Seeing Richard come out, the mountains and the sea immediately greeted him and asked, "The matter is settled?"

Richard nodded, and said a little tiredly: "Everything I want to know, I know now, alas." Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"

The girl looked at Richard intently and asked, "Something to do with me, isn't it?"

"So to speak. Richard pondered for a moment and said, "Actually, it has something to do with us, I have a friend, her name is Quicksand, she is the god of the Eternal Dragon Temple, when I set foot on the Kalando continent with the determination to die, she is trying to protect me so that I can come back alive......"

After listening to his words, the girl said without hesitation: "Okay, when we become super strong, we will go to the dark region to find her." ”

"Super strong, we?" Richard was a little surprised.

"I definitely am, and you're kind of a possibility, and you'll need to be lucky. This is the girl's evaluation.

Hearing such an unkind evaluation from the mountains and seas, Richard could only shake his head helplessly and said, "This is my business......"

"No, that's our business from now on. ”

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Upon their return to Faro, Richard and Reilly gathered all their followers for a meeting in the city of Bluewater Oasis.

Reilly pointed to a map that encompassed the entire Norland continent and explained the next step in the strategy. Carlando and his party, Richard and the Holy Tree Dynasty formed an irresolvable hatred, the former almost lost important people, the latter suffered damage to the core interests, and even the Chinese archbishop was seriously injured by the demon and has not fully recovered.

Although there is no evidence that this matter has anything to do with Richard, as soon as he escaped from the temple, an army of demons appeared in Calando, and the Holy Tree Dynasty would never think that this was a simple coincidence, and Akmund originally had demonic blood.

Everyone's eyes are constantly wandering on the border between the Holy Alliance and the Holy Tree Dynasty, where the terrain is complex, there are many nobles, and there are hundreds of large and small families scattered in an area of more than 100,000 square kilometers, today's allies may be tomorrow's enemies, and the territory is constantly changing.

In recent years, most of the changes here have been related to Ellie. Before becoming a partner with Richard, Ellie had already changed her title from viscount to earl through war. In the last year, Richard has sent 2,000 heavily armed cavalry to Ellijie and helped her arm 5,000 infantry. On the other hand, Richard's Akmund Infantry Knights and hundreds of Constructed Knights can also be reinforced at any time, which makes Ellie's strength more than tripled. However, her progress has not been much faster than in the past. On the one hand, because the nobles in this area have formed an alliance to defend against the sudden increase in power of the countess, and even some of the former enemies have temporarily put aside their disputes and fought against Ellie Jie together, on the other hand, Ellie Jie herself is also deliberately restrained, so as not to attract a full-scale blow from the Holy Tree Dynasty. As a result, past wars have been kept within the confines of regional conflicts.

When they heard that there was going to be a war with the Holy Tree Dynasty, Richard's followers were excited, while Reilly's men frowned.

Essien asked, "If there is a war with the Holy Tree Dynasty, will the Akmunds fully support Lord Richard?" I mean the branch families. ”

"No, it won't. Richard glanced at him appreciatively and said, "In this battle, I only plan to use my own and Ellie's troops. In fact, Richard's rear was not stable, and many of the branch families were only temporarily subservient to him, and if Richard lost the war, his position as the new king of Akmund would be shaken.

"So, what is Lord Richard's purpose in waging this war?" asked York.

"Beat those guys to the point of pain, so that they will never dare to provoke me easily. ”

"That is, your real purpose is not war, but to avoid a bigger war. York nodded thoughtfully and said, "We want the Holy Tree Dynasty to see Akmund's strength and determination, but we can't push the other party into a hurry, so that the choice of the target is very particular, and it must be a place that can attract attention, but will not really touch the bottom line." ”

"My goal is St. Louis Cathedral. Richard pointed to the map and said, "It is the largest church on the northeastern border of the Holy Tree Empire, and I am going to take it down and kill all the clergy who resist." When the war is over, I can give the church back to them, and if the Radiant Church is willing to pay enough, I can also consider releasing the captured clergy. ”

"Well, we have two things to be aware of. Michael knocked on the table and said, "First of all, you can't desecrate St. Louis's Cathedral, and second, the clergy can be killed, but they can't be desecrated either." "The archangel was dressed in a wide robe with his wings covered, and he really looked like a handsome human youth.

"That's it. Richard stood up and said, "Erin and Minotaur stay in the Blue Water Oasis, Minnie is in charge of keeping an eye on Raymond, and the others follow me back to Norland." ”

After this meeting, Richard found a problem, that is, he did not have a talent with strategic vision, and once he encountered today's situation, he did not even have someone to negotiate.

There is no shortage of strong men under Richard, only a general who can take charge of himself, Gangde is counted as one, but he is only barely qualified, and the big man is quite sophisticated, but he is not a famous general who can create miracles, and he knows nothing about politics.

And at today's meeting, Richard was surprised to find that there were so many excellent talents under Reilly, and Essien, York, and Michael were all wise men who could be qualified lords, even no worse than Richard himself, which was really enviable.

In fact, it has a lot to do with each person's experience. Essien has been secretly rallying those who oppose Nei'an in an attempt to overthrow the god of courage, York, as the only great shaman of the Bloodstone Tribe, not only has to inherit the shamanic way, but also has to consider the survival of the people, the small tribe of a few hundred people can become a powerful clan in just a few years, this wise man has contributed a lot, not to mention Michael, as the number one general under the command of the Dragon of Light, he has commanded tens of thousands of angels, and the war between Richard and the Holy Tree Dynasty is nothing more than a drizzle in his eyes.

The above three are not only Reilly's subordinates, but also the leaders of one party's forces, and their way of thinking about problems is naturally different from that of Gangde and others, this is the so-called ass deciding head, and Richard can't envy it, he can't be like Reilly, and adopt a free-range policy towards his followers. For Reilly, both Essien and York were just idle moves, the best if they succeeded, and the best they were pulled down when they failed. However, Richard has to use every cent of resources on the cutting edge, and he must take charge of the overall situation and ensure the healthy development of his forces. As a result, Richard's followers were more accustomed to carrying out orders rather than making decisions themselves.

This is the sadness of lord-type characters, resources, forces and talents have to accumulate little by little, and try to avoid making mistakes, because once you make a mistake, you will be seized by the hungry wolves around you to bite off a large piece of meat, for example, when Gordon has just fallen, if Richard is not strong enough, or if he can't pull enough support, then Akmund will be driven out of Faust.

This is not the case with strong men like Reilly and Helen Su, who have their own forces, but they don't have to worry about their vassals like Richard. In their own field, they do whatever they want. This is also one of the important reasons why people are reluctant to provoke Deep Blue, in the face of provocations and temptations, other forces may endure for various reasons, or solve it through political means, but Su Helen will directly give you war.

On the other hand, Reilly did not have a large group of enemies from his ancestors like Richard, so he was able to develop calmly, and even had the leisure to cultivate York, just to see the power of the shamanic way.

The next day, Richard returned to Norland early in the morning and performed two high-level sacrifices in the Eternal Dragon Temple, perhaps because the new title played a role, and these two sacrifices were successful, and Richard got the plane passage enhancement he wanted, and the reinforcement was increased by two percent compared to the normal situation. Now that the cost of teleportation between Farrow and Norland has been reduced to 900 gold per person, Richard can finally move troops between planes on a large scale.