For the armistice negotiations, the Tang Empire quickly agreed, but then the Tang Empire and the Seven Nations Alliance disagreed on the location of the negotiations, the Seven Nations Alliance asked for an armistice to be held in the capital of the Sharad Empire, Feni City, while the Tang Empire asked for negotiations in Chang'an City.

The reason why the two sides insisted on holding armistice talks on their own territory was nothing more than to show that they were not the defeated side, after all, in every previous war armistice talks, they basically chose to hold armistice talks on the territory of the victorious side.

Although the Tang Empire currently has some advantages in this war, the Seven Nations Alliance will not admit that it is the defeated side.

In the end, after communication, the two sides decided to place the negotiation in the capital of the Hessel Kingdom, the city of Mangers.

The Kingdom of Hersel is located on the island of Hersel, which is the largest island in the world, across the sea from the Gisk Empire and the Orenza Empire, with an area of about four million square kilometers.

The Hessel Kingdom, with a population of 200 million, although the land area does not reach 10 million square kilometers, it cannot be called an empire, but the strength of the Hessel Kingdom itself is not weak, it belongs to the ranks of the second-class powers, before Su Yi was born, the Hessel Kingdom has the world's eighth-ranked navy and the world's ninth-ranked army, and the comprehensive strength of the Hessel Kingdom is even above the four countries of Cangyu, Liuyun, Tianxing, and Purple Moon.

The southern continent, where the Hessel Kingdom is located, covers an area of about 70 million square kilometers, of which 22 million square kilometers of land connected to the Eastern Continent are all the land of the Gisk Empire and the Orensa Empire, while the remaining 48 million square kilometers of the southern continent is composed of many islands, including Hessel Island.

On the many islands of the southern continent, many of the people living on them are also white, such as the kingdom of Hessel, which belongs to a white country.

At nine o'clock in the morning of August 26, 3014 in the Tang calendar, in the prime minister's palace in Mengus City, the capital of the Hessel Kingdom, representatives of the Tang Empire and the Seven-Nation Alliance finally began formal negotiations, and more than two months had passed since the meeting between the Seven-Nation Alliance.

Uriso, the prime minister of the Hessel Kingdom, said to the negotiators of the Tang Empire and the Seven-Nation Alliance with a smile on his face: "It is a great honor to be the mediator of this world-class war, and on behalf of our Hessel Kingdom, I hope that this negotiation can achieve a successful conclusion and restore peace to the world." ”

The negotiators sent by the Tang Empire this time were headed by Guo Xian, the second vice premier of the Tang Empire's cabinet, and Zhang Qihui, deputy commander-in-chief of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire, while the Seven Nations Alliance sent the prime ministers of various countries, and it was precisely because of this that the armistice negotiations were delayed until the end of August.

As soon as Urisol, the prime minister of the Hessel Kingdom, finished speaking, August August, the prime minister of the Yingroba Empire, said to Guo Xian and Zhang Qihui: "Premier Guo, General Zhang, since our seven-nation alliance has launched armistice negotiations with the Tang Empire, then I think we should achieve a temporary ceasefire during the armistice negotiations, after all, our negotiations are to restore peace, and we should set the tone before starting negotiations." ”

Guo Xian, the second vice premier of the cabinet of the Tang Empire, smiled and said: "Our Tang Empire is very sincere for this negotiation, and we in the Tang Empire support the issue of a ceasefire during the armistice negotiations, but this ceasefire can only be limited to the land side." ”

Guo Xian's words made the brows of August, the prime minister of the Yingluoba Empire, the prime minister of the Sharad Empire, Shurik, and the prime minister of the Noomi Empire, Julian, all frown slightly.

The main reason for the ceasefire to be achieved during the negotiation period is to restore the maritime trade of the three countries first, and the resumption of the maritime trade of the three countries one day earlier will allow the three countries to reduce some of their losses.

Shurik, the prime minister of the Sharad Empire, immediately said: "Premier Guo, General Zhang, since the Tang Empire wants to show its sincerity, the most important thing is to achieve a ceasefire at sea, so that all the countries of our seven-nation alliance can resume maritime trade as soon as possible, and the blockade of the coast of our countries by your Tang Empire Navy has caused immeasurable losses to our seven countries, so ......"

