Chapter 132: Take the initiative to negotiate peace
Three magical cars, which looked very luxurious from the outside, drove into the northern gate of Bablar, and then slowly stopped under the watchful eyes of a group of heavily armed New Flying Chamber of Commerce escorts.
The rear door opened, and the Marquis de Carcas, the Minister of Commerce of the Candela Empire, led the crowd down.
As soon as he got out of the car, a fresh breeze blew on the Marquis de Descartes, but it did not make him feel the cold breath at all, but mixed with a trace of warmth.
The Marquis de Descartes couldn't help but look up at the sky, and found that the sun was bright but not dazzling, mild and not hot, and it was the best weather for people to feel comfortable and enjoy at the beginning of spring.
It's already the end of April, and in a few days the May season will begin, so it's no surprise that there will be such good weather.
But with such a warm and comfortable spring breeze, the Marquis de Descartes did not feel warm at all in his heart, but still had a slight chill as if the harsh winter had not completely faded.
As the head of the Ministry of Commerce of the Candela Empire, the most powerful empire on this continent, he had to lead the envoy group to take the initiative to negotiate peace with others this time, how could he not feel cold.
The Marquis de Descartes turned his head and swept over the other members of the accompanying envoys, and found that they were all unhappy, which showed that they were all very unhappy as himself.
The mighty Candela Empire has never had to force others to negotiate peace with itself, and when would it take the initiative to sue for peace.
After half a month of meeting and discussion, the final decision to hold peace talks with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce was announced, which caused an uproar within the Candela Empire and aroused countless opposing voices.
Almost everyone thinks. Taking the initiative to ask for peace talks is a sign of weakness. This is simply the greatest humiliation of the Empire.
In the history of the Candela Empire. Although there have been a few cases of taking the initiative to ask for peace talks, but the objects are all super large empires like the Maro Empire, which are of the same grade as the Candela Empire, so it is not a shame to take the initiative to ask for peace talks because of the unfavorable situation, anyway, the Maro Empire has only taken the initiative to ask for peace talks from the Candela Empire more times.
But this time, the Candela Empire took the initiative to ask for peace talks with a mere Ruerson kingdom.
Even to put it more clearly, everyone knows very well in their hearts that the real object of this peace talk is simply a small chamber of commerce such as the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce!
Like a mere chamber of commerce, take the initiative to bow its head. And how can you make the people of Candela, who have always been arrogant, happy.
However, this is the unanimous resolution of the Imperial Family and the Council of Elders of the Empire, which proves that taking the initiative to ask for peace talks has become the consensus of the top level of the Empire.
At the same time, it also shows that the Empire's top brass has lost confidence in continuing the war with the allied forces of the Ruerson Kingdom and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, so much so that they have to resort to peace talks to temporarily end the war.
Because one of the objects of the peace talks, in fact, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, which is also the main target of this peace talks, is objectively only a chamber of commerce, so the Marquis of Descartes, as the Minister of Commerce of the Candela Empire, was sent to serve as the head of the envoy and was mainly responsible for the peace talks.
For the first time in the history of the Candela Empire, or even in the history of the entire continent of Sainz, an official in charge of commerce, was in charge of the main person in charge of peace negotiations in time of war.
Of course. Being forced to such an extent by the escort of a chamber of commerce is the first time in the history of the Candela Empire and the entire Sainz continent.
The Marquis de Descartes' gaze swept over the heavily armed guards around him, dressed in the uniforms of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce's Guards. I sighed secretly in my heart.
Even if he can be said to be almost ignorant of military affairs, just from the equipment on these guards, it can be seen that the New Flying Chamber of Commerce escort far surpasses the army of the Candela Empire in terms of armament.
Most of the soldiers of the Candela Imperial Army were still wearing weak soft leather armor, and the best ones were only half a suit of armor, and they were carrying all kinds of primitive swords made of fine iron, and at most they were equipped with a small wooden shield, and no more equipment.
The guards of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce were wearing bright armor made of high-hardness steel smelted by the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, and what they held in their hands was not a traditional weapon such as a sword, but a small magic bullet with a strange style, but it was said to be able to shoot a small small and powerful bullet from it.
This weapon, which is said to be called the Magic Repeater Gun, has a range of more than 200 meters, even more than most bows and arrows.
This makes it possible for the soldiers of the Candela Empire to be dead and crushed before they even rushed to the escort of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
Not to mention that the appearance on the back of these new flying chamber escorts looks like nothing more than a thick steel pipe, but in fact it is a terrifying weapon called "Individual Magic Rocket".
