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The next second, the laser gun plowed through Ursus's forward positions and the mortar positions hiding behind buildings.

"Pegasus, prepare your javelins!" The staff-like spears were raised, gleaming with bright light. The next second, the light spears fell to the ground like meteors. These javelins were extremely expensive and were the dominant force on the battlefield in the era before the invention of magic cannons and mortars.

It's comparable to a small, man-made surface-to-surface rocket. However, in an era filled with large-caliber Originium cannons, mortars, gunboat drones, and suicide drones, it's severely outdated.

"Don't hold back your ammunition, unleash full firepower!" Nearl pulled a grenade launcher from behind her back with one hand, and the other Pegasus soldiers also picked up various firearms and grenade launchers produced by Kazdel, and opened fire on the Ursus.

The Ursus soldiers, who were preparing to attack, were thrown into disarray by the fierce firepower. The Ursus commander immediately responded by readjusting his deployment and preparing to turn the attack into a defensive counterattack, aiming to capture this elite Kazimir force.

"Retreat!" Nearl retreated even faster than when they came, and the other Pegasus soldiers also came to an abrupt halt, retreating back to their positions amidst the chaos of the Ursus people. The other two squads, acting as backup, unleashed all the light and heavy weapons they had acquired, giving the pursuing Ursus people a head-on blow.

Because their regrouping was disrupted, the Ursus had to waste another hour or two harassing Nearl before they could regroup and prepare.

It must be said that Nearl has too few people, and its ammunition and supplies are not enough, which is completely different from the Ursus people who can receive reinforcements all the time.

Meanwhile, outside the battlefield, in the Sami region, inside the cleared congressional building, the negotiators from Ursus and Colombia took their seats in order.

Although the Sami people decorated the place as much as possible, the large hole caused by the cannonballs could not be repaired so easily. They could only lay down wooden planks painted red to pretend that the ground had been repaired.

This was a negotiation about the Gobi-Uzbek War, and also about the fate of the Sami people. It was held symbolically in the Sami parliament building, but not a single Sami person participated in the negotiations.

"Our conditions will not change: withdraw troops from Sami, declare Sami permanently neutral, and relinquish our sovereignty claims over the eastern Sami region."

The Colombians' demands were extremely harsh, meaning that the war that Ursus had waged, costing millions of lives and countless resources, was in vain.

"We cannot agree to this request. If you insist, the Hrag battle group will continue its advance towards your northern industrial stronghold. No one can stop Ursus's advance."

"But we can. How long has your 13th Army been lingering on the border? Do I need to remind you of the fate of the last Leitania that ended up like this?"

"We are not Leitania!"

"We're not Kazdel either..." The Colombian representative shrugged. "Kazdel's combat strength is commendable, but their biggest weakness is that they can only mobilize once, while we can mobilize at least five times. How many more people from Ursus are you sending to the front lines to be slaughtered?"

"Then the Ulyanov will enter the Helag battle group..." The Ursus remained unmoved; they knew this was a warship the Colombians did not want to see.

Because it was too tough, Ursus boldly installed a captured, relatively intact giant Originium railgun on it, at the cost of completely destroying its mobility.

Moreover, all weapons except for the close-range ion cannons have been removed. However, that's enough. As a decisive battleship, its main guns can penetrate any warship, its secondary guns can slaughter any small unit, its armor is unbelievably hard, and its magic resistance is explosively high. Its slow movement and the fact that it can only fire one shot every half hour make its shortcomings less noticeable.

“Alright, we can compromise a little and allow the eastern part of Sami to be designated as a neutral joint-administration zone, but you must withdraw your troops from Sami and cannot station any Ursus troops on the Sami border or within its territory…”

"And what about you?" The Colombian infiltration of Sami was something that had been openly discussed even before the war.

For Ursus, attacking Sami was a last resort; otherwise, if Colombia were to make Sami one of its federations, the western and northern parts of Ursus would be forever threatened by Colombia.

