"Yes, my, it's all mine, well, yes, all. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

Whenever I look at the map, General Leopold - no, as I should now call him Archon Leopold -

The consul Leopold always had such irrepressible ambitions. That is, he can't help but hope and fantasize that all the territories, countries, and all the territories shown on the map will be under his control. Annex, conquer, and make yourself the ruler of the whole world.

This desire became stronger and stronger as his power increased, and as his power became firm, it was so strong that it was difficult for him to suppress.

If this continues, it will be difficult for him to guarantee that he will continue to maintain normal consciousness.

To put it simply, if this continues, the Archon Leopold may go crazy.

He was desperate to do something, or rather desperate to get rid of it. Or whom. It could be anything or anyone, as long as it could satisfy the bloodthirsty craving in his heart.

However.

If he was a pure madman, maybe he would be able to hold on to it. The crux of the matter was that the Archon Leopold still had enough sanity. He still knows where his limits are.

In other words, if it snapped like this, then it was absolutely impossible for the Leopold consuls to succeed.

Take a look at the map.

The country he now controls already has a merit that no one has done before - of course, this one has a limit, and this limitation lies in the Visigoths themselves.

Not counting the incredibly large classical Gothic Empire, and certainly not counting the Russian Gothic Empire, a bastard who suddenly occupied so many and such good territories.

The Visigoths themselves owned all of Visigoth, as well as Frisia, Lotternia, Franconia, Jutland in the north of Lombardy and Bern in the south.

The territory of the republic has almost quadrupled in population compared to the former kingdom.

Although because of the chaos that broke out in the revolution, economically, the republic was in disarray.

However, during this time, under the iron fist of the Leopold consuls, the economy of the republic began to improve. There has even been a significant increase.

Under these circumstances, the consul Leopold was rightfully more arrogant and conceited.

Yet, however. Even with this arrogance and conceit, Archon Leopold was not arrogant enough to consider himself invincible.

In other words, he can't be like some legendary great emperors, attacking from all sides, depending on all kinds of rumors. In unimaginable speed and time, the entire known world will be conquered.

That's not realistic.

Fortunately, although the age is not very young. However, the consuls in their forties are still in the prime of a political figure. He thought he had at least thirty years, if not longer, to prepare for his plans of conquest. Even if you can break through and go further, then it doesn't seem too difficult to live for a few hundred years like William.

That's what the Leopold consul thought, at least for now.

Very confident, very confident. It was as if there was nothing in this world that could be difficult for him.

It's like this.

"For now, at least, the Republic does not have the strength and strength to fight the Evil Empire. ”

While admitting this makes His Excellency the Archon feel a sense of shame, however, it is undeniable that this is the way it is.

In the Battle of Friscia of that year, such a thing was concretely manifested.

More than a dozen legions and hundreds of thousands of troops surrounded the three legions of the opposing side, less than 50,000 troops. In the end, he suffered heavy losses, but was successfully retreated by the other side.

In this case, no one who understood, anyone who participated in that war, whether it was a general or a soldier or an officer, would not dare to continue to fight against the Empire.

More strength needs to be accumulated. More troops, reform of military technology, as well as armament.

Only after all the preparations have been made can the republic expand its territory to the east.

Take revenge and become the world hegemon.

Until then, the Visigoths preferred to make peace with the Russian Gothic Empire.

Even if the other party occupies Wende and extends its tentacles to Bohemia and Austria, in addition to this, it has included the whole of Carpathia in its sphere of influence.

Under these circumstances, a large number of emissaries on a mission went to Russian Gothic in the hope of stating their interests and allowing the equally ambitious emperor to suspend his steps.

For now, at least, this is true, though the Archon Leopold was not at all convinced that the other side would change his mind because of the rhetoric of some so-called diplomats.

Nor did he believe that this monarch was satisfied with his position, power, and territory.

He believed that, just like him, William coveted the ruling power of this world. That is, he also has the ambition to swallow up the whole world.

Peace is still maintained between the empire and the republic. And only because the other side is not ready - yes, the current empire is consolidating the territories it has annexed as quickly as possible, turning the so-called states into its own regions, strengthening centralization, and promoting policies and laws, etc.

This series of measures has naturally caused instability and, to a certain extent, chaos in these occupied areas.

