22. War Without Weapons (12)

"We will make the crown prince commit suicide and apologize!"

Nidhogg sneered and said:

Even if you are rejected, you will have the support of the heads of state, because no one wants to see the same fate in the future. What's more, Charlemagne did show so-called sincerity. But ......."

Even if they really agreed, the peace talks would not go ahead.

After all, the crown prince and the royal army are not dead yet, they will not obediently wash their necks and wait for others to slaughter them, and the princess also has a number of combat power in her hands that should not be underestimated, and before the civil war is decided, the countries do not know who can represent Charlemagne.

If this were the case, Yarfheim's position would be awkward, and the big hat of "troublemaker who was bent on sabotaging the peace talks" would not be able to hide from it. The parliaments put the blame for the failure of the peace talks on Yalfheim, and then put pressure on Yalfheim to spit out many of the benefits that he deserved. In order to overcome these pressures, Yalfheim had to spend a lot of time, resources, and energy, and in the end, he may not be able to achieve the desired results......

That would be a hassle.

In order not to have that happen, it is necessary to soften the figure appropriately, and it is not impossible to abandon the clause against the crown prince.

In exchange, Charlemagne's demand for reparations was not harmful. However, this alone seems to be a bit insufficient, and some additional compensation should be added.

As for what should be added...... The head of the Holy Maiden is very good.

According to the predetermined plan, Nidhogg would privately propose to Wood's envoy that in exchange for a stay of dealing with the crown prince, Albion should propose to Charlemagne the extradition of the holy maiden, and then organize a purely humiliating Inquisition to humiliate the holy maiden in all kinds of psychological and physical ways, and finally convict the holy maiden as a heretic with insufficient evidence, false testimony, and arbitrary falsification of the trial record, and burn her at the stake, chanting "The Lord is my body" in the raging flames......

The perfect script, I believe that many people will be moved by this wonderful performance, in the next thousand years, this scene will be repeated and sung, become an eternal classic.

Whew-

Nidhogg let out a sigh of satisfaction, a hint of pleasure churning in his heart.

This is not a communiqué vendetta, not a communiqué vendetta, not a communiqué vendetta. Important things to say three times. Nidhogg is indeed very unhappy with Roland, and it is not a day or two to repair Roland. However, this time he acted according to his wishes, and before leaving, the dictator had already explained to him that "any means are fine, let Roland have a good look at the so-called reality and human nature". Nidhogg was just doing what he was told.

Is that a question as to whether Albion will do so?

The Holy Maiden is a threat to Alfheim, and it is also a threat to Albian. Imagine a girl who can unite the national feelings of all Charlemagne, has both martial courage and wisdom, and even becomes a girl whose folk beliefs are worshiped by many Charlemagnes - isn't this a girl's version of the dictator? Since His Excellency the Dictator can lead the elven camp from the brink of destruction to a powerful country in one fell swoop, and become one of the main players in international politics, then the Holy Maiden is also likely to replicate the miracle of Alfheim. For Albion, who intends to turn Charlemagne into a pawn, such a figure is also fraught with danger and uncertainty.

The people of Albion have always had a very realistic vision, and they know very well that if the talents of the holy maiden cannot be used for themselves, if they cannot be a worthy instrument, then the maiden who has repeatedly performed miracles should be buried in the darkness before she harms Albion's interests.

There is already a precedent for Alfheim, and the people of Albion will not hesitate in such a matter.

So, executing the Holy Maiden in exchange for Alfheim's concessions in the peace talks – would that be a time-consuming question?

In fact, according to the information obtained by Stasi, Albion is not just at the level of hypothetical speculation on the relevant issues. There are indications that His Excellency Walsingham has consulted with theologians and inquisitors of the National Church of Albion about the process of prosecuting female defendants, the criteria for hereticalism, the rationalization of the presumption of guilt, and the suitability of the Inquisition. At present, the President of the Court of His Excellency the Secretary of State is Archbishop Pier Elcochon, and the prosecutor of the Diocesan Court is Jean Dieskivi, and the list of judges is still being drawn up, but it will basically be the clergy of Albion.

It is foreseeable that if the deal is made, the people of Albion will give Roland a trial full of humiliation, prejudice, injustice, trumped-up charges, and trumped-up crimes, and then burn him at the stake repeatedly, and finally dump all the ashes and charcoal ashes into the river......

As a saint, such an ending may be the most fitting of his identity—like the savior who was finally crucified, and the baptizing prophet was beheaded and burned to death...... Apparently nothing is wrong.

