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Li Simin knew very well that as long as the army of the Viking Principality was fighting head-on, it would not pose much threat to her, but once the Viking Grand Duke was captured, those stragglers who lost their command would endanger the peace of the entire Principality, and it would be a real headache at that time. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Because of this, Li Simin was not in a hurry to attack at all, but instead used the same method to recruit most of the principality's troops, and then added them to training, and from time to time sent small forces to encroach on the nearby area, expanding the territory and training troops at the same time, while waiting for the best opportunity to attack.

Under the effect of Li Simin's encroachment tactics, coupled with the uprisings in various places, the principality's army was in a hurry, and there was no time to care about Li Simin's direction. The Nationalist Army was well on its way, and within a month they had taken control of more than a third of the Viking Duchy, making it the largest force in the country.

Just when Li Simin was making good progress, the two cavalry brigades led by Kapos also arrived in Pilgen, and with this backbone, Murong Yanran finally breathed a sigh of relief, and it seemed that the overall situation of the Hanseatic League had been decided.

Li Simin's civilian army continued to encroach on the land of the Viking Duchy, which made the Viking Grand Duke a little confused. If you send troops to stop it, if you don't have it, you will simply deliver food, and if you go too much, you won't be able to mobilize so many troops. If they ignore it, it is foreseeable that the power of the civilian army will become bigger and bigger, and in the end it will be an existence that they cannot contend with.

The courtiers quarreled about this matter in the main hall every day, and one of them said that he should use the power of the alliance to ask the allies for help in order to fight the growing rebel forces in the country. The opposing side believes that this will give other allies an excuse to intervene in their own affairs, and the so-called "it is easier to ask the gods" than to send the gods, and when the rebel army is destroyed, these forces will each become the emperor of the principality, and the status of the Viking principality in the alliance will be greatly reduced.

The courtiers on both sides insisted on their own opinions, and they argued fiercely in the court every day, but none of them could come up with a real and practical method. Time was wasted in this fierce quarrel, watching the territory occupied by Li Simin's civilian army grow larger and larger, and the maintenance of the principality became more and more difficult, and finally the Viking Grand Duke finally couldn't bear it, and he decided to ask the Alliance headquarters for help.

Now the situation of the principality is critical, if you ask for reinforcements from the allies, you may only become a puppet, and if you are developed by the people's army, it will be fatal. The lesser of two evils, and in the end the Viking Grand Duke made this difficult decision.

The request of the Viking Duchy was sent to the headquarters of the Alliance, and the representatives of the Allied Powers had been waiting for this request for help for a long time. As soon as the Viking Principality requested reinforcements, the four principalities closest to the Viking Principality first announced that they would form a coalition of 200,000 troops to enter the Viking Principality to help put down the rebellion, while the remaining ten allies would send reinforcements later, with a total reinforcement of more than 800,000.

The news that the Alliance headquarters was about to send reinforcements was quickly picked up by Hawkeye, and for the National Alliance, the intelligence aspect was like a leaky sieve, and it was almost impossible to keep anything secret. A few hours after they dissolved, the number of coalition forces, the departure time, and the route of march were already in Murong Yanran's hands.

Looking at the detailed information of the 800,000 allied troops who were about to enter the Viking Principality to quell the rebellion, Murong Yanran frowned: "There seem to be a lot more enemy troops, this is not easy to do." ”

Li Simin next to him smiled: "Sister, don't worry, it's not difficult to defeat these people, not to mention that we still have reinforcements?"

"But the second brother, they have no excuse, and they can't enter the Viking Duchy casually, after all, they are not our apparent allies, and it is a bit unjustifiable to send troops. Murong Yanran sighed and said, she is good at business, but not so easy on military and politics.

Kapos on the side smiled: "Sister-in-law doesn't need to be anxious, if we are not allies, we can become allies, as long as we can find a real agent." ”

"Agent?" Murong Yanran and Li Simin were both stunned, they didn't react, what Kapos meant in his words.

Kapos smiled slightly: "The agent I am talking about is to find a random local person that we can control, raise him to establish a new country, and then establish diplomatic relations with the Duchy of Buenos, so that it is not justified for us to invite the allies in?"

Kapos's opinion made everyone present gasp, this way is indeed very attractive, and it can allow Xiao Jinchen to lead troops into the country with confidence. Murong Yanran and Li Simin glanced at each other and nodded, "Yes, let's follow this method." This matter should be handled as soon as possible, and it is best to find someone close to you to do it immediately. ”

Ben Muhai said: "When we captured this Pilgen City, that Cheng Boss was of great help to us, and he admired our warriors so much that he simply obeyed his words. Even after taking Pilgen, he took the initiative to ask our warriors to take charge, and he was a man of great loyalty to us. ”

Murong Yanran nodded and said, "Since that's the case, let him ascend the throne and become the new Grand Duke of the Viking Principality." We need to come up with some powerful slogans, preferably one that will appeal to the masses from below. ”

"The subordinates immediately went about it, and tried to establish the new principality within a week. Ben Muhai smiled slightly, he was still sure of doing this kind of thing.

Cheng Boss has always been an important leader of the Pilgen City People's Army, and he was originally a relatively high-status figure among the people here, so he still has a certain prestige foundation for him to serve as the new Grand Duke. Although Boss Cheng was stunned for a long time when he heard the news, he accepted it happily in the end.

Five days later, Cheng Laoda, who had changed his name to Cheng Zhijie, ascended the throne as the new Viking Grand Duke, and at the same time, Capos signed an alliance treaty with him as an envoy of the Duchy of Buenos. With this paper pact, the 50,000 troops of the Duchy of Buenos, which had already been deployed on the border, had a legitimate reason to quickly cross the border and reach the vicinity of the city of Pilgen.

Although only 50,000 troops arrived, these men were the most elite force in the Duchy of Buenos today, and their combat effectiveness was much stronger than that of the Nationalist soldiers who had only been trained for a month or two. With the addition of this new force, Murong Yanran finally has the strength to fight, and more importantly, Xiao Cheng and Kabos, two generals who can lead the army to fight, can make the command of the troops much more flexible.

In order to prevent being attacked by the opponent's superior army, Li Simin decided to preemptively lead 100,000 allied troops to advance towards the still empty city of Vijing.