Even if it wasn't the answer Gorm was looking for, he agreed to Sigoney's request to change Barusenger's instability into a force on their side, which seemed to be more beneficial than disadvantageous at this stage.

After agreeing, the atmosphere in the field became much more relaxed, although they became completely their own people, but at least they were already allies, and they were on the same side until the invasion of the Baltic Empire ended.

"Atira, have you agreed to a temporary union?"

Sigmomund ignored Sigourne's eyes and asked directly.

The smile on Gohm's face froze, and he looked at Sigmund very seriously, as if he was looking at some strange animal

Such a question, no matter what, should not be said directly in such an environment

The question asked by Siegmund is no longer a question of maturity or immaturity, he is really not suitable to play the role of king

"Ahem. ”

Sigourney coughed twice in disguise, breaking the already cold atmosphere in the room, she really couldn't find a better way to get Gomm off the stage, because she didn't expect Siegmund to say such embarrassing things.

"The Baltic Empire's preparations for war are very fast, and they are just waiting for a suitable time, waiting for the ice and snow to melt, for the spring beast tide to end, and for the whole of the Northland to usher in summer. ”

Sigourney successfully diverted the topic and glared at Siegmund fiercely, with only one meaning in his eyes, that is, to tell him to keep his mouth shut in the rest of the conversation, and just listen quietly.

Don't mess with her

"Well, so we have to be ready for war before the summer comes, but it's not going to be easy, and we have a lot of problems to solve before we can get ready. ”

As soon as he became an ally of the same faction, Gorm began to use Sigoaney's wisdom without hesitation, believing that the other party could bring him some surprises, because only by showing his own value could he gain his trust.

"I have seen to you when you entered Norwegian Fort that the most basic trust between the people has been lost, and that not long ago, the humans had been in a violent conflict with the elves and dwarves, and it can be said that the United Kingdom is now one step away from civil war. ”

Gohm's words surprised Sigoney, she didn't expect the situation to collapse to such an extent, it was clear that the United Kingdom had replaced the Scandinavian Empire not long ago.

Even the Attila Empire has not been able to gain much advantage on the battlefield in the past few years of struggle, and a tug-of-war is going on on the long border that does not know when it will end.

However, if you think about it carefully, with the character of the Scandinavians, it is normal for them to have conflicts with elves and dwarves, and Sigourney has also dealt with many conflicts between them when she was allied with the army in the past.

However, it is still very rare for a conflict to be so serious, and she believes that Gorm is definitely not the kind of short-sighted fool who will take measures before the conflict becomes serious.

"It was the Baltic Empire that intervened, Your Majesty Gohm. ”

Once again, Sigmund ignored Sigourney's warning.

"[Old Man in the Mountain] is a group of assassins who are killers, if they have been hidden in the United Kingdom, then it is very simple to stir up conflicts between various races. ”

"[Old Man of the Mountain], I've heard the name. ”

Gohm thought seriously for a while, and with difficulty found this word from a corner of his memory, in the tavern, there are always occasional adventurers telling interesting stories that I don't know whether they are true or not, and the information about [Old Man in the Mountain] is obtained from a group of adventurers from the south.

On the other hand, Sigourney showed a sudden realization expression, as Alice's "close friend", she has a certain understanding of this assassination organization, and knows that the legendary assassins called Hassan in it all have the achievements of being able to assassinate legends independently.

Even the legend was able to complete the assassination unscathed, but it was indeed difficult to detect that he was hiding in the United Kingdom, disguised as ordinary people, and provoked contradictions between races.

Gohm's face became gloomy, he didn't think that it was the Baltic Empire that made him sleepless during this time, let alone that the Baltic Empire would actually adopt such insidious methods.

This completely subverted his cognition, even the Siegel who believed in the god of mischief in his memory could not do such a despicable, despicable, shameless thing.

"Is there any way to fix it?"

Gohm asks Sigourney for advice.

In just two sentences, the rhythm of the conversation was mastered by the Sigourney sisters, who were mainly anti-guest.

"It's difficult, and if it's really what I know about Hassan, there are only a few ways to do it. ”

Sigourney shook her head, a look of embarrassment on her face.

"How?"

Gorm's eyes lit up, and he looked a little impatient.

"First, if you have a legendary assassin in your hands, or a spellcaster who is good at assassinating hidden lurkers, let them deal with Hassan, only the viper hiding in the darkness can find a target in the dark. ”

Gorm shook his head, in this part of the Northlands, assassination is something that is frowned upon, so no normal person would become an assassin or engage in assassination-related work.

"If you can't get rid of them in the shadows, then there's only one way, to expose them to the sun, and the exposed assassins are not worth mentioning. ”

Sigoaney's eyes narrowed slightly, reminding people of a fox in the snow.

"Expose them to the sun, Sigourny, do you mean to let me take out a temptation that they can't refuse, and set up a trap to draw them out of the darkness?"

"It can't be done. ”

Siegmund interjected into the conversation again, and directly rejected Sigourney's proposal.

"Don't underestimate those Hassan, they are professional assassins, what kind of trap has not been seen, if you plan to set up a trap like this, I think that if you plan to set up a trap like this, I think that those Hassan will use it and cause us more losses. ”

Zygmund's words are very reasonable, what happened in the United Kingdom during this time has proved that those Hassan's abilities are definitely not easy to solve with a simple plan.

