Thinking of this, William sighed helplessly, and at the same time looked at the latest report sent by the Cheka beside him:

"And then there's Kublai's army. There are about 10,000 pen % fun % pavilion www.biquge.info...... Although the combat effectiveness is not very good. But Kublai knew Sarida Khan very well. So ......"

After such calculations, William was even more optimistic about the future of Sarida Khan - this guy did have an army of 100,000 under his command. But they are all rabblebags with outdated equipment and little training. His opponents were regular armies armed with a large number of guns and artillery. The difference in combat effectiveness inside and outside is outrageous.

Fortunately, Sarida Khan is a sane guy, and in the case of a huge disparity in strength, Sarida Khan has no intention of fighting a decisive battle with the other party. He chose his camp in the Cuman-Chincha steppe, and then harassed the Dark Elves with light cavalry squads, raiding supply routes. Use such tactics to hinder the opponent's advance. At the same time, he also constantly sent forwards to explore the road, hoping to use the mobility of the nomadic cavalry to make a big detour around the rear of the dark elves to launch a surprise attack.

But the Dark Elves aren't stupid. Dominantly, their response to the harassment and roundabout tactics of the nomads was to build camps.

Wooden camps, mud camps, rock fortresses...... The Ottoman Empire, with its deep pockets and abundant manpower, used the most common tactics of settlers against nomads. That is to build camps, fortresses, fortresses. Expand your control area little by little. In a short period of time, this tactic did not show much effect. But William believed that as long as the time was prolonged, there was not enough logistical supplies, and there was less and less room for detours, and the possibility of defeat in the end would become more and more likely.

Because he only had a nomadic cavalry force, he was unable to attack the other side's fortresses and camps - the dark elves had ample artillery, gunpowder, and smoothbore guns. Can defend their castle impregnable.

"So, there are two things I should have to help Sarida Khan...... No, it should be three. One is grain and grass, and the other is gunpowder weapons. Three...... If the situation really reaches a critical juncture, I will send reinforcements directly to Sarida Khan. In this way, William made a decision - in order to protect the interests of his family in the Great Frontier and to prevent the Ottoman Empire from encroaching on this area. If necessary, even if the White Army and the new Circassian Army are all wiped out, it will not hesitate.

Thus, in September, William's letters, messengers, with a total of twenty three-pounder guns, five hundred muskets, and a large quantity of ammunition and gunpowder, came to the camp of Sarida Khan, and brought William's will to Sarida Khan.

When he first saw the emissary, Sarida Khan could barely resist the urge to kill him.

Soon, though, Sarida Khan calmed down - in this case, he shouldn't have done that.

"I see. In the end, Sarida Khan chose the most correct choice: "Go back and tell Count William." I will never forget what he did to Tartaria. However, I will never forget my friends who have reached out to Tartaria in times of crisis. His conditions, I accepted. ”

"Thank you very much for your understanding, wise Khan. Upon hearing Sarida Khan's answer, John the Merchant breathed a sigh of relief—it seemed that William thought of him once again when he had such a good errand because of his last mission.

"So be it...... A feast was held for the messenger. I'm going to write a letter back to William. Please take it back with you. Sarida Khan's smile was very forced, even hideous. Although he was forced to cooperate with the Hereford family due to current events, this did not mean that Sarida Khan would forget the humiliation of his previous defeat, and this feeling of powerlessness made Sarida Khan mad with hatred. At the same time, the killing intent of those who are his enemies has become more and more obvious.

"Thank you for your leniency. John the merchant also sensed Sarida Khan's murderous intent. He immediately replied: "After the low-level covenant, more weapons and equipment and grain and grass baggage will continue to be delivered. Even if necessary, the army of the Hereford family will fight alongside the army of Tartaria. ”

The words of the merchant John reminded Sarida Khan that the situation in Tartaria did not allow him to play tricks at all. Although he knew that William's assistance was ill-intentioned, it was to allow Sarida Khan to act as a shield for him and weaken the strength of both sides. But in his current situation, he is like a man who is about to starve to death. Even if you know that puffer fish are poisonous, you can't care so much.

That's it, William and Sarida Khan finalized their intention to cooperate. After this, Duke Otto, who had been persuaded by William, also changed his decision and prepared to go to Novgorod to be crowned Grand Duke of Novgorod.

