In the palace of Liuyun City, the capital of the Liuyun Empire, Emperor Li Hong took the telegram sent back by Tang Guoyi, and said to Prime Minister Cao Ziliang with a gloomy face: "That Su Yi really rejected my olive branch!" ”

Prime Minister Cao Ziliang could feel Emperor Li Hong's anger at this time, but Prime Minister Cao Ziliang was not surprised that Su Yi would refuse, a powerful fleet including two super dreadnought battleships, and a shipyard that could build super dreadnought battleships, presumably no one would give up easily.

"Your Majesty, now that the war between our Liuyun Empire and the Celestial Star Empire is not over, the matter of the fleet and shipyard in Su Yi's hands, the minister suggests that he wait until the war is over, and then plan slowly." Prime Minister Cao Ziliang suggested.

Emperor Li Hong took a deep breath and controlled his emotions, "According to the information obtained by the intelligence department, after the fleet under Su Yi's command severely damaged the Third Fleet of the Celestial Star Empire, the Celestial Star Empire is preparing to send two more legions to Hedong Province, what advice does the Prime Minister have for this?" ”

Prime Minister Cao Ziliang hesitated for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, the weapons and equipment and combat effectiveness of the army of the Tianxing Empire are much more than the army of our Liuyun Empire, before our Liuyun Empire only had about 800,000 troops left in Hedong Province, basically gathered in the area of Tongyi City, in the face of the attack of 600,000 troops of the Tianxing Empire, it was already very difficult to defend, and now only by sending reinforcements to Tongyi City can we keep the last county of Hedong Province." ”

The Hedong Province of the Liuyun Empire has a total of seven counties and one provincial capital, in addition to Tongyi County and Xingang County, the provincial capital Fu'an City and other five counties have been completely captured by the army of the Celestial Star Empire, and Xingang County is only the county capital Xingang City is controlled by Su Yi, and most of Tongyi County is still controlled by the army of the Liuyun Empire.

Emperor Li Hong sighed and said: "Since the start of the war, our Liuyun Empire has lost almost 400,000 troops, and the Royal Army alone has lost 250,000, if we continue to fight like this, I don't know how much we will have to lose, it is best to end this war with the Celestial Star Empire as soon as possible." ”

The strength of the entire Liuyun Empire's army is about 6.2 million, of which the royal army directly belongs to the royal family has 2.5 million, and the other 3.7 million are the armies of nobles from all over the world.

Most of the areas of Hedong Province are directly under the territory of the royal family, so the army of the Liuyun Empire fighting in the territory of Hedong Province has always been dominated by the Royal Army, although many noble troops have also been recruited, but powerful nobles like the six dukes of the Liuyun Empire have only symbolically sent a little army force to Hedong Province.

The loss of 250,000 royal armies, equivalent to one-tenth of the strength of the entire royal army, has made Emperor Li Hong very distressed, not to mention that the army of the Tianxing Empire is still storming Tongyi City, and the losses of the royal army are still further expanding, and Emperor Li Hong has long wanted to end this war in his heart.

Prime Minister Cao Ziliang said with deep understanding: "Your Majesty is wise, and the minister also thinks that this war with the Celestial Star Empire cannot continue any longer, the six dukes and seven marquis are ready to stay out of the matter this time, relying solely on our Royal Army to fight against the army of the Celestial Star Empire, even if we win in the end, our Royal Army will inevitably suffer extremely heavy losses." ”

In addition to the six hereditary dukes, the Liuyun Empire also has seven hereditary marquises, each of whom has at least two divisions of the army, six hereditary dukes and seven hereditary marquises, forming the top aristocratic class of the Liuyun Empire.

Although these big nobles of the Liuyun Empire are loyal to the royal family, the relationship with the royal family is actually very delicate, these big nobles have always been wary of the royal family, and the royal family has always hoped to weaken the strength of these big nobles.

