Black Iron Crown

Listening to Earl Redmara's angry reprimand, the grumpy King Emalu was rarely angry, but smiled slightly and said: "Count Redmaru, what you said is indeed true, but these lands are now in the It is under my control, do you have the strength to take it back?"

King Emalu had a subtle smile when he spoke, which was a naked mockery in the eyes of Earl Redmara and the coalition lords.

"Are you belittling the great empire?" Earl Redmara said through gritted teeth.

"I'm sorry, Earl, I don't despise the empire. First of all, you must have enough strength to make me value you, so that I can value you. I want to admire His Majesty Calfit the Great who established the empire, but you... hehe... "

King Emalu didn't say the following words, but the meaning couldn't be more straightforward. Even a fool can hear the contempt and disdain in his words.

Several upstarts of the empire pulled out their long swords around their waists angrily, pointed at King Emalu and roared angrily.

Especially Earl Pedas, who cherishes the honor of the empire very much. How could King Emalu insult the dignity of the empire so indifferently?

Seeing the aggressive actions of these people, King Emalu acted calmly, with a smile on his face as always, completely ignoring these nobles who drew their swords.

These upstarts were firmly grasped by the lords around them, fearing that they would disrupt the peace talks this time.

These lords are very much in agreement with the peace talks. Before seeing the fighting power of the enemy, they still wanted to regain the lost land and expel the foreign enemy. After seeing the battle with the enemy, they changed their minds wisely. thought.

They are unwilling to pay a higher price. They have been fighting non-stop for the past year and a half.

The one-year war has already exhausted them physically and mentally, and they are on the verge of bankruptcy.

For this reason, it is because they are holding the power of the empire, and they are willing to go south and north to fight in order to protect their own rights.

Even when the old emperor was still alive, he would not start wars so frequently. This would make many lords feel dissatisfied. Even if they didn't directly stand up to oppose it, they would still be full of complaints.

Coupled with the fact that it may not be possible to win the enemy, these upstarts are naturally unwilling to really fight another battle.

"Let go of me! I'm going to kill this bastard who insults the dignity of the empire! Let me go!" Earl Pedas looked at King Emalu angrily, and shouted at the top of his voice.

Seeing the farce in front of him, King Elmaru couldn't help but applauded lightly, and said, "It's really a wonderful performance, but it should stop here!"

As he said that, King Emalu looked straight at King Satri and Earl Redmara, and said, "Are you willing to waste time with me like this? Ten thousand troops consume a lot of food and military pay, right?

"The military rations in my team come from the western region of your empire. I'm not afraid to spend it with you. If you firmly disagree, then we can only continue to confront each other like this!"

"But if you think you can defeat me, you can lead the army to a decisive battle with me. If I lose, I will naturally retreat. It all depends on your ability!"

King Emalu said to King Satri and Earl Redela confidently.

Earl Redmara and King Satri exchanged glances,

Did not speak.

They were all weighing the pros and cons in their hearts, King Satri was fine, but Earl Redmara was hesitating.

If they just gave up nearly half of the land in the Western Region, they would definitely be criticized by thousands of people. The current royal family is not very popular. The purpose of the Western Expedition is to restore people's hearts.

However, when he thought of what the queen had said to him, and the independence of the northern border and the royal lords, Earl Redmara felt a sense of crisis in his heart.

King Emalu quietly observed the expressions of Earl Redmara and King Satri, and he was actually very uncertain.

When he said those words just now, although he was full of pride, he was not sure of victory. If the defenders stationed in Fort Rolle did not break through, he would naturally be sure.

But he really didn't dare to take the risk of fighting the coalition forces head-on like this.

Although the army of the Kingdom of Bukden was cowardly and inexperienced, he was shocked by the combat effectiveness of the soldiers of the empire. At that time, the siege battle outside the castle of Rohr and the siege during the breakout.

All these displayed combat effectiveness entered the eyes of King Emalu through the light cavalry. What's more, he also understood that although the mercenaries were unwilling to work hard, they did not mind using all their skills under the temptation of wealth. Come out and fight the enemy.

King Emalu licked his lips subconsciously, revealing his uneasiness. However, Earl Redmaru was also very complicated, so he didn't notice anything unusual about King Emalu at all.

Earl Redmara is weighing the pros and cons in his heart. He knows that King Emalu has not heard the news that Reiner and the royal lords have become independent. Otherwise, he will never propose a peace, but will continue to confront himself here until If they can't bear it, they can get greater benefits.

After a while, Earl Redmara nodded and said: "What you said is indeed reasonable. I can allow you to take these lands, but you must publicly admit that your Kingdom of Bazalan provoked this war, and submit your request to The Empire apologizes and asks for forgiveness!"

King Elmaru couldn't help but smile when he heard Count Redmaru's words. He knew that his bluff had succeeded, but how could Earl Redmaru have his own thoughts in his heart.

At the moment when King Emalu proposed to negotiate a peace, Earl Redmara knew that the other party was not sure of defeating him, so a peace negotiation was inevitable, and the only difference was the hole cards held by both parties.

Originally, Earl Redmaru wanted to get back some territory from the enemy, but what he didn't expect was that King Elmaru's attitude was also so firm.

In addition, Earl Redmara was also not sure of defeating the opponent, and he was worried that the time would be too long for King Emalu to know the situation in the north and give up the peace, so he could only agree.

King Emalu didn't know that he had missed a great opportunity, thinking that he had taken advantage of it, and hurriedly said with a smile on his face: "No problem, my lord count, I agree with all your conditions." acceptable!"

For King Emalu, this small loss of reputation is nothing. The land and wealth in his hands are the real benefits, including the lords under his command.

Even because of this, his prestige has skyrocketed again.

And so, on November 5th, the twenty-seventh year of the empire, the Kingdom of Bazaran and the Ridka Empire signed a peace treaty.

Although the clauses in it are high-sounding, it seems that the empire has won, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is a big loss for the empire, so this has become the second unequal treaty of the empire after the treaty with the Kingdom of Bukeden .

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