Chapter 13 Armistice?

Suffia walked to the reception room in silence.

Meggie didn't follow her. Although he didn't say it explicitly, Sophia wanted to go there and knew that he either went to Liselle or went to the wind.

Sophie still cares more or less when she thought that Meji should have made out with herself, but left her and went to bed with other women because of this accident. Although she needs to deal with the sudden visit of the messenger more than the private affairs of these children.

She entered the reception room.

In addition to General Leot and Count Farrell, there are two people in the room. One of them was a night elf, standing there coldly with sharp eyes like a knife. The other man is as short as a child, wearing a dress that doesn't fit well, with his hair tied together, which looks a little ridiculous. There is no doubt that he is a half-length man.

Sofia thought that the night elf was the messenger, but the little guy came up first to bow to her.

"In Lower Oz, I would like to come to meet Her Royal Highness on behalf of General Dreton." The half-man messenger said respectfully to Sophia.

And the night elf is only behind the half of his body, obviously only his entourage.

Although it is not a complete country, since the other party represents the top commander of the enemy, Sophia naturally cannot lose etiquette. She took a look at Leot and saw that Leot nodded slightly, indicating that she had proved the identity of Oz through the document. Then she took the skirt and gracefully gave a curtsey.

Several servants stepped forward and pulled away two chairs, asked the princess and Oz to sit down at the table, and then retreated. The night elf just stood quietly behind Oz, and Leot and Count Ferrian were not seated, obviously to deliberately set off Sophia's royal princess.

"You and I are at war," Sophia said lightly. "I don't know what's the point of Mr. Oz's sudden visit?"

"I dare not." Oz was too short and sat in a chair, barely revealing his head and his feet were hanging, but he didn't seem to care at all. He just said to Sophia with a smile on his face, "At present, there is no soldier on our side in Dilu County. It should not be said that he is fighting."

"But your army is still in the south of Dilu County," Sophia looked at him. "What's more, I'm not referring to Dilu County alone, but the whole Fair Kingdom. You invaded our land for no reason this time..."

"Please point out a small fact below. Although our army is indeed not far away, we have not crossed the border of Dilu County," but the half-man interrupted her words with a smile. "At present, the king of your country is your second brother, not Your Highness. As far as I know, His Majesty the Sky of your country does not admit that his sister is still alive. Therefore, you have no right to accuse our aggression on behalf of your country.

"Is it?" Sophia said coldly, "Then why did General Dreiden ask you to come to see me?"

"The reason why we came to negotiate with your Highness is not because you are the princess of the Kingdom of Fair, but because you are the leader of Dilu County." The half-body said, "We have someone else to negotiate with His Majesty the Sky. However, it is obvious that the soldiers of Dilu County are not included in your current kingdom army, and in view of Her Royal Highness's prestige in Dilu County, His Excellency Draden believes that it is necessary to send me to contact you, hoping to get an agreement that is beneficial to both sides.

Sofia looked at Oz.

I have to admit that this half-bodipopulation is really good. First, the identity of Sophia will be demoted from the royal princess to the head of Dilu County, and then negotiate, which will undoubtedly be more beneficial to Oz. However, Sophia still does not understand why Si's side chose to negotiate at this time. The strength of the army south of Dilu County is obviously above Dilu County. If the battle continues, it is obviously more unfavorable to the White Sand Castle.

"So, do you have any good suggestions?" She waited for Oz to show his purpose.

"Mr. Dreighton said that he admired the ability shown by Dilu County some time ago," the half-human smile always hung on his face. "He believes that it is not good for you and me to continue to fight. Therefore, he hopes to sign a ceasefire agreement with Your Highness for a period of one year. In this year, our soldiers will never step into Dilu County, and Your Highness and your subordinates, please don't attack our army.

"This agreement is ridiculous." Sophia said coldly. Obviously, she and * are more worried than the soldiers in Dilu County. Since the transmission array in the desert has been destroyed, there is no important strategic value for Dilu County. Giving up a Dilu County and binding the * that can fight against the Shadow Blood Dragon, this deal is naturally more beneficial to Si.

"Your Highness is not satisfied? Ah, it doesn't matter. Sometimes negotiations are just like doing business, always having to bargain," the half-man shook his head, which made him look more ridiculous. "Well, as an additional condition, we also guarantee that Shadow Blood Dragon will not enter the Kingdom of Fair again this year. What do you think of this, Your Highness?

"It's still not enough!" Sophia sneered, "Unless each of your soldiers leaves Fell's land immediately, there is no need for any negotiations."

"Ah, this is too difficult." Oz, a half-body, pretended to sigh, "You know, you are now a princess who is not recognized by your king. How can we give up the land that sacrificed so many soldiers for your words?"

