372: Recovering Pera
ps: I want to hear more of your voices, I want to receive more of your suggestions, now search for the WeChat public account "" and pay attention, and give more support to "The Dragon Who Kidnapped the Princess"! Belisarius approached the enemy position with a white flag, and soon, two Arrian light shield soldiers with round shields and short spears appeared on a pile of rocks in front of the right, and in addition to the shadows and shadows in the dark, I don't know how many ambushes, these two people aimed their weapons at the Eastern Roman Marshal, and shouted: "Stop!!" Who are you guys and what are you doing here?!"
Belisarius hurriedly spread his hands with a white flag, indicating that he had neither weapons nor malice, and then replied in a loud voice: "Please send someone to report to your superiors that I am Belisarius, the field marshal of Eastern Rome, and have come to negotiate an armistice with your country on the orders of His Majesty Justinian, the Emperor." β
The two Arrian light shield soldiers seemed to be a little stunned in surprise, and quickly stepped out of a centurion from behind them, saluted Belisarius and the others, and said, "Please wait a moment, Your Excellency Marshal, and I will report to my superiors in person immediately." β
The centurion turned and left, and the warriors around him lowered their aiming weapons, but they were still heavily guarded. Fierce battles continued on the battlefield, with a large number of Eastern Roman warriors dying every second. Although Belisarius was in a hurry, he had no choice but to wait patiently.
After about half an hour, it seemed like a century for the Eastern Roman marshal. Finally, several knights hurried in, led by the Olympian Guard's Commander-in-Chief, Eumenes. Both of these are famous players who have been fighting for many years. They also fought many times on the battlefield, and they were enemies of each other in their positions, but they both admired each other in private.
Eumenes smiled at Belisarius and said, "Your Excellency the Marshal. We already know what you are coming for, and now our Lord Regent, His Royal Highness Perdiccas, Queen Mother Olympias, and Princess Celestia are eagerly awaiting your further explanation, so please come with me at once. β
With that, Eumenes turned his horse's head and made a gesture of please, Belisarius nodded, and the group immediately continued their journey towards the south. About half an hour passed, after countless checkpoints and sentry checks. Belisarius finally arrived in a small town on the outskirts of the city of Pella, where there was a fortress that held the path of Pella's south. Destroyed in the war, it has been rebuilt by the Olympian coalition and numerous temporary barracks have been built nearby.
The Eastern Roman marshal, led by Eumenes, entered the hall of the fortress and saw a large group of high-ranking officers in ornate armor and gowns surrounding a man and two women in the center.
Belisarius took a deep breathβ΅ stepped forward and bowed, "On the orders of the Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian, I request you to cease the war, hoping that this cruel war, which is not beneficial to both sides, will be put to rest as soon as possible, and from now on live in peace forever, so that friendship and prosperity can replace resentment and strife." β
As soon as the Eastern Roman Marshal finished speaking, he heard several rebukes from the other side: "Hmph! That's a nice thing to say, but you have only come to sue for peace now, don't you think it's too late? When you betrayed us, I am afraid you did not expect such a day, right?"
Belisarius looked up. I saw the man sitting in the middle of the hall, about sixty years old, wearing a white robe in the style of Olympia. Tall but thin, with short jet-black hair and a broad forehead, piercing eyes, a hooked nose and thin pursed lips, it was none other than the regent Perdiccas......
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Although Perdiccas issued a stern question, both sides knew at this point that there was no benefit in continuing the fight. What the Eastern Romans needed was to preserve their vital forces and retreat back to the country as soon as possible to rescue the besieged capital of Byzantium, while the Olympian League needed to recover the capital Pera as soon as possible. and concentrate on crushing the Holy Roman army. For this reason, it is clear that peace talks are more in the interests of both sides. The only question is which way the war should be armisted.
The arguments between the two sides continued from the evening until the early morning, and a preliminary consensus was finally reached. According to the agreement, the two sides signed a peace treaty to end the war, and the Eastern Rome paid 5 billion lites in one payment, and another 10 billion in 10 years. The Olympian army was to immediately cease all military operations against the Eastern Romans, and the Eastern Roman army was to withdraw from Pera and retreat to the border between the two sides before the outbreak of the war in the shortest possible time. Thereafter, the two sides will open trade and live in peace, and there will be no more threats to the other side, or any behavior that may make the other side feel threatened.
After the peace talks, the Eastern Roman army, with the cooperation of the Olympian army, began to withdraw from the city of Pera in despair. After several years of brutal fighting, they paid huge casualties and consumed countless supplies, but in the end they found nothing, and everyone couldn't help but feel extremely heavy.
On the other hand, the Olympian coalition quickly captured the vacated positions and concentrated their forces on the onslaught of the Holy Roman army. At this time, the high- and middle-ranking officers of the Holy Roman army had learned that Emperor Frederick had left them behind and evacuated first, and the morale of the army was greatly shaken. Although the soldiers at the bottom have not yet learned the specific truth, all kinds of rumors have been spread among the army, and panic has spread rapidly. They have long been tired of this hopeless war, and now they are facing a desperate situation, and their morale is extremely low.
When the Olympian coalition attacked again, they easily broke through the enemy's defenses. Despite Marshal Wallenstein's best efforts to organize resistance, the hundreds of thousands of Holy Roman troops were demoralized and crushed at the slightest contact. It took only one day for the Olympian coalition to drive the enemy out of Pera and continued the fierce pursuit without stopping.
The Holy Roman army was defeated again and again, and countless warriors were scattered, killed, and captured along the way, and the road from Pera to the Holy Roman border was stained red with blood, and there were uncollected corpses everywhere, and crows, vultures, and maggots feasted on it, and it was like hell on earth. When Wallenstein finally led his army back to the country in disarray, he had less than 100,000 troops at his disposal, and all of them were wounded, and they lost their armor like frightened birds.
The Olympian League quickly regained all of the North, but despite this, it was hardly a victory. After years of bitter fighting, the Union states paid the price of nearly a million dead and wounded, a large number of wounded soldiers and refugees waiting to be rescued, the already very rich northern territory was reduced to ashes, the treasury was empty, and the economy was plummeting.
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