Chapter 371: High-level newcomers
"That's all?" asked Sean.
Amelia's answer did not surprise him, the biggest obstacle for the Eternal Night Army to eat the Kingsley family's eastern army is not in the military, but in the outside, and his ally Princess Regent is the biggest one.
As Amelia just said, in the position of Princess Regent, sometimes the interests of the overall situation have to come before the interests of the individual, she doesn't care about the destruction of the Kingsley family, anyway, these Grand Dukes have neither listened to the tune nor the announcement since the Odin Empire was divided, if it weren't for the threat of the Odin orcs had not been completely eliminated, they would have established themselves as principalities one by one.
The princess regent is concerned about the overall safety of the whole situation, and the fat of the Kingsley family is so fat that everyone wants to take a bite, and once they fight for food, it is easy to stop the car.
"That's all!" Amelia assured, patting her chest, "as long as the overall situation can be guaranteed, Your Highness will be the most loyal ally of His Excellency the Baron, standing firmly behind you and helping you fight for your best interests." β
As for this process, it is not an excessive thing to seek a little of your own interests by the way.
"I see. Sean smiled and said, "Madam has been tired all the way, she must be tired, take a two-day rest for the time being, we have the results here, I will inform you as soon as possible." β
"Then trouble the Baron. Amelia didn't immediately ask for Sean's reply.
This kind of thing involves the life and death of hundreds of thousands of people, tens of millions of financial and material resources, so it is natural to consider carefully, and she is ready to negotiate for a long time.
conveying the bottom line of the princess regent, and initially testing Sean's attitude, has had a relatively perfect start.
"By the way, I heard that there is a new movement on your side of the Odin steppe. Sean briefly told Amelia about his analysis of the Odin grassland.
Amelia's face immediately showed a heaviness that could not be concealed: " This news, we already know, this is also the reason why His Royal Highness does not want to see our internal turmoil, the current emperor of the Western Odin Empire, Ulaanbari, is in the prime of life, after more than ten years of recuperation, has completely consolidated his dominance, and is now in the strongest period of enterprising, the only fortunate thing is that he has been staring at the dying lion royal court, committed to unifying the Odin Empire, and creating the glory that his grandfather has not been able to cast, but if we create an opportunity for him, I believe he does not mind turning the Byron Alliance into his horse herding landγ β
"It's good that you're prepared. Sean turned around and comforted Amelia, "Don't worry, we'll think about it carefully, the Byron alliance is in chaos, and it's not good for us, Ralph, help me send the lady." β
Come to think of it, the Byron Alliance has always regarded Odin orcs as the biggest threat, especially the Lancelot royal family that bears the brunt of the attack.
They must be very attentive to the movements on the Odin steppe, if this kind of thing has far-reaching significance to the pattern of the Odin steppe, and needs to be reminded by the Eternal Night Army Leader, Amelia, the spy leader of the princess regent, can take the blame and resign.
"Then I'll wait for good news from you. Amelia didn't say much and got up and retired.
As soon as Amelia left on her front foot, the generals of the Eternal Night Army were summoned.
"Letting the Kingsley family cross the river is tantamount to letting the tiger return to the mountain, what if they cross the river and entrench themselves on the west bank and do not retreat? The safest way is to eat them in one bite and never suffer in the future, maybe we can also take the opportunity to attack the Carthusian army and take a bite. "The first to voice the skepticism was a new face, at least among the upper echelons of the Eternal Night.
His name was Wynd Salofo, the biological son of Grand Elder Weber, the commander of the original crocodile army, and the uncrowned leader of the young reformers.
The Eternal Night Army led the peaceful annexation of the Crocodiles, and this man played a very positive role, although his starting point was to seek a better development for the Crocodile.
Now he is the commander of the First Army of the Dawn Army, which is being formed.
Whatever his capacity, he is now qualified to sit here.
Compared with the scheming four crocodile elders, Huai Ende has the unique vigor and vitality of young people, and may also feel that he needs to shoulder the responsibility of the crocodile people, and always tries his best to fight for the interests of the crocodile people.
Compared to the Eternal Night Commanders, they are from the crocodile tribe and pay more attention to the territorial integrity of the Swamp of Despair.
