Chapter 108: War Mediation
The air forces in the Elven Kingdom have finally been assembled. When they were about to start launching against the Griffin Legion, Adric commanded the Griffin Legion to retreat, their mission was completed, and all that remained was to see the performance of the ground forces on both sides.
Although the elven kingdom air force wanted to pursue the enemy, but was stopped by the elf king who was not sure of the opponent's strength, in his opinion, it was better to wait for the army to assemble before launching an attack, but he still sent a force to continue to open the way under the cover of the air force, and make preliminary preparations for the subsequent army to advance.
At this time, the army of the Erathian Empire was also rushing to Hammondale with new vehicles.
Although in some dangerous areas, the sled is also impassable, but the advance speed of the Erathia Emperor ** team is still greatly improved, they are rushing to the front line at a far faster speed than the opponent, in this war of speed between the two sides, the elven kingdom has completely fallen behind.
When the ground forces of the Elven Kingdom finally moved into the territory of Hammondale again, the Elasia Emperor ** team had already set up camp outside the town of Hammondal, and the team was densely packed, with an astonishing number of spearmen, halberders, archers, marksmen, swordsmen, crusaders, cavalry, champion knights, and the Empire's magical arms monks and priests, under the command of the Empress. Began to seize dangerous terrain and build fortifications.
Of course, this situation was quickly known to the Elven King, although the secret agents he arranged in Hammondale had been wiped out, but the elven qi magicians were not vegetarians, and the magic power divine eyes were scattered everywhere; The large number of scouts sent by the elven army, which had been fully mobilized, also reported this unfavorable situation to the elven king.
At this time, the intelligence of the spies about the use of a new type of vehicle by the emperor ** team was finally sent to the Elf King, which made the Elf King angry again.
So far, the elven kingdom, which once grasped the initiative in the early stage of the war, has been very passive at this time, and the elven king has to face the dilemma of fighting and not fighting.
In the Elven King's conception, there is no response plan for the current unfavorable situation at all, and all the actions secretly planned by the Elf King are based on an important premise, that is, the Erathia Empire does not dare and does not have the ability to conduct a large-scale war in the Elven Kingdom.
With this premise, the Elven King dared to openly tear his face with Empress Catherine and brazenly attack Hammondal.
It is also because of this premise that the elven kingdom is not ready for a full-scale war at this time.
From beginning to end, the Elven King was just thinking about using lightning tactics to seize Hammondal.
But now the Erathian Empire has unexpectedly burned the war directly into the forests of Turalia, a strong performance that does not take the elven kingdom in his eyes at all.
Not only that, but the Erathia Empire even gathered heavy troops in Hammondal, posing as if it was going to fight to the death with the Elven Kingdom.
The Elven King found that all his plans were already in tatters, and no matter how much he tried to put them together, he couldn't put together a picture that was favorable to the Elven Kingdom.
war, the elven kingdom is not ready to deal with a full-scale war at this moment, and the enemy has already occupied an absolute advantage, and then fight. The battle will be carried out in the forest home of the elves, and then whether it is won or lost, it will inevitably make the elf kingdom suffer a great loss, which is what the elf king does not want to see, Hammondale is important, but if it is exchanged for such a big price, it is too cost-effective, in case it is taken advantage of by other forces after the war, then the elf king will become a sinner of the elf kingdom through the ages.
And, then it means that the elven kingdom has been working blindly from beginning to end, not to mention the shame, no benefits, and because of the destruction of the Holy Alliance, it will be removed from the Holy Alliance from now on, and it will make enemies on all sides of the continent, and the border will be threatened by both Diya and the Erathia Empire. And because he failed to occupy Hammondal, a strategic place that can repel the enemy from the forest, if the Erathian Empire recovers in the future and wants to avenge today's arrow, the war can be burned into the forest of Turalone again at any time.
Whatever the situation, it is something that the Elf King Parson cannot accept and is unwilling to accept. The elven king, who was in a dilemma, even had the heart to form an alliance with the necromancers of the elven kingdom to resist the attack of the Erathian Empire.
Of course, this kind of thought can only be imagined, and it is impossible to achieve it without accidents or miracles, and if you can form an alliance with the necromancers, then the elves will no longer be elves.
At this time, a magical letter from the Magic Kingdom of Bracada made the Elven King Parson breathe a sigh of relief while being overjoyed.
Seeing that the two former allies were about to fight, Magnus, the ruler of Bracada and the Immortal King, finally couldn't sit still.
Magnus had been in a good mood for some time now, for he had been helped by some unexpectedly powerful people to carry out a plan that seemed to him quite great.
This plan will bring great glory to Braka, end this goddamn silent era, and restore the world to the glory of the Age of Wonders! And he, Magnus, will also become one of the greatest people in the world because he single-handedly opened a new era in the world, and his name will truly go down in history! Admired by the world!
