Chapter 458 Changes in the Southern Continent

After seeing the contents of the letter with their own eyes, everyone's faces turned ugly. At this moment, everyone understood why the Foreign Minister wanted them to see it for themselves instead of directly relaying it.

"Land exchange" is only one of the conditions. In addition to this most intolerable requirement, there are also a series of additional conditions.

Including a series of demands such as war reparations, restrictions on armaments, and an arms trade ban, each of them is a loss of power and humiliation to the country.

Logically speaking, if the elves are so open-minded, everyone should reject them outright.

The reality is just the opposite. The higher the enemy demands, the more hesitant everyone becomes. There is no way, the elves are too confident.

If he refuses, the Hessian Kingdom will soon face a war of annihilation. When it comes to the life and death of the kingdom and the fate of each family, no one dares to make a decision easily.

"If we become the key attack target of the elves, how long can the kingdom hold on? Is it possible to hold on until reinforcements from the alliance arrive?"

Alexander V asked uncertainly.

The elven army was exported to all the countries in the Central Continent. They only bore a quarter of the firepower, and the front line collapsed all the way.

If the enemy adjusts its offensive strategy, shifts from a comprehensive attack to a focused attack, and invests most of its troops in the Hessian Kingdom, the situation will change immediately.

“Your Majesty, if there were no stonemen to hinder us, we might be able to give it a try.

In the current bad situation, even if the enemy does not increase its troops, the kingdom may not be able to survive for long. "

Count Nicholas's responsible words directly broke all Alexander V's illusions, and the atmosphere in the hall became more and more depressing.

According to the recognized strength levels in the mainland, the strength of the elves is compared with the Holy See and the Frankish Kingdom.

It turns out that there is also an orc empire in this echelon. It's just that the orcs were too active and fell to the second echelon after receiving a severe beating.

At this level are the Kingdom of Iliba, the Kingdom of the Dwarves, and the Kingdom of Alpha when it is still intact.

The other seven kingdoms of the human race, including the Kingdom of Hesse, and several foreign forces all belong to the third echelon.

Of course, this is only based on past performance and everyone's strength on paper.

Within the same echelon, the gap in strength is also very large, and it changes at any time.

For example: after the last orc invasion, the Alpha Kingdom fell to the third echelon, and the Warhammer Kingdom slipped to the fourth echelon.

The declining Kingdom of Oprus, Kingdom of Avarat, and Kingdom of Ruthenia were classified as the third echelon only in terms of their overall strength due to their large size.

In terms of military strength alone, it has already fallen.

The Hessian Kingdom is very embarrassed now, or the three major kingdoms in the Central Continent are very embarrassed.

Judging from their record, they were not only incomparable to the Alpha Kingdom next door, but also to the aliens in the third echelon.

Take the Hessian Kingdom as an example. When they attacked the Stonemen earlier, they led a group of boys to fight in groups, but they still lost more than they won.

Those who knew the inside story understood that this was an opportunity to consume the power of the vassal; those who did not know thought that they were also lost.

Now that they have been severely beaten by the coalition of ancient survivors, the outside world is even more doubtful about their strength. The reason why the elven lions opened their mouths was essentially because their performance on the battlefield was too disappointing.

Forget about the poor performance of the cannon fodder troops, the dozen or so main legions that have been put into the battlefield have not achieved the results they deserve.

Being demoralized by pig teammates can be used as an excuse to lose the battle, but it cannot gain the enemy's recognition of their strength.

Respect will only be based on strength, but if they perform better on the battlefield, the elves will not be able to make so many unreasonable demands.

"Your Majesty, let the Ministry of Foreign Affairs make contact with the elves first. It would be best if we can reach an agreement. If we can't reach an agreement, we can also delay it for a while.

No matter what, at this time, the kingdom cannot advance rashly and become the key target of the alien army.

If possible, it would be best to coordinate the relationship so that the Dante Kingdom and the South Bank Kingdom are aligned with us.

When necessary, we can pass the news to the Frankish Kingdom and the Holy See, urging them to send reinforcements as soon as possible! "

Prime Minister Duke Milton said solemnly.

It is impossible to fully accept the enemy's demands. No one dares to sign a treaty that is so humiliating and humiliating to the country.

Direct refusal is even worse. That would be more serious than losing power and humiliating the country.

In this context, delaying time on the grounds of negotiation has become the best option.

If you really can't handle it, drag your allies into the water together. If one family cannot afford the political consequences of compromising to a foreign race, then it should involve several more families to share the burden.

