Union of Brynpes, Ciudad Ejvon.

After a four-day trip, San Theo Lee and his entourage arrived in the capital of the League, Echvon, on the eve of the Supreme Council of the League. He was accompanied by his deputies Vincent, Li Yuxuan, and Collins.

While in Boscombe, Lee had agreed with San Theo Lee to do everything possible to help him eliminate opposition from the coalition during the meeting.

In fact, Li Yuxuan also knows very well in his heart that whether it is Sarkland the Great of the Prussian Empire or his current "comrade-in-arms" St. Theo Lee, one day, they will all become stumbling blocks on the road to hegemony and become their enemies.

Again, there are no eternal friends or enemies in politics, there is only a combination of interests. In order to deal with the Prussian Empire, which clearly had the upper hand, Li Yuxuan and San Theo Lee formed a temporary alliance. If it weren't for the Prussian Empire, the two would most likely be fighting to the death by now.

In the few days since arriving in the city of Echvon, San Theo Lee, who is a candidate for the next meeting of the Alliance, has been busy with the other lords of the Seven Great Cities and has not even noticed that things are quietly changing. According to the laws of the League, the candidate for president is elected by the Assembly of the League, and each city-state within the Union has its own voting rights. However, the final determination of which candidate will be the next chairman is decided by the votes of the city lords of the seven major cities in the alliance, and the one with the most votes will naturally be the next chairman of the alliance.

There are still three days to go, and the supreme meeting of the alliance attended by the seven city lords in the alliance will be held, and five of the seven city lords have already arrived in Echvon City. With the exception of San Theo Lee, who was the candidate, the other four arriving lords had already expressed their support for his appointment as the next president of the Alliance. It is clear that San Theo Lee has already won against the Bábu in this time*.

But puzzlingly, Al Báb of Ockale City and Ryan of Adelaide City have yet to reach Ejvon City, and San Theo Lee is starting to feel that something is wrong.

Li Yuxuan has not been in contact with any of the minds of the alliance these days, and he spends his days "wandering" the streets of the city of Echvon with Corinth.

This is the so-called democratic federal system, in Li Yuxuan's view, this is not fundamentally different from the monarchy he is familiar with, and it is still the rule of a very small number of nobles over the majority. However, these very few people are on the same level with each other, both in terms of power and militarily, and they have to adopt this federal system. Once one of the powerful people stands up, it becomes a veritable monarchy. However, it is clear that it is not a very simple matter to achieve the status of a so-called "powerhouse" in such a large alliance of city-states, and it can be said that it is even more difficult than Li Yuxuan's "self-made". Since the establishment of the Brin Pace Alliance, there has never been a so-called "powerful person" in Li Yuxuan's heart. But now, at least two people are convinced that the first "monarch" will emerge in the Alliance. Yes, among the people Li Yuxuan has seen, except for Xu Ruoyu, there is no one who can have the extraordinary leadership ability of San Theo Lee. Although Xu Ruoyu is still stronger than San Theo Lee in terms of wisdom and economy, as the supreme leader of a country, San Theo Lee is far superior to Xu Ruoyu. As long as he is given time, one day, he will turn this largest alliance in the psychedelic continent into an empire belonging to the San Theo family.

Li Yuxuan believed that San Theo Lee could do it, and so did Sarkland the Great of the Prussian Empire. Therefore, the Prussian Empire had to send troops to destroy St. Theo Lee before he could complete his imperial legacy.

After observing in the past few days, Li Yuxuan was more sure of what he was thinking. Perhaps one day, when his army sets foot on the western part of the continent, he will face an opponent who will be San Theo Lee.

However, the situation was clearly different, and in addition to his allies, St. Theo Lee had to face a powerful neighbor, the Prussian Empire, and a terrifying opponent, Shackland the Great. For the current St. Theo Lee, the Báb is just an embellishment in the course of his career, and the only thing that can really stop him from fulfilling his dream is Shackland the Great, the greatest monarch in the history of the Prussian Empire.