As for the crown prince who constantly sent divine assistance to Alfheim, to be honest, this life was not very easy, otherwise he would not have resorted to such a stupid trick as Order No. 270.

The reason why Order No. 270 was issued was a crazy trick that was equivalent to taking the families of soldiers as hostages and forcing the troops of the entire division and regiment on the front line to fight to the death, and not to take a step back. It is true that the front-line situation has deteriorated dramatically, and it is no longer possible to prevent the collapse of the army without such extreme measures.

At the same time that Roland and his entourage arrived in Innsbruck, the crown prince and the army staff finally received the belated report of the fall of Verdun, and the crown prince, who had been protecting the army, stormed the table on the spot. Again and again the cup and the pen, and then every profanity and curse he knew was given to the front commander.

The highly educated royal family was much poorer than the average person in terms of swear vocabulary, and they also liked to quote scriptures and historical allusions. However, this time, the crown prince of Louis scolded a wonderful sentence, which can be called the most vivid description of the performance of Charlemagne's army in this war, and has been repeatedly quoted by many historians in the future.

"A group army! More than 50,000 people! It will all collapse in one day! Even if more than 50,000 pigs are put there, they can't catch the pointy-eared heretics in three days!"

This is how the Dauphin Louis commented on his army, but the actual situation is not much different from what he said. You must know that there are really more than 50,000 pigs in front of you, and they are eaten by luncheon meat every day. E and other dark dishes have caused the Defenders, who have no appetite, to be busy catching pigs in order to improve their lives, resulting in delays in the warplane. Judging from the conclusion and the actual situation, 50,000 Charlemagne's army soldiers are really not as useful as 50,000 pigs......

Now the royal army is in an extremely dangerous state, and the troops who have retreated from the front line are either demoralized or have completely collapsed mentally. These defeated soldiers were empty-handed, without an officer's command, without carrying the wounded and baggage, and their clothes were ragged, and many of them had no shirts, so they walked on the road bare-chested and shaking their hands.

Anyone who glances at the glazed-eyed, corpse-like soldiers will know that these people are gone. They used to be so high-spirited, as if the whole world was under their boots, and no enemy was in their eyes. Now they trembled like leaves in the cold wind, and the slightest disturbance would make the defeated soldiers hysterical. If there is a moving black dot on the horizon – whether it's a carriage, rickshaw or something else – anything that looks bigger than a human or a horse, the person may even experience syncope, madness, convulsions, and other stress symptoms.

The dejected appearance of the defeated soldiers only conveyed a message: the enemy was so strong, that numbers, training, courage, equipment - these things were meaningless, and any attempt to stop Army Group B would only end in dismal results. This defeatist view is spreading rapidly within the military, with more and more deserters, and cases of self-harm and suicide to escape the battlefield are also emerging. If no more measures are taken, I am afraid that Charlemagne will have collapsed before he can talk about anything.

Now that the state has reached the end of its rope that cannot be maintained by normal means, madness becomes the only option. Decree No. 270 is an extraordinary measure in this context.

There is no doubt that the punishment of "family sitting" will inevitably drive many Charlemagne soldiers and officers to fight to the death, even if they do not care about being shot on the spot, they will do their best to fight to the death at the thought of the cruelty that their family members may receive. Until they were killed by bullets, burned by flames, torn apart by shells, eroded in poison gas, reduced to bloody mud under tracks. Countless Charlemagne soldiers will use their own flesh and blood to slow down the advance of the defense forces and buy a little respite for the motherland.

Order No. 270 is a heavy pill. On the one hand, it can indeed stop the army from disintegrating on its own because of defeatism, and on the other hand, this brutal order will also have strong side effects, whether it is the soldiers in the front or the people in the rear, for them, for whom it is credible to do anything from a deranged government, and the current Charlemagne government is no longer "us", but "them".

The complete collapse of Charlemagne's kingdom, where the ruling class was separated from the lower classes of the people and soldiers, has entered the countdown stage.

The crown prince was not a fool, and the General Staff of the Army was not a fool, and they must have known the consequences of doing so. It is also clear that this mentality will have a big impact in the near future, and it is not an exaggeration to say that Order 270 was ordered by their own hands to light a fire under their buttocks. But the immediate problem is obviously more urgent, and only by withstanding the pressure at home and abroad and surviving the current difficulties can they have a future at all.

The question now is that Charlemagne is like a dying patient, how to give him the right way to die, and how to deal with the patient's legacy is the biggest issue in the future. In order to perfectly answer this difficult question, it is necessary to continue the peace talks......

Nidhogg raised his glass and greeted the swirling teenage girl in the center of the dance floor.

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