Soon, however, some people who were concerned about the situation at the front noticed a strange phenomenon. Under the strategy of extremely provocative posture, in fact, the two sides of the confrontation are carrying out extremely conservative tactics. The generals on both sides strictly restrained their officers and soldiers, except for shouting to each other that I want to hit you, "no one allowed their own people to shoot the first arrow."

This kind of hot and cold situation in the rear is not only confusing to onlookers, but even many people in the bureau are confused, especially for some people who are ready to stand in line, it is simply a kind of torture. However, they were unable to get a positive message from the top brass on both sides of the confrontation through their own channels, because the top brass on both sides themselves were hesitating.

At a time when different forces and figures throughout the continent were concerned about the direction of the border situation, in the chamber of the Papal Palace in Winston, as a member of the two sides of the confrontation, the high-level leaders were holding an important meeting, and Des Hepburn personally presided over the meeting, and the number of participants was small, except for some important generals of the army, only a few cardinals were qualified to attend.

"Your Majesty, give the order to attack!"

At the beginning of the meeting, Gutsien briefed the high-level Pontifical leaders present on the confrontation situation on the front line, as well as the battle plan he had drawn up, and finally he ended his report with a request for battle, as long as Thes Hepburn nodded, the equilibrium of the confrontation on the border would be broken tomorrow, and the army of the Holy See would be the first to break the deadlock.

In an expectant gaze, Des Hepburn did not answer Gutsian's question, he didn't even say anything, just frowned and fell into deep thought.

"According to your plan, how long will it take to completely defeat the Yuss army?"

Just as the attendees were wondering if Des Hepburn had heard Gutsian's report, he suddenly asked rhetorically.

"Your Majesty, I am confident that I will be able to defeat the army of Yus on the western front of the Togolese hills within a month, and then open the passage from the western front to Boulder City within three months, and capture Boulder City and surrender Juss within six months. However, logistical support must be timely and sufficient. ”

Gutsian pointed to the map of the continent hanging on the wall next to him and said confidently.

"Lord Knight, you seem to have overlooked Yuz's Northern Legion, which is the elite of the battle-hardened elite. ”

Raphael, who was sitting at the head of Des Hepburn, reminded that he had just returned from Triumph City to participate in this military meeting, and that in the event of a war with Yus, although the Templars were the main force of the attack, the offensive and defensive and logistical tasks of the auxiliary legions were also the most important, and the auxiliary legions from Higg would be commanded by the Templar Thompson to cooperate with the Templar Order's operations. As for logistics, Raphael is the general coordinator, and he and Thompson want to ensure that the Higg court can fully cooperate with the plans and programs of the Holy See, and he is very confident in this, because the Higg military department is completely in the hands of the pro-papal faction, and the military minister Beverly is even more obedient to him. So when he heard that Gutsian had attributed the premise of the smooth implementation of his plan to ensuring logistics, he couldn't help but feel a little unhappy.

"As long as they can quickly take Boulder City, the Yus army will fall into a leaderless situation, and the discouraged northern army will have nothing to fear. ”

Gutsian replied proudly.

"I'm afraid that the Northern Army will be disheartened. Des Hepburn interjected:

"Attacking Yuss too long will be enough for the orc army to be ready and arrive on the battlefield in time. The orcs will not watch Yus fall into our hands, if we have a war with Yus, they will definitely go south to fish in troubled waters and take advantage of the opportunity to profit, if Yus's northern legion can still continue to play the role of the northern rock, then we have nothing to worry about, but if Boulder City falls and the country does not exist, will they continue to hold the border and defend the country?"

Slender fingers tapped lightly on the tabletop, and Des Hepburn voiced his worries.

"Not only will the orcs not watch us swallow up Yuz, but the elves will probably not stand by and watch, and if they intervene, it will cause serious damage to our eastern defenses, and we will be in a three-front battle, and maybe the whole situation of the war will be reversed. ”

After Des Hepburn finished speaking, Bishop Garcia added on the side that this time Gutsian's battle plan was to defend the east and attack the west, and the reason for this choice was to worry about the elves in the east sending troops. The defenders of the eastern front may have no problem dealing with the elves in a short period of time, but if it takes a long time, I am afraid that they will fall into a passive situation, and even affect the entire battle situation, after all, if there are elves in the east, Yus is likely to give up the defense in the east and transfer all the legions to the west to fight.

"Six months of war is too long, there are too many variables, and it can even be costly. We must take down Yuss at the lowest cost, just as we did with Higg in the first place, and we must not get into a long and continuous war with Yus. ”

Des Hepburn nodded, clearly approving with Garcia's analysis.

"Your Majesty, with all due respect, Vettels is not Busman Roland, and he will not surrender without completely destroying Yus's military forces. ”

Gutsian stubbornly said that in his mind, it was difficult for Hepburn to realize that he did not want to start a large-scale war and wanted to take Yuss at the lowest cost.

"I know better than anyone who Vettels is, and since he is tough, then he will come up with a weakness. ”

A sneer broke out at the corners of Des Hepburn's mouth.

"Come up with a weakness?"

Gutsian and Garcia looked at each other, but neither understood what Thes Hepburn meant.

"Raphael, how's the situation on your side?"

Tece Hepburn asked, turning his gaze to Raphael.

"Your Majesty, although the other party has long been interested in us, it is really difficult to let them commit treason all at once, so they have been hesitating. The tension at the border had put some pressure on them, but it wasn't enough to make up his mind. ”

Raphael's words surprised everyone else in the meeting, and they also knew for the first time that Des Hepburn had arranged this hand, and listening to Raphael's meaning, including this border standoff, it was probably for this hand.

"It looks like they have to put a little more weight and force them to have no choice. We have something important to use in Yus besides their family. ”

Although he was a little disappointed with the results of Raphael's report, it was also reasonable, after all, the other party was a very deep family, and the history of serving Yuss was hundreds of years, so how could it be said that a rebellion would be a rebellion.