Rise of the Empire Total War

Chapter 421: Negotiation

"The enemy cavalry is coming!"

Amidst the horrified shouts, the group of Winster cavalry rushed into the camp of the Akananias, knocking the Akanania soldiers who had just picked up their weapons and had not made a confrontation action, and knocked them down, lethal lances. The horse was thrown by the knight before it knocked down the soldier, and the infantry's body was penetrated heavily and nailed to the ground. Then the horse rushed, the lance was pulled out, and the next enemy was pierced.

"Fight back! Fight back!"

Holly Zimanga roared, he drew his sword at the same time, looking for his colleague Tilly Beach in the chaotic crowd. Tilly Beach's hunch was correct! The Winsters really came after!

Holly’s shouts were inconspicuous on this noisy battlefield, but they still attracted the attention of some soldiers around him. Although the soldiers wanted to follow his orders to fight back, they were unable to do so. These elite, heavy infantry soldiers from citizens were born. The most reliant on is the heavy infantry phalanx. Once they leave the phalanx, they face the enemy alone, facing the menacing cavalry only to be tortured and killed.

Despite this, the discipline engraved in the bones allowed these heavy infantry to move closer to their surrounding comrades in the first time, or directly back to the carriage for defense, attempting to use their spears to kill the cavalry, but they usually stabbed them with their spears. Before hitting the target, the cavalry’s lances hit their bodies first. Compared with the heavy lances used by the knights, their lances (also called spears) are lighter and can be thrown at the charge. enemy. After the cavalry hit the target with their lances, the cavalry immediately pulled out their sabers at their waists, and forcibly rammed into the heavy infantry squeezed into a group. The sharp swords in their hands slashed through the armor and skin of the heavy infantry with the power of the horse charge. A big, hideous hole was opened in them.

Almost instantly, this Akanania army was defeated by the Winster Cavalry of the brigade. The situation was not good. The well-prepared officer Tilly Beech directly took the reins of the horses and turned on the horse in a few steps. He drove the war horse and ran in the opposite direction of the enemy's attack. His actions quickly attracted the attention of others. Seeing the officer taking the lead to escape, the soldiers even more unintentionally resisted, and threw down their weapons and turned and fled. Although Zimanga was irritated by this, he was unable to turn the tide. After throwing a spear and piercing an oncoming cavalry, he could only retreat with his men.

However, before they ran a few steps, a group of cavalry suddenly appeared in their safe rear. The knights who also held the yellow double-headed eagle flag on the black background screamed and rushed towards them with their lances high. Now that the two sides are enemies, the Akarnanias are even more devoid of war. They either knelt directly on the ground and made a surrender, or prayed to the gods, or unwilling to be humiliated, took up arms and prepared to resist. No matter how they reacted, in just a few minutes, there were no Akananians alive on the battlefield.

In order to ensure that they would not leak the secrets, all the Akanania soldiers were executed. After the cavalry briefly cleared the battlefield, they returned to Patridawa with a dozen carriages.

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The news of the fall of Patri Dava quickly spread throughout the Akanania Alliance, and the news that part of the treasury fell into the enemy's hands also spread to the ears of the Speaker of the Parliament Lowell, which immediately made him vomit blood. Bedridden, the President of the Speaker fell, and the Parliament suddenly fell into a state of chaos without a leader. Under Jordi Ferron’s initiative, the election of the Speaker Temporary was urgently initiated. The parliamentarians quickly elected a Speaker Temporary to replace Lovell. Fortunately, the Speaker Temporary was firm. The host and faction, he rejected all the opinions and sent a messenger to appeal to the Winsters—because of the lessons learned from the last time, the messenger went directly to Charles, the commander of Winster's army.

In order to show sincerity as much as possible, the envoy of Akanania took the initiative to propose war indemnities and cede territories. He claimed that as long as the war can be quelled, they are willing to compensate 200,000 silver coins for war indemnities and ceded. The area captured by Winster's army outside the city of Patridawa, and in order to redeem the capital that has fallen into the enemy's hands, they will pay an additional 100,000 silver coins.

The compensation of more than 300,000 silver coins made Charles a little moved. If the 260,000 silver coins captured by the Fifth Army were added, the income from this battle would be nearly half a million, which could just make up for the deficit of the national treasury. . However, to be on the safe side, he still made sure that the compensation was calculated separately. (As for the property that fell into the opponent’s hands, the Akananians could only pinch their noses to recognize it. They also knew that they wanted to take this The difficulty of getting money back is tantamount to grabbing food from a tiger's mouth).

Because the journey from here to Nord City is so long, it’s too late to tell the news, so after discussing with several generals, Charles accepted the Akananian’s negotiation and chose to go to Patrie a week later. A contract was signed for the seat of the original council in Dawa City. Knowing that the Akananians still in this city won't have much property, Charles didn't let the soldiers do the barbaric act of looting before leaving.

A week later, the negotiation ceremony was held in Patridawa. The Winster Kingdom was hosted by Charles himself. The Akanania Alliance also sent a delegation of more than 50 people. The speaker personally leads. The two parties had a profound and harmonious exchange at the ceremony ~lightnovelpub.net~ and pledged to the gods of their beliefs that they would not provoke wars in the next ten years, and then under the watchful eyes of everyone, the sheepskin filled with the content of the contract Sign the paper.

According to the contract, the Akanania Alliance will pay all the war reparations totaling 300,000 silver coins to the Kingdom of Winster within the next ten years (that is, during the armistice period), and recognize the Kingdom of Winster's occupation of it. The rule of the district, and the abandonment of the suzerainty over all the franchised city-states that have surrendered to the Kingdom of Winster.

This contract has done great harm to the Akanania Alliance. Their annual income is only more than 100,000 silver coins, and a portion of the compensation will be paid to the Winsters. Not only that, north of Patri Dawa. The regions and city-states in the region were all separated from the rule of the alliance and became the enclaves of the Kingdom of Winster, instantly shrinking the territory of the alliance by one-third.

For this not-so-small enclave, the Kingdom of Winster adopted the method of "using the barbarians to control the barbarians". They liberated the city-states that were once destroyed by the Alliance, and supported some nobles to become the rulers of the new city-states, and the city-states who regained their freedom. Naturally, they are full of gratitude to the Winsters, and they are more loyal to the new suzerain.

Of course, Richard did not forget his illegitimate son Alfred. He specially selected a coastal town and sealed it to Alfred. Because Alfred did not have the ability to manage the territory, he sent a few The individual will take care of him first.