Before Shurik's words were finished, he was interrupted by Zhang Qihui, "Prime Minister Shulik, if the armistice agreement is not signed for a day, our Royal Navy of the Tang Empire will not lift the naval blockade of the countries of the Seven Nations Alliance, and the sea supremacy is what hundreds of thousands of officers and soldiers of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire have exchanged for their lives and blood, and before the war is over, our Royal Navy of the Tang Empire will not give up the sea supremacy!" ”

Yulian, the prime minister of the Noomi Empire, said with some annoyance: "General Zhang, we have both started negotiations, isn't it just to end this war?" Your Tang Empire Navy continues to blockade the coasts of various countries, so that our Seven Nations Alliance will not see the sincerity of your Tang Empire at all. ”

Zhang Qihui pursed his lips and said: "We can appear here today, it is the greatest sincerity of our Tang Empire, the naval blockade is impossible to lift before the signing of the armistice agreement, you can talk about it if you want to, if you don't want to talk about it, we will continue to fight, see who can't hold on first in the end!" ”

At this time, Guo Xian suddenly smiled and said: "Prime Minister August, Prime Minister Shurik, and Prime Minister Julian, during the negotiations, we can cease fire on land, but at sea, it is impossible for our Tang Empire to easily give up the sea control in our hands, but as long as we can reach an armistice agreement, our Royal Navy of the Tang Empire will immediately withdraw from the coasts of your countries." ”

The Prime Ministers of the Seven Nations Alliance immediately exchanged words in a low voice for a while, and then August August, the Prime Minister of the British Empire, nodded with a somewhat unhappy face and said: "Then we will achieve a ceasefire on land first, which can be regarded as a good start for our armistice negotiations." ”

Then Uriso, the prime minister of the Hessel Kingdom, said with a smile: "Since the two sides have reached an agreement on this, then let's officially enter the negotiation link!" Next, I would like to invite the representatives of the Tang Empire to read out the terms of the armistice of the Tang Empire. ”

Guo Xian stood up, took a few pieces of paper, and began to read out the armistice conditions formulated by the Tang Empire, and as Guo Xian read it, the faces of the seven prime ministers of the Seven Nations Alliance became more and more ugly.

There are more than a dozen armistice conditions in the Tang Empire, but there are four of the most important ones.

The first is to require the Seven-Nation Alliance to recognize the land actually owned by the Tang Empire, that is to say, the seven countries of the Seven-Nation Alliance must recognize the legitimacy of the more than 87 million square kilometers of land owned by the Tang Empire.

The second point requires the Seven-Power Alliance to admit defeat and pay war reparations to the Tang Empire, with a total amount of 50 billion British dollars, which can be paid in 30 years, but there is still a huge amount of interest to be paid every year.

The third point is to demand that in each country of the Seven-Power Alliance, ten pieces of land be set aside and leased to the Tang Empire for a period of 399 years, and the Tang Empire has the right to garrison troops and administrative autonomy within these concessions.

The fourth point is that the total tonnage of the navies of the countries of the Seven Nations Alliance and the number of land forces of each country must be limited, and the extent of the restrictions needs to be negotiated between the two sides.

Before Guo Xian finished reading the armistice conditions of the Tang Empire, Shurik, the prime minister of the Sharad Empire, couldn't help but take the case, "Premier Guo, the armistice conditions of your Tang Empire are too much, you must know that our Seven-Nation Alliance was not defeated, but this armistice condition of your Tang Empire regards our Seven-Nation Alliance as a defeated country!" ”

Maxim, the prime minister of the Jisk Empire, said in a cold voice: "Premier Guo, our seven-nation alliance came with sincerity this time, could it be that your Tang Empire is just perfunctory about this armistice negotiation?" Such armistice conditions will not be accepted by every country of our seven-nation alliance! ”

Noomi Empire's Prime Minister Julian said even more bluntly: "Premier Guo, if your Tang Empire insists on such armistice conditions, then there will be nothing to talk about between us. ”

Guo Xian didn't care about the attitude of the other party's prime ministers, and still kept a smile on his face and said: "Mr. Prime Ministers, although your Seven Nations Alliance has not been defeated, the initiative of this war is in the hands of our Tang Empire, otherwise your seven prime ministers would not be sitting here today, discussing any truce with Lao Fu and others, this truce negotiation is not what our Tang Empire took the initiative to request." ”

As the mediator, Uriso, the prime minister of the Hessel Kingdom, said at this time: "Since the representative of the Tang Empire has read out the armistice conditions of the Tang Empire, then I will ask the representative of the Seven Nations Alliance to read out the armistice conditions of the Seven Nations Alliance, and see how the differences between the two sides are different. ”

August, the Prime Minister of the British Empire, as a representative, read out the terms of the armistice of the Seven-Power Alliance, which add up to more than a dozen, of which there are three main points.

