On the day of 1432 and the 1300th anniversary of the founding of Bourbon, a 12-year-old child of an aristocratic family, Felson Germak, in front of me, the 114th consul of Bourbon, the beautiful man Luhr VIII, began to talk about what Bourbon should do in the future.

Although I felt ridiculous at first, as a 65-year-old man who had always been mild-tempered (only for nobles), I patiently listened to his "tirade".

"The Northern Passage has been an integral part of Bourbon since ancient times, and in the case of the independence of the Southern Passage, we must hold on to the Northern Passage, otherwise all Bourbon's inheritance in the North will be reduced to ashes and will no longer be owned by Bourbon. Therefore, there is nothing to say about the inevitable choice of counterinsurgency to the northern shipping lanes. ”

A 12-year-old child can actually explain the truth so much, although he still has a joking mentality, but I can't help but look at this child a few times.

"Although it is difficult to gnaw teeth, I have to admit that Bourbon is gradually losing its hegemonic status, if you want to maintain its hegemonic status, you must carry out reforms like a strong man's broken wrist, but you do not have the ability and strength to reform, and rash reform is to accelerate the collapse, so the road of reform is not feasible. ”

"Since the internal problem cannot be solved, then we can only rely on diplomacy to break the situation, and we can start by talking about it, which is just a measure of desperation, but it is also what can be done with the least harm to Bourbon. ”

I was a little unhappy, who did the kid think he was? Is he better than me? and said that I had no ability, and although I was unhappy at first, I listened patiently out of aristocratic politeness.

"The rebellion in the Northern Passage is not terrible, what is terrible is that if the three forces of the Edonan Peninsula also join the rebellion, this is where the fatal thing is. The only way to do this is to break the wrist of the strong man, grant Edonan the right to free the rebellion, give him the right to attack the Middle-earth colonial guards, and let the three families of the Edonan Peninsula be busy with internal fighting, so as not to continue to interfere in the operation of the northern shipping lane. ”

"And Pokang, whose peace treaty expires in two years, is also a fatal problem. The only way now is to turn to Boris and ask Boris to sign an agreement with us, if Boris attacks us, Boris will declare war on Boris to stabilize Pokang's land attack, and besides......"

"Ahem," I coughed, interrupting the child's whim, "Son, I've received your concerns about Bourbon, and although some of the strategies are a bit immature, given your age, it's already ...... to be able to come up with them."

"I understand your hidden meaning, it is nothing more than Boris, who has been in war with us for 9 years before, how can he come to our aid at this time, but I once heard a great being say that there are no eternal enemies, no eternal allies, only eternal interests!"

When I heard this sentence from a child, I was shocked to know what kind of existence it should be to say such philosophical words at such a young age.

The boy continued: "Yes, Boris is now in the open and secret supply of the Northern Passage to aid their rebellion, but this does not prevent Boris from being willing to curb the expansion of Bocom, and as Boris in the south, he wants Bourbon to be weak, but he also does not want Bocom to annex Bourbon's territory in a big way! ”

"In addition, if it really doesn't work, you can also sell the Dumo Liao Transit to the Southern Passage to curry favor with them, and by the way solve the financial problems of Bourbon, after all, the Dumo Liao Transit Channel, which was established to connect the Northern Passage and the Southern Passage, has no meaning in this era. ”

"After saying that, Boris is returning to the Tenglong Continent. After all these years of observation, I believe that the most threatening force in the Tenglong Continent to the Bourbon, no, and the entire Bourbon world is not Maischica or Ingena, but the Bourbon Diaspora Alliance that nominally obeys us! Therefore, curbing the Bourbon Diaspora Alliance is the top priority of Bourbon!"

"Therefore, we should unite the Insecticination Zone, the Tenglong Colonial Guard, Maisica, the Western Frontier Alliance, the Western Core, and the Indolands to form a containment encirclement against the Bourbon Diaspora Alliance and prevent its expansion. ”

Seeing that he said so impassionedly, I couldn't help but want to tease him: "Your encirclement and containment circle does not include Ingona, what if Ingonia and the Bourbon Diaspora Alliance join forces?"

He seemed to hear the lack of attention in my tone, and the spirit of the whole person suddenly collapsed, and the words that followed were no longer full of passion.

"No, the two or five boys of the Bourbon Diaspora League hate Bourbon more seriously than they hate Bourbon, even if the Storm King of Ingona wants to reconcile with the Diaspora Alliance, he will be torn apart by his angry nobles. Even if Ingonia did not join the encirclement, it would not be possible to join forces with the Diaspora Alliance. In addition, the non-participation of Incona will also help to win over the two rebellious ...... within Incona in the Western Core and the Western Frontier Alliance."

Felison's tone grew deeper and lower, and at last the voice was too small to be heard, and it was his companion Lull who poked him in the arm, and Felison raised his voice again to say goodbye to me.

