In the palace of Feni City, the capital of the Sharad Empire, Emperor Herris asked Shurik, the prime minister of the Sharad Empire, in a deep voice: "When will the four Ares-class battleships under construction enter service?" ”

Prime Minister Shurik pondered for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, the second batch of Ares class battleships will be able to join the Imperial Navy in about three months, but our Sharad Empire is too far away from the east coast of the Liuyun Empire, and the strength of the Baron fleet of the Liuyun Empire is very strong, so it is not recommended to organize an expeditionary fleet again." ”

Emperor Herris shook his head and said: "I am not ready to form a second expeditionary fleet, and now the expeditionary fleet led by Count Denis has suffered a crushing defeat, and the capital ships alone have lost three super dreadnought battleships, five dreadnought battleships, six former dreadnought battleships and thirteen ironclad battleships, and our Sharad Imperial Navy needs four new Ares-class battleships to ensure the status of the world's second navy." ”

Prime Minister Shurik sighed and said: "Fortunately, the transport ship carrying the three wings of the Marine Corps was not attacked, otherwise our losses would be even greater, and it seems that the battle plan formulated by the Convection Cloud Empire before cannot be realized." ”

Emperor Herris waved his hand and said: "The Liuyun Empire will go for the time being, with the existence of that baron fleet, our Salad Empire wants to attack the Liuyun Empire from the sea, it is bound to pay a very huge price, and now the army of our Sharad Empire has won a victory in a general battle in the Cangyu Empire, so that Cangyu City, the capital of the Cangyu Empire, is not far from the army of our Sharad Empire, once the Imperial Army can reach outside Cangyu City, then the Cangyu Empire is likely to choose to give in to our Sharad Empire." ”

Although the fiasco of the expeditionary fleet made Emperor Herris feel very painful, after all, the warships lost were all built with real money, not to mention the loss of tens of thousands of well-trained naval officers and men.

However, in recent times, the army of the Salad Empire in the territory of the Cangyu Empire can be described as overwhelming, since the start of the war, the number of annihilated and captured Cangyu Empire's army has exceeded seven million, and the army of the Sharad Empire, so far, the casualties are less than 450,000, which makes Emperor Herris in a good mood, as long as the Cangyu Empire can be forced to submit, then the loss of the expeditionary fleet will be made up for thousands of times.

Prime Minister Shurik showed a smile at this time and said: "Your Majesty, maybe the time for the Cangyu Empire to choose to give in will be even earlier, the Cangyu Empire has just expressed the idea of hope for peace talks to our Shalad Empire through its ambassador to the Yingluoba Empire. ”

Emperor Herris's eyes lit up, "Then can the Cangyu Empire agree to the armistice treaty we drew up earlier?" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister has asked the ambassador of our Sharad Empire to the Yingroba Empire to reveal the terms of the armistice we have drawn up to the Cangyu Empire, if the Cangyu Empire does not agree, the empire's army can fight all the way to Cangyu City, and then start negotiations with the Cangyu Empire."

"Hehe, that's good! The army of the Cangyu Empire, the weaponry and combat effectiveness are too poor, and it is almost not a problem for the Imperial Army to come to Cangyu City. ”

In the palace of Cangyu City, the capital of the Cangyu Empire, Emperor Zhao Zhi coughed and said to Prime Minister Shi Jian and Prince Zhao Kai: "Ahem - now in the battle of Yanshan Province, our Royal Army has lost more than one million, plus the 600,000 people lost by various noble armies, it can be said that the troops that our Cangyu Empire can fight are almost lost, ahem-what do you say next?" ”

Emperor Zhao Zhi is fifty-eight years old this year, and his health is not very good, and the bad news from the front line is transmitted back to Cangyu City one after another, making Emperor Zhao Zhi's body even worse.

The crown prince Zhao Kai immediately said: "Father, our Cangyu Empire still has more than 10 million troops and more than a billion people, as long as we continue to persevere, we will definitely be able to drive the army of the Shalad Empire out of the country." ”

The words of the crown prince Zhao Kai made Emperor Zhao Zhi's eyes show a trace of gloom, "Prime Minister, what do you think?" ”

Prime Minister Shi Jian said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, although the army of our Cangyu Empire is still more than 10 million, but most of them are new recruits, and there is a shortage of weapons and equipment. ”

When the crown prince Zhao Kai heard this, he immediately shouted with some excitement: "I can't admit defeat!" Prime Minister, you also know how harsh the armistice conditions revealed by the Shalad Empire are, and our Cangyu Empire must not sign such a humiliating armistice treaty! ”

The Sharad Empire put forward a total of five armistice conditions, the first point was that the Cangyu Empire must announce its withdrawal from the alliance of the four eastern countries and compensate the Sharad Empire for its military expenditure of 5 billion taels of silver.

The second point is to set aside a piece of land in each of the 52 provinces of the Cangyu Empire and the capital Cangyu City, and lease it to the Sharad Empire for 99 years, and the Shalad Empire has the right to garrison and administrative autonomy within these 53 concessions.

The third point is that the land forces of the Cangyu Empire, including the Royal Army and the army units of the nobles in various places, must have a total strength of no more than three million, and the total displacement of the Cangyu Empire's navy cannot exceed 150,000 tons.

The fourth point is that the Sharad Empire has the right to prospect, mine and build roads within the territory of the Cangyu Empire, and the Sharad Empire has the right to garrison troops in the mining areas and railway stations that belong to the Sharad Empire.

The fifth point is that all goods entered the Cangyu Empire by the Shalad Empire will be subject to zero tariffs.

Prime Minister Shi Jian said with a wry smile: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, maybe after formal negotiations with the Shalad Empire, the conditions offered by the Shalad Empire can be lowered, and the other ......"

The crown prince Zhao Kai interrupted Prime Minister Shi Jian's words with some annoyance, "According to the current war situation, even if the Shalad Empire can reduce some conditions, and how much can it be reduced, our Cangyu Empire should grit its teeth and persist all the time, our Cangyu Empire has the largest population in the world, even if it is hard consumption, it can collapse the Shalad Empire!" ”

At this time, Emperor Zhao Zhi said: "Ahem-Prince, you let the prime minister finish speaking!" ”

Then Prime Minister Shi Jian said in a mournful voice: "The minister is not willing to sign such a humiliating armistice treaty, but the strength of our Cangyu Empire's army and the army of the Shalad Empire is too different, at present, our Cangyu Empire has lost more than seven million troops, but the loss of the Sharad Empire's army is less than 500,000, or even lower, if it is hard to consume, it must be our Cangyu Empire that collapses first!" What's worse is that the treasury is almost out of money, Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, our Cangyu Empire really can't fight! ”

Prince Zhao Kai opened his mouth, he didn't know what to say, of the more than seven million troops lost by the Cangyu Empire, at least five million were taken prisoner, which shows that the army of the Cangyu Empire is not only backward in weapons and equipment, but also has a very low will to fight.

Emperor Zhao Zhi then coughed and said, "Prime Minister, send someone to negotiate with the Sharad Empire!" When the army of the Sharad Empire hits Cangyu City, maybe the conditions of the Sharad Empire will be even harsher! ”

"Father, can't you ask for help from the other three kingdoms?"

"Ahem, the Celestial Star Empire and the Purple Moon Empire are difficult to protect themselves, and the army of the Liuyun Empire is even inferior to the army of our Cangyu Empire!"

Prince Zhao Kai didn't say anything next, just sighed helplessly.