However, Sarida Khan was clearly not content to rule the territory. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info spent the first half of his life in the southern part of Tronica, on the Black Sea coast. There is a great deal of urgency to get that land back...... It's just that William thinks that his mood is understandable, but he has to do what he can. Today, Sarida Khan's strength is seriously insufficient. Even with the weapons and equipment and logistical assistance provided by William, William was not optimistic about him.

Even William felt that even if he went on the field himself, fought alongside Sarida Khan, and took out both the White Army and the new Circassian Army under his command, he would not necessarily win - unless William really had the spirit of sacrificing himself and contributed to the mercenary world.

If there were 30,000 mercenaries, plus William's White Legion, and now it had grown to four infantry regiments, a cavalry regiment and two artillery battalions. With the addition of a new Circassian army of more than 8,000 men, it is likely that Tharida Khan will win this victory.

But how is it possible? Helping Sarida Khan, helping him maintain his stability in Tartaria, is already William's limit. There are nearly 50,000 troops, so why should he do something? Why should he work hard for Sarida Khan? What's more, Sarida Khan won't give money!

Although the Tartariya Khanate had been fighting for centuries, Sarida Khan had a wealth of Teronia and the Black Sea trade. But all of that wealth was gone—half of it was stolen by the dark elves. The other half was taken by Kublai who was the first to occupy northern Tronica, and then became a trophy of the Dark Elves after Kublai was defeated.

Therefore, the current Kublai is actually a penniless pauper. There is nothing else to use but the name of a Khan. William didn't receive a dime of the food, grass, weapons and equipment that he had previously aided Sarida Khan.

However, it is such a "name" that has fooled many nomads on the prairie. Those people are severely ill-informed, and their knowledge of the world is still stuck in the time when Tartaria was at its strongest. So, as a matter of course, they obeyed the call of Sarida Khan.

That is, by virtue of the name of a khan. Sarida Khan gathered an army of 100,000 men. Even in the early days of the battle, before William came to his aid, the 100,000-strong army was all equipped with their own dry rations and weapons......

It's surprising, but that's the end of it. After several successive battles against the Dark Elves without victory, and with the army not looting any loot, the morale of Sarida Khan's nomadic army had dropped considerably. If William did not help, Sarida Khan would have to allow them to destructively plunder Ruthenia, Pyrm, and the northern regions of Tronica that he could control......

This is the only partially "civilized" area of Sarida Khan. And after several wars, it is already quite destitute - if the 100,000 army comes to rob again. Then Sarida Khan will completely lose these places - no people, no taxes, no soldiers, no everything. The land will be degraded and turned into wasteland.

At that point, Sarida Khan still can't defeat the Dark Elves and reclaim Tronica—at least the middle of Tronica. Then the Tartariya Khanate will completely lose its future, from a semi-civilized country that attaches equal importance to nomadism, agriculture and commerce, to a simple and primitive collection of nomadic tribes.

This was something that Sarida Khan did not want to see, and it was also mentioned by William in the following letter to Sarida Khan. He gave Sarida Khan a wake-up call. Hope to calm this guy down and not do stupid things.

Although in his aid to Sarida Khan, William had said, "If necessary, then the Hereford family will intervene in this war," William really did not want to do so unless he had to. You know, Sarida Khan has just made an invasion not long ago. Now, on the human side, he still has the name of an enemy of humanity. William's proximity to him was by no means a good thing for his reputation.

So, William made another preparation—if Sarida Khan went his own way and was defeated by the Dark Elves—it was a certainty, and William would initiate a second plan—he would abandon Ruthenia, Pyrm, and even the newly acquired Novgorod. Migrate all the people east of the Vistula to the Duchy of Mystia west of the Vistula. Leaving the largest wasteland in the Old Continent of the Dark Elves to make it impossible for the other side to replenish supplies on the spot.

The traditional domination of the Dark Elves is far from the Great Frontier. Whether it's through the mountains of Armenia, or through the Black Sea, it's a huge test of logistics. The best outcome is that as long as William holds the Vistula quietly, he can wait for the other side to retreat. At that time, he will be able to take advantage of the geographical advantage and encroach on the east of the Vistula River step by step.

