After getting this news, almost instantly, the world was fighting for hegemony, wanting to swallow all, everything, and become the ruler of this world...... And so on and so forth, the idea of secondary two disappeared in an instant. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

It is even said that the consul Leopold felt panic and uneasiness. Restlessness and trepidation.

It was the first time since he became a Visigothic consul that he felt these emotions.

Fear.

It seems that in the next second, the army of the Russian Gothic Empire will suddenly appear in front of him and destroy everything he has.

The thought of such a frightening ending. Leopold felt a visceral fear.

Yes. It was so easy for him to get it all. It's easy to get to the point where it's not true. There are even times when he dreams when he sleeps, and he can dream of a time when he was down, when he was still penniless, when he was a scum.

Or on the battlefield of the New World, when he was defeated by William and then taken prisoner, or when he was defeated in the recent Nilesian War, and then was beaten by William and almost died.

He was scared, really scared. Fear that all that you have now is just a dream, and that you don't actually have anything. When you wake up, you will find that you are still in a cold prisoner of war camp, or on the battlefield, defeated by the army of the Russian Gothic Empire, and you are about to be defeated or die.

To be honest, I'm afraid there are few people in this world who, like him, are as afraid of the army, army, and military strength of the Russian Gothic Empire as they are.

Truth be told, by that alone, he is not fit to be a monarch. But of course, in front of outsiders, he would never say so.

That's it, that's it. In the shortest time after hearing the news, the consul returned to his capital as quickly as he could. And then start preparing for war - war, well, yes. War. It's like a lot of people. During negotiations with the Russian Gothic Empire, the Leopold consuls wanted to keep Bohemia and Austria as a buffer between the empire and the republic. So that the empire and the republic can live in peace.

In this case, he naturally had this idea.

In other words, if the Empire attacked these two countries, then the Empire would most likely tear its face with the Republic. Enter a state of war with the Republic in the hope of destroying it.

In this case, it is a matter of course that the Republic is on full alert, organizes its armies, and prepares for war with the Empire, and no one considers it wrong.

However, in this case, things did not turn out the way he thought.

After the annexation of these two countries, the Empire did not immediately launch a war against the Visigothic Republic, as they had hoped.

Even, they did not transport supplies, nor did they send troops to the border areas to assemble.

All this makes the republic feel strange, even incomprehensible.

Why. Why would this bunch of guys do this.

What exactly is their purpose, what is their reason?

According to information from their emissaries and diplomats, the Russian Gothic Empire only wanted to wipe out the two countries that had offended the emperor's authority, and had no intention of going to war with the republic.

This sounds ridiculous, but the Russian Gothic Empire does not seem to have that meaning......

In this case, how exactly should the republic be?

Archon Leopold's heart worked the plan, calculating. And the ministers of his government, and the generals under his command, also naturally quarreled over this matter, and said everything.

Some people believe that if this is the case, the original Asturian Raiders should be continued. Annexed Asturias. And then let's go back and see how the Russian Gothic Empire should be resolved.

After all, it seems that there is still a possibility of peace with the Empire.

In addition to this, peace with the Empire was also in favor of the Republic - because, while the Asturian War seemed to be one-sided in favor of the Visigothic Republic, there were times when the Asturians would launch counter-attacks in the following wars.

Even more worrying are the areas occupied by Asturias.

It was not the same as the rest of the Old Continent, where they were accustomed to foreign kings, monarchs and invaders at all times.

The Asturians have an extremely strong spirit of independence. Even when almost 90 percent of the peninsula was annexed by the terrible True God cultists who had been driven from across the sea, they were able to persevere, spending hundreds of years and countless wars, and finally slaughtering those people in a small fight.

At present, although it is not the pagan Berbers and Levantines who are coming to invade, but the Visigoths who share their faith, this is still very uncomfortable for the Asturians.

In addition to being very uncomfortable, there is one thing that makes these guys feel disgusted is what these Visigoths do.

The Asturians didn't think much of it about killing the nobles, plundering their property, or whatever.

Like most of the people of the Old World, they were disgusted by the greed and shamelessness of the nobles above them, and wanted to kill them all or something.

But at the same time, the exploitation of ordinary people by the Visigoths is still very large. At the same time, in order to make up for the gap in their own industry, the Visigoths took measures to suppress the local national industry, and forced the Asturians to buy Visigothic industrial products.

With the loss of a large number of overseas colonies and the absence of seafaring trade, the Visigoths had to do so in order to maintain a relatively comfortable life at home and for their citizens.

As I have said before, the result is that their exploitation of the peoples of the occupied areas of the Old World has also become very intense.

This was true for the three kingdoms and two principalities of the Ostrogothic Empire, for the Lombardy, and now for the Asturians.

It's just that the Asturians are a little different. As I said before, these people are very rebellious.

Where there is oppression, there is naturally resistance. In this case, they rightly began a spontaneous, war against the Visigoths.

However, these improvised mobilized, unarmed and unequipped fellows are certainly not well-trained - at least in relation to them are opponents of the well-trained Visigothic army.

Although there are a large number of aspiring young people joining the army. However, because the Asturians lost too many times in the early stage. The losses are also too great. Therefore, neither economically nor logistically, it is impossible to maintain a large number of troops.

In this case, the Asturians were still losing ground on the frontal battlefield. Beaten all the way by the Visigothic army, the size of the country is shrinking more and more.

At the same time, however, the Asturians gained something more or less on the battlefield behind enemy lines, that is, when guerrilla warfare was being conducted.

Thanks to their own geographical advantages, their connections, and their terrain advantages, the Asturians can always take advantage of ambushes, surprise attacks, and skirmishes.

Such piecemeal warfare made the Visigothic local occupation forces miserable. The cost of occupation was greatly increased, and the Visigothic army's hatred of the locals was greatly increased.

In this case, the Visigothic army, as a matter of course, began to take revenge on the locals. They want to use high-handed policies, intimidation and war to crush the other side.

However, this had the opposite effect, and instead made the Asturians hate the Visigoths even more, and more Asturians joined the war against the Visigoths.

In this case, although it seems that Asturias still maintains a situation where the Visigoths have the upper hand and easily acquire large tracts of land. But in reality, the Visigoths were already in danger of falling into a quagmire.

Still, not everyone sees it. In fact, the vast majority of people, even those of Asturias, do not see any difficulties in the current war. None of them thought that the war would eventually turn out to be beneficial to Asturias.

In the words of one Visigothic general. The guys' counterattack is as annoying as the mosquitoes on a summer night. But not much else. Because mosquitoes are just mosquitoes.

That's it. That's why. The Asturian War, by the Archon Leopold, was treated as an ordinary, secondary, and unnoticeable battlefield. And only a handful of attention was devoted to it - until a piece of news came.

That is, the Bretons landed.

Once again, they formed an evil alliance with the evil Asturians. And then the armies of the wicked Britons set out to be peaceful, secure, and prosperous. Most importantly, the Asturian peninsula, which belongs to Visigothic.

Elite troops of three legions, in total, landed under the command of a general named Arthur. With it came a large amount of baggage, food, and weapons and equipment. Enough to recruit more on the peninsula and pull up an army of 100,000 people!

Such an army is enough to change the situation on the peninsula!

The roof leak happened to rain overnight. That's pretty much it. After receiving this news, the Archon Leopold felt that the time had finally come to test him.

On one side is the Russian Gothic Empire, the most powerful country in the world. On the other side was the kingdom of Britton, the Visigoths' worst enemy.

The republic now has to face the dilemma of fighting on two fronts. (To be continued.) )