Alien Arms Empire.

Chapter 498 498 Mediation
In the imperial city of Lyons, the brand-new streets are full of people in a hurry. The empire is in the midst of war, and there is inevitably a bleak atmosphere pervading it.

No one knows when this war will end, and everyone is looking forward to returning to normal life.News from the front can be seen in the newspapers every day, about casualties and reports of so-called great victories.

For example, one day they conquered a few bunkers of the enemy, and some brave and fearless soldiers took the lead in the tragic battle, received so many rewards, and received medals that symbolized glory.

Everyone was excited at first, but now there is only endless torture and numbness left.The shops are not as popular as before, and the construction sites have also stopped. Even the feasting and romantic places are now empty.

An extremely luxurious Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith engine whizzed past the street, rolled up a half leaflet, and then floated down beside the stone strip on the roadside.

There is only one sentence left in this half of the flyer: [-]% off the whole site of Egret Mall, leading the wave of fashion, what are you waiting for?
In the Rolls-Royce car with almost no bumps, the driver steadily controlled the steering wheel, turned on the familiar street, and approached the destination little by little.

In the city of Lyons, there are not many people who can afford, or have the guts to drive, luxury cars with high fuel consumption.

Gasoline has been in short supply since the outbreak of the war.Lions I issued a decree to strictly distribute the daily oil for civilian cars.

Every car will distribute the gasoline limit coupon of the month according to the photo, and it will not be replaced when it is used up, even some government vehicles do the same.

As a result, the people began to buy and sell this kind of gasoline coupons. If they were lucky, they didn't drive, and even relied on the fuel coupons to earn back their car purchase expenses.

With the continuous expansion of the war, and the Datang Group has lowered the export of oil products for some reason, imported gasoline has become a luxury, and the total amount of self-produced gasoline cannot increase, so the Lions Empire is even more oil-short. It's rare to see high-powered luxury cars anymore.

Even Lioness I himself disabled his beloved Rolls-Royce royal luxury model. Who would dare to disobey His Majesty the Emperor and cause trouble for himself by putting on a show at this time?
But it was such an extraordinary period, and this luxurious Rolls-Royce swaggered to the gate of King Liones I's palace. The high profile was a bit staggering.

The guard didn't dare to be negligent, his duty was to greet and see off people here, so he quickly walked to the door of the Rolls-Royce that had just stopped, and stretched out his hand to open the heavy door.

Such a steady and solid sound of opening the door reveals the almost paranoid precision workmanship of this car to everyone around, as well as the unsparing and solid materials.

As the door was pulled open by the guards, one foot stepped out of the car, the shiny leather shoes stepped on the slate, and a middle-aged man got out of the car.

Prime Minister Lyons, who was guarding the door, immediately greeted him with a smile on his face, made a gesture of invitation, and said in welcome: "Mr. Special Envoy, Your Majesty is already waiting for you."

The middle-aged man nodded slightly, then made a gesture of please, and walked into the magnificent Palace of the Lions Empire side by side with the Prime Minister of the Lions Empire.

To be honest, Lions I has indeed been waiting for a long time. If ordinary people made him wait so long, he might have lost his patience long ago.

But this time he didn't. Instead, he suppressed his dissatisfaction and waited until his trusted prime minister pushed open the door of his room.

"The foreign minister has seen His Majesty!" The middle-aged man walked into the supplies and saw Lyons I, and he just bowed slightly and greeted him.

"Excuse me, sir. Sit down." Lioness didn't seem to care about the other party's attitude at all. On the contrary, he waved his finger to the imported sofa next to him hospitablely and said with a smile.

As the Emperor of the Empire, he just returned to his base camp from the front line yesterday.He inspected the eastern front, then went to the southern front to inspect the troops, promoted several generals, and allocated some resources.

In order to cooperate with the steel offensive of the Goblin Kingdom, Lions I ambitiously drew up a battle plan to attack north.

Lions I mobilized 5 troops to the southern battlefield, and also urgently dispatched a large number of artillery shells, which can be said to have gone all out.

It's just that this battle plan was drawn up too late, and the Goblin side didn't communicate with the Lions Empire in detail in order to keep it secret, so the offensive planned by Lions I didn't catch up with the Goble's attack at all, and there was no way to form a two-sided attack. Favorable situation.

Lions I, who personally commanded the battle, failed to penetrate the defense line of Dorn's famous general Strauss. In the end, the two sides were still standing still, and no one took advantage.

This battle finally caused the Kingdom of Lions to lose 3 soldiers, and almost exhausted the energy of King Lions I.