Even more frightening is the possibility that if these professional coup plotters in Colombia were to connect with the rebels in the north, Ursus might lose a large swathe of territory, leaving its heartland directly exposed to Colombia and its enemies.

With the enemy positioned high above, they could easily storm the Wild Horse Plains surrounding St. Martial Castle. Ursus would have to relocate its capital. Not only the capital, but its major industrial cities on the plains would also have to be moved to the harsher southeastern hilly and snowy forest region—Ursus's industrial products were already less competitive, and this move would completely destroy them.

"Colombia must guarantee that Sami is an independent and free nation..."

“Uh…” Almost all the Ursus people wore expressions of utter disbelief: This is utterly shameless, making a puppet regime sound so noble and sophisticated—isn't this just Colombia wanting to station troops in Sami, sending a special emeritus to guarantee Sami's “freedom” and “democracy”?

They might even sign some kind of Colombia-Sami security agreement, abolish the Sami army, and then install their own puppet in power, making Sami Colombia's outermost defense line, bridgehead, and profit-generating point, while Ursus only gets a guarantee of a neutral zone, which is meaningless!

"Then there's nothing more to discuss. We'll see each other on the battlefield..."

"Let's meet on the battlefield." In the first round of negotiations, no one thought they could reach an agreement. Ursus was not exhausted, and Colombia was also still in the game. At least 3-4 more rounds of negotiations were needed, depending on the changing situation on the battlefield.

This is normal, but just as the two sides were resting and preparing to resume fighting after a brief negotiation, Colombia suddenly changed its attitude and was willing to hold a second round of negotiations, and this time it made great concessions.

Since the start of the war, Fort Santo Romain has become much quieter, with hardly any homeless people to be seen on the streets. "Why did the Colombians suddenly make such huge concessions?"

"I don't know, I can only say it might be related to Victoria's attitude..."

“Victoria?” The Emperor frowned. It was no secret that Colombia’s greatest perceived enemy was his ally, Victoria.

Ursus is too barren, and Great Yan is too far away. There are two candidates for the ruler of the western part of Terra. It would be hard to say that they are superficially united, but it would be more accurate to say that they are irreconcilable enemies.

However, due to their conflict with the Great Yan and Ursus, the newly emerging empire of Columbia and the established empire of Victoria maintained their alliance in international affairs. As long as there was a sufficiently powerful opponent, they would remain allies.

But once this rival disappears, they become mortal enemies. No country is more wary of Colombia than Victoria, and no country hates Victoria's existence more than Colombia. Yet, these two are officially allies. It has to be said that reality is quite interesting.

"Victoria?"

"Victoria may win over Letania and, by leveraging her relationship with both sides during the Lyca War, establish an alliance in the eastern part of the continent, which may even include the Great Yan, to counter traditional rivals such as Columbia."

To put it bluntly, those troublemakers only saw Ursus's poor performance on the western front and believed that Ursus could not contain the rise of Colombia. They felt they had to build a stronger alliance to counter the ever-expanding and rising Colombia.

"Then what about Rembiton?" The other party is an old friend of Victoria, but has a lot of conflicts with Kazdel, so the problem is very serious now.

"Therefore, Victoria doesn't genuinely want to form such an alliance, because Kazdel and Rembiton are also people he must be wary of. On the contrary, Letania, which has suffered huge losses, is now someone he trusts..."

Witt said in a low voice, "Only those who have been to Kazdel understand how threatening this emerging nation truly is."

It was a hungry and thin wild beast, but because of its hunger, it wasn't very threatening.

Once this monster is full and no longer thin and hungry, it will become a major threat to Victoria.

"Victoria's original plan was to join forces with the Great Yan to deal with Kazdel. However, Kazdel unexpectedly made contact with the Great Yan beforehand. Therefore, they must find another enemy for this growing alliance: Columbia!"

"So, Colombia's change of attitude is also related to this?"

"Yes, I think Colombia might offer better terms next. They definitely don't want to fight this behemoth alone."

"So, what role should we take?" This is a difficult choice, the simplest being to side with Victoria.

