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After receiving the Cheka in return for several days in a row, William looked like he was indispensable. I don't really care about this information.

For him, it was enough for the Hereford family to make so much in this war. He didn't want to fight any of the enemies in the Empire anymore, and he didn't want to expand his territory in the Empire - of course, it wasn't that he really didn't want to do that, but the current situation didn't allow him to do that.

After the Battle of Magdeburg, the Reich was left to the death of the Swabians. Neither the Swabians nor the Britons would expect the Hereford family to seize any more territory within the Empire.

Don't look at it now, the Swabians and the Bretons are fighting so hard. But who doesn't know who. If William's threat to them was elevated to the threat of each of them, William was sure that these guys would not hesitate to join forces to form a new alliance against the Hereford family.

In this way, the Hereford family is passive. So, it's better to watch the two of them continue to fight, and the human head hits the dog's head. When the time comes, I will come back to reap the profits.

And in order for these two countries to be reassured and serious about the lively fight, William will also let them relax and be wary of the Hereford family.

In the spring of 1743, most of the 50,000 or 60,000 troops of the Hereford family were to return, leaving only the Third Army on the border of the Central and Northern Regions as a garrison in case of contingencies.

And before that, this was what William said to Freya about "important work". He hoped that Freya would officially become the commander of the Third Russian Praetorian Guard, guarding the bridgehead for the Hereford family to the interior of the empire. This task is very important, and it is necessary to choose people who are both loyal and capable. At the same time, because the next strategic focus of the Hereford family is not within the empire, it is natural that this task will not have many opportunities for meritorious service.

Thinking about it this way, as the same family, Freya does not need to be counted and does not need to care about the amount of credit, and at the same time, Freya has enough loyalty and ability, is the best choice for this task.

And Freya, after pouring a stomach full of chicken soup for the soul before passing through William, also has a certain understanding of the importance of this task, and at the same time expresses her willingness to fight for the prosperity of the Hereford family for the rest of her life.

Well, that's good. Very good. If all of William's men fought this consciousness, then William would not have to worry about any Bretons, any Swabian family, any empire or anything. The Hereford family can take on the whole world alone.

It's just a pity that there aren't so many possibilities in this world, or, perhaps...... Kind of thing. And William didn't have modifiers, no mind control towers, and no way to manipulate everyone's minds. It's a very, very regrettable thing.

That's it. William, the Hereford family's strategic focus has shifted back to the East, to the increasingly unstable and fragmented Khanate of Tartaria, and to the ill-intentioned Dark Elves.

After hearing about the retreat of William's army. At the same time, after hearing about the instability of the eastern border of the Hereford family, both the Swabian family and the Briton kingdom breathed a sigh of relief.

Sure enough, these bastards are best at cats in their barren and wild frontier areas. In today's human world, because of the Great Frontier Area, because of the rise of the Hereford family, there is more or less an argument that looks down on these barbaric hillbillies in the border areas, and thinks that the rise of these guys, and then intervening in the circle of city people is a very bad thing to watch out for.

Of course, thanks to the efforts of the newspapers and media funded by the Hereford family, these guys are completely ineffective and have not formed much public opinion orientation. But it still made William feel uncomfortable - in these public opinions, topics, the shadow of the Britons can be seen to some extent.

And now, seeing these hillbillies really leave as expected. Everyone was very happy. In this way, the Swabians and the Britons, the traditionalists and Protestants, could go on a killing spree.

That is, in March of the fourth and third years, William got the latest intelligence and information, that is, the current situation of the Imperial Army began to improve in all aspects.

Despite the crushing defeat at Magdeburg, it was even a bit of a nerve-wracking. And the territories of the empire that had been annexed before this also rebelled again. But the Lombards in the south, unexpectedly, did not abandon him. This surprised William.

He didn't know what the Lombards were thinking...... Perhaps they still think that the defeat in Magdeburg was an accident. Or did they also feel that it would be a good thing for the Lombards to continue to maintain the rule of the Swabians in Moravia and the Carpathia? Or did they not have a similar strategic vision at all, and continued to inject capital into the Swabian family, simply because they were afraid that they would not be able to recover the previous balance, so they wanted to cover their positions?

All in all, what exactly these guys think, William couldn't guess at all. Of course, it doesn't matter if you don't understand it, at least for five years, the Lombardy Peninsula is out of William's consideration. It's not bad to continue to make the area a peaceful place and enjoy the last bit of leisure.

William thought so in his heart, and then accepted the reason for the time being.

