Chapter 344: Peace Talks Succeed? Brunay's signs of chaos
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After a messy interlude, Arthur officially began negotiations with Eleonora and Lyudmila.
"I won't agree, my subordinates, lost most of them!"
Eleonora was upset, for it was the first time she had encountered such a fierce battle since she had managed the Duchy of Lettermeriz, losing more than 3,000 soldiers!
If it didn't bring victory, then she couldn't give an account to the dead soldiers.
"I wouldn't agree either."
Lyudmila will also not negotiate peace, the agreement between her and the Duke of Tenardier has not been completed, Legunas must die, although the Duke of Tenardier's character is not good, but as an upper-class nobleman, he has a reputation worthy of the great nobility of Brunay abroad.
The Duke of Tenardier is trustworthy, and he is also a famous family since ancient times, and the territory he governs is rich and vast, and his face is reasonable, so that the reliable object of diplomacy is the 'friend' that all nobles want, not in terms of character, but from the point of view of the nobility itself.
Moreover, the Duke of Tenardier and the Duke of Gangon are currently the two largest factions of Brunay, and they are likely to become the masters of Brunay's future.
And after she finishes it, there will be an even greater reward, with the bold personality of the Duke of Tenardier, she will give back a rich gift.
"War means death, it means displacement, it means all kinds of unstable factors, and to tell you the truth, in the past, Brunay's army of more than 20,000 was bullying the 5,000 army of Leyt Meritz, and I have confessed to Prince Legunas that I will not help her in any military decision-making.
Yesterday I became the commander. It is because of this war that we have become a vulnerable group, your soldiers are sad when they die, and I am also sad when the robes around me die, and if more than 20,000 people are all killed, then my chivalry is a foolish belief, and if I knew this, I could have used a strategy to knock down Lightmeritz in an instant.
However, I did not, and asked the two warlords to consider the lives of our soldiers and put their lives at risk for the sake of those so-called honors or interests......
Of course, I may be a bit sad to say this. However, I hope that you will be able to end the war without shedding more blood, and our Royal Highness the Prince has said that the peace talks will be resolved peacefully without any conditions, and that the flooding of the river on the border between the two countries will be jointly financed by the people of the two countries to clean up the dam. ”
Arthur gritted his teeth and pleaded with Lyudmila and Eleonora, the two war queens, that he could put aside his pride for the sake of the lives of those soldiers.
Knights should have a spirit of sacrifice.
“……”
Eleonora and Lyudmila could hear Arthur's true feelings, but even if he was right. But on the real stage, the war could not be stopped, the people of Brunay wanted to hear more good news, and the king of Gistadt wanted the war queens to restore their reputation.
The cruelty of war is swaying the generals from afar. It's the rulers.
"Eleonora, the captured soldiers of Letmeriz are being treated officially by us, and you might think they're dead, but they're not. For those with minor and serious injuries, I respectfully helped them deal with their injuries, at my suggestion. His Royal Highness the Prince treated them well.
If the peace talks are successful, I can let them go back, of course, there will be a ransom, deep behind enemy lines, our army is indeed short of food, so the prisoners were exchanged for some food, a total of more than 2,000 prisoners, in fact, Lightmeritz only lost a thousand killed, most of the heavy and minor wounded were imprisoned. ”
Arthur had to throw out the last resort.
He had been prepared for a long time, in order to break the current situation!
"Really?"
Eleonora shook Arthur's hands excitedly, tears welling up in the corners of her eyes, how could she not be sad, those were her soldiers.
"Naturally, yes, there was no abuse of them, and even some friendliness, helping us to do some manual work, but our freedom was restricted, Eleonora, O Dancing of the Sword, respond to me, your consciousness, if you fight, then I still won't vent my anger and kill the captives, as a knight, I won't attack the defenseless."
Arthur's tone was more earnest.
"You are truly an elegant and holy knight, and I would like to thank you personally for pulling them out of the battlefield...... We completely thought that those people were all dead, after all, the hasty retreat ......"
Lim Alyssa didn't expect Arthur to have such a bearing, although he was prepared with one hand, but he was noble.
"Okay, I've agreed to a truce! But you can't give too much food, and Lightmeriz doesn't have that much food, and you are an army of more than 20,000. ”
Eleonora wiped away her tears, at this time, she was desperate for her soldiers, honor is only nothing, those fresh lives are sincere.
"Although I will not make a truce on the surface, I can wait for the king's retreat order to be issued, and I will not take the initiative to attack, but I will not let you leave Gistad, after all, you have already entered our territory."
In that moment, even Lyudmila relented, as a proud knight, Arthur was a son of those soldiers, very ordinary soldiers, bothering to abandon pride, this spirit deserves respect, but she can only remain neutral and will not withdraw her troops until the real order is given.
"That's enough, trouble Eleonora this afternoon......"
"Call me Elaine, you are allowed to call it by that name."
"Then Elaine, this afternoon, the food arrives, and we will release the prisoners......"
Arthur breathed a sigh of relief, everything was under his control, and fortunately his gentleness allowed the captives to survive, otherwise Elaine would never have truce.
The next thing to do is to wait for the news of Mashas, is it good or bad?
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It's just that Arthur thinks that he is very thoughtful, even if the mountains and rivers are exhausted, he can still turn the tide, but now there is something happening in Brunay that makes him unable to calm down, but they are far away on the border and they don't know what happened to Brunay's king.
After Zion threw the grain and grass in an open place in the Floating Sun Mountains, he came back and spread the news of the death of His Royal Highness, and his soldiers and the noble children who had befriended him all believed his words and unified the news, and Zion said that in order to lose Arthur's noble status as a knight, she betrayed Brunet and killed His Royal Highness......
In this way, after Arthur was captured by Lyudmila, she was just a prisoner, at his mercy, and the reason why he had the audacity to send back false news was also because he was confident that more than 20,000 people had starved to death. (To be continued.) )