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That is, there are three paths in front of the expeditionary force to take.

First of all, his scouts, scouts, and some local guides - although this guy failed a little badly, and most of the Nirosians had lost faith in him. But under the influence of this guy's personal charisma, there are still some Nirosians who are willing to follow him - although the number of these Nirosians is really problematic and basically has no combat effectiveness, but this can also represent, at least partially, the hearts and minds of the Nirosians.

Even at this point, these guys are still unwilling to give up - that is, unwilling to give up efforts to form a ** nation in Nigeria.

In other words, as long as General Leopold was able to obtain some resources and maintain some of his position of power, then these people would be his staunchest supporters if he chose to be an enemy of the Empire.

Of course, for now, Leopold, who was beaten by William and ran away in disgrace, has no more thoughts about it. At present, he does not want to face the imperial army again, let alone the undefeated and unimaginably powerful Wilhelm von Hereford, who commands the imperial ** team. His Majesty the Emperor of the Gothic Empire of Russia was unimaginably powerful and unbelievable.

At least for now, he really doesn't want to.

And taking a step back, even if he still has the courage to face William, the soldiers under his command are gone.

So, although it is said that "there are three more paths to take", in reality one of them, General Leopold would not have taken anyway - this path is to unite with the local Berbers, form an army, and then turn around and attack the province of Nirosia in the Russian Gothic Empire.

For General Leopold, and everyone under his command, this is a good idea, even those Nirosians who want to build a country and want to go crazy, they don't dare to encourage him to fight again at this moment.

General Leopold was sure that if he said such a thing, the soldiers who had escaped death that day, and who had not had time to catch their breath, would not have to be dipped in sauce.

So, there are two more paths.

One of them is to stay there temporarily.

Both the Nirosians, the scouts and the messengers he sent told him so. Here, the Berbers were very emotional about the Russian Gothic Empire. It can even be said that it is hostile.

- These Berbers were once vassals of the Ottoman Empire.

At least nominally vassals of the dark elves of the Ottoman Empire - at least nominally, the Ottoman Sultan owns these lands.

But in reality, the vassal relationship between the two sides is not very strong. At least Sultan never once called up an army or levies a single copper plate in these territories.

These areas are usually governed by the Berber chieftains themselves.

The Sultan gave them the name of governor, and they themselves called themselves the local beys - or pashas.

The Sudans have a lot of honor for them. At the same time, they acquiesced to the fact that these guys governed their own land.

The first reason for this is that the land is so barren and the Berbers here are proficient in cavalry warfare. If you want to fight these Berbers, you will lose more than you gain.

The second reason is that there are still quite a few Berber pirates here - for the Imperial navy, these Berber pirates are quite useful and reliable pawns. As long as these guys support themselves, then they can stabilize their sea supremacy in the eastern blue seas. At the same time, when launching an attack on the human world, it is possible to contain part of the enemy's naval forces.

However.

All this disappeared with the collapse of the Ottoman Empire.

The support of the Empire, the privateer license granted to them by the Empire, and the reputation granted to them by the Empire, all evaporated.

In this case, these guys naturally hate the Great Empire.

Because under the control of the Russian Gothic Empire, there was simply no soil for the survival of these guys.

The empire's nobles were tightly controlled, and it was impossible to kill or seize their own lords within the empire - this was completely unimaginable for these people who were used to being emperors.

And on the naval side. Although the Imperial Navy started late, it developed very solidly step by step. At present, the Imperial Navy has become the most powerful maritime power in the blue seas.

The Empire did not need the help of Berber pirates at all, and was able to control its own seas with ease.

In addition to this, the relationship between William and the Lombard states, and the Kingdom of Asturias, as well as the ties between the two sides, are still there. The two sides were in the state of quasi-allies, and at the same time maritime trade was very prosperous.

In this case, William naturally did not issue any privateering permissions. Those Berber pirates could not get any shelter. Instead, William's empire saw them as enemies that threatened the safety of its seafaring trade. Bastards that need to be eradicated.