As for using compromise with foreigners as a bargaining chip to blackmail the Holy See and the Frankish Kingdom into sending troops for rescue, Duke Milton was not optimistic.

The risk is simply too great. While exerting pressure, you may also be sending yourself to a point of no return.

After all, times have changed. The Frankish Kingdom, which had pulled out the orcs, and the Holy See, which had regained its strength, were now sharpening their swords and trying to expand their power.

It's just a matter of attacking alien races. The annexation within the human world is not that simple. Without a suitable excuse, it may lead to interference from various countries at any time.

Using the threat of compromise with a foreign race as a bargaining chip will most likely backfire. Maybe what the Frankish Kingdom and the Holy See want to see most now is that they compromise with the foreigners.

The big label of "selling out the interests of the human race" can be used to crush the Hessian Kingdom. With such a stain, even if it happened ten or eight years ago, people can still clear up the old score.

If you really want to compromise with the elves, you must learn from the Alpha Kingdom and the Principality of Moxi, which both signed secret agreements with the elves in private.

In order to cover up the existence of the secret agreement, the Principality of Moxi now fights fake wars with the elven army on the border every day. Around the border cities, it's a fight between you and me.

The two parties have agreed on a time. You control the first, third, and fifth days, and I control the second, fourth, and sixth days.

To prove the intensity of the battle, the magic crystal cannons of both sides kept ringing from time to time, and the sound of artillery fire could be heard for dozens of miles around.

In order to make the effect more realistic, corpse actors often appear on the stage, focusing on one profession.

"Just do what the prime minister says!"

Alexander V said with a bitter look on his face.

All the ambitions and ambitions before the war were in vain. Now there is only one idea in his mind - "reform".

In fact, the three most powerful kingdoms among the human race have all undergone political reforms in the past hundred years.

The Kingdom of Hesse did not follow up. That was because no matter the reforms of Charles I in the Frankish Kingdom or the dynastic wars in the Iliban Kingdom, many people were killed during the reform process.

The only one that has undergone relatively smooth reforms is the Alpha Kingdom. The orcs have their butcher knives on everyone's necks, and everyone is about to fall to the ground. There is really no time for internal fighting.

The Principality of Moxi, which was successfully reformed later, was also forced to carry out internal reforms when the orcs came to the city.

These are all cases of successful reform, but more reforms end in failure.

The three declining kingdoms all declined rapidly because of the failure of internal reforms and counterattacks by interest groups, which led to the damage to the authority of the central government.

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"Idiot, what are you still doing? Throw stones!"

"The difficulty depends on the enemy..."

Before the ogre officer could finish his reprimand, several soldiers in front of him fell down. Taking a closer look, the middle-aged ogre's eyes became moist.

I don't know when these soldiers were hit by arrows. Just now they continued to fight purely by relying on their tenacious willpower, but now they finally couldn't hold on anymore.

Similar scenes happen every day on the battlefield. The human race may be able to tolerate the existence of other alien races, but it is absolutely impossible to let go of their ogre clan.

Just look at the name of the race "Cannibal" and you will know how much hatred they have. In order to reflect their unrelenting hatred, the human race also deliberately added the word "devil" to their racial name.

It has nothing to do with emotions, it is purely a fight for survival. If an ogre wants to activate his talent for cultivation, he must devour human flesh and blood; if he wants to cultivate magic, he must devour human souls.

They are the natural enemies of mankind. If they are allowed to live in the world, it would be a blasphemy to all members of the human race.

Now that humans have become the overlords of the continent, the ogres will naturally suffer the most severe beatings. As soon as the continental war begins, their end will come.

The Iliban Kingdom brought a group of younger brothers and launched the most brutal war against them. The slogans they shouted were "Clean up the world's garbage and exterminate the ogres."

It doesn't matter whether you surrender or not. The enemy just wants to kill all the ogres. Even if they repeatedly promise that they will not eat human flesh or swallow human souls, it will have no effect.

Potential threats must be eliminated. The Human Race Alliance issued an order to exterminate the genocide, and anyone who dared to show mercy to them would be punished with treason.

Under high pressure, there will be backlash.

Forced into a desperate situation, the ogres can only fight against the humans in their own way. Both sides are fighting for race, and there is no right or wrong.

"The magic crystal cannon adjusts its angle and aims at the building in the city."

"Magic crossbow, volley!"