Time passed silently, and with only two days to go before the Supreme Council of the Alliance, Babu and Ryan still did not appear in the city of Echphon, nor did they send any emissaries or representatives.

Li Yuxuan, who has been associated with war since he was eighteen years old, has already felt the suffocating atmosphere of war around him. The smell of blood that belonged to the battlefield was so thick that it was almost breathless.

It seems that war cannot be avoided no matter what!

Li Yuxuan was unusual, staying alone in his room today, and did not take half a step out of the door.

San Theo Lee pushed open Li Yuxuan's door and sat opposite Li Yuxuan, everything seemed so natural, as if the two had already made an appointment.

"Something seems to be wrong, as Babu and Ryan have not yet been seen in the city of Echvon, and there is no sign of them on the 'Golden Passage' from the south. ”

"When a person finds that one method does not solve the problem, he takes another approach!"

Li Yuxuan's words didn't seem to have anything to do with what San Theo Lee said, but San Theo Lee unconsciously tightened his brows after Li Yuxuan said this, and he fell into deep thought alone.

After a long time, San Theo Lee raised his head and asked with a serious face:

"Is the war really about to start?"

"If it were me, then the war would not have begun, but had already begun!" Li Yuxuan's words were not finished, he added another sentence in his heart.

Unleashing a fatal blow before the enemy relieves themselves is the easiest and most effective way to defeat the opponent.

San Theo Lee had already heard the words of Li Yuxuan and understood that war was inevitable, and it should be said that it was impossible to avoid it.

Standing up quietly, San Theo Lee did not show the slightest panic, and even bowed slightly to Li Yuxuan in the room when he stepped out of the door, but his clenched fists did not escape Li Yuxuan's gaze.

San Theo Lee was not afraid of war, and from the moment he stepped out of the room, he was determined to face the challenge. And Li Yuxuan also clearly knows the reason why San Theo Lee is calm in front of him.

As early as a few days ago, Li Yuxuan had already obtained a map of the Brin Pace Alliance, although compared to the map drawn by Li Qiu, it was like a piece of waste paper, but Li Yuxuan still noticed a place on it.

Malenia Gorge.

In the "Theory of Strategy", it has a special discussion of topography.

The method of using military force includes scattered land, light land, contentious land, handover land, Qu land, heavy land, encircled land, and dead land. Princes who fight for themselves in their own land are scattered land. He who enters the land of man but does not go deep is a light land. I will benefit from it, and Peter will benefit from it, for the sake of the land. I can go, and he can come, for the land. The land of the princes belongs to the three genera, and the one who comes first and wins the people of the world is Qudi. The land that enters the people is deep, and there are many cities, which is the most important land. Mountains and forests, dangers, frustration, all those who are difficult to walk, for the land. Those who enter are narrow, those who return from them, and those who can strike at our people are encircled. Those who fight will survive, and those who do not fight will die. Therefore, there is no war in scattered land, there is no end in light land, there is no attack in the land contention, there is no end in the handover of the land, there is no friendship in the Qu land, the heavy land is plundered, the land is encircled, the land is plotted, and the dead land is warned.

The length of the Lenya Gorge is more than 50 miles, the width of the road is only 50 steps, and the mountains on both sides are dense and the cliffs are high. Either side, as long as it controls the Lennia Gorge in its own hands, is equivalent to grasping the initiative on the battlefield, and can attack and retreat.

Since he can notice this, Li Yuxuan believes that with the experience of San Theo Lee's expansion of power in the alliance in the past few years, he will definitely pay attention to this as well. Moreover, from the conversation between the two just now, Li Yuxuan already knew that San Theo Lee was prepared there.

The Canyon of Marlenia is a necessary route on the "Golden Pass", and since St. Theo Lee mentions that he did not find Báb's whereabouts on the road south of the city of Okale, it is evident that he must have had an eyeliner on this road.