The news that the Gallic Kingdom had been destroyed and that the Imperial Army was about to attack the five northern countries caused great panic among the four countries in the Eastern Continent except for the Duchy of Luxembour.

The Kingdom of San Fernando, the Duchy of Exeter, the Duchy of Horsens, and the Duchy of Gallia were all small countries and widows, and the weak ones were to death, and the Kingdom of Gaul did not send a single soldier to participate in the battle when it was still there, not that they did not want to participate, but that the Kingdom of Gaul disliked the combat effectiveness of the armies of these four countries.

Because of the aggressive posture of the Phoenix Empire in the Western Continent, the countries of the Eastern Continent did not dare to start a war against their neighbors easily, and the four northern countries had not been at war for more than three hundred years, and the four countries were all vassal states of the Gallic Kingdom, and they could not fight even if they wanted to fight without the consent of the Gallic Kingdom, and the soldiers lacked training. The equipment is outdated, the tactical thinking is backward, and its combat effectiveness is similar to that of the mercenary group, so the Gallic Kingdom is exempted from sending troops to the war as long as the five northern countries contribute money and resources, so as not to drag their own retreat, and the north is also because the imperial army has the Gallic Kingdom and the Duchy of Lucerne in front of the block, so it is safe to hide in the rear and give money and materials and do not expand the armament war.

The Kingdom of Gaul was suddenly destroyed, and the imperial army could bypass the Duchy of Lucerne to attack the four northern countries, which made the monarchs of the four countries feel the crisis, and now the four northern countries have finished doing everything, and it takes time to retrain the army, buy equipment, and update tactics, but the most lacking thing in the four northern countries is time, so they have sent a request to Avril for talks, to be precise, to Ouyang Yu.

The monarchs of the four northern countries plan to follow the previous practice, give money and resources, and let Ouyang Yujun help them block the attack of the imperial army, the most urgent of the four countries is the Duchy of Gallia, the Duchy of Gallia is in the west of the Duchy of Luxon, the Kingdom of San Fernando, the Duchy of Exeter, and the south of the Duchy of Horsens, the first target of the Imperial Army to attack the north is the Duchy of Galia.

The meeting took place in Landogulitz, the capital of the Duchy of Galia, so Ouyang Yu and Avril left Lusen City together under the protection of the Armored Guards and Armored Battalion, which had been upgraded.

Avril Lavigne, who was sitting next to Ouyang Yu on the way to the road, couldn't help but ask Ouyang Yu with questions in her heart: "Sister Ouyang, why did you refuse the reinforcement requests of the other four countries at the meeting? And the reinforcement order issued by Admiral Bonaparte before, why did you also refuse? Can you tell me what you think?"

Ouyang Yu, who was reading the military book "Infantry Attack" by the famous German general in World War II, put down the book in his hand and turned to Avril and said, "Do you want to be the queen?"

"Huh?" Avril was overwhelmed by Ouyang Yu's answer instead of asking.

"Do you want the principality to become a kingdom?" Ouyang Yu asked again.

"I ...... I don't really think about it, wouldn't it be nice now, if the principality becomes a kingdom, then I will have more government affairs to deal with. ”

When Avril said the above sentence, her expression was like that of a primary school student who had to write a lot of homework, which made Ouyang Yu laugh, she stretched out her left hand and stroked Avril's soft hair and said: "You don't need to do government affairs yourself, just let your subordinates handle some unimportant things by themselves, if you need to deal with everything yourself, even if you have three heads and six arms, you can't handle it." ”

But Celine said that the power should be grasped in her hands, otherwise another person similar to Minister Zuo will come out. When she said this, Avril had a situation in her mind except for Celine saying this to herself.

"Your Royal Highness Avril, how can you leave the matter to the people below to deal with it yourself? You should take back all your rights and make your own decisions about big and small matters, after all, you are the master of the principality, and His Royal Highness the Grand Duke, especially the personnel, financial and military powers, should be firmly grasped in his own hands. ”

"Personnel rights, financial rights, military rights, you mean to take back the rights in Sister Ouyang's hands?" Avril was a little surprised, she didn't expect Celine to say such a thing.

Celine bent down and whispered in Avril's ear: "Aren't you worried that Lord Ouyang will become the second Minister of the Left? Lord Ouyang may not have such thoughts now, but it is hard to guarantee that she will not have it in the future, and you don't want to meet Lord Ouyang in the future, right? So the best way is to eliminate this possibility, so that Lord Ouyang will always be your sister and not your enemy." ”

"I ...... You made me think about it. Avril was lost in thought.

