After thinking for about a minute, the representative of the Orthodox Union signed the document and stamped it with a seal symbolizing the supreme power of the Orthodox Alliance.

Upon his return to the canton of Lucerne, the representative handed over his power to the then state secretary, Konstantin Sigwater.

A month later, the tax collectors of the Liberal Alliance began to enter the states of the Orthodox Union to prepare to take over the state taxes.

It was only then that the states of the Orthodox League discovered that their representatives had sold the financial and tax powers of their states to the enemy.

By the time the angry people began to search for the representative, he had already arrived in the United States and was living a prosperous and leisurely life.

Of course, this money was naturally also taken from the reserves of the alliance, and half of the money raised for the war was directly taken.

In order not to alarm the bank, Mr. Representative specially asked a French black market businessman to help, and the intermediary fee was close to one million Swiss francs.

This incident directly put the Orthodox Union into a passive position, but fortunately it was only signed by the representative of the state, and not recognized by the states.

Naturally, the power of finance and taxation is related to the livelihood of the states, so the tax officials of the Liberal Alliance have been closed, and none of the states of the Orthodox Union are willing to give up their fiscal and tax powers.

This situation could not last forever, and the Orthodox Alliance proposed a negotiated settlement, but the Liberal Alliance clearly did not want to negotiate, and the latter gave an ultimatum when the former thought that things would continue to stalemate.

"If the two sides can't reach an agreement, then the Federation will declare the Orthodox Union unconstitutional."

At this point, both sides understood that a major war was inevitable, and the Freedom Alliance had previously sent a note to the British ambassador, so news of the Swiss Civil War was already on its way to England.

In addition, the Freedom Alliance has also made a lot of deployments, and has been working hard all these years, although it did not meet the expectations of the veteran Dufour, but it also made an army of 130,000 people, but the equipment is a little ridiculously poor.

In order to ensure victory, the Liberty Alliance will close the mountain passes while the Great Powers intervene, and at the same time send fleets to intercept all ships on Lake Geneva and Lake Constance, waiting for the British to deal with the Great Powers.

But until then, the Freedom Alliance must win the war, otherwise all will be in vain.

On the side of the Orthodox Alliance, it was much more chaotic, with the exception of a bunch of idiots who naively thought that the Liberal Alliance would come to Lucerne (the nominal capital of Switzerland at the time) to negotiate, and the Jesuit priests of the Papal States who were causing trouble.

That's right! Pius IX came again, and this time he sent the strongest general of the Papal States, Bishop Minofel "The Undefeated".

This man had only fought three battles in his life, one to exterminate an army of unbelievers who had desecrated the Holy City, and in fact it was a criminal gang of only three people.

The other was the elimination of an evil witch and her evil legion, which was actually an old woman who couldn't pay her taxes and her five sons.

The last and greatest victory of the Papal States in recent years, Bishop Minofel the "Undefeated" led an army of 500,000 (20,000 in fact) to put down a rebellion in San Marino.

Note: At that time, San Marino had a permanent population of 4,300 people, and less than 200 people participated in the rebellion.

Constantin Sigwater has admired the "undefeated" for a long time, and Bishop Minofel has decided to show his hand.

"Bring me the defense map!" Pastor Belite on the side immediately offered it respectfully, and Bishop Minofel only looked at it twice and said.

"Trash! Litter! It's all rubbish! Unable to say boo to a goose! Rats' eyes! How can such a rat lead you to victory?

Tell me who that garbage commander is? I must make him embarrassed. ”

As soon as Bishop Minofel said this, the top brass of the Orthodox Alliance immediately stood up. Seeing this, Minofel already knew this, and sneered.

"You're young, but war takes experience.

It is true that it is a little naïve to be armed, but you need not be ashamed, let alone afraid, because I, the "invincible" Minofel, have arrived, and I am at the behest of Pope Pius IX to lead you to victory.

As long as you have me, you can rest assured! ”

After Bishop Minofel finished speaking, the expected admiration and admiration did not sound, and everyone in the combat command room had strange expressions.

"What's going on? Don't you believe me? ”

The new state representative, Konstantin Sigwater, pointed awkwardly to the side.

"We didn't make this armor map."

"Who's that?"

"Archduke Karl of the Austrian Empire."

"Crazy Carl?"

"No, it's the one who fought with Napoleon"

Minofield was speechless for a moment, and after a long silence, he laughed.

"Hahahaha!"

"Bishop Minofel, what are you laughing at?"

"I laugh at Archduke Karl for being a generation of famous generals in vain, but he only knows how to follow the old ways and does not know how to be flexible, no wonder even Napoleon is a child who cannot be defeated."

In fact, in theory, such a paradoxical remark will be discarded, even if it is not ridiculed.

However, the reality is that there are very few people in the entire Orthodox Union who understand military affairs, either bishops or nuns, and then some businessmen and lawyers.

With the exception of Pastor Bellit and Captain Ulrich Salis, who had gone to Austria to study, the other Orthodox League leaders were delighted rather than refuting Bishop Minofel's words.

They all praised the heroic name of the "invincible", as if this old man had been born decades earlier, he could have pressed France to the ground and rubbed it.

The most exaggerated performance was a nun named Brandy, who actually knelt directly on the ground and began to pray.

"Please lead us to glorious victory!"

Soon, the people in the house were either infected by it or under pressure and knelt down to pray.

Bishop Minofel did not sell the lawsuit either.

"If we want to win, we must be brave, determined, and not afraid of sacrifice!"

"Yes, Lord Bishop."

"Don't interject, I'm not done yet." Minofel finished speaking and walked towards the map.

"Look! Over here! Fribourg is the key! ”

Fribourg is supposed to be an enclave of the Orthodox Alliance, it is surrounded by the forces of the Freedom Alliance, but it should be easy to defend and difficult to attack in terms of topography, and it only takes a small number of troops to block the valley mouth with its own natural barrier.

This is a microcosm of Switzerland, as long as the road is blown up, then the attacker will really be helpless for a while.

But that's not what Minofel had to say...

"We should concentrate our forces here and take the initiative to achieve the goal of flowering in the center."

"But our forces are inferior to the separatists." This was stated by the new State Representative Konstantin Sigwater.

"Stupid! There are not many soldiers, it depends on whether they are pious or not, as long as we have God in our hearts, the weapons of those villains will not hurt us!

And those villains will definitely take a four-sided approach in the face of our lone army in Fribourg, as long as we concentrate a little breakthrough to achieve victory!

Once the enemy's defenses reveal a gap, we can head north along the Saline River and take their lair.

I'm going to tell you that offense is the best defense! ”

Minofel's theory sounded much more inspiring than Archduke Carr's contraction strategy, and everyone couldn't help but applaud and sigh that the Bishop was worthy of being the most powerful general in the history of the Papal States.

(End of chapter)