Rose Empire

My father always wants to take all aspects of people and things into consideration and choose the best solution as much as possible. However, the more he wants to take into consideration, the worst result may be.

Considering that she still needed to rely on her father's long-term support, and that a letter would hardly convince Jose Melefield, who had already been indecisive, Charlotte gave up the idea of ​​writing such a letter.

Finally, a piece of news that Hermann Green mentioned casually made Charlotte very concerned - when Jose Melfeld hesitated whether to send more reinforcements to him, it was Duchess Rosie who stood up and spoke for him.

Charlotte couldn't remember when she had such a good relationship with Rosie, which made her suspect that Rosie had other intentions.

After thinking it over, Charlotte still didn't understand Rosie's purpose. When she handed the two letters to Hermann Green, an idea suddenly occurred to her mind and she said, "Knight Hermann, after you send the letters back to the riverside castle, please find out who the Green Plains Principality is going to go to war with."

Herman Green was a little confused, but still answered, "Yes!"

After dealing with these matters, Charlotte finally made time to summon the envoys from Little Sassini.

"It's an honor to meet you, Your Excellency."

Gareth, the instigator, bowed to Charlotte and said.

Matt and Abo followed Gareth and saluted.

"It's nice to meet you all, too."

Charlotte returned the greeting to the three and invited them to sit down.

Apo had heard that Viscount Lanwan was a woman, but when he actually met her, he still felt incredible. The girl in front of him was so young, so beautiful, and her manners were dignified and elegant, not inferior to any noble lady he had ever seen.

After taking a seat, Charlotte looked at Apo and smiled, "Mr. Apo, I have heard of your great name for a long time. My knights behaved too badly in front of you before. If there is only one person in the Little Sasini Elders' Council that I have to respect, it is you."

In the battle with the Northern Sokya Front, the most painful loss for Charlotte was undoubtedly the Griffin Squad. After the pain, Charlotte also began to pay attention to the opposing general, Awa. With the help of the Grey Knights, a personal profile of Awa was collected in Charlotte's hands. The more she learned about Awa's life, the more Charlotte felt that this man was indeed worthy of being a famous general in the Sokya Peninsula.

However, to Apo's ears, Charlotte's praise seemed to carry a dangerous gleam of sword and axe.

Apo tensed up alertly and waved his hands quickly, saying, "I am just an old man. How can I deserve such praise from the Viscount? The fact that we were able to fight against your knights and achieve a little success is entirely due to the heroic fighting of the citizen soldiers and the overall command of the elders in the Council of Elders. The little reputation I accumulated when I was young may help to boost morale a little, but in terms of the overall battle situation, the role that an old man like me can play is minimal."

Charlotte laughed and said, "Elder Abo, you are too modest. I had heard of your name before I had heard of Little Sasini. To be honest, your achievements are difficult to match for an elder of a city-state. I think the city-states that have received your kindness and went to Aiye Alliance will agree with me."

Sweat was about to break out on Apo's forehead. He was sure that Charlotte was plotting against him. This was an unexpected attack, just like the previous attack by Viscount Lanwan on the city-state of Dorukocha.

His achievements were already difficult to match with those of the elders...Once such heart-piercing words were passed back to the city-state, Apo could imagine how adversely it would affect him.

However, before Awa could organize his words to refute Charlotte's words, Gareth interrupted Charlotte's flattery and said, "Your Excellency, we are here today to discuss the economic alliance you proposed earlier. Please don't talk about irrelevant things."

"Well," Charlotte nodded with a smile, "As my messenger said, I am willing to provide some help in the restoration of the people's livelihood in Little Sasini."

Apo opened his mouth, then closed it helplessly. He knew that in this round of unexpected fight, he had been defeated miserably.

Matt looked at his friend's face and didn't know how to comfort him.

"So how does Your Excellency the Viscount plan to help?" Garris asked again.

Charlotte asked Cecilia, who was carefully recording the contents, to take out a document and hand it to Gareth, saying, "I am willing to provide no less than 500,000 francs in funding and loans to Little Sassini within three years, and cooperate with the civilians of Little Sassini to open mines, sheep farms, woolen mills, and merchant fleets. The condition is that Little Sassini provides tax exemptions for the industries I invest in, and the Viscount Lanwan has the priority to purchase the goods produced by these industries. Little Sassini allows Lanwan merchants to enter and exit freely..."

