366: Peace Treaty

Just as Elrens and the others gathered to discuss how to attack the hill occupied by the remnants of the Slavic Bear Army, they saw several bear warriors walking down the mountain carrying a white flag from a distance.

Seeing this, everyone laughed, and the enemy seemed to be planning to negotiate peace. In the past, it was often heard that the Slavic bear tribe living on the ice continent was not afraid of death and was extremely brave, but now it seems that this is no more than that. Suffering a sudden and crushing blow without preparation, in the face of such a loss, even the most elite troops could hardly hold on, let alone barbarians who only relied on brute bravery?

Soon, a herald ran in and said excitedly: "The other side has sent a messenger to come, hoping to negotiate peace with us!"

Elrens nodded and said, "Very good, please let them in." ”

The representative of the peace talks of the Slavic Bear Clan was none other than the General Suvorov, who was a well-known and battle-hardened general among the Bear Clan. But today he was inexplicably defeated, and before he could even figure out what had happened, he was sent to sue for peace with the enemy. As a general who has been born and died countless times on the battlefield, this depressed mood is really indescribable. However, as the so-called people have to bow their heads under the eaves, the situation has reached such a critical juncture, and he can only be aggrieved and survive.

Led by several guards, Suvorov walked with heavy steps into the makeshift command tent of the Olympian coalition army, and saw several men and women sitting inside, most of whom looked very young and handsome. The general of the bear clan still has no understanding of the enemy situation at this time, and he doesn't know which one of the people here is the main general of the enemy army. In desperation, he had to bend down ninety degrees and bow to everyone.

The majestic body of the bear clan general bowed in a rather funny posture, and everyone laughed secretly in their hearts. Then Suvorov said in as respectful a tone as possible: "My lords of the Olympian Union, I have come today with a request for peace. This senseless and brutal war has brought heavy casualties and huge losses to both of us. Nothing good. Why not put an end to each other's hostilities, turn enmity into friendship, and let the precious peace last forever between the two countries?"

Elrens glanced at the others, then sneered and said, "Our Olympian alliance is far away from your Slavic bear station, and there has always been peace between the two sides, and we have never had the idea of attacking you, but you have led a large army thousands of miles away for no reason. Kill our people, plunder our wealth! Now face the inevitable defeat, but have the cheekiness to demand peace. Is there such a good thing?!"

Hearing the words of the evil dragon, everyone around them was also scolding, and Suvorov had no choice but to smile bitterly and said: "Your Excellency, please calm your anger, in fact, our Slavic bear clan was also deceived by this bastard Justinian to come here." They deceive us with their treasures. Forcing us to send troops. But deep down we have no hostility towards your country, and all those murders and robberies were done by the Eastern Romans! You see that our Slavs are stationed in the rear, and there is no chance to rob, right? Besides, we are willing to pay a sufficient price in return for peace......

Since the Bears are willing to pay the price for the peace talks, the Olympian coalition has no interest in continuing to waste troops and time here, after all, although the Bears have suffered heavy losses, there are still tens of thousands of troops on the mountain. If the other party resists desperately in despair, it is not easy to deal with. The two sides then began negotiations on the cost of peace. The competition between them is fierce.

By the evening of the same day, a peace agreement had finally been reached.

As the plenipotentiary representative of the three principalities of the Slavic Bears, General Suvorov, in order to save the lives of the besieged remnants and the Grand Dukes, had to make the following promises: 1. The Slavic Bears continued to pretend to be besieged until the Olympian coalition annihilated the Eastern Roman army that came to the rescue. 2. After the reinforcements were annihilated, the Slavic Bears withdrew from the war and returned to the Ice and Snow Continent. 3. The bears handed over one qiē booty and military supplies, and paid another billion lites or equivalent. 4. The three Grand Dukes will take hostage in the barracks of the Olympian coalition until the above provisions are fully implemented.

The content of this contract can be said to be very unfavorable to the bear clan, they participated in this war originally with the intention of following the Eastern Romans to make a fortune, but they didn't expect that the last penny was not earned, not to mention, and tens of thousands of elite soldiers were sacrificed in vain, which is really a heavy loss!

Not long after the peace treaty was reached, the Grand Duke of Moscow, Peter, the Grand Duke of Novgorod, Ivan, and the Grand Duke of Kiev, Catherine, really laid down their weapons, withdrew their retinue, and entered the camp of the Olympian coalition army as hostages. With the three Grand Dukes hostages in hand, Ellens and the others were not afraid of the bear clan's changes, and immediately rearranged their positions and prepared to meet the Eastern Roman army that came to the rescue.

In the early morning of the next day, 50,000 Eastern Roman reinforcements, led by Belisarius, finally arrived near the battlefield. At the same time, Prince Attila, who had already received the news, also rushed to Larissa with 100,000 Golden Horde troops, claiming to assist the Eastern Roman Marshal in destroying the attacking Olympians.

However, the experienced and cautious Belisarius had already become suspicious of the Golden Horde, and he categorically rejected Attila's 'good offer', ordered the Golden Horde army to return to the garrison immediately, and sent 5,000 elite troops to protect the flank and rear flanks while monitoring Attila's movements, and then sent people to urge the follow-up reinforcements in the rear to speed up the advance, so as not to really defect to the Golden Horde.

Immediately afterwards, the Eastern Roman marshal also realized that the situation was urgent, and it was necessary to recapture the vital supply base of Larissa and rescue the remnants of the Slavic bear army. Otherwise, once the news of the threat spreads, it will greatly shake the morale of the million-strong army on the front line of Hot Spring Pass, and all the advantages achieved so far may be in vain, or even a big defeat!

After a short break, Belisarius ordered an attack on the Olympian position. 50,000 of his subordinates were divided into 5,000 to defend the Golden Horde and cover the flanks, another 5,000 were left as reserves, and the remaining 40,000 troops were divided into 10 teams, taking turns to storm Larissa City!

(To be continued......)