How do you know that the words of the big official have not been finished, looking at the cold eyes of everyone, he didn't blink his eyelids, "This is just an appetizer, didn't you let go of a group of red-capped knights before, oh, and that noble Royce, it's time to use their relationship." Send someone to invite Royce and the nobles of Lorraine, just say that God has the virtue of a good life, and I don't want to see more Lorraine soldiers die in meaningless battles, let them all take them home, as long as these people come, those soldiers from the Lorraine Kingdom are still in the mood to fight? Of course, the last move, and the most crucial move, is for us to marry the Kingdom of Lorraine. ”

Poof, now everyone doesn't even have the strength to open their mouths, and the thinking of the Oriental officials is completely jumping, how can they run to the marriage while talking? Or is it a marriage with the Kingdom of Lorraine, where does this come from? Rao is Zhao Yougong is witty on weekdays, and some of them have been rectified, and some of them are not convinced, and they pointed at themselves in disbelief, "Big official, are you letting this king marry?" ”

"Ahem, Your Highness, you are handsome and chic, Yushu is in the wind, you are a famous beautiful man in my Great Song Dynasty, and you have such a noble identity, of course I want you to get married, my subordinates want to go, but you really can't get into the eyes of the law, so you won't sell ugly, in fact..." Xiao Zhiyun is really going crazy, one Kelai is not clear enough, and now Dongfang Jin wants Zhao Yougong to marry, if she can be comfortable, it will be hell. Xiao Zhiyun is not a jealous person, but she also has a bottom line, isn't it just a Lorraine Kingdom, worthy of such sacrifice by His Royal Highness Zhao? With so many Western women around, how should I explain to Zhu Lian after returning to the Great Song Dynasty? Dongfang Jin closed her mouth, but Xiao Zhiyun didn't intend to let him go like this, "Mr. Dongfang, keep talking, if you don't make a sense, hum, Sanniang is ready to use the knife." ”

Dongfang Jin secretly scolded the mistake, patronizing the power of his tongue, but forgetting that Concubine Xiao was right in front of him. In the face of the eldest lady Zhu Lian, she is not so afraid, no matter how powerful the eldest lady is, she is also a gentle person, but Concubine Xiao is really an out-and-out ruthless person, a woman who single-handedly established the B room army and led the troops to fight all the year round, how can she not be ruthless? Dongfang Jin knew that if he didn't give an explanation today, he would definitely not be able to please him, "Concubine Xiao is angry, her subordinates are really thinking about my hundreds of thousands of soldiers." The Kingdom of Lorraine is in a very special position, sandwiched between the eastern nobility and the Frankish Kingdom, but it is precisely that the Kingdom of Lorraine is not a country with a strong desire for expansion, they are just looking for business. The subordinates have known in many ways that although the Kingdom of Lorraine is under the rule of King Matteer, it is actually divided into two major forces, one side is the northern white grape nobles led by Royce and other nobles, the other is the red grape nobles led by the Weiting family in the south, and the northern and southern nobles are synthetic vineyard nobles. This northern nobleman is friendly with us, Royce and others have persuaded the family to turn to us, the reason why King Matteire has not expressed his position for a long time, the key lies in this Weiting family. The nobles of the southern red vineyards seemed to be hesitating, and their subordinates learned from Royce that the patriarch of the Wettin family, Hornan, had a daughter named Marina, who was favored by Louis the Fat and intended to welcome him into the Frankish palace and become the new Frankish queen. The relationship between the Frankish kingdom and us is also clear to everyone, because of Claire's existence, we have a heart to get involved in Scotland and England, and we are destined to not go with the Franks. It is precisely because of this that the southern Weiting family hesitated. However, judging from the fact that they did not directly reject our overtures, they did not fully trust Louis. So, in this case, why don't Your Highness intervene sideways, it is also a marriage, as long as the Wei Ting family is not a fool, they know how to choose, in the face of the powerful eastern nobles, they will definitely choose to marry us. If we continue to marry Louis, we will unite the eastern nobles and the northern nobles to exert pressure, will the Franks alone be able to withstand this pressure? ”

