The rapid fall of Savoy made the entire Imperial Army fall into an unprecedented passivity, obviously two days ago, they had just crossed the border of France, entered the territory belonging to the enemy, and they even held a party between dukes at the suggestion of Pompey, and only two days later, the neutral duke state of Savoy was occupied, and his position was extremely important, he could directly cut off their current grain routes, these two completely different situations happened in just two days, which really made many nobles a little unbearable。 Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Now the Imperial Army has to let nearly half of the soldiers return to Lower Lorraine to guard the grain route, there is no way, the border between Savoy and Lower Lorraine is too long, and on this border, there are many uncut forests growing in between, no one knows what Petain's cunning fellow will do, so they must send a large number of soldiers to defend, so that the number of soldiers on the front line is naturally reduced, coupled with the threat to the flanks, an atmosphere of panic in the army immediately dispersed to all the camps, and when the will to attack is greatly reduced, it is necessary to launch a fierce attack again, which is obviously unrealistic.

This happened so suddenly, even Il, after getting the news, inevitably sent his own scouts to find out the news, and when his scouts told him that the Duchy of Savoy had raised the French flag, Il, for the first time, began to wonder if it was right or wrong for him to come to war.

After all, Savoy is not like other dukes for Il, their territory is far away from Savoy, even if it is occupied, their territory will not be threatened, but Il is different, his territory is next to Savoy, as long as he passes through the Alps, he can reach it, although this road is very thin and difficult, but the road to Savoy in France is also very difficult, and now this road has been opened by Pétain, Il has no reason to believe that Pétain cannot get through the passage to his own territory.

This made him have to be anxious, so after the news was confirmed, Il immediately summoned Jung, Müller, and Karst to his camp, told the three important ministers all the ins and outs of the matter, and prepared to listen to their opinions, Karst was the first to speak.

"Lord Duke, in this way, the Duchy of Susa is indeed too dangerous, I think you should write a letter to the border commander of Susa at once, and ask him to step up the defense and guard, and our Third Knights, we must gather quickly, four thousand knights, this is not something that a guard officer can resist, we must have enough strength to match it. ”

Karst's idea is very simple, that is, Petain must not be allowed to break through the Alpine Pass and enter Savoy, his reason is also very simple, because under the Alps, it is his territory, that is to say, if Petain really attacks Savoy, the first one they will be damaged must be Karst himself, so he will be the first to speak, he usually regards himself as a transparent person, after all, the relationship between his daughter and Il is not good, and there is no common language between the two men, Karst can only try to make himself look less conspicuous, and now he says so, it is completely considering the territorial issue。

It stands to reason that Karst doesn't need to think too much about his own territory, after all, after he dies, this territory will inevitably be handed over to the children of Roman Dicol and Il, but the situation has changed, and ten years have not given birth to a new life for the two people, on the contrary, after losing the baroness and avenging it, Karst is very free and easy to have a new love, and this new love, when Karst was 58 years old, brought him a healthy boy, and now he is 6 years old.

For this child, Karst is undoubtedly very fond of it, the first is that he is a boy, which is a feeling that Karst has never had before, and the second is that he is already very old, and he has a son at such an age, this pride as a man, so that he indirectly likes his son, for this reason, he even did not hesitate to hold a wedding with that lover, and directly turned his illegitimate son into an upright eldest son, and had the right to inherit.

This incident originally caused widespread controversy in Piedmont and even in the territory of the Duchy of Susa, after all, the status of that woman was too low, and she was not qualified to marry a nobleman, let alone an earl, but at that time, Karst was the only knight of the Order in the entire principality, so despite the rumors, no one dared to stop him, and Il also saw through it, and from then on, compared to the childless situation between Il and Roman Di Cole, the future ownership of the title of Count of Piedmont was a little confusing, and the relationship between Il and Karst became delicate。

Naturally, the degree of care about the territory will be very high, not to mention that his child is still in the city of Turin, if Petain raises an army to attack Turin, then his only child will be in danger, which Karst is already 64 years old can not tolerate, God can give him a new life when he is 58 years old, but he will not necessarily give it back to him when he is 64 years old, he can't take risks, so he spoke, before Jung and Müller, he spoke.

"Lord Duke, I also agree with the Count of Karst, we should act as soon as possible, let the troops be called, we need strong knightly troops to guard our checkpoints, we must not let Susa become like Savoy, this will disgrace the Duchy, and it will also make our soldiers lose the will to fight, after all, a quarter of our soldiers are from Piedmont, which will cause a big riot. ”

In recent years, as Karst has its own heirs and there is no news between Il and Roman Diccol, Karst's desire for territory began to emerge, and in a few years, he began to contact his old subordinates more and more frequently, and the area ruled by Mueller was originally the area controlled by Karst.

In this way, there is naturally a contradiction between the two, and as the little boy grows up, and the relationship between his daughter and Il becomes more and more cold, Karst's actions are naturally getting bigger and bigger, which brings great trouble to Müller, so the relationship between the two has always been bad, basically as long as Müller says something, Karst is against it, and vice versa, and now I hear that Müller actually agrees with Karst's opinion, Jung is not surprised to say.

