Heart of Empire Chapter 495: On the eve of peace talks

? On September 29, the Schindler National Naval Fleet completed the blockade of Port Tarrance. Tianlai novel Ww

Port of Tarens is the largest port city in the Principality of Florence, and also the largest port in the southern part of the entire Orodic continent. The capital city of the Principality, the City of Zijinhua, is less than a day away.

This city can be regarded as the economic lifeline of the Principality of Florence. If the port of Tarrence is blocked for one day, the Principality of Florence will not know how much money it will lose; It is estimated that the national economy will collapse.

And it's not just blocking the port.

On the National Fleet, the flying green dragon launched an air strike on Port Tarrence on the night of the 30th.

The green corrosive flame illuminated the night sky of Talunth in the second half of the night. After dawn, people discovered that the military port, city government, tax office, and port guard barracks of Tarrence had all been severely damaged. At least 500 people were killed in the night air raid.

However, most of the casualties were soldiers and soldiers, as well as a small number of government officials. There were not many casualties among civilians and businessmen. The National Fleet has exercised restraint in this respect and has not carried out indiscriminate strikes.

But just this, the Duchy of Florence couldn't bear it.

Standing on the tower of the City of Purple Flowers, looking into the distance, you can even vaguely see the flames of Port of Tarrence.

The threat of the giant dragon is close at hand, how can this not make the dignitaries of the Principality feel panic?

Therefore, in the next two days, several consecutive requests from Bull City, hoping to continue to mobilize the elite defenders of the mansion to prepare for the front line, were all rejected by the noble council.

The nobles need the army to ensure their sense of security, so they will not continue to mobilize the army to the front line. What's more, more than 70,000 fighters have gathered in Bull City and the surrounding defense lines. In the eyes of the nobles, this number is enough.

The army failed to get there, and Sade also received an order: Bull City must stick to the defense line. At least until the peace talks are completed and the war is over, Bull City will never allow any losses.

Earl Sade was helpless.

It is said that the commander-in-chief of the coalition army was so angry that he threw his cup in Bull City, and declared that if he was in Bull City, he must make those shameful scum pay the price.

He was talking about the members of the Florentine noble council, but obviously he doesn't have that skill now. Because, on October 1st, Pandorf's Fourth Army had already arrived on the battlefield and was under the command of Admiral Patience. A few days earlier, the Patience Group Army had already begun to gather its forces, and a large number of troops scattered in the Earl of Bull and responsible for plundering food were reassembled.

At this time, the number of troops in Patience's hands had exceeded 80,000 to nearly 90,000.

After a day's rest, the Patience Group Army began to press forward, and on October 2, officially launched an attack on the Bull City defense line.

On the same day, diplomats from Florence, Pudri, Holy Victoria, and Holy Prometheus simultaneously lodged a diplomatic protest against the Kingdom of Schindler.

They claimed that the Kingdom of Schindler had agreed to the peace talks and set a date for the peace talks. In this case, the Kingdom of Schindler should stop all military operations and wait for the start of peace talks. However, the Schindlers not only did not stop, but intensified, not only blocked and attacked the port of Tarrence, but also increased troops in the army, and launched a war of aggression against the land of the Principality of Florence. This is something that must be condemned.

At Shahai Bay Port, Prime Minister Verina personally received diplomats from the four countries.

Facing the aggressive questioning of the diplomats, the female minister gave a rather tough answer: "Now, the war has not yet come to an end, and the Kingdom of Schindler has not signed any written armistice agreement with any force. , peace agreement, then the Kingdom of Schindler and the Principality of Florence, the Kingdom of Pudley and the Kingdom of Holy Victoria are still in a state of war. All military operations in this country are authorized by His Majesty Dane himself, and are legal and reasonable. You If you have the ability, hold on to Bull City, or agree to our terms of peace talks now, otherwise, we will never stop our counterattack against the invaders!"

This is definitely unacceptable. The reason for negotiating is naturally that there is a huge gap between the conditions of many parties. What was Schindler's original armistice? It is to demand a total compensation of 150 million gold coins from the Duchy of Florence, the Kingdom of Pudri, and the Kingdom of Victoria. At the same time, it is required that Florence cede the Earl of the Bull to Schindler. At the same time, it is required that all port cities in the Kingdom of Pudley and the Duchy of Florence must be open to Schindler merchants free of charge. Decide.

How could such a condition be agreed?

Not to mention anything else, the war indemnity of 150 million gold coins is enough to kill a person. If the Grand Duke of Florence and Queen Susan Bella are sold together, it is estimated that they will not be able to sell the money.

The Schindler lion opened his mouth wide, and the next truce negotiations are estimated to be a difficult process.

According to the strategy discussed by Dane and Verina before, before Patience conquered Bull City and defeated the main force of the coalition forces, they would definitely not negotiate with those four countries. Victory ~IndoMTL.com~ Where is the victory in diplomacy?

Of course, the current Schindler has achieved brilliant military victories at sea. Even with the current military achievements, it can actually win a lot of benefits. It's just that if the situation can be further opened up on land 6, the benefits gained diplomatically will become even more.

The diplomatic protests of the four countries were blocked by Verina. On the front line of the war, the Schindlers are still pressing hard.

On October 8th, there were still two days before the start of the peace talks, and the Patience Group had already made a lot of progress.

Under her onslaught, the defense line of Bull City was completely battered.

The loss of two satellite cities around the city and the removal of seven military strongholds made the situation in Bull City precarious. During the intense wars of the past few days, the coalition forces lost nearly 10,000 soldiers. Earl Sade had no choice but to further withdraw the army and defend Bull City and the two satellite cities in the east and west.

When the coalition forces became more concentrated and the defensive area was greatly reduced, it was difficult for Patience's offensive to achieve any good results.