CHAPTER XXI

At this time, San Theo Lee, who was the "protagonist" of the conversation, did not feel anything, his sentence was originally just a beginning, and it was already good that the other party could nod his head and agree with his opinion. But the reason why he nodded in agreement was not the sentence itself, but what San Theo Lee said below was what he needed.

Now that he understood this, San Theo Lee did not dare to linger any longer, and immediately continued with the above words.

"The two strongest countries in the western part of the continent are undoubtedly the Newman Empire and the Prussian Empire, both of which are great empires with hundreds of thousands of armor. Naturally, a fight between the two is inevitable. However, because of the appearance of one person, the war between the two empires was suspended for more than ten years. ”

"The 'No. 1 General' of the Newman Empire Yankel!" Li Yuxuan blurted out.

"Yes, it is. The head of the family has already dealt with this person, I wonder what he thinks of Duke Yankel?"

"As a soldier, I admire his strategy and wisdom, and if it weren't for his men, I don't think I would have been able to draw so easily. Li Yuxuan's comments are pertinent and appropriate, without the slightest hint of fancy, which shows that Li Yuxuan is a powerful figure who pays attention to hard work.

Ferdinand, one of the "Four Great Knights" in the western part of the continent, turned out to be just a rice bucket in his eyes, so I, the "Knight of the Two Swords", may not be much better.

When Collins heard that Li Yuxuan "praised" Yankel's subordinates as rice buckets, he could only laugh at himself in his heart.

"Ferdinand can actually be regarded as a talent, but this person is too fame and fortune, and he was born in a famous family in the Newman Empire, so he can't help but have a little more arrogance, which can also be regarded as his biggest weakness. ”

Santocio Lee spoke eloquently, without any far-fetched words, completely blurted out, but he accurately grasped the character characteristics of Ferdinand, which can be described as a sentence.

Being able to see the strengths and weaknesses of a person so quickly, San Theo Lee is worthy of being a hero in this troubled world.

"The head of the family may think that the Prussian Empire is afraid of Yankel's strategy and tactics, so that for more than ten years the two empires have died down and have not heard the sound of conquest. ”

"Is there something hidden!"

This is indeed beyond Li Yuxuan's expectations, he has fought with Yankel on the battlefield, just look at his deployment of troops can see his achievements in war tactics, if such a general to command the Atterbury army that year, then he is very likely to be defeated. It should be said that Yankel is the most difficult opponent Li Yuxuan has ever encountered on the battlefield to this day. Therefore, Li Yuxuan was convinced that if this person guarded the border of the Newman Empire, the Prussian Empire would never dare to invade the west easily, and the peace between the two countries that had been maintained for more than ten years would be in the process of being cleaned up. But now that I hear the tone of San Theo Lee's words, it seems that the actual situation is not as simple as I imagined.

"Yes, not only is there a secret, but it can be considered an amazing secret. ”

"Amazing secrets?" Li Yuxuan's expression changed from the original indifference to cold and handsome in an instant, and his eyes were fixed on San Theo Lee, as if he wanted to see through his whole person.

Vincent, who had been observing Li Yuxuan, couldn't help but be startled when he saw Li Yuxuan's cold eyes, as if he felt that a fierce tiger that was originally sleeping next to him suddenly showed his claws, making him feel extremely dangerous.

To everyone's surprise, San Theo Lee did not immediately continue the conversation, but turned his head and glanced at Vincent, who was sitting at him.

As San Theo Lee's most powerful assistant, Vincent could comprehend the meaning of his master's every move, even an expression, a look.

Vincent rose from his chair, walked out of the hall, and whispered a few words to the doorman outside the hall. Soon, all the servants in the hall were dismissed, and the number of sentries around the hall increased, monitoring every corner of the hall.

From the arrangement and deployment of these guards, Li Yuxuan was sure that San Theo Lee was also quite good at managing the army, and such an efficient army, except for his own "Black Dragon Knights", which could be compared to it, he seemed to have never seen such a high-quality army.

San Theo Lee also seemed to see from Li Yuxuan's eyes that the other party was quite satisfied with the efficiency and quality of his soldiers, and couldn't help but smile:

"The head of the family has observed so carefully, what is his opinion?"

"The city lord has such high-quality subordinates, I think in the entire western part of the continent, I'm afraid it will be difficult to find a second such army!" Li Yuxuan did not hide his appreciation for the high efficiency of his troops.

Being able to get such high praise from the head of the family, Li Yuxuan, San Theo Li couldn't hide the excitement in his heart, and his face unconsciously smiled again. At that moment, Vincent turned back from outside the hall and saw his master's smile for the second time.

It's really strange that San Theo Lee, who has always been unsmiling, actually smiled twice in a row today, and it seems that the "head of the house" in the mouth of this master is indeed not an ordinary guest.

"I wonder which is better or worse than the 'Black Dragon Knights' of the head of the family?" San Theo Lee asked, half-jokingly.

"This ......" Li Yuxuan didn't react for a while.

After a second of silence, Li Yuxuan and San Theo Lee in the hall laughed at the same time.

Whether it was Vincent or Collins, now they were surprised or surprised, and what happened today seemed to be beyond their comprehension.

After the laughter stopped, the two continued their conversation. The difference from just now is that there is no smell of gunpowder and a wary look on the faces of the two now, as if two old friends who have been friends for more than ten years are talking to each other, which seems quite harmonious and harmonious.

