Chapter Eighty-Seven: Seeking Peace

In the first battle of Chishuihe, the allied forces suffered 47,865 dead and 25,766 wounded, of which 19,204 were permanently disabled. About 120,000 people were killed in the www.biquge.info aristocratic army, more than 7,000 were captured due to wounds, and nearly 50,000 fled due to the rout. The next day, the remnants of the more than 100,000 remnants of the aristocratic army abandoned a large amount of supplies and equipment and fled back to the mainland as quickly as possible.

During the battle, the Coalition soldiers killed many of the surrendered nobles out of anger, but most of them did not completely lose their minds and did not attack the wounded of the nobles. Due to the size of the battlefield and the limited time, the coalition forces were able to transport their wounded back to the camp before dark, while the wounded of the noble army were left on the battlefield.

The Coalition soldiers who regained their senses killed some of the more seriously wounded directly, because they would certainly not survive the next day, and the night would only be in vain. For those soldiers of the noble army who were less wounded, the coalition soldiers provided them with food and water, promising that if they survived until the next day, the coalition would provide them with medical treatment.

In the end, more than 7,000 wounded soldiers survived the next day, becoming the only remaining prisoners of the battle. The soldiers were well treated, and most recovered, with the exception of a few whose injuries worsened to the point of permanent disability.

It took the coalition forces a full eight days to clean up the battlefield. The corpses of their own soldiers were cremated separately from those of enemy soldiers, and when it came time to collect equipment, the coalition forces were given hundreds of new rifles and a small number of fixed cartridges. By the time the coalition had finished cleaning up the battlefield, Mel's wounds were almost healed. While looking at the loot report, Meyer spotted these new rifles and cartridges.

Am I hiding it too much?

Since the aristocratic army can get hundreds of new rifles, there is no reason why the Kingdom of Byrons, which can casually display hundreds of Tairong goblins, can't get them. In fact, the aristocratic army had always believed that the coalition army had at least 1,000 new rifles before the battle, and they hesitated for a long time to do so, but in fact, the coalition army only had two new rifles, and there was only one user.

In the battle, Bird killed at least 500 people with her new rifle, and the enemy basically stood there for her to fight, and there was no difficulty at all. By the time she reached about fifty men, she had the feeling that she was dreaming, and she remembered nothing but reloading, aiming, and pulling the trigger.

However, Maier was a thief and was afraid that his hole cards would be discovered, so he only equipped the bird with two new rifles. Both the Guards and the King's Guard knew about the existence of the new rifles and had done special training, but they still had to fight with cold weapons. In this battle, the Guards were again reduced by more than half, and the King's Guard was reduced by a third, and the losses were not insignificant. Even if only the Guards were equipped with new rifles, the battle damage would be much smaller.

After the Battle of Chishui, Maier officially reorganized the King's Guard Regiment into a rifle regiment. The domestic reinforcements would come with new rifles and ammunition, and the veterans and recruits of the King's Guard were trained in rifles, so they did not need to be rifle trained in the process of reorganization, they only needed to adapt to the new formation.

In the later battles, the reorganized King's Guard only shocked the enemy a little, and did not cause much turmoil. In fact, after the military parade held by Meier, the foreign powers concluded that the Kingdom of Byron had a certain number of new rifles, but the Kingdom of Byron was not aware of this.

However, if the Byronic army is equipped with more new rifles, the number exceeds 3,000, foreign powers will have a higher vigilance against the Byronic Kingdom. It is worth mentioning that since the coalition forces hardly used the new rifles in the Battle of Chishuihe, the generals of the noble army agreed that the new rifle units of the Byronic army should be in the hands of Tengyuan. Therefore, shortly after the end of the Battle of Chishuihe, the aristocratic army responsible for containing the Tengyuan Department retreated from Weijin Mountain.

The newly assembled siege forces also began to retreat steadily. At the same time as the withdrawal of troops, Xiaohu Liantong sent envoys to make peace with the coalition forces. He stated that the Taeyong aristocracy would not recognize the regime established by the local rebels, and would attack the local rebels who "crossed the border". The coalition forces were very dissatisfied with the "crossing the border" statement, because the war was not over yet, and the two sides had not yet redefined the border line, which meant that there was no border between the Taeyong nobles and the Taeyong Kingdom.