After the middle-aged man and his confidant prime minister were all on the sofa, His Majesty the Emperor, who has been very busy recently, asked, "I don't know what is the purpose of the special envoy's visit this time?"

"Your Majesty has a clever plan, and I must have guessed it." Mr. Special Envoy said directly: "I am here this time to represent the Tang Kingdom and mediate the war between the Lions Empire and the Dorne Kingdom."

"Mr. Special Envoy, you are joking. This war was caused by the soldiers of the Dorne Kingdom shooting and killing my soldiers. It was not me..." I don't know why, looking at the expression of this Mr. Special Envoy from the Datang Kingdom Eyes, Lions I lowered his voice as he spoke.

These eyes seem to have seen everything, as if they are the abyss.Lions I coughed, concealed his embarrassment, and planned to regroup.

He has now taken the first step to escape from the control of the Datang Group, or he is no longer completely dependent on the Datang Kingdom, which is the source of his courage.

Thinking of this, Lions I's face became even more difficult to look at. He was angry, remorseful, and complained that he did not get the victory he deserved in the attack that flanked Dorne.

If he had won that almost desperate battle on the southern front, he would be facing much less pressure on the Datang Group, or the Datang Kingdom.

This is actually very easy to understand, and it can be easily seen from the geography: as long as Dorne is eliminated, the Lions Empire can border the Goblin Kingdom, and then the Lions Empire will have the possibility of directly connecting with the Cyric Consortium.

For the Lions Empire, which urgently needs to get rid of the control of the Datang Group, it will obviously be more confident to be able to join the Cyric Consortium.

But now?The current situation is: the eastern line of Lions is hostile to the Nanla Empire, and the two sides have become a mess. It has become a luxury to obtain any supplies from the Nanla Empire.

At the same time, the Lions Empire and the Dorne Kingdom on the southern front have also been in full-scale war, so there is no way to count on the import of materials from the south.

The North Line and Susas are separated by a "barrier" such as the North Ridge. Even if they can trade, the Kingdom of Susas is deeply influenced by Tang Mo, and they all belong to the trade alliance. It's just playing house under the economic system built by Datang Group.

In such a "encirclement", if Gan Zhiruyi kneels at the feet of the Datang Group, there must be a bowl of soup to drink.But if one wants to jump out of this vicious circle and control more choices, in the view of Lyons I, this war is inevitable.

Everything is very logical, the only problem is that he did not achieve the ultimate goal of destroying Dorne as planned, and winning with Goblin...

"Everyone is an adult, Your Majesty, don't use this excuse to deal with civilians in such an important negotiation occasion?" The special envoy smiled, with a look of seeing through everything.

"Mr. Special Envoy was just joking. Although it's unbelievable, it was indeed the soldiers of the Dorne Kingdom who fired first." The prime minister glanced at the embarrassed Lioness I, and hurriedly explained.

"..." The special envoy of the Kingdom of Tang looked at Prime Minister Lyons who was at the side, without saying a word, with a smile on his face.

"It's meaningless to talk about this now, Mr. Special Envoy." Reigns I once again regained his strength and regained his state, and said: "I hope you can understand that peace is not just your wish, I also want peace." I hope that my people can be bathed in the sunshine of peace."

He paused for a moment, and then he continued to say, "However, the war has already begun, so I am not the only one who can decide to end the war."

"I am very clear about this." The special envoy from the Tang Kingdom nodded, and then continued: "But I think you are also very clear, Your Majesty, I am afraid that this war will not last long with Lyons alone."

He deliberately bit the word "only" very hard, which made Lyons I and his prime minister feel threatened.

Indeed, this is a threat.

If the Datang Group no longer supports the Lions Empire now, and the continuous stream of shells, bullets and supplies are no longer transported to the Lions Empire via Yucheng and North Ridge, then the Lions Empire will really be trapped internally and externally, and will fall into a complete passivity .

For the Lions Empire, this is the last situation they want to see.Therefore, Lions I knew that no matter what, at this time, he must give the Datang Group, or the Datang Kingdom, the face.

This is also the reason why Tang Mo approached Lions I first: The Lions Empire was deeply influenced by the Datang Group, and the Lions Empire was the one with the least choice among several countries!
Of course, another reason is that the opponent of the Lions Empire, the Dorne Kingdom, doesn't have any good choices right now!

After these two countries were settled, Tang Mo was confident in persuading Suzas and Nanla, who had already obtained the benefits they wanted, to stop.

At that time, the trade alliance that exists in name only will be largely restored, normal economic and trade exchanges will be able to circulate again, and the economy will naturally become better.

(End of this chapter)