"After it is destroyed, we fall back to the second lines, all the while preparing a counter-strike on their logistics after having studied their teleportation networks. The diseases are connected, at least in my assumption, to the one called Apollo--a gilded general leading their armies. They cause wanton destruction and yet levy the burden on us as if we are the cause; this is not so, they speak with the mind of a ravishing conqueror, who cannot hold their lands through stable governance. They have levies who are fearful and lack the morale of our troops. While this is the front line, you have the support of nations much more powerful in potential than they have, and their lines are being stretched. We will not leave your people alone; we can and will relocate those in danger from the front line. Preparations are being planned as we speak.
"As for planning--we have several options, one of which will happen regardless. Armor, for yourself, Emperor. Much like Apollo is a Cisharni leading his forces (and actually, the only reason his forces are not breaking under morale), the leaders of the Chinese people fighting in the midst of battle in sight of their fellows inspires strength. With your command, we will extend our smithing lines to avail your officers or other important personnel of what is needed. Aside from that, and the evacuation of the surrounding countryside, we ask your permission for herblore to take place; the trade you have made with Japan, Korea, and the lands I hail from has brought about numerous breeds of healing and agricultural blooms--those to be relocated can stay in areas cultivating them for the meantime, and transplant much back into your lands when the war has seceded. Aside from that, I have prepared knowledge from a Cisharni spy within your lands in the decades prior; she is alive and has been...how you say, 'turned', helping us with information. This includes information valuable to you; not all those within your country are loyal, and this is only because they do not know what the bigger picture they deal with is. Petty bribes, and promises of information, alongside propaganda are prevalent to turn shifting loyalty. Short-term sightedness is the fall of any nation. Their terms are extreme, because they aim to goad others to kneel to their demands. We did not abandon you before--why even think we would start now?
"Now, you see only two of us Sindari before you--we outnumber the Cisharni; this is why they want us out of any lands we are in, because of our influence. Unlike the Cisharni, our power is grows, where theirs do not; we may appear weak, but we are of a time and place beyond mortal knowledge. Our aims are progress, and we wish for you to think this through, rather than dwell on us saying a fortress is lost when we can hold it and going 'against ourselves'. We have earned much through trade; many can learn more from culture.
"In truth, we all want peace, and our terms were all for it--but we do not wish for more to go into their hands only for them to use what they have in stagnation. We know how they run their empire, and ultimately it ends with little benefit for the people in comparison to them; the choice is yours in the end."
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