Dongfang Jin's words were not completely spoken, but the rest could not be understood after a little thought. If the red grape nobles in the south and the white grape nobles in the north all fall to the Great Song Dynasty, then Ma Taier has only one choice, he can't fight against the two major forces of the kingdom, otherwise he will be the end of the king. In the face of such strong pressure, the eastern nobles will definitely give up the interests of Saxony, in order to protect their vested interests, Lothair will also be abandoned, and no one will take unworthy risks for the sake of not getting their hands. The eastern nobles withdrew from the battlefield of Istria, and the Danube nobles and blacksmith nobles could only follow, so that the Germanic army active in the Istrian heights would fall apart and fall apart. How many Germanic soldiers were truly loyal to Lothair and willing to fight to the death for him?

Go through Dongfang Jin's plan from beginning to end, I have to marvel at Dongfang Jin's strength, give up and take, pull and fight, crush people's hearts, first use the Saxon people to hit the morale of the original Saxon soldiers, and then use marriage to completely win the Lorraine Kingdom as an ally, and then use the Lorraine Kingdom to balance the Franks, and then cooperate with the Great Song Dynasty soldiers and horses stationed in the Duchy of Saxony to threaten the eastern Germanic nobles. The eastern nobles and the Danube nobles, who felt the pressure, were bound to choose to abandon the Duchy of Saxony and keep their capital for their own interests. Luo Weidenov and the others all looked at Dongfang Jin in disbelief, such a complicated plan was actually thought up by one person in less than half an hour, if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, who would have believed it? How can there be such a ghost in the world? really responded to that sentence, there is nothing difficult in the world, only afraid of people with hearts, any problem, as long as you find the right way, you can solve it. At this time, even Xiao Zhiyun couldn't say anything, even if she was very unhappy, she still couldn't stop this marriage, political marriage, and many times she was helpless. Zhao Yougong has not expressed his position, and no one urges, only a fool will urge at this time, it is obvious that His Royal Highness is waiting for Concubine Xiao's attitude, after a long time, Xiao Zhiyun sighed slightly, "Tomorrow will start to implement the great retreat plan, the troops stationed near Vladimir will assemble on the western front of the Suzdal River, Shi Wengong's department will withdraw from the northern Caucasus and join the Gao Pet Department, and the Fifth Army and the Sixth Army will be stationed outside the Suzdal River, and the rest of the people will all move to the western front, four days later, It was imperative that the armies of all stripes assemble along the banks of the Kakiwell River. ”

Xiao Zhiyun's military order was issued, which was tantamount to a default marriage, but with her arrogant temperament, she directly agreed, obviously not very willing. After the general marching plan was issued, Xiao Zhiyun didn't forget to glance at Dongfang Jin coldly, as if to say, "We'll see". Dongfang Jin scratched her head very depressedly, this time she offended Concubine Xiao, but she blamed herself for such a big thing, and she didn't say hello to Concubine Xiao, she was still too anxious.

The great retreat of Kyiv is no better than Vilnius and other places, and many people are reluctant to hear about the implementation of the retreat plan, but Lovodnov personally came forward and just said "death for staying", and no one dared to make trouble. The most regrettable thing is that the free trade zone under construction is just halfway through and now has to be stopped. The huge retreat plan can't hide from everyone's eyes at all, let alone the spies of the Germans, in fact, there are many evil ruffians bought by the Germans in Kiev, and these people spread the news to Lothair as soon as possible. The city of Kyiv is retreating, and Lothair is full of question marks, if he hadn't confirmed it repeatedly, he would have doubted the authenticity of this news, and no matter how he listened to this news, it would be like a fool and a fool. Lothair couldn't figure it out for a while, so he had to find Bysel, Sugers, Jorkoren and others, and Sugers and the others wondered, "Your Majesty, what is the so-called reason for coming to us in such a hurry?" ”

"Just got reliable news, the Oriental people withdrew from the city of Kiev in a big way, and all moved towards the line of the Suzdal River" Lothair's face was tense and expressionless, and after the Suggs and several people heard this, they were stunned, and then they all laughed, Bysel touched his ears and grinned, "The Easterners really take us for fools?" From Psk all the way to Vilnius, we have already jumped the same pit three times in a row, will we be stupid enough to jump a fourth time? Your Majesty, there must be fraud in this matter, and it is estimated that this move is to lure us out of the city to attack the city of Kyiv, so that the Easterners can arrange a large army to fight us in the field. ”