This plan made the Immortal King, who had once been inactive due to his rigid thinking and finally immersed himself in the sea of magic and take care of his affairs, and with the help of four powerful advisors who had newly joined the kingdom, he began to actively govern and put the kingdom of Bracada in order.
All of a sudden, the mages of Bracada were surprised to find that the Immortal King had suddenly become wise and powerful, strong and resolute, and the indecisive and hesitant appearance of the past had been swept away, so great that everyone almost thought that the king had been transferred.
But as the most powerful king of magicians on the continent of Erathia, can Magnus, the immortal king who has lived for nearly a thousand years, be transferred? The answer was obvious, so Bracada's subjects were ecstatic at the change in king, unanimously believing that it was a sign that Bracada was about to re-emerge, and that the kingdom would henceforth regain dominance over the continent under the leadership of the Immortal King and restore the supreme glory of the Brakkaton Mage Empire.
In fact, when Empress Catherine's letter was delivered to Magnus, the once good old king was furious.
I'm doing big things and serious things, why are these little guys starting to make trouble again? In other words, these two countries have been fighting for the land of Hammondale for so many years. After arguing for so many years, the two sides finally shook hands and made peace, and formed the Holy Alliance with the Bracada Kingdom, and they also fought side by side in the last war.
As an ally of the two countries, Magnus, the immortal king of the Bracada Kingdom, is almost losing count of how many times he has mediated the territorial disputes between the two countries, and at this time, the Immortal King, who is busy with his own grand plans, decides not to continue to be a good man, he decides to let the two countries go as they please, anyway, they will naturally stop as long as they are tired, and besides, this is not about the Bracada Kingdom, why do you have to come forward and mud every time?
Magnus threw Empress Catherine's letter into the fireplace, burned it, and went to four of his new advisors to discuss the details of the grand plan.
As a result, it didn't take long for the information of the Erathian Empire and the Elven Kingdom to come one after another like snow, and Magnus realized that the seriousness of the matter was far greater than he had imagined.
It seems that both Queen Catherine and the Elven King Parson are serious, thinking about the "Timber War" that has been fought for one hundred and fifty years and the devastation caused by this war, the Immortal King's head is suddenly as big as a fight.
Because he had just learned from the four advisors that some of the important items needed for his plan were very likely to be in the territory of Eli in the Elven Kingdom, and some of the important ruins of the Miracle Age to be unearthed in the plan were all over the continent, whether it was the Erathia Empire or the Elven Kingdom, there were many such ruins in the Elasia Empire, and if he wanted to complete his plan smoothly and quickly. The stability and unity of the Holy Alliance can undoubtedly play a great role, otherwise if these ancient ruins are artificially destroyed in the war, the Immortal King, who has made the whole plan his greatest goal in life, will have to cry to death.
Two harshly worded letters were sent to Empress Catherine and Elven King Parson, respectively, in which he urged the two sides to immediately stop their foolish acts of war and settle the territorial dispute through negotiations, claiming that the Bracada Mage Kingdom would not sit idly by and watch the Holy Alliance split, and that those who did not listen to his mediation would be attacked by the joint attack of Bracada and the other.
The strong intervention of the Bracada Kingdom not only overjoyed the Elven King, but of course Empress Catherine of the Erathia Empire was even more excited, she had been waiting for this day for too long.
Although I don't quite understand why the Immortal King, who has always been good-natured, would express great anger and dissatisfaction between the lines of the letter. Even in order to make the two sides stop the war, they did not hesitate to threaten each other with force, but this kind of threat to the current Erathia Empire is undoubtedly quite welcome, in the eyes of the Empress, this is simply a pie-in-the-sky good thing, much better than the original intention and idea when she asked Bracada to intervene.
The reason is very simple, with the strong intervention of the Bracada Mage Kingdom, the Erathia Empire, which did not want to go to war, will naturally accept the request of the Immortal King, anyway, Hammondale is now the same as the empress's plan, it has been firmly occupied by the imperial army, and the purpose of shocking other forces has been initially achieved, at this time, the truce will be beneficial to the empire.
On the other hand, if the elven king refuses to accept the mediation of Bracada and insists on separating himself from the empire in the war, then the elven kingdom will inevitably be attacked by the Erathia Empire and the Bracada kingdom, which is also happy for the empress, although the elven kingdom is not weak, but it is definitely not the opponent of the alliance between the two countries, although it is unlikely that the elven kingdom will be destroyed at that time, but it is possible for them to suffer a lot, maybe the empire can take the opportunity to expand its territory.
As long as the power of Bracada can be used, this war Empress Catherine thinks that the empire can still be fought.
