Chapter 54: Earl Solon's Compromise (Please recommend! Please read!)
Chapter 54: Count Solon's Compromise Bruno has always agreed with the view that war is an extension of politics, and all military activities should serve politics.
Therefore, when Count Soren agreed to negotiate and admitted defeat, Bruno immediately ordered a cessation of all military operations against Soren.
In his opinion, the life of every Idar soldier is precious.
Although only three soldiers from Idar were killed in the previous conflict, it still made Bruno, who was accustomed to peaceful development, feel a little uncomfortable.
But he also knew clearly that war would always result in casualties, so he could only gradually adjust his state.
The conditions Bruno proposed in the letter were undoubtedly harsh. Whether in terms of land cession or compensation in gold coins, Bruno was asking for too much.
But now the Lord of Soran no longer had any room for bargaining. After his army was completely annihilated, Earl Soran was like an old lamb to be slaughtered, having lost all bargaining chips...
"This is too much! Such a request is simply unheard of! No respectable noble can accept such an agreement!"
Count Soren, whose oil lamp was almost exhausted, attended the peace talks held on the outskirts of Sorenburg accompanied by his personal servants.
The old man was so furious at Bruno's conditions that Bruno was afraid that he would faint if he wasn't careful.
In fact, the main dispute between the two sides still centered on...well, all the clauses were controversial, but the most serious one was the one that gave away all the territory south of the Sauron River.
But Bruno refused to give in to this condition, because he found a perfect place to build a wonder on the banks of the Sauron River!
Just about twenty kilometers away from Sollenberg, there is a mudflat at the confluence of the Sollenberg River and its tributaries, and the original geographical environment of the Namur Fortress is extremely similar to this place.
Moreover, once the Namur Fortress was built here, the rushing water of the Sauron River could be used to resist the threat from the north.
At the same time, building a fortress here can directly include the Grand Highlands within the territory of Idar, which is of extremely important strategic significance for the large-scale mining of iron ore in the Grand Highlands.
It is precisely based on these reasons that Bruno is determined to obtain the land south of the Sauron River.
However, Bruno had no interest in this kind of wasteful war of words, so he called old Ford, who was originally in Idar City to stabilize the rear, overnight.
As for the outcome of the negotiations, let these two old men argue about it.
Bruno himself led Liszt and several followers to scout the area along the Sauron River in advance.
To be honest, the current of the Sauron River is very strong. If Idar's soldiers had not rushed quickly and crossed the Sauron River before the Sauron Lord could react, the soldiers might have suffered casualties.
[Terrain entry successful——]
[Wonder modeling completed——]
【Have you selected the location for building the wonder? 】
The familiar pop-up window appeared again, and Bruno chose to reply affirmatively without hesitation.
Not long after, a faint sound of "biu" was heard in the air. Bruno's jacket pocket suddenly felt heavy. He touched it and realized that the construction drawings of Fort Namur had arrived.
However, despite the experience of building the Hanging Gardens, the construction of the Namur Fortress still faced many difficulties.
The most important point is still the problem of insufficient manpower.
You know, Idar County is currently building a road connecting Stranglethorn Vale, Idar County and Mann's Fortress. Just to build this road, all the idle production teams in Idar have been mobilized.
In addition to this road, there are three more roads waiting to be paved.
Moreover, early spring has arrived, and most of the serfs and civilians in Idar are busy with farming, so manpower is in short supply.
In addition, since it was decided to build the Namur Fortress here, a road would be needed to connect the Namur Fortress and the city of Idar.
Therefore, from this perspective, Idar Territory still has five roads and a fortress that need to be built, and both manpower and money are urgently needed.
Fortunately, Bruno did not tell old Ford in advance, otherwise old Ford might have fainted from anger again.
"That's right!" Bruno suddenly had an idea and ordered Liszt, "Go and tell old Ford that the gold coin compensation can be reduced a little, but it must be compensated to our serfs! The more the better, and we will accept all!"
"As you wish, sir," Liszt replied.
After two days of negotiations, the Idar Territory and the Soren Territory finally reached an agreement and formally signed the "Treaty of Sorenburg" on the outskirts of Sorenburg.
The content of the treaty did not change much. After all, old Ford was no pushover when it came to a quarrel.
Of course, all the land south of Sauron's territory belongs to Bruno, and this is a point that Bruno particularly emphasized.
Old Ford also made some compromises on the issue of gold coin compensation. After all, the gold coin compensation offered by Bruno at that time was really ridiculously high and was purely used for extortion.
As a result, the total amount of compensation in gold coins and the ransom for Herman Barkley was reduced to a total of one thousand gold coins, but at the same time, Lord Soren was required to unconditionally give Lord Idar three hundred serfs.
As for the other details, most of them are irrelevant.
Bruno was very satisfied with the result. After all, this counterattack almost allowed him to annex half of the territory of Soran Territory, greatly expanded the area of Idar Territory, and also expanded the range of the Sky Garden's bonus effect.
All the knights captured in the war were released along with Herman Barkley, while the civilian soldiers were detained by Bruno.
The captured civilian soldiers will be demoted to serfs of Idar and formed into several new production teams, who will be tasked with building the Namur Fortress together with the 300 serfs given by Solon.
"Old Ford..."
Bruno called out as he happily flipped through the newly signed Treaty of Sorenburg.
"Yes, sir."
"Here." Bruno handed over a roll of parchment as if nothing had happened.
"What...is this?" Old Ford took it with confusion.
Then……
An ominous premonition began to spread in his mind.
"The Soran Lord has evil ambitions and has been eyeing the Idar Lord covetously. Although we defeated them this time, there is no guarantee that they will not invade again. Therefore, I decided to build a fortress by the Soran River to serve as a bridgehead for the Idar defense system." Bruno said excitedly.
"Master... why are you going to ruin the family again..."
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