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"Baron Hawking, the problem is that the top of the League is reluctant to continue the war. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoGeneral Suvorov has returned to the League, and now he is replaced by General Charles Gordon, who is the commander of the West Indo-German region, don't you know what kind of person he is? It would be unwise to put hope in him, and we will have to give up both d'Estaing and Mana. The other military attaché with a somewhat cynical tone was Baron Kustam from the Duchy of Thuringia, who was dissatisfied with the fact that General Suvorov had been replaced by General Gordon of the Duchy of Salzburg as the commander of the army in the West Indo-German region.

"Mr. Kustam, this is not the time for us to comment on political opinions, now is the time to discuss the attitude of the Tang people, if we have different opinions on what the alliance has decided, we can reflect it through normal channels, but not now, please respect yourself. "Viscount Vladimir came from the Duchy of Wallachia, a small principality bordered by Thuringia to the north and Hanoverian to the south, but he was influential within the League on his own.

Seeing that the bald man's tone was cold, the members of the negotiation mission all closed their mouths in amusement, this kind of matter involving the relations between the major powers of the alliance is better to interfere less as long as you don't do your own business.

"Let's talk about it, big guys, now the Tang people have proposed to take control of the two provinces of Dexin and Fahan, of course this is their sky-high asking price, we can't agree, but this also contains another meaning, they may want to get one of the two provinces, this is also our bottom line, I personally think that if one of them is probably a condition acceptable to both sides, so what we need to consider now is whether we choose Fahan or Dexin?"

Vladimir is confident in his guesses, and his years of diplomatic career have allowed him to develop a keen sense of smell, although Pauling has shown great ** , but diplomacy is backed by strength, the Tang army's performance in Kerman and Dexin is not satisfactory, which limits their play in diplomacy, and more importantly, they have received the news, the Luzon have attacked the territory of the Punjab, if the Tang army wants to continue to confront the Hansen Alliance, it may have to face the difficult situation of fighting on two fronts, which is undoubtedly a huge good news for their own side, and the main reason why Vladimir is so strong.

"If we have to choose one of the two, of course, we want Dexin Province, as you can see from the map, Dexin Province has penetrated deep into the hinterland of the Indean Kingdom, if we can garrison troops here, it will be able to greatly influence the deployment of the Tang Army, and Fahan is now in the territory of the rebels, the Spartan First Corps has been there for more than a week now, and it still has not achieved obvious results, and there is not much value in that land, it is better to give it to the Tang people. ”

"No, the province of Fahan is already close to the southern border of our Duchy of Hanover, and the Tang people control it, which will pose a great threat to our border, not to mention the important geographical location of the Thracian Peninsula, and we must not give it up, as for the province of Dexin is mostly mountainous and hilly, the alliance does not intend to engage in a full-scale war with the Tang people, what is the point of occupying it?"

The discussion quickly turned into a debate, and Vladimir was a little unsure of his decision, although the alliance had authorized him to handle negotiations with full authority, but he did not dare to make a sudden decision on such a matter that would have a huge impact on the security interests of the entire alliance.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the question now is what is the position of the Alliance in the post-Western Indo-German region? If we want to stop there, then we should undoubtedly choose the province of Fahan, and if we want to retain the opportunity to re-compete with the Tang people for dominance of this region, then the province of Dexin must undoubtedly be ensured, Viscount Vladimir, I am afraid that only you can understand the meaning of the alliance, and only you can make a judgment. Some clear voices made the other people's words stop suddenly, wavy brown curls, high nose roots and thick lips, slightly high cheekbones but set off this woman's extraordinary, a well-fitting tight short dress, which is completely different from the popular women's clothing in the Western Continent.

Vladimir frowned slightly, although this woman's outfit was not to his liking, but the words were to the point, the alliance's future plan was the basis for the choice, Vladimir did not get clear instructions from the top of the alliance, but one thing he knew very well was that the alliance would definitely not be so resigned, and the reason why he did not go all out to deal with it this time was because the opinions within the alliance had not yet been unified, and as a diplomat with a forward-looking surname, he must be prepared for the alliance with all possible surnames.

The Battle of the Peninsula began almost at the same time as the Battle of Indean, although a little later in terms of time, but in terms of preliminary preparations, the Eighth and Fourth Legions of the Empire had already entered a state of combat readiness until the time was ripe to break out.

