"Archduke Wilhelm's life was full of controversy, there is no doubt that he did not open up the south until his death, and my father once said that the southern campaign of Archduke Wilhelm in his later years was perhaps the most regrettable thing in his life. ”

Fiona ended the conversation with her father's point of view, although Fiona spoke like a historian, but Wang Xiaotian was sure that most of this girl's so-called views were due to the excellent education of the Laurent family.

After listening to Fiona's words, Wang Xiaotian gradually began to think again.

According to the history she recounted.

To a large extent, the southern provinces present a complex form of intermingling. The further south you go, the thinner the human power there becomes, and aliens and humans love and kill each other on this land.

Seeing Wang Xiaotian fall into thought, George and Oladin thought that he was fascinated by William Pars's life, after all, such a mixed grand duke's life is legendary, fighting in the east and west, and opening up the territory in the south, if the story of this grand duke reaches the mouth of the bard, it is like a template for an epic hero of the man of heaven.

But in fact, Wang Xiaotian was thinking about another thing.

That's his way out.

Before leaving the west this time, Wang Xiaotian saw very clearly, he and Count Andy, the earl of the west, were opposed, and they had to have a battle, which was a battle to determine the actual dominance of the west.

But now the format has changed.

After listening to Fiona's account of the history of the South, Wang Xiaotian found that many times the form changes should look at the overall situation, and he could not look at everything in terms of the power of Boer City alone.

Nowadays, the international situation is complicated, and there are constant variables between Vitan and Violet, Magnolia at this time is a puddle of troubled water, and Wang Xiaotian withdrew in time for fear that they would make some trouble.

Returning to the west this time, Wang Xiaotian found that the current form no longer allowed him to wage a full-scale war with Count Andy.

Vitan ended the war on the Eastern Front and even received war reparations from the other six nations.

This compensation greatly relieved the pressure on Vitan's country, then, in such a form, Wang Xiaotian could be 100% sure that Vitan would never fulfill the terms of the war with Violet again.

The reason why the war between Vitan and Violet ended was largely due to the deep penetration of the strange troops of the western earl, which seized the logistics line in the south of Vitan, which made Vitan fall into passivity, at that time the eastern front of Vitan was tight, and the south fell into the frontal battlefield of the Violet Northern Alliance, so in order to stabilize the country, the Vitan people had to sign some terms that were unfavorable to themselves.

Now.

At the end of the war on the Eastern Front, the Vitans even received a certain amount of compensation, they used to stop the war in order to stabilize the violet, after all, the Vitan could no longer afford the consumption of the two fronts, and now the Vitans, who have recovered a little bit of vitality, may not be with Violet, the southern neighbor.

If Vitan really started to put pressure, Wang Xiaotian would not have been able to provoke a war in the west.

First, it is irresponsible to start a war in the west, and the Vitans will largely go south because of the chaos in the west, compared with the gradually decaying violet, the Vitans are more difficult, Wang Xiaotian doesn't want to defeat an old wolf and usher in a hungry tiger.

Second, once the Western War breaks out, the pressure within Violet and the contradictions within the Great Wilderness will become increasingly acute, and if it cannot be resolved quickly, Wang Xiaotian is likely to collapse the economy due to the lengthy war.

In this way, no matter from which angle you look at it, this western war cannot be fought.

"Alas!"

With a deep sigh in his heart, but his face did not change in the slightest, Wang Xiaotian set his eyes from the west to the south.

Looking at the mountains to the south, driving along the tributaries of the Marley River, he could vaguely see some settlements close to water sources among the mountains, which were more like unexplored virgin lands than in the west, which was as complex as a swamp.

......

Wang Xiaotian's thoughts didn't last long.

Because their fleet is in new trouble, and a big guy is approaching under the water.

Everyone could clearly see a huge black shadow passing under their ship, the black shadow could not see the specific face, but the three medium-sized merchant ships were in a triangular shape, and the black shadow under the water was larger than the three merchant ships.

The unknown is the most terrifying.

George and other guards took up their weapons one after another, and the powerful crossbows with great lethality were all drawn from their bows, and the rune arrows were ready, and once the black shadow wandering near the merchant ship moved, everyone would definitely shoot it into a sieve at the first time.

The sense of oppression brought by the black shadow is suffocating, after all, this is the water, and these men who are good at fighting in the alliance are not familiar with the battle under the water, but despite this, they are still calmly ready for all battles.

Yoshitsuki at the bow of the ship glanced at the water with a hint of interest, this sword master didn't seem to be interested in anything, but at this moment, he obviously had a trace of interest in the dark shadow underwater.

"Don't be impulsive!"

An old sailor hired to take this route shouted, glancing at the huge black shadow under the water, and shouted very calmly: "Don't provoke this big fellow." ”

"The waters are areas that humans have never touched, and these water overlords are not like land monsters. ”

"You can hunt all the monsters on the land collectively, but you still don't provoke these giants in the water!"

The old sailor was a good man, having sailed very dangerous waters, and he was perhaps more familiar with the water than on land. He condensed and said: "The overlord in the water, their action power under the water is far greater than yours, the endless river will become a chain that binds the horses, a overlord in the water, can easily torture and kill ten land demonic beasts of the same rank in the water." ”

He gestured to the dark shadow beneath his feet.

"Look at its speed, our merchant ships are just toys in its eyes, such an overlord will not lack food, don't provoke it, it just floats and breathes, and in a moment it will leave. ”

The judgment of the old sailor was a little skewed.

The big guy under the water actually rushed directly to the front of the merchant ship, setting off a huge wave.

In the constricted pupils of George and the others, a huge tail flicked by, and the waves swept in all directions, and the tail was covered with cyan scales, tearing through the air with terrifying power.

Although the big guy did not attack the merchant ships, the waves caused huge problems for the fleet.

The splash of water was drenched into a soup chicken, and everyone watched with some annoyance as the black shadow galloped away, and finally disappeared into the wide river.

......

The huge wave almost overturned the merchant ship, but fortunately the merchant ship survived the crisis safely, and this time, everyone began to have a shallow understanding of the crisis in the waters.