This is the wisdom of Chris, he saw Reggie's weakness.
If the king adopts Chris's suggestion and immediately deploys troops in Zhilin City, Reggie will have to return to Shattering Snow City. Although he is sure to defeat the army of Lane Kingdom, Shattering Snow City's population and resources are very limited.
Combat is too difficult for him.
It was a pity that the king did not immediately adopt Chris's suggestion. Although everyone thought it was a good suggestion, the king believed that Charlemagne could come up with a better idea. Even if he could not come up with a better idea, at least he could
Refine Chris' idea a little bit more.
It is only logical that the best ideas should have come from Charlemagne.
Charlemagne really did not disappoint the king. He overturned Chris's idea in a few words.
"From the perspective of immediate interests, Chris did make a good suggestion. Attack Broken Snow City, force Reggie to retreat, defeat Sophia, and retake Golden Light City." Charlemagne smiled as if he was praising Chris.
, but next, he will say that Chris' plan is worthless.
"But in the long run, what does this mean? In Sophia's most difficult moment, we stabbed her in the back. We cut off her retreat and attacked her allies.
She even wants to kill her loyal ministers. Nehruv is still in Golden Light City. He will fight to the death in order to survive. Even if we can defeat
Sophia, we still have to face a difficult siege. Even if we recapture the Golden Light City, we will only recapture a ruins at a great cost. What if Reginald makes a desperate move? What if he goes all out to defeat
If we lose our army, we will lose the Golden Lions and gain nothing. Is this really the result we want?"
I have to admire Charlemagne's eloquence. In Chris's view, his statement was ridiculous, but Chris could not find a reason to refute him.
"The reason why we sent Andrew to send troops is to fight Sophia and recapture Golden Light City. Was our original decision wrong?" Chris finally thought of a breakthrough. He firmly believed that his father would not admit that he was wrong.
, Charlemagne didn't even dare to say that their father had done something wrong.
"We did nothing wrong, but time has changed. At that time, Sophia had no chance of winning. But now the situation has changed. She defended Hanfeng Fortress and captured Silver Pine City. Sean lost consecutive battles. Now
He is busy running for his life, even if we fight desperately for him, can he take into account our sacrifices? Even if he can turn defeat into victory one day, can he remember our friendship? "
Chris was thinking about how to refute Charlemagne, but Charlemagne didn't give him a chance to think. Charlemagne stood up gracefully, but said to everyone with a mature smile: "Sean can't see us, and we don't know.
Where is he, but Sophia is right in front of us, and her request is very simple. She does not want to occupy Cotai City, but only rents it.
It's just a year's lease. After two years, if she seizes the throne, we can take Jinguang City back without spending a single soldier. If she loses this war, we can besiege Jinguang City again, capture the traitors alive, and pay tribute to Jinguang City.
Sean expresses the goodwill of our allies. No matter what the war situation is, the initiative is always in our hands. Isn’t this the best result?"
"It's ridiculous, it's really ridiculous! You actually believed that woman's lies!" Chris stood up and said, "Since she said rent, okay, let her pay the rent, ten thousand gold coins a year, this is not an excessive request!
"
Charlemagne smiled helplessly and said: "Chris, my brother, can you calm down a little bit? Do we really need those 20,000 gold coins?"
"Of course we need it! That is our land! You must pay rent when renting land! This is a rule that everyone understands!"
Chris lost his mind, which played into Charlemagne's hands. He looked at the king and expressed his unwillingness to continue quarreling with Chris.
Looking at the roaring Chris, the king roared angrily: "Quiet down, you idiot! I originally had a glimmer of hope for you, but you want to send the kingdom into the abyss again. Guard, send Chris back to the castle!"
Chris, who was dragged out of the conference hall, was still roaring: "You cowards! The Ryan Congress will be ruined in your hands! We have already lost Shattered Snow City, and we cannot lose Golden Light City again!"
No one paid attention to his roar, and all the approving eyes were focused on Charlemagne. Only Edmund noticed one thing. In fact, Charlemagne did not make any valuable suggestions at all. He just wanted to compromise with Sophia.
That's all.
The king said to everyone with a kind smile: "Charlemagne's suggestion perfectly resolved the border crisis. We need a suitable candidate to negotiate with the other party about the lease of Cotai City."
