() The royal palace of Hansar City, the capital of the Bole Kingdom

Praise to the king, the head of the intelligence department of the kingdom of Pole, Fox, came to the front of the royal study, and he used the formal etiquette between the kings and the courtiers to tell the king, who was sitting in the office, that he had arrived

Please come in

Fawkes pushed the door and entered, only to see that the king he respected the most was burying his head in a big article, and the quill pen in his hand was flying rapidly, looking at the king who was in a hurry, Fawkes's heart couldn't help but ache, if you boiled your body like this, how can you lead us to realize our ideals

Fox, you are here, although he said this, his eyes did not leave the quill pen under his hand, and he was still writing quickly

Yes, Your Majesty, you have instructed me to inquire about the attitude of the Central Curia to the political situation in the Fayele Empire...... Fawkes hesitated whether to send the document in his hand, because that would inevitably increase the amount of approval from His Majesty the King

Oh, as soon as he heard this, he immediately became interested, he immediately put down the quill in his hand, and folded the essay that was being reviewed, and then he came to Fawkes, and quickly showed it to me

Fawkes didn't dare to slack off and immediately presented it

Duris I looked at it carefully, with a satisfied expression on his face, and nodded from time to time

Your report is not bad, it is more detailed than I expected, after reading it, Duris I closed the text and put it on his desk, Fawkes, you go and tell our intelligence officer who stayed on St. Pope's Island, so that he does not need to be so desperate to ensure the state of lurk, the most important thing is that if you expose yourself because of these ordinary information, then it will be a good loss, speaking of this, it is all Riston, after all, the Pope also has an intelligence network in his hands that is definitely not weaker than the one in your hands, and a little carelessness may make us excellent

Then Duris returned to his seat and sat down to get on with his work, but after a few lines he noticed that Fawkes was still standing in front of him

Do you have anything else to do, and I asked Fawkes, who refused to leave

Report to Majesty xià...... After thinking about it carefully, Fawkes chose to deny it, then saluted his majesty and slowly retreated to the door

But as he passed the sand table, he couldn't help but take a moment, and he noticed that most of the small red flags representing King Pole were planted on the border to the south and southwest of the kingdom

What's wrong with you, I didn't think it was enjoyable last time, and you still want to do another game of sand table deduction, Duriss noticed that Fox stopped in front of the sand table with a concentrated expression, so he asked with a smile

I'm very sorry, my King, His Majesty Fuchs, bowed to the King, and slowly withdrew from the Study

Duris I looked at the door of Fawkes's room and shook his head, showing a wry smile - alas, although this Fawkes is excellent in his job, he lacks the heat in the control of grand strategy

Then Duris picked up the text on the information of the Central Church and read it again, and then put it back in its place again

He knew what Fawkes was thinking, and as Duris had guessed, the Pope knew that the attack on the Templars in Fayerle was wronged, but he still put the on the poor Emperor, and he had prepared a manifesto to condemn the Emperor's attack on the Templar Order, and would send troops to the Yale Empire

Of course, the old fox of the Pope will not fail to understand that although the Templar Order is now strong, it is by no means easy to bring down a huge Fayele Empire, and the reason why the Pope knows that he cannot do it is to add another fire to the already chaotic Fayele political situation, so as to hasten the outbreak of the Fayele Civil War, although it is not yet certain what practical benefits the Fayele Civil War can bring to the Holy See, but the Holy See's intervention will definitely happen

In this regard, the group of former French Yale generals represented by Fox would not be unaware, and they looked forward to it every day, only as soon as the civil war of the Faylele Empire started, King Duris would lead them back

Therefore, this is also something that Fox in the face of the sand table can't understand, since we are all ready to send troops to the French Yale, what are we still doing with heavy troops stationed on the southern border, but the French Yale Empire is in the north

This is the fundamental difference between the material of a commander and the material of a king, the latter always thinks further than the former, since we can think of taking advantage of the opportunity of the civil strife in the Fayele Empire to counterattack into the territory of the empire, it is impossible for the Central Church to think that these clergy have always done devilish things in the name of God, and this has been the case for more than a thousand years, so it can be speculated that the Central Church will definitely try to try to prevent the Pole Kingdom from sending troops to the Fa Yale. And the most direct way is to light a fire in the backyard of the Pole Kingdom, which is why Duris has to station heavy troops in the south

He must focus on guarding against a shot in the back of the St. Auluffi Kingdom and the Orc Kingdom Shamannia, with the current strength of the Pole Kingdom, it is not a small St. Auluffi Kingdom that can be fought against alone, so they will definitely draw together the neighboring orc tribes to launch a war against the Pole Kingdom, just like the joint attack on Pole with Fayale twelve years ago, and Duris learned from other intelligence sources that St. Auluffie secretly sent an envoy to Shamania - this further confirmed Duris's suspicion

Although the orcs have not fully recovered from the two large-scale wars with the forest elves a few years ago, according to the greedy nature of the orcs, as long as the price offered by the central church is attractive enough, they do not care about acting as a pioneer for others

Every deployment on the sand table has been carefully thought out by Duris: since the Pope does not want me to take the opportunity to return to Fayaru, then I will temporarily suspend the affairs of the north and concentrate on solving the threat in the south first, Duriss does not intend to give up the choice of the timing of the war to the orcs for the sake of those so-called morality, he is ready to implement a preemptive strike strategy against the orcs, take advantage of the gathering of the orc army to carry out a lightning surprise attack on them, and strive to end the war against the orcs in the shortest possible time, let the orcs know the interest, and retreat to the Gobi wilderness of shamania

Thinking of this, Durris couldn't help but laugh, and he got up from his seat and went to the side of the sand table

In fact, in addition to eliminating the potential threat of the orcs, the use of troops in the south also has a deeper strategic consideration, because using troops in the south can obtain greater benefits than in the north: access to the sea

Duris set his sights on the western part of the Pole Kingdom, a country with a narrow territory and coastline bordering the Fayele Empire, the Pole Kingdom, and Shamannia: St. Auluffy