But in an instant, he understood, Muller did this, of course, it could not be for the safety of Karst's territory, the reason why he wanted to echo Karst's idea was entirely because his son was the head of the Third Knights, if Il could agree to Muller and Karst's request, then his son could return to Susa to serve as the commander, and in wartime, the power of the military governor was greater than that of the local nobles, in this process, whether his children could do something, as long as it was not excessive, it was naturally possible。

And his own children are here, no matter how dangerous they are, no matter how good they are, they are a little inferior to Jung and Karst, after all, age and strength are there, as a knight of medals, his existence itself will play a role in boosting the morale of the army, and Auctor can't do this, but it's not the same in the territory of the Duchy of Susa.

Now that all the people in Susa who are stronger than Okto are already fighting here, then as soon as Okto returns, he will naturally become the temporary supreme governor of the entire Susa, and as long as the battle is won, all the credit will be counted on Okto's head, which is a very important thing for Muller.

Octor is about to become a knight of the Medal, but in terms of merit, he can't compare to Jung and Karst, but as long as he can help Ill defend the Alpine checkpoint of Susa this time, then in Il's mind, Okto's status is bound to leap up, and in the entire Duchy of Susa, more people will know Okto, which is definitely a good thing for the family.

Müller is now old, and he is tired of the nondescript title of vice-earl, if he can see his family become an earl's family in his lifetime, Müller can also turn a blind eye, and this hope can only be achieved by Octo, for this reason, overcoming the psychological barrier, agreeing with Karst's opinion, it is nothing for Müller.

Jung figured this out, and when he thought about Müller's words and deeds now, he would naturally be able to know what he was doing, and looked at Il, his eyes were not wavering, obviously, he had also thought of Müller's position, and as if he did not object, Jung thought in his heart, and finally spoke:

"I also agree with Karst's idea, we should let Sir Octor go back to form the Third Order as soon as possible to defend the Alpine checkpoints, but now that Savoy has been occupied by the French army, the road to the Duchy of Susa has been cut off, if Sir Octor wants to return to Susa, he must go around the Alps, this time, it will take at least ten days, even if it is a good fast horse, it must take about eight days.

And during this time, it is likely that Pétain has already taken action, so I think that the Duke of Il should first write to a certain person in the Duchy, and ask him to temporarily take on the task of forming the Knights and leading the Knights to the Alpine checkpoints, and then hand over the military power to Ochto to command his due army when Octor arrives at the checkpoints, what do you think?"

Jung's statement is more pertinent, Muller and Karst did not object, after all, the speed of the bird is much faster than the speed of the cavalry, and now what they lack most is time, even Muller, do not dare to oppose Jung's opinion, after all, if you act earlier, the situation will be better, otherwise the situation will be worse, if the checkpoint has been broken when Octor goes, and the enemy begins to wander in the territory, then Okto's bandit work will also be very difficult, and it may not necessarily lose, so it is better to have someone staring at it in the early stage than to let it go, and Jung did not designate anyone to be the temporary commanderThis right is in Il, which does not allow Mueller to decide, so all three of them look at Il, and it is up to him to decide whether he wants to do it or not, and who should be sent to be the commander.

Yir looked at the three people, their thoughts, Yir knew very well that Karst was for his own territory, Muller was for the reputation of the family and the future of his children, and Jung was for the stability of the territory, these three people can be said to have their own faults and advantages, but in terms of thinking, it is still relatively pertinent, at least they will not abandon the interests of the entire principality for their personal interests, it is not easy to do this, and Ilr is satisfied.

He groaned for a while, and then said, " I agree with the three of you, Count Muller, you at once ask Octor to prepare and send him an accompanying force, so that he can return to Susa immediately to take up the post of commander of the Third Knights, and be responsible for the stability and security of the whole of Susa, and that all remaining forces in the territory must obey the orders of Sir Octo, and if there is disobedience, Ochtor has the right to force the use of troops, and you go and tell Mr. Octor that the stability of the region of Susa must be guaranteed in any case, and if something goes wrong, you should know the result. ”

"Yes, I will tell him, Your Highness the Duke, our family will never let you down, and Susa will be very secure. Muller's heart was excited, Il's order gave him the power that far beyond Octo's age, it can be said that during this time, Oakor was simply acting as the duke's power, which had to make Muller feel uncontrollable trembling all over his body, he forced himself not to be too excited, but an irregular flush on his pale face still made him show his flaws, but no one would laugh at him, Karst on the side looked at Muller, his eyes were full of jealousy, who doesn't want such a right, even if it is short-lived, it is better than never having it。

"As for the formation of the Knights and the defense of the checkpoints before Sir Octor arrived in the Susa region..."Il, there were many candidates in Il's mind, but in the end, he decided on the most suitable one, thinking of that person, the corners of Il's mouth showed a hint of a smile, at that birthday party, he really gave himself a rather surprised appearance, and his sister.....

Ill said: "There is Mr. Jonas Ruger for the time being. Ignoring Jung's astonished expression, Il wrote a letter with his rights, and put in it the ring that had been handed down by the Armiche family for generations, and gave it to the pigeon breeder who had just entered, and asked him to carry out the order.