Opstin Palace, Wanzheng Palace.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, you should know that a young master has recently appeared in the western part of the continent, and it is said that his martial arts skills have surpassed the 'Four Great Knights', which is enough to be included in the top ten masters in the western part of the continent. ”

"Is there such a thing?"

Hearing the words of Prime Minister Brendis, the emperor turned around and asked Clinder, who was standing behind him, who was also one of the "Four Great Knights" in the western part of the continent.

"Your Majesty, it's 'White-haired Shura' Shi Yue, and now the 'Knight of the Two Swords' Corinth is with him. Clint said with a respectful face.

"That's just an ordinary martial artist, what's there to make a fuss about, even if his martial arts skills are high, can he defeat Nuyingman's 'number one general' Duke Yankel on the battlefield?"

Looking at the emperor's current attitude, he doesn't seem to be very interested in this rumored martial arts master.

His Majesty the Emperor was not mistaken, although he did not defeat the Duke of Yankel, but it was indeed the help of the crown prince of Fabre, Tork, to repel the Newingman army commanded by Yankel, and even Ferdinand, who was known as the "Flower of the Empire", was defeated at his hands. Valentist replied with a serious face.

"What! He is the behind-the-scenes commander of the Fabre Kingdom Army!"

The Emperor noticed that he seemed to be a little out of shape, quickly adjusted his facial expression, and continued, "Have you investigated everything about him?"

Since several defeats with Yankel ten years ago, Yankel, the "No. 1 general", has become the biggest problem in the heart of Emperor Shackland. Nowadays, the Prussian Empire has far surpassed the Newingman Empire in terms of military, economy, and internal affairs, but just because of a Yankel, the empire's westward expansion was forcibly stopped. Just a few days ago, Yankel, as the "first general", was unexpectedly frustrated by Fabre, although he did not lose this battle, his original strategic intention was almost completely defeated, and Kemp, who had become a "prisoner", was also escaped.

Who could it be? Who would have the ability to lead the low-quality Fabre "motley army" to victory over the invading forces of Newingman. Although on the surface, the direct commander of this war was the young crown prince of the Kingdom of Fabre, Tok, but Shackran firmly believed that behind Teucer there must be a strategist who had the ability to help the Prussian Empire defeat its long-cherished enemy Newingman and dominate the western part of the continent.

Be sure to find him!

This was the order that the Emperor of Shacklan gave to the Imperial intelligence at that time.

Now that the person the emperor had dreamed of has finally been found, one can imagine the excitement in Shacklan's heart, and it is no wonder that the emperor, who has always paid great attention to appearance, has lost his temper.

Alas, it seems that this time the emperor will be disappointed!

Valentist sighed in his heart, he already knew the truth, he knew very well that the strategist would never serve the Prussian Empire, because that man had in his hands an army as powerful as the Empire, a territory as vast as the Empire, and many subjects, because he was also a monarch.

"Yes, Your Majesty the Emperor, we have investigated everything. A cabinet minister in charge of Imperial Intelligence replied.

"So where is he now, and is he still in the Kingdom of Fabre?"

"No, he had left Fabre's borders a few days ago, and now he should be with San Theo Lee, the lord of Boscombe City, the Brynpace Alliance. The minister's tone was bland and tasteless, as if he was merely stating a fact mechanically, and he was not at all as excited as his own emperor.

Hell, how could that guy get involved with San Theo Lee?

If there was a Duke Yankel on the western front of the empire who gave Emperor Shacklan a headache, then there was also a man on the eastern front of the empire who was just as difficult and annoyed by the emperor as Yankel. This man was San Theo Lee, the lord of Boscombe.

In the western part of the continent, all people agree that Yankel is undoubtedly the first general in military terms, and that Berentist is the first in terms of governing the country. But in Shackland's eyes, these two men together may not be a match for San Theo Lee.

San Theo Lee is definitely a genius, a genius with a lot of promise. But even if he is a genius, he needs a stage to display his talents, and the stage for San Theo Lee is the Brin Pace League.

