After losing the Wasteland Pass, Waterman's idea of fighting Dane in the desert has become unrealistic. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

At this moment, the Earl, who was nearly seventy years old, but still full of spirits, and as strong as a real bull, wore a heavy knight's plate armor, and jumped to his feet in his marching tent and cursed.

"Idiot! Rubbish! Litter! Lao Tzu supported the fortress built with so much money back then, but in the hands of that scumbag, he couldn't hold on for even a day! It's okay to die by yourself, such a good situation is all buried! I should have known he was an incompetent guy who should have chopped him up and fed to the dogs! ”

The person he scolded was naturally his illegitimate half-brother.

No wonder he's so angry, it's just that the situation is too bad. It's unreliable to go forward to fight, but just go back like this? That's even more unlikely!

If such an army is organized with great momentum, and it does not fight a single battle, and it is scared away by others, then the reputation of Count Waterman and the entire bull family will probably become a laughing stock in the Duchy of Florence.

Waterman didn't want to go forward recklessly, fight an uncertain battle, and lose his precious army. I don't want to go back like this and tell others as a joke.

Just when he was facing a dilemma, it was Dane, the 'enemy' opposite him, who brought him 'warmth'.

It was a group of peace envoys who brought Dane's goodwill, brought peace, and gave Waterman a step up his sleeve so he could slip down.

With Count Bull's temper, if he hadn't had no choice, he wouldn't have considered peace talks. Especially when he saw Dane's conditions, he was so angry that he almost blasted the messenger out.

The main conditions given by Dane are as follows:

First, it required Waterman to represent the Duchy of Florence, recognize the division between Florence and the province of Sindelair during the Second Caesar Empire, and promise not to interfere in any way in the political, economic, and military activities of the Sindelair region.

Second, Waterman must stop all injustices against the Schindlaire merchants. This unfair treatment included taxation and restrictions on access to ensure that commercial trade between the two places could be carried out normally.

Third, the Duchy of Florence is the largest country in Sindelare's land commercial activities, and the two sides have a very strong tradition of commercial trade, and each other should be good business partners, and should adhere to the principle of mutual benefit, and negotiate a set of cooperation treaties that can stimulate the prosperity of commerce and trade between the two sides.

The third article aside, the first two seem to be not offensive in tone, but judging from the content, this is tantamount to clearly telling Waterman that your interests in Hindlaire are all finished, so go back honestly.

How can this keep him from being angry?

He even shouted that he would lead the army eastward and not give up until he cut off Dane's head.

Eventually, however, the enraged Count Bull was stopped by his staff, his retainers, and the other nobles of the coalition who had come with him.

In this war, they no longer take the initiative, and there is no good fruit to eat if they continue to fight. What's more, when the battle report from the front line came, these arrogant nobles of Florence were shocked to find that the 'Schindlaire's hillbilly', who was not taken seriously by them at all, actually had such a strong strength.

Until now, the nobles of Florence still haven't figured out why the gates of the wasteland pass were opened so inexplicably, and they don't know how powerful Dane's intelligence and spy team is. However, just Dane's powerful artillery formation, and the vanguard wing led by Caroline, the performance of these two forces in a battle to capture the city gate was enough to be called elite.

At least, most of the Florentine nobles would not have thought that their legions could have such combat effectiveness.

That alone already makes the Florentines a little worried, but that's not what scares them the most. What really scared them was the rumored group that used any gate spell to assault the city walls with teleportation tactics.

That's an elite knight order with a size of 100 people and an average strength of more than 10 professional ranks! Even the most famous elite legion of the Duchy of Florence, the Knights of the Duke's Guard, could not have such a strong strength, right?

The Duke's Guard, with its three hundred full-fledged knights, was the greatest reliance on the Grand Duke of Florence to secure his position as head of state.

No one could have imagined that in the wild land of Schindlaire's impression, there could be an army with an average strength even greater than that of the Duke's Guard.

It's a really scary situation.

The nobles of Florence were frightened, they followed the Count of Bull to this desert to make some gains, but they did not want to fight a tough battle and fold their old money here.

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Waterman's army remained for three days, two days west of the Wasteland Pass, without moving. To the west, Count Bull's subordinates disagreed, and he himself was a little apprehensive. Go back, don't have that face.

But in the end, it was still a matter of face or death, and Waterman, with the help of his subordinates, made the right choice.

He did not accept Dane's terms, but he did not dare to continue to approach the wasteland pass, and retreated on his own.

When Dane learned the news, he felt that things were not unexpected for him. He didn't think that Waterman would accept his terms so easily, and if he wanted to reach a more reliable trade deal with the Florentine, it would take strength and long-term negotiations to determine.

As long as he doesn't fight with Waterman, Dane will be satisfied.

Still, the impact is there.

Over the next three months, the overland trade between Sindelair and Florence was almost frozen. The Count of Bull retaliated by blocking a large number of caravans from the land borders of both sides, imposing heavy taxes on the merchants of Hindlaire, even refusing to enter the country, and several caravans having their goods directly seized.

Dane is also also in color. If you treat the merchants of Hindlaire badly, then I will treat the Florentines badly.

The stagnation of trade has led to the loss of a large number of economic benefits. However, Dane believes that all this is only temporary, and eventually, Waterman will definitely give in.

The reason is simple, land trade is only a part of Dane's profits, and sea transportation is the real big deal. However, the territory of the Count of Bull depends on land trade.