Rise of the Empire Total War

"Those Kuyawi are like turtles, they only hide in strong fortifications, what cowards."

Looking at the tall stone city wall on the opposite side, the adjutant who followed Richard on patrol complained angrily. Hearing this, Richard smiled slightly. He patted the adjutant on the shoulder and said, "If it wasn't for the continuous heavy rain, even if it was another The solid fortifications were easily destroyed in front of our army."

"Your Majesty, do we have to wait until the rain stops before launching an attack?" the adjutant asked.

Richard stretched out his hand and let the cold raindrops fall on his palm. Feeling the wet touch soon, he smiled helplessly and said, "Based on this situation, yes."

He didn't expect that the time period at the end of May happened to be the rainy season in the Kuyawi Empire. Almost eight days ago, the gray sky had rained annoying rain. It could be called torrential rain, or it could be called a drizzle, but no matter how light the rain was, a wet gun would be unusable.

The consequence of the gun being damp and unusable is that the army is unable to launch any attack at all. They can only watch the Kuyawi soldiers on the opposite side show off their might, and they can't even hit the intimidating shelling. Nei also couldn't figure out the reason why the enemy didn't attack. They never imagined that the enemy's terrifying weapon would be useless when it rained.

In order to prevent the Kuyawi from taking the initiative to attack and they have no weapons to fight back, Richard ordered the soldiers of the whole army to insert bayonets into the bayonet slots of their rifles at all times, so that although they still cannot fire ammunition, But it can still be used as a spear.

After inspecting the front line, Richard returned to the command post in the town mansion in the town called Uganigou behind the front line, and the staff of the First Army was also set up here. When Richard came back, the colonels The staff officers quickly stood up and saluted him.

Richard nodded to them as a response, and then walked towards the table surrounded by several staff officers with a military map. He glanced at the points marked with special marks on it. From memory, those points seemed to be The places where the First Army, the Third Army, and part of the Third Army are currently stationed, as well as the currently known enemy station.

"Gentlemen." Richard wiped the rainwater from his hands, and said, "According to the weather, it may take some time for the rain to stop. Before the rainy day is over, we will not be able to carry out military operations, so I am ready to make peace with the Kuyawi."

"What? Peace?"

"Is it too sudden?"

"..."

The whispers of the staff officers were within Richard's expectation,

He never had the idea of ​​conquering the Kuyawi Empire from the very beginning. An empire that lasted for hundreds of years is not so easy to conquer. It is an important obstacle to resist the barbarians going south. If Richard replaces the Kuyawi Empire, then it will be up to him to deal with those rebellious barbarians.

The barbarians can only be annihilated but not tamed. This is an experience passed down from generation to generation. The Kuyawi army kills tens of thousands of barbarians every year, but this still cannot stop the barbarians from going south. This shows that the barbarians How huge the number of people is, and how fearless they are. Richard didn't want to see a large number of barbarians going south every year, and the border guards were forced to go to war.

Going out of the border and going deep into the hinterland of the barbarians to deal a heavy blow to them is not feasible. No one knows how vast the area north of the border of the Kuyavian Empire is, and no one knows how many barbarians there are, nor To understand the terrain there, to go to the Northern Expedition without knowing anything is to send heads to the barbarians.

Therefore, the best course of action at the moment is to make peace with the Kuyavian Empire before defeating it, and let them become a buffer zone between the Holy Roman Empire and the barbarians.

...

The news that Richard wanted to negotiate peace was quickly sent back to Derecilar, the capital of the Kuyawi Empire, following the steps of the Roman envoys. After receiving the news, the entire Kuyawi court was relieved, especially Tour Queen Zuo herself, although she will not take the initiative to propose a peace request to the Holy Roman Empire, it does not mean that she does not want peace to come, she just does not want to be too proactive and let the Romans take the opportunity to blackmail, and now the Romans have proposed , then there are not so many worries.

On the day of June 8, the envoy sent by Richard arrived in the city of Dresiral, and he entered the Dresque Palace personally greeted by the head of the Kuyawi court. On the way to the palace, he found that the whole city was filled with a relaxed atmosphere, and many people had even started celebrating the arrival of peace in advance.

It's no wonder that the residents of Derecilar are so happy, because the city is only five days away from the front line. As long as the Holy Roman Empire army breaks through the defense of the front line legion, the capital of the empire will be in jeopardy. In fact, when Richard's main force reached the current confrontation, someone in the court proposed to move the capital to the north, and won the approval of many nobles, but was ruthlessly rejected by Queen Turzo.

Peace negotiations were held immediately at the Dresque Palace. Under Richard's instruction, the envoys he sent made some concessions, and the negotiators appointed by Queen Turzo were also very persuasive and never raised unrealistic In addition to the fact that the Holy Roman Empire army in the direction of the Sotu Tale area has already fought against the garrison troops on the border, the peace negotiations have progressed very smoothly, and a satisfactory result has been obtained in just two days.

On June 16, 1127 in the continental calendar, Richard and Empress Turzo formally signed a contract in Uganigo. Under the watchful eyes of the officers and nobles of the two countries, they solemnly signed their names on the contract and stamped it with their own stamps. When the seals were clearly printed on the contract, the nobles of the two countries cheered enthusiastically. This war was unnecessary. If it weren't for the stupid actions of the Burgundians, then the soldiers of the two countries who died in the war There was no need to die.

In the formal contract, the Holy Roman Empire army gave up the territory of the Kuyavian Empire they occupied, but established several small kingdoms on the territory of the Kuyavian Empire north of the original border. The role of these small kingdoms is It is to separate the border between the Holy Roman Empire and the Kuyavian Empire, and to avoid new conflicts between the two countries due to border friction.

Because of their unique roles, these small countries are expressly forbidden by the two countries to carry out military operations against them. In other words, both empires will guarantee their independence. Once those small countries are attacked militarily, the two empires will be drawn into the war together. .

In addition, as a truly defeated country, the Kuyavians will have to compensate the Holy Roman Empire for a large amount of military expenses as compensation to make up for Richard's loss of annexing the occupied territories.