That's it, for the next few days, the dark elves did not attack again, and all stayed in their barracks, discussing future tactics and countermeasures. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Of course, the main thing is that the female Sudan discusses with her henchmen what price should be used to satisfy the Hereford family in order to exit the war with dignity. Then we will concentrate our forces and suppress the disobedient forces in the country.

These female Su Dan's henchmen all know the "rules" of the dark elves, once they follow a lord, it will be very difficult to change people. They have a relationship with the Fatimid woman Sudan, who is both prosperous and lossy. If you want to get better, you have to solve problems for Nu Sudan in the next time.

It's just that no matter what the dark elves think or think, they don't think it can be done.

Empathy. If they were put in the position of William von Hereford, there was no reason why they should not beat the water dogs.

Perhaps after learning of the low morale here, the army of the Hereford family will not hesitate to attack, launch a large-scale attack, and then completely defeat the expeditionary force of the dark elves.

This is a very easy thing for the Hereford family.

So there are two most important questions now, one of which is how to make your army appear stronger, and how to cede less benefits when facing the Hereford family's army. Another point is how much benefit is appropriate to cede when facing the Hereford family army.

These two points are very distressing to the dark elves.

One thing they didn't know was that even when they were distressed, William was also distressed.

After dealing with the Dark Elves for so long, especially after defeating the Dark Elves in the previous night raid and killing so many enemies, William has seen through the nature of the Dark Elves. Presumably, as long as you are tougher, you can get an unimaginable victory.

A great victory over the Dark Elves could make him the most powerful and excellent ruler in the world, the guardian of humanity and the shield of the Lord of Light, like his father, King Otto, after the victory of the Great Frontier War. He will receive an unprecedented honor. The slightest mistake between him and his father, King Otto, regarding the route and the inheritance, will be ignored. The whole world will praise him.

The question is, what else can he gain besides these?

First of all, although the Dark Elves have been weakened to an incredible degree, William still believes that if he reveals the slightest intention to force the Dark Elves to death, then they will still not lack the courage to fight.

To make matters worse, leaving the preset positions that the Hereford family army is familiar with, and having a fair and just battle with the enemy, will have a great impact on the Hereford family army.

The Hereford family will suffer heavy casualties.

And a victory with heavy casualties, in addition to bringing William a lot of honor, the actual benefits are very ...... Rare.

Yes, very little.

Ruthenia, as well as the Cuman-Kipchak steppe, were already in William's pocket. William believed that even if he did not launch a battle against the main force of the Dark Elves, the Dark Elves would never dare to do so, and they would no longer have the intention of competing with him here.

But apart from Ruthenia and the Cuman-Kipchak steppe, was William anything to gain?

After thinking about it, William felt very difficult.

It is true that he could continue to push the battle line southward and push it to the shores of the Black Sea in one fell swoop, but because the other side has the control of the Assyrian Sea and the Black Sea, and at the same time holds the isthmus. It is impossible to completely drive the Dark Elves out of Tronica on your own.

He will then have to face constant harassment from the Dark Elves, and the Dark Elf pirates, as well as the Dark Elf troops dispatched from the Crimean Peninsula, will become his nightmare.

Therefore, even if he controlled this area, he did not dare to control it directly, otherwise, the military expenses devoured by this area would become a heavy burden for the Hereford family.

He could only use this area as a trophy, and give it to his lackeys Cossacks, as well as to the half-man Makrimeans Khan, as agreed in advance.

In that case, it's not interesting......

Unless he has a powerful navy that can pass through the Dardanelles and then control the entire Black Sea.

But when you think about it, it's hard to do, or it's not at all.

"That is, so many elite troops were consumed, but the end result was in vain. ”

But of course, this is a very bad hypothesis, and there is actually another possibility of a scenario in addition to this hypothesis. This situation is that after the dark elves suffered such a heavy defeat, the Ottoman Empire was in turmoil. withstood various blows, and then had to shrink strategically.

