Heart of Empire Chapter 494: Splitting
? Wortman's idea is indeed correct. Dane has neither the intention nor the ability to annex the two countries of Florence and Pudri.
On the one hand, the size of these two countries is not small. Together, they may be smaller in size than Schindler, but have almost three times the population. Forcible annexation will inevitably arouse strong reactions from the two countries. Moreover, even in the form of blitzkrieg, these two countries can be defeated before they fully unleash their war potential. The basic population of these two countries is too large.
Dane didn't want to face the threat of the Holy Empire when he was exhausted by the successive rebellions in the occupied area.
With too much appetite, it is easy to overwhelm yourself.
Peace talks are the only option.
But how to negotiate peace is another matter.
In Dane's conception, the Florentines and the Pudri people must pay their due price for instigating this war.
War reparations, trade openings, and more political and economic strategies that favor Schindler are all due. However, one of the goals Dane hopes to achieve is to cut off the Earl of Bull from the hands of the Florentines.
It is unrealistic to directly annex the Bull County. But it is not impossible to find a way to turn this region into an independent country.
Adhering to Dane's philosophy, Alan was appointed by Prime Minister Verina, and as an outstanding graduate of Schindler National University's Administration Department with the first grade last year, he served as the executive officer of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Waterman, for this purpose.
At this moment, in Schindler, the City Hall of Shawan Harbor. Dane and Verina are sitting in the mayor's hall of the city hall, talking about the peace talks.
"Executive Allen received news that Earl Wortman's position has loosened. According to his assessment, if we can gain an advantage in the discussion, the Earl of Bull doesn't mind letting If you want to raise your title to a higher level, you don't even mind becoming the head of an independent country."
Dane laughed and said: "That would be great. After the bull becomes independent, there will be an extra buffer zone between us and the Florentines. Moreover, if he becomes independent, there will inevitably be a Due to the strong hostility of the Florentines, he can only rely on our support to continue to maintain his independence. That big granary will then be considered to be indirectly under our control."
Verina nodded. Dane's idea of dividing the Earl of Bull was indeed quite politically wise.
However, there is still a very difficult problem in this matter. Verina said: "However, the current Bull City is still under the control of the coalition forces. The time for the peace talks has also been set. It will be on October 10th, and there are still thirteen days from now. The thirteen days In a few days, we have to break the Bull City. Otherwise, if the Bull City is still in the hands of the coalition forces, it will be too difficult to divide this territory purely through negotiations. "
This is indeed a difficult point.
After the coalition forces retreated to Bull City, their strength had expanded to 70,000. Although, among the 70,000 soldiers, the quality of a large number of soldiers is actually not too high. However, what is more worth mentioning is that the Duke of Florence Guards and Pudry's Silver Guards, these two ace troops have also entered the Bull City. At the same time, the thousand Victorian knights were also a very difficult team to deal with.
As for the Patience Group opposite them, the King's Guards, Cormyr's Army, and the White Wolf Army had a total of only 40,000 people, plus Major General Palan's army, which had already expanded to 10,000 people. The border army, and the 20,000 soldiers of the garrison army that will be sent later, will reach the same level as the opposite side.
Under such circumstances, it's no wonder Patience didn't dare to act rashly. If you act recklessly, let alone whether you will lose a lot after winning, you can't even talk about whether you can win.
If you want to defeat the enemies on Bull City's defense line as soon as possible, you have to think of some other ways.
Dane thought for a while, and said: "Well, let Pandolf stop guarding the barren land pass, and only one or two thousand garrison troops will be left in that city. Good. Let his Fourth Army go to the territory of the Principality of Florence as soon as possible, and listen to Patience's command."
"At the same time, let the Yellow Dragon press into the Port of Tarens in Florence. They blocked us for half a month. They have to teach them a lesson and put a little more pressure on them. Moreover, there are still some things that can be done. Come out with the posture of logging in and fighting, so that the Florentines and Pudori people will not be too rampant to increase troops to Bull City."
"Okay." After Verina recorded all Dane's orders, she suggested again: "Lieutenant General Delin's Fifth Army is still stationed in Beast Blood Castle and Ice Cave City. That's 20,000 People, and half of them are the elite who have walked out of the training base of White Wolf Fort. The defense pressure in the east is not too great. The orcs on the wasteland have not been able to recover from the last raid. As for the direction of Ice Cave City , after Lieutenant General Delin's two-year raid, there are not so many bandits. In the east, we don't seem to need to maintain such a strong defense force. You see, do you want to transfer some troops from this army? , into the hands of Admiral Patience?"
"No." Dane directly refused.
Verina is right. The Fifth Legion in the east of the Kingdom~IndoMTL.com~ is powerful, but there are no strong opponents around. It seems a bit wasteful to keep the elite legion in the east. .
Normally speaking, the mobilization of elite troops from Beast Blood Castle to Patience would be of great help to the strength of Patience Group.
If there is no threat of damning the church.
A year ago, the legendary green dragon Kapnos, representing the Dragon Clan of Broken Dragon Peak, came to Comilla Island to warn Dane, but he has not forgotten it.
The green dragons should have issued such a warning to most of the forces in the secular world. However, it seems that there are not many people who take the green dragon's warning to heart.
But at least Dane remembered it.
If things are really as Kapnos said, once Broken Dragon Peak falls, the Kingdom of Schindler will be the first place to face the forces of the cursed church rushing out of the dark jungle. It is the Beast Blood Castle.
It's fine if you don't send more troops to Beast Blood Fortress, but where do you transfer people from? Forget about the idea.