Spindu volunteered and said: "Your Majesty, I am willing to take on this glorious mission."
The king was silent. It was obvious that Spindu had chosen the wrong moment to express his behavior.
Charlemagne smiled and said: "Your Majesty Prime Minister, the other party's identity is a princess. Judging from the current situation, she is likely to become the Queen of Bayer. For the sake of equality of status, if you don't mind, I hope you can
Give me the opportunity to go on a diplomatic mission."
"Of course, of course," Spindu realized that he was being reckless, "the glorious mission should belong to you, Your Highness."
"Brave child, I am proud of you!" The king ordered on the spot, appointing Charlemagne as the peace envoy, and set off early tomorrow morning to send a message of peace to Golden Light City.
…
Ten days passed very quickly. During these ten days, Sophia understood what the responsibilities of a queen were, and war was only a part of it.
Appointing officials, appeasing people's hearts, allocating money, food and supplies... She was already very busy in Silver Pine City.
Moreover, she also wanted to observe the movements of Sean and the Kingdom of Ryan. The spies sent news that Sean appeared outside Frostflower City, but the lord of Frostflower City did not accept him. This was thanks to Prime Minister Romell, just like Reggie
As said, his influence is amazing. After his lobbying, Shuanghua City has verbally promised to accept the Queen's rule.
Sean is still fleeing north, and there are news of the surrender of lords and lords every day. As Reggie said, it may take ten months to capture a city, but it may only take eleven months to capture a country. Obviously, Silver
Songcheng's victory shook the minds of lords everywhere.
By the way, there's also Reggie, don't forget him.
Reggie has been a little weird recently. He said that he is not good at government affairs and is unwilling to give Sophia more advice and help. He is often alone in a daze, and sometimes he laughs inexplicably.
Guess what he is laughing at? No need to ask, it must be for Hanfeng Fortress.
Judging from the current situation, there are a total of sixteen cities that have surrendered or are about to surrender, which is close to half of the territory of the Bayer Kingdom. If Reggie only wants Hanfeng Fortress, it does seem to be a reasonable request.
But Sophia still has no intention of fulfilling her promise. She will not give up any territory in the kingdom. This is the survival rule entrusted to her by her father.
At dusk on the tenth day, Sophia was preparing to hold a military meeting to discuss the issue of Golden Light City. If she did not receive news from the Kingdom of Lane tomorrow, she would use force against Andrew.
Reggie used physical discomfort as an excuse to not attend the meeting. This was not important to Sophia. She had eight rockets and two thousand pounds of black powder provided by Reggie. With these weapons, plus the craftsmen repairing
With the Dengyun trebuchet, Sophia was sure of winning this battle.
But the meeting had just begun when a messenger sent news.
Sophia was invited, and Prince Charlemagne of Lane Country invited her to discuss the rental of Cotai City tomorrow.
Everyone was very excited. Salah laughed loudly and said: "Their prince is here. It seems that they have accepted the identity of Her Majesty the Queen."
"What's wrong with the prince?" Sophia sneered. "Their king should come to see me in person."
"Just forgive him, Your Majesty," Prime Minister Romell said with a smile, "Their king is too old. I'm afraid he can no longer leave the palace."
Sophia was also amused by Romell: "It seems we have to ask Viscount Victor for another favor. I need his hot air balloon. I really like the feeling of flying to their camp."
…
Just like her first mission, Sophia wore a red military uniform and climbed down from the ladder of the hot air balloon.
This time, the messenger Love Ralph, Prime Minister Romell and Count Sarnoffbich walked with Sophia. When he saw Sophia walking slowly against the cold wind, Charlemagne instantly lost his breath.
.
"She, she is Sophia?"
"Yes, Your Highness." Andrew looked at Charlemagne in surprise. Charlemagne never lacked women, and Andrew had never seen him truly tempted.
But Sophia left a very special impression on him. She seemed to have taken away Charlemagne's soul in an instant.
"She is so beautiful, so beautiful." Charlemagne didn't know how to word it. When Sophia came to him, Charlemagne knelt on one knee in front of her in the most elegant posture.
"Your Majesty the Queen, as the Prince of Lane, I would like to express my highest respect to you."