This was a big step for the Hereford family - as long as they were crowned Grand Duke, the Hereford family would no longer be subordinate to the Trieste family. In this way, the position of Grand Duke of Mystia, King Wende, Emperor of the Gothic Empire was one step closer.

"That's pretty much it. William thought so in his heart, and while waiting for the arrival of his father, Duke Otto, he was also nervously observing the outcome of the two wars.

One of them, naturally, was the war between the Tartarian Khanate and the Ottoman Empire. The other was the civil war of the Ostrogothic Empire.

It's coming to an end, it's almost over. The northern princes of the empire, in the end, failed to defeat the southern, already crowned Kalman IV.

This powerful emperor, who controlled Great Moravia, Franconia, Lombardy, and large swaths of the Magyar kingdom beyond the empire, finally cornered the king of Lotteria in the north, who was secretly supported by the Britons.

Nominally, the Ostrogothic Empire included the seven kingdoms of Wende, Franconia, Great Moravia, Lombardy, Lotternia, Frisia, and Ritjord. But now that Wende is divided, most of the territory of Frisia is controlled by the Britons, and the kingdom of Rytjod was seized by the dwarves two hundred years ago, leaving only a few coastal city-states to survive.

Therefore, the actual territory of the Ostrogothic Empire was only four kingdoms: Franconia, Great Moravia, Lombardy, and Lotternia. By uniting these four kingdoms, the Gothic Emperor was rightfully named. Both the remnants of the city-state of Rytjord and the four archdukes of Wende would be subject to Kalman IV.

This is terrible news for the kingdom of Briton, which is in full swing on the surface, but is actually fed by wolves.

After unifying the basic territory of the Gothic Empire, His Majesty the Emperor could figure out what he was going to do next even if he thought about it on his heels - that is, to recover the territory of the empire that was controlled by foreign monarchs - and the foreign monarch who now controlled the most territory of the empire was the Kingdom of Briton.

Fighting a Gothic Emperor who was almost intact and had gained the allegiance of the entire empire would feel a lot of pressure on even a country as strong as the Kingdom of Briton.

William, who had learned of the war two days late, was a pity - he finally understood why the "other queen of Briton" was in such a hurry to cooperate with him - if the war report had come two days earlier, he would have been more emboldened to negotiate with Victoria.

There is no regret medicine in the world, but there are countless contract breakers in the world who can serve as an example. Even better, William's partnership with Victoria involved only the Hereford Integrative Company and the Briton Corporation. Therefore, if things really go in the direction of the Gothic Emperor, the Hereford family can also be a wall grass without any scruples.

"It's just...... It's still a bit of a pity. William sighed: "I originally thought that the civil war could be fought for a longer period of time, and then intervene after my father became King of Wende, and then seek more benefits, and even further crown as the Gothic Emperor, but now it seems that there is no chance......"

That being said, William didn't look too uncomfortable - there was still a chance. The current Gothic Emperor Kalman IV is almost sixty years old. And he was injured when he was young, and his strength was limited to the great knight and the knight mentor. It can be said that it is possible to die at any time, because of a sudden illness. The opponent is such an old man, and William's age is his biggest advantage.

Ten years later, Kalman IV was seventy years old, and William was only thirty years old. When the time comes, whether it is the Wende Kingdom or the land of the Slavites, William will control it. In another battle for the throne, William is confident that he will not lose.

In this way, in the middle of the Old World, when the two eastern places were in flames, the Hereford family, represented by William, hid quietly on the sidelines, watching the excitement, hoping that the heads of the warring centaurs would hit the dog's head, and the corpses would moisten the earth and contribute to the autumn harvest of the coming year.

In late September, Duke Otto finally came to Novgorod. After a grand entrance to the city, the coronation ceremony was held in the former Novgorod City Council, now the Grand Duke's residence, where the oath of allegiance was accepted by the local nobility, most of whom were former Novgorod councillors.

This marked the beginning of the reign of the Hereford family over Novgorod.

At the same time, having received sufficient gunpowder, weapons, grain and grass, Sarida Khan decided to launch a large-scale offensive against the Ottoman army...... In this regard, William is not too optimistic. According to his idea, it was hoped that Sarida Khan would forge a fortress in a prominent position, hold it with artillery, and then harass the opponent with the mobility advantage of the nomadic light cavalry, forcing the other side to abandon the march to the north of Tronica.