Yankel achieved his reputation as the "first general" because of the stage of the Newingman Empire, and the other "Imperial Double Star", Brentist, was also able to show his talent because of the stage of the Prussian Empire.

Compared with the two old men above, San Theo Lee is like a rising sun that has just risen from the eastern horizon of the earth, and when it rises into the air one day, there may be no one in the western part of the continent to compete with it, and he will become the symbol and symbol of the western part of the continent in this era.

Ten years, if not less, could bring together the Bryn Piz League with his own strength, making it the third empire in the western part of the continent after Newman and Prussia. And by that time, both the Sarkland Emperor and the "Imperial Twin Stars" will already be in the twilight, and there will be no one in the west of the entire continent who will be able to stop his rise.

As the current Emperor of the Prussian Empire, Sarkland absolutely did not want another empire as powerful as Newingman on the eastern front of his empire. Once this situation becomes a reality, Prussia will inevitably turn from its current strong position to weakness in the face of threats from both the east and the west.

Be sure to take precautions and eliminate the potential threat to this empire before the rise of San Theo Lee!

This was what Shackran really thought in his heart, and it was the biggest reason why he gave up attacking his old rival, the Newman Empire, and instead pointed the spearhead of the empire at the Bryn Pace Alliance.

A San Theo Lee is already terrible enough to make himself sleep, and now with the addition of a strategic master who has the ability to defeat Yankel, then his strength is definitely not as simple as doubling his strength. When two strong people are united, the power they produce will definitely not be just a doubling in the mathematical sense, but like a chemical effect, producing a five, ten, or even a hundred times more destructive power. No one understands this better than a king.

The irritability in the Shackland Emperor's heart began to show on his face, and several ministers of the cabinet knew very well that the two names that the emperor did not want to hear in his life, besides Yankel, were this San Theo Lee, who was only in his twenties. However, as subordinates, they will never hide such an important matter privately, only to tell the truth/

"Tell me, how did that person end up with San Theo Lee, and what is the relationship between them, or rather, that person is simply San Theo Lee's staff!"

"Your Majesty the Emperor, rest assured, that man will never be a member of St. Theo Lee's staff. ”

Berentist, who knew the emperor's thoughts well, interjected, but did not say the next sentence, that is, the person he said in his mouth would never become a staff member of His Majesty the Emperor.

"Very well!" Emperor Shacklan's face turned cloudy and clear, and he continued to ask, "Then what is the relationship between them, it can't be a kinship, right?"

In fact, regarding this matter, Klinder's answer just now is a bit inconsiderate, and further explanations are needed. The minister in charge of intelligence glanced at Berentist, who had been in charge of his own affairs, and motioned to himself to say or not to say anything.

Brendis bowed slightly, motioning for him to continue.

Noticing the eye contact between his subordinates, Emperor Sakuran also began to feel that the atmosphere in the palace seemed to be a little too depressing. From this point of view, there must be something important that I don't know and don't know. The corners of the Sarkland Emperor's eyes, which had been overflowing with smile lines, slowly calmed down, and were replaced by a gleam in his eyes, staring at the Empire's cabinet minister in charge of intelligence.

Realizing that the Emperor's eagle-like eyes fell on him, the cabinet minister hurriedly continued his conversation.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, you should remember that four years ago, there was a young man who rose rapidly in the southern part of the continent, and in a year or so, with less than 30,000 people, he successively seized the entire Carol Kingdom and the Fengxiang Kingdom, becoming one of the two major powers in the southern part of the continent. ”

"That young man's name should be Li Yuxuan, right?"

Although the emperor was busy with state affairs all day long, and almost all of his energy was devoted to the war that might be launched against the Bryn Tempus Alliance in the future, Li Yuxuan's rise had a very significant impact on the political pattern of the southern part of the entire continent, and even the distribution of power and the future direction of the entire psychedelic continent. It is also Li Yuxuan, who is only young and even the entire psychedelic continent, that has a very significant impact on the distribution of power and the future direction. It was the rapid rise of Li Yuxuan, an eighteen-year-old boy, that made Emperor Sarkland aware of the danger. In his eyes, San Theo Lee is the "Li Yuxuan" of the western part of the mainland, and once he is given time and opportunity, he will create a jaw-dropping "miracle" like Li Yuxuan. The Prussian Empire was not Carol or Fengxiang, and as an emperor, he would never allow anyone as domineering as Li Yuxuan to appear around his country.