In fact, although the Newingman Empire and the Prussian Empire are the two major empires in the western part of the continent, their national strength has long been far inferior to that of the Prussian Empire. In fact, in terms of population alone, Newman was at an absolute disadvantage, with only two-fifths of the population of the Prussian Empire, not even half of it. Although the standing armies of both countries are around 200,000, when it comes to the reserve forces of both sides, there is a big difference between the two. As far as I know, Prussia kept its reserves between 150,000 and 200,000 in numbers, except for nearly 200,000 regular troops, while the Newingman Empire had few reserves. It is well known that Newingman was a maritime power and Prussia was a land power, but the sea north of Prussia had a perennial ice floe, and Newingman's fleet could not threaten the rear of Prussia at all, while Prussia could invade Newingman through the land border between the two countries. Had it not been for the Yankel, Neuingman would have lost to the Prussian Empire twenty years ago. But even if he is the most brilliant strategist genius, it is absolutely impossible for him to change the size and strength of a country's national strength. Although he repelled Prussian attacks several times, as the saying goes, "destroy a thousand enemies, and lose eight hundred." Relatively speaking, after these wars, although Newingman did not lose an inch of territory, the consumption of national strength was extremely huge, and it can be said that it was on the verge of collapse. Just ten years ago, in order to narrow the gap between the two empires in terms of national resources and population, Yankel put forward a very big idea. Although I still don't know the full extent of this plan, I guess the content is eight or nine. Newingman must have had a secret agreement with Prussia beforehand to maintain a state of peace between the two countries for a specified period of time to come. Although Prussia was stronger than the Newman Empire at that time, its losses in several wars also made it clear that it was not capable of defeating Newingman for the time being. As a result, both sides shifted their goals to other countries, with Newingman clearly targeting his neighbor, the Kingdom of Fabre. Separated by an Alpine mountain range between the Kingdom of Fabre and the Prussian Empire, once Newingman took control of Fabre, it was equivalent to finding a safe backyard for himself. While increasing your own national power, you can also use it as a supplement to your own wars (the Kingdom of Fabre has almost the same population as Newingman). However, what Yankel did not expect was that you, the head of the family, appeared at this time and stopped his plan to annex Fabre. After this campaign, the Neuingman Empire can be said to have suffered a great loss of vitality, and the situation in the future is worrying!"

"Then the Prussian sword must be pointed at your Brynpace Alliance!"

"Exactly! It's just that the Prussian Empire has not yet resorted to armed invasion. For nearly a decade, its influence has penetrated into the various city-states of the Alliance, with the aim of disintegrating the entire Brynpeth Alliance from within, and finally completing the plan to annex the entire Alliance. ”

"According to what you are saying now, the Prussian Empire should be the strongest in the western part of the entire continent now?" Li Yuxuan said thoughtfully.

"Exactly!"

"I invited me into the house today, but what does it have to do with it?"

"I don't think the head of the family wants a second Celestial Dragon Empire to appear in the western part of the continent!"

"Your purpose?"

Li Yuxuan still didn't nod his head before affirming the other party's intentions, but from what he said today, it seems that San Theo Lee has a request for himself.

"The situation in the alliance is now extremely acute and complicated, and although my father-in-law and I are able to suppress other voices of opposition, if Prussia is involved, the balance of power will be completely different. Among the current city lords of the seven major city-states of the alliance, except for me and my father-in-law, Banbrus, the lord of Mendu City, the rest of the Okalay City Lord Babu and Adlaide City Lord Ryan once asked to be independent from the Alliance, while Garence, the city lord of Carson City, and Atburykin, the city lord of Passes, remained neutral. ”

"On the surface, you still dominate the alliance!"

"At a meeting of delegates to the coalition six months ago, we did reject their proposal for independence by a majority. However, the head of the family should know that the Brinpius Alliance was originally only an economic entity, and each local force had its own private armed forces, and the so-called 'Seven-Colored Knights' of the Seven City-States, although nominally under the command of the Supreme Council of the Alliance, was actually the private army of the Seven City Lords, and it was only because of the financial dependence on the Alliance's appropriation that the fragile balance was maintained. Now, it seems that the Teal Legion in Okale City and the Blue Legion in Adlai City both have their own military allocations. As far as I know, it was Babu, the lord of Okala, who was behind him in Adlai. In terms of the geographical location of the Alliance, these two cities can be said to be the first barrier against the Prussian invasion in the north of the Alliance, once these two cities are controlled by the Prussian side, the Prussian Empire's army can flank the city of Echvon in the middle of the Alliance from two directions, and the city is also the seat of the Supreme Council of the Alliance. Once it falls, the entire alliance will fall apart. At that time, how could the scattered local forces resist the Prussian Imperial Army? ”

"Even if you can oppose the independence of these two cities, you will never be able to completely control them. If they really collude with the Empire, you can't guard against it!"

"That's what worries me the most. In a few days, the meeting of the Supreme Alliance held in the city of Eqivon will last for about half a month, when the lords of the seven major cities and the lords of the local forces will gather in the city of Eqivon. ”

"Are you saying that the Prussian Empire will take this opportunity to raid the Alliance?"

San Theo Lee had to admire Li Yuxuan's wisdom, and he could perceive the crux of the problem from just a few words of his own words, and he deserved to be the head of the "homeland", and his name was well deserved.