However, if the Dark Elves really plan to invest heavily in everything they want to take the territory east of the Vistula...... Then William is not out of the question.

The solution was to make a confession to Emperor Kalman IV, who controlled the Magyar kingdom, which also bordered the Ottoman Empire. At the same time, the Lombard kingdom under his control was also across the sea from the Ottomans. Land and naval battles broke out between the two sides were extremely frequent. Each sees the other as a great enemy.

After stabilizing the empire's fundamentals, Kalman IV expanded outward, reclaiming the empire's territories controlled by foreign monarchs, while also ensuring stability on the empire's southeastern borders. And after the Wende princes declared themselves vassals to Kalman IV, the emperor naturally had to protect the Wende people from the evil heretics.

William's requirements for the emperor were not very high, the first was the navy. The Lombard kingdom was not inferior to the Ottomans' naval power to contain the opposing navy. Don't try to defeat the opponent, as long as you can contain it.

In order to confront the Lombard navy, the other side had to send more ships south and enter the blue sea.

Navy ships are not like the army, where a team of peasants is recruited casually and can be pulled into battle with a little training. It takes time to build a new, qualified battleship, add sailors, soldiers, artillery to the battleship. Ships built at the beginning of a war will probably not be able to participate in the war until the end of the war.

The Dark Elves of the Ottoman have one more ship in the Azure Sea, they have one less ship in the Black Sea. There were few ships that passed through the Black Sea to deliver supplies to the Ottoman army east of the Vistula. In this way, William's first plan, the plan to force the dark elves with logistical supplies, could be successfully completed.

But if the Ottomans were not fooled, or if the Ostrogoths did not have the upper hand in the battle for the blue seas, and the Ottoman Empire still intended to concentrate its efforts on the lands east of the Vistula - in fact, this would be very difficult to happen, and it would be too difficult to gather all these conditions. However, if the dark elves of Ottoman were really so lucky, then William was not out of the question.

He will concentrate all his forces and promote an all-out war between the Empire and the Ottomans. He would convince Kalman IV to concentrate all his energies on this war. From the Carpathians to the south, from the Vistula to the east. Supporting the nomads and centaurs of the Cuman-Chincha steppe, and co-opting the Slavites of the Tronika region. To the Holy See to call for a new round of crusade...... In any case, it will be a decisive battle.

If that were the case, the Britsons would be happy. The Holy See will also give its full support...... Kalman IV, who was successfully crowned Emperor and wanted to do something big, would never allow himself to fail. In this way, William's pressure has been reduced by a lot...... It's just that......

"Let's hope things don't get that bad...... I hope so. William thought to himself. At the same time, Duke Otto, who sat across from him—no, it should be said, was a little uneasy in Otto's presence—no, or in recent times, Archduke Otto had been uneasy in the presence of William.

This made William a little uncomfortable. But he couldn't help it. From Otto's point of view, he was rightly uneasy - in just a few years, from baron to count, from count to duke, from duke to archduke. In the past few years, Archduke Otto's status has risen as quickly as a rocket...... However, this is not his credit, at least, the vast majority of it is not. He will feel uneasy, and rightfully so.

"William, what are you thinking?"

"No, nothing. William shook his head, putting the bad thought behind him, while trying to comfort himself:

"The Ottoman Empire will not mobilize all means so easily, they still have the Persians in the east. At the same time, successive wars with Tartaria greatly depleted the power of the Ottomans - the Tenth Armenian War, the Tronica War, and now the Second Tronika War. In just two years, Ottoman has fought nearly three wars of more than 100,000 men. Do they really want to fight a fourth, fifth, or even sixth war?"

Thinking of this, William smiled calmly again, and then said to Archduke Otto: "It's nothing, father. I'm just thinking about how the situation will change next...... Also, on the question you said earlier. I think it's better for you to write this letter yourself. ”

"This ...... But ......" Archduke Otto hesitated, and even said embarrassed: "But my words ......