On the surface, everything seems to be normal, the 4th Army at Story 13 is still stationed, while the Bonn fortress in front looks motionless, and Kriolev is still mobilizing his troops to prepare as much as possible for the coming war......... However, this calm did not last even a day.

"What do you say? The Inquisition has acted?! ”

At noon the next day, before it was even time for lunch, Kriolev received this news from his adjutant Karl, who surprised him.

"Yes, my lord, according to the Scout's report, the Iron Giant of the Inquisition, five steel chariots, and 5,000 soldiers of the Fourth Legion left Story 13 early this morning and are heading towards the Bonn Fortress!"

"How long will it take to get to the Bonn fortress?"

"It will take at least five days!"

"Good."

After calculating, Kriolev nodded, five days was enough time for reinforcements from the Second Army to join them. Now that the Iron Giant has made a move, they can rush through the Bonn Fortress with the converging reinforcements while the Iron Giant has not yet reached the Bonn Fortress, and then blossom on all sides! As long as the Iron Giant is separated from the Fourth Legion, then the next move will be much more convenient!

However, just because Kriolev thinks so doesn't mean that others think so.

"Report!!"

Kryolev had barely finished his lunch when he saw a herald burst into his room.

"An order from the Commander-in-Chief of the Council Kechak that the First Army must keep the Bonn fortress at all costs, and there is absolutely no room for error!"

“……………………………”

Hearing the other party's words, Kriolev suddenly felt that the food in his mouth was not fragrant.

"Hey..............."

Looking at the order handed by the herald, Kriolev sighed helplessly and looked at the adjutant Karl beside him, who also shook his head.

It wasn't what they had planned, but it didn't work, because it was an order from the commander-in-chief of the army, and they had to listen to it if they didn't listen.

"What now?"

"The only way to do this is to go to the Bonn fortress and hold it."

Kryorev sighed silently, and the order from the Council was very clear, requiring the First Army to set off immediately and go to the Bonn fortress for defense. Reinforcements from the 2nd Army then arrived, and the 1st Army was asked to hold the fortress of Bonn at all costs. Obviously, the Council was also informed of the Inquisition's actions, and their first thought was to save themselves.........

Thinking of this, Kryorev was not in the mood to dine anymore.

"Inform the whole army, prepare to go, send someone to inform the Bonn fortress, we will be in charge from now on!"

At the same time as the First Legion was acting, their actions were naturally reported by Suzume and Kanami, who were in charge of the investigation.

"I didn't expect it......... Kriolev actually knows how to act..............."

Hearing the information brought back by the two, Kirti and Uruzer were both confused and couldn't believe it at all. Especially Uruze, as Seth's military advisor-type character, she is also the best at planning in this area. Before the start of the operation, Uruzer had conducted a series of analyses of Kriolev's opponent, and in her opinion, the veteran was brave and resolute, and his character was also cautious, and he should take the initiative on his own instead of leaving it to someone else.

Being led by the nose like this does not seem at all like Kriolev's style.

"It's simple."

Compared with the surprise of Qierti and Uruze, Duanmu Huai seemed very calm.

"Because in the final analysis, it's a political issue, not a military issue."

"Political issues?"

"That's right."

Duanmu Huai nodded.

"You all think that Kryorev is our opponent, but in fact, Kryorev is only a general in the final analysis, the commander of the First Army, no matter how prestigious he is in the army, he is not an emperor, let alone a commander-in-chief. And our opponent is not Kryoreev, but the Senate........."

Speaking of this, Duanmu Huai picked up a chess piece and inserted it on the sand table.

"From the Council's point of view, what do you think they would think when they learn that our army is coming? They would definitely be worried that the Inquisition soldiers would come to the city and send them directly to the sky. So they will absolutely ask the First Army to hold our army in the way at all costs. In this case, even if Kriolev had all kinds of talents, it did not mean anything. ”

“…………… How can you still ............... like this?"

Hearing Duanmu Huai's explanation, everyone present couldn't help but be dumbfounded, all along, they instinctively thought that the military belonged to the military and politics belonged to politics. But it is clear that Duanmu acacia has a different opinion on this.

For the admiration and surprised glances that others threw at him, Duanmu Huai seemed very calm. Military is an extension of politics, and within human beings, in the final analysis, military is only a political means.

Historically, there are countless examples of influencing military strategies through politics, such as the Battle of Changping during the Warring States Period, Zhao State was quite handsome with the veteran Lian Po, and the Qin State insisted on it for several months, and then the Qin State sent people to spread rumors in Zhao State, claiming that the Qin army was not afraid of Lian Po and was afraid of Zhao Kuo, if Zhao Kuo was the commander, then the Qin army would directly throw away their armor and flee in less than three hours.