Thanks to the support of the Lombards and the Hereford family. Emperor Kalman IV rearmed an army of 100,000 men. Then, his prestige also rose a lot with the arrival of this 100,000-strong army. Next, Kalman IV proved that he was a good strategist. With his own army inferior in both quantity and quality, Kalman IV did not simply take a defensive stance. Instead, a detachment was divided and marched towards Franconia. His main force, along the Elbe, confronted the Bretons, or the main force of the coalition.

His aim was obvious, that was to defeat again, and then to occupy Franconia—even if he could not defeat and occupy Franconia, to open the passage between himself and Berne, and then to draw the duke, who was barely enough to mobilize with all his might, and who could mobilize an army of five thousand, to his side.

In order to continue to tie the mountain country of Bern to his chariot, Kalman IV also made a bloody investment. In addition to "hiring" the Duke of Bern with real money and "showing the generosity of the Emperor", he also promised that if the war was won, he would support Bern in annexing all of Franconia, which he would then annex to form a new kingdom and gain the status of Elector.

"Those disloyal Sarian families, the grass on the wall, have made the emperor completely lose patience. The envoy sent to Zurich at that time addressed the Duke of Bern as follows: "The Emperor expects more loyal subjects like you in the Empire, and a territory as important as Franconia must not be placed in the hands of some scheming and unreliable family, and the Emperor expects you to be King of Franconia more than the House of Sarian."

Your status, your status, is in no way matched by your loyalty to the Empire, to the Emperor, your abilities and your heart. And that's exactly what it is...... As long as you can show your loyalty to the Empire and the Emperor in this war, the Emperor will not hesitate to give you the right to rule Franconia. ”

Not everyone, like William, can see through the emperor's sugar-coated cannonballs. At least not the Duke of Bern.

After hearing that the emperor was able to promise him such a large territory, a king, and the title of the emperor, the duke was obviously very excited. And one of the consequences of his agitation was that the five most elite Bernese mountain infantry began to attack the Kingdom of Franconia in response to the Empire's partial division. Last year, the situation before the Empire and the Coalition went to war reappeared. The Sarian family of Franconia was once again caught between two sides by the forces of the traditional sect faith.

Moreover, this battle is even less suspenseful than last year's battle. Because of last year's defeat, and because of this year's confrontation against the main force of Briton. Franconia's army has never recovered, and the Sarians have less than 10,000 troops in their hands, and their combat effectiveness is very problematic, morale is low, and they are almost about to collapse when they are pulled into battle. Not even the slightest façade of the Sarian family could hold up. Not to mention the two-sided attack, even if it is against the weaker of the two armies alone, that is, the Bernese army, it is not enough.

So the Franconians began to wail and howl desperately, hoping that the main force of the coalition army, the boss, the Britons, would come to his aid.

After learning this information, William was still hehe except hehe. Is...... What kind of virtue are the Britons, just think about the Battle of Magdeburg last year, this group of bastards sold their teammates to be the best in the world. If they can be relied upon, then so can the men.

Therefore, the wailing of the Franconians was destined not to cause any movement or sympathy from the Britons, who were busy confronting the main forces of the Empire. General John Churchill, who suffered a defeat at the hands of Kalman IV last year, would not have looked down on Kalmann IV because of his defeat at Magdeburg.

He only hated that he didn't have enough in his hands now. How could they be willing to devote their forces to support the Franconians?

Moreover, he does not have to worry about the fact that his allies will not be saved or not, which will affect the diplomatic evaluation of the Bretons. The Franconians had been terrible before. Before the sectarian wars, it was clearly the emperor's ironcore. But in the sectarian war, he stabbed the emperor in the back at once...... Immediately afterwards, after being defeated by the emperor, he shamelessly surrendered and returned to the embrace of the imperial family. As a result, after the Battle of Magdeburg, seeing the decline of the Empire's power, he surrendered to the Britons again.

To this extent, let alone a soldier like General John Churchill, even ordinary people look down on them, and the public opinion evaluation of these guys is, it doesn't matter, if the empire fights back, then it would be good for them to surrender again......

But of course, they can't avatar either. There is no way to surrender. Their attitude was already annoying to Kalman IV. This time, Kalman IV decided to settle the whole of Franconia once and for all - not to give the whole of his territory to Berne. Give them a bite to eat, and then upgrade them to become a kingdom, and the rest of the territories, they have to swallow their own stomachs to make up for the losses caused by the war before.

All in all, this hand of the Imperial Army, although it is not a stroke of genius, is also a very good strategy. Franconia is about to change hands again. This sectarian war, which is called a sectarian war, is actually a war between the old and new hegemonic countries for hegemony, and what the outcome will be in the end has become uncertain......