Gareth took the document and read the clauses one by one. The more he read, the more excited he became. The more he read, the more he felt that Little Sassini could get a great deal. Who are the people in Little Sassini who are qualified and capable of running a woolen mill and owning a fleet? Of course, they are the wealthy elders like Gareth in the Council of Elders. In other words, Charlotte's funding and loans will eventually fall into the hands of wealthy elders like Gareth, and these people will also be the beneficiaries of the tax exemption clause requested by Charlotte... Why not do it?

Gareth suppressed his joy and bargained with Charlotte, and finally increased Charlotte's funding to 1.2 million fusos over three years, and added a clause that small Sasini merchants would not have to pay customs duties and could freely enter and exit Ambrato County and Viscount Lanwan.

Although Matt felt that the aid agreement was too good for little Sassini and was somewhat suspicious, he did not know what economic control was, so he did not raise any objections.

The two sides signed this groundbreaking "Economic Cooperation Agreement between Viscount Lanwan and the City-State of Little Sassini" in a joyful atmosphere.

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Volume 135: Chapter 123 Chapter : The Peninsula Changes

Sokya Peninsula, Philippines.

"After occupying the city-state of Ambratu, Viscount Lanwan shamelessly attacked the city-state of Dorucocha. His evil ambitions are obvious. We must pay attention to it! Otherwise..."

Creon spoke eloquently in the Fidelity Senate.

The trip to Bataan that just ended was another great humiliation for Cleon.

The battle situation on the front line of the Ai Ye Alliance fell into a stalemate again. Cleon repeatedly criticized the elder Blanco Miron, who served as the commander-in-chief, in the Council of Elders for leading a superior force but being afraid of the enemy, hesitating to move forward, and wasting the manpower and materials of the Ai Ye Alliance.

Before heading to the North Sokya front, Cleon had vowed to defeat Viscount Lanwan in the shortest possible time, end the war, and set an example for Blanco Miron.

It turns out that the war in Northern Sokya did end very quickly, but the ending was completely opposite to what Cleon had said before the war...

Although Cleon believed that the failure was not his fault, and the incompetence of the three city-states of Bataan, Camera and Dorucocha was the main reason, as long as there were people who wanted to laugh at him, the blame for the rapid collapse of the Northern Sokya front would be firmly pinned on Cleon's head.

Therefore, Cleon was too lazy to explain anything, but instead vigorously promoted the "Lanwan Threat Theory" in the Council of Elders.

"At present, the city-states in Northern Sokya have almost completely lost the ability to compete with Viscount Lanwan. In order to stop Viscount Lanwan from further invading the Northern Sokya region, I believe that the Aiye Alliance urgently needs to send a powerful expeditionary force to help our allies drive away the invaders! Regain control of Northern Sokya!"

After Cleon finished speaking, he looked around and saw that some of the elders looked solemn, some looked thoughtful, and some did not care...

"Elder Cleon, if I heard correctly, you want Fidi to use troops against Northern Sokya?" Urbano, an old man in the Elder Council who always had a bad relationship with Cleon, asked with his arms folded, with a smile on his face.

"Of course," Cleon raised his chin and repeated, "The combat power of the northern Sokya city-states is no longer enough to fight against Viscount Lanwan. Feidi will have to send troops next."

"But Elder Cleon, you've already said that Viscount Lanwan's army is so powerful that even the city-states of Northern Sokya can hardly resist it. How many troops should we send to resist Viscount Lanwan's advance?" Urbano asked again, "Ten thousand citizen soldiers? Or fifteen thousand citizen soldiers? How many extraordinary people are needed among them, three thousand or five thousand? With the situation on the front line being tight, where can we get such a large army?"

"We can recruit soldiers from the Aiye Alliance city-states again. As long as we have 10,000 citizen soldiers, including 3,000 extraordinary people, plus the remaining combat power of Badan, Carmela, Dorukocha and other northern Sokya city-states, we will be able to repel the invasion of Viscount Lanwan!"

Cleon said firmly.

"Hehe... We just recruited a round of soldiers from our allies two months ago. Now the remaining soldiers in most city-states are citizen soldiers who have been fighting the Delmers on the front line for more than a year or even two years and have only returned home for about a month."

