A good man with three gangs, a fence with three piles, as a mature and experienced general, he naturally won't figure it out alone when he encounters a problem, Count McNuss's puppet staff, among which there is a wise and level-headed staff officer, is the most trusted think tank of Count McNuss, his name is Yuri. A thin body, but a huge head. Count McNus read the letter for a long time, and was always a little confused, just like when he usually encountered a problem, he asked people to call Yuri the big head.

Since he is his most trusted confidant, there is nothing to hide from him, and when Yuri came, Count McNus stuffed the letter into Yuri's hand for him to read, and when Yuri finished reading, Count McNus asked him, "Do you have any ideas?" I always felt that there was something awkward in this letter, but I couldn't find what it was. ”

Yuri was dressed in a crisp military uniform, and although he was small, he looked very capable, his surname was old-fashioned, he was not smiling, and even in front of Count McNuss, he was always expressionless.

"Lord Earl, prepare as soon as possible, there may be a war soon." As soon as he opened his mouth, Yuri came to a speech that was not shocking and endless.

Count McNus was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly asked, "How do you see it?" ”

Yuri said, "Lord Count, I would like to ask you a few questions before answering your question. ”

"Okay, you ask!"

"In **, are there any spies sent by the Byron Empire?"

"Uh......" Count McNus thought for a moment, "I don't know who it is, but there will definitely be." ”

"Well, then the second question, will these spies collect our information about food and financial revenues, and then put it in writing and put it in front of their little emperor?"

"Food and revenue are important, but they don't keep it secret, and I think they should have access to detailed data."

"Then ......," Yuri said, pointing to the fourth request in the letter, "since the little emperor of the Byron Empire knew that his request was seriously beyond our ability, and that it was impossible for us to meet such a request, why did he make it?" ”

"Because ......" Hearing Yuri say this, Count McNus seemed to understand a little.

"This is definitely not that little emperor is idle and writes letters to disgust us, he is making excuses for starting a war!" Yuri slammed his right palm down and said with great momentum: "Yes, that's an excuse!" ”

"Reason!"

"The reason is simple!" Yuri shook his huge head and said, "Even if we really want to satisfy his appetite for this letter, we don't have the ability to do that, and as long as we say a 'no', yes, we only need one." No', they can point their noses and say that we have no sincerity in the peace talks, and put all the blame on our heads, so that they stand on the moral high ground, and at least they can deceive their own people, saying that their Emperor His Majesty has extended a friendly hand to our Bauhinia Empire, but we have rejected it, after all...... The first three demands of their letter are still very, very high-sounding, and they are enough to deceive the common people. Lord Earl, what do you say, what kind of feelings will their common people feel at this time? ”

"Angry?"

"It's not just anger, they will feel insulted, you look at this second article, ask for the opening of the mutual market, tsk...... This is a major event that directly affects the quality of life of every ordinary person, if you erase other conditions and just look at this second article, I am afraid that when you see this, the common people of the Byron Empire who dislike the royal family the most will also have the same hatred as their little emperor. As the saying goes, there are no eternal enemies and no eternal friends, only eternal interests, and on this issue, it is very easy for them to unite and unite with the outside world, and this outside is us! ”

Yuri continued: "Relations between our two countries have not been good, and although they have improved a little in recent years, they have not changed something that has been deeply rooted, and now, to those ordinary subjects of the Byron Empire, they will feel that His Majesty the Emperor has been scorned and insulted, and their own interests have been harmed, what do you say they will do?" It must be the enthusiasm of the crowd and the demand for immediate troops to take revenge. And at this time, His Majesty the Emperor will also be very 'reluctant' to agree to this request, and in the name of revenge, he will use troops against us to launch a war that they think is 'just'. Speaking of this, Yuri snorted: "Although this kidnapping of ** is a bit shameless, I still have to admit that this is indeed a very good strategy." ”

"So what are we going to do?" Count McNus asked.

Yuri thought for a moment and replied, "We are ready to fight, but the empire ...... Can't hit! ”

"What do you mean we are ready to fight, but the Empire can't fight?" Count McNus was a little confused, why was this so contradictory?

"Lord Earl, this is not a contradiction!" Yuri said very seriously: "We are soldiers, it is our duty to protect the territory, no matter how strong and fierce the enemy is, we must keep it out." I don't know how long it will take for the Byron Empire to attack, maybe tomorrow, maybe a month, maybe a year, but whenever they kill, the first opponent they have to face is undoubtedly us, so I said we have to prepare for this battle, you must know that they are the most vigorous when they kill all the way, if we are not prepared enough, we are afraid that they will be gone, and there will be no bones left. ”

Count McNus nodded, affirming Yuri's statement, and then asked, "Then what do you mean by saying that the empire can't be fought?" ”

"Lord Earl, do you know how many provinces in the empire have been affected this year?" Yuri answered not as asked, but threw out another question.