"Avril, Avril?"

"Huh, I'm sorry I'm distracted. Avril, who was awakened from her memories, smiled embarrassedly at Ouyang Yu.

"It's okay, let's continue the topic just now, as a leader, the monarch doesn't have to do it himself, if you do this, it's too tiring, a person's energy is limited, when it should be delegated, it should be delegated, as long as you grasp the general direction, as long as you grasp the personnel power, financial power and military power, as a leader or monarch, you must have a vision to see people, put the right people in the right position, and then let them do it, if they make a mistake or do not do it well, remove the replacement, you know?"

"Got it. Avril nodded obediently.

"Very well, now we move on to the next topic, which is why I refused the order of Admiral Bonaparte and the request for reinforcements from the four northern countries. Ouyang Yu organized his words and said: "I only refused Admiral Bonaparte's order because I was born and died so many times for the Gallic Kingdom, what did I get?

Ouyang Yu's words made Avril silent, because what Ouyang Yu said was the truth, and she couldn't refute it.

"And the Gallic Kingdom is still the suzerainty of our principality, why should our principality let such a depraved kingdom keep pressing on our heads, now our principality has the strength to make its own decisions, so the Gallic kingdom must perish, so it is in the interests of our principality. ”

"As for rejecting the four northern countries, it is because I hope that the principality can control or annex them, there are many ways to annex, and a direct attack is the most undesirable at this stage, and our army is still training, and it is not the best time, the best time is to let the imperial army defeat and hurt the four northern countries first, and then we will come forward to fight the imperial army back, so that whether it is to establish a puppet regime or directly annex it is up to us to decide. ”

Ouyang Yu was already disgusted with being commanded and commanded by people and there was no benefit to the battle, and the order of Admiral Bonaparte after the battle of Norin City made her see through that only by relying on herself could she develop and grow, so after returning to the Duchy of Luxon, Ouyang Yu carefully reviewed what she had done since she crossed over, and found that she was led by the nose, and nothing she could call the shots, so she made up her mind to establish her own power and annex the four northern countries based on the Kingdom of Lucerne.

Ouyang Yu's ambition Avril does not understand, only sixteen years old is simple-minded, she has just regained her full strength with the help of Ouyang Yu, and she does not have any ambitions and ideas of expansion, she only hopes that there will be no war in this world, her own government affairs can be less, and she will be very satisfied with the people of the principality living and working in peace and contentment, so she is opposed to Ouyang Yu's opinion.

"Sister Ouyang, how many people will die in such a way, the people of the four northern countries are too pitiful, you can help them. ”

Ouyang Yu shook his head, patted the back of Avril's hand lightly, and said, " Avril you are too kind, if it were in peacetime, you would definitely be a good monarch, but now is a time of war, your kindness will only put the people in danger, and the country will perish because of your kindness, this world has always been the law of the jungle, in order for the principality to grow stronger, and the people live a better life, we must be strong, and the four northern countries are the powerful nutrients of our principality, and the corpse of the fallen Gallic kingdom is also nutrition, just before we set off, I have ordered the 88th Division to go south, and occupy the border city of the Gallic Kingdom and a large area of land near it before the imperial army, where to gather deserters to recruit youth, because there are many routs of the former Gallic coalition army, so I am going to absorb those routs into the garrison close to us, and then form four more garrison infantry divisions on their basis. ”

"Ah, is the Duchy's finances affordable?" Avril asked, somewhat surprised.

"It's still okay in a year or two. ”

"And what about a year or two from now?"

Ouyang Yu replied with a slight smile: "That's why we need to annex the four northern kingdoms and increase the financial resources of the principality to support more troops." ”

"Sister Ouyang, can't we annex the four northern countries? ”

"You're still too naïve, that's right, now it's the four northern countries who are begging us, and they are willing to contribute money and resources, but when one day they don't feel threatened and are unwilling to pay?

"This ...... I do not know. Avril couldn't answer.

Ouyang Yu struck the iron and said while it was hot: "I think you should agree in your heart, so I advocate the annexation of the four northern countries, so that not only can the financial resources of our principality be greatly increased, but also a large number of troops can be obtained, and when the time comes, after repelling the imperial army and annexing the territory of the northern four countries and the former Gallic Kingdom, you will be Her Majesty the Queen of the Kingdom of Lucerne." ”