The day of negotiations has arrived, albeit in the winter that has been fully reached, and there was a relatively good day, without wind and snow, and the temperature was not too low. www.biquge.info In this kind of weather, the strong barbarian fighters and brave men wore vests made of monster fur, still showing part of their upper bodies, but they did not show the slightest feeling of cold, they were still wearing slippers with wooden soles walking on the snow, patting some red muscles, discussing interesting things in life with their barbarian companions next to them, and the breath exhaled from their mouths rose rapidly in the air like white smoke, and quickly disappeared into the air.

The hoplite knights, riding on their horses, walked in the middle of the procession, and they were lined up in two rows, numbering a full twenty men, and twenty heavily armored cavalrymen made a long row of clear footprints on the snow, and some of the footprints seemed to melt a little because the horses' hooves were so heavy that they seemed to melt a little. In addition to these barbarian fighters and barbarian warriors throughout the team, there were also twenty heavily armored knights who were the central leader of the team, and in this team, there were also two royal knights sitting on winged Pegasus on their backs, and they were each accompanied by six royal guards holding the banner of the Tibetan Soldier City, indicating the belonging of this team. These two royal knights were Mei Long and Huron, important knights under the Grand Archon Li Xiaopan, especially Mei Long, even until now, he was Li Xiaopan's most trusted system unit, an excellent general, and an important assistant to the lord. In this negotiation mission, the highest status is Prince Louie, who has been flying over the team, and Prince Louis's mirror prince, but it is indeed Mei Long who is in charge of the specific process of this negotiation.

The team kept moving forward, and there was almost no rest in the middle, until they saw the small city that was the target of the negotiation, they slowed down and walked towards the city with neat steps, just like Li Xiaopan had asked before, full of momentum.

Of course, the kingdom had already prepared for this city, so when it saw this very luxurious team and the iconic banner of the Tibetan Soldier City, the gates of the city were opened, the oak knight flag of the royal family of the kingdom was raised, and the horn was sounded, but only for a short time. Soon, a party came out of the city, and a general of high status in the kingdom led some officials to welcome the arrival of the mission, and said a lot of useless but necessary polite words with a straight face, and then brought to the city with this team that could almost take the city down.

This kind of ritual and treatment can be said to be very hasty, and the kingdom obviously did not have this situation because it was really unprepared, judging by the general's verbal flattery, they had been arranging it for a while. However, this kind of rude and face-losing thing is not a big deal in the eyes of Mei Long and Louis, because they both know very well that this kind of negotiation is completely forced and reluctant, and the kingdom does not want to admit defeat, but it still has to accept their conditions and negotiate with them, which is definitely not a glorious thing. Since it is not a glorious thing, the kingdom will naturally not celebrate it as a good deed, and it is naturally hidden if it can be hidden, so this kind of treatment is also expected.

However, the lineup of the mission sent by Li Xiaopan this time is very luxurious, and there is no one in the entire team of one hundred and twenty people whose strength is lower than that of high-level warriors, so even if the kingdom is dissatisfied, but out of respect for the strong, they must also treat this army kindly, after all, there are only a few thousand people in the kingdom in the city now, and it is not easy to clean up the scene once it starts.

The general of the kingdom took the members of the mission directly to the city lord's mansion and held a banquet to entertain them, and asked a lot of questions related to the bottom line of this negotiation intentionally or unintentionally during the banquet, but Mei Long's tone was naturally very tight, although Louis was lustful, he also knew what not to say, so they didn't get what they wanted. However, since the oriental-style table culture was useless for these members of the oriental-style mission, these people directly invited the grand duke of Olic and his guards, and invited most of the members of the mission, leaving only a few key members to start the Western-style negotiation meeting directly.

The negotiations were very straightforward from the beginning, and Orric's first words were very clear: "You have to withdraw your troops, and we know that you will have to withdraw sooner or later, and we want you to leave the kingdom as soon as possible, and you can say whatever you want." ”

The other party was crisp enough, and Mei Long naturally didn't take a detour, and also replied to him very simply: "Our lord said that we can withdraw our troops and let His Majesty continue to be his king in peace, but in return, the king must recognize the legal status of the Free Cities Alliance, and all the valleys south of the valley where we are fighting will be classified as the territory of the Free Cities Alliance and will be managed by us." Mei Long said very directly.

"That can't be!"

Oric said categorically.

"His Majesty wants you to withdraw from the kingdom's territory in its entirety before he declares your rule legitimate. Now that I can let you take a little bit of the kingdom's land, I'm already risking losing my head, and I'm not going to hand over all the dozens of cities at once. If you wish, you may as well say Lordain, for it will provoke His Majesty's wrath as in the valley, and then I will not be able to eat and walk around, and our negotiations will become more difficult or even impossible to achieve. ”

Archduke Orrick said it very well, even Mei Long frowned, and this Grand Duke also pointed out a problem to the point, that is, the problem of supply!

"It's true that skeleton soldiers don't need to eat, but I don't believe that so many human soldiers raised by your lord, as well as those goblins and those tall giants, don't eat, I hope they don't eat a lot, otherwise you won't survive half the winter here and you'll have to leave on your own, considering the supplies in this weather." Orrick said.

"Well, we don't want those lands." Mei Long listened to his words, seemed to think for a while, and then seemed to change his mind.

"But the people of the Anker region have made their own choice, and they and the inhabitants of the two small cities nearby have elected their own consuls and joined the Free Cities Alliance, which is now part of the alliance and is not part of the kingdom." Mei Long said.

After hearing this, Archduke Ollick thought about it for a while, and finally replied.

"I'll need to report this to His Majesty, but I think he'll agree."

"Very well, then when His Majesty the Kingdom approves it, it will be the day we withdraw our troops. Thank you for your hospitality, but rest assured that even if the king does not agree to our request, we will not leave this winter, and there are some cities that we have not yet discharged, and there is a lot of food there. All in all, nice to meet you, goodbye! ”

This time, it was Louis who said, and after discussing it with Mei Long, the two stood up, saluted with a few other people, and said goodbye and left.

"These guys, damn it, damn it..."

And after they left, our Grand Duke also fell into a deep helplessness.