Chapter 222 The Threat of War! (Please subscribe!)
Sognefjord, Odin's army camp.
The young Odin monarch Areo O'Sullivan was particularly satisfied with the outcome of this battle.
So much so that this young king, who usually has a calm and serious expression, couldn't help but reveal a satisfied smile during these few days.
Moreover, he could not contain his inner excitement and rewarded his close ministers with a number of coarse hemp ropes that he had used to wipe their butts.
This expressed his deep approval and showed the soldiers the beautiful vision of unity between the ruler and his subjects in the Odin Empire.
Since he took the throne, Areo O'Sullivan has held the highest authority in the entire Odin Empire, but due to his young age, he still finds it difficult to convince the people in many cases, and he needs to make a certain degree of compromise with the barbaric tribes in the Odin Empire on many policies.
However, the victory of this war almost brought Areo O'Sullivan's reputation and authority to the peak, and he won the support and loyalty of almost all Odin's soldiers! In the past, the wars to plunder food and grass were only minor fights, and would not cause any serious damage to the Norman Empire. This made the royal family of the Norman Empire despise this northern neighbor and was too lazy to send troops to conquer it.
But this time, the Odin Empire snatched a vast expanse of land from the Norman Empire for the first time! This was an unprecedented major victory in the hundreds of years since the founding of the Odin Empire! Although it is undeniable that this victory had a lot to do with the domestic situation in the Norman Empire, but... don't ask about the process, just look at the result!
No matter when, the ownership of the land is of paramount importance, and the victory of this war also silenced all the doubts about Areo O'Sullivan in the Odin Empire.
After all... with more land suitable for farming, we can feed more people, and we can have more money and taxes, and thus feed more troops!
The envoys sent by the Second Prince Rez have met with the young Lord Odin many times and reached a consensus on the signing of a ceasefire agreement.
Although, asking the Norman Empire to cede the land bordering the northern border of the Norman Empire and the Plain of Armanches is the most suitable option for Areo O'Sullivan.
But he also knew very clearly that this condition was absolutely impossible to achieve.
Because the Norman Empire has invested too much manpower and material resources in the defense of the fourteen fortresses in the northern border, once those lands are ceded to the Odin Empire, the Odin cavalry will be able to march straight in and directly invade the rich land in the west of the Norman Empire.
This is absolutely unacceptable to the Norman Empire! In this war, the reason why Odin's army did not invade the western region of the Norman Empire, but confronted the Norman Empire's army in the Sogn Plain in the central part of the empire, was due to many considerations.
On the one hand, in this war, the Odin Empire has divided its forces into two, which is extremely dangerous for the attacking side, which originally has fewer soldiers.
If the main force of the Odin Empire led by Areo O'Sullivan attacks westwards, it will distance itself from the Odin Cavalry led by Odin Marshal Portia Mariano, and will most likely be defeated one by one by the Norman army!
On the other hand, although the western region of the Norman Empire is rich, it is also full of nobles and has a large number of soldiers. The attack of the Odin people is likely to cause the western nobles to fight back desperately, dragging Odin's army into the quagmire of war and making it difficult to extricate themselves.
If the Norman army attacked the Armanches Plain at this moment, although there would be fourteen fortresses in the north occupied by the Odin people for defense, the Odin army would also be put on the defensive.
Coupled with the agreement O'Sullivan had reached with the church and many other considerations, the Odin Empire had no choice but to deploy troops on the Songen Plains and be ready for battle at any moment.
Therefore, since the Norman Empire will never give up this part of land, it is better to change direction and ask for the land in the eastern part of the Norman Empire.
after all……
In exchange for benefits with the church, the Odin Empire can now travel through the Forest of Monsters, which makes the biggest obstacle between the Odin Empire and the eastern part of the Norman Empire disappear without a trace!
For the second prince, Rez, ceding the relatively barren land in the eastern part of the empire was not a big deal, since he would not have to pay much tax throughout the year anyway.
Moreover, after ceding the east, if war breaks out again, the Norman Empire can completely rely on the natural barrier of the Almis Mountains and the surrounding rivers and hills for defense, and even in the event of a war, it can drag the Kingdom of Basel into the water! Although this will gradually shift the focus of the empire's defense from the north to the northeast, it is much better than ceding the fourteen fortresses in the northern border! As for the future... Rez knew very well that he had to defeat Pitzman head-on before he was qualified to talk about the future!
Therefore, it was under such considerations and weighing that Bruno was actually cut off!!! And Bruno didn't even know that he had been cut off!
In a village in the southern part of the Sogn Plain, the agents of the Idar Intelligence Agency gathered together for a rare occasion.
When Baumil Braun received the exact news that the two sides had reached a ceasefire and made peace, he was completely stunned.
The two sides stopped fighting and made peace. The Odin Empire recognized that the second prince Rez was the new emperor of the Norman Empire, and the second prince Rez Alexander ceded the eastern region of the Norman Empire to the Odin Empire in the name of the emperor of the Norman Empire.
As for the reparations… In order to support the Imperial Emperor Rez Alexander in eliminating Pizman Alexander who usurped the throne in the southern part of the empire, the Odin Empire will not collect "war reparations" from Rez.
Although the reputation sounds bad, it has to be admitted that ceding the traditionally poor eastern part of the empire would not cause any serious damage to the Norman Empire.
After all... that was originally the territory that the Norman Empire had seized from the Kingdom of Basel, so they had never really cared about it...
Baumil Braun didn't care at all whether the two sides would fight or how they would fight.
But the problem is... According to the agreement between the two parties, the eastern regions of the empire, including the Idar Territory, were all ceded to the Odin Empire!
Oh my god! For Idar Territory... this is really a big trouble!
Baumil knew very well that with his own earl's temperament, Bruno would definitely not allow himself to be bullied, so... Lord Idar would face the threat of war!
"From now on, we will stop the action that the Earl had arranged to gather the craftsmen and teachers..."
Looking at the intelligence agents standing solemnly in front of him, Bao Milier said in a deep voice: "Everyone must be alert and use all the connections they can. Ruffians, street thugs, ordinary people, downtrodden nobles, even the lowest serfs... these people are all the ones we want to use!"
"The Earl once said that money makes the world go round. Without exposing yourself, you can make promises within your authority and collect as much information as possible about the Odins and the Second Prince Rez, and pass the information back to Idar Territory as soon as possible!"
"Bridger, leader of Intelligence Group 7, everything here is left to you. I have to rush back immediately to report the current situation to the Earl in person!" Baumil said seriously.
"yes!"
Bridger looked solemn.
(End of this chapter)
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