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Magical technology has changed the mode of war. With long-range fire suppression, the attackers' losses are actually smaller than those of the defenders.

Of course, one of the important reasons for this is that the human race is powerful, and the difficulty for the ogres to obtain the human flesh and blood soul has greatly increased.

Many ogres have no chance to activate their cultivation talents from birth to death, and can only be reduced to the lowest level in the clan.

"Rumble, boom, boom..."

After a loud noise, the overwhelmed city wall finally fell down. Countless ogres were buried directly under the rocks.

The ogre clan, whose civilization was in the tribal era, was able to build such a royal city because of the great efforts of the alien alliance.

It is a pity that this royal city did not bring glory to the ogre clan. Instead, it met with disaster ten years after it was built.

Countless human soldiers rushed into the city from the gap and fought with the ogre soldiers guarding the city. Behind them, there is a steady stream of human troops, which are constantly pouring into the city.

The ogre soldiers who gathered in a hurry were quickly dispersed by the human army, and then fell into a pool of blood.

In every street, every alley, and every building, both sides will compete fiercely.

The battle lasted until the seventeenth day after the city was broken, and the ogre defenders were completely wiped out.

After the war, the Ogre King's City was littered with broken arms and limbs. In the entire continental war, there was no place where the fighting was so fierce and a complete grinding mill of flesh and blood.

After receiving the battle report, King Bordeaux VIII was silent. This victory came too heavy. An ogre king's city swallowed the lives of 800,000 people.

Fortunately, the ogres only have one royal city. If there were a few more, the battle would be impossible.

Although most of the casualties were contributed by the younger brothers, the Iliban Kingdom has still lost 400,000 troops so far in the war.

A race that is determined to fight to the death will not end once it captures a royal city. The subsequent battle in the ravine will only last longer.

A costly victory is also a victory. It is also exciting news for the entire continental war.

Countries don't care about the casualties of the Iliban Kingdom, as long as everyone knows that the human race has won. The main battlefield was won, and the subsequent finishing battles can be slowly grinded out.

If you are afraid of trouble, you can also join the mercenary or slave catching team. These are professional teams, and they can do the mopping up work faster than the regular army.

With the fall of the Ogre King's City, the human race has won a great victory in the southern continent, and the only remaining alien race is the dwarf kingdom.

However, geographically speaking, most of the territory of the Dwarf Kingdom is in the central continent, but the Holy See who is at war with them is considered by the outside world to be a force in the southern continent.

The good news spread, directly stimulating the major battlefields in the mainland. Hudson, who was far away in the prairie, smiled when he received the news.

The strong bones of the ogre have been chewed off by the Iliban Kingdom, and the probability of the human race winning the continental war has increased invisibly.

The strength of both sides has increased and decreased, and now it is the alien alliance that has a headache. Hudson was very much looking forward to the expressions of the three elf queens when they received the news.

The elves kept paddling and finally participated in a continental war, but the situation showed signs of collapse.

Following the Holy See and the Frankish Kingdom, the Iliban Kingdom also freed up some of its power, and the main force of the continental coalition already existed.

It is estimated that the elves at this moment have begun to think about how they will end up.

Either go all out to destroy all the countries in the Central Continent, bet all the chips, and fight a war with the human race to determine the overlord of the mainland; or find an opportunity to give up and wait for an opportunity to end the war.

The same troubles exist in the Orc Empire. Once the human race is completely victorious, how can we eat their good fruits?

"Give me the order to have the scout team set up a beacon tower in the opposite direction of the army's march and wait for my order."

"For specific standards, just refer to the enemy's beacon tower settings. Don't do it too well."

Hudson asked worriedly.

There is also something special about beacon fires, and the beacon towers that the Orc Empire hastily launched are undoubtedly the most low-end ones.

During the previous battle, Hudson also saw some orc soldiers using the wrong materials. It was originally intended to create smoke, but it turned into a raging fire.

It's the same message, but the smoke can be clearly seen dozens of miles away, and the flames can spread for a few miles at most.

An idle move in chess won't make the best use of it.

His intuition told him that the road back home would not be peaceful. The sudden change of situation has increased the pressure on the Orc Empire, and they will definitely take action.

The situation on the mainland is gradually unfavorable to the alien alliance, but as long as they can defeat the Alpha Kingdom, everything can be reversed.

One side occupies the northern continent, and the other occupies the southern continent, and the competition begins around the central continent. It is easy to form a pattern of opposition between north and south.