"I can't imagine it, I can't imagine that there is such a tactic. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 William couldn't help but sigh: "I originally thought that to become an emperor, you had to have some style or something. But now I think I'm wrong.

Even if he is an emperor, he will make three indiscriminate when he should be indiscriminate. Well, or the other way around, it's because he's the emperor that he has such indiscriminate means? hehehe...... What a pleasure it is that our Emperor should be such a bastard who would use such vile and tasteless means. What a surprise. ”

Seeing William say this, Charlumi and Elise around him were a little worried.

Because, although William's tone was light-hearted, it sounded like he was talking about something that had nothing to do with him. But they still felt William's anger. This time, what Kalman IV did really touched William's bottom line.

However, Victoria next to her felt very relieved - the conflict between William and Kalman IV this time was probably not a chance to reconcile. In this way, William could only side with her, that is, Briton's camp. And William is on her side, which is almost equivalent to saying that the whole of Russia is on her side. In this way, she is equal to being invincible.

"Well, in that case, Kalman IV miscalculated. He probably didn't know how much influence William had over King Otto and on Russia. But I know. As long as William can stand up and publicly declare his opposition to this marriage, then this marriage is doomed to be unrealized.

Kalman IV thought he had a plan, but he made a bad move. He completely pushed William against him. It is also equivalent to creating a powerful enemy for himself in the northeast of the empire. ”

More or less that, Victoria smiled with extreme pleasure. Yes yes yes yes, in this way, all the pieces of the puzzle of this war are all put together.

She knows, she knows. Although William had always been moving closer to Briton before this, she knew that William would not be in a hurry for her. In the next war, Russia, which is qualified to be the last to play its cards, is destined to be the last to play its cards. When the two sides are fighting and exhausted, they happily stand by and watch. Until their own interests are enough and the benefits obtained are enough, they will happily join the winner's side.

If Victoria, like William, had the knowledge and history of another world, then she would have understood that what William did was no different from what he did in the United States during World War I. For the sinister and cunning world No. 1, this is the most correct tactic.

It's just not anymore. William wanted to do whatever he wanted, but after Kalman IV cut off one of his paths, he had no other choice. There was no choice but to join the Breton side.

"With Russia on board, our chances of winning are even higher. More importantly, after this war, the northern kingdoms and powers of the Ostrogothic Empire would gain de facto independence. In this way, one of the strategies coveted by the Britons, the complete division of the Ostrogothic Empire, will be achieved in my hands. A divided empire will forever lose the possibility of competing with Britton. ”

The thought of this made Victoria want to laugh happily. But of course, she also knows that now is not the time to laugh, although it looks like the big picture is already decided...... But at least, at least she needs a guarantee from William. It also needed a commitment from William, and she needed William to speak his decision personally. And not like now, saying things that are not salty or light.

"Then what are you going to do, William. Victoria looked expressionless, pretending not to be interesting and asked William.

"Of course, I will give a good return to our great Emperor, His Majesty. ”

To Victoria's disappointment, even at this point, William did not make it clear that he wanted to be an enemy of the Swabians, the emperor and his Moravia.

"That should be enough, though. Victoria thought to herself that if she continued to force William to say more, it would seem to have no special meaning, but would make William wary and bored.

"Good. Victoria smiled: "With your words, this war will be won." She said, "The Sarians of Franconia have decided to turn against us." The Loteranian are also our staunch allies. The Grand Duchy of Jutland has recently been worried about the emperor's edict and is afraid of revenge from Kalman IV, so they will join in. Plus Briton, Frisia, and Russia. An anti-Kalman IV alliance of northern princes was completed. ”

"You must have done a lot of hard work to get to this. William looked at Victoria and said.

"Well, yes, quite a bit of effort. Victoria didn't deny it: "But these efforts are good for me and good for you, aren't they?"

“...... Perhaps. William said, "But you don't have Livonia and Shilonsk on your list, what are you going to do with these two Wende princes?"

"It's not that I'm going to do it, it's that you're going to do it, William. Victoria smiled.

