Chapter 109: Endgame
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When the emperor of the empire appears, when the emperor is able to unite all his powers. When the great emperor unified the whole of Visigoth, any enemy, opponent, opponent would be silent.
Unstoppable, unstoppable. This is known as the general trend. It's like a wave. No matter how good or powerful a person is, he will be smashed to pieces in the face of the tide of the times. Just like Leopold.
And when the Visigoths were finally breached. After the fall of the Republic, and the division into a dozen regions, and then incorporated into the Empire, the next people to stand in the way of the tide of the times became the Britons.
In fact, there should have been Asturians.
However, these people were crippled in the previous Visigothic wars. Now there is no need to wage any more wars.
After the fall of the Visigoths, the Asturians completely ignored the strategy of the Briton emissaries to attack the north and south, defeat the Goths, and then restore the Visigoths. Sent an emissary directly, hoping to join the empire as a vassal.
William thought for a moment, and finally decided that he should accede to the Asturian request.
On the one hand, this group of Asturians has little oil and water. In fact, these guys are not very capable of working and developing the country. Just look at how idiotic these guys really are, just because they had the largest amount of precious metals in the world hundreds of years ago, but ended up collapsing their own country's economy.
William had also thought about what he could do if he had Asturias in his heyday. First of all, paper money was issued with large gold and silver reserves. And then pushing paper money abroad, using it to collect money, and achieving financial control or something, is a very pleasant tactic.
Of course, it's just a thought. Even on the edge of the most dangerous and remote civilization of the Old World. Didn't he win in the end?
In addition to this, there is a slight racial gap between the Asturians and the Goths.
Although the Asturians are technically a branch of the Goths. However, due to the geographical barrier, the closed terrain of the peninsula and the inability to communicate with the outside world, the Goths and classical Goths of this peninsula have already become another people hundreds of years ago.
Even these guys still consider themselves heirs to the great classical Gothic Empire. But it's hard for them to be goths again. In this case, the forcible annexation of Asturias would have a very large sequelae.
William, on the other hand, decided to take the country under his control in a more modest and gentle way.
That is, annexation in the form of alliances and vassals. When the number of economic and cultural exchanges between the two sides increases, we can control them economically, suppress them culturally, and even annex them. In this way, in a few decades, they will honestly become their vassals. In a few hundred years, they will most likely become provinces of the Empire, as were the case with many vassal states of the classical Gothic Empire.
Although in today's era of nationalism and nationalism, these things can become a little difficult. But it doesn't matter. Well, yes, it doesn't matter. It really doesn't matter.
After all, the population base of both sides is here. At the same time, the national strength of both sides is here. Beside it, across a mountain range, is the most powerful country in the world, occupying almost all of the territory of the known world. If you look at your own country, you will be disappointed, even hopeless, and then feel dissatisfied. In this case, it is very simple to promote the doctrine of empire, to cultivate the propagandists of the empire, and to manipulate the other country.
It's as simple as snatching a child's lollipop.
At least that's what William thought.
That's it, Asturias will be a diplomatic issue. As a result, the territory of the known world, the empire has only one opponent left to deal with.
That is, Briton.
This lonely island country now seems so lonely and helpless. It looks like it's stormy and about to hang up.
Although the army of the Gothic Empire has not yet landed a single soldier. But even then, these Bretons were scared to death by themselves.
The most powerful army in the world, the most powerful empire in the world, and the greatest emperor in the world. How could they, the weak Britons, be the opponents of such a formidable enemy?
When you think about it, it feels impossible, right? Completely impossible.
So after the defeat in the naval battle, these guys completely lost the will to fight. And when they heard that William had been crowned Emperor - that is, that they had unified the entire Goths, they naturally did not want to fight.
Although no one has ever deliberately advertised it.
No, in fact, it was still said.
Well, there are actually quite a few people, many, people who think so, that Goth symbolizes Orthodoxy.
That is, the orthodoxy of this world. The ruler of the Old World, the rightful ruler. Whoever can inherit the Goths will rule the world. At the same time and in the same era, there was no greater and more powerful nation than the Goths.
Or to put it more simply, no country can defeat the Goths.
What's more, the fledgling empire has already shown his terrible. By defeating the 500,000-strong army as well as the former world's number one naval fleet.
In this case, not a single Breton was stupid enough to want to fight them.
Since there is no way to fight them, there is only one way left.
That is, surrender.
No, I mean negotiations.
Speaking of which, letting the evil fleet attack and break the covenant or something is just the work of a handful of evil Briton traitors, intent on destroying the relationship between the Empire and Briton. We can't be fooled. After all, the friendship between Breton and the Empire goes back a long way. We've been allies for decades. Our economies are very complementary.
Remember the good days we had before, where we worked together and cleaned up all the enemies. We're a perfect match.
So now, let's forget about the little unpleasantness of the past. Keep looking. Well, yes, how is that?
Naturally, William refused.
There is no need for a second world-class country in the world, even if the mainland of this country is only the tiny Briton Islands, and the interests of the overseas colonies have been encroached upon by the Empire.
That is, the second month after being crowned Gothic Emperor. Imperial troops landed on the Briton Islands.
The final war to unify this world is about to begin.