Mage Veigar

Chapter 469 Negotiation Application
The morning light is faint.

At this time, the City of Black Gold slowly opened its gates.

boom--

With the opening of the gates of the City of Black Gold, it signaled that the protracted war had come to an end and that the Holy Dynasty had regained the last piece of its territory. Of course, this so-called "reclaiming" was illegal because the City of Black Gold was strictly speaking already a city of the Empire.

If it were in peacetime.

This matter will be appealed to the international conference, and then the kingdom, the empire and some western countries can openly invade the territory of the Holy Dynasty under this banner and execute the "just" judgment.

But today is different.

Now all countries are busy taking care of themselves, especially the United Kingdom, which is hoping that the Holy Dynasty can severely curb the empire's enthusiasm and buy time for them to recover. Naturally, it is impossible for them to use such an excuse to cause trouble for the dynasty at this time.

of course.

It is not ruled out that other countries will make a fuss about this matter after the mainland enters a peaceful period again. But as long as your fist is strong enough, they will be thankful if you don't launch an aggressive war against them. How dare they take the initiative to provoke you?
The so-called rules of the game have always been defended by force.

The game between major powers does not involve any rules or laws at all; they tend to prefer the most primitive solutions.

Veigar was clearly well versed in this.

He was not worried about tearing up the contract and taking over the City of Black Gold. Instead, he was ready to use the bargaining chips in his hand to negotiate terms with the empire. If he was lucky, he might be able to become the winner of this war.

So what chips does Veigar have?

Although Vega lost about 3 soldiers from a legion in this war.

But we have to mention here that Vega's final record in this battle was 50,000 enemies killed and 70,000 captured.

Under Vega's attack from both sides, there were almost no enemies who escaped. Most of them were captured by Vega, including the commander-in-chief Eskar and several division commanders under him.

These are all bargaining chips.

Not to mention the 70,000 prisoners, Eskar alone is enough to be "sold" at a good price.

As for this "good price", Vega has already thought about it -

War airships!

Although the blueprints for this strategic weapon, Vega, are available, blueprints and manufacturing are two different things. It will take a long transition period to fully master the technology. As for the current stage, it is probably unrealistic to expect the kingdom, which is already preoccupied with its own affairs, to fulfill its promise.

Therefore, Vega resisted the temptation to kill 70,000 prisoners to improve his strength, just to get a good price in exchange for the 70,000 prisoners and generals like Eskar, so that the dynasty could survive the blank period without an air force.

Moreover, killing prisoners is ultimately a disgraceful act.

Killing 70,000 people to improve strength is certainly satisfying, but the next time you encounter an enemy of equal strength, once this matter is spread by the enemy commander, the soldiers under you will fight to the death and refuse to surrender. In the long run, Vega will definitely lose more than he gains.

Therefore, in the long run, prisoners can only be used as bargaining chips.

As a big country, the Empire certainly cannot refuse this negotiation. If the Empire refuses to negotiate, once someone with ulterior motives spreads the news in the Empire, the entire country will probably be in turmoil.

The fact was just as Vega expected.

On the seventh day after the end of the war, the Empire sent an envoy to submit a request for negotiation to Xia.

At that time, Silis stopped this matter in time. She asked Vega to keep these envoys out and not allow them to submit negotiation applications to Xia. The reason for doing so was of course to take the initiative in the negotiations.

Silis told Vega that it would not be too late to accept the Empire's request for negotiation ten days later.

Because these 10 days were enough time for the empire's envoys to get restless and slowly raise their bargaining chips. When the day of the actual negotiation came, it would be easy to figure out the maximum price the empire could pay. Vega handed the negotiation over to Silis.

After all, Celis is a businessman, and businessmen are obviously good at negotiations.

Time flies, and it is the eve of the negotiations.

Vega began to do superficial work in the prisoner concentration camp to show that he did not abuse the prisoners. Although no one would believe this if he made it public, he still had to do the face-saving work in order to extort more resettlement fees and food expenses.

At the same time, Vega came to the High Prison to meet Eskar.

creak-

The dark cell door was opened.

This so-called high-end prison does not mean that the room interior, food and other conditions are better, but that the means of torturing people have been upgraded from elementary to advanced, making it even more difficult for people to live or die.

As soon as he entered the room, Vega saw the haggard Eskar.

At this time, he had been tortured beyond recognition. Although there were no marks on his face, his body was covered with centipede-like scars, which looked really shocking.

This is not a TV show.

Therefore, senior generals would never receive any preferential treatment when they were captured. Instead, they would be subjected to more severe punishment by the enemy. After all, the higher the seniority of the general, the more secrets they hold in their hands, so there is no reason not to torture them severely.

"General, how are you these days?"

Vega ignored Eskar's injuries and just greeted him with a smile. He asked his men to untie Eskar and invited him to sit on the chair.

"Cough cough cough-"

The pale-faced Eskar coughed and did not answer Vega's question. Instead, he picked up the wine on the table and took several big gulps of it until he choked and could not drink any more.

There was silence for several minutes.

Eskar, who had recovered a little, asked, "Did the Empire finally send someone to negotiate with you? It's earlier than I expected. I can finally go home..."

"General, are you so confident that I will let you go?"

Vega chuckled, as if preparing to scare Eskar.

But Eskar obviously didn't care: "You and I were both generals of the Empire. I think we have both experienced unforgettable 'secrecy training'. So do you think these punishments can make me reveal the Empire's intelligence? I am of no use to you at all. My only role is probably to replace a few more war airships."

"Your Excellency is wise."

Vega certainly didn't expect to get anything out of Eskar. He just came here to say goodbye to Eskar. After all, they worked together before, and he was afraid that he would never have the chance to see him again after this separation.

After all, Eskar personally ruined the good war situation on the west coast.

Therefore, the most likely possibility is that the Empire will force Eskar to retire early, and in serious cases, he may even be stripped of his honors and military rank.

"Cough cough cough..."

For the first time, Eskar showed a dejected expression. "Even if I am redeemed, I'm sure it's not difficult for you to guess what my fate will be. Since we've worked together, can you answer two simple questions for me?"

"But it doesn't matter."

Veigar was not prepared to embarrass a general who was about to retire from the war stage, and seemed quite generous at this time.

(End of this chapter)