"--You support me, and support Russia's annexation of the entire kingdom of Wende?" William could not help but be surprised when he heard this---in fact, before that, Victoria had spoken to him many times about formal alliances, and then against Kalman IV. William's bottom line was to ask the other side to support his annexation of the entire Wende Kingdom and the Republic of Polotsk.

William wanted these two territories in order to consolidate the position of the Russian kingdom as the hegemon of the great frontier.

But Victoria was noncommittal. She hoped that William would continue to maintain the independent status of Shilonsk. Let it serve as a buffer between Russia and the Empire.

Of course, this is just an official statement, and in fact the reason why Victoria did not support the annexation of Wende by the Russian kingdom was the reason why. It is not to be hoped that Russia's power will become too strong.

Unlike the territories that the Hereford family now holds in their hands, Polotsk, Livonia, and Shilonsk are among the richest lands in the human world. Especially Shilonsk.

After gaining Shilonsk, the Herefords had a springboard to continue their advance into the empire and annex more territory. To the south, it could attack the kingdoms of Great Moravia and the Carpathians. To the west, you can attack the Grand Duchy of Jutland, Frisia and Franconia. With this territory, the Hereford family is no longer a marginal member of the human world's diplomatic arena, but a real powerful country that can influence the direction of the world.

This is Victoria, no, it should be said that every Breton does not want to see.

The Bretons are to maintain their transcendent position in the human world. Then they will not allow the emergence of any country that is qualified to challenge them. It doesn't matter if the country is Ostrogothic, Visigothic, or Russian.

If it really comes to that point, then it is natural that the Bretons will change their national strategy and train new thugs to counterbalance Russia.

This matter has nothing to do with the relationship between William and Victoria.

Don't say they're confidants at best. It's William who really had such and such a relationship with her. When it comes to national diplomacy and major policies, the two sides will still not show mercy.

Ensuring that your country gets the most out of it is what a good politician should do...... Of course, this is not absolute.

Perhaps Russia's relations with Briton will be interrupted by Russia's strengthening. But the partnership between the Normandy and Hereford families may continue.

Because unlike Russia and Briton. Even if the Hereford family gains all the territory of the Wende Kingdom, and even grows into a powerful family that can compete with the Normandy family, there will still be a basis for cooperation between the two sides - as long as Normandy and Hereford are still the only two families to transform from aristocrats to capitalists in this era of old and new. Then they are natural allies in this regard.

The interests of the state are different from the interests of the family, and the interests of the family are equally different from the interests of the individual. That may seem frustrating. But for William...... Yes, his family's interests remain his top priority.

In fact, he could not find a single reason to love and serve his country, because in any case, Russia is just a grass-made, or even a patchwork country with a life span of less than ten years.

Half of the country's population is Goths, half is Slavits, and other steppe peoples. There are even several centaur tribes living on the territory of Russia, who are loyal to the Hereford family.

The current kingdom of Russia, like the Austro-Hungarian Empire before World War I, is a remnant of a family fiefdom cobbled together by medieval aristocratic family ties.

This was also what William feared - what would happen to the Russian kingdom after the rise of the idea of the state and the nation, the terrible era called the Age of Enlightenment, and the end of the aristocracy had finally arrived?

Unlike the original, the previous Russian kingdom was not the Slavites, who were the indigenous peoples, but the Goths, who were foreign invaders and conquerors, who formed the main and ruling nations of the new Russian kingdom.

William did not want the current Russia, like the Russia of his previous life, to be indigenized from top to bottom, and eventually degenerate from a Gothic state to a Slavic state.

Therefore, he had to march into the empire with all his might, and he needed to increase the number of the main peoples under his control, the Goths. And every effort was made to reduce the number of Slavites.

William hoped that before the next era of nationalism would come, he would be able to establish a Juche nation, a nation-state in which the Goths made up more than seventy percent. Next, he will follow the trend and the times, so that Russia will become a nation-state, not a feudal kingdom in the domain of a feudal family. He will change the way he governs, and even, if necessary, he will change his class. He was to guarantee the position of the Hereford family in the territory of the Russian kingdom. That's it.