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"A full-scale mobilization of the Alliance? In the current situation, this is not a good idea, and even if it is too late. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info At present, the relationship between the Augsburg Empire and the Famini Empire and the alliance has not improved substantially, and the threat to our western region is still huge, and the only thing that has improved is that the captivity of the northern nomads seems to have eased slightly, which is funny, and this will only happen if the Luope people are conquered by Li Wufeng. However, the Luobei people are now fighting hard with the support of the Tang people, and it seems that they are also planning to join the Tang camp and act as the vanguard of the Tang people's westward invasion. ”

The other shriveled old man who was talking was gently massaging his body, and his silver hair was quite energetic, but his face looked a little more twilight. This is Duke Franklin, the director of the Tax and Treasury, an influential nobleman in the League, from the Duchy of Salzburg, one of the three giants of the Alliance. The finances of the Allied countries are not unified and are still managed by themselves, but they need to pay a fee every year for the expenses of the Allied institutions, and the internal and external tariff policies are formulated by the heads of state of the Allied countries through unified consultation and handed over to the Allied Tax and Finance Affairs Office for implementation.

"Then Lord Franklin, do you mean that we are withdrawing from West India?" The Marquis of Salz was a little unimpressed by this, and finally extended the power of the alliance to the Central Continent, and now he was forced to retreat, paying such a big price but not getting much valuable return, I am afraid it is difficult to explain to the alliance countries, and this truth should also be clear to the other party.

"No, no, in that case, I'm afraid that none of us here will be able to face the heads of the allied countries, and I will not be able to return to my hometown in Salzburg. "Shaking his head, Duke Franklin objected," I mean that the territory of West Indo-German is too vast, the defense line is too long, and the existing strength of our army does not allow us to invest all our forces there, and the Tang army has gathered heavy troops in that area, so this phenomenon will occur, we can shrink the defense line, give up some secondary areas, secure one or two areas that are more important to us, and at the same time increase some military investment, and ensure our presence in several key areas, such as Destain, which is the passage for our alliance to enter the Middle Continent. In addition, we can also choose to have one or two surnames in the three provinces of Fahan, Dexin, and Mana, and I believe that if we show our military strength, the Tang people should be able to reach a compromise with us. I have heard that Li Wufeng's aim is also to gain an outlet to the Baltic Sea, and if this demand is met, at least to a certain extent, he will be satisfied, and they may accept our demand for peace. ”

"Duke Franklin, I'm afraid you don't know much about Li Wufeng, his appetite is probably not something that can be satisfied at the mouth of the Baltic Sea, maybe the whole India is his purpose, and if we retreat like this, it may only stimulate his appetite. The Marquis of Salz shook his head, he did not agree with the other party's opinion, the other party has a lot of say in many affairs of the alliance, but he does not know enough about the strongman in the east, and he does not realize how dangerous the other party is, in this point Salz thinks that he has more say than the other party, although he respects this influential politician in the alliance very much.

"Marquis de Salz, what should we do in your opinion? The full mobilization of the League?Is there any time?What will the people think? We have obtained all the wealth we need in West Ind'an, and have sown the seeds of the Holy Spirit, and now is the time to wait for the seeds to take root and sprout on their own, rather than to conquer them by force, which will only provoke greater resentment and anger among the foolish people there. Let the whole standing army enter? Let's not talk about whether we can reverse the current disadvantage, there are no mobile troops in our hands, and if there is any change in the north or the west, how will we deal with it?" Duke Franklin was very calm, he closed his eyes and asked lightly.

Duke Franklin's rhetorical question embarrassed the Director of Foreign Affairs of the League, and the other party's question went straight to the Alliance's current weakness. The princes and nobles of the northern and western countries are not very interested in controlling the land of West Indjan, of course, they are still very eager to seize the wealth accumulated by the princely nobles of West Ind'an for hundreds of years, so they will take advantage of the development of the Holy Spirit Sect in West Indean and take the opportunity to enter, but the wealth has been in hand, their main purpose has been achieved, and their focus of attention has returned to their own security, the heavy military surveillance in the border area of the Augsburg Empire and the Famini Empire is what they are most worried about, and the threat of the nomads to the northern countries has begun to spread after easing for a whileThey will spare no effort to fight an enemy that threatens the security of the alliance members, but they will not agree to let them devote too many forces to West Indo-German.

