On August 12, 1893 in the Holy Lun calendar, in order to declare the majesty and sanctity of His Majesty the Emperor to the unsubservient Meinster, His Royal Highness James, the sixth prince of the Holy Pharadis Empire, allied with the princes, with the imperial general General Tsikov as his deputy commander, and personally led 70,000 heroes to swear a crusade in the Duchy of Murkhan. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 After more than a month of expeditions, he defeated the unruly and cunning Meinster army again and again, and captured the enemy's last position, the city of Meinster, and won the decisive victory of the "Great Victory of Meinster", which completely submitted Meinster to the authority of the Empire. His Royal Highness Prince Smith's genius military talent and excellent command ability were fully displayed in this war, and he became a newly rising and shining general on the Saint-Lun continent. After the war, in order to declare His Majesty's magnanimity and mercy to the subjects of Meinster, the Empire signed a permanent peace treaty with Meinster, and Meinster was officially incorporated into the empire.

The above is recorded in the history of the Falatisian Empire, but sometimes the difference between historical facts and facts is lost by a thousand miles, and a slight adjustment of the perspective often creates a gap like a chasm, and the truth of history presents a completely different appearance......

"Peace?" It took a long time for James, who had woken up from a nightmarish sleep, to understand Tsykov's words, and it took him a long time to concentrate his scattered focus on the letterhead, and when he understood the meaning of the letter, the excited James' hand holding the letterhead involuntarily shook violently, and shouted like crazy: "Oh my God! Meinster really wants to make peace! I don't have to die! God willing! Ancestral protection! Heaven can see mercy! ”

On September 25, 1893, the envoy of Mainster, Ulhasseld, entered the city to negotiate peace with James, Tsykov and others.

"The military might of the Imperial Army is intimidating to the world, which cannot be resisted by little Mayinster, and His Royal Highness the Prince and General Qi are even more prestigious, which makes the whole country of our country bow in awe. Before the bad with the empire, purely for self-protection and a misunderstanding, now the imperial army with an invincible force under the city, and possess the capital of our country, which is enough to prove His Royal Highness's great achievements, His Royal Highness's reputation will be in the desert because of this war, and the name will be spread all over the world. In order to save the lives of the people, and for the sake of the peace and happiness of hundreds of thousands of people in the desert, our king sincerely prays for peace and peace with the empire. Therefore our king has sent me to make several requests for a peace treaty with His Royal Highness Prince James, that His Highness may have mercy on my people and grant these requests. "Yuhasu respectfully stated the claims of King Alex.

But these superficial humble words sounded unspeakably ironic and harsh to James and Tsikov. Although Meinster gave the victory to himself, they all knew in their hearts who was the victor, and Mainster's request was in essence an exchange for the conditions for the survival of the Imperial Army. The victors of the war appealed to the losers of the war for peace in such a low profile, demanding the signing of the "alliance under the city", which made James and Tsykov feel uncomfortable.

"Say what you want...... There is nothing to be promised in this seat within the scope of ......," James replied weakly.

"Thank you, Your Highness! The king's requests are as follows: 1. To make Meinster a vassal of the Empire, but with independent autonomy; 2. Meinster pays a symbolic tribute to the Empire, the exact amount of which shall be determined by our own country; 3. Meinster shall be the ex officio ruler of His Majesty the Emperor, but the appointment and dismissal of internal and foreign affairs, military affairs, economic affairs, and related personnel shall remain at the discretion of the King, and the Empire shall not be interrogated in any matter concerning these areas under any circumstances; 4. The Empire promised never to add troops to Meinster. Yu Hasu talked eloquently, but there was a compelling momentum in his feminine voice.

James had to sign it all, and he didn't even have the courage to raise the slightest objection.