If that were the case, then with an ideal agreement, William would be able to control the entire Tronica region. Then control the entire Assyrian Sea, as well as the northern part of the Black Sea.

"But it takes cooperation. If the Carpathians had been able to win, it would have been much easier to carry out this plan. William thought to himself. At the same time, he was thinking about something else, that is, whether the naval battle in the Adriatic Sea, in the Azure Sea, was won.

If the Lombards, Asturians and Maltese knights were a little more powerful, then it was not impossible for the sea and land to cooperate and directly dismember the entire Ottoman Empire.

He could even cede all the benefits of the entire Peloponnese and let the Carpathians divide the entire region with the Lombards. The alliance with the two kingdoms was then maintained.

In this way, his south, east and northeast are all wilderness, ineffective barbarians, and fairly strong allies. In this way, the Hereford family can go west with all their might, participating in the struggle within the empire.

The diplomatic situation will be better than ever. The Hereford family will truly have a golden period of development.

Whether it is to the east, invade the fragmented Ottoman Empire, or continue eastward, occupy the entire snowy region, attack the Zoroastrian Empire in the south, or even extend directly from the land route to India, and invade the Indy Ocean itself. It would be a great victory. The Hereford family will be invincible!

But of course, this possibility requires a premise, and that premise is the weak rule of the dark elves themselves.

It had to be the dark elves themselves who could not control their vassals, the Levants, the Turks, the Peloponnesians.

If they had suffered this defeat and had enough strength to keep the empire from destruction, then William would have faced a terrible situation.

He will face the wrath and hostility of a mighty empire that lasts for hundreds, millennia, and will not disappear until it is destroyed. It's like Tsarist Russia and Ottoman Turkey in the past.

And after seeing how the powerful Hereford family will challenge their position after rising, those Britons will definitely do their best to help Turkey. Even like what happened in William's previous life, he did not hesitate to personally end up and bury the grand goal and plan of Tsarist Russia to recover Constantinople with a Crimean War.

It's really unfortunate.

"So to speak. William quickly determined what he should do next, how he should act next, and what his purpose was.

He had to secure victory in the war and annex Ruthenia and the Cuman-Kipchak steppe.

This is the most basic project, and it must be done no matter what.

On this basis, he had to have two prerequisites before he could continue south and annex Tronica.

One of the prerequisites for this is that he needs to confirm that the rule of the Dark Elves is weak, and that the peoples under the Dark Elves have the determination and persistence to resist the Dark Elves.

The second point is that he wants to confirm the strength of his teammates. In other words, he must confirm that the Carpathians can win victory in the Balkans against the Dark Elf Partials, as well as in the naval battles of the Azure Seas.

Only when these conditions are met can one achieve the best and the best results for the Hereford family. Only in this way will William be able to make up his mind to defeat the remaining main forces of the Dark Elves in a decisive battle.

Otherwise, William would rather have a relatively lenient peace agreement with the Dark Elves than let the Dark Elves maintain their rule.

He would rather not have so much honor, because it would be meaningless, but it would make the Britons, who were already very jealous of the Hereford family, even more jealous of the family. Receiving the wrath and hatred of the Ottoman Empire, they were subjected to the hostility and jealousy of the Britons. At the same time, too many troops were lost and it was not possible to reap the actual benefits.

In this way, the Hereford family will be in a very passive, unfavorable situation. At that time, it will be difficult to turn over again. The expansion of the Hereford family will be met with the strongest resistance. The Second Empire, and the New Empire, he had anticipated, would be aborted.

This is something that William could hardly accept in any case.

"So, first of all, stabilization, yes, stabilization. I've done everything I'm supposed to do. Then the next thing to do is to wait. Wait for news from my allies, and see those fellows or victories and walk with me to glory. Or drag me back like any idiot and pig teammate. William thought to himself.

"In addition to this, I should also test the attitude of the dark elves. Whether their rule is solid. And...... That female Sudan, does she have enough ability and skills to maintain the Ottoman Empire after this defeat. ”