Heart of Empire Chapter 200: Inflated ambition

Before Governor Bernier died, Schindler's situation was completely three-legged. Bernier controls the capital Cinderella and is the most powerful warlord. He has at least 20,000 soldiers in his hands, and most of Schindler's warlords obey his orders.

The second is his full support for Oze. In terms of pure military strength, Oze itself is no less than Bernier. What's more, according to the agreement, all the warlords of Schindler must send some troops to Ou Ze's tent listened to the order as the price for his resistance to the orcs in the East. If these are counted, in the hands of Governor Oze, he has a total of more than 30,000 troops all year round, and he is undoubtedly the strongest military force in Schindler.

The third party is Governor Conley of Lost City. He has the entire Council of Shadow Warlocks in his hand, which is the strongest magic power group in Schindler, and at the same time, 15,000 soldiers are also a force that cannot be ignored.

Bernier died, and his army was torn apart. Some were taken over by Conley, and some were basically wiped out during the battle against Conley. There are only some original Bernier supporters left, such as guys like Morneau, who are under the pressure from Conley without a leader. Governor Oze, on the other hand, was pinned down by the army of orcs approaching the city. Although he was furious with Kangli, he was really powerless.

However, it can be seen now that the threat of the orcs has been eliminated, and when this orc army is wiped out and unable to threaten Schindler within ten years, Oze is locked up The fierce tiger opened the cage. Without the restraints, it was absolutely impossible for him to just watch Conley and continue to sit firmly on Cinderella's seat.

A battle between dragons and tigers is absolutely impossible to avoid.

Dane has clearly realized that the battle between Conley and Morneau will be the trend of Schindler for a long time to come. Until the winner is decided, there will be no peaceful days in this desolate country. Or a great war sweeping across the entire country, or a military confrontation that lasted for many years. In short, there will never be a day of rest until one side falls.

And what he was considering was what kind of position should he be in in the next ten years?

Neutrality is out of the question. If you want to strictly observe neutrality, you must have the strength of neutrality. Unless it is so strong that no one dares to provoke it, no one can maintain a neutral attitude in this land with war-torn genes. In a short period of time, it is impossible for him to possess such strength. Not to mention, participating in the Eastern Expedition this time did Ou Ze a great favor. This in itself is an attitude of choosing sides. Ou Ze will treat him as one of his own. Must be an object that needs to be eliminated.

Standing in the same trench as Ou Ze is his inevitable choice now. But if you want to stand in the same trench, your posture is also different. He couldn't accept being Ou Ze's subordinate, not to mention losing his freedom, it would also affect his future development. Cooperation and alliances are an ideal way, but this is ideal for Dane, but not for Ou Ze.

The alliance must also have the strength of the alliance. No matter how many victories and reputation Dane has, he is just a mercenary leader—at least in the eyes of other warlords in Schindler. He was able to form an alliance with Moreno by relying on the core force of 300 people and more than 200 idle mercenaries temporarily recruited. It was because he had a good personal friendship with Moreno in the early years. He is a small and medium-sized warlord, with only three thousand troops in his hands.

But it is absolutely impossible for him to rely on such power to form an alliance with Ou Ze. In the past, he did not have the ability to have any friendship with Ou Ze. The gap between the two parties is too big, and cooperation will only become a joke.

But if he becomes the lord of White Wolf Fort, Rotten Wolf Town and Sandy Bay Port, then things will be completely different.

To control these three towns, Chapple is a person who must be persuaded.

Say Cao Cao, Cao Cao is here. Dane found a figure sitting in front of him, looked up, and saw Chapple's haggard face.

He just sat in front of Dane without speaking, while Dane stared at him, thinking about how to break the silence, especially how to persuade Chapple to follow him.

Before he could think it over, Chapple said, "Dane, to be honest, what are your plans now?"

"Me?" Dane wasn't quite sure what Chapple meant, so he said casually, "I don't know, but still."

Chapple was silent for a while, and then said: "As you said before, the general was indeed bewitched by Marin. Before fighting the orc vanguard, Marin had a private meeting with the general We talked about it once, saying that after this war is over, Governor Oze will not only hand over three castles and 20 villages including Fort Hanhai to General Morno, but also fully support us in taking Shawan Port. And, If Your Excellency the General is willing to help Governor Oze kill those orcs with all his strength, Governor Oze will promise to hand over the entire Beast Blood Castle and all the castles near Beast Blood Castle to General Morno after killing Marin. The governor of Cinderella will lead the whole of Cinderella, just like the former governor of Bernier; and General Morno will be the governor of Beast Blood Castle, just like Oze's current position."

Dain raised his eyebrows~IndoMTL.com~ He guessed that Marin represented the governor of Ozer, and must have had some agreement with Morno in private, but he didn't expect that Ouzer was willing to pay such a large price.

"No wonder..." Dane lowered his head and said, "It's no wonder General Morneau will put all his eggs in one basket, and continue to walk into this muddy water even if he doesn't listen to dissuasion. The price offered by Ou Ze is really tempting." /

When Dane mentioned this, Chapple suddenly said with a look of resentment: "Nonsense! What kind of condition is this? It is obvious that we are sent to die!"

His emotions became angry: "I really didn't expect that General Morno would rather take the lives of all his brothers for such a condition! If you hadn't reminded me before, Last night, when Morno was in a hurry to let us continue to move forward, if I temporarily took a step back with the troops, it is estimated that none of the fighters in White Wolf Castle would have survived today!"

These words were spoken viciously, quite clearly expressing Chapple's dissatisfaction with General Morneau.

Dyne heard this, and he inadvertently squinted his eyes, thoughtfully. He wanted to test it further. (To be continued.):