"Your Royal Highness, please take a step to speak," Yu Hasu's eyes flashed after he got the result he wanted, and his gaze was tightly locked on James's face, and then Shi Shiran said, "My Majesty has asked me to bring a few personal messages to Your Highness. ”

After the two were alone, James asked without hesitation, "Alex...... What do you have to say to me? ”

Yu Hasu did not answer immediately, pacing back and forth in the side hall, until James was anxious and upset, and then said leisurely: "This victory is a small gift from my king to His Royal Highness the Prince, I hope that His Royal Highness the Prince can release his past suspicions, and sincerely cooperate with each other in the future to seek great things." ”

"What do you mean?" James licked his lips, a bewildered glint in his eyes.

"His Royal Highness the Prince's current situation is quite difficult, right?" Yu Hasu smiled faintly and said, "We hope to help Your Highness in the future battle for the throne. We are well aware of His Highness's difficulties, so we do not hesitate to dedicate this important victory to His Highness to show the sincerity of our cooperation. With this victory, His Highness's position in the imperial family will be consolidated and strengthened. Moreover, in order to further strengthen the prestige of His Highness, we are willing to assist His Highness in obtaining the right to rule the small southern kingdom that was formerly attached to Dotir, and His Highness will invite troops to the Imperial Court to conquer, with Meinster providing the cooperation. In this way, His Highness's status in the eyes of the Emperor will be greatly improved, and His Highness's throne will be just around the corner. In the future, we will do our best to support His Highness's accession to the throne.

"Of course, we also hope to receive a corresponding reward from His Highness. Meinster doesn't have much ambition, just wants to be in a corner and get the space to survive and develop, so I ask Your Highness to hand over the small southern countries to Meinster at that time, and give way to the commercial interests and taxes of these small countries to Meinste, in addition, I also hope that Your Highness will let Meinster's caravans enjoy the free trade rights of the small eastern countries of the empire - of course, we will pay a lot of money and tribute to the empire and His Highness on a regular basis. ”

The sixth prince of James, who had re-entered the main hall, gave an order to Tsykov with a complicated expression: "Hurry up and report to the empire and inform the imperial court of the peace negotiation......

The next day, the king of Mainster, Alexander. St. Karen. Dominis. Mainster led his army into the city and met with the sixth prince of James, who was sincerely terrified in front of him, to agree on the specific terms of the peace treaty. Two days later, the two men formally signed the peace treaty, which is known as the "Peace of Meinster". The end of a terrible war in this way was unimaginable to people at the time.

"His Royal Highness the Prince is a distinguished guest from afar, before the return of the Imperial Army, His Royal Highness will stay in the Palace of Thexiu Secret for a while, and I ask Your Highness for forgiveness if you are not careful. I won't disturb Your Highness's rest. King Alexander put away the peace treaty, then smiled softly and said to Prince James VI.

After signing the peace treaty, James sat down in his chair as if collapsed, his lips squirmed but he could not make a sound for a long time, until King Alexander, accompanied by Tsykov, walked out of the main hall, and then spat out a sentence from his mouth: "We ...... Victory......" and then suddenly began to cry bitterly, without a trace of the joy of the victor, but only the sorrow of the total loser.

After King Alexander, accompanied by General Tsykov, walked out of the main hall, he suddenly stopped and said to Tsykov: "Don't bother General Qi to send him off, I believe that General Qi still has a lot of aftermath work to deal with...... The general's injuries are fine, right? I have always felt deeply guilty for accidentally injuring the general...... General Qi's bravery and prestige are very admired by Alex! It's a pity that we met in such an unpleasant situation, and I really hope that one day we can have a drink with the general and talk freely about the mysteries of the art of war. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your concern, I am much better under the care of Dr. Mainster. Please don't take this matter to heart, the two countries clash with each other, and casualties are common...... You and I are our own masters, and we have different positions, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to have a day of drinking and talking, and this will also become a great regret of Tsykov's life. Moreover, Your Majesty is a man of great talent, and it is inevitable that there will be a day when you will face off with Your Majesty on the battlefield in the future, and I do not want to make each other scruple on the battlefield in the future because of a friendship with wine. Tsikov said with a fist clenched.