The first point is to demand that the Tang Empire withdraw from the Celestial Star Empire, the Liuyun Empire, and the Heller Kingdom, and restore the sovereignty of these three countries.

The second point is to demand that the Tang Empire compensate for the losses of the Seven-Nation Alliance.

The third point is to demand restrictions on the navy and land forces of the Tang Empire.

Regarding the armistice conditions offered by the Seven-Nation Alliance, Zhang Qihui on the side of the Tang Empire reacted even more fiercely, "Your Seven-Nation Alliance's armistice conditions such a truce are obviously a waste of time, I don't think there will be any more negotiations, let's continue to compete on the battlefield!" ”

Uriso, the prime minister of the Hessel Kingdom, hurriedly said: "General Zhang, don't get excited, you two finally sat down together, let's try to talk about it, I believe that both sides are sincere, otherwise they would not have come all the way to Mengus City." ”

This negotiation between the Tang Empire and the Seven-Nation Alliance was full of gunpowder from the beginning, but both sides did have the idea of ending the war, so both sides made step by step concessions in the negotiations.

By the time the armistice negotiations had been going on for five days, the two sides had reached a consensus on many fronts, except that each side wanted to limit the other's military power, and on this point, the differences between the two sides remained unresolved.

On the evening of August 30, in the Xiande Hall of the Imperial Palace of Chang'an City, after reading the telegram sent back from Mangers City by Guo Xian, the second vice premier of the cabinet, Su Yi asked He Yunfei, commander-in-chief of the Royal Army of the Tang Empire, and Wang Chengliang, commander-in-chief of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire: "What do you two think of the progress made in the negotiations?" ”

He Yunfei pondered for a while and said: "Your Majesty, at present, our Tang Empire and the Seven Nations Alliance have reached a consensus in many aspects, such as the two sides will not pay compensation to each other and will not cede each other's land, the Seven Nations Alliance is willing to officially recognize the international legitimacy of our Tang Empire, and the Seven Nations Alliance will pay a large amount of ransom to our Tang Empire for prisoners of war, and now there is only military restrictions between each other and no agreement has been reached, I think it is possible to exclude this point from the armistice treaty, Our Tang Empire cannot accept the military restrictions imposed on us by the Seven-Nation Alliance, and the Seven-Nation Alliance should and cannot accept the military restrictions imposed on us by the Tang Empire. ”

Wang Chengliang had a somewhat different opinion from He Yunfei, "Your Majesty, I think that the military strength of the Seven Nations Alliance must be limited, otherwise even if an armistice agreement is signed, it will only give the navies of the Seven Nations Alliance time to recover their strength, and after the navies of the seven countries recover their strength, a new war will come." ”

Su Yi suddenly showed a smile and said: "Actually, there is nothing to limit the military strength of the Seven Nations Alliance, I hope that these seven countries can use more resources and funds to develop their navy, our Tang Empire is not afraid of military competition, especially in building warships!" ”

Su Yi was full of confidence when he said this, after all, in addition to the fact that the Tang Empire could build warships in its own shipyards, Su Yi could also buy more warships from the system every year.

Today, Su Yi can purchase forty-eight super dreadnought battleships, fifty-six battle cruisers, forty-eight heavy cruisers, sixteen dreadnought battleships, one hundred and forty-four destroyers, and thirty submarines from the system mall every year.

In addition, Su Yi knows that in the future naval war, the aircraft carrier is the real hegemon, and after the emergence of mature carrier-based aircraft, all battleships will become live targets for carrier-based aircraft, Su Yi hopes that the navies of the Seven Nations Alliance will spare no effort to build battleships, and it is best to exhaust the family resources of these seven countries, and Su Yi has ordered to start secretly developing aircraft carriers and carrier-based aircraft carried on aircraft carriers.

Wang Chengliang hesitated for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, the arms race, especially the arms race in the navy, even if the seven countries of the Seven Nations Alliance are first-class powers, it will be difficult to support them for a long time, and when the seven countries cannot support it, war is likely to break out." ”

Su Yi smiled and said, "I feel that at that time, our Tang Empire will definitely be even stronger!" ”