Once this kind of thing is used, the range of the magic rocket can even reach an astonishing 500 meters!
Moreover, the magic rockets equipped with this thing are incredibly powerful, and they can blow up a huge crater in the ground with a single shot, enough to bury a fully formed Candela Imperial military combat team.
In the event of a head-on confrontation, the soldiers of the Candela Empire would first appear to be baptized by these terrifying individual magic rockets, and then rush through the dense fire blockade of the mana repeating guns, before they could hope to use their traditional and rudimentary swords to try to kill and injure the guards of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce.
And because the guards of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce Escort Team are wearing these special armors, even if they don't activate the magic shield, ordinary swords can't penetrate these particularly hard armors at all, so of course it is impossible to really cause any damage to these guards.
However, what really made the Marquis Descartes and the generals of the military department despair was that all of this assumption was based on the premise of ignoring the large number of magic guns, magic tanks, and magic airships that the New Flying Chamber of Commerce had in their arsenal.
If these things are included, then the soldiers of the Candela Imperial Army probably don't even have the ability to use individual magic rockets and magic guns from the guards of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, let alone rush in front of them and try to kill them.
This kind of thing has already been verified by countless practical tests in many previous battles.
The generals of the military department knew this, but they couldn't find any good way to solve it.
His Majesty the Emperor also knew this, and there was nothing he could do about it.
Prior to this, His Majesty the Emperor also tried to strengthen control over the internal affairs of the empire, adopting tough military management during the special period, and taking advantage of the various resources of the huge Candela Empire to slowly drag down the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
However, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce did not give the Candela Empire a chance to drag it down at all.
No one expected that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce would unusually simply unite the army of the Ruerson Kingdom and directly advance into the Candela Empire, and it only took more than two months to capture the entire Southwest Province.
Moreover, in these battles, the Candela Imperial army, even if it cooperated with many powerful magisters, could not stop the advance of the alliance forces of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce and the Ruerson Kingdom.
It turned out that the Candela Empire was completely incapable of dragging it out.
Therefore, His Majesty the Emperor and the Imperial Council of Elders could only be forced to choose to take the initiative to sue for peace with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce after careful consideration.
To put it bluntly, this is just another delaying tactic.
The Candela Empire now needs a lot of time to keep up with or get close to the New Flying Chamber of Commerce in its research efforts on military magic machinery, so that it can have the capital to fight the New Flying Chamber of Commerce on the frontal battlefield.
Otherwise, if the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and the coalition forces of the Ruerson Kingdom continue to advance closer to the interior of the Candela Empire like this, then the Candela Empire still has no way to stop them, and can only watch them swallow up the territory of the Candela Empire little by little, and eventually they will eventually reach Wimbledon.
Neither His Majesty nor the Senate allowed such a situation, so the Marquis de Descartes came.
Fortunately, after the Candela Empire put forward a request for peace talks, the Ruerson Kingdom and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce simply agreed, and did not refuse as forcefully as many people thought.
After quickly going through these causes and consequences in his mind, the Marquis de Descartes took a light breath, calmed the chill and melancholy in his heart, put a gentle but slightly reserved smile on his face, and walked to the welcoming crowd opposite.
"Marquis de Descartes, welcome to the city of Babral. ”
Miss Soryll, an official of the Foreign Affairs Department and the external director of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, who was specially sent by the Kingdom of Ruerson for the purpose of this peace talks, saw the Marquis de Descartes get out of the magic car, and the official of the Foreign Affairs Department of the Kingdom of Ruerson just greeted the Marquis de Descartes warmly and handed over the leadership to Miss Soryl.
Whether it is the Candela Empire or the Ruerson Kingdom, they actually know very well in their hearts that whether it is this war or this peace negotiation, the protagonist is the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
"Miss Solaire, I haven't seen you in years, and you are still so beautiful, as stunning as the flowers that have bloomed recently. "No matter what the Marquis Descartes thinks in his heart, he still maintains a good demeanor as a nobleman on the surface.
Miss Soryl was in a different style entirely, and she simply nodded to the Marquis de Cartesian and made a gesture of please.
"Marquis de Descartes, please, the Elder is waiting for you. ”
"Oh, is President Xu already here?" the Marquis de Descartes's eyes twitched slightly, and his face couldn't help but show a hint of joy.
The protagonist of this peace talk is the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, and the protagonist of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is undoubtedly their president Xu Yi.
Xu Yi's ability to come in person is enough to prove that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce still attaches great importance to this peace talks and is very sincere. (To be continued......)