History of the Bourbon Naval War, Chapter 13: The Truce Years

At the beginning of this chapter, Hudros ingeniously extracted the peace talks from the war, deliberately describing the three-year experience of the Bourbon Sea states in peace talks, showing the deceit of the countries, and then wrote until the war broke out again. 】

[This "Bourbon Naval War", although the duration of the war at this time has not exceeded the existing wars in the past, but the intensity of the war far exceeds the previous wars, and the dead and wounded troops and the loss of financial resources during this period are also incomparable with the past wars. 】

And with the end of the war, the entire Bourbon Sea trade system was disrupted, and there had never been a war in the past that could cause such great damage to the trade network, which was a very terrifying thing, and the most terrifying thing was that both sides failed to overwhelm each other at this time, so from the normal way, the date of ending the war was still far away. 】

[It is precisely for this reason that since the 80s, so-called "moderates" and "compromisers" have appeared among various countries, who demand an end to the war and the return of peace to the Bourbon Sea. As the war progressed, these people became stronger and stronger in various countries, and after entering the 90s, discussing peace was no longer a traitor but a patriotic act. 】

[It was under the influence of this trend that Boris sent a peace envoy to Olly (the capital of Portloo) for the first time in 2093 to negotiate peace. Of course, this group of envoys suffered a tragic defeat, but it undoubtedly gave a shot in the arm to the moderates, who continued to pursue their ideas. 】

[The ideas of the moderates were supported by almost all the lower classes, not only the townspeople, the commoners, but even the poor in the slums who came out to demand peace—many cities, after going mad, sent thugs to the slums to forcibly conscript and pull the poor to fill the cannon fodder. 】

[These "peace talks" have not been able to achieve a breakthrough until after Napolika VII came to power, and there has been substantial progress, and Napolika VII expounded his views as follows:]

["Some people say that the Bourbon Sea should be restored to peace, and I agree with this view, because peace is precious, and many people now support peace, but because of some differences and conflicts, the peace treaty is far away. In the spirit of a genuine solution to peace, I have a new idea to replace peace with a truce. ”】

It means that the treaty we are about to sign is not a peace treaty to witness to the gods of the Bourbon Sea, but only a temporary truce, and the war is only temporarily suspended. After the armistice expires, it will be decided whether peace or not depends on the effect of the armistice. ”】

["I've heard that some people have given speeches here saying that once people enjoy peace, they will not abandon it again, so let's use this opportunity to test whether it is what they say it is. And my speech is just to tell you that I am not an iron-blooded war maniac, and I also want to pursue peace. ”】

[Napolika VII's proposal was supported by many "moderates", who believed that since it was not possible to make a complete truce in the country, it was not unavoidable to have a more lenient truce, and to replace the peace treaty with a truce that took a step back, so as to win more centrists. 】

[In fact, the "moderates" of the entire Bourbon Sea were indeed agitated by the proposal of Napolica VII, who seemed to them to have proposed a new path to peace, so they excitedly called Napolika VII a contemporary messenger of peace, and promoted a truce in their own country instead of peace. 】

[In the midst of this frenzy, some far-sighted people clearly saw that something was wrong, and they said this: "A truce means that the contradictions are only covered up and not resolved, so after the truce is over, war is bound to break out again, and there is nothing that enjoys peace and is unwilling to leave. ”】

[However, the war-torn fanatical people were unwilling to listen to these visionary words, and they used refusal to serve in the military and the payment of taxes as their own confrontation, and were supported by many nobles who tried to make a name for themselves without bloodshed, and for a time this movement was surging, especially after the autumn harvest several fierce confrontations of refusal to serve, which finally led to the countries agreeing to participate in the truce.] 】

[The first topic of debate at the truce was not how to make a truce, but where the place of the truce should be held, and there were actually two alternative locations, Pease, the capital of Boris, and Ollie, the capital of Portlough, and finally because the two sides did not give in to each other, they could only be held in the first capital of Bourbon, the city of Boris in the Old Passage, as the end of this controversy. 】

[I feel that I must be qualified to describe the beginning and end of this peace meeting, because I am one of the envoys sent by Boris to Boris City to represent Boris in the peace talks, although I am not a plenipotentiary envoy, but because I am in the meeting hall, I can know more clearly about the meeting at that time. 】