"I agree with Duke Franklin's opinion, there are six provinces in the West Indian region, and its land area is equivalent to one-third of the land of our allies, that is, the land area equivalent to the land area of the Duchy of Hanover plus the Duchy of Salzburg, which is extremely unfavorable for our defense, but for the Tang army, it can be attacked at will, but there are many places in this land that are deserts and Gobi, such as Kerman, Fahan, and also in Mana, our military operations in this area have been held back by the rebel groups of the lower classes of the local population, who often create disturbances and attack our troops, while we cannot fight as if we were regular enemy troops, who hide among the lower classes and rely on their cover to harass us, especially in the provinces of Kerman and Fahan. If we shrink our defenses, we can concentrate on clearing these damn flies, and the Holy Spirit Cult in the two provinces of Destin and Dexin will have a much greater influence, and it will be easier for us to gain support in both regions, and controlling these two regions will ensure that the Alliance still has some influence and say in the Middle Continent. ”

The support of the military commander gave Franklin's opinion the upper hand, although the Marquis of Salz was unwilling, but he could not but respect the other party's opinion, not to mention that in addition to the Duchy of Hanover's great support for sending troops to the West Indo-German region, the southern countries of the alliance were more concerned about the harassment of Constantine and pirates at sea, and the alliance really had too many security hotspots to pay attention to, and in contrast, West Ind'an was just a treasure cave in their minds, and it seemed that they could be left alone after the wealth was grabbed, and those secular princes and nobles were far less interested in indoctrining the heretics in that land than the Holy Spirit。

A horse-drawn carriage quietly arrived at the most famous Kitana estate on the outskirts of Goa, a famous and exclusive recreation resort in the South Indian region, which was privately owned by the original Tik royal family, but after the escape of the Tik royal family, it was confiscated by the Governor's Office of South Indian Dean of the Kingdom of Luzon and became a meeting place for high-ranking officials of the Luzon Kingdom in South India. The situation in South India had not yet fully stabilized, and the Luzon still had a considerable number of guards around the Kitena estate, and today it was even more heavily guarded, but even the army commander in charge of the guard here did not know what General Crouff was asking for to raise the guard, and he could only faithfully carry out his orders.

A series of drop-shaped lakes with elegant environment are like springs sown by the heavens on the land of South India, according to the legend of the Indians, this is the goddess of harvest and the god of water in the fight for the right to worship this land, the god of water in order to show off his ability to spill a few drops of holy water on the land of South India, the lake is deep and quiet, the water is as clear as blue, and it also changes into different colors with the change of weather and sunlight, light blue, turquoise, emerald blue, dark blue, Light purple, ever-changing, surrounded by lakeside forests, reckless and green centuries-old trees as far as the eye can see, due to the Tik Guard and never been destroyed, hence the name of the "Jade Necklace" of South Indiadean.

Among the more than ten lakes in the entire emerald necklace, except for the largest Eternal Lake, which is open to the outside world to allow ordinary people to bathe in holy water to wash away their sins, the other ten lakes are strictly forbidden to outsiders to enter, and the Tik soldiers have been faithfully implementing this policy, until the Luzon people took over the place, and then opened three of the more remote lakes to the people, allowing ordinary people to bathe here, which also won a lot of favor for the Luzon people among the middle and lower classes of the Tik.

But in the chain of the most beautiful lakes near the Kitena estate, the Luzon people still followed the original practice of the Tiks, declaring it a forbidden area for ordinary people, except for the high-ranking Luzon officials, and only some of the Tik nobles who had already belonged to the Luzon people could enjoy it.

The carriage drove into the gate of the Kitchener Manor, which had not been opened since the Luzon people took over the manor, and only stopped deep into the manor, and the soldiers who were guarding around were surprised to find that it was their great Marshal Frederick who had come out of the carriage, and the newspapers had been saying two days earlier that he was inspecting the Cape de Comini, so how could he be here today?

Greeting Frederick outside the door of the elegant unobstructed courtyard was naturally the Provisional Governor of South India, his cousin Crouff, who had taken all sorts of secrecy measures to ensure his cousin's surprise visit, because here he would discuss several important matters with his cousin, and he could not make a decision alone, and needed the other party to make a decision.

(To be continued)