"Huh?" Garsain here was stunned for a moment, "Who are we going to fight?"
"I don't know." Linton spread his hands.
"I don't know?" Gasein looked confused. "You didn't say you wanted to fight. You don't know who you want to fight?"
"I just like war. It doesn't matter who I fight, does it?" Linton looked into the distance and said lightly.
"It's very important, okay? How can you come up and say you want to fight without even knowing who to fight?" Garsain roared.
"I don't know if it happened before, but now it does. In short, I just want to find someone to fight with. Please give me a plan quickly." Linton said.
"Is this okay?" Garsain was really confused, "What do you want to do? Is this a situation where your new undead magic requires a lot of corpses or innocent souls?"
"Yes, yes, that's the case." Linton didn't know how to explain it at first, but in the end, Garsain read and understood it himself, which was convenient.
"As expected, he is an evil necromancer." Garsain held up his forehead.
"Then can you help?" Linton said.
"This is not a question of whether to help or not, okay?" Gaseon said, "I never thought about attacking anyone. It's not like you don't know the situation in the territory now. We have just established a firm foothold.
The current situation in the territory is still very bad, and we simply cannot support a war."
"What's wrong?" Linton asked.
"Everything is bad, no money, no food." Gaseon said, "I don't know where the property in the territory was hidden by the Duke of Rennes, and it has not been found until now. And it is not collecting taxes now.
It’s the season, and we won’t be able to catch our breath until at least next year’s autumn harvest. We’re going to have a hard time this whole year, okay? We don’t have the strength to start a war at all. It’s better if others don’t come to fight us.”
"Is someone coming to beat us?" Linton asked.
"Not yet," Garsain said.
"That means we still have enemies, right? Someone might hit us, right?" Linton said.
"It can't be said that they are enemies," Garsain said, "because they have nothing to do with us. They do have deep conflicts with the former Duke of Rennes."
"What's the specific situation? Tell me." Linton asked immediately.
Gasain briefly explained that their territory is located to the west of the St. Willan Empire, to the east is the empire territory, which is naturally a safer area, and to the south is the jungle area, where the barbarians lived before.
It is very difficult to develop and the value is very low. To the west is a desert area, and across the desert is a nomadic alien tribe. It is a relatively dangerous place and of course has little development value. The only richer border is to the north.
The area to the north is a territory called the Kingdom of Kowikra. The strength of this kingdom is naturally not worth mentioning compared to the St. Willan Empire, but they have formed an alliance with three other small kingdoms. This small alliance of four countries
The scale of them is quite large, at least it is still difficult for the St. Willan Empire to eat them, so currently the empire has nothing to do with them.
Linton's territory is adjacent to the Kingdom of Kowikra. The relationship between the two parties has not been very good for a long time. War has often broken out, but the war is still in a relatively restrained stage and has not escalated to the entire empire and the other four countries.
The alliance fights against each other, which is just a war between their duchy and the other individual kingdom.
As for why a large-scale war did not break out, the reason is very simple. Neither side wants to fight. Although the Four Nations Alliance sounds like there are four countries, their combined strength is not as strong as that of the Saint Willan Empire. They do not dare to fight at all. And the Saint Willan Empire
The Weyland Empire can indeed be defeated, but the enemies they have to face are not just the Four Nations Alliance. Other powerful enemies around them are looking at them eagerly.
Of course, Gasain also understood this situation after taking over the territory, but at present, it seems that the Kingdom of Kovikla will not pose a threat to them for the time being. The reason is very simple, the Kingdom of Kovikla does not have the money to fight now.
Yes, another reason why Duke Rennes dared to rebel was that his rear was very stable. The barbarians in the south were bribed by him and were temporarily stabilized. There was no movement in the west, but the Kingdom of Kowikla in the north was in trouble.
Just this summer, the Kingdom of Kowikra experienced the largest drought in the history of the kingdom. Most of the country’s cultivated land was affected, and some land even failed to harvest. During the autumn harvest, the Kingdom of Kowikra had almost no income. Not to mention that their country
The flow of refugees within the country also began to erupt.
In order to deal with this natural disaster, the kingdom has consumed a lot of national power. Whether it can survive this is really a question. So where can we start a war now? That's why Rennes can do their own thing with peace of mind. Gasser
Well, of course I knew about this situation after I took office, and of course I felt relieved.
"Well, it sounds good, then it's them." Linton said after hearing the situation.
"What?" Gasein was stunned, "Didn't you listen to what I said clearly? We have no money and can't fight the war."