Because the power here is the strongest, and once Ursus joins, the balance of power will be completely broken.

However, precisely because of this, Victoria would absolutely not allow such a situation to occur, otherwise the future of this alliance would be bleak.

Joining Colombia is not a good option either, as the rising Colombian power might be willing to offer some benefits to Ursus to win them over.

However, when the confrontation intensifies, Colombia will inevitably choose to sacrifice the interests of Ursus in exchange for a greater chance of victory.

Moreover, from a geopolitical perspective, Ursus is simply not going to stay out of it and be stuck on the front lines.

Or, Ursus will be cannon fodder no matter which side they choose.

"Can we choose to operate independently?"

"This is difficult, Your Majesty, unless we persuade Great Yan and Rembito..." In that case, the world of Terra will be divided into three.

“And there’s an important problem…” Witt began, “the North.”

The emperor fell silent. The autonomous region in the north was the biggest threat to Ursus; it could explode at any time.

"Of course, I have another special plan. We will win over Kazdel faster than Victoria. Once we win over Kazdel, we will gain Iberia. Even if we have to give up the Sami region, it doesn't matter. In this way, Kazdel and the Northern Principality will become our front line. No matter who is worn down, it will be in our interest..."

"This is too risky; we need to think about it carefully..."

"So, what about the negotiations in Colombia..."

"If we keep dragging them along, they'll be the ones in a hurry, not us."

Chapter 86 The Shelter Plan

Chapter 86

While the Casimir War was raging, Colombia and Ursus made peace. No one knew why Colombia changed its attitude, and even many Colombians and Sami people could not understand this decision.

The peace talks between the two sides went very smoothly. Apart from a dozen assassinations of Ursus representatives, about eight bombings targeting both sides, three mutinies and two riots, nothing particularly noteworthy happened. All of these incidents were dealt with and appeased in a timely manner—using standard armor-piercing arrows.

The negotiation venue was quite harmonious. Both sides exchanged their opinions and attitudes in a friendly manner and invited each other to experience the unique atmosphere of their respective countries firsthand. However, a lot of teacups and medical supplies were consumed. Therefore, this friendly and harmonious atmosphere was forced to end after a few days.

In this warm and friendly atmosphere, the two sides signed a provisional peace agreement known as the "Sami War Ceasefire Agreement". The signing ceremony was successfully completed in the presence of the Colombian and Ursus delegations. Hmm, don't you think something is missing?

No, because the Sami people were still there when the signing took place, although... they were only there when the signing took place.

The treaty stipulated that eastern Sami would be administered by the Usas administration, while western Sami would be administered by Colombia. Given the severe damage Sami suffered from the war, this joint administration would better share the difficulties of reconstruction.

Meanwhile, given the poor performance of the Sami army in the war, Colombia believed that a new army should be formed for the Sami people, with Colombia providing a full set of weapons, instructors, and some personnel.

Both sides agreed to a temporary ceasefire based on the boundary of the area under their actual control, pending further peace negotiations to agree on compensation, territorial cession, and a series of related exchanges.

Since this is a peace agreement between Ursus and Colombia, although the next round of negotiations will still be held in Sami, the Sami representatives will not need to attend or stand guard outside. It is late at night and the dew is heavy, and the reconstruction of the country is of great importance; they should get some rest.

The peace agreement did not strike the Sami people the hardest, although any Sami who still had a fighting spirit was furious. However, compared to Kazimir, the blows they suffered were mostly psychological, while the blows to Kazimir were physical.

"This is betrayal, this is blatant betrayal!" The Grand Knight angrily waved his fist. Now Ursus could allocate more elite troops and logistics to help the Kazimierz war. Since they had not gained the expected benefits from their concessions in the Sami War, they would inevitably make up for it from Kazimierz.

"What did the Victorians say? I helped them hold off Ursus, and they really didn't show any appreciation?" If they really didn't, then it's no wonder the Kazimirians completely gave up. In that case, let Victoria experience the consequences of being blocked by the Ursus Legion in the west.

