.
Although sand trolls and forest trolls are distantly related, they always have similar appearances.
Halduron's army, before investigating clearly, used such cruel methods to execute the moss-rot trolls and saw off their fangs. This behavior even made Antonidas feel uncomfortable.
"Damn Baipi! You used a part of my own race to frame me?! What do you think we are? Are we animals?!"
Zul'jin was trembling with anger, and a pair of fangs exposed outside the mask moved up and down.
Halduron was unmoved. He was a soldier and he was only responsible for the safety of the high elves.
"False accusation? I personally caught the cronies you sent out to ask for help. If I hadn't blocked the road to the south, I'm afraid it would be us who died here today!"
"You blocked the road to the south?!"
Antonidas looked at Halduron in disbelief, mobilizing troops privately during negotiations. How could such behavior be allowed?! More importantly, these elves actually kept their mediator secret!
"Haha! It turns out that you are the ones with no credibility! You used negotiations as an excuse to demand a ceasefire, but in fact you secretly mobilized troops to surround us... To hell with any negotiations!"
Zuljin roared angrily and was about to attack Halduron, but unexpectedly Lal hugged him quickly.
"Don't be impulsive! We have reached this point, do you want to give up all your efforts? I will let the elf give us an explanation!"
After hearing Ral's words, Zuljin immediately stopped struggling. It was not that he was persuaded by Ral, but that at this moment he no longer trusted Zandalari.
At this time, Zuljin looked at everyone in the venue:
'They...are all my enemies!'
Almost instantly, a brilliant revenge plan appeared in Zuljin's mind. He turned around and left the venue without saying a word.
"I'll keep an eye on him."
Without speaking to Talanji, who was looking over, Lal left a few words and chased after him.
"Don't even try to pretend to run away!"
Halduron was still about to catch up, but Talanji took a sideways step and stopped in front of Halduron, his eyes bursting with a penetrating light like ghost fire.
"You said you captured Zuljin's cronies, but where are they? Can you bring them out for confrontation?"
Halduron said matter-of-factly.
"I have already executed that spy."
"Have you been interrogated? I know that Zuljin sent people out. He wanted to notify the cancellation of the troop dispatch plan. Do you just take it for granted that the war is going to start again?! Also! Who gave you the power to do so during the negotiation?
The person who executed the other party without authorization?!"
Talanji suddenly burst out with a strong aura. Lal had always been handling many things, leading people to think that Talanji was just a tablet. But now Talanji's performance has even shocked Antonidas.
Startled.
"Princess Talanji, please calm down. I want to believe that Zuljin sent his cronies out of good intentions. But he should have said hello to us first, otherwise a misunderstanding would have been the result today, and he would have paid the price with his life.
Halduron, I also think that Zul'jin has no intention of sabotaging the negotiations. Otherwise, there would not be only 1,000 trolls entering the Thalass Pass, and such a small number of people would be insignificant to this war."
After all, Antonidas is the mediator on the side of the high elves. Even if he is dissatisfied with the elves' behavior, he must mediate in the middle at this time and not let his emotions intensify further.
"But someone died. During the negotiation, 1,000 forest trolls died inexplicably."
Talanji gritted her teeth and said, while Antonidas tried to stabilize her emotions.
"I can understand your feelings, but they are not the Amani tribe and have little relevance to the negotiations..."
Seeing that Talanji was about to have an attack, Antonidas quickly continued.
"But in order to express our apology, we will make compensation to the deceased by giving up part of the benefits at the negotiation table."
"Yes, we will make amends."
At this time, Belovar Sarona, the negotiator of Silvermoon City, also expressed his attitude. This great magician himself is a member of the Silvermoon Council. This great magician is an upright person and at the same time loves the Elf King.
The best person to negotiate on behalf of the Elven King.
Hearing Belovar, who represented the Elf King, say this, Talanji could only accept this result. Although she was extremely angry, she did not forget the more important things.
However, no one noticed that there was one person in the Silvermoon City delegation who had a worried face. It was Lor'themar Theron who entered the delegation as a frontline commander. He was the only one in the delegation.
Counselor, his status is equivalent to that of Ragthel Sungazer, who has mixed seniority.
Lor'themar Theron has a wise mind far beyond that of his kind. He analyzed it calmly: There is no point in convincing Talanji, and the key to the problem lies with Zul'jin.
If Zuljin no longer trusts negotiations because of today's events, then we must be prepared for things to develop in the worst direction.
Just as Lor'themar suspected, things turned out to be even worse than he thought.
After the negotiation ended, Talanji found Zul'jin. At that time, Ral was still persuading him, but Zul'jin was not moved at all, but did not speak, and just sat quietly.
"Under my pressure, the high elves decided to give up part of their profits to compensate the dead of the Rotten Moss tribe. We cannot spoil the big thing because of our impulsiveness. The subsequent negotiations must continue."
Hearing what Talanji said, Zul'jin seemed to change his mind and stared at the other person for a while before speaking in a deep voice.
"Thank you, Princess Talanji, I understand."
Although they didn't believe that Zul'jin had really calmed down, Talanji and Ral felt a little relieved and went back to their rooms.
But just as he was sleeping soundly in the middle of the night, Lal heard a disturbance outside the door. It seemed that someone was prying open his window.
"who?!"
The keen Lar suddenly woke up, and then got out of bed and opened the door. But when he chased out, it was still too late, and he only saw a blurry figure running into the distance.
"Want to run?!"
Lal is the priest of Paku, the god of the sky. He possesses super speed and the power of soaring. He doesn't believe that anyone can outrun him.
But soon Lal's confidence turned into horror. With his speed, he couldn't catch up with the opponent?! Lal watched from a distance behind that the man suddenly became like a bobcat and ran on all fours.
The road was overgrown with trees and weeds. After chasing him for more than ten miles, Lal actually lost the pursuit of the man.
"asshole!"
Lal cursed in frustration, and suddenly he realized something was wrong. The power the man used to throw himself away obviously seemed to come from Loa. People who can use the power of Loa here...
"not good!!!"
Ral yelled and turned around and rushed back. He should have thought that Zul'jin would not be able to swallow this easily! But Ral really didn't expect that Zul'jin would also start to have feelings for Zandalari.
Hostility, just don't know what Zul'jin wants to do with these tricks in the middle of the night?!
When Ral returned to his room, he knew what Zul'jin wanted to do. There was a bloody head on his bed! Ragthel Sunwatcher!