"The stratagem who commanded Fabre's army in the shadows is none other than Li Yuxuan, the head of the 'homeland'!"

After hearing this news that was enough to shock the entire southern part of the continent, the Sarkland Emperor leaned into the throne behind him in great despair.

If there was one more thing in the world that gave Shacklan more headaches than facing a difficult opponent, it was to face two such opponents.

It seems that the strategist in his mind will not only not help his empire defeat the Newingman Empire and sweep away the enemies on the western front of the empire, but will also pose a considerable threat to his empire.

"I want his details!"

Know yourself and know your opponent, and you will not be defeated in a hundred battles!

This is a sentence from the ancient military writings of the Continent East.

The east of the continent, the birthplace of great civilizations, compared to the west of the continent, which has only a historical record of more than 400 years, the detailed historical record of the east for 3,000 years is simply a "miracle".

Paper, books.

Both of these powerful carriers of cultural transmission were inventions of the Orientals. As for the importance of education, the East set up collegiate educational institutions in its capital city as early as a thousand years before the establishment of the Prussian Empire, and its scale and number of people are unimaginable in other countries. It can be said that it is the earliest well-documented collegiate teaching institution in the Psychedelic Continent. It is this huge scale of central educational institutions and local state-owned educational institutions that constitute a huge education system, which has cultivated a large number of talents for the empire, and has also enabled this ancient empire to be passed down to this day, and is still the most powerful country on the mainland.

However, if you want to understand the connotation of Oriental culture and appreciate its profundity, the prerequisite is to learn Oriental characters.

Like its culture, its writing is arguably the most cumbersome in the entire psychedelic continent, but the book-loving Sarkland the Great is a rare scholar of oriental writing. In the Prussian royal collection, there are nearly a thousand ancient books written in oriental script, many of which are very precious even in the East, where they flowed.

It was through the extensive reading of Oriental books that the Sarkland Emperor realized the importance of culture.

In order to maintain the longevity of an empire, it is not enough to rely on a few wise monarchs and a strong army.

If an empire has a dominant culture over other regions, it will not perish as long as the dominant position of this culture is not lost.

The clever Orientals invented paper, books, and in the far East, many people had books in their homes, some even surpassing the royal collections of some ordinary countries, which showed its advantages in the spread of culture. In other parts of the continent, parchment is still used, and there are even huge "stone books" carved in stone. As for books, they were a luxury that only the aristocracy could have. It can be seen from this that the reason why the Celestial Dragon Empire is strong is that other countries are relatively weak.

The reason why Sarkland the Great was able to govern the Prussian Empire so well was due in large part to the Oriental texts in the royal collection. From those classics, he learned not only many strategies for governing the country, but also many classic military strategies.

The cabinet ministers of the empire knew that their emperor attached great importance to information, so they prepared a lot of detailed information before reporting anything to the emperor, just in case they needed it. But they didn't know that it was the phrase in the Oriental classics that "know yourself and know your opponent, and you will not be defeated in a hundred battles" that made their emperor understand the importance of intelligence.

"Li Yuxuan, now twenty-two years old, the patriarch of the Li family, is now the head of the 'homeland' in the southern part of the mainland, and has led the army to annex the two southern kingdoms. In December 174 of the imperial calendar, Li Yuxuan disappeared mysteriously, and the military affairs of the entire 'homeland' and the government affairs of the areas under his jurisdiction were controlled by Xu Ruoyu, who was only seventeen years old at the time. It wasn't until the early autumn of last year that Li Yuxuan appeared in the territory of the Fabre Kingdom in the western part of the mainland, under the pseudonym Shi Yue, and was known as the 'white-haired Shura'. Earlier this year, as secretary of state, he commanded Fabre's army behind the scenes to repel an attack by Jankel's Newman army. It is worth noting that from his appearance in the West to the present, Corinth, one of the 'Four Knights', has been by his side. ”

From the moment he learned Li Yuxuan's true identity, Emperor Shacklan was sure that he had another strong opponent.

