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With the victory of the Second Battle of Charleston, this inconspicuous, hard-working mansion seems to have been overshadowed by a layer of brilliance. Pedestrians, townspeople, merchants, soldiers, and officials always come to this mansion or pass by with the most longing, even adoring, gaze.

Because here lives William. A battle of 30,000 against 50,000, a full victory, made the turtles of the New World understand what is called a world-class famous general and what is called a hero. Such a character, no matter how simple the place he lives in and how simple the furnishings of his living are, he will never be underestimated. Because they have gone beyond the use of external objects to enhance their prestige.

Their own prestige is enough to make people look up.

William's own prestige is enough to make people look up.

That's it.

"We've won......"

After being informed that Earl Warren had been arrested and brought to justice, William couldn't help but let out such a feeling.

"How? would you like to see him?" asked Elise, beside William.

During this time, Elise was in a very happy mood. It wasn't just because of the victory of Britun and Hereford's coalition forces. All the more because of the little changes that have taken place between William and Victoria in recent times.

As William had thought, after the battle was over, after he returned to Charleston, Victoria was back to normal.

At least superficially back to normal.

She did not hide from William anymore, let alone be hostile to William. Her words and deeds when she got along with William were still decent and generous. It was as if she had completely forgotten what William had said to her before, and how she had turned away from William in tears.

If it weren't for the occasional, fleeting haze in her eyes, William would have even suspected that what had happened before was a dream.

However, the facts are the facts, and the facts are that there is a huge rift between him and Victoria. The relationship between them will never go back to what it used to be.

That's it.

William was a little emotional, and a little uneasy. Regarding Victoria's bland performance, William said that it was fake not to be worried, and it was also fake to say that he did not admire. All in all, compared to the domineering Victoria before, William felt that the current calm Victoria was even more terrifying.

Of course, Elise didn't know this, she just felt that the interaction between Victoria and William had become less and less in recent times, and those suggestive teasing words and actions had disappeared. This made her breathe a sigh of relief.

Of course, at this moment, Elise is seriously inexperienced.

It is precisely because of her serious lack of experience that she mistakenly feels that she can breathe a sigh of relief.

Of course, it doesn't matter.

At least for the time being, William didn't feel important.

"Why should I take time out of my way to meet one of my defeated men?" asked William rhetorically. Of course, Elise just smiled and didn't reply:

"In short, a defeated Visigoth, let him survive according to the treatment of a defeated Visigoth. William said, "I don't need to respect him, and I don't need to care about him. On the other hand, I am more concerned about the Visigothic response. ”

"Do you still think that King Louis XVI would send an expeditionary force over with an army of seventy thousand...... Even if the Asturians were eliminated, they would have lost 50,000 troops here. I'm afraid the Visigoths won't be able to come up with a single soldier and throw themselves into the New World. ”

"Yes, especially when our great emperor, His Majesty Kalman IV, is eyeing the Visigoths. William said.

"Oh......?" Iris wondered as she took a piece of information from William.

"Sent from the Old Continent, less than a year after the end of the civil war in the Ostrogothic Empire, His Majesty the Emperor has been a little unbearable. ”

There was no specific explanation on the information handed over by William, he only listed a series of changes that had taken place in the Ostrogothic Empire in recent times.

The first was Emperor Kalman IV, who began to gather the mayors of the various free cities, business representatives, asking them to collect donations. Raise military spending. At the same time, the kings and nobles of the empire were summoned - this is strange. According to King Otto, he did not mention anything about waging war, but only emphasized the need to obey the law, as well as rights and obligations.

At the end of the feast, the emperor gave each of the participants a gift of great value. What was given to King Otto was a set of expensive porcelain utensils, as well as large pieces of precious stones from Indy. Judging by professionals in Russia, these things are worth more than three thousand imperial gold coins. Enough for an entire infantry regiment to fight for three months.

