When Almus and his friends were struggling to raise funds.
　In the south, in the Republic of Pofenia....

　'And we have to build the ship anyway!　If the supply to Trisichellia is delayed, our country's defeat is inevitable!　If that happens, all the blood we've shed over the years will be wasted!

　To claim that in the Senate is....
　He was one of the leaders of the Coastal Party.

　The generals of the Barca family, who were the core of the Coastal Party, now had their hands full in the battle for Trisichellia Island.
　If that was the case, they would have no choice but to lead them who would be in charge of their absence.

　But.........

　That's what happens when you start a war in the first place!　If we hadn't gone to war ... if we had shared control of the Strait of Mersina with the Kingdom of Romalia, we wouldn't have lost our land in Trisichellia!　We didn't lose the fleet!　We didn't lose our blood money!

　When Azul Hanno shouted that........

　'Yes, yes, yes!
　We must make peace!
　No war!

　The members of the Plain Party shout loudly.
　Many of them are big landowners and have no interest in Trisichellia at all.

　So they are neither itching nor pained by the loss of Trisichellia Island.

　That is why I argue that we should make peace now.
　This argument is not wrong.

　It is true that most of the land in Trisichellia will be taken away.
　But some of the land will still remain, however.

　Above all.....
　Now we can make peace on a painful basis.

　'In the first place, the Kingdom of Romalia is currently in financial trouble. There is no need to build a ship or anything else. With their national strength, they can't build even one more ship.

　Azul Hanno insists that.
　Azul Hanno already wanted to get Pofenia out of this unprofitable war.

　To begin with, Pofenia has more than 10,000 tarrant in agricultural income alone.
　If you include commercial income, mining income, and many other things, there is a state income of 40,000 Taranto.

　This is four times more than the Kingdom of Romalia.

　We can pay some reparations.
　If you want Trisichelia too, let them have it.

　It is more economical.
　Azul Hanno thought.

　And this was definitely the right thing to do.
　Because.....
　Pofenia has already thrown away a large amount of money on the war effort.

　We should cut our losses while we can.
　That's what the peacemakers are saying.

　'What do you mean!　That's why we're building a fleet!　If we win a naval battle, we can get back on track!　We should hire new mercenaries and drive the Kingdom of Romalia out of Trisichellia!　Give the Kingdom of Romalia the island of Trisichellia!　Next stop, Pofenia Home!

　This point is also correct.
　
　And in terms of geopolitics, Trisichellia Island is still an important place.

　I mean.........
　Neither the main warring faction nor the peace camp is wrong in its main argument.

　The problem is that there is only one option.

　The Kingdom of Romalia, through the leadership of Almus and the compromises made by Raimondo and the others, has narrowed down its national argument to one main warring faction and has been fighting until now.
　Then Pofenia........

　'Then let's do this. I accept your opinion that your fleet is needed. 'Then I'll build a fleet. But not more than 300 ships. That would be enough to overwhelm the financially strapped Kingdom of Romalia. Isn't it?　Then we will win and make peace. We will restore our borders to their previous state.
　"...we insist on the need for five hundred ships. And the removal of the Kingdom of Romalia from the Strait of Mersina...
　'Then why don't you build it at your own expense?　........We can't afford to waste our precious blood money, you know. And aside from the Army, the Navy is a citizen of Pofenia. We can't afford to polish off Pofenia's precious working population.
　Okay. You're right.

　Thus....　
　The main warring faction and the peace faction take a half-hearted policy that could be considered a compromise.

　Later......
　This divided the fate of the Kingdom of Romalia and the Republic of Pofenia for the next hundred years.








　The building of the Grand Fleet began.

　The Kingdom of Romalia used the money it had collected to strangle the country and put it into shipbuilding.
　One by one, the trees were cut out and transported by river water to be transported in Lesad....

　Every part was manufactured, and the final assembly was made to float the ship.
　Through the winter and into the spring, the fleet was finally completed in late summer.