"I'm the princess of this country, as long as I know this, and I don't need to be recognized by others." Sophia said lightly, "As long as there is still a piece of land in this country occupied by the enemy, I will not give up the battle. I am very grateful for your visit, but it seems that you have come here in vain.

"No, please don't make such a conclusion too early, which will make me embarrassed." Oz touched his own temple with his hand, as if to let people know that he really had a headache. "Ah, I know, you want to test my bottom line. I have to say that you are really a shrewd businessman."

"This is not business..."

"Anything can be regarded as a business, even if it is war, but the risk is greater." Half of the man stepped on the chair and made himself look taller than Sophia. "Well, you succeeded. You made me have to take another step back. What I said, it's a pity that you don't go to the New Adam Businessman. Since you prefer to consider it from the standpoint of your country, I will only suffer a little. Well, in this year, except for the land we already own, we will no longer invade any other territory of Fair... No, no, don't worry, I haven't finished yet. In addition, if your majesty intends to take back the south, you can still respond unconditionally with your subordinates without considering the armistice agreement between you and me.

Sufia was stunned. Although I don't want to sign any treaty with Si, this agreement is too beneficial to Dilu County. According to this armistice agreement, Si will no longer take the initiative to invade Dilu County, and as long as the royal army in the mainland still insists on fighting against Si, she can send troops to support at any time.

The most important thing is that the current situation is obviously more beneficial to Si's side. She can't figure out why Si's signing such an agreement.

......

In the conference room.

"What do you think?" Sophia rubbed her temples and asked. The "headache" of the half-body just now was obviously pretending, but she was really confused.

She has sent someone to take Oz and the night elf down to rest, and she first discussed with General Leot and Count Flainn.

Leot replied lightly, "Sat sent a great businessman to negotiate."

"Indeed," Sophia sighed, "if he put out the final agreement from the beginning, no matter how beneficial it is to us, I can't sign a treaty with the enemy. But he first put forward a condition that was obviously unacceptable to us, and then kept making concessions, which made me unconsciously guided by his words. I really felt that we took great advantage of the last armistice agreement. Now calm down and think about it. In fact, we haven't got any benefits at all.

Leo's characteristic: "If we really sign a ceasefire agreement with them in private, then, no matter what the content of the agreement is, it means that Dilu County has completely betrayed the kingdom and means that we have acquiesced in their occupation of the south. In addition, with this agreement, they can once again establish a long-distance transmission array on the edge of the desert. After all, it is not even Fair's land. Of course, the advantage is that we can not worry about the enemy in the south for the time being and strive for a year to recuperate.

Count Felainn snorted coldly: "But a year later, we will be enemies in all directions."

Suffia stood up: "I'm going to refuse him now."

"No," General Leot shook his head, "I'm afraid we have to agree. In fact, this agreement does do more good than bad for us.

Suffia and Count Fian looked at him in astonishment.

"General Dreiden knows the situation in our country very well." Leot said, "If I guess correctly, as Oz said, most of them really sent someone else to meet His Royal Highness and wanted to temporarily cease fire throughout the kingdom."

"But the second brother can't agree," the princess frowned. "He is now the king. He has no reason or right to give up the territory of the south..."

"I'm afraid he will sign," said Leot. "The royal family's control over various places is limited. Places like Dilu and Leharren, not to mention the tax power, not even the judicial power, does not belong to the royal family. Nominally, the second prince is the object of loyalty of the royal army, but the actual power is probably concentrated in the hands of the Marquis of Lianting and others. He is just a puppet. If it hadn't been for Si's sudden invasion, which forced the nobles from all over the world to unite, I'm afraid he wouldn't have wanted to be king all his life. For those lords in the north, it doesn't make much sense whether the south has been recovered or not. As for the slogan of fighting for the kingdom, it is just empty words.

The princess said, "However, they should know that if the enemy is not driven out while their foothold in the south is still unstable, even the north will fall sooner or later."

"The problem is," Leot replied, "although they are worried, they are also worried about their own people. From the standpoint of Marquis Lianting and Ainhuly, they have been fighting and don't trust anyone. In addition, if the war continues, Clapole's reputation will undoubtedly become higher and higher, which is certainly not a good thing for the Marquis of Lientin. Therefore, they will hope to take advantage of the armistice to take control of the royal army. Whether it was Einhuly or Lianting, they colluded with Panqi to capture the royal city and made waves in the civil strife of the kingdom. Although the current situation has long been out of their control, it is just a delusion for them to give up their ambition at this time. And General Dredon may have seen this. If Sr continues to push, those nobles will be forced to form an alliance to resist Sr. Even a general like Clapole, who does not like them, will have to use it. But if they slow down for a while or even deliberately show weakness, then those nobles will naturally covet greater interests when their territory will not be invaded for the time being, and the contradictions that are forcibly suppressed will also be revealed. At that time, they will become a mess without sending people away from each other.

