Chapter 134 Helpless

Marquis Descartes originally thought that Xu Yi's unexpectedly tough attitude was just a negotiating tactic, in order to force the Candela Empire to change conditions that were more favorable to them.

This kind of negotiation method is also quite common, so he was only startled at the beginning, but he was not in a hurry. While reporting the initial negotiation situation to the senior management of the Candela Empire, he was preparing to continue contacting the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and the Luerson Kingdom for the next step. Negotiation step.

However, to his surprise, both the Kingdom of Rulson and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce have firmly rejected his request to meet and talk again, so that he and the envoys met in the city of Babulal. After staying here for a full week, I didn't even see any person in charge of Luerxun Kingdom and Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, let alone Xu Yi who played a decisive role.

A week later, a piece of news reached the ears of the Marquis Descartes, and he and the entire envoy were shocked and speechless.

The coalition forces of the Rulson Kingdom and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce guards broke through Mobigan City, the southern city of Talaman Province, two days ago, on May 3rd, and are now approaching the provincial capital of Talaman Province.

"Master Marquis, these guys seem...it seems that they really have no intention of negotiating with us..." a member of the envoy said to Marquis Descartes dumbfounded.

The Marquis of Descartes could no longer keep his usual indifferent and calm expression on his face, and his faint smile was full of bitterness.

It never occurred to him that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and the Luerxun Kingdom would continue to attack without giving them a chance to make peace.

Do they really think they have the ability to defeat the mighty Candela Empire?

"Master Marquis, what should we do now?" Another member of the envoy asked.

Marquis Descartes shook his head lightly, with a somewhat dazed expression.

The Xinfei Chamber of Commerce was so tough that he didn't expect it, so he didn't know what to do.

After pondering for a long time, Marquis Descartes heaved a long sigh.

"Wait. The only thing we can do is wait. In any case, it depends on how we perform on the battlefield. So now... we can only hope that the soldiers of the empire will not let us down... ..."

The other members of the mission look at me and I look at you, and you can see the bitterness in each other's smiles.

If the soldiers of the empire will not let them down on the battlefield. Why did they appear here, and even have to endure the arrogance of those guys from Ruerxun Kingdom and Xinfei Chamber of Commerce?

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From another point of view, the soldiers of the Kandela Imperial Army really did not disappoint the members of the envoys.

Because...they were indeed, as everyone expected, unable to withstand the attack of the Lu-Xin coalition forces at all.

After the Lu-Xin Allied Forces launched a frenzied attack even stronger than before. Talaman Province fell faster than Southwest Province.

In just twenty-one days, the provincial capital of Talaman Province was breached, and the Governor of Talaman Province, Duke Ragor, swore to the death and died directly in the battle.

The five magisters who were reinforced at the request of the Candela Empire Army were not all spared this time, and one magister fell. Two of the remaining four magisters were seriously injured, and the other two were forced to retreat.

After the province fell, the five cities in the north of Talaman Province surrendered to the Lu-Xin Allied Forces.

So far, Talaman Province has completely fallen.

On May 29th, the governor of the southern province, Duke Herman Windsor, suddenly announced the independence of the southern province from the Candela Empire.

As soon as the news came out, the entire Candela Empire was shocked, as was the entire Sainz Continent.

On June 7th, Tular Province, the southernmost province of the Candela Empire and the province with the most coastline in the Candela Empire, also announced its separation from the Candela Empire. But it was not to declare independence, but to join the Principality of Standing.

Tural Province is the province that has cooperated with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce the most among the many provinces of the Candela Empire. In recent years, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has established nearly a hundred cooperation projects in the Province of Tulare, almost It involves all aspects of Tural Province, and it can be said to be the deepest province.

When the Candela Empire declared the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce as a hostile chamber of commerce, although the industries under the name of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in Tular Province were also damaged to some extent, most of them were preserved through other means, making the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce The forces in the province of Tular are still deeply entrenched.

So this time the province of Tular announced that it would separate from the Candela Empire after the southern province and merged into the Principality of Standing, although it still shocked countless people. But it didn't come as a surprise to many.

However, unlike the impact of the southern province's declaration of independence, which is mainly on the spiritual level, the announcement of the independence of the Tular province has caused very serious and substantial damage to the Candela Empire.