Emperor Li Hong said with some annoyance: "If it weren't for the fleet under Su Yi's command, maybe our Liuyun Empire had already signed an armistice agreement with the Celestial Star Empire, and now if we want to end the war with the Celestial Star Empire, we will have to pay a very big price if we don't get our Flowing Cloud Empire." ”

Prime Minister Cao Ziliang said: "Your Majesty, the minister feels that he can contact the Cangyu Empire and the Purple Moon Empire to mediate, presumably with the containment of the Cangyu Empire and the Purple Moon Empire, the Celestial Star Empire will not be too much." ”

"Then hurry up and contact the Cangyu Empire and the Purple Moon Empire, and then send an additional legion of the Royal Army to the area of Tongyi City in Hedong Province, before the end of this war, Tongyi City must not be lost, otherwise our Liuyun Empire will be even more passive at the negotiation table."

The Cangyu Empire and the Purple Moon Empire soon received a request from the Liuyun Empire that the two of them would come forward and mediate the war with the Celestial Star Empire, and now some powerful countries of the other three continents have been eyeing the Eastern Continent in recent years, so the Cangyu Empire and the Purple Moon Empire are not willing to work so hard for the Liuyun Empire and the Celestial Star Empire, so they have agreed to the request of the Liuyun Empire, and are willing to act as a peace affair between the Liuyun Empire and the Celestial Star Empire.

In the palace of Tianxing City, the capital of the Celestial Star Empire, Emperor Song Xuan sneered and said to Prime Minister Huang Kun: "The Liuyun Empire can't stand it, I have invited the Cangyu Empire and the Purple Moon Empire to come forward to mediate, I must slaughter the Liuyun Empire this time!" ”

Prime Minister Huang Kun nodded and said: "Since the Cangyu Empire and the Purple Moon Empire have come forward, then this war should almost be over, our Celestial Star Empire has two former dreadnought battleships, two ironclad battleships, two armored cruisers and one light cruiser sunk in the naval battle this time, and also suffered nearly 180,000 army officers and soldiers, of which the Royal Army accounts for 120,000, and these losses must be paid by the Liuyun Empire." ”

The top nobles of the Celestial Star Empire, including four hereditary dukes and eight hereditary marquises, the relationship between the royal family and the big nobles of the Celestial Star Empire is almost the same as that of the Liuyun Empire, this time the war broke out between the Celestial Star Empire and the Liuyun Empire, and these big nobles of the Celestial Star Empire did not participate, and the army of the Celestial Star Empire entered the Hedong Province, mainly based on the Royal Army of the Celestial Star Empire, supplemented by the army sent by some minor nobles.

The strength of the Celestial Star Empire's army is about 5.8 million, of which the royal army, which directly belongs to the royal family of the Celestial Star Empire, is almost 2.8 million, and the remaining three million are the armies of the nobles from all over the country, and the relationship between the royal family and the big nobles is also a little tense.

"Prime Minister, now that it has been figured out, the Liuyun Empire's navy, which has severely damaged the Third Fleet, belongs to a person named Su Yi in the Liuyun Empire, Su Yi has two super dreadnought battleships with a main gun caliber of 380 mm in his hands, I very much want the Liuyun Empire to compensate us for those two super dreadnought battleships, do you think the Liuyun Empire can agree?"

"Your Majesty, according to the news we got from the Liuyun Empire, the fleet in Su Yi's hands belongs to him personally, and the warships in the fleet are all built in a shipyard on an island, the emperor of the Liuyun Empire tried to exchange the hereditary title and fief for Su Yi's fleet and shipyard, but Su Yi refused, we want the Liuyun Empire to take out the two super dreadnought battleships as part of the compensation, if Su Yi does not agree, even if the Liuyun Empire agrees, it will be in vain."

"Hmph-that's not something for me to consider, it's decided, if the Flowing Cloud Empire wants to end this war, it must pay us two super dreadnought battleships to our Celestial Star Empire!"