Count Ferrane pondered for a while, and then nodded.

And Sophia also became colder and colder. She had to admit that Leot's analysis was very reasonable.

"Is this General Dreighton's intention?"

"At least part of his overall strategy," Leot continued. "If my judgment is correct, then Si will leave the north of Fair and us behind. After standing firmly in the south, the next target will be New Asia. Now that I think about it, our victory in the battle to guard the gull fortress is probably more important than we thought. Although it is not clear how the enemy used to bypass New Asia to land from the southern coast without warning, it is conceivable that directly skipping New Asia and the desert to attack Phil will certainly cause certain problems for their supplies. Therefore, the capture of Dilu County has become an important part of their overall strategy. This is also the reason why the enemy who landed from Bincheng went straight north and approached us. However, the appearance of * was obviously not what they could expect. Because Your Highness, you suddenly participated in the war with *, the enemy in the south had not attacked us, and the enemy who invaded from the desert had been defeated, and the three large teleportation arrays on the edge of the desert were also destroyed, interrupting the enemy's plan to provide supplies from the desert. In the case that the supply cannot be fully guaranteed, it is obviously difficult to annex the Fair Kingdom. It is better to deal with us after conquering New Asia.

"So, they want to sign an armistice with us?" Sophia gradually understood, "They are worried that we will join hands with New Asia. But in this case, shouldn't we reject their truce request?

Leot said, "The question is, what happens after rejection?"

Sofia was silent.

"What will happen if the second prince really represents the armistice with the enemy on behalf of Phil, but we still insist?" Leot said lightly, "Then, we will become a province and county to fight against the enemies of the whole south. In order to prevent us from causing damage to their plan to attack New Asia, they will definitely take down Dilu County first and then conquer New Asia at all costs. No matter how much we have sacrificed for this country, no one will come to help us, or even get any sympathy.

"Do we just acquiesce to the occupation of the southern territory and do nothing?"

"It's not that you don't do anything," General Leot looked at the princess. "We will have to do much more and more difficult than ever."

Suffia looked at him puzzledly, while Count Flain seemed to guess what General Wolver was trying to say, but stood there with a solemn expression.

Leot continued: "If there is a war with New Asia, the lords of the mainland feel that they will not be threatened for the time being, and various contradictions will break out. At that time, there will definitely be civil strife within the kingdom again. Sooner or later, the second prince will be deposed, and the behavior of those nobles will stimulate the resistance of the common people sooner or later. At that time, people will need a hope... a person who can really bring stability to the country. When the people at the bottom of this country can't see the light in water and fire, they will long for someone to come out to save them, and those who can save them will never be those who only know how to satisfy their personal ambitions.

Sofia was stunned there. She has heard the meaning of Leot's words, but she is not sure yet.

She asked slowly, "What do you think I should do?" Armistice with Si and then join the civil war? Or wait until the civilians can't stand it anymore and then stand up like a savior?

Her tone was a little chilly: "No, I can't do this kind of thing. If I do this, what's the difference between me and those I hate? With the idea that he is qualified to be a king, but ignores those people persecuted by the enemy, does our country really need such a leader? There are already too many people like this, and I don't want to be one of them.

"No," General Leot slowly knelt down on one knee in front of her. "I'm not letting you do this for your personal ambition, but to save Phil's people. They need a real king."

"Even if I want to, I can't do it, right?" Sophia replied weakly.

"It's really difficult." General Leot lowered his head, "But it's by no means impossible. At the beginning, we should show that we are different from other nobles and must not take the initiative to join the civil war. Let those nobles who ignore the lives and lives of civilians in order to expand their territory beat their own small calculations, while we do those things that are laughed at by them. Horton Hugh and other three northern counties are facing orc looting, and Parnqi also took root there. It is even more chaotic than the south. Whether it is nobles or civilians, they are waiting for the royal family or other nobles to send troops to rescue them, but they will not wait, because the three northern counties have little benefit, whether for the Marquis of Litting or Count Einhuly. The resources there are scarce and the land is barren, which is not worth sending troops. But if we want to send troops, we will not only help the people there drive away the orcs, but also completely defeat the dark prince Panqi. We want to let the people there know that you are willing to fight for them.

"And what?" Sophia asked gently. No matter what the purpose is, fighting with the orcs makes her feel better than fighting with her compatriots. The ferocity of the orcs has caused great damage to the three counties of Hoxton. The people there have completely fallen into despair. Even if there is no benefit, she hopes that she can help the people there.

"There is no more." Leot didn't move.

"No then?"

"Hmm!" Leot said slowly, "At that time, Your Highness, you will know what you should do. I believe in you. That's why I'm loyal to you."

Suffia was stunned. She looked at her uncle who was standing next to her and Leot, while Count Farien just nodded to her and said nothing.