And with Bracada's powerful mage legion, the Empress will no longer have to worry about the problem of troops—the Empress has been secretly worried that the deployment of too many troops to the battlefield of Hammondale will cause the rest of the Empire's border defenses to be too empty and taken advantage of by other forces, but now this problem can be said to have been solved by Bracada's military intervention.
What's more, if other forces dare to invade during the war between the two countries and the elven kingdom, it will undoubtedly indirectly offend the Bracada Mage Kingdom, and now the evil alliance has long since disintegrated, except for the Holy Alliance, other countries and forces are hostile to each other, and they have not heard of any alliances formed to challenge the Holy Alliance with the strength of one country, and no country or force has the courage to do it.
Moreover, Bracada's strong intervention undoubtedly showed other forces that although the Holy Alliance has produced traitors like the Elven Kingdom, the Erathia Empire and the Bracada Kingdom still recognize the validity of this alliance, and everyone will fight the idea of the empire in the future. But you have to weigh the weight of the Holy Alliance.
With so many benefits, the Empress even hoped that the Elven King would be a little more confused, and for the sake of Hammondale and the Empire, she rejected Bracada's request for mediation and immediately started a big war with the Empire.
It's a pity that although the elven king Parson made a little mistake in the plan to fight for Hammondal, and misjudged the possible reaction of the empire and Empress Catherine, he was not dizzy because of this, he was very clear that if this war continued to fight, it would only be detrimental to the elven kingdom, and even if it was to be fought, the elven kingdom could not act first now, so he immediately decided to agree to Bracada's mediation request.
His thoughts were similar to that of Queen Catherine, and he saw how much benefit the Kingdom of Bracada would bring to the Elven Kingdom if it was on his side, so the Elven King not only agreed to the Immortal King's request for mediation, but also generously expressed the hope that the heads of the three parties could meet and talk in Hammondal, and then the Immortal King would be the arbiter, and the Erathia Empire and the Elven Kingdom would negotiate to finally determine the ownership of Hammondal.
The elven king has already thought about it, and at that time he must put forward a series of unreasonable demands, preferably to greatly anger Catherine's little girl, so that she loses her mind and impulsively goes to war, and then as a non-active war, the elven kingdom can get the support of the Bracada kingdom, and the two countries will join forces to fight on two fronts, and defeat the once invincible Erathia Empire in one fell swoop, at that time, not only Hammondale will fall into the hands of the elf kingdom, maybe it can also grab more territory from the hands of the empire.
Thus, a letter with rather sincere wording was transmitted to Magnus by the Elven King.
At the same time, in order to win more favor from the immortal king for the elven kingdom, the elven king also ordered all the troops that had entered the territory of Hammondale to withdraw to the territory of Turalleone, assuming a sincere truce.
As a result, a great war that was about to break out was thus extinguished by two letters from the Immortal King.
However, the two sides did not give up on the war, the Imperial army remained in Hammondale to prepare for various wars, and the elven army was also on the border.
Both sides are waiting for their opponents to be the first to lose their breath and attack.
Soon, Magnus, the Immortal King, sent a formal letter of mediation between the two countries, and agreed to the Elven King's request to be the arbiter of the negotiations between the two parties, and the three parties agreed to meet and meet in Hammondal.
Seeing that there would be no war for the time being, and it was estimated that it would be a little difficult to fight this battle depending on the situation, Jian Chen asked the empress to leave the barracks, he was really afraid to be a staff officer on the march, if it weren't for the rich knowledge he learned through various media when he was on Earth, he would have been in trouble a long time ago.
Although Empress Catherine, who was in a good mood for a while, was a little reluctant to be a temporary staff officer who was full of strange ideas and would bring countless inspirations to herself from time to time, it was not good to keep a lord in her military camp all the time, so she also agreed to Chen Jian's request, but repeatedly told him that he must be ready to accept foreign immigrants.
Chen Jian, who was anxious to leave, of course agreed.
In fact, there is no need for the empress to explain this, Chen Jian also has to plan well, this is not only related to the long-term peace and stability of his territory, but also related to his good future, it is conceivable that if this matter is done well, with the empress's current trust in him and the importance of racial integration, how much benefit will be waiting for him.
With the ambition to climb up, Chen Jian's perspective on things and problems naturally changed.
After bidding farewell to the Empress, Jian Chen mounted his Pegasus and flew back to his temporary residence, a small military camp in a clearing in front of the ruins of the castle.
With the arrival of the empress's army, a large number of supplies naturally followed, and in order to reward Chen Jian's lord's guard for its great contribution in defending Hammondal, the empress specially transferred a batch of equipment from it to give the lord's guard a big change.
With the financial resources of the empire, it was easy to equip a two-hundred-man lord guard.
The militia was disbanded by the arrival of the army, but the Empress also gave them some money as a token of recognition, so that the militia who had not won the battle but made a small profit happily shouted Long live the Empress.