Why the Delen Empire?

Sherlock really didn't understand.

Spending so much effort, mobilizing so many resources, designing so many 'coincidences', and finally trying to control the Delen Empire behind the scenes?

But why the Delen Empire?

In Sherlock's view, the Delenn Empire was inherently flawed.

To the east is the barbaric and brutal Lucian Empire, a neurotic country that can provoke a border conflict for a thousand gold marks, and does not care about tens of thousands of dead and wounded.

To the southeast of the Delenian Empire, on the vast plain washed by a tributary of the Rhine River, were dozens of vassal states of the Lucian Empire. These countries are extremely chaotic and contradictory, and they all uphold the usual barbarism and neuroticism of the Lucian Empire, and basically go to war every month.

Those dozens of large and small countries have the traditional virtue of the Lucian Empire - 'extreme poverty'!

Every country is so poor that it has no pants to wear. But because of this, their folk customs are extremely strong, and at the command of their lord, all the men from the age of twelve to sixty dare to go into battle with a rusty wood knife.

Dozens of large and small vassals, the smallest principalities can easily pull out hundreds of thousands of 'troops'!

With such a neighbor as a companion, the pressure on the eastern front of the Delun Empire can be imagined.

And the northwest of the Delun Empire, needless to say, is bounded by the Lanyin Corridor, the highland tribes on the northern and southern plateaus, when they were still tribal alliances, they created countless troubles for the Delun Empire.

And now, with the emergence of an ambitious, self-proclaimed empress, the Highlands are a sign of great unification.

Needless to say, the northwest of the Delen Empire will face even greater challenges in the future.

And what about the west side of the Delenn Empire?

In the vast mountains, in the vast mountainous areas, in the basins of all sizes, hundreds of kingdoms and principalities are lined up. These kingdoms and principalities are closed and conservative, and they have the unique fierce and treacherous style of the mountain people.

The Delun Empire was in the southwestern frontier region, and the local garrison fought against robbers and bandits all year round. The robbers and bandits were numerous and well-armed, and sometimes they could even haul new field artillery to raid towns and plunder wealth and slaves.

Needless to say, there are people behind these robbers and bandits.

Because of the extremely rugged geographical terrain, the Delun Empire has organized large armies to encircle and suppress bandits many times, but it has only consumed countless grains, grasses, and baggage in vain, and has failed to deal a substantial fatal blow to those bandits.

As for the southwest of the Delen Empire, it is even more exciting.

Separated by the United Kingdom of Nice, it is the Kingdom of Saint-Sia, which is extremely incompatible with the Delenn Empire.

Although the United Kingdom of Nice has a weak army, they are extremely rich, and once they have a conflict with a foreign enemy, they will not hesitate to smash down mountains of gold and hire a large number of mercenaries from the mountainous countries in the north to participate in the war.

In the mountains, hundreds of kingdoms and principalities, large and small, and the weakest principalities can easily pull out tens of thousands of mercenaries who are fierce and brave, and dare to play with you as long as they give money.

As long as the money is available, the United Kingdom of Nice can have a strong military force of tens of millions at any time.

In terms of individual combat ability alone, the strength of these mercenaries is still above the regular army of the Delun Empire.

Further west of the United Kingdom of Nice is the Kingdom of Santa Chia, which is powerful, especially the superpower of the continent of Medland.

The Kingdom of St. Sia is located in the southern part of the Medland continent, and to the north of it is the core hinterland of the Medland continent.

Compared with the top empires such as the Deren Empire and the Ice Sea Kingdom, these countries can only be called second-rate powers, but the national strength of each country should not be underestimated, and they all have extremely strong potential.

Among those countries, more than a dozen countries adjacent to the Kingdom of St. Sia are deeply influenced by it, like the 'little brother' of the Kingdom of St. Sia, and the overall national strength of each country is really not weak.

The relationship between the kingdom of St. Sia and the Deren Empire...... Needless to say.

If the diplomats of the two sides attend a banquet or a formal diplomatic event at the same time, if they meet once, four or five times out of ten, they will disregard decency and break out on the spot!

This is true of the diplomats who pay the most attention to diplomatic etiquette, so you can imagine what the relationship between the two countries is.

And the huge naval fleet of the Kingdom of Santa Chia, once mobilized, can transport a million troops to the port of Tulun in just half a month.

No matter how you look at it, the Delen Empire is a lion trapped in a cage, and the huge Delen Empire can be called the land of four wars, if you want to control a country, then the Delen Empire should definitely not be the first target.

If you want Sherlock to choose...... He preferred the Lucian Empire.

The royal family of the Lucian Empire had limited control over the region, and the major lords went their own way, whether it was military, political, or otherwise, the Lucian Empire was chaotic to the extreme.

A chaotic empire is the easiest to control.