Urbano spread out his hands and asked Cleon with a sneer.

"How should we recruit soldiers again? Should we send someone to inform the veterans that their one-month vacation is over and it's time for them to go back to the battlefield? Moreover, we have prepared new enemies for you as a surprise?"

"Elder Cleon, how do you think they will react? Will they pick up their javelins and accept the surprise we have prepared for them? Or will they pick up their javelins and stab the recruiting officer we sent to death?"

Cleon frowned and argued again: "We don't have to force conscription. We can just hire citizens who are willing to go to the battlefield to go to Northern Sokya..."

However, just as Cleon was debating with the opposition elders led by Urbano, hurried footsteps and chaotic noises suddenly sounded in the Elders' House.

"Citizen, citizen, you can't go in there."

A young man in sackcloth and apron stumbled into the council chamber, followed by two guards hurrying after him.

Just when an elder wanted to reprimand this person for trespassing into the Elders' Council, the young man spoke first. He cried out in a sobbing voice, "Elders, we are defeated! The Bronze Pass was breached by the Delmo Alliance! Elder Blanco's entire army was wiped out, and he himself died in battle!"

The entire meeting room suddenly fell silent.

Bronze Pass is an important pass in the north of Fidelius, guarding the main road leading to Fidelius. Its outer wall was built by the Fidelius at a high cost with bronze added with extraordinary materials, making it almost indestructible. Bronze Pass has never been breached by the Delmer Alliance in the more than 100 years since it was built.

Blanco Miron led the main force of the Aiye Alliance, which consisted of approximately 25,000 citizen soldiers, including nearly 10,000 extraordinary people.

Once the Bronze Pass is broken, the army of the Delmo Alliance will be able to attack the city of Feidi directly.

Blanco Miron's army was completely wiped out, and Fife completely lost the strength to fight the Delmer Alliance head-on.

If the news is true, Feidi is like a woman with her clothes stripped off and her limbs broken, and she may face the ravages of the Delmo Alliance army at any time.

"How is it possible? Who are you? How do you know?" an elder of Feidi asked loudly.

The young man was startled and quickly replied: "My name is Yannis, I'm a barber, a customer who came to my stall to get a haircut told me so."

What? Just a barber.

The elders' expressions immediately softened.

Cleon pointed at the young man and scolded him, "What do you, a barber, know? The Bronze Pass is indestructible! Elder Blanco is also a veteran who has fought for many years! How could his entire army be wiped out?"

"I, I, but that's what the guest said..." the young man said a little at a loss.

"Is what your guest said true?" The elder who had just questioned the young man stood up again and sneered, "And we don't even know if the guest you mentioned exists."

Immediately, the other elders also echoed.

"That's right, I think it's just fake news you made up!"

"What do you want to do by making up such rumors? Do you want to shake the morale of our army?"

"I think you're a spy for the Delmer people! You actually cursed our army to be annihilated!"

……

"No, no, I'm not a spy, I'm not a spy! This is really the news I heard from the traveling merchants." The young man defended himself in panic, his face turning pale.

However, none of the elders present wanted to hear his explanation. One elder raised his hand and suggested, "This man fabricated false war reports, shook the morale of the army, and broke into the Elders' Council without permission. He has ulterior motives. I suggest that he be regarded as a spy of the Delmer Alliance and executed!"

"No, I'm really not a spy of the Delmer people. I was born in Feidi and I love Feidi..."

The young man howled in pain as he was pinned down by the guards of the Council of Elders.

There were nineteen elders in the Senate of Fide, and fifteen were present at the meeting. Of the fifteen elders, six were against and nine were in favor, and the young citizen named Yannis was sentenced to death on the spot.

Urbano frowned as the young man was forcibly dragged away.

After the young man was taken away, the meeting of the Council of Elders resumed, and everyone continued to discuss the invasion of the Northern Sokya region by Viscount Lanwan.

Unlike before, except for a few people like Cleon and Urbano, the other elders also showed great interest in the problems of Viscount Lanwan. They all made suggestions for sending troops to North Sokya and enthusiastically discussed how many troops Feidi would need to completely defeat Viscount Lanwan in one go.