Mulige's Fourth Army crossed the border line and entered the Duchy of Soketu almost without any resistance, except for some so-called elites who fled abroad and made some clamor through the media to criticize the hegemony of the Tang Empire, from top to bottom, from the nobility to the people, the situation appeared very peaceful from beginning to end.

Harati, the Grand Duke of Soktu, should be said to be a person who is quite knowledgeable about current affairs, although he had also fantasized about saving his country through an alliance with the city-states of Nan'an, Western Samoa and Sikkim, but it is obvious that this unrealistic fantasy has become as unattainable in front of the Tang army as the moon in the water, and the Tang army has been overwhelming all the way to the city of Soketu in the Duchy of Soketu, and Harati immediately issued a statement that he belongs to the Tang Dynasty, and Harati soon obtained the first duke canonized by the Tang Empire since the founding of the country- Taixiang Gong.

The first battle of Soketu even made Mu Lige himself feel a little depressed, and there was no real war in the whole campaign, except for the road was a little rough and difficult, it can be said that there was no armed resistance. Fortunately, there were still two opponents in the south, so that the Fourth Army would not be too bored, and after taking control of Soktu, the Fourth Army set up a position and prepared to press the city-state of Nan'an and the city-republic of Western Samoa from north to south.

Compared with the ease of the Fourth Army, the expedition of the Eighth Army was much more flavorful, at least the Nan'an city-state was not overwhelmed by the momentum of the Tang Army, and after receiving all-round support from Sikkim and the Western Samoa City Republic, the Nan'an City-State army started a fierce battle with the Imperial Eighth Army from the border area.

The terrain of the Nan'an city-state is not suitable for large-scale army operations, which is also an important factor for the Nan'an city-state to dare to compete with the Tang army, although the Tang army has fully taken this into account in the early preparations, but after the actual battle, Cheng Dayou realized that this is not so easy to cross the border for the first time.

Although the Nan'an city-state is nominally a city-state, but in fact, in addition to the city of Nan'an, there is still a considerable area of land belonging to the countryside, even larger than the area of the Principality of Soketu, these hilly terrain has become the main obstacle to the march of the Tang army, and the only passage is known as the southern trade artery of the Middle East mainland South Trade Road, from East Samoa to Nan'an City, although the straight-line distance is only one hundred and sixty miles, but due to the terrain restrictions, the actual distance of this road in good condition has reached two hundred and twenty miles, and the Nan'an people are the first fortress on this trade route-- A full 50,000 men were deployed on the Kuluk fortress, of which 30,000 were mercenaries with rich combat experience and strong combat effectiveness, obviously wanting to keep the enemy out of the country and keep the Tang army outside the Nan'an city-state.

Cheng Dayou did not rush because he was in a hurry because it was the first time he went out to go on an expedition, after launching two attacks on the Kuruk Fortress with a tentative surname, he knew that if this fortress was to be taken hard, he might bring considerable losses to himself, he didn't want to exchange the senseless sacrifices of the soldiers for his own glory, not to mention that according to the information he had, the army guarding the Kuruk Fortress could be regarded as the most elite troops in the Nan'an city-state, even if he was attacking with all his might, in the case that the terrain was not very favorable, he might not be able to achieve satisfactory results, so he had consciously and deliberately avoided this situation before this。

The rapid progress of the Fourth Legion in the Principality of Soketu seems to be a little stimulating to his subordinates, but Cheng Dayou doesn't care, and it doesn't make much sense to compete with the Fourth Legion, Soketu can be said to be mainly credited by the intelligence department and the diplomatic department, and military operations are just auxiliary means, but the actions of the Fourth Legion can indeed bring some advantages to the actions of their own legions, at least to a large extent to attract the attention of the Nan'an people.

"Commander, news from the Military Intelligence has returned. A figure suddenly came in, sweating profusely, but his expression was mixed. Although it was April, the climate at the southern tip of the peninsula was already a bit muggy, and it was even more troublesome to use troops when you were about to enter the hottest part of the region in a month or two.

"Hmm, it's time for news, have the Nan'an people figured out the deployment in the coastal area? Is there any change?" Cheng Dayou raised his head, maybe he was not very suitable for the climate here, the original moderate figure seemed to have slimmed down a lot, but it also looked more lean, and the slightly open heart armor was soaked with sweat and sweat, and it looked a little sloppy.

(To be continued)