Grand Duke Buck snorted and asked expressionlessly, "So, Your Highness can promise now?"

"There's still no way to commit to anything. Sophia made a helpless expression, "Others don't know, don't your Excellency the Grand Duke don't know? The Eternal Night Army Leader is so powerful, how can it be just a vassal of mine? The real relationship between us is just an alliance of interests, I am still on the more passive side, when the Jacob River reflowed, it was people who took the initiative to come to the door, I just took the opportunity to seek a little of my own interests, if they didn't inform us at the beginning, can you imagine what kind of situation we will be in now?" My fiefdom will become a veritable ghost, and in fact, my influence over the Eternal Night Warlords will be quite limited. ”

Grand Duke Buck just looked at Sophilia with a blank face, watching her performance.

The highest level of lying, nine points true and one point false.

Even if Sophia hadn't cultivated to the highest level, it wasn't far off.

Grand Duke Buck believes that the relationship between the princess regent and the Eternal Night Commander is indeed just an alliance of interests, as she said, after all, the strength of the Eternal Night Commander is there, and if Sophia has the ability to support such a powerful puppet, it is better to enrich herself.

He also believed that the matter of the resumption of the Jacob River was indeed led by the Eternal Night Army.

He had personally learned the power of black powder, and they should have relied on this to change the heavens and the earth and bring the Jacob River back to flow.

But are you talking about these things now, don't you realize it's too late?

If they had known that the Eternal Night Army Leader had mastered the secret weapon of black powder, why would the Kingsley family suffer such a big loss?

Sophia wants to say that she has no influence over the Eternal Night Army, and she doesn't believe him if she kills him.

Where did the vast amount of cheap military rations come from in the Eternal Night Army?

It wasn't for her to send it single-handedly, if it weren't for her military food supply, just ten years old, most of them were mountain Eternal Night Army Leaders, it would be difficult to feed their own army, let alone take out a large amount of food to aid the Desperate Swamp.

As long as Princess Regent cuts off the supply of military rations, the Eternal Night Warlord will fall into the same food shortage situation as the Kingsley family, and he will not be obedient - Grand Duke Buck does not know that his food supplier has turned to the arms of the Eternal Night Warlord, and the 8,000 tons of military food that should have been sold to him at the beginning are now in Sean's pocket.

Even if you don't use the military rations, there is also the Jacob River trade.

With this as a means of coercion, how could the Eternal Night Commander not care about her?

Archduke Buck did not choose to debunk Princess Regent in the end, because he knew that in this case, the power of truth, pale and powerless, asked hardly: " Ming people don't say dark words, you and I both know that once the elite army of the Kingsley family is wiped out, what kind of fatal impact will it have on the Carthusian military leader, the covenant of three hundred years ago, let's put it aside for a while, if the Carthusian military leader falls into a long-term war, the metal supply of the entire Byron alliance will be reduced by half out of thin air, when the three-hundred-year inheritance of the Kingsley family cannot continue, I am not sure if I can still keep my sanity, once there is a large-scale collapse in those large mines, there will be no ten or eight years, and I will not want to resume production. ”

The meaning of Grand Duke Buck's words is very obvious, if the Kingsley family is finished, you don't want to get cheap, he will destroy those mines at all costs, no matter who it falls into when the time comes, don't think about resuming production in a short time, then the entire Byron alliance will be impacted, once the Odin orcs are given a chance, the Kingsley family will drag the entire Byron alliance to bury themselves.

Grand Duke Buck knew very well what the Princess Regent feared most.

"Are you threatening me?" Sophia's jade face suddenly turned cold, and her delicate eyebrows were raised, with a sinister aura that could not be concealed.

"Threats? How could it be? I'm just stating one thing. Archduke Buck looked like a broken jar.

When the Third Fleet of the Cummins family was defeated, and the 200,000 Kingsley army was trapped on the east bank of the Danube River.

His face had already been lost, and the lords and nobles of Valesta had made him realize this more clearly.

In order to rescue his army, he no longer cares about these vain.

At this moment, the air became very cold and hard.

Two people standing at the pinnacle of power looked at each other like this, as if they wanted to find something from each other's demeanor and expressions.

Sadly, nothing.

Both are out-and-out masters of disguise, with ease in controlling their emotions.

Especially on this occasion, the emotions expressed have a unique and profound meaning.

This suffocating atmosphere lasted for three minutes before thawing with Sophia's smile, "Your Majesty is Laurie's uncle, Laurie's relatives are my relatives, everyone is a family, how can I not save myself when I die?" But I can only guarantee that I will do my best to maneuver, but whether I can succeed or not, I dare not guarantee." ”

"With the words of His Highness, it is enough. Grand Duke Buck was overjoyed, and smiled for the first time in all these days, and his tense nerves finally eased a little, and he only felt very tired.

