Heart of Empire Chapter 584: Compromise
Negotiations have reached an impasse. ◢Щщш.suimeng.lā
Opening his mouth to ask for the two areas of Melincha and Kapnos, it is indeed Dane who opened his mouth in the lion. However, if there is only one Kapnos, it is the minimum that Dane can accept.
After all, if the Holy Empire is really going to be pushed into an all-out war, there is no way to estimate the war potential of a great empire with a population of tens of millions. Even if Dane's entire army is dispatched to pull out all the millions of undead in the dark forest, it will cost a lot to win.
So, relatively speaking, you can win an entire area by moving your mouth, so why not do it?
Besides, who said that after the agreement is re-signed, it cannot be torn up again?
Including His Majesty the Pope himself, also understands this. He is willing to pay the price to end the war with the Hindlers, in the hope that he can devote all his energy to the battle with the Everts. He would not naively think that everything would be fine after the signing of the peace treaty.
If the Holy Empire is not eye-catching enough in the war with Evert, and it takes a lot of money to defeat the opponent, or even fails directly, then Dane will never scruple about the covenant, and he will definitely be in the Holy Empire. Stab a knife in the back and carve up the Holy Empire with the Evert people.
Of course, if the Holy Empire repelled Evert's magic army with thunder after the mobilization of the war, then Dane would not mess around, and wouldn't it be flattering to win the Kapnos area for nothing? ?
In the future, if Dane wants to acquire more things, let's see if there are any opportunities in the future.
All in all, though, centipedes are dead but not stiff. The Holy Empire wants to swallow such a big plate in one go. No force in this world has the ability to do so. In the future, even if you really want to deal with the Holy Empire, you still need a certain opportunity.
For example, wait for the Holy Empire's own civil strife.
This time, Dane planted a minefield for them. After the Holy Empire delivered the Templars who attacked his undead camp into Dane's hands, it was impossible for Dane to let them live. Public trials and public executions are definitely necessary. Especially the leader of the Templar branch, the young man named Rick, must surely die, and he will die a miserable death.
This is what Dane has already thought about now. Rick died tragically at the hands of Dane. Guess what kind of mood Richard Paladin felt when his grandfather, the head of the Knights Templar who had always regarded him as his successor?
He must have hated Dane and the Kingdom of Schindler very much, that's right. However, would Richard hate him for not having a pope who could protect his own people and directly hand over his grandson to die?
That's what God knows.
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At the end of the negotiation, under Dane's tough insistence, the Pope had to make concessions again and again, and finally agreed to hand over the entire territory of Capnos to Schindler, and Promised to give written support to Dane when he proclaimed himself emperor and announced the establishment of a new empire.
Similarly, Dane also made some concessions.
For example, exempting the contents of the previous agreement on war reparations, for example, the Kapnos region was not ceded by the Holy Empire, but a transaction between the two countries. Schindler paid a sum of money to buy back the land from the Holy Empire.
The amount of money is not small, one million gold coins is quite a huge amount. But compared with the entire Kapnos region, this amount of money is a drop in the bucket. One million gold coins, even if it is by the forest lake, is enough to buy five or six manors, which is already a big advantage.
After the preliminary conclusion of the transaction, Dane stopped advancing.
Subsequently, within three days, all the forces of the Holy Empire withdrew from Changlu County, and Dane took over completely.
At the same time, in order not to further stimulate the Holy Empire, Dane also took his due attitude. The undead army retreated in an all-round way, and the troops in Changlu County were all humans and elves.
Subsequently, within a week, the official forces of the Holy Empire began to gradually withdraw from the Kapnos area. At the same time, Prime Minister Verina led a group of administrators who were urgently selected from Schindler and Florence, and stationed in the Kapnos region, and set about establishing the rule of the Kingdom of Schindler over this place.
This will be a long process.
The Kapnos region has been under the rule of the Holy Empire for more than two hundred years. Even if Verina sits in charge in person, it will take a certain amount of time to initially establish the rule of the kingdom, let alone complete control.
But at least it's a good start.
Afterwards, Dane's army stayed in Pudri for a long time.
On the one hand, his army needs to undertake some tasks of clearing up the scattered undead in the country, and on the other hand, it also provides military guarantee for the rebuilding of the Pudli Kingdom.
Of course, these tasks don't require Dane to stay in Pudri with an army of 80,000 people. And the main reason why he had to do this was that the frontier war of the Holy Empire had been resolved.
The situation of the war did not develop as Dane expected.
The transaction between Dane and the Holy Empire is so big that it is impossible to hide it. In fact, not long after the deal was finalized, the Evert people should have noticed the change in the situation.
Efter and the Holy Prome New Empire~IndoMTL.com~, who are mutual enemies, obviously know the basics.
His Majesty the Pope knew that in the face of the full-scale invasion of the Evert people, he had to use all his strength to resist, so he reluctantly gave Dane his flesh.
When the Holy Empire withdrew its power and mobilized for war in the country, intending to fight desperately against the invading Everts, Evert's Magic Legion first slowed down its offensive.
There have been several battles between the two sides. When the Evert people found that there was no way to continue to take advantage of it, they also honestly chose to give up and withdrew the Holy Empire, where the country was worried about foreign troubles. Naturally, it is impossible to pursue. This war between the Evert Federation and the Holy See is a bit anticlimactic.
During the more than a month of tossing between the Holy Empire and the Everts, Dane made a fortune silently, and has basically completed the basic rule over the newly acquired regions in the West.
Dane personally sits in town, and Prime Minister Verina guides the work. The Kapnos region obtained from the Holy Empire has established a government belonging to Schindler. The government representing the Schindler regime has very weak control over Kapnos, but under the suppression of the army, the increase in control will increase rapidly in the future.