Although Li Yuxuan's reason for helping the Fabre Kingdom was not reflected in this report, Sakelan, who was also an emperor, knew very well what Li Yuxuan was thinking. Just as he dealt with the yet-to-ascend San Theo Lee, Li Yuxuan was also preventing the emergence of an empire as powerful as a dragon in the western part of the continent. So by now, Shackland has realized that Li Yuxuan is very likely to join forces with San Theo Lee against him this time.

Now that the situation has developed to this point, don't blame me for being bitter. As an emperor of an empire, as a lord who ascended the throne at the age of seven and has been in charge of the empire for forty-three years now, the Great Sarkland will definitely not be an indecisive dye. Since there is no room for things to turn around, the only thing that can be done now is to use your own strength to defeat your opponent in one fell swoop.

"* It is a struggle between countries, there is never a middle way, and even if the two sides reach an agreement for some reason to achieve a balance for the time being, it is also a fragile balance. This fragile balance is just a sign before the two sides gather strength and prepare to attack their opponents again. ”

This sentence was the only admonition of Shackland's mother on the eve of his twentieth birthday, and it was also a sentence that Shackland remembered for the rest of his life.

Whether it was the previous "no war on the Western Front" with the Newingman Empire, or the current apparent calm of the Brinpius Alliance with the Eastern Front of the Empire, it was because the Prussian Empire was gathering strength in order to deliver a fatal blow to its opponent at the best opportunity.

The Empire's war on the Western Front made Jankel, the "first general" of the Newingman Empire, famous, but on the Eastern Front, the Sarkland Emperor could never allow another St. Theo Lee to be created.

As for Li Yuxuan, he would never let him live in the southern part of the continent this time.

It's not a friend, it's an enemy!

This enemy is too terrifying, if San Theo Lee is the immediate concern of the Empire, then Li Yuxuan is the Empire's foresight.

Now San Theo Lee is still too weak, and Shacklan is sure that he can eliminate the immediate worries of this empire with his own strength, but Li Yuxuan is different. From the patriarch of a small business family, to now controlling the territory of two kingdoms, with more than 100,000 brave and skilled soldiers, and his subordinates are full of talents. And the most terrifying thing is that such a person is only twenty-two years old now, and it has only taken him a short period of more than three years since he started the army, and most of the generals under him are also around thirty years old, especially Xu Ruoyu, the chief of the "staff service" of the "homeland", is only a half-old boy who is only nineteen years old. Judging from the results of his governance of the entire vast territory of the "homeland" in the past few years, his future achievements will definitely be above that of Brentist, which is known as the "double star of the empire". It should be said that once this group of young people is allowed to set foot on the territory of the western part of the continent one day, there is no empire in the western part of the entire continent that can resist their attack.

For the sake of the future of the empire, Li Yuxuan must not be allowed to return to the south of the continent, Li Yuxuan must die!

"How many troops do we have on the Eastern Front of the Empire now?" said Shackland the Great, staring at the Imperial War Secretary.

The Minister of War of the Reich quickly exchanged a glance with Berentist, who was opposite him.

It seems that the empire's chariot is about to start again, and I wonder if anyone in the Bryn Pace Alliance will be able to stop the advance of this chariot this time.

Can St. Theo Lee, the lord of Boscombe, become the second Duke of Yankel?

Or is he called by the emperor a master of strategy, and even has the strength to surpass Yankel's "homeland" head Li Yuxuan?

But in any case, a war of great scale is inevitable.

When you don't get what you want politically, you get it through war. The Shackran Emperor will prove his life creed with his own practical actions.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, the empire has now gathered 130,000 troops on the Eastern Front!"