As a first-class nobleman of the empire and a high-ranking military scholar, Count McNus is still very clear about this matter, he thought about it and stretched out his finger: "Four, there are floods in two provinces in the south, a once-in-a-century drought in one province in the north, and locusts in one province, although the drought in one province is lighter!" ”

Count McNus said very clearly, but unexpectedly, Yuri shook his head after hearing it: "Lord Earl, what you said is not right, to be precise, there should be four provinces that have been severely affected, and the provinces affected by natural disasters are a total of fifteen!" ”

Yuri continued: "Coupled with the continuation of several disaster-stricken provinces the year before and last year, this year's Empire's fiscal revenue and grain production are only less than one-third of what they used to be, and in order to provide relief to the victims, the Empire's food accumulation is no longer much, and even half of the military food reserves are left, and once the war starts, the Empire's economy will slide to the brink of collapse in a very short period of time." ”

Listening to Yuri's analysis, Count McNus groaned thoughtfully.

However, Yuri's words were not finished.

"And on top of that, there's a very important point, and that's our supply lines." Yuri pointed to the two huge military maps on the wall and said: "The territory of the Byron Empire is a shape close to a cube, and the supplies from all over the country can be gathered from all directions to a point in a very short time to make strong support for the front line, and we, our Bauhinia Empire's territory is vast, but relatively narrow and long, and the distance between north and south is very far, which means that our supply line should be more single and more fragile, once there is a problem at one point in the middle, we will face a terrible situation of no food and grass and no rescuers outside." At that time, we may have only two paths to take, one is to starve to death, and the other is to lay down our arms and surrender to the enemy. ”

"You're right." Count McNus nodded. Obviously, Yuri has convinced him, in this case, if war really breaks out, then it will definitely be the Bauhinia Empire that suffers, even if the invasion of the Byron Empire can be repelled in the end, it will be a tragic ending of killing a thousand enemies and losing eight hundred, and the prosperity of the empire will no longer exist.

"But what can be done to keep the empire from being drawn into this war?"

"I don't know!" Yuri replied very simply, he had a straight face, and actually said a very playful sentence very rarely: "I am not His Majesty the Emperor nor the Prime Minister, I am just an ordinary staff officer of the Northwest Army, such a difficult matter, let them go to the heart!" ”

……

Having ended his conversation with Yuri, Count McNus thought for a long time, and instead of sending the letter he had written the night before, he had torn it up. After sorting out his thoughts, he wrote a new letter with his own hand, which elaborated on Yuri's statement that war was about to break out and the reasons why the empire could not get involved in this war, and then he sealed this letter and the letter from the little emperor of the Byron Empire together, and sent someone to send it back as quickly as possible.

A few days later, a reply came, and His Majesty Charles XVI expressed great approval of Count McNuss for his analysis of the letter, but there was no final answer as to how to deal with the request of the young Emperor of the Byron Empire, and how to reply to it, and His Majesty Charles XVI said that he was considering it......

However, some information came back from informal channels, and it is said that as soon as the letter was published at the court meeting, it immediately caused an uproar, and almost all the courtiers expressed great indignation at the letter, and they were filled with righteous indignation, and demanded that troops be sent to conquer the Byron Empire immediately, so as to teach this greedy and insatiable white-eyed wolf a good lesson.

Even from that night onwards, there have been ministers who have written letters with blood, asking Charles to make up his mind to send troops.

One by one, the chapters asking for troops are one after another, and even the always wise Charles XVI is a little shaken, feeling that ** so, he should send troops to attack the Byron Empire, without waiting for them to make any moves, and it is not impossible to teach them a lesson first. It's just that......

Charlie Sixteen was very hesitant, don't fight, the other party made such a harsh request, but he didn't even let out a fart, it was really face-damaged, and it also gave the other party a high-sounding reason to send troops and a chance to make the first move. Beat...... Just like Count McNus said, it doesn't seem to work, the prosperity of the empire is only on the surface, but in fact, it is a strong outsider, and it is difficult to guarantee that something unexpected will happen once the fight starts.

As an empire, Charles XVI thinks about things more far-reaching than others, once the war starts, it is bound to give priority to ensuring military rations, and it is necessary to urgently allocate grain and grass from all over the country, and transfer grain, which is easy to say, but now more than a dozen provinces are affected by disasters at the same time, and the people themselves are not full. (To be continued.) )