History of Bourbon's Naval Wars, Chapter 12: The Age of Exhaustion

【...... Compared with the battlefield of Inandi, the battlefield of Brayazon is the place that Portlu is most concerned about, because Indian has already been conquered, and Portlu has never set foot in the distant Brayazon for a hundred years, in addition, if Butoxi is not rescued as soon as possible, it will be destroyed, which is also a very important reason. 】

[After the betrayal of Ulch in 2082, Potlu issued an ultimatum to Ulch, and Layazon resolutely sheltered Ulch, resulting in negotiations between the two sides falling apart, and Potelo officially sent troops to invade Ulch, and Bullazon also sent troops to support Ulch in addition to besieging Butoxi. 】

[With the invasion of Urch by Portlou, many positions began to become clear, and Urch quickly asked to join the Customs Union on the islands, which was approved by Boris, and Butoxi's request to formally become a member of the Strait Alliance was strongly supported by Portlou. 】

[In addition, the status of another character in the South Melami region has suddenly become prominent, although his voice was insignificant in the past, but now with the uprising of Urch, he has an important position, that is, Maisica. 】

Although Fort Frank, which was holding Maisica's throat, was controlled by Potloo due to Maisica's betrayal in the Second Toxixi War, Maishika still held an important position at this time. If Maishika could fall to Ulch, then Ulch would not need to worry about military pressure from the northeast, and Potloo would need to worry about pressure from the east. 】

[So both sides sent envoys to Misica to persuade Misica to remain loyal or to his side, but Misica finally chose to remain loyal.] 】

[In this big team in 2082, the most interesting thing is Portlou's attitude towards Brayason.] Undoubtedly, with the Urch question, the two countries have gone to war completely, and the army has also been at war in Urch, but there is no explicit mention of this in the state documents of Porteux, only vaguely mentioning that "Portlou will restore the original order of Urch, and fight against all those who resist". 】

[From this point of view, it is not difficult to see that Portlou is not willing to completely break with Brayason, and maintains the greatest restraint in the conflict with Brayason, hoping that Brayazon can pull back from the precipice. 】

[Portloo has the most extensive territory of the Bourbon Sea, but it is precisely because of this that Portloo can actually completely control only the provinces of the North Myramie Bay, and the provinces beyond have varying degrees of autonomy, from the complete autonomy of the Boemiwei to the partial autonomy of the provinces of the old Maisica. 】

[For the autonomy of the southern provinces, the territory is too far away, and Ollie cannot control it in real time, on the one hand, the ethnic groups in the territory are complex, the Potlu nobles who have just moved to the local area for only a few hundred years, the oldest Maisica nobles, have been reduced to the Urchi nobles as the old conquerors, and the ethnic complexity is also another thing. 】

[Therefore, the Potruw gave the Potloo nobles who moved there a lot of cheap rights, so that they could better deal with the original local nobles, whether they were Maisca nobles or Ulchi nobles. 】

[It is precisely because of this autonomy that it is difficult for Portlou to find out the real human and financial resources of the local provinces, so it is necessary to send the main force to the south, on the one hand, to better deal with Urch, and on the other hand, to prevent the unruly southern provinces from unrest in the war. 】

[Urch's existing territory is not like Pokang, which can use narrow corridors to maneuver, but almost all of them are plains, and there are only three areas in the entire Ulch that can be called mountain peaks, so the only geographical defense that Ulch can use is the jungle with low reliability and the river with not much runoff. 】

[There is no danger to defend, this is also the reason why Ulch has been constantly at war with Maischa in history, in the documents when Ulchi has not yet become a vassal state, it has been mentioned more than once that Ulchi wants to have a stable geographical barrier, he must annex the south of Maishika and expand to Ogilvy. 】

Ogilvy is located on the seashore of South Myramie Bay, and forms a narrow mountain walkway with Kai Tak Sola to the north, guarding the route from the Myramee Peninsula to the south - if you don't get to the south from here, you have to go from Frank through the long interior of Maisica to Loyet to get to the south. 】

[So Ulch has been trying to expand his territory to Ogilvy, only by expanding to Ogilvy, Ulch can really have the core that can really be called a natural danger, but unfortunately, with Ulch becoming a vassal state, the dream of expanding to Ogilvy will naturally be shattered. 】

[At the beginning of the battlefield of Braiazon, Portlou quickly formulated a strategic goal, the first step was to capture Lotti, invade the Butokesi Peninsula with the help of Lotti, and aid the dying Butoxi. 】

[With the defeat of the rebellion in the "Second Toxie War" that year, Ulch was deprived of a lot of territory, resulting in at this time, Ulch was left with only the port city of Lotteri, it can be said that if Lotter was lost, then Ulch would no longer have any coastal territory. And the occupation of Lot would also open the way for Potlou to the Butoksi Peninsula. 】

[In the battlefield of Brayazon, Boris could not send troops directly to aid like the battlefield of Inanddy, knowing that both Portlu and Butoxi had quite strong navies, and Boris wanted to break through the blockade of Portlou and transport supplies to distant Brayazon (the nearest port is also Lotteri), which is not a thing. 】