Because of the previous cooperation agreement between the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and the Candela Empire, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce's investment and development of magic industry-related projects in the Candela Empire are mainly concentrated in two places.

The first place is an industrial base near the capital city of Wimbledon, but its main function is a demonstration. So it's not that big.

In comparison, the real cooperation projects between the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and the Candela Empire can be said to be all concentrated in the Tular Province.

The scale of the magic industry in the province of Tular alone is enough to account for more than 70% of all the magic industries developed by the Candela Empire over the years.

Now that the Tular Province is separated from the Candela Empire, it will have a serious impact on all aspects of the entire Candela Empire in an instant, and immediately trigger a nationwide panic in the Candela Empire.

More importantly, the secession of the Tular province. Meaning that the Candela Empire lost its southern coastline and lost all access to the sea.

The current Candela Empire has almost become a landlocked country.

Of course, the people on the current continent of Sainz do not have a strong understanding of this point.

The focus of people's attention is still the Lu-Xin coalition forces that are advancing into the interior of the Candela Empire.

Two provinces were conquered one after another, and during this period, the army of the Candela Empire did not even see the slightest hope of victory on the frontal battlefield, which severely damaged the morale and confidence of the Candela Empire.

Although the Candela Empire did not give up and tried every means to restore the decline, there was no chance of winning on the frontal battlefield. Even if they wanted to set up an ambush to turn the tide of the battle, it would be because of the ubiquitous magical airships of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. It all became a joke.

As the Lu-Xin coalition forces advanced towards Wimbledon City step by step, the commoners of the Candela Empire did not feel much, but the nobles at the top of the empire became more and more panicked.

After Southwest Province and Tural Province, thirteen provinces announced their separation from the Candela Empire, and publicly expressed their willingness to cooperate with Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to varying degrees.

As a result, nearly half of the provinces of the Candela Empire have been out of control.

In the history of the Candela Empire for nearly a thousand years, there have also been great chaos caused by various reasons. There were even times when the imperial capital, Wimbledon City, was breached, and the entire empire fell into war, and was even close to a critical moment of extinction.

But in these critical moments, the Candela Empire can always recover in the end and recover into a huge empire.

But this time...it was different from all previous crises.

In the past, the Candela Empire would be in crisis, mostly due to civil strife.

But this time, the Candela Empire did not have any civil strife before. On the contrary, the nearly one hundred years before that has been called the golden age with the most stable imperial power and the best development in the history of the Candela Empire.

Under normal circumstances, it is impossible to defeat such a Candela Empire.

But now, the emergence of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has shattered all the defenses of the Candela Empire, abruptly driving the Candela Empire into chaos.

August 16th can almost be regarded as the hottest day of the whole year.

On this day, the Lu-Xin Allied Forces contributed to the southernmost city of St. Anthony's in the central province of the Candela Empire, officially entered the scope of the central province, and truly threatened the heart of the Candela Empire - the city of Wimbledon.

Five days later, the Marquis of Descartes once again led the envoys to appear before the city of St. Antonius and in front of the Lu-Xin Allied Forces.

However, it is completely different from the self-confidence and even arrogance of four months ago. When the Marquis of Descartes saw the fully equipped Xinfei Chamber of Commerce guards in the Luxin coalition army again, he no longer had any body in his heart. For the sense of superiority of the Marquis of the Candela Empire, there is only endless bitterness and decadence.

The countless battles with the Luxin coalition forces in the past few months have told everyone that the Candela Empire, which is extremely powerful in people's minds, is so vulnerable.

The consecutive defeats that lasted for more than a year since last year completely shattered the confidence of all the nobles in the Candela Empire like Marquis Descartes, and also shattered the arrogance in their hearts.

No matter how much they curse and hate in their hearts, they have to admit that the empire is helpless in the face of the military magic machines "given by the devil" of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

Even Marquis Descartes still had a hint of joy and rejoicing in his heart.

During these four months, the Candela Empire made many requests for peace talks to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, and even Marquis Descartes risked his life to come to the front of the Luxin coalition many times, but the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce did not respond once.

And now, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce finally gave a positive response and promised to give the Candela Empire another chance for peace talks. Marquis Descartes was naturally overjoyed, as was the entire top management of the Candela Empire.

The Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is still willing to negotiate peace, which proves that there is still hope for easing things up.

As for what the Kandela Empire will look like after the peace talks, that is something that can be considered later... (~^~)