Since there are no borders, it is impossible for "crossing the line" to happen. If the coalition forces accept the idea of Xiaohu connection at this time, then the Taeyong nobles can take this opportunity to start peace talks with the Taeyong Kingdom, redefine the border between the two sides, and sign a long-term armistice agreement.

There is no doubt that Xiaohu Connection wanted to sell out local rebels in exchange for peace. If the coalition forces want to completely wipe out the rebels, it will take at least two years, which means that at least within two years, the Taeyong nobles will be safe. Even if the Taeyong Kingdom does not negotiate peace with the Taeyong nobles, they will be able to get two years of respite.

The Taeyong nobles will rest for two years, and the coalition forces will also be able to rest for two years, and the Taeyong nobles will still be at a disadvantage at that time. Xiaohu Connecting did this to delay time, but he did not delay time to recuperate, but to try to select enough sacrifices from the Taerong nobles, and use these sacrifices as bargaining chips to start peace talks with the Taerong Kingdom.

The so-called sacrifices refer to those who are weak. As long as the territories of these families are dedicated to the kingdom of Tayyong, Mair will be happy. As soon as Maier was happy, the Taerong nobles led by Xiaohu Liantong would be able to take the opportunity to ask to join the Taerong Kingdom. When the time comes, they will be able to keep their territory and be protected by the Tairong Kingdom, and what they need to pay is only a part of the power.

After the battle of Chishui River, the nobles of Tairong were completely awakened. They are not and cannot be Meier's opponents. In the face of absolute power, any struggle is futile, and it only adds to the loss. After this battle, Maier, who already has great power, will have the support of all the Taiyong people in the kingdom of Tayyong, and his power will become even stronger, which is invincible to the Tajon nobles.

As the saying goes, those who know the times are the best men. People who can leave a name in history may not have a good character, but they are certainly not on the wrong side, so they can be on an equal footing with the real Junjie. Because those who are alive have the opportunity to change history, and those who are dead do not have this opportunity.

When the envoys were dispatched, Xiaohu was connected with emotion. He couldn't help but think that if he was the one who married his daughter to Meier, instead of Xiaohu Tengyan, the course of history would change accordingly. However, at that time, he did not pay enough attention to Myer, and only regarded him as a generalist who relied on the glory of his father-in-law and father to sit in the position of lord, and he did not even win over Myer. He was a strategist, but not a good monarch, because he didn't have a long-term vision.

He didn't even notice the political value of Meier, and only knew calculations, thinking that in this way he would be able to ascend to heaven steadily. Even short-sighted people like Xiaohu Tengyan will try their best to win over Maier, but Xiaohu Connect can't think of it. Although his strategy of designating Tengzi as a traitor to the party is powerful, and the strategy he used in the contest with Tengyuan is also amazing, but his achievements are limited to this.

If he had married a daughter while recognizing the legitimate lordship of Mary, the course of history would have changed. After the Xiaohu family entered the civil war, Maier would certainly remain neutral, and at most provide diplomatic asylum to the Tengzi family. At that time, the Xiaohu family will not be attacked by the Ilibi Alliance, and the latter will not happen.

Unfortunately, he was not able to do so. Today's Xiaohu Lake is connected to only the directly governed territory of Bo Ancient City, which is a series of losses and generals, and the territory has been reduced to a quarter of its heyday. The Xiaohu family suffered heavy losses, losing more than two-thirds of their territory, most of which was occupied by the Tairong Kingdom, and there was no possibility of regaining it.

There are always people who say that life is like chess, one wrong step, one wrong step, and the experience of Xiaohu Lake connection is exactly like this. Now he wants to save his mistakes and preserve some of his power and position. Although the best outcome is to become a vassal of Myr, it is better than becoming a prisoner or a ruined city.

Although the generals of the aristocratic army who commanded this battle exaggerated the strength and strength of the coalition army in order to shirk their responsibility, some people even said that the coalition army invested 500,000 soldiers in the battle. But the words of a spy who has nothing to do with the outcome of the war are more credible than the generals who have lost the war. Moreover, most of the heads of the family have installed cronies in the army, and the heads of the family must know how many troops are invested by both sides, how the battle was fought, and what it looked like.

