Pfft!
After spraying out a mouthful of tea, Hudson could not help but burst out laughing.
"What? The Orc Empire sent envoys and requested ceasefire negotiations?"
This was absolutely huge news. In the history of the Alpha Kingdom, there had never been a precedent of the beastfolk taking the initiative to propose a ceasefire to the kingdom.
In every previous beastfolk invasion, the war had only ended after the Human Alliance intervened.
"Yes, Marshal!
You heard correctly. The beastfolk really have sent a delegation and wish to conduct ceasefire negotiations with the kingdom."
After receiving the guard's confirmation, Hudson had briefly considered simply executing the beastfolk envoys as a sacrifice to the banner. After all, killing beastfolk in the Alpha Kingdom was guaranteed political correctness. Any excuse would be enough to smooth things over.
For example: the beastfolk had used negotiations as a pretext to smuggle assassins into the delegation under the identities of envoys, taking the opportunity to launch an assassination.
Even if such a ridiculous accusation were reported to the kingdom, everyone would only curse the beastfolk for being vile and shameless. No one would bother verifying whether it was true.
Deep down, everyone had long believed that the beastfolk were fully capable of doing such immoral things.
There was no possibility of overturning the verdict. Anyone in the kingdom who dared defend the beastfolk would immediately become notorious. Such was the power of hatred.
After calming down, Hudson fell into deep thought. Judging from the current battlefield situation, the Orc Empire truly had little chance of victory.
Continuing to drag things out here would not only waste money and supplies, but also cause them to miss the time to stockpile provisions for winter.
In truth, even if they immediately ceased hostilities and returned to prepare, this winter