"General Qi's mind is understood...... But the world is impermanent, and who can be sure of the direction of the future? King Alexander sighed faintly, and suddenly said to Zikov solemnly, "Please take care of everything, General!" ”

After saying that, he smiled and strode away.

General Tsykov looked at King Alexander's back, pondering his last words of sincere greeting and concern—had the young and wise king been keenly aware of the difficult situation he was about to face, and had urged himself to be careful?

At this time, Azelio, who was only left with his left arm and right half of his body wrapped in heavy gauze, came to his side and said softly: "Calm and calm, majestic and domineering, I am invincible - this is the real king!" ”

"Azelio, he cut off your right hand, don't you hate him?"

"Hate? Why should I hate him? In the confrontation on the battlefield, either you die or I die, and I was defeated by his sword in a head-to-head confrontation, and I have to thank him for not killing! To be able to fight such an enemy and be able to survive is the honor of being a soldier! Azelio replied.

"If this is the case, why not accept Meinster's peace in the first place? But to let the blood of more than 50,000 soldiers flow worthlessly on the desert? Is it just to verify the incompetence of the general? General Tsykov said gloomily.

"Qi Shuai, you are a fan of the authorities! By now, the answer to all the mysteries has surfaced! It's a psychological war! The original intention of the empire was not to destroy Meinster and occupy the desert directly, but to obtain the most advantageous bargaining chip at the negotiating table, suppress Meinster's arrogance, and make it willingly submit to the empire. It is extremely unrealistic to have the 'heart of death', just the geographical barrier makes the empire's rule beyond its reach, and the empire is even more unwilling to shake the foundation of the country for a small Meinster, so it is about to send troops from various countries to test the position of Mainster's virtual reality and psychological bottom line with the lives of soldiers from other countries. But Prince James didn't really grasp His Majesty's intentions, and instead messed everything up because of his hatred for King Meinster.

"And all this and all the unreasonable layout that Mainster has done is for the most reasonable purpose - to completely destroy the mind of our coach! Meinster never thought of a simple victory, and all kinds of means were to try to take advantage of the vast space for its survival and development! Strategically speaking, a simple victory cannot change the pattern of Maynes being threatened and suppressed by the Empire, only by destroying the self-esteem and arrogance of Prince James, who is the most desperate of the battle, and giving a small victory as a favor to His Royal Highness the Prince, in exchange for the most favorable terms for Mayinster! The most terrifying thing about King Alexander was not his tactical performance, but his strategic foresight and foresight! If the empire does not think about it early, in the near future, there will be no more power in the world that can suppress him! The centuries-old legacy of the empire will also be bleakly retired in the face of mighty Meinster, swept into the recycle bin of history by the sharp sword of King Alexander......" said Azeglio with a sigh.

Early the next morning, a messenger of the Imperial Army left Mainster and hurried in the direction of the Empire, carrying with him a detailed report of the Sixth Prince James on the "Great Victory of Mainster" and the signing of the peace treaty.

On September 30, 1893, the remnants of the Imperial army, supplied by Meinster, began to return to the Imperial Capital in a gloomy "triumphant" manner, not a glorious victory for James, Tsykov, or the Imperial soldiers, but the best they could hope for.

In contrast to the discouragement of the Imperial army, the soldiers and civilians of Mainster appeared to be full of vigor and high heads, and the defeated were more arrogant than the victors, which is a great irony in history.

It was the mid-autumn season of the Holy Continent, and for the "Heart of Death" desert, this day was the end of summer and the beginning of autumn, and the temperature in the desert was still very hot.

After the war, I still had a lot of work to deal with, including the relocation of the inhabitants, the poisoning of the wells, the revival of industry, industry, agriculture and mining, as well as the development of the Lost Forest, the gathering of wealthy merchants to announce the rapprochement with the Pharatis Empire, and the introduction of more liberal business policies to reassure them, all of which were enough to keep me busy – the king was a painful errand!