After that, it's a matter of spies. Within the Visigothic kingdom, there are a few more spies from the Empire. Although these people are very professional and careful in their methods, they are still seen by the equally professional and careful Cheka.

"Raise military spending, win over domestic nobles, and send spies. It is indeed a prelude to war. Elise nodded, "However, the goal is not stated, is it for secrecy, or is it because of something else?"

"Maybe it's both...... By the way, Elise, have you noticed? William smiled and said, "The gifts that the other party gave to my father are more valuable than those given to the other kings and lords." ”

"Perhaps he thinks that the strength of the Hereford family is worth wooing, because the Hereford family has not been in the company for a long time, so they need to strengthen their friendship as soon as possible...... Or ......"

"Or maybe because there was some cooperation between the Hereford family and the Britons. So the emperor wanted to use this channel to show some goodwill to the Britons. William said.

"Well, could that be the case?" said Elise, puzzled. Although she said that her talent is good, as I said before, the experience is really poor.

"I'm just guessing. William shrugged: "However, Visigoths are indeed a better target for bullying than the Britons, especially since they have just suffered a crushing defeat and lost 50,000 troops...... If I were Kalman IV, perhaps I would have found a way to catch the last train of this colonial war and put myself on the winner's seat at the negotiating table. ”

"Through the Hereford family?"

"Through the Hereford family. ”

"So...... William, what's your answer?"

"Establishing good relations with the emperor was a way to strengthen Russia's position within the empire. William replied: "Besides, I am not without thoughts about the position of King Wende. ”

"Do you want to fight the Wende Succession War again?" asked Elise. Although the current King Wende is her uncle, Elise really hopes that her husband can become the King of Wende.

"It depends. If the Emperor really wants something from me, then he must pay the same price, even if he is the Emperor. William smiled and said.

Meanwhile.

While William was working on the aftermath of the battle, in southern Florida, the rout had spread the news of the defeat throughout the Asturian colony.

In this case, the whole of Florida is filled with doomsday-like, uneasy emotions.

It's terrible, it's terrible. How could there be such a terrible man in this world as William, who defeated 50,000 coalition troops so easily. The mighty Visigoths, who were crushing the kingdom of Asturias, crushed to pieces.

Although after the war, there were no accurate statistics. However, according to the current barely maintained formation, the number of Asturian soldiers who ran back was less than 13,000. In this war, the number of casualties and prisoners of the coalition forces is probably close to 40,000.

In contrast, even though the combined forces of Hereford and Briton did not report accurate casualties. But according to wartime observations, the casualties of the combined forces of the enemy should not exceed five thousand people.

The battle loss ratio between the two sides was as high as seven to one.

"There's no way to fight. Even if we have the advantage of naval support, even if Florida is a peninsula and the navy is very important, we can't fight it. "Asturian soldiers, officers, generals who have fled. Colonial officials versus ordinary colonists. No one up and down all over Florida thought they had a chance of winning.

With more than 10,000 of them who had lost their armor and all their heavy weapons and a large number of equipment, it was impossible for them to be the opponent of the nearly 30,000 high-morale army led by William.

That's it, the whole Florida colony, full of defeatist decadence.

As the clock ticked through June, news of the Second Battle of Charleston spread more widely. The entire colony of the New World in Asturias was in a state of panic. During this time, the governor of the colony of New Asturias tried to counterattack.

Of course, the army he already has no hope, he is counting on a counterattack from the navy. It is hoped that they can use the few existing naval advantages to attack the coastal ports of the neo-Gothic colony, so as to save some face for their side and add a little bargaining chip to the future negotiating table.

Yes, the Asturians have lost the courage to continue fighting. The governor of New Asturias had sent an envoy to demand a truce from the Neo-Gothic colony, namely William. At the same time, a letter of 100,000 urgent requests for help and urgency was also sent by him to Asturias itself as quickly as possible.

After the defeat of the coalition forces, the entire mainland part of the Asturias colony was exposed to William's iron hooves, and he really couldn't imagine what William could do.