"We insist on eating the Kingsley family's Eastern Army, no one can stop it, but doing so will only make us become alone, even if we can take the opportunity to eat the Carthusian military leader, we don't have the ability to digest it. Sean patiently analyzed the situations faced by the Eternal Night Army Leader one by one.
Although Wynder has traveled abroad for more than ten years, most of the time he has been at the bottom, and later became the leader of the young reformers of the Crocodile, which was also born with the help of the Eternal Night Army leader, rather than his own experience.
So in terms of the overall situation, not to mention that it is inferior to the generals of the Eternal Night Army, even compared to some crocodile elders.
Sean has a plan to send him, along with the future crocodile officers of the Dawn Army, to the Eternal Night Army's Affiliated Officer School for two years of supplementary training, and then take office.
It's just that time doesn't allow it, so I can only put up the shelf first, learn while practicing, and then make up for it when the time is free, this is how the officers of the Eternal Night Group Army came over.
"Therefore, from the overall benefit, the Byron alliance is in turmoil, which is harmful to us, and the most important thing for us now is to seek stability, only in this way can we better complete the integration and build the desperate swamp better. Unlike previous military meetings, this time Sean didn't wait for the final closing remarks, but set the tone for it at the beginning.
Maintaining the stability of the Byron alliance is not only in the interests of the princess regent, but also in the interests of the Eternal Night.
Because of the stable Byron Alliance, it is convenient for the Eternal Night Warlords to plunder more wealth from it.
There are many ways to invade, and military invasion is only the most direct and low-level one.
No matter how successful the invasion is, it will end up with a long recovery period.
Just look at the Swamp of Despair, the life of the crocodile people has been torn apart, countless people have died, and they want to restore their original situation, and there is no ten or eight years to rest, and this is still with the strong support of the Eternal Night Commander.
Through economic invasion, it is the most clever way to silently loot wealth into one's own hands.
This is also the favorite way of the Eternal Night Commander, whether it is the luxury trade of silk clothing or the low-end market such as taverns and restaurants.
If it weren't for the Kingsley family's eyesight, they could also use this way to quietly take down the crocodiles.
Although Wynder showed a thoughtful expression, he couldn't help but ask in the end: "Lord Lord, you didn't answer my question just now, what if we put the Kingsley family army back, and they are entrenched on the west bank of the Danube River and do not retreat?
"General Wynd was overwhelmed. Sean smiled and said, "I never said that the entire army of the Eastern Expedition should be sent back, and if Grand Duke Buck doesn't pay enough price, he won't want to take back a single soldier!"
"What do you mean?" Wynd's face was puzzled.
"Haha......"
The other generals of the Eternal Night Army couldn't help but let out a kind smile.
The main chief of staff, Kelman, couldn't look past it, and explained: "General Wynder is really upright, in other words, the Kingsley family's 200,000 Eastern Army is now the bargaining chip in our hands, even if it is released, it is not for nothing, but it is sold to Archduke Buck as a commodity, this war has already caused the Kingsley family to fall into a financial deficit, if such a war reparation money is come up, it will definitely make them smash the pot and sell iron, even if they have the heart to rely on the West Bank and not leave, they will not have the financial resources, no money?" What kind of battle are you fighting?"
These new young men said with a stunned expression: "Buck and Akmesser are not fools, will they obediently be at our mercy? What if they refuse to pay for the redemption of this army?"
"If we don't redeem it, we naturally have no obligation to let them go back, and when tens of thousands of people are killed or injured, they will be obediently at our mercy. Kelman spoke lightly, but his words smelled of blood.
Political contests are sometimes more brutal than war.
Wynder was young after all, and had very little experience in this area, and the answer of the chief of staff of the main staff made him fall silent again.
He suddenly found that he couldn't keep up with the thinking of the top leaders of the Eternal Night Army, his views were linear, either white or black, and the thoughts of the top leaders of the Eternal Night Army Leaders were mostly three-dimensional, in addition to white and black, there was also gray.
Wynder suddenly remembered his father's meaningful warning before entering the conference roomβwatch more, listen more, talk less.
Earlier, he thought it was his father expressing his dissatisfaction with his sharp edge.
Now it seems that it was just a father's exhortation to his son, and that he can now enter this kind of high-level meeting, which is somewhat caused by the current situation, and he may still lack real ability.