"We only have 3,000 soldiers, can't we even pay them wages?" Linton asked.
"It's true that we can't afford it. It's a bit difficult to maintain the current army." Garserne said. Originally, Rennes' territory could support at least 5,000 troops without any problem. In fact, Rennes' private troops are far more than this number, but
The problem is that the property left by Renn has not been found in Garsain, and the taxes have not been confiscated. The territory is indeed in a difficult situation at the moment, and it will not be relieved until at least next year's autumn harvest.
"Okay, we declare war, but we won't fight." Linton thought for a while and said.
"What?" Garsain was stunned.
"We declare war and then hoard our troops to the border, but we do not take the initiative to attack their territory," Linton said.
"What's the point of that?" Garsain looked confused.
It really makes no sense. Linton just wanted to try the battlefield construction task. Of course, he couldn't say that. After thinking about it, Linton said: "Haven't you heard the family motto of our Meloway family? Sleeping on the bed
How can we allow others to sleep on our side? The Kingdom of Kowikra is right on our border and is our only enemy at the moment, right? If we want to continue to develop, we will have to eradicate them sooner or later."
"Hmm..." Garsain nodded slightly, and couldn't tell what was wrong. He was not a city defender. He was only in his 20s. Of course he wanted to expand his territory and continue to expand his territory. But
The current south and west sides of the territory are very desolate, and the only area that can be expanded is the north, so there seems to be no problem with what Linton said, "But..."
"The Kingdom of Kowikra is in trouble right now, isn't it? While his illness is killing him, why don't we add insult to injury right now? So as long as we put our troops on the border, even if we don't attack, we can make the other party waste their national power in a hurry. Why?
Are you happy?" Linton continued.
"Really? But if a fight really breaks out..." Gassern is a little worried. Indeed, their current standing strength is 3,000 troops. You said there is no problem in moving the troops to another place, but once a fight really breaks out, the money will be lost.
It started to consume like crazy. There were too many things needed to fight the war. Money was needed to replenish soldiers, money was needed to supply food, and money was needed for weapons and equipment.
"If a fight really breaks out, I'll find a way to raise money for you." Linton waved his hand and said, "In short, no matter how hard we look for them, we can't let them survive this wave of disaster safely, right? Otherwise, when the other party calms down, what will happen to them?
Our threat is not greater. Now, while the other party is weak, we can cause as much trouble as we can. We need to take a long-term view, understand?"
"It seems... there is some truth." Gasein touched his chin, as if he was convinced by Linton, "Then I will discuss it with the people below."
Gasan immediately convened a cabinet meeting to discuss whether to cause trouble for the Kingdom of Kowikla. As a result, the cabinet immediately started arguing, and the generals supported it wildly. Yes, they didn't care whether they had money or not.
As for the problem, everyone wants to fight now. They want to make meritorious service and be promoted. However, the civilian officials are all opposed. The reason is that they have no money. How can you ask us to change the money to fight for you?
"My Lord Duke, you know the situation in the territory. The treasury really has no money." A civil servant tried to persuade Gasein. Other civil officials also stood up to dissuade him. Gasein was also a little embarrassed because he really had no money.
At this time, Linton suddenly discovered a situation, thinking that he wanted to discuss the issue of war with the Kingdom of Kowikra. The border map was hung in the conference room. Linton pointed to the place marked on the map and asked: "This is a mine.
?What kind of mine?”
"It's a gold mine." A civil servant next to him replied.
"What the hell? There is a gold mine next to us?" Linton was stunned for a moment, "Then what are we waiting for? Let's grab it quickly."
"Sir Sword Master, this gold mine is the lifeblood of the Kingdom of Kowikra. If we rob it, they will fight us tooth and nail." Another official stood up and said.
"I don't care whether you fight hard or not. There is no reason not to grab this gold mine right in front of you. Are you all out of your mind?" Linton said, "In short, the goal this time is to seize the gold mine. We
The financial problems in the territory have not been solved either."
Of course, Linton didn't really say this to solve the financial problems of the territory. Since this gold mine is the lifeblood of the Kingdom of Kowikra, the other party will definitely take it back after it is robbed. They will naturally station heavy troops, and a natural formation will be formed around the gold mine.
A battlefield for long-term operations was created. Linton was still worried about how to build a battlefield before, because building a battlefield requires a site for long-term confrontation. Now it seems that this gold mine is the best choice.
This chapter has been completed!