"The Victorian Parliament is still in session. The House of Lords is more supportive of the decision to send troops, but the House of Commons believes that the impact of direct participation in the war would be too great, affecting their businesses and various aspects of their lives, so they are opposing it as much as possible."

"According to Victoria's political tradition, participating in a war should indeed be approved by both houses of parliament and signed by both queens. Even though the dragon has lost its power and is now just a mascot, completely bypassing both houses and declaring war would be too politically risky for the current Queen Victoria, and she would not take the risk."

After all, it's not a Victorian who's dying now. Even if it were, they would be lowly people from the border. How could the noble royal family risk their political lives and authority?

“There is only one condition under which Victorians will go to war!” That is, if a major Victorian city is attacked, then the gentlemen will encourage their representatives to agree to send troops to fight and protect their property and assets.

The risk of the Queen bypassing both houses of parliament to directly control the army is greatly reduced, and at that time, the upper and lower houses will most likely reach a consensus.

"So, I mean, is it possible that we could impersonate Ursusians and attack the Victorians?"

"..." It must be said that every bad idea seems like a good idea before it becomes completely bad.

Meanwhile, in northern Casimir, the Helag Group, originally planned to advance from the eastern front of Colombia, was reassigned to support the southward-moving Ursus forces. Most of the southward-moving forces were withdrawn, leaving the controlled area in a vacuum.

Hrag's army group seemed a bit out of place compared to the other corps. While everyone else was drawing salaries without working, he was the only one fully equipped. Who the hell would want someone like that to gain merit and become their superior? While everyone else was looting villages, he was the only one maintaining discipline. If he could gain merit and be promoted, what would become of him?

Therefore, most of his colleagues were resentful of Hrag, but they couldn't do without his elite troops as a backup. If it weren't for Hrag's efforts to gather the defeated soldiers, restore discipline, and restore local order, Ursus would have been overwhelmed just dealing with the endless guerrillas, and it would have been impossible to complete the Battle of Kavaleriaki with troops.

"Put out the fire, then gather the survivors to form larger centralized villages, distribute rations, and gather all able-bodied men every day to complete the necessary tasks." Faced with the devastated cities and villages, Hrag had become so adept at issuing orders that he was numb to the point of merging villages and towns to dismantle the guerrillas' base.

With the loss of scattered villages and the reduction to only a few heavily guarded areas, the guerrillas' supply points and supply difficulties would increase significantly. Timely distribution of rations could control the total amount of resources available to the locals, thereby further stifling the guerrillas' development. Finally, by scattering the able-bodied men, they would work until they collapsed into bed each day, naturally leaving them with no energy to gather together and cause trouble.

A three-pronged approach can effectively solve the problem of guerrilla forces in occupied areas, and also obtain a considerable labor force for post-war reconstruction of cities and towns, restoring production.

However, to achieve this, the army must maintain a certain level of discipline, keep order and security in these large concentrated villages, and arrange for the restoration of production in the occupied areas.

In short, this cannot be treated with a "grab and run" mentality. It requires a significant investment of real money and resources to resolve. What legitimate colonial army would do such a thankless and exhausting task? Since your men under Helag are so disciplined and inflexible, then we'll leave it to you.

Khrag had little hope for the order to "inventory the warehouses and see how much usable supplies are left." To be honest, let alone warehouses, finding even half a pound of grain in the homes of these locals would be a miracle if the previous units had a change of heart.

"General, we're running low on supplies. We'll probably have to contact the rear to send another batch."

"It's being used up so quickly?"

"Yes, these Kazimierz people have been starving for several days. In the first few days, each person needed to consume at least one kilogram of rations per day, while our food and various supplies were insufficient."

"How about saving a little?"

"We've already saved as much as possible. The infirmary doesn't even have alcohol, only simple herbs. Sutures and bandages are also in short supply. The medical team is considering leaving medicines and medical equipment for our own wounded soldiers, abandoning the treatment of locals, and killing all seriously and moderately wounded locals to reduce consumption."