After dealing with these affairs non-stop, there was finally a few good news: the first was that Sasalyn's father, Adler, a wealthy Nagwi businessman, brought the news that the alliance of small chambers of commerce in the southeast of the desert, such as Sannook, Bogo, Dragonlis, and Denfrey was fully supporting Mainster financially. After the establishment of the state of Meinster, Adler and Sasalyn father and daughter have long been reconciled and rebuilt the father-daughter relationship, and Adler, who is shrewd and well versed in the situation, is also fully aware of the development potential of Meinster, not only giving Meinster a large amount of financial support, providing materials, food, etc., but also secretly lobbying the small southeastern chamber of commerce that has always looked up to the kingdom of Dottier, and Edgar's investment has also been fully rewarded in Meinster's business.

The second is that Duvatin, an agricultural technician in the desert, has developed a new variety of food crop, the "Golden Spike". This is another major breakthrough in agricultural technology after the "Silver Spike". "Golden Ear" is an agricultural crop between rice and wheat, and compared with the "Silver Ear", which is nine crops a year, the sowing period of "Golden Ear" has been shortened by a large margin, reaching one harvest in January. Since Duartin entered Meinster under the introduction of Yu Hasselblad, this outstanding agricultural technician has combined the unique water, soil and climate of the desert oasis to cultivate a high-yield grain variety - "Silver Spike", which has solved the problem of food supply in the oasis, and the appearance of "Golden Spike" will undoubtedly have a profound impact on the future development of oasis agriculture and even the strategic development of Meinster.

Finally, the elven people who received the news of Meinster's victory over the empire finally recognized Meinster's strength and sent a group of 3,000 elven troops into Meinster City to wait for my dispatch. Leading this force were the leader of the elite warriors, Hetgro, and the elven princess, my fiancée, Garsha Ruri, and even Sasha couldn't convince her mother to come with the team.

I was both happy and troubled to be reunited with Gasha Liuli, and the two of them fell into an awkward, very unnatural atmosphere, and the reunion still saddened me. But this amazement was diluted by the joy of Sasha's arrival, and perhaps under the influence of Vivian, I unconsciously regarded this lively and lovely little elven princess as my little sister.

Meinster spent two months in this hectic and peaceful atmosphere, and in late November, an imperial messenger brought an edict signed by Nanzhan Buqi II himself:

"Tell me the word and give Alexander the title. St. Karen. Dominis. Meinster was the Count of the Empire, that is, he went to the imperial capital to report and participate in the conferment ceremony. Holy Pharadis Emperor Nan Cham Buqi II admired this. ”

Everyone, including me, was amazed by this sudden edict, and for a moment could not understand the true intentions of the Empire: Is this a sincere reward? Or is it in the name of a reward, in order to imprison and snipe?

Just when everyone was disturbed by this matter, Luo Bai, who had gone deep into the imperial capital, sent another piece of news, which would have an extremely far-reaching impact on the empire, on Meinster, and even on the pattern of the land of Shenglun - and for me at that time, this news was like a scorching thunder sounding in the flat ground, which exploded my mind blank, and suddenly lost any ability to think, and suddenly my whole body was cold, as if I was in a pool of ice!

I held the letterhead tightly in the palm of my hand, my fingers were white because of excessive force, a heart seemed to be pierced by ten thousand arrows, the pain was unbearable, all thoughts were lost, my face was pale and dead and a thin cold sweat broke out, my whole body trembled violently, my intuition was black in front of me, the world was spinning, and finally I could not stand, I sat down on the throne, and for a long time, I repeated the contents of the letter to the ministers word by word from between my teeth: "The imperial capital has recently brewed such information: the second prince of the empire, Aruton, will marry ...... head of the 'Knights of the Silver Silk', the Grand Duke, General Li Binglan! The two are scheduled to hold a wedding in the imperial capital in the spring season and tie the knot together! ”;