Rise of the Overlord

Chapter 47 Give In Without Fighting
Ouyang Xue, the empress of the Ziyue Empire, heard Prime Minister Guo Xian say that the troops supported by the Liuyun Empire are about to leave the Ziyue Empire, and said calmly: "Leave as soon as you leave! Anyway, the 50 troops of the Liuyun Empire, our Ziyue The empire can't command, and staying here is just a waste of our food!"

As an ally, the Liuyun Empire sent a total of 80 army troops to the Liuyun Empire, which was invaded by the Orensa Empire, in three batches. Among them, the Liuyun Empire Royal Army accounted for three quarters, and the remaining 20 troops, It is the army of the Liuyun Empire's six hereditary dukes and seven hereditary marquises, which can be said to be the army with the strongest combat effectiveness in the Liuyun Empire.

However, in the face of the powerful Orensa Empire Army, the 80 army troops of the Liuyun Empire lost nearly 30 in less than half a month after entering the battlefield, and then the remaining more than 50 Liuyun Empire Army, Retreat to the northeast of Ziyue Empire for rest.

Ouyang Qi, the previous emperor of the Ziyue Empire, once hoped to transfer the more than 50 troops of the Liuyun Empire to the capital, Ziyue City, to participate in the defense of Ziyue City, but Liuyun, who commanded more than 50 troops of the Liuyun Empire, Zhou Guicheng, Deputy Minister of the Imperial Army, rejected Ouyang Qi's request on the grounds that the troops suffered heavy losses.

Empress Ouyang Xue believed that if the more than 50 army troops of the Liuyun Empire could be put into the defense of Ziyue City, maybe her father would not have died in the battle, so Empress Ouyang Xue was very concerned about the more than 50 troops of the Liuyun Empire. , It can be said that there is no small resentment.

Prime Minister Guo Xian sighed and said: "Your Majesty, after the 50 Liuyun Empire's army troops leave, we have less than 100 million reserve troops left, and they are still mainly recruits. Once the Sharad Empire also dispatches The army has entered our Ziyue Empire, our Ziyue Empire will... oh—”

After the war began, although the Ziyue Empire recruited a large number of young and strong soldiers to join the army, the losses of the Ziyue Empire Army were very large. So far, the loss of the Ziyue Empire Army has exceeded 450 million. You must know that before the war, The standing army of the Purple Moon Empire Army is only 350 million.

Queen Ouyang Xue gritted her teeth and said: "No matter what, our Ziyue Empire must persevere. Since the reserve team is short of troops, we should recruit several million more troops. Even the Sharad Empire will send troops to invade our Ziyue Empire." , I will never give in!"

Prime Minister Guo Xian hesitated for a while and said: "Your Majesty, the people of our Ziyue Empire are now very excited about the invasion of the Orensa Empire. It is not a problem to recruit millions of young and strong, but we don't have enough weapons to fight against them." Arm these millions of recruits."

Empress Ouyang Xue said immediately: "The problem of weapons, I think, can be solved from two aspects. One is to let several arsenals in the rear work overtime for production. In addition, we can also learn from the Cangyu Empire and let two or three soldiers work together. Use a rifle."

Prime Minister Guo Xian smiled wryly and said: "This is the only way to do it now, but most of the weapons and ammunition produced by several arsenals have to be sent to Ziyue City."

Empress Ouyang Xue nodded and said: "The defense of Ziyue City is related to the morale of our entire Ziyue Empire. We must ensure the supply of Ziyue City at all costs."

When Ziyue City was mentioned, Empress Ouyang Xue couldn't help showing a trace of sadness on her face. After two months of war, the city she had been living in was almost in ruins. Her father and five brothers were all here. The city was killed in battle, and her two younger sisters led hundreds of thousands of troops. On this ruins, they fought the most brutal street battles with the army of the Orenza Empire. There were soldiers of the Purple Moon Empire at every moment, Sprinkled a cavity of blood in Ziyue City.

Prime Minister Guo Xian then said with some concern: "Your Majesty, I am worried that the Skystar Empire and the Liuyun Empire will also..."