Bysel's words won the consent of everyone, and this was not false at all, in the city of Psk, the Easterners began to use the method of exchanging cities for troops, but the Germanic warriors were wronged three times in a row, although it was because the Easterners' plan was too perfect. But this time, you can't be fooled if you are killed, what if you can't see through the plans of the Orientals, as long as you don't move, what can the Orientals do, and have the ability to storm the city? Sugus snorted hatefully, "Your Majesty, the Oriental people must be playing some scheming again, we still can't see the other party's situation clearly, or do not change everything, if we don't move, there will be no flaws." ”

Dongfang Jin, Zhao Yougong and others really didn't expect that they had already let Kyiv City out, but Lothair and others didn't dare to move, they used Kyiv City as bait to catch fish three times before, and each time they got a lot of harvest, but this time they didn't do anything, and the Germans didn't dare to move. I have to say that the Germans really suffered losses and fears before, for fear of causing another tragedy in Vilnius, losing 50,000 troops for a fortified city, what if the whole army is wiped out for the city of Kiev? In fact, there are other reasons why Lothair is so cautious, racking his brains to ask for reinforcements, and so far Saxon reinforcements have arrived, and the others have not yet arrived. In fact, Lothair knew in his heart that it was a bit difficult for other reinforcements.

Four days ago, the Danube nobles attacked the southern part of the kingdom of Alemanni, revealing their ambitions to fight for Hohenzollern. At this time, Lothair's letter for help arrived, looking at the content of Lothair's letter, Dorle didn't feel a good feeling, many of the tens of thousands of soldiers who died belonged to the eastern nobles. However, it is impossible for Dolle to send any more reinforcements, and now that the fighting in the Istrian Heights has become a quagmire, so much energy and financial resources have been invested, and no benefit has been reaped so far. More importantly, it was impossible to give up the vested interests of the eastern aristocracy for the sake of the Istrian heights, which would only cheapen the Danube aristocracy led by Schwein. Its implementation of Wein's idea of the same as Dorle, and now the energy invested in the Istrian Heights has reached the limit that the Danube nobles can bear, and sending troops again will damage the vital interests of the nobles, even if Schwein agrees to send troops, it is useless, other Danube nobles will not agree, what is the use of Schwein's family sending troops? Therefore, Dolle and Schwein, who were in the struggle, once again tacitly chose the united front, and neither of them expressed their position, nor did they say that they would send troops, nor did they say that they would not send troops, in short, a procrastination. In order to leave people speechless, the two sides also engaged in a confrontation in the south of Burgundy, and the battle was hot, but it was only dry thunder and no rain, because at this time Schwein and Dorle were sitting in a small castle in the west of Salzburg drinking, and no one could see that these two men were still fighting to the death for the Alemanni territory. Both of them were smart men, and from the moment Lothair's letter for help arrived, they knew that it was time to give up the confrontation and face the field, and they could only unite the front. The two know each other well and are both enemies and good friends.

"Your Excellency Dorle, it seems that the war in the Istrian Heights is getting worse and worse, and at this time I wonder if we were right to support Lothair in the Istrian War in the first place" Schwein doubted his own judgment for the first time, he used to think that occupying the Istrian Heights would bring infinite benefits, but now he realized that even if he had the Istrian Heights, he might not really have much benefit. In the final analysis, it is because the Istrian Heights are too vast, and with the current Holy Empire, it is impossible to digest this land in a short period of time, and there are many contradictions within the empire, and it is really anxious to face the provocation of the Eastern Roman Empire. Dolle took a sip of wine, and his eyes full of wisdom revealed a little depression, "I'm afraid that the Istrian strategy we formulated was wrong, maybe we should have really thought about the Caucasus in the first place." We underestimate the Orientals too much, and the power contained in this huge Oriental Empire is beyond your comprehension. On such a long front from the east to the west, their supplies were not cut off, and they began to collect the Slavs by taking local materials. We dared to move the Istrian heights at that time, just to see that the Easterners had just occupied Kipros and had an unstable foothold, and now it seems that everything is a façade. ”