readx;? 200,000 elite -- well, not too elite actually. After all www.biquge.info the current Visigothic Republic is still in a relatively rudimentary state - of course, of course, there are still some elites. After all, they fought against the Britons, with the Asturians in the south, with the Ostrogothic Empire, and even with the Lombards in the south. In this kind of situation where the enemy is on all sides, it is natural that there will be some elite troops in advance, as if they have eaten a catalyst, and grow up at the fastest speed.

It seems that now, His Majesty the Emperor of the Gothic Empire of Russia, Wilhelm von Hereford's intelligence network is reflected. His next important opponent, the Visigoths' army of 200,000 people, had at least two legions, and they had a distinctive name. More, more sophisticated armament with artillery. In addition to this, the number of their cavalry and war horses is also very large. Their commander also seems to be a little better than the others.

In this case, these guys are the elite -- although at present, they are only in the initial stage of "being better than others", and have not formed their own characteristics, their own unique tactics, or military spirit.

For this reason, they can only be regarded as ordinary elite troops. It can't be said that it is a very good and very strong enemy.

Of course, even this is not a very powerful one, not a very elite elite, and it is not something that the five armies of the Britunians can deal with now, like a frightened bird.

If one of them is mishandled, then the Bretons are likely to be defeated again. Frisia, who was very important to Briton, would also be lost in this defeat.

Today, other fairly well-developed territories have been swallowed up by the Visigothic Republic. The rest of the territory in the hands of the Britons was left with the half-hearted princes of the Ostrogothic Empire, who had become even more half-hearted after learning of the trade between the Russian Gothic Empire and the Britten Kingdom, and having betrayed them to William.

And then there's Frisia.

It can be said that the only decent territory of the Old Continent of the Britons is Frisia outside of the Briton Islands. This almost represents a symbol of the Bretons who have worked hard to carve out territory on the Old World for hundreds of years, and finally reached a symbol of glory.

To be honest, militarily, Frisia is already in a desperate position, and although it has the possibility of being used as a springboard and bridgehead for counterattacks, the benefits that can be obtained are not enough compared to the cost of defending it.

And economically. Frisia was not without benefits to Briton's economy. But having lost so much of the territory of the Old Continent, the economy of the Britons was very close to the state of William's previous kingdom of Britain.

That is, a maritime empire composed of developed local industries and huge colonies, raw materials and dumping markets.

And for such an economic system, Frisia can be said to be one more and no more, and one less and no less. It's useful, but it's still the same thing, and it's just too little of a benefit compared to the cost of Frisia—

But.

Yes.

But. But politically, Frisia is too important. It's so important. As I said earlier, Frisia had become a symbol of Breton's continental policy, and the Bretons ruled the whole Old World.

If Frisia was lost, it would symbolize the failure of the Empire's centuries-long pioneering work, if not a fiasco.

It can even be extended to symbolize the Briton kingdom, the defeat and decline of the Briton nation. The intensity of the blow to the morale of the people will be incomparable. Not to mention the continental faction of the Britons.

Although it's not impossible to let these guys be completely discouraged and then ostracized, and then fall down and then lend a helping hand or something.

However, there is a premise here, and that is to contribute to the war during this time. Otherwise, they are obviously their allies, but they will not make much effort in the war, and they will sit back and watch the success or failure or something. After that, he also wanted Zhao'an and these Briton mainland factions to be his subordinates......

Well, that's really the right way for politicians. The situation is stronger than the man. A normal person who can judge will make the most correct choice in this situation.

But if that's the case, then the centripetal force of these guys, the loyalty to the empire, is very problematic.

Perhaps, in a few decades, their second, third, or even longer generations will identify with the Empire and identify themselves as subjects of the Empire. But for William, the shorter the appointment, the better.

And, since William can do better, why doesn't he do it?

That's it, after a little thought, William made a prediction and a plan.

First of all, it is absolutely not okay to sit back and watch the success or failure without indifference.

If you just watch the Bretons collapse. Then the situation in the Old World will probably collapse to unacceptable proportions.

At that time, the Britons are likely to completely withdraw from the sequence of continental hegemony, as they did in the history of William's previous life. At that time, the Reich will have to face the semi-insane Visigothic revolutionaries on its own.