Empress Ouyang Xue interrupted Prime Minister Guo Xian's words with a wave of her hand, "Even if the Skystar Empire and Liuyun Empire surrendered, the armies of the Orensa Empire, Sharad Empire, and Jisk Empire have all entered the territory of our Ziyue Empire. I will not sign any treaty that humiliates the country, I will lead the soldiers and civilians of the Ziyue Empire, and continue to fight, and I firmly believe that our Ziyue Empire will eventually defeat the invaders and drive them out of our homeland!"

In the palace of Liuyun City, the capital of the Liuyun Empire, Emperor Li Hong said bitterly to Prime Minister Cao Ziliang: "I never thought that the Cangyu Empire would even agree to such a harsh armistice agreement. Through the railways and roads of the Cangyu Empire, invade the territory of our Liuyun Empire."

Prime Minister Cao Ziliang said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, even the Cangyu Empire can't defeat the Sharad Empire, let alone our Liuyun Empire. Therefore, I suggest that you start negotiations with the Sharad Empire immediately to get out of this war."

Emperor Li Hong pondered for a while and said: "It may be that the truce conditions imposed by the Sharad Empire on our Liuyun Empire are a bit too harsh."

Prime Minister Cao Ziliang shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, if the army of the Sharad Empire enters the territory of our Liuyun Empire, if we try to negotiate at that time, the conditions offered by the Sharad Empire will definitely be even harsher."

Just after the Cangyu Empire signed an armistice agreement with the Sharad Empire, the Sharad Empire issued a truce condition to the Liuyun Empire.

Compared with the truce conditions offered to the Cangyu Empire, the Sharad Empire is quite tolerant towards the Liuyun Empire. After all, the Sharad Empire has not yet entered the Liuyun Empire. The Sharad Empire hopes to surrender without fighting.

The Sharad Empire put forward a total of five truce conditions to the Liuyun Empire. First, the Liuyun Empire must announce its withdrawal from the alliance of the four eastern countries and symbolically compensate the Sharad Empire with 1000 million taels of silver.

Secondly, the Liuyun Empire must set aside a piece of land in each of the provincial capitals of the 42 provinces and the capital Liuyun City, and lease it to the Sharad Empire for 99 years. The Sharad Empire has the right to garrison troops and administrative autonomy in these concessions.

The third point is that the Sharad Empire has the right to prospect, mine and build roads in the territory of the Liuyun Empire, and the Sharad Empire has the right to garrison troops in the mining areas and railway stations whose property rights belong to the Sharad Empire.

The fourth point is that all goods entering the Liuyun Empire from the Sharad Empire will be subject to zero tariffs.

The fifth point is that the Liuyun Empire must hand over Su Yi's independent fleet of the Royal Navy to the Sharad Empire Navy in its entirety to compensate for the loss of the Sharad Empire Navy in the Yanmen Strait.

Compared with the armistice agreement signed between the Cangyu Empire and the Sharad Empire, the Sharad Empire did not impose restrictions on the navy and land armies of the Cangyu Empire, nor did it demand huge war reparations, but it focused on the independent fleet under Su Yi's command.

Emperor Li Hong sighed and asked Prime Minister Cao Ziliang: "Is there no chance for our Liuyun Empire? After all, the independent fleet of the Royal Navy under Su Yi defeated the expeditionary fleet of the Sharad Empire!"

Prime Minister Cao Ziliang shook his head and said: "No matter how powerful the Independent Fleet is, those battleships can't go ashore, but the army of the Sharad Empire can drive straight into Liuyun City! Excuse me, the army of our Liuyun Empire is not at all It may be the opponent of the Sharad Empire Army!"

Emperor Li Hong said with some disinterestedness: "Then send someone to talk to the Sharad Empire! Lower the Sharad Empire as much as possible, and tell the negotiators of the Sharad Empire that I have no way to control the independent fleet. If the Sharad Empire The Empire wants an independent fleet, let them figure it out for themselves!"

On July 3011, [-] in the Tang calendar, the Liuyun Empire, which had not yet been invaded, was forced by the powerful army of the Sharad Empire to sign an armistice agreement with the Sharad Empire, announcing its unilateral withdrawal from the alliance of the four eastern countries.

This truce agreement is roughly in accordance with the truce conditions that the Sharad Empire gave to the Liuyun Empire, except that the fourth and fifth points were removed under the struggle of the Liuyun Empire.

(End of this chapter)