The Princess Regent's promise, while not equal to a death ticket, at least represents an attitude, one that allows one to enter the negotiation process.

Judging from Sophia's previous performance, she must have communicated with the Eternal Night Army Leader, and reached a certain consensus.

All that remained was the price, for which he was mentally prepared.

Sophia said: "Negotiating this kind of thing, there must always be someone who has to bow his head first, Your Majesty is a person who has come over, you don't need me to say that you should understand this truth, now that we are at a disadvantage, is it up to us to take the initiative to release this signal?"

Grand Duke Buck asked thoughtfully, "What does Your Highness mean?"

"I heard that there are still nearly 20,000 crocodile civilians in your army, why don't you hand them over to Baron Sean as a gift for peace talks, as a sign of sincerity?" Sophilia said eloquently, "I also heard that your Supreme Commander, General Axmeiser, wants to use these 20,000 crocodile people to obtain a large amount of military rations from the Eternal Night Army, what is the point of doing so?" If the peace talks fail, no matter how much food your army has, it will only delay its own collapse, and if the peace talks are successful, you will not be able to transport so much grain back thousands of miles, right?"

"Your Highness can make sure that if we release those 20,000 crocodile civilians, the Eternal Night Commander will agree to peace talks?" asked Grand Duke Buck rhetorically.

"I still don't dare to guarantee this, I just put forward a possibility, how to choose, the right is still in the hands of His Majesty. Sophia's answer was still ambiguous, "If Your Majesty is willing to nod, when I convince Baron Sean, I can at least have one more hole card." ”

"As long as the Eternal Night Army Leader shows sincerity in peace talks, what is the difficulty of releasing those 20,000 crocodile civilians. Grand Duke Buck said without hesitation.

"What does Baron Sean do to show his sincerity in peace talks?" Sophia asked rhetorically.

"Let me cross the river with 20,000 elites. ”

"Understood, I will convey it to Baron Sean to see how they respond, and ask His Excellency the Grand Duke to go back and wait for good news, if there is news, I will inform you as soon as possible." ”

"Then trouble Your Highness, this is a little bit of my heart, and I ask Your Highness to accept it incomparably. Archduke Buck shoved a gift slip in front of Sophia.

"Your Excellency, you are really polite. The smile on Sophia's face was even sweeter, although it was only a glimpse, but the number on the gift list still made her heart skip a beat.

Although there are rumors outside that the Kingsley family is in financial crisis, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and the other party can still not be tried.

Not to mention that in order to save his 200,000 army, Grand Duke Buck has made a bloody investment, what he just pushed over is not only a mountain of gold and silver, but a mountain range of gold, a hundred years of domination of the viscount territory coveted by the Lancelot royal family, where no less than one million royal gold coins are produced every year, and it is not a problem to manage two or three million well, which is definitely a big deal.

It may not be much compared to the battle gains of the Eternal Night Army Leader in the Swamp of Despair, but this is something that Sophielia has come to her hands on the throne with no effort, and the nature is different.

With the help of Princess Regent Sophia, the Eternal Night Leader and the Kingsley family formally reached a consensus and began lengthy negotiations.

At the beginning, it was still a conversation in the air, and in the end, Sean personally led the negotiation team to Valesta, the royal capital.

The initial topic between the two sides revolved around the 20,000 crocodile civilians, after all, this issue was the most urgent, and the longer the crocodile civilians stayed in the hands of the Kingsley family's Eastern Army, the more they would be killed and wounded, and the more the depreciation would be.

The quid pro quo offered by the Kingsley family has also changed, no longer asking for food, but wanting the Eternal Night Army leader to release a Kingsley family elite to cross the river.

The reason for this change is because of the change in the situation of the Kingsley family, their neighbors are becoming more and more excessive, and if the Kingsley family does not take a counterattack, they will be eaten away.

And there are not so many mobile troops to mobilize within the Carthusian military leader, and those mine slaves have also received the news and are whispering in the dark corners, once there is an opportunity, they will inevitably rise up, and at that time, even if the true god comes into the world, they will not be able to save the Carthusian military leader.

"Your Excellency, why don't we each take a step back, you release all the crocodile civilians in your hands, I will not only let you five thousand elites cross the river, I will also send a fleet to transport them back to the Carthusian military territory. Sean said with a full tongue, "Even if we really send 20,000 elites back, they will return to the Carthusian military territory in a delay, not for a month or two, don't want to do it, not to mention that the Despair Swamp is about to enter the rainy season, and then we are afraid that it will be slower, if we have our help, from the Danube River to the Jacob River, it will definitely not take more than a week, and we will be able to send it to the designated location." ”

Sean and the others now saw the weakness of the Kingsley family and took advantage of the fire to rob them.

The more Kingsley family soldiers are seized on the east bank of the Danube River, the bigger the cards they hold in the negotiation process in the future, and the faster the food is consumed, the less time is left for Archduke to react, and the greater the possibility of making concessions.