In this case, the Berbers were nobles on land, pirates in the sea. It can be said that the guys with the most power and status among the Berbers are all at odds with the Russian Gothic Empire. In this case, if the relationship between the two sides can remain friendly, it will be hell.

It is also for this reason that, initially, after William annexed the Ottoman Empire, the apparent submission of the Berbers came to an end in the shortest possible time.

They originally thought that the Russian Gothic Empire replaced the Ottoman Empire and that it was not too important. Their position was still maintained as it had been during the Ottoman Empire. But I didn't expect things to be like that at all.

After that, William tried to settle the problem peacefully, but in the end it was impossible for these guys to surrender their rights, and even if William said that they could follow the example of the Cossacks and exercise partial autonomy, they would not accept it.

Of course, the contradiction in attitudes towards pirates is even more irreconcilable than this.

The land occupied by the Berbers in Africa was barren and food production was scarce. If you want to maintain the luxury of these Berber nobles, you have to go on a voyage and pirate.

If William had given the order to stop pirating or anything, they would have gone mad - because it would have made them go back to the pre-liberation period overnight, and there would be nothing left in an instant.

Although William once sent envoys, promising them to carry out material development, and promised to conduct experiments on various crops and plant and cultivate them...... However, none of this impressed the Berbers.

They only know the real benefits. What's more, they actually distrust the Russian Gothic Empire in their hearts.

That's it, diplomacy between the two sides was soon announced to be interrupted. And with piracy raging and escort strikes not stopping, relations between the two sides are becoming worse and worse, and in fact, it is not an exaggeration to say that the two sides are at war.

So in this case, there is a common enemy on both sides. What's more, if General Leopold has a relatively strong army under his command, even if he divides one side and claims to be the lord or king of Libya or something, it is probably no problem.

As long as the policy is right, it will be able to win over a group of Berbers -- although these Berbers are somewhat xenophobic, they also have another "good quality" in them as people from difficult areas, and that is to know the times.

Whoever has a hard fist is the boss.

And General Leopold knew very well that although he had lost his heavy weapons and suffered a crushing defeat at William's command, he was very happy with these men who still lived in the Middle Ages and had little organization.

It's going to be easy to win.

That is, he can settle down here if he wants to—to say the least, temporarily.

"It's not a good idea, though. ”

This may be a good choice for those people in Nirosia - Africa is very close to Nirosia, which is convenient for them to do the wind and rain, if there is any change in Nirosia, then they can most conveniently form an army into Nirosia in the shortest possible time, and then they can achieve their goal of establishing a Nirosian state.

However, for the much larger Visigoths, this is the most unpleasant option.

Having just been defeated, what they want to do most now is to return to their homes as quickly as possible, and then use the warmth of their families and the things they are most familiar with to calm themselves down.

That is to say, in this case, what they most wanted to choose, or what they most expected General Leopold to choose, and indeed the one that General Leopold's own sensual side of his heart wanted to choose the most, was to return to the Visigothic Republic.

It's just that.

"Only, if I just go back like this...... And then it was terrible. And, on top of that, even if I wanted to go back, how to go back was a problem. And then there'......"

The uneasiness and unrest in his heart made General Leopold reluctantly suppress his emotional thoughts.

For now, at least for the time being, to return home with the remnants of the defeated army, flee as if they had just been defeated, and then most likely get off the ship and be arrested by the so-called revolutionary soldiers, and then guillotined without much interrogation - this is not the result that General Leopold wanted.

In this case, he had no choice but to comfort his soldiers and even deceive them.

There is no possibility for them to go back for the time being. They're going to be here for a while.

However, this did not mean that they would stay here forever, and he promised them that these difficulties would only be temporary. Someday, one day, I will return to my hometown with them in a dignified manner. Or even say, maybe as a winner.

(To be continued.) )