"That's all for my words, this is what can be done to the maximum extent possible without involving radical changes, and if you don't adopt this plan now, or wait until things arise as before, then even if Felison IX is resurrected, he will not be able to save Bourbon. ”

With that, the Felison gave me a listless farewell salute, and then turned away with his companion Luel, and in a short time disappeared into the crowd of festivities.

"Hehe, two interesting little kids, matured prematurely, didn't they?" I smiled and said to the clerk next to me, and then threw the funny episode aside.

Unlike more than a decade ago when the Southern Passage rebellion was quelled, Bourbon did not need to face several wars at the same time, thus dispersing forces unnecessarily, and the Northern Passage was inferior to the Southern Passage, so Bourbon was quite successful in the initial counterinsurgency, and soon landed on the Northern Passage and began to reclaim the city.

The Northern Passage is small and weak. There are only five main cities in the entire northern shipping lane, forming a ┌ along the northern coastline of Bourbon, and four main cities are lined up on the edge of the coast, one main city is the bulge in the southwest, and the southern part of the northern shipping channel is a mountain range running east-west, which limits the range of activities of the northern shipping channel.

Because the initial war went very smoothly, the Great Palace's arrangement for this war was to end the war within two years, and then fall back to the home defense of Pokon - in 1434, the 20-year armistice signed in the "Recognition of Dolomi" expired, and Pokon could legally attack Bourbon.

If our opponent in this war is only the Northern Passage, it will be a war that will take a little effort, but it will still be a sure victory, but unfortunately, our opponent is not only Bourbon.

"Archon, emergency! Boris sent a fleet claiming to be coming to the North for business, but in fact he is transporting troops and supplies from Edonan, the Middle-earth Colonial Guard, and the Middle-earth Forest Colonial Guard to the Northern Passages!

This matter is so important that the front-line commanders do not dare to make decisions on their own, so they can only poke the matter to me, and I dare to make a decision on my own? I can only "convene all the parliamentarians and convene an emergency meeting at the General Assembly Palace."

At another emergency meeting, the priest stammered as he stammered the message he had received from the god of the sea while wiping the sweat drops with his trembling hands.

"I, I asked Lord Poseidon about the outcome of this incident, and the oracle of Poseidon and Poseidon is that Boris is stepping on the vague line of violation, violation, and non-violation, so this Poseidon will not punish Boris. However, Borisbi, after all, took advantage of the loophole, so the sea god forbidden, and our initiative to declare war on Boris is not counted, it is not a violation of the peace witnessed by the gods, and Boris forbids us to take the initiative to declare war on us before we attack. ”

After patiently listening to the priest's stammering explanation of the oracle, there was an uncomfortable silence in the Great Palace. Although we have gained the right to declare war on our own initiative, can Bourbon really take the initiative to declare war on Boris now? Three wars will be reopened again? You must know that the war with Maisca is not over yet, and the tens of thousands of Bourbon troops are still stuck on the Tenglong continent and cannot move!

After several hours of deliberation at the General Palace, Bourbon finally shamefully confessed, ignoring that Boris's fleet was transporting supplies to the Northern Passage, leaving the Northern Passage with the strength to pounce.

As for the troops on the front line, it caused a panic when they saw that among the rebels fighting with them, there were soldiers from the colonial guard, and they seemed to think that the colonial guard was also involved in the rebellion, and no matter how the Bourbon officers appeased, it was useless to say that these troops were just traitors to the colonial guard, and that the colonial guard was still Bourbon-minded.

With the reinforcements of the three northern powers, the Northern Passage has gradually regained its advantage, and the troops we have put in the Northern Passage have gradually retreated to Lorne, the former seat of the Northern Passage, and can only be compressed here.

In response to the offensive of the Northern Passage, Misica launched a massive attack on Dieter and Pisa, making us abandon our plan to withdraw troops from Usica.

In the midst of all the frustration, the year 1434 arrived, and what frightened us was that, according to the news from the spies, Pokang began to sharpen his sword, and there was a vague tendency to take advantage of the chaos to attack.

But there were still a few months left in Pokang's peace treaty, and there were still a few months left for Bourbon to buffer, and during these months, some of the parliamentarians and I did not even return home, and we spent the night discussing what to do now, but before we could come up with a definite decision, another earth-shattering news came.

The Middle-earth Colonial Guard officially pulled out the anti-flag and announced that it was no longer Bourbon territory, and three days later, the Middle-earth Forest Colonial Guard followed suit and launched a formal rebellion against Bourbon, while Edonan just did not formally rebel, still maintaining a strange silent posture. ”

"Bourbon is in danger!

Because I didn't close my eyes after five days of meetings, I fainted directly after hearing this terrible news.