[I remember before entering the Boris venue when the second argument arose, the question of whether the Boemies, the Bourbons, and the Pomosi should be recognized as a role that could be involved in the meeting.] 】

[In Boris's view, Bourbon has been annexed by himself, and the government-in-exile in Lorne, the capital of Polly, is a puppet regime with no right to participate in the conference; in the eyes of Polly and Portelou, both the Pomosi and the Boemies are just rebels themselves, not an independent state, and the Indolands are very annoyed by the Boemi's request to participate in the conference as a state.] 】

[You must know that when the Indian people decided to oppose the Portlou in 2078, one of the reasons that could convince the domestic nobles was that the Boemi would return to the India with the Boemi Guard, and now the Boemi actually want to be independent, which made the Inandi feel betrayed again. 】

[The question between Bourbon and Pomothy ended with a mutual compromise between Boris and Polly, that is, Boris agreed that Bourbon should participate in the conference as a government in exile, and Polly agreed that Pomosi should participate in the conference as the rebellious Mossi Conquest Guard, and the future identities of the two countries would be discussed at the conference.] 】

[After the Bourbon and Pomosi issue was resolved, the most difficult issue was the Boemi, where the Boemi refused to recognize the Boemi as a state, and the Indo-Andi also claimed that the Boemi-Ann was Indo-Andi's territory in 2078 with the 2078 Agreement on the Voluntary Return of the Boemiwei to the Indo-Andi. 】

[In this case, Lesano, the archon of the Boemivian Academy, keenly grasped the crux of the matter, Boris, so he went to Napolika VII in person and presented his reasons to Napolika VII. 】

["Dear Napolika VII, I know that you are very upset at the distress caused to you by the sudden arrival of our Boemi as an independent nation, but as far as I am concerned, I have a reason why I have to do so. ”】

["Then what is the reason? Because if you do not attend the meeting as an independent regime at this time, and then want to be independent, you need to go to war with the Indo-Andi first. You may wonder what the Boemi have to do with Boris, and I have bothered you for the sake of Boemi's self-interest, but it is not a detriment to you. ”】

["One thing is very clear in this war, Napolika VII, that is, the enmity between Inandi and Portlou cannot be resolved, and they will continue to fight as mortal enemies. So in this case, as the leader of the alliance, as long as you continue to stand against the great righteousness of Potlu, no matter what you do elsewhere, you can only endure it. ”】

[This means that even if you support the independence of our Boemi, even if you enter the venue in the same way as Pomosi, the Inandi can only endure it, and dare not retaliate, after all, they have an inextricable mortal enmity with Portolu, and can only cooperate with you to act. ”】

["Earlier, I told your lord about the impact of supporting us on the Indo-Andi and the impact on the naval war in Bourbon, that is, there is no impact, and then I will explain the benefits of supporting us, that is, the balance of power of the dragon. ”】

["Why is Portloo so powerful? Isn't it because the former Bourbon Balance of Power system collapsed? I heard that wise people must consider the reason for the future before they do things, and that's why I came to persuade you, you should consider the Balance of Power after the war!"]

["Boris is a just country and a noble country, so this war must end in the victory of Boris, but considering that the Bourbon Sea is so vast that Boris cannot completely rule even if he is strong, it is necessary to establish a new balance of power. ”】

["So if it weren't for us Boemi, once the Potruw decayed after the war, there would be no country in the North Myramie region that could counterbalance the Indo-Andi—unless you could bring in the countries on the other side of the Conigta region, but wouldn't this war prove that they were unreliable? ”】

["That's why I persuaded you to support the Boemi, to help the Boemi, not the Invat, first, the Boemis are your kindred, a thousand years ago they were compatriots who lived in the same city, and second, by supporting the Boemi, you can prevent the Inandi from swallowing all the territories of Portlu in the north and becoming your new challenger. ”】

Lessono's persuasion worked, and Napolika VII sent an order to the envoy of Boris, ordering him to support the Boemians into the council. 】

[As Boris changed his attitude, just as Lesono said, although the Inandi was angry but did not dare to break with Boris, after both Boris and Inandi supported, Potlo could only temporarily back down and let the meeting go first, so that the Boemians could also join the meeting as a renegade guard like Pomothy. 】