Contrary to the expectations of the various forces in the country, the Nationalist Army did not engage in the civil war.

Sean first reorganized the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd divisions of the National Army into the 1st Army Corps of the Nationalist Army, and the 4th, 5th, and 6th divisions into the 2nd Army Corps.

The 7th and 8th Divisions of the Nationalist Army marched all the way to the northwest, and in time before the heavy snow closed the mountains in winter, these two divisions were reorganized together with the troops of Grant and Dalho to form the 3rd and 4th Corps, with Grant and Dalho as commanders respectively. These two legions formed the Western Front, with Grange as commander and Darhaus as deputy, presiding over the operations against the Bilisians.

The 3rd and 4th Legions, which had not doubled in strength, put great pressure on the Bilisians, who had been fighting for several years and had reduced the number of adult men in the Bilisian country, and the people were in ruins.

Against this backdrop, the Bilisians finally picked up the olive branch that Sean had thrown in and made a proposal to end the war with dignity.

Sean accepted this suggestion, and on January 12 of the following year, representatives of both sides reached a ceasefire and withdrawal agreement in the province of Snow Mountain, whereby the Bilisians would withdraw any personnel from Europa territory and return the Europa prisoners, and the Nationalist army promised not to garrison more than one division in the province of Snow Mountain, which had lost the courage to fight the Nationalist army.

So in the spring of 1839, Sean had 120,000 troops at his disposal. This is only the regular army, not including local militias and security forces.

In addition to the need to reorganize the troops and solve the worries of the Bilisians, one of the reasons why Sean's troops have not joined the civil war for a long time is the reappearance of werewolves.

The scale of the werewolves this time is much better than the last time, and its number has even reached nearly 10,000, and according to intelligence, the werewolves have signs of militarization, and their actions are quite orderly. They had stirred up the two western provinces of Guineapoli, seriously affecting the stability of Sean's rear.

For this reason, Sean had to send the 2nd Legion to encircle and suppress the werewolves.

On the plains of western Guineapoli, Sean gallops on horseback.

The land was originally fertile land, but now it is overgrown with weeds, and a large number of people have fled, leaving the land deserted. In 1837, although Sean had troops in Guineapoli, his entire focus was on the north, where the countryside was increasingly dilapidated by the loss of order and rife with banditry.

Looking back now, it took a lot of effort for Sean to stabilize the place. At the suggestion of Adrian Major and others, he encouraged the peasants to cultivate in the name of the Southern Union, promising to waive any taxes for three years, and to abandon the land to whoever wanted to cultivate it, and not to be recognized by the court when the original owner returned.

With two years to recuperate, the plains would have reached their fair share of war potential, and at least Sean's 100,000-odd army would not have to rely on transporting food from Genoa.

Immediately high up, Sean looked out over the spring fields.

Under the clear blue sky, the green meadows are covered with wildflowers of different colors. The breeze blows, and the wildflowers smell fragrant.

This time, Sean arrived here from Daguerre, mainly to go to the 3rd Legion to inspect the wolf suppression operation.

"Adrian, what's the big news in Genoa lately?" asked Sean.

Major had just arrived from Genoa, so Sean asked.

"Commander-in-Chief, do you remember Ambrose Hill?" asked Major.

"Hmm, that's a familiar name, but I can't remember it for a moment. I'm sorry, but what did he do?" asked Sean.

"He was a professor at the Faculty of Theology of the University of Poitou!" Major prompted.

"Oh, it was him. Sean suddenly realized, "So, did the great explorer come back alive? Time flies, it's been ten years." ”

"Listen to you, do you think he'll never come back?" asked Major, curious.

"Frankly, I just wanted to send him away, so I agreed to him go on a global expedition. "You know, those professors in seminary are redundant to me. But at that time it was impossible to disfellowship them, people had to have some faith, and the church was still quite powerful in Genoa at that time. ”

But this Hill professor caused a stir in Poitou. "Major's expression was wonderful.

"I must have missed something. Sean said.

"This former fanatic of God, as soon as he returned to Poitou, visited the brothels and taverns of Poitou, and then openly urinated on the door of the church of Sawyer. ”

Sean was dumbfounded: "What's wrong with him?"

"Professor Hill claims that we are from an alien planet and are only descendants of the survivors of the universe. God is just a fiction, a concept created by our ancestors to anesthetize people. "He claimed that he had seen an ancient human relic on an island in the southern part of the Southern Ocean, where a strange machine had shown him the truth about the origin of mankind." He also said that humans, bloodthirsters, blood warriors, werewolves, and even fishmen were all alien visitors and not species created by God, but humans had the last laugh. ”

"Does anyone believe it?" asked Sean.

"Everyone said that he was depraved and, but Bishop Shakli said that he was under the control of the devil, that his mind was lost, that there was no cure, and that he should be sent to an insane asylum. "Anyway, it's a pity that the people of Poitu are talking about the professor right now." Fortunately, the professor did not hurt anyone else, only knew to play with women and alcoholism, so no one sent him to an insane asylum. ”

"What about the people who went with him in the first place?" asked Sean.

"Only he and some sailors came back alive. "I guess there's something to be done here." The University of Poitou hosted a welcome party, and Professor Hill said that most of the men had committed suicide because of their disillusionment, in addition to disease and being killed by the local barbarians. ”

"I'm sorry, I'd like to meet Professor Hill. "I'm intrigued by his experience." ”

"I will write to convey your request at once. Major said at once, "But, from a humble point of view, your time is precious, and you don't have to waste it on such people." ”

"No!" Sean shook his head, looking out over the field, "We'll have to figure out the question of the origin of humanity eventually, and in fact Professor Hill's discovery is exactly what I had guessed. Just like werewolves, in their own ancient legends, have always claimed to be the masters of this world, not to mention the bloodthirsty. Even so, that doesn't change our determination to destroy all aliens. ”

"You believe Professor Hill's nonsense?" Major asked, surprised.

"Well, let's not talk about that for now. Sean laughed, "In the most succinct terms, all aliens deserve to die, but that doesn't stop me from admitting that they share a common origin with humans." Let's get rid of the werewolves first!"