[Therefore, Boris's assistance to the battlefield of Brayazon is mainly reflected in the posture of landing on the Myramie Peninsula to contain part of the Portlu army for the south. So in the past, it was Portlot who was in West Isaacs to contain Boris, and now it has become Boris who is going to land in West Isaacs to contain Portus. 】

【...... After a three-year siege, in 2085, when Potloo captured the Lotte of Ulchi and gained access to the Bhuttoxi Peninsula, Potlou was full of contempt for Brayazon, so the commander Pernas, despite the exhaustion of his army and the offensive of Boris on the Myramie Peninsula, called his rash attack an unexpected surprise and continued to attack Madani without the consent of the Koutumat Palace. 】

【...... Madani's rapid fall gave Pernas more confidence, and it is said that he once said to his squire, "Some people say that the ancient masters are strategizing, and now it seems that I am about the same, right?" and continued to attack, even if the army was short of food, Pernas did not care, saying that as long as he hit Mankeainu, there would be any supplies. 】

【...... As a result, when crossing the Isthmus of Fleiss, Pernas's army was attacked by a long-standing ambush by Brayason, and the army led by Pernas was blockaded in front and behind, except for a small number of people who jumped into the sea and fled, the rest of the army was wiped out, either killed or captured, and the blood of the Potloo army once stained the sea near the Isthmus of Forlais red. 】

[The worst part is that Pernath himself was directly captured, because he was afraid of the trial after returning home, Pernass accepted the persuasion of Brayathon to surrender and was released back to Madani by Brayason, who returned to Madanni, and Pernas, who returned to Madani, falsely claimed that he had escaped, and as a result, after entering the city, a riot was triggered, which made Braiathon quickly recover Madani. 】

[The above is the Battle of Forleas in 2086, which can be said to be the heaviest battle since the beginning of the Portlou War, Portlou was very angry with Pernas, and tried him to death in absentia at home, in addition to his relatives were also affected and had to temporarily withdraw from parliament.] 】

【...... Despite the crushing defeat of the Battle of Forlais on the battlefield of Braiazón, and the occupation of several port cities by Boris on the Myramie Peninsula, which forced him to relocate to the unsuspecting countryside, the strength of both sides was there, and these could only delay but not stop the advance of Portlou. 】

[Therefore, in 2091, all the cities of Ulchi have fallen, and Deqiang IV, the king of the Ulchi airspace, was forced into exile in Brayazon. And at this point, Portlou must also make a final choice with Braazon, and cannot continue to delay ambiguously. 】

[The envoys sent by Portlou did give Brayathon very lenient terms, and the envoy of Portlou declared: "We can forgive some of the policies that Brayathon has implemented over the years, although it is somewhat radical, but it is understandable. But that was the end of Portlou's forgiveness, and Braazon had to pull back from the precipice to ensure that no greater misfortune befell him. ”】

"The war has been going on for almost forty years, and our citizens are exhausted, so if Brayathon is willing to hand over the contemptible rebels of Ulchi, Portlou is willing to admit the existing territorial changes between Braazon and Butoxi, and let all three of us not suffer from war again."] ”】

[And the reply of the envoy of Braazon is this: "O envoy of Pottolu, it is useless to put away your hypocritical face and abandon your hypocritical actions, we know that we will eventually have a war with you, and we think that this is the best time to go to war. ”】

[The breakdown of the negotiations this time was a complete breakdown, and Portlou finally recognized Braazon as an enemy country and officially launched an invasion, while Portlou officially joined the Island Customs Union after 9 years of joining the Island Customs Union in Ulch, and stood on the same side as Boris. 】

【...... When Braazon joined the island customs union, there was another twist, namely the issue of the Zeydir family. The Zeidir family was a former dynasty in Ulch that led Urch against Portloo before being overthrown by the current Joshua dynasty and then exiled to Braazon. 】

[In the era of exile of the Zeyidir family, Brayathon has always regarded the Zeyidir family as a counterweight to the Joshua dynasty, even after the joint battle with Ulchi, Brayathon did not give up the protection of the Zeyidir family, and it was only at this time that the protection of the Zeyidil family was officially ended and the Zeyidir family was transferred to the Joshua dynasty. 】

[However, when the Zeyidir family united with Ulchi a few years ago, they already had a premonition that it was not good, so when Brayazon gave up the protection of the Zeyidir family, some of the tribesmen who had been prepared for it immediately went into exile again, and they fled to the seashore and luckily ran into Bhutoxsi's plundering ship, so they were exiled to Bhutoxi. 】

【...... As we all know, when the time entered the 90s, Portlou began to think about peace talks, after all, according to the usual practice, peace talks should be held after twenty or thirty years of war, and this war has been going on for almost forty years, and it is indeed time for peace talks, and the masses in the country are also tired. 】

[When Potloo was exhausted, Boris forced to launch two large-scale offensives, of course, the results are also well known, the two armies were almost completely annihilated, and the defeat was very miserable, after these two defeats, Boris also began to want peace talks, whether it can be peace talks or not, at least there should be a truce first. 】

[So since Napolika VII came to power, the large-scale conflicts between the two camps have begun to decrease, the frequency of peace envoys has increased, and the two sides really want peace talks—or truces.] 】