Chapter 1458 North-South Alliance

The news that the Jumonville Corps had advanced to the Brass Pass reached the port of Leiden, the capital of Alfheim, and immediately caused an uproar in all walks of life!

The people of Alfheim, who had been preoccupied with watching the "Yankees" show, never expected that the invasion attempt of the Fierce Lord Fei to the Midgard area was only at the "talking" stage, but the Hailan people were even more aggressive. Ruthless, "a dog that bites does not bark", just go straight to it!

The southern manor owners who were still gloating yesterday, now their buttocks are on fire, and they can't sit still!

Facing the approaching Sea Blue Corps, the Colonial Council and His Excellency the Governor in Port Leiden panicked and held a meeting overnight to discuss countermeasures.

The next morning, the governor of Alfheim, Sir John Norfolk, issued a public statement, severely condemning the banditry of the Hailan people for their undeclared war, and asked General Jumonville to rein in the precipice and withdraw from the Brass Mountains immediately, so as not to cause disputes between the two countries .

The stern declaration, instead of scaring off General Jumonville, attracted ridicule instead.

In the afternoon of the same day, the Hailan authorities released a confidential document, to be precise, a "letter of surrender".

The signer of the instrument of surrender, George Vaser, was a lieutenant-colonel officer in the Alfheim colony.

In October last year, the Vasa lieutenant colonel led a force that crossed the disputed area on the border between Yalfheim and Muspelheim, entered the Brass Pass, and built a military fort there.

This blatant provocation immediately aroused the vigilance of the Muspelheim colonial authorities.

The Governor, Count Antonioni, initially hoped to resolve the border dispute peacefully. After communicating with the Governor of Alfheim, John Norfolk, he sent Sir Joseph Jumonville, the elder brother of General Louis Jumonville, to this end. As a special envoy, lead a diplomatic team to the port of Leiden to attend border demarcation negotiations.

This mission, which aimed to avoid war, had just arrived in the Derlin Valley, and was attacked by the Vasa Corps unprepared. All members of the mission, including Sir Jumonville, were massacred without exception. Only a second lieutenant of the cavalry who accompanied him managed to escape and exposed this horrific tragedy.

After the tragedy, from the land of Lamar to the colony of Muspelheim, people from all walks of life were outraged and condemned the murderer of Sir Jumonville.

It is a basic principle in war that the two countries do not fight each other, not to mention that among the murdered diplomats was a jazz from a famous noble family.

In order to avenge his brother, General Louis Jumonville led his army northward to the Brass Pass. With the assistance of the Jackals and the fire giant mercenaries, he captured the Nissei Fortress where the Vasa Corps was stationed in early October 1620.

Seeing that there was no hope of breaking through, Lieutenant Colonel Vasa was forced to lead his troops to surrender.

Sir Jumonville hated George Vassar, the murderer of his brother, but out of consideration for the overall situation, he did not massacre the prisoners of war. He suppressed his hatred and accepted the order from Governor Antonioni. After signing the instrument of surrender, the disarmed troops were released, thus laying the groundwork for peace talks between the two sides.

In this letter of surrender, George Vassar, commander of Alfheim's Southward Corps, admitted that he personally ordered the murder of Sir Joseph Jumonville and his entourage.

Out of the consideration of facilitating the peace talks, Hailan did not announce the surrender letter that would shame Alfheim and even the imperial authorities.

It has been more than a year now, and time has changed. Why did the Hailan people publish this document?

The answer is actually very simple.

The Hailan side released Lieutenant Colonel Vasa and others at the beginning to express their sincerity in the negotiation, but unfortunately the empire side backtracked, and the terms signed during the original negotiations, such as giving up the interests in the Graberen colony, have not been fully fulfilled so far.

The Hailan people lost patience with the untrustworthy behavior of the imperial authorities, and simply took advantage of the opportunity of the Canaan Kingdom to declare war on the empire, and sent General Jumonville to lead the army northward to ensure the implementation of the terms of the peace talks by force.

Cooperating with General Jumonville's military operations, the public exposure of the surrender document signed by George Vassar a year ago is not only to slap Sir Norfolk, the governor of Jotunheim, in the face, but also to show that his side is famous and win the support of public opinion .

Louis Jumonville is worthy of being a famous general of the sea blue. He marched to the north like a bamboo, and took down the camp established by the Yalfheim military in the Delin Valley in just one week, forming a siege to the town of Delin located in the upper reaches of the valley.

Delin Town is the most populous and most economically developed agricultural town in the south of Yalfheim. Once Delin Town falls, the Jumonville Corps can establish a solid stronghold in the local area, gradually conquer surrounding villages and towns, and then open up a route to enter the colony The smooth road to the capital city of Leighton.

In the unlikely event that Port Leiden could not be defended, the colonial rule of the Holy Ashean Empire in the southern part of the New World would enter the countdown.

The flames of war sweeping across the south made the MPs and the owners of the large manors in Port Leiden feel a huge threat. Seeing that their wealth was about to be lost, how could they have the heart to watch the fire from the other side? On the one hand, they urgently asked the mother country government for help. At the same time, he hastened to repair with the compatriots in the north.

Overnight, the attitude of the dignitaries of Alfheim towards the Midgardians reversed 180 degrees. From gloating and extorting, they now greet each other with a smile. relative.

The change in attitude is also reasonable. After all, the dignitaries in Alfheim know very well that distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors. Compared with relying on the mother country across the ocean to send troops for reinforcements, the support of the northern compatriots is more reliable.

In the eventful autumn of 1621, the two colonies of the Holy Ashean Empire in the New World were shrouded in the shadow of war at the same time.

The tense atmosphere is increasing day by day. Under the threat of war, the two colonies in the north and the south are united more closely than ever before, and they are racing against time to prepare for the disaster that may come at any time.

Before that, the colonies had no contact with each other, and only cared about the little things at the door of the house.

Now that the Hailan people and Master Fei have united, and the support from the mother country has been delayed, we can't just sit and wait for death, right?

In a blink of an eye, at the beginning of January 1622, Sir John Norfolk, Governor of Alfheim, was invited by Sir William Nichols, Governor of Midgard, to personally lead a mission to the north of Midgard City to attend the New World History The first Governor-level summit since.

In addition to the military and political representatives of the two major colonies, the indigenous representatives of the Asa people from the south and the north also gathered in Midgard City to participate in this grand event aimed at maintaining the colonial rule of the empire in the New World.

For the colonists of the Ashan New World and the aborigines of the Asa tribe who have been in a state of disunity and even hostility for many years, it is not easy to take this step.