Waterman's idea is indeed correct, Dane has neither the intention nor the ability to annex the two countries of Florence and Pudri.
On the one hand, the two countries are not small in size. Together, they may be smaller in size than Schindler, but have almost three times the population. Forcible annexation will inevitably arouse strong reactions from the two countries. Moreover, even in the form of blitzkrieg, these two countries can be defeated before they fully unleash their war potential. The basic population of these two countries is too large.
Dane didn't want to face the threat of the Holy Empire again after exhausting himself in the successive rebellions in the occupied area.
Too much appetite, easy to hold yourself to death.
Peace talks are the only option.
But how to negotiate peace is another matter.
In Dane's vision, the Florentines and the Pudri people must pay their due price for instigating this war.
War reparations, trade opening, and more political and economic strategies favorable to Schindler are all due. However, one of the goals Dane hopes to achieve is to cut off the Earl of Bull from the hands of the Florentines.
It is unrealistic to directly annex the Earl of Bull. But it is not impossible to find a way to turn this region into an independent country.
Adhering to Dane's philosophy, Allen was appointed by Prime Minister Verina, and as an outstanding graduate of Schindler National University's administrative department with the highest grades last year, he acted as the executive officer of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and went to see Waterman , for this purpose.
And at the moment, in Schindler, Sandy Bay Harbor City Hall. Dane and Verina are sitting in the mayor's hall of the city hall, talking about the peace talks.
"Executive Allen sent back news that Earl Waterman's position has loosened. According to his assessment, if we can gain an advantage in the discussion, the Earl of the Bull does not mind giving up his title , and move up to another level, let alone become the head of an independent country."
Dane laughed and said: "That would be great. After the bull becomes independent, there will be an extra buffer zone between us and the Florentines. Moreover, if he becomes independent, it will definitely cause Florentine In spite of the strong hostility of the Sa people, he can only rely on our support to continue to maintain his independence. That big granary will then be considered to be indirectly under our control."
Verina nodded. Dane's idea of dividing the Earl of Bull was indeed quite politically wise.
However, in this matter, there is still a very difficult problem. Verina said: "However, the current Bull City is still under the control of the coalition forces. The time for the peace talks has also been set. It will be on October 10th, and there are still thirteen days from now. The thirteen days In a few days, we have to break the Bull City. Otherwise, if the Bull City is still in the hands of the coalition forces, it will be too difficult to divide this territory purely through negotiations. "
This is indeed a difficulty.
After the coalition forces retreated to Bull City, their strength had expanded to around 70,000. Although, among the 70,000 soldiers, the quality of a large number of soldiers is actually not too high. However, what is more worth mentioning is that the Duke of Florence Guards and Pudry's Silver Guards, these two ace troops have also entered the Bull City. At the same time, the thousand Victorian knights were also a very difficult team to deal with.
On the opposite side of them, the Patience Group, the King's Guards, the Cormyr Army, and the White Wolf Army had a total of only 40,000 people, plus the border army led by Major General Palan, which had expanded to 10,000 people. As well as the 20,000 garrison soldiers sent up later, the number will reach a level similar to that of the opposite side.
Under such circumstances, it was no wonder that Patience did not dare to act rashly. If you act recklessly, let alone whether you will lose a lot after winning, you can't even talk about whether you can win.
If you want to defeat the enemies on Bull City's defense line as soon as possible, you have to think of some other ways.
Dane thought for a while, and said: "Well, let Pandolf stop guarding the barren land pass, and only leave one or two thousand garrison troops in that city, maintain law and order, and continue military control. Let His Fourth Army rushed to the territory of the Duchy of Florence as soon as possible, and listened to Patience's command."
"At the same time, let the Yellow Dragon press into the Port of Tarens in Florence. They blocked us for half a month. They have to teach them a lesson and put a little more pressure on them. Moreover, we can also do some landing operations. Come out and let the Florentines and Pudri people not be too rampant to increase troops to Bull City."
"Okay." After Verina recorded all Dane's orders, she suggested again: "Lieutenant General Delin's Fifth Army is still stationed in Beast Blood Castle and Ice Cave City. That's 20,000 people, and Half of them are elites who left the training base of White Wolf Fort. The defense pressure in the east is not too great. The orcs on the wasteland have not been able to recover from the last raid. After Lieutenant General Delin's two-year sweep, there are not so many bandits. In the eastern border, we don't seem to need to maintain such a strong defensive force. You see, should we transfer some troops from this army to Peipei? In the hands of Admiral Xinsi?"
"No." Dane refused directly.
Verina is right. The fifth army in the east of the kingdom is powerful, but there are no strong opponents around. It seems a bit wasteful to put such an elite army in the east.
Normally, the mobilization of elite troops from Beast Blood Castle to Patience would be of great help to the strength of Patience Group.
If not for the threat of damning the Church.
A year ago, the legendary green dragon Kapnos, representing the Dragon Clan of Broken Dragon Peak, came to Comilla Island to warn Dane, but he has not forgotten it.
The green dragons should have issued such a warning to most of the forces in the secular world. However, it seems that there are not many people who take the green dragon's warning to heart.
But at least Dane remembered it.
If things are really as what Kapnos said, once Broken Dragon Peak falls, the first place where the Kingdom of Schindler will face these cursed church forces rushing out of the dark jungle is the beast blood fort.
It's fine if you don't send more troops to Beast Blood Fortress, but where will you transfer people from? Forget about the idea.