At that time, Zhao Guoman's civil and military forces were panicked, and even Zhao Kuo's mother personally found Zhao Xiaocheng Wang and said that my son is a waste, don't let him be a general, but in the end, Zhao Xiaocheng Wang still insisted on deciding to change generals in battle, and replaced Lian Po with Zhao Kuo, but he didn't expect that the Qin army on the other side did not talk about martial arts, and replaced Wang Yu with Bai Qi, and directly turned over Zhao Kuo who was talking about soldiers on paper, and killed 200,000 soldiers of Zhao State, and Zhao Guo couldn't even call his grandmother directly.

When the later history books saw this story, everyone thought that King Zhao Xiaocheng had a hole in his brain, but in fact, at that time, the two countries were in a war, and the cost of grain and grass was huge, and the rats in the granary had to cry when they saw it, in this case, King Zhao Xiaocheng, as an emperor, had to make a choice. Otherwise, if it continues to be consumed, Zhao Jun will not win or not, and everyone will have to starve to death together.

As a general, Lian Po only needs to care about the war, but King Zhao Xiaocheng, as the emperor, must consider the entire country. When the time comes, the Zhao army will win, and the Zhao country will starve to death a bunch of people, what's the point? And if it continues, it is not certain whether you will win or not.

So he simply gambled, since Lian Po was disobedient, then he replaced Lian Po with the obedient Zhao Kuo.

It's just that the bet is lost.

The same is true of Yue Fei, Song Gaozong did reuse Yue Fei at first, but when the twelve gold medals later ordered Yue Fei's class to return to the dynasty, Yue Fei was naturally tragic. But to say that Song Gaozong just listened to Qin Hui's slander, it is not entirely correct, in fact, in other dynasties, Yue Fei may not have encountered this kind of thing, even if it is Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, it is a cunning rabbit to die before the lackey cooks. At present, the anti-gold is not over, why is Song Gaozong so anxious to cut Yue Fei?

The reason is very simple, the Song Dynasty has a lesson from the past!

Yue Fei, as an anti-Jin hero, had such a high reputation in the Southern Song Dynasty, Song Gaozong was afraid that Yue Fei would beat the Jin people away, and then one night he was pulled up from bed by his subordinates and put on a dragon robe or something............... How did his ancestor become the emperor, can he still know?

Why did the emperors of the Song Dynasty emphasize literature and suppress martial arts, aren't they afraid of the second Chenqiao Mutiny? With Yue Fei's prestige and status in the Song Dynasty, coupled with the fact that the Southern Song Dynasty at that time was the same as the Later Zhou Dynasty, people's hearts fluctuated. If Yue Fei really wants to have a yellow robe, then won't the Song Dynasty be as good as Hou Zhou?

So Song Gaozong was originally worried about this, coupled with the traitor Qin Hui playing right and wrong, and finally issued a series of stupid orders and played himself to death.

In fact, many times, a careful study of all kinds of riotous operations in history will find that there are objective conditions, and the other party was originally hesitant, so the traitor's slander or treacherous conspiracy or something is basically equivalent to pushing the water, making the other party finally make a stupid decision in the eyes of later generations.

If there are no objective conditions, then it is useless to talk about it no matter how fanciful it is.

As the saying goes, one general is incompetent and exhausts the three armies.

But no matter how awesome the generals are, their arms still can't reach their thighs, and the emperor has given an order, can you still resist and disobey the order?

In the final analysis, all military issues are political issues.

Generals like Wu Qi, Han Xin, and Yue Fei are all like this, and they are all first-class in terms of leading troops to fight, and it can be said that they are invincible in the world when they lead their troops to fight, and they kill gods when they see gods, and they kill Buddhas when they see Buddhas. Wu Qi is even the kind of all-rounder who grasps military and politics, and the state of Chu became strong because of his changes and became a hegemon of the Warring States.

But what's the use?

Wu Qi offended the nobles of Chu because of his change of law and was shot to death by random arrows.

Han Xin, who overthrew Xiang Yu, was conspired by Liu Bang and Xiao He to be tricked into the palace and assassinated in a sack.

Not to mention Yue Fei, everyone knows it.

So in the final analysis, no matter how fierce the generals are, there is only one way to die in the face of political games.

Therefore, in Duanmuhuai's opinion, no matter how awesome Kriolev is, he is the reincarnation of Sun Wu, Han Xin is reborn, as long as he grabs the council, Kriolev will only have a dead end!

It doesn't matter if Kryolev is not fooled, just be fooled at the council!

Just like the Qin State envoy's plan at the beginning, it doesn't matter if you are cheap and not fooled, it doesn't matter if the civil and military officials are not fooled, as long as Zhao Xiaocheng is a fool of the king! Can you still oppose Zhao Xiaocheng?

The same is true for the current Kriolev, because of the experience of the Fourth Legion rebelling against King Qin, the Council must be afraid that the First Army will also have a King Qin, so for Kriolev, he has only two paths, either to fully obey the orders of the Council, or simply directly reverse it——— when the time comes, wouldn't it be happier to join the revolutionary ranks together?

For Kriolev, from a political point of view, he was already checkmated.

"Order everyone to prepare."

Duanmu Huai sneered and stood up.

"Since the First Legion is coming, let's give him a grand and warm welcome!"

(End of chapter)