As for whether this process will drown other forces that want to take advantage of the fire and rob, the Eternal Night Commander can't control it, he has nothing to do with them, and he has no obligation to take care of their interests.

Grand Duke Buck looked impressed.

Soldiers are fast.

As Sean just said, now that the Swamp of Despair has entered the rainy season, it is nothing short of a disaster for the hoplites, muddy roads. Even if the Eternal Night Commander had promised to let 20,000 Kingsley soldiers cross the river and drag them back to the Carthusian Command, it would take no telling how long it would take, and their enemies would have been united by the news.

What's more, there are other constraints, such as logistics and supplies, and for example, the Eternal Night Army Leader refuses to let go, in their eyes, 20,000 crocodile civilians are not worth the price.

But they can afford it, but the Kingsley family can't afford it.

Five thousand is a very accurate number, barely reaching the bottom line of the Kingsley family, and when the time comes, it will be enough to draw thousands of elites and tens of thousands of slave soldiers from the territory to deal with those who take advantage of the fire to rob.

According to Grand Duke Barker's understanding of the Eternal Night Commander, this number did not come out of thin air, but was carefully calculated by their military staff.

"Five thousand is five thousand. Grand Duke Buck gritted his teeth and struggled for the last time, "In addition to the five thousand elites, you are also responsible for transporting two hundred tons of grain and grass, free of charge." ”

The news that the grain merchant of the Huayu Plateau, who had worked so hard and attracted with a lot of money, had thrown himself into the arms of the Eternal Night Army, and Grand Duke Buck already knew about it, and now he hated it in the midnight dream, but there was nothing he could do.

If you lose, you will be defeated, you don't have the extra energy to take care of them, and those grain merchants are looking for their own way out, which is a matter of course.

But it is not enough to have soldiers without food.

"No problem. "Sean is a master who never wants to lose," but you have to use those 10,000 mercenaries as an add-on." ”

When the Kingsley family attacked Brother Port before, they had recruited tens of thousands of mercenaries and cannon fodder from the Criminals Alliance City and the grain merchants of the Flower Language Plateau, and there were still tens of thousands left.

What do they want these mercenaries to do?

Such a question flashed through Grand Duke Barker's mind, but he nodded almost without hesitation: "Deal." ”

No matter what the Eternal Night Warlord wanted to do, they were willing to accept it, and the Kingsley family couldn't wait for it.

Because these 10,000 mercenaries have become a scourge in the Kingsley family's expedition to the east, they have been here for money from beginning to end, and they have little loyalty and recognition to the Kingsley family.

When the Kingsley family's expedition to the East was in a desperate situation, they did not think about how to tide over the difficulties with them, but how to get their commissions back home.

They have become the biggest unstable factor.

If the Eternal Night Leader doesn't let them go and be wiped out by the Kingsleys, it will be a matter of time.

The people above move their mouths, and the people below are busy with short legs.

Sean made an agreement with Archduke Buck, but it was only a matter of a few words.

And for their words, the Eternal Night Army and the Kingsley Family's Eastern Army began to turn around.

The transports of the Eternal Night Commander began to enter Brother Port in large numbers.

"Brother, when we go to the battlefield and help us slaughter a few robbers who take advantage of the fire, they really think that our Kingsley family is finished. ”

"No problem, you also hold on, now that negotiations have started, I believe that it will not be long before you can also set foot on the way home, and we will see you in our hometown." ”

"Goodbye home. ”

Brother Port is a parting scene, and they don't say it explicitly, but they all know that for many people, this is a farewell, and they may never see each other again in this life.

After all, these 5,000 elite soldiers did not let them go home, but went to the battlefield.

This Akmesser did not hide it, and said it clearly from the beginning.

There was no way to lie about this kind of thing, and if the soldiers found themselves not going home, but going to war, it would be a disaster for the Kingsley family if they resisted.

What's more, they also have to appease the Kingsley soldiers who were left behind.

As time passed, it became more difficult to reassure them, and the feelings of homecoming and anxiety became more and more intense.

The only thing to be thankful for is that since the two sides started the formal negotiation process, the army led by the Eternal Night has only blocked and no longer plays the tactics of attacking the heart.

With the majesty of the past, Akmaiser could barely hold it down.

5,000 people, a total of 3 building ships and 80 troop-carrying merchant ships were used by the Eternal Night Army.

The building ship is worthy of being an artifact for transporting troops on inland waterways, and the single transportation volume is more than ten times that of ordinary troop carriers.

"Five thousand soldiers, all have been loaded onto the ship, this is the roster, and I ask Your Excellency the Marshal to inspect it. Brann and Akmather performed the final handoff.

For this kind of task, the Eternal Night Leader is very skilled and meticulous.