After a short brainstorming session, Wynd decided to follow his father's advice and nodded at Sean, "In that case, I don't have a problem." β
"This is just a big strategic policy, how far it will be implemented, it depends on whether Buck and Akmesser know the current affairs, if they obediently bow their heads and cooperate, otherwise it will be no wonder to us, just when Akmerser asked for a meeting with the high-level, when the time comes, try his water first, before that, everything goes according to the original plan. Sean finally clapped.
The main purpose of this military meeting was to unify opinions, especially the younger faction of the crocodile.
Compared to the Council of Elders, they have many advantages but also disadvantages that cannot be concealed - they are too young, inexperienced in many places, and have a tougher attitude, especially when dealing with invaders like the Kingsleys.
One by one, they gritted their teeth with hatred, and longed to bury them all in the swamp of despair.
But the relationship between forces is definitely not that simple, many times personal feelings are only one aspect, and sometimes it is necessary to make concessions for the interests of the whole.
Aside from many factors, the Eternal Night Army led the pit killing of the Kingsley family's 200,000 Eastern Army, in addition to obtaining a pile of dead bodies, and by the way, the Cartel Leader, the Byron Alliance, and even the entire Ashane Continent fell into endless war, except for letting himself fall into the name of a butcher and satisfying the revenge of some people, it has no meaning for his own development.
If the Eternal Night Warlords were a super-military power that could get more out of the chaos and land, they wouldn't hesitate to do so.
Obviously, the Eternal Night Leader is still a long way from this hypothesis.
A Swamp of Despair, a Crocodile, is enough for the Eternal Night Army to digest for ten years and eight years, not to mention that there is a time bomb on the east bank of the Swamp of Despair - the Crane Tribe.
With them, it's not so easy to eat the swamp of despair.
"Is there anything else you disagree with?" said Sean, looking around.
"There's one thing, though it's not big, but I think my lord needs to know. General Erikson, commander of the Third Army of the Eternal Night Army, stood up and said.
"What's the matter?" asked Sean.
"Three days ago, the patrol spotted a squad of eleven knights on the West Bank. General Erikson replied.
"Oh, what's so special about this knight squad?" Sean didn't disdain it because it was a small matter, but raised a hint of interest.
If a team of ordinary deserters, unless they are replaced by eleven grand knights, they are still qualified to talk at this kind of meeting, and eleven knights will be a bit out of the table.
Others can't tell the difference, but Erikson, who has a strict temperament, will not make such a mistake, since this kind of thing is taken out separately, it must have been investigated clearly, and has its own uniqueness.
Sure enough, General Erickson replied: "This team is not preparing to flee, but is looking for us, and there was no conflict after meeting, they claim to be from the Huayu Plateau, they are the grain merchants of the Brian family, and they want to do grain business with us." β
"The Kingsley family's grain supplier?" Sean was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but laugh, "No matter when, the businessman's sense of smell is always so sensitive, and he is always so bold, so casually touching the door, and he is not afraid of being cut down by the rebels, or good, they took the initiative to send it to the door, and it also saved me a lot of trouble, and it just so happened that I still have half a day's work to bring them over, and I will personally meet these bold businessmen." β
"What are you doing with these bastards?" Tagore said in a vicious voice, "If it weren't for the food brought by these bastards, the Swamp of Despair would have caused so many troubles? β
"Bandit ideas. Sean scolded with a smile, "You are now a general of a large army leader, not a bandit leader, for a little foreign wealth, all the adventurous businessmen have been slaughtered, who will do business with us in the future, how can our goods be shipped out? β
"You have a lot of flowers. Tagore grunted, and sat back honestly, for he found that even McGee the Skullcrusher was looking at him with a smiling expression, and that it was a little irritating to be ridiculed by someone who was usually in the same position as him.
"Any other questions?" Sean then asked.
The generals of the Eternal Night Army exchanged their heads for a moment, and finally shook their heads.
"That's all for today's military meeting, and I would like to clarify your responsibilities recently. Sean stood up with a solemn expression, "The generals obey the order. β
"Yes!"
With a hula, the high-ranking leaders of the Eternal Night Army Leader stood up in unison.