Chapter 204: Preparing for Negotiation

After the Tang Empire issued large banknotes and new small banknotes, the financial pressure of the Tang Empire was immediately relieved, and the countries of the Seven Nations Alliance, knowing that the Tang Empire had successfully issued paper money, immediately held a meeting between the Seven Nations Alliance in Feni City, the capital of the Sharad Empire.

The meeting was presided over by Shurik, the prime minister of the Shahlad Empire, and the representatives of the other six countries participating in the meeting were all ambassadors of various countries to the Shahlad Empire.

At nine o'clock in the morning on June 18, 3014 in the Tang calendar, the meeting was held as scheduled in the Prime Minister's Office in Feni City, and at the beginning of the meeting, the Prime Minister of the Sharad Empire, Shurik, said to the representatives of the other six countries in a deep voice: "The current situation of this war, everyone knows it, especially after the Tang Empire successfully issued banknotes, it will become more difficult for our seven-nation alliance to defeat the Tang Empire, so our Sharad Empire proposes to start armistice negotiations with the Tang Empire as soon as possible to end this war with no end in sight." ”

Before this meeting, the Sharad Empire had already revealed to the other six countries of the seven-nation alliance that they hoped to end the war as soon as possible, and the representatives of the other six countries had already received instructions from their homes.

According to the agreement at the time of the formation of the Seven-Nation Alliance, the Sharad Empire was divided into the Western Theater, and the military command of the Western Theater also fell into the hands of the Sharad Empire.

That is to say, the Sharad Empire not only needs to be responsible for the logistics supply of more than 10 million army units on the front line, but also needs to bear most of the logistics supply of the more than 10 million Yingluoba Army and Noomi Army on the front line, after all, the Yingluoba Empire and the Noomi Empire, if they want to transport the supplies to the eastern front of the Sharad Empire, they need to go through a long railway transportation, and they can only rely on the Sharad Empire to provide most of the material supplies, which makes the Sharad Empire bear considerable logistical pressure.

The Sharad Empire has done its best to protect the more than 28 million armies of the three countries on the front line, but there are still problems of one kind or another.

At the beginning of June, due to logistical problems, there were armed clashes between the Shalad Army on the front line, the Yingroba Army, and the Noomi Army, and even the armies of the three countries suffered a lot of casualties.

Immediately, on the front line in the eastern region of the Sharad Empire, there was a confrontation between hundreds of thousands of troops of the three countries, and almost a civil strife between the armies of the three countries broke out.

Although in the end, after the coordination between the three countries, this internal strife did not take place, but it made the relationship between the armies of the three front-line countries very tense.

The conflict between the armies of the three countries suddenly exposed the contradictions between Yingluopa, Sharad, and Noomi, and made Herris, the emperor of the Sharad Empire, can't help but germinate the idea of ending the war with the Tang Empire, and the success of the Tang Empire's issuance of paper money has strengthened the idea of Herris, the emperor of the Sharad Empire.

What's more, the armies of Sharad, Yingluoba, and Noomi have been unable to break through the border defense line of the Tang Empire, which has turned this war into a brutal positional war, and voices calling for an end to the war have appeared in the Sharad Empire.

In addition, the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire cut off the maritime trade of the Sharad Empire, which also had a great impact on the economy of the Sharad Empire, which caused the Sharad Empire's finances to lose a large amount of revenue, and the pressure on military spending was increasing.

Originally, the Sharad Empire's share of maritime trade was only ranked after the British Empire, and it could be said that it was the world's second largest maritime trade power.

All of the above circumstances combined to make the Emperor of the Sharad Empire, Herris, finally put his ideas into action, and this meeting between the Seven Nations Alliance was born.

