Volume 4 Chapter 110 - Hat the covered the Stantine Duchy (1/2)

Volume 4 Count Wein wasn’t able to reject any of the conditions that Xu YI put out.

Because in the war between them, the Frestech Chamber of Commerce could withstand the losses and find ways to solve them without any trouble, but he couldn’t take these losses at all.

Because he had beat Count Fran and the other lords, there were over thirty thousand soldiers under him. In terms of soldiers, he was considered one of the lords that was just under Duke Stantine.

If they were to compare battle strength, he might even surpass Duke Stantine.

But in the war against the Frestech Chamber of Commerce, he found that he couldn’t deal with them at all.

Forget about not being able to attack Xu Yi’s territory, he couldn’t even blockade the Frestech Chamber of Commerce, not to mention dealing with the small squad the Frestech Chamber of Commerce sent out.

The five hundred human soldiers led by Hart had swept through everything on Count Wein’s territory, making Count Wein lose thousands of elite soldiers, as well as many important supply points.

If both sides continue clashing like this, Count Wein believed that he would be smothered to death by just five hundred guards from the Frestech Chamber of Commerce.

Moreover, the most important loss that came from fighting with the Frestech Chamber of Commerce was that he couldn’t be supplied with any more military magic machines.

While fighting the Frestech Chamber of Commerce, the four lords to the south kept attacking the territory that Count Wein had seized before.

In the beginning, Count Wein could still easily defend and fight back.

But after several close encounters, Count Wein found a serious problem.

Because he was fighting the Frestech Chamber of Commerce, he lost his supply of military magic machines. Adding in the large consumption from fighting, he didn’t know how long he could keep fighting with his supply of military magic machines.

According to the estimates, he could hold only for only a week with the supplies in his hands.

And different from him, the four lords he was fighting with had stored up a large amount of military magic machines.

When he thought of the loss of the military magic machines and the four lords still being able to use them, Count Wein’s heart immediately turned cold.

He knew better than any lord of the Stantine Duchy just how strong the military magic machines were in the hands of soldiers. Once this situation came, his subordinates wouldn’t be able to hold off the attack of the four lords.

And if he couldn’t get any military magic machines, he could only keep retreating. Not only would he retreat from his captured territory, he might even…..No, those four lords wouldn’t give up, they would definitely keep attacking until they completely defeated him.

Count Wein was very clear on this situation, so even if Xu Yi didn’t come to negotiate, he would have had the idea to negotiate with Xu Yi eventually.

Although the conditions Xu Yi gave were very excessive, compared to having all his territory seized by the four lords and then losing his life, it was without a doubt much easier to accept.

Not to mention that when Xu Yi gave these conditions, he even gave a condition that Count Wein never thought of and even dreamed of.

As long as Count Wein agreed to the other conditions that Xu Yi had, the Frestech Chamber of Commerce would put Count Wein as first on the list of important partners. They would give him priority in various military magic machines and would give him access to many of the new military magic machines!

Hearing this condition, Count Wein’s anger from Xu Yi’s various other conditions disappeared. He didn’t take long to consider before agreeing to all of Xu Yi’s previous conditions.

Because the so-called “important partner” Xu Yi mentioned meant that when providing military magic machines to the lords of the Stantine Duchy, he would prioritize Count Wein and would put the other lords behind.

This meant that when Count Wein faced the other lords, he would have the advantage in terms of equipment again.

As long as he had the advantage in military magic machines, how could the other lords of the Stantine Duchy be his match?

As long as he defeated the other lords, what did it matter if he agreed to the previous conditions that Xu Yi put forth?

So Count Wein and Xu Yi had a happy discussion and set forth a preliminary ceasefire agreement.

According to the ceasefire agreement, after both sides stopped, Count Wein would cede another six hundred square kilometers of land in the north to Xu Yi and he would have to leave the people on the land, ceding them over completely.

With this territory, Xu Yi’s private territory had become a long strip that was to the north of the Stantine Duchy.

This piece of land faced the endless sea to the west and bordered the Stantine Duchy and the Rudson Kingdom to the east. If one looked at it on a map, it was like a hat at the top of the Stantine Duchy, covering the northern part of the Stantine Duchy.