Chapter 421: Butterfly Wings (Ⅱ)

"It's still a question. Of course, we can only give up Graberen and stop the loss in time."

General Jumonville replied angrily.

"That's right! The imperial authorities were forced to abandon the colonization plan in Graberen. It is conceivable that it is very painful. In this case, out of the psychology of seeking compensation, they will take Midgard and Asia even more. The two colonies of Wolfheim, which have been painstakingly managed for many years, are tightly held in our hands, and we are reluctant to let go!" Antonioni said with a smile.

"So what?" General Jumonville asked impatiently.

"Louis, my dear friend, this is politics!"

Antonioni couldn't help standing up excitedly.

"The Graberen area that the imperial authorities are considering giving up is precisely the fat that our Sea Blue Kingdom has been eager to seize for many years. If we can facilitate the withdrawal of the empire from Graberen, won't this piece of fat fall into our mouths? "

"Conversely, if the imperial authorities realize Graberen's irreplaceable strategic value to our country and insist on refusing to withdraw their troops, the empire's Graberen colony and the empire's Alfheim colony happen to be in the sea blue Mus The north and south sides of the Belheim colony are like a pair of iron tongs, holding our poor Muspelheim tightly!"

"When the imperial authorities put down the rebellion in the Far East and calm down, the two major colonies in the north and the south will work together, and Muspelheim, which is caught in the middle, will suffer!"

General Jumonville's expression changed upon hearing this.

"Dangerous, Louis, the situation in Alfheim is too dangerous!"

Antonioni shook his fist excitedly.

"In order to get rid of the fate of being attacked by the north and the south, in order to keep our great Muspelheim colony, Louis, as a subject of the Seablue Kingdom, we have the obligation to facilitate the withdrawal of the imperial authorities from Graberen, so as to get rid of the iron clamp that chokes the throat , even if you pay some price for it, it’s worth it!”

"The price is the unconditional release of the prisoners of war of the Imperial Frontier Guards held in Fort Nissey, giving up the territory we have so hard to conquer, and withdrawing to the south of the Brass Pass?" General Jumonville shouted unwillingly: "We have paid so much , won the victory with great difficulty, wouldn't it be a waste of work!"

"So what?" Antonioni asked coldly, "Compared with the vast and boundless Graberen, the small Fortress of Nissei is more important, don't you know?"

"Of course I know...but I'm not reconciled, poor Joseph died in vain!" General Jumonville punched the table angrily.

"Louis, don't forget that your brother died fighting for peace, and you are personally ruining the peace Joseph wanted to fight for!"

"Your insistence is not to avenge Joseph, but to betray Joseph's ideals!"

"Enough is enough, Louis, if Joseph's soul sees you like this... how disappointed it will be!"

Tears welled up in Antonioni's eyes.

General Jumonville looked at his friend in astonishment, remained silent for a long time, and said unwillingly: "At least I will hang that guy named George Vassar and a big guy named Magny Powhatan. Responsible for Joseph's death!"

"Be sober, my poor friend!"

Antonioni waved his hand angrily and issued a warning in a stern voice.

"If you really think that the hanging of two prisoners of war is insignificant, you are very wrong! Don't forget that the war caused by one ear fourteen years ago-the most precious thing we can learn from history The lesson is to avoid making the same mistakes!"

General Jumonville seemed to have been slapped in the face, and his face changed rapidly.

Under Antonioni's uncompromising stare, he finally nodded reluctantly and agreed to take care of the overall situation and release all the prisoners of war.

...

When Louis Jumonville and Diego Antonioni had a fierce dispute, Joan, who was hiding in the corner of the next door and eavesdropping, also set off a storm in his heart.

In fact, as early as three months ago, he had read the news of the turmoil in the Far East Province of the Empire in the "Leiden Post", and he didn't take it seriously at the time.

After all, the Far East Province and the Alfheim Colony were separated by oceans, which was too far away, and the disputes there had no effect on his life. Moreover, with the powerful force of the Ashan Empire, it should be easy to suppress the turmoil in a remote province.

This is not only Joan's personal thoughts. In fact, from the mainland of the empire to the overseas colonies, the vast majority of citizens have a similar mentality.

However, the follow-up development of the situation in the Far East was far beyond people's expectations. Instead of subsiding the chaos, it intensified and quickly escalated from an economic "anti-tax movement" to a political "independence revolution."

What surprised Joan even more was that the father and son of Rudolf Kolas and Roland Kolas, who led this independent revolution—the empire officially defined it as a "rebellion"—under the circumstance that almost everyone disliked them, Leading a militia armed forces, the weak defeated the strong many times, completely defeated the regular knights stationed in the Far East Province by the imperial authorities, and successfully marched into the "Fortress of Atonement", the capital of the Far East Province in September this year, and formed a new government. Actually seized power.

On October 1, 1620, the day when the offensive and defensive battle of the Nissei fortress started, the Kolas government in the Far East held a grand founding ceremony. Rudolf Kolas was crowned as "Rudolf I", and The capital of the Far East Province, "Fort Atonement" was renamed "Fort Kolas", and it was designated as the capital of the new "Kingdom of Kolas".

So far, the Far East Province has officially established itself as an independent country, and the territory of the Holy Ashan Empire that has lasted for thousands of years was torn apart, and the whole country was shocked.

Joan was also surprised by the fact that the rebel party in the Far East established an independent country, but forget it after the surprise. This kind of thing has to worry about His Majesty the Emperor and the cabinet ministers in the Holy City of Ashan. It has nothing to do with him, a small man living in an overseas colony. coherent.

Until now, after hearing Jumonville's argument with Antonioni, Joan realized that he was wrong.

As Antonioni pointed out, everything in the world is subtly connected. A "butterfly" in the Far East flapped its wings and set off a storm in the Nissei Fortress on the other side of the ocean, so that it completely reversed the fate of all the prisoners of war held in the fortress. !

After sorting out the cause and effect of the whole incident, Qiao An had mixed feelings in her heart, and she didn't know whether to cry or laugh.

I racked my brains to rescue the prisoners of war, but I didn't know that people were not as good as heaven. The sudden change of the international political situation prompted General Jumonville to accept the instructions from the high-level Hailan government, and he was about to take the initiative to release the prisoners of war.

In such a delicate situation, if I and Kandy continue to implement the original rescue plan, they may do bad things with good intentions, leading to counterproductive results.

The most correct thing I can do at present is to do nothing and wait and see.