The ambassador of the Yingroba Empire to the Sharad Empire sighed and said: "Although I don't want to admit it, it has indeed become very difficult for our Seven-Nation Alliance to win this war, and it would be good if we could end this war with the Tang Empire, I am afraid that the Tang Empire will propose some harsh armistice conditions." ”

The broken fleet of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire has the greatest impact on the Yingroba Empire, you must know that almost a quarter of the annual financial income of the Yingroba Empire comes from customs tariffs, and the broken fleet cuts off the maritime trade of the Yingroba Empire, which not only cuts off the customs revenue of the Yingroba Empire, but also affects all aspects of the Yingroba Empire.

Penelope, the emperor of the Yingluoba Empire, learned that the Sharad Empire had the idea of ending the war, and after consulting with Prime Minister August and more than a dozen other ministers, he decided to agree to end the war with the Tang Empire, so as to create time for the Yingluoba Royal Navy to recuperate.

Sharad Empire Prime Minister Shurik immediately said: "Although the navy of the Tang Empire currently has an advantage at sea, but on land, the army of our Seven Nations Alliance and the army of the Tang Empire are still in a stalemate, and no one can help anyone, the Tang Empire does not have the capital to open his mouth, if the armistice conditions proposed by the Tang Empire are not acceptable to our Seven Nations Alliance, then we can only continue this war with the Tang Empire." ”

The ambassador of the Orenza Empire to the Sharad Empire said loudly: "We, the Orenza Empire, agree to negotiate an armistice with the Tang Empire, and now this kind of positional war is a huge cost for both sides of the war, presumably the Tang Empire is not willing to fight like this with our Seven Nations Alliance all the time." ”

The ambassador of the Jisk Empire to the Shalad Empire followed: "We, the Jisk Empire, have also agreed to negotiate an armistice with the Tang Empire, if we look at the current positional warfare, this war may not be able to end for a few more years." ”

The Orenza Empire and the Jisk Empire now need to face the army of the Tang Empire alone on their own borders, and the pressure is much greater than that of the other five countries, so the Orenza Empire and the Jisk Empire have long wanted to end this war with the Tang Empire.

The ambassador of the Monia Empire to the Sharad Empire sighed and said: "Now that the navy of the Tang Empire has seized the supremacy of the sea, our Monia Empire has tens of millions of land forces, but it cannot join the western and southern battlefields. ”

Then the ambassador of the Rareland Empire to the Shalad Empire also nodded and said, "We have no opinion in the Rareland Empire. ”

At this time, the ambassador of the Noomi Empire to the Sharad Empire frowned and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, now that the Tang Empire has successively annexed the Liuyun Empire, the Celestial Star Empire and the Purple Moon Empire, the land area even exceeds 87 million square kilometers, and the population has reached 5 billion. ”

Shurik, the prime minister of the Sharad Empire, shook his head and said: "It is precisely because the Tang Empire is extremely powerful at this time, so even if our Seven-Nation Alliance continues to fight this war, it will be difficult to completely defeat the Tang Empire in the end. ”

The seven-nation alliance meeting held in Feni City, the capital of the Salad Empire, ended after only one morning, and the seven countries unanimously agreed to negotiate an armistice with the Tang Empire, and then the seven-nation alliance revealed to the Tang Empire through some channels that it hoped to start armistice negotiations to end the war.

On the afternoon of June 23, 3014 in the Tang calendar, in the Xiande Hall of the Imperial Palace of Chang'an City, Su Yi asked more than a dozen military ministers of the Tang Empire: "What do you think about the Seven Nations Alliance to negotiate an armistice with our Tang Empire?" ”

As soon as Su Yi's words fell, Wang Chengliang, commander-in-chief of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire, said: "Your Majesty, you can talk about it, at present, our Tang Empire can be said to have an advantage in this war, even if it is a negotiation, our Tang Empire is also participating as a winner, and our Tang Empire has merged the other three major powers of the Eastern Continent through this war, making our Tang Empire the world's first military power, as well as the country with the largest land area and the largest population, In this war, our Tang Empire has earned enough. ”

He Yunfei, commander-in-chief of the Royal Army of the Tang Empire, then said: "Your Majesty, the minister also feels that it is not impossible to talk about it, now the three battlefields on land have been in a stalemate, our Royal Army has tried to launch some attacks, and even sent some newly equipped medium tanks, but the effect of the offensive is not great, if this war continues, these three battlefields are likely to evolve into a longer war of attrition." ”

He Yunfei refers to the Matilda 2 tank obtained by Su Yi through the upgrade of the Renault FT-17 light tank, which is a tank with a total combat weight of 26.9 tons, which was classified as a medium tank by the Royal Army of the Tang Empire.