This is also one reason why the empire is inferior to the revolutionary republics. In other words, the Russian Gothic Empire is reforming and needs to use all kinds of means, so it is better for the other side to just send the opposing poor worm to the guillotine.

It is precisely for this reason that William's integration speed is slightly slower than that of the other party. But William wasn't worried, because it didn't matter if it was a little slower.

The result of the other party seems to be simple and convenient, but in fact there are considerable hidden dangers, which are not as good as those of the empire. Although there was some turmoil at first, after settling down, these territories could truly become the empire's own territory, and provide enough power for the empire.

In this way, William's empire, as well as the republic of Leopold's consuls, were accumulating strength as quickly as possible. Waiting for the final showdown.

It's just that compared with the two, William already has enough resources, enough territory, enough manpower, no matter the system, theory, national policy, law, military system, etc., have been formed, all that is needed is to continue to strengthen.

The latter, on the other hand, needs to continue to expand its territory by force, and even use military force to concentrate all, or at least the vast majority, of its energy on war.

That's it, at the moment, the two sides are in this rather terrifying state of peace.

"Well, the words of the opponent ......"

Aiming at the map, he looked up at Briton in the north, separated by a strait.

"This, a little bit ......" The fighting power of the Britons is now a joke. Even those small broken countries that were once defeated by Breton's subordinates have become more and more disrespectful towards Breton at this moment.

Sure enough, it is because of the power that anyone who has the power will be feared as a matter of course. It is also natural that the awe gained by power is lost by the loss of power.

Although in fact, in terms of professional analysts and data analysis, the Kingdom of Briton, which is currently only the mainland archipelago and overseas colonies, is still a fairly powerful country, and even if it is more comprehensive, it may still be above the Visigothic Republic, which currently seems to be unparalleled.

It's just that if it doesn't work, it won't work. Because of the consecutive defeats, although the hard power is still quite strong, the prestige has been severely hit.

In this case, in the eyes of the vast majority of people in the world, if it were not for the protection of the sea, then the whole of Briton would have fallen under the iron heel of the Visigothic Republic at this moment.

The question is.

How should we cross this strait?

With the development of the times, sea power has become more and more important. In this case, the Bretons are still the legendary terrifying beings who control the entire sea.

That is, without a strong navy, then the Visigothic Republic would definitely not be able to annex Buriton. This powerful country has a lot of resources, money, advanced technology and advanced industry.

Come to think of it, it's a shame.

In the revolution some time ago, the navy of the former kingdom suffered heavy losses, and in the chaos that followed, it was also worse day by day. After all, in the vast majority of previous wars, battles took place on land, and the navy was of little use.

After the consul Leopold stabilized the situation in the country, although he also began to restore the navy, he did not achieve much in a short period of time......

Without a navy, without sea supremacy, the whole country felt as if it was about to be suffocated, and it felt extremely frightened. It is impossible to have overseas trade, to plunder resources from overseas colonies, or to dump goods.

Although there was a small amount of smuggling trade, it was sadly large enough to be used by today's sprawling republic.

In this context, they have had to continue to intensify their efforts to loot resources from the occupied territories, which in turn has caused discontent among the population in the occupied territories.

No matter what theory is held, no matter how good it sounds, the people will not agree with it and support a ruler who cannot feed them.

In this case, the contradiction cannot be eliminated.

Although because of the great power of the Republic, these contradictions and anger have all been suppressed. However, if they cannot be resolved, these contradictions will accumulate more and more, and eventually erupt like a volcano.

In this case, the consul Leopold was also powerless.

He very much wanted to defeat the Britons in the north in one fell swoop in a naval battle, annex the whole of Briton, and open the blockade.

However, at least for now, he can't.

He also tried to send envoys to discuss whether the two sides could temporarily cease fighting or something. But in the end, nothing can be done. The Bretons are different from the Russian Gothic.

As a former overlord of the old world, at least a self-proclaimed hegemon of the old world. There was simply too much for them to be plundered by the Visigoths. In any case, they did not want to make peace with the Visigoths. Unless the Visigoths can get back all the territories they have plundered.

However, for the Visigoths, it is completely unacceptable.

"In that case, there is only one country left. ”

After thinking about it, the Archon Leopold finally made a decision.

No, it's better to make up your mind.

Because from the very beginning, there is only one target that can actually be attacked, annexed, and captured.

That is, the kingdom of Asturias. (To be continued.) )