"Ladies and gentlemen, what do you think if I say I want to annex Takayama City?"

Duke finally said this, and it was the main purpose of this Storm Military meeting. Along the way of the Storm Army, Duke's ambitions are almost the same as his ideas have been exposed, such as hostility towards the Holy See, no respect for the French royal family, and so on.

But Duke never said that he would take the initiative to attack and occupy the French Empire, the meaning and words may be the same in meaning, but in action is a world of difference, once it is really spoken, then it is time to make a statement.

However, Duke was very satisfied with the performance of the Storm General, because they were very calm and did not feel that there was anything wrong with Duke saying such words. After all, medieval lords are greater than kings, and Duke is the real object of their submission, and in the current situation of the French Empire, the high-level legions of the Storm Army can basically see that the situation is not right, so anyway, everyone is not a retainer of Emperor Henry VII of France, so naturally there is no loyalty at all, but Duke thinks too much about himself.

As the first person under Duke and the biggest backup of the Storm Army, Allen, he naturally had to stand up for the first time to show his attitude.

"Lord Lord, I agree with your opinion, after returning to Storm Castle, the development of Storm Castle is about to reach the bottleneck of land bearing, although the food can be satisfied for the time being, but there is not enough reserves in the military merit sealing field. Another point is that the newly developed land on the banks of the Seine is not very stable, and a wall is more of a psychological comfort for the ice devils than much of a practical effect. ”

"That's right, I agree with Captain Allen, it's best for us to take down the entire Frank Empire, so that we don't have to worry about territory and food problems anymore. Lord Lord, the Dwarven Legion will always be your strongest backing!"

As the leader of the current dwarven army, Iron Hammer, he also stood up to express his attitude, because the dwarves have improved their living standards in Storm Castle for more than a year, and they have been hiding in caves or crypts before, feeling the pain of darkness and cold, and most of the time they are in hunger and cold, which is worse than Storm Castle only having winter in a year.

But now it's completely different, they've been given a dwelling in Dwarven City, and they've been treated completely fairly by Stormcastle. Moreover, the humans of Storm Fort are also different from other countries or territories on the continent, they have been struggling on the edge of life and death for a long time, so naturally there is no so-called discrimination, when the dwarves also fight for Storm Fort in blood, they can become friends of life and death, and many human soldiers and dwarf soldiers of the Storm Army are like this.

At the same time, Fasqi of the Fish-Man Tribe also stood up and promised Duke: "Lord Lord, the Fish-Man warriors will always obey your dispatch and will not be afraid of any war!"

This sentence was said by Fasqi sincerely, many of the previous wave tribes were loyal to Storm Castle, but in fact, in Fasqi's heart, it was an expedient measure at the beginning and forced to be helpless. But as the Wave Tribe was in a difficult time, Duke did not treat it differently, and gritted his teeth to ensure the supply of 100,000 people for the entire Fish-Man Tribe, which was enough for the entire Fish-Man Tribe to thank Duke.

Later, an elite fish-man army of 5,000 people was trained, and the priority of the storm armor equipment was higher than Duke's own storm army, in this regard, the storm fortress has never treated the sea clan army badly, let alone helped the Wave tribe successfully resist the attack of the Wild Shark tribe later, and saved the entire Wave tribe.

After experiencing this kind of life-and-death matter, Fasqi no longer had the twists and turns of his mind, and he followed Duke's Storm Castle in his heart. Now that the future direction has been decided, Fasqi naturally hopes that Duke will be stronger, and Alpine City is hindering the future development of Storm Castle, so it must be captured for so long!

Hearing the statements of Alan, Fasqi, and Hammer, Duke had a satisfied smile on his face, he liked the feeling of being with him, and this was also the honeymoon period for anyone who was on the rise. And as long as Storm Castle develops, then their future identity will also rise, and they and Storm Castle are actually a community of interests, which is more reliable than simple kindness.

"Well, since Alpine City is an obstacle to Stormcastle's future development, then we must take it. ”

After deciding on the policy, Fei Duo also began to add the situation of Alpine City: "My lord, after the Prince of Andorra occupied Alpine City, he probably thought that Alpine City was in the hinterland of the Prince of Andorra, and he was afraid that Emperor Henry VII of France would punish or even attack the Andorran territory because of this matter, so the elite troops of the Prince of Andorra's army were all placed in the Prince of Andorra's City, and the garrison of Alpine City was part of the Eleventh Army of the Empire that was originally incorporated. ”

"The Eleventh Legion of the Empire belongs to the troops that were temporarily conscripted at the beginning, and the military discipline was not very good, and they also experienced a great rout, which led to a state of collapse in both their mentality and discipline, even if they experienced the incorporation of the Prince of Andorra, but they were sent to Alpine City before they had undergone a long period of formal training, so their military discipline in Alpine City was very corrupt, which has caused the disgust of many people in Alpine City. ”

"And not only the people, but even the former defenders of Alpine City, especially the original Alpine Knight Legion, are in a very aggrieved state, and there have been several large-scale conflicts with the Andorran prince's army, but under the double pressure of Ott and the Andorra prince, it has not caused a lot of movement, but there are still some alpine troops who choose to retire, and there is a tendency to spread. ”

When he heard Fedor's words, Duke had only one thought in his heart, and that was to help me. He was thinking about how to open a gap from Takayama City, after all, in the era of the fortress, the price paid by the besieging side was twice as much as the defender's side, and even exaggeratedly, this multiple was more than five or ten times the scale.

Even if the Storm Army is already a bit of a foundation now, the artillery technology is still in its infancy, and it is difficult to conquer such a fortress. In particular, there is a larger Andorran city next to it, and the current military strength is between 40,000 and 50,000, after all, the total population of Andorra territory should be more than 5 million, this number is not very exaggerated, and there is still a lot of potential.

Once you don't capture Takayama City in the first place, and wait until you enter the stage of attrition, then Storm Castle will be more than lucky.