Cabinet Premier Xu Haoming hesitated for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, since our Tang Empire has no intention of letting those seven countries cede land, it is better to take this opportunity to end this war with the Seven Nations Alliance, so that our Tang Empire can invest more funds and materials in economic construction." ”

In fact, in Su Yi's heart, he was not willing to start armistice negotiations with the Seven Nations Alliance now, Su Yi hoped that through this war, he would completely defeat the Seven Nations Alliance and make the Tang Empire the only overlord in this world.

But after all, the Seven Nations Alliance is an old power, and the seven countries added up are not easy for the Tang Empire to defeat, for example, the combined number of the land forces of these seven countries is even more than the more than 88 million people of the Royal Army of the Tang Empire, and the combat effectiveness of the armies of these seven countries is not weak.

Su Yi also had to admit that it was almost impossible to completely defeat the Seven Nations Alliance, and this war between the Tang Empire and the Seven Nations Alliance could only end through armistice negotiations.

Su Yi sighed and said: "Although the three battlefields on land have been in a stalemate now, the three battlefields add up to thousands of casualties every day, and the number of casualties in a month may reach 100,000, even if our Royal Army can withstand such a consumption, I am actually not willing to fight it, so let's talk to the Seven Nations Alliance!" ”

The next morning, in a mansion in Chang'an City, a young man of twenty-eight or nineteen years old said in a deep voice to a middle-aged officer wearing a gray-green military uniform: "I have learned from my father that Su Yi is preparing to negotiate an armistice with the Seven-Nation Alliance. ”

The gray-green military uniform is the combat uniform of the Royal Army of the Tang Empire, and according to the nameplate worn on the chest of this middle-aged officer, it can be determined that this middle-aged officer is a regimental-level officer of the Royal Army of the Tang Empire.

The middle-aged officer's eyes lit up, "Young Master, are we ready to do it?" ”

The young man hesitated for a moment and said, "Let's wait until the armistice agreement with the Seven-Nation Alliance is officially signed, and then we will look for an opportunity to do it!" ”

The middle-aged officer smiled bitterly and said: "Young master, those people from the Military Intelligence Bureau have been like mad dogs in recent times, causing us to lose a lot of peripheral personnel, and even a few core personnel have to be exterminated by our own people because they were implicated by peripheral personnel. ”

The young man sighed and said: "Keep a good list of the sacrifices, and when we finally succeed, we must give the best compensation to the families of these sacrifices, this war with the Seven Nations Alliance is not over, we must not do anything to Su Yi, once Su Yi dies, it will be cheaper for the Seven Nations Alliance." ”

The middle-aged officer immediately hesitated and asked, "Young Master, can you operate again and transfer more of our people into Chang'an City?" At present, the First Guards Division and the First Field Division stationed in Chang'an City do not have many of our men at all, especially the First Guards Division, and there is not even a single one of our people. ”

The young man shook his head and said: "It is no longer as good as when the Purple Moon Empire was in the time, our foundation in the Royal Army of the Tang Empire is very shallow, not to mention that we can transfer people if we transfer people, not to mention that our current goal is only to get rid of Su Yi, and we don't need to use the strength of the army at all, and we can't use many troops at present." ”

"Young master, in fact, the power in our hands is not weak, why not take a desperate gamble and take the risk to give it a try?"

"Alas-although we have contacted many nobles of the Yuan Cangyu, Liuyun, Tianxing, and Ziyue Kingdoms, these nobles no longer have regular armies in their hands, and we can't estimate how much strength they can come up with, and the number of troops that we can really control in our own hands is too small, so let's figure it out slowly!"