　One hundred and fifty ships that already existed.
　In addition to that, two hundred and fifty new ships.

　A total of four hundred ships were built by the Kingdom of Romalia, which took nearly a year to build.


　Meanwhile, the Republic of Pofenia built three hundred ships as planned...
　The Kingdom of Romalia's four hundred ships surprised him and he tried to build a new one....

　The time was late.　

　The land forces on Trisichelia were also on the move as soon as the fleet was completed.
　Their target was Licata, the southernmost point of Trisichellia, the last port city owned by Pofenia.

　At first, 60,000 led by Bartolo approached Licata.
　In response, Belshazzar Barca and Shumal Barca, who had been accumulating strength in the interior and conserving their forces, led 80,000 troops southward.

　Meanwhile, Kepka Barca, with 20,000 men to match, joined them.
　It was followed by Rosward with 40,000 troops and moved south.

　Belshazzar Barca, the commander-in-chief of the Pofenian army, entered the city of Licata a step ahead of Bartolo Pompeius.
　On the other hand, Pofenia's army entered Licata at the same time as the Romalian army joined the city.

　They approached Licata City.

　Thus.........
　Four armies and a total of 200,000 troops that had been fighting apart since the beginning of the First Pofenian War.

　The four legions and 200,000 troops that had been fighting apart since the beginning of the First Pofenian War met together.

　And Belshazzar Barca called for reinforcements from the home country.

　Pofenia's homeland loaded a large amount of supplies and newly recruited mercenaries on board the transport ships and approached Licata City with a newly built large fleet to escort them.

　In order to interfere, the Kingdom of Romalia dispatched a large fleet to Licata with Alexios Cornelius as Commander-in-Chief of the Navy.

　Also, Bartolo Pompeius, the commander-in-chief of the Romarian army, deployed to the outskirts of Licata to decide the battle before the Pofenia's reinforcements arrived.
　In response, Belshazzar Barca struck out to challenge in order to prevent a complete siege and make it impossible to counterattack.


　Thus.........

　This is the last major battle of the First Pofenia War.

　The Battle of Licata begins.






　Belshazzar's guy, he's not attacking at all. He's just defending himself.

　Bartolo finally attacked Belshazzar Barca singularly, as it was a big battle, in order to decide the winner quickly.
　But Belshazzar Barca did not take the provocation and continued to endure.

　'We will not attack until reinforcements arrive. Does that mean?

　When Ron asked him that, Bartolo nodded.

　'Well, I suppose so.'

　When you are surrounded, it is difficult to fight back.
　Hence, he struck before the siege.

　But if he went into battle, he might lose.
　If he loses, there is no way out.

　So, to ensure victory...
　Waiting for supplies and reinforcements from the home country of Pofenia.

　Well, it was the right decision.

　So it will be up to General Alexios.
　Once the reinforcements are in the water, we're in the game.

　Rosward and Gram laugh unsuccessfully.
　You can't count on reinforcements, because if you do, you'll have to take down the enemy on your own.

　There was no point in stalling for time.
　Rather, on the contrary, it would be detrimental to Pophenia.

　''Well, Alexios will win, I'm sure.






　I never thought I'd be leading them.

　Azul Hanno sighs.

　It's frustrating for Azul Hanno.　
　In Pofenia, aside from the generals of the Barca family, there is only one general, Azul Hanno, who can command a decent fleet.

　Hanno's faction, with the exception of Hanno, has few people who can be called martial arts.

　Incidentally, Azul Hanno has a lot of work to do as a diplomat...
　He is a veteran general who has put down pirates and rebels on numerous occasions.

　Azul Hanno is a peacemaker....
　I wasn't going to cut corners when I was fighting on the battlefield.

　Well, rather....

　(My reading was off, and I fell short of the Kingdom of Romalia in terms of ships. (I must take responsibility.)

　Even Azul Hanno is a politician who loves Pofenia.
　He is willing to fight for Pofenia.

　And he was willing to clean up his own mess.

　'I'll end it all with this war. Now this stupid war is over.