Although William was able to win the victory in this way, taking all the honor and all the benefits, at the same time it also meant that the empire would bear all the pay, as well as all the losses.

In this case, this burden, the loss, is quite possible to the extent of a million troops, millions of civilians or even more. And this is only the loss of the empire itself, if you count the losses of the Visigoths, and the losses of the Ostrogothic Empire, which was sandwiched between the Russian Goths and the Visigothic Republics...... In this way, there is a high probability that the number will reach ten million.

Consider that the number of people directly and indirectly lost in this event is 10 million. Ten million, ten million. Not so long ago, 10 million was a pretty strong number, a measure of how strong countries are. The extent to which a country at the level of regional power can be sustained -

It takes decades, if not longer, to produce so many young adults. However, it only takes a few years to kill them.

As is often the case, it is always easier to destroy than to build. Then, how much time and how much energy does it take to make up for this hatred, this hatred, the tens of millions of people lost and the hundreds of millions of dollars and assets lost?

William thought so in his heart. One point was finally determined. That is, it is necessary to mobilize an army to fight it. However, if this battle is won, it will be a little ......

After all, William's desire was to weaken the Britons and at the same time wipe out the Visigothic Republic. The best outcome is that these two enemies fight each other, and then the whole army is annihilated. William's empire went out again to pick up cheap or something......

Of course, of course, William thought that most of the Britons had intended to do so. From the first day of the Alliance, the Bretons did not think to seriously fulfill the Covenant.

Of course, of course, of course, William didn't think so.

All in all, that's it. Because the tide of the war had suddenly changed, William's prediction and expectation now was to organize an army and fight the war. Of course, this war must not be won. However, while you can't win, you should also be careful that you can't lose ugly.

In the end, William's army would show the world with the most heroic performance that the Russian Gothic Empire would be the Visigothic Republic's greatest rival and nemesis. Such an opponent could no longer defeat him, except for the Russian Gothic Empire. In the process, continue to extort the benefits of the Britons. At the same time, it is necessary to make the Bretons lose more. At least for now, this Frisian kingdom must no longer be in the hands of the Britons.

Well, that's it, that's what William wants, most of all, the current state of the empire. If the final outcome of this world can develop as William thinks, then William will be very happy.

Of course, there is a premise in this process, and that is that the de Normandy family must be preserved. To be more accurate, Victoria, the only woman who seems to be the only one who has the potential to give birth to an heir for William, is safe in any way. Either way, Victoria had to survive. Even when necessary, William could pull his face down and do something contrary to his dignity.

Yes - dignity, not morality or justice or anything. The latter things are actually not very important to an emperor.

So, in the ensuing war on the Old Continent, the situation developed dizzyingly.

Immediately after both the Bretons and the Visigothic Republic had launched their own strategies and choices, the Russian Gothic Empire announced that it would send an army group of three legions, with William's aunt Freya as the commander-in-chief, to assist the Britons against the barbaric and brutal rebels of the Visigothic Republic.

However, it is not this that the Bretons want to see most of all, but His Majesty Kaiser Wilhelm and his army of one million - although the Russian Gothic Empire has only 350,000 at its current level, fifteen standard legions. But for those who don't know what a system of national mobilization is, the reserve system of the Russian Gothic Empire is actually a kind of army existence.

And counting more than thirty reserve "shelf regiments" and more than fifty Cossack brigades. The army of the Russian Gothic Empire was indeed capable of reaching a million.

What they want to see most is that William and his army of millions will be mobilized in one go, regardless of the cost and consequences, within the territory of the Ostrogothic Empire, within the territory of the Visigothic Republic, and the Visigoths, who are also mobilized by the whole people, will really have an army of millions. At least they have more troops on their books than this, not less than this—

Hopefully, they will be able to fight a protracted war desperately. In the end, both armies were killed, and then the Britons attacked strongly, and then swept the caves and ploughed the court to destroy all the scum. And then succeeded, and re-emerged as the hegemon of the Old Continent, and indeed of the whole world.

Of course, they themselves know that this is absolutely impossible. (To be continued.) )