Urbano, who had originally firmly opposed Creon, now spoke little.

The discussion lasted until noon, and the chief elder Agostino, who was in charge of presiding over the meeting, announced a temporary break.

After the recess, the elders who were having lunch all came to a window at the same time. Through this window, they could see the execution platform that had just been set up outside.

On the execution platform, an official announced Giannis' crime - fabricating false news and spreading rumors that the citizen militia at the front had suffered a disastrous defeat and was completely wiped out.

When the citizens of Filipinoa heard this, they were outraged and shouted "Kill him" while throwing stones and garbage at the execution platform.

Giannis' tongue had been cut off and blood was constantly gushing out of his mouth. He could no longer utter a word.

The executioner pushed Giannis to the gallows, put the rope around Giannis' neck, and removed the footrest from under his feet.

A large amount of blood spurted out of the young Giannis' mouth, he struggled in the air for a while, and then gradually lost his voice.

The citizens of Filipino cheered, threw some stones at Giannis' body, and then left in high spirits.

A middle-aged woman was wailing and was about to rush to the execution platform. It looked like Giannis's family had come to collect his body, but the lady was stopped by the guards on duty because according to Philippine law, Giannis's body had to be hung on the gallows for at least fifteen days.

“Perhaps we should listen to him more,” Urbano said expressionlessly.

"What is there to listen to? It's nothing but the ridiculous nonsense of a rumor fabricator." An elder curled his lips in disdain.

Cleon seemed to nod in agreement.

However, at this moment, a burst of rapid horse hoofbeats sounded. A black horse galloped from the direction of the east gate of Feidi towards the House of Elders, and on the horse sat a citizen soldier wearing leather armor and looking dusty.

When he arrived at the door of the Senate, the citizen soldier almost fell off his horse, and then rushed into the Senate without caring about his embarrassing image.

Before they saw the elders, the citizen soldiers shouted as they ran: "The Bronze Pass has been breached, General Blanco Miron died in battle!"

The elders who heard the shout froze in place.

The citizen soldiers crawled all the way to the elders and shouted again: "Elders, Bronze Pass has been breached, and our army has been annihilated!"

"You, are you telling the truth? Do you have any proof?" Finally, Agostino had to step forward and ask first.

"Oh..." The citizen soldier fumbled around on his body for a while, then took out a small silver stick with some rotating rings engraved with letters on it.

This thing is called Gistar. To put it simply, it is a cipher stick. The rotating ring on it can be used to encrypt military messages. It can also serve as an identity certificate for the Filipino generals.

After receiving the Gistar, Agostino carefully examined it several times and finally had to face the reality: "This is indeed Blanco's certificate..."

After hearing this, the Council of Elders was filled with panic, and for a moment no one knew how to face such terrible news.

An elder rushed forward, grabbed the citizen soldier by the collar, and asked, "When did General Blanco's disastrous defeat happen?"

The citizen soldier thought for a moment and said, "About ten days ago."

"Then why did you come back to report only now!" the elder asked angrily.

The citizen soldier laughed miserably and untied his leather armor, revealing his clothes that had been stained red and black with blood, and his horrific wounds that were still bleeding.

"I was seriously injured in the fight with the Delmer people. I crawled out from the pile of dead bodies, but fainted not far away. It was a herdsman passing by who saved me..." the citizen militia messenger explained in a hoarse voice.

The elder who grabbed the citizen soldier was speechless for a moment and had to slowly let go of his hand.

Albano stepped forward and pushed the elder away, still somewhat incredulously asking, "The Delmers have been blocked outside the Bronze Pass for hundreds of years. How did they break through the Bronze Pass this time?"

"I am not sure as well……"

The citizen militia messenger shook his head and said.

"That day, an elite force of the Delmer people suddenly appeared behind the Bronze Pass and launched an attack at the same time as the main force of the Delmer army in front of the pass. Our army was caught off guard and the battle was very chaotic."

"General Blanco personally climbed the wall of the pass to boost morale, but was killed by the enemy who attacked the wall. We had no idea what to do, and the army quickly collapsed."

"Immediately, immediately restart the conscription!" Agostino said in a trembling voice, "All the city-states of the Aye Alliance must send citizen soldiers to guard Feidi! We need to send out conscription officers immediately! Does anyone disagree?"