"No, brother, there are times when the assassin will try to step on it, knowing that it is a trap. ”

Sigourney was silent for a moment, then a bright smile appeared on her face.

"Brother, Alice, what will she do when she learns that we have become allies of the United Kingdom, standing against her, and once again becoming a key figure in the formation of the coalition forces?"

"I'm her friend, I've been in contact with her for many years, and I know her better than you do, and she always likes to weaken the enemy as much as possible, to be strong and weak, to fight as many as possible, so before the actual battle, she will target our weaknesses, supply logistics and other places. ”

"This was confirmed when the Attila Empire collapsed, and if it weren't for their attack on Finland and Karelia, and the years of preparation on the Rus' side, the Attila Empire would not have been defeated simply because of a defeat in a battle. ”

Sigourney didn't care about Gorm's ugly face, she attributed the great victory that Gorm had achieved in the first place, the greatest glory of his life, to the help of the Baltic Empire.

"Now they are just doing the same thing, blocking the Baltic and North Seas to cut us off from the outside world, forcing us to be unable to get outside support, especially now that we are facing a harsh winter. ”

"Several of our countries have been experiencing wars before, and we have always relied on the outside for supplies, more precisely, our supplies have relied on the supply of the Baltic Empire, and now they no longer export supplies to us, we are through the harsh winter, the spring when the beast tide is attacking, and in the summer it will be the time when supplies are most scarce, whether it is food, equipment or other materials. ”

"Causing our internal friction and blocking external support, these two hands seem very cliché, but I have to say that they are indeed very effective, even if we know her methods now, we have no way to solve it. ”

Sigoarney's words disappointed Gorm, and he had thought about what she had said, but even so, he couldn't find a practical way to break the current deadlock.

Internal contradictions existed in the first place, and there were only two ways to solve the contradictions between races in his thinking, one was to kill most of the extremists and learn the methods of the Attila Empire to solve the problem.

The other is to use time little by little to eliminate the problems of both sides of the conflict, and run in in a non-violent conflict, so that they can try to accept each other's differences and slowly let go of their previous grudges.

The latter has been determined to be unfeasible because there is no stable environment at the moment

The former is completely unfeasible, Gorm established the United Kingdom, he does not have the right to say anything, if violence is used to solve these problems, it is conceivable that the next day the United Kingdom will fall apart, and he Gorm will completely become a bare-bones commander.

Needless to say, the external problems are simply unsolvable, and with the United Kingdom's naval fleet, which is basically equal to none, there is no way to break through the naval blockade of the Baltic Empire.

This kind of thing was a little better when Drake didn't die before, but now it's really completely gone, the Baltic Empire's sea fleet, as long as anyone who has seen it, it is difficult for anyone to rise up to the mind of hostility, and the gap between the two sides is too far away.

The three of them all fell into deep thought, the Baltic Empire's overt and covert operation had basically locked the possibility of the United Kingdom making a choice, or whether it could hold out until the summer to face the attack of the Baltic Empire was unknown.

"Maybe ......"

Siegmund broke the silence slightly.

"Your Majesty, please speak. ”

Gauhm's eyes lit up and he said.

Siegmund's performance this night had already given him too many surprises, and he had slightly changed his impression of Sigmund, no longer a reckless man who had no force and didn't know what politics was.

"Your Majesty, I would like to know if you will be able to get in touch with the Attila Empire. ”

Siegmund asked very seriously, his attitude made Sigourney next to him swallow the words that came to his mouth, maybe her brother, has indeed made some progress in the past few years?

"Well, I'd like to ask. ”

"The main problem facing the United Kingdom now is actually the contradictions between various races, and those contradictions provoked by Hassan that already exist, aren't they?"

Siegmund looked at Gohm.

"Well, yes, the blockade from outside only makes us weak and difficult, but the internal contradictions can ruin everything, the United Kingdom, Scandinavia, will be ruined. ”

Gohm waved his hand and nodded.

"If there is an army at this time, attack us. ”

"I mean, if there is an army that tries to attack us at this time, can we temporarily resolve these contradictions, before we can solve the foreign invaders. ”

Siegmund did not name the Attila Empire, but before contacting him, he wanted to let Gomm get in touch with the Attila Empire, hoping to temporarily suppress the internal contradictions through the invasion of the Attila Empire.

Zygmund's words made Gohm's eyes shine, and this is indeed a practical method, using external wars to divert internal contradictions, which has been proven to be practical until then.

"Well, it works. ”

Sigourney nodded approvingly, but she voiced her concerns.

"However, there are some areas where caution is needed. ”

"The Baltic Empire is indeed a dragon in front of it, and the Attila Empire is a pack of wolves in the rear, and the only reason why the two are opposed is that they both have Scandinavia as their target for conquest. ”

"We have to be wary of whether those armies of the Attila Empire will turn a fake fight into a real fight. ”

Gorm agrees with Sigony's words, but he has other plans.

"It doesn't matter, no matter what kind of mind the other side has, we will defend according to normal war, but we will only defend passively, and we will never take the initiative to attack. ”

Gorm would not say that he was expecting a small-scale, planned war, and that by controlling the scale of the war, he would solve the problems he faced, such as letting some very unstable elements die on the battlefield.

This is something he learned from Siegel, which he picked up and washed, and used it in resolving internal contradictions.