Without using the new rifle troops, Maier led a unit with weak melee combat ability, mainly long-range troops, as the attacker, and defeated the aristocratic army with a large advantage in strength head-on, which was enough to make people fearful. As many as 50,000 missing and deserted soldiers from the battle, they will spread their fears and cannot stop them. At that time, the soldiers of the noble army will not be able to stand firm when they hear the name of Maier, let alone a field battle, even if it is a defense battle, they may not be able to hold on.

In this case, the battle cannot be continued. As long as the coalition forces take advantage of the victory to pursue, the noble army has no power to parry. The local rebels are only concerned about themselves and cannot contain the mobile forces of the coalition army, so the coalition army can completely ignore the local rebels and attack the territory of the Taeyong nobles after defeating the main force of the noble army.

If Mair could only fight, the Tayrong nobles would not be so afraid. As soon as the news of Myr's victory spreads throughout the kingdom of Tayyong, the people of the kingdom of Tajon will submit to Mel and accept his rule. At that time, the king, who did not hesitate to fight the aristocratic army with the determination to fight to the death in order to protect the foreign subjects, will become the real "liberator of the Tairong people", and even the people in the Taeyong aristocratic territory will have a good impression of him, and the will to fight will become weaker and even defective.

The nobles of Tayyong could never have imagined that while thousands of people were singing the praises of Mer, the "heroic king" was honestly kneeling in front of his parents and being judged by the whole family.

Although Maier won the battle, he was wounded in the battle. As a king, this kind of behavior will move his subordinates and fight their allegiance. But as the head of the family, this kind of behavior is very irresponsible.

Of course, if Maier only made this one mistake, Gray and Yunxin would at most write a few words to warn him, so that he would not be recalled to the Bluestone Palace to be judged by the whole family. In fact, the biggest mistake that Mel made in the battle was that he announced in front of everyone that if he died in battle, Dingwu would inherit the throne.

Although Dingwu has been educated by the crown prince and has performed well, he is not the only prince who has performed well. Hamr, who did not receive the education of the crown prince, is weaker than Dingwu in terms of ability due to his relatively young age, but his leadership is definitely stronger than Dingwu. Dingwu treats people too gently and never punishes people. Gray had always taught him to "distinguish between rewards and punishments" and to maintain "the majesty of the superior" when necessary, but Dingwu was never able to do this.

But at present, in the Byrons family, the prince with the highest approval rating of the crown prince is not Dingwu, nor Haml, but Hart. Among Mel's daughters, Della and Rela are Rima and Lila, Anne, Anna, Elena, Betty, and Julia all want to marry Hart. Deira and Ryla are Ulis's daughters, Rima is Roy's daughter, and Lila is Zoe's daughter, and all three support their daughter's choice because of their race.

In order to help their daughter fulfill her wishes, Roy and Zoe form a temporary alliance with Ulis to lobby the other princesses' mothers. Anne's mother, Lingyu, Elena's mother, Yu Mingli, Betty's mother, Ista, and Julia's mother, Lulu, are the main lobbying targets.

Lingyu is the great shrine maiden of the new shrine, Yu Meili is the chief of the police department, Ista is the daughter of Pershing, the current finance minister, and Lulu is the sister of Tar, the captain of the personal guard, and they are either close ministers of Mel or relatives of close ministers. Ulis is the daughter of Ramogis, and Roy and Zoe are the daughters of Defense Minister Salin. Together, these seven people possess enough power to shake the kingdom of Byrons. In other words, as long as the trio lobbied successfully, Maier had to agree to these family affairs.

To convince the four of them, Euris came up with a solution. She trumpeted Hart's virtues in front of the four, saying that he was like Meier, and hoped that they would support Hart as crown prince. Hart's personality is indeed very similar to that of Meyer, and the four of them think that what Ulis said makes sense, so they decide to support Hart as the crown prince. After this, Euris began to talk about the benefits of the four of them marrying their daughter to Hart, and it didn't take much effort to convince them, and at the same time, Euris was also persuaded by herself.

Having Hart as the crown prince is not bad for the Byron family, it is good for himself and his daughter, so why not? So under the leadership of Ulris, the other six princesses all took action to persuade Xiaoxiao to support Hart as crown prince. Xiaoxiao didn't say anything about it, so Euris told the other princesses that Xiaoxiao had no objection to this matter.

Nam Yi knew that Dingwu didn't want to be the crown prince, so she took the lead in accepting Ulis's statement. Seeing that the wind had changed, the other princesses also followed suit and began to support Hart as crown prince, even Leah.