So Sherlock was puzzled and asked his own question. This is a twenty-second level sword wielder, and a formal question to a twenty-seventh level king.

According to the tradition and rules of the El Order, as soon as such a formal question arises, Florence should give Sherlock a clear and unambiguous answer.

"Oh, I can understand your doubts."

With his hands behind his back and his back to Sherlock, Florence smiled softly as he looked at the small lake in the distance.

"I can even guess the unfavorable innate conditions in your mind about the Delen Empire."

"But, Sherlock, what is my purpose in controlling the Delenn Empire?"

"To be the emperor of the empire? No, no, I'm not so bored. ”

"I don't think about the future development of the Delen Empire, I don't care about the geography-politics-governance of the Deren Empire, in a few years, whether the Deren Empire exists or perishes, is this of any value to me?"

"I have lived through the most insane and brutal Iron Duo Age in this vast empire...... At that time, I was a brave and warlike general in this empire, and I opened up territory for Emperor Tieduo, and I led my troops to conquer the three provinces in the south of the empire. ”

"I have lived through the darkest and bloodiest Toron Age of this mighty empire...... At that time, I was a second-class justice of the Supreme Court of the Empire, and I witnessed the collapse of this country, from the peak of its national power, in just a dozen years. ”

"Then I lived through the early days of Margaret, the early days of Margaret, the rebirth and re-strength of this empire, and now we are in the late days of Margaret, when the country was back at its peak, and once again became greedy, brutal, and wanton expansion."

"Your Majesty Tieduo has been in control of this country for seventy years."

"Your Majesty Duolun, you have been playing with this country for fifty years."

Margaret...... She is an amazing woman who has worked diligently to frame this country for almost eighty years. ”

Sherlock's eyes widened slightly.

An old monster who has survived from the time of the Iron Duo of the Delenn Empire to the present?

Well, old fellow Frenlosa...... Even if he had only experienced half of the Iron Duo era, his current age was more than one hundred and fifty years old.

Over the long years of one hundred and fifty years, how many contacts has he accumulated within the El Organization, and how much power has he accumulated himself?

"I know everything about this empire, I know everything about this empire, I used to love him madly and hate him hysterically, and now I ...... I treated him very blandly. ”

"It's like, when you're walking down the street and you see your ex-wife who has been divorced for 50 years, walking towards you...... Do you have any ...... about her? Impulsive? Will there be any more waves in your heart? ”

"Oh, no...... That's why I don't care what the future holds for this empire! ”

"I only know that the army of the Delen Empire is the army with the strongest comprehensive quality in the Metland Continent, and the huge population base of this empire can provide me with billions of powerful troops, which is enough!"

Florence turned around, he picked up the teacup on the desk, drank the peacock tongue inside, and then flipped the teacup, and a drop of turquoise tea fell on the desk.

"I need a strong army to conquer the land of elephants."

"Such a treasure as peacock tongue should not belong to that group of hillbilly monkeys who are ignorant, ignorant, backward, and uncivilized, and the whole nation is still in the era of 'slash-and-burn'!"

"I, and my companions, we have comprehensively assessed the national character of the countries on the continent of Metland, and measured in terms of discipline, obedience, will, physique, etc., the army of the Delen Empire is the entire Metland...... The sharpest sword! ”

"Ice Sea Kingdom, too hypocritical and proud."

"The Republic of Gaul, too loose and afraid of death."

"The United Kingdom of Nice, too cowardly, extremely cowardly."

"Kingdom of St. Thea, the descendants of those gods, you can't expect them to do anything."

"As for the Lucian Empire...... Those bunch of alcohol-laden idiots are even more unreliable than their sled dogs! ”

"Only the Delen Empire...... The whole of Medland is laughing at their conservatism, their machinery, their veneering, their impersonal regularization and discipline, saying that they are as boring as machinery. ”

"But what a precious group of natural warriors...... Since the founding of the Deren Empire, countless wars have proven that they are the best and most powerful warriors in the world......"

After a moment's silence, Florence hesitated.

He subconsciously glanced east through the huge glass window.

Frowning, he muttered in a low voice, "Well, at least, they are definitely the strongest and best warriors in Medelland...... As for the whole world...... Well, they ......."

Sherlock rekindled his curiosity.

Florence praised the warriors of the Delenn Empire in such gorgeous language, but he was not sure that the warriors of the Delenn Empire were the strongest warriors in the world?

East?

Interesting.

Sherlock secretly recorded this detail in his heart.

"I admire you, Sherlock...... It can even be said that I love and value you more than I love my own children. ”

Florence looked at Sherlock gently: "You are one of the most potential, talented, and outstanding young people in the last fifty years...... So, I hope you'll join us...... Or, at least, you don't want to be our enemy. ”