Chapter 490 Discussing Strategy

Although Martin's idea to Richard was quite radical, it sounded quite cruel and emotionless, which made Richard secretly vigilant. But Richard would not keep a record of it and prepare to deal with Martin in the future because of this reason.

Richard was very generous, and his character in both lives was not a petty person. Because of his experience in the previous life, he was able to put himself in other people's shoes, and show concern and sympathy to the lower classes.

Most of the time, Richard was able to think from other people's perspectives. This kind of character made it easy for Richard to win people's hearts.

Martin and his sons followed the Harland family for forty or fifty years, risking their lives and fighting many times. It is impossible to punish the heroes just because of a proposal.

On the contrary, Richard believed that Martin's idea was not isolated. The nobles under the Harland Kingdom were basically from the northern border and had experienced countless cruel wars.

Since there is war, it will naturally destroy human nature. In order to survive in the cruel northern border, people in this area must be tough and good at fighting, decisive and fierce.

Even Richard's style has been changed a lot by the situation, not to mention others.

In the minds of the people of the Northern Frontier, everything can be sacrificed for victory and ambition, and being overly loving to one's wife and children is not a hero.

Feelings and interests must be prioritized at critical moments.

Richard's court lady, Wendy, is already a nine-ring magician. Her soul is on the verge of transformation, and her spiritual power is very strong. She can survive the attack of the royal seal.

Richard's power is far less than that of a demigod. When making decisions, he also needs to consider the opinions of his backbones to avoid violating public anger and being arbitrary.

Although there are extraordinary powers in the Dawn Plane, the great power belongs to individuals. But Richard does not have enough power to compete with a military and political group alone.

In the minds of Martin and his group, daughter-in-law Vivian is completely an outsider, and sacrificing her is not painful at all. If Vivian has an accident, it can also prevent the Grant family from interfering in the internal affairs of the Harland Kingdom.

The only regret is Philip, but Richard has not only Philip as a son, but three heirs. Besides, Richard, Sophia and Undine still have a long life span and can give birth to other heirs.

Martin, needless to say, has followed the Harland family for nearly fifty years, with rich experience and outstanding military exploits.

These people are the core backbone of the Harland Kingdom.

After all, people like Martin have abandoned their families and careers to follow the Harland family and made many sacrifices. Many of Martin's relatives and nephews also died in battle.

Although Rogge is talented, civil servants are just tools in the eyes of hereditary nobles and can be sacrificed when necessary.

Martin and others like to let the royal family marry the domestic nobles. For conservatives, such marriages are the most stable.

There are no more than ten senior officials participating in today's meeting, namely Martin, the governor of Rex Province, John, the deputy governor, and Thorne, the deputy governor. Jennings, the commander of the Third Legion, Morgan, the deputy commander, Bradrick, the deputy commander, Grumman, the commander of the Ninth Legion, Sosk, the deputy commander, and Forman.

Although the military strength of the Harland Kingdom is far stronger than that of the Grant Kingdom, the situation will change. Once Richard and Sophia have an accident, the surrounding situation will change greatly. This marriage relationship will cause instability in the internal affairs of the Harland Kingdom.

Richard does not want to sacrifice his son, brothers and other relatives, so he must find a way to persuade those who want to break the treaty and provoke war. There are many supporters of this idea, and Martin is a representative figure.

Now the situation has changed. Let's discuss whether to tear up the contract and take the initiative to participate in the internal war of the Delong Kingdom?

This matter is related to the strategy of the Harland Kingdom. After listening to everyone's news, I have to return to my homeland to discuss with domestic ministers, senior legion officials, and even the important officials who stayed in the Red Moon plane. I need to seek opinions and combine the opinions of the majority before making a decision. "

After thinking carefully for most of the night, I thought of the words. The next morning, Richard convened a meeting of the senior garrison officers of the Rex Province and said straight to the point: "In recent days, everyone has received news of the civil war in the Delong Kingdom.

Some time ago, we signed peace treaties with neighboring countries under the witness of the Holy Empire of Light, the Church of Fairness and Justice, and the Church of Kingship.

He cherishes feelings too much and is not a qualified king. Even if Richard is very prestigious, I am afraid that many people will be disappointed and think that Richard is not a person worth following.

Jennings is the benchmark for Richard to be selected from slaves. Now he has been promoted to Viscount and is the fourth person in the military of the Kingdom of Harland. He has long been independent and has a greater influence in the army than Martin.

Even gods need to establish churches and cultivate subordinate gods. They also need to consider the opinions of the high-level officials of the Church and the subordinate gods under their command, and divide the interests well, so as to win in the cruel competition.

From the intelligence we have, the Kingdom of Anton is very ambitious and wants to emulate the reform of Harland, which has triggered a war between the reform and conservative forces.

Hayden's qualifications and talents are average, and he can also be sacrificed for the great cause of the Kingdom of Harland.

Morgan is Richard's cousin. He has followed Richard for 30 years and has made great achievements in the army. He is brave and good at fighting. He is now an eighth-level knight and a high-ranking officer of the legion.

Although Grumman joined Harland halfway, he also made many achievements.

Sosk is young and promising. His father is Roland, who also comes from a family of meritorious officials in the Kingdom of Harland. Bradrick and Foreman are both veterans who have served the Harland family for more than 20 years and have a deep foundation in the army.

John is the son of Bernard the steward, and has followed his father into the Harland Territory for twenty-seven years. John stayed with his father in his early years and was responsible for managing the orc slaves. Then he moved into local politics and served as township mayor, county magistrate, and county guard. He was recently promoted to provincial deputy consul.

Thorne is the son of Richard's third uncle, Bernie. He joined the Grizzly Legion in the early years. After retiring from the army, he joined the Halland leadership and became a civilian official. He has also worked hard in these years and served as the deputy consul of the province of Rex.

Of course, John and Thorne are only civil servants and do not actually have a high say in the Kingdom of Harland.

Although the system of the Harland Kingdom is an autocratic monarchy, the core is that the army owns everything. It's just that Richard is the founder of the army and the most prestigious commander. He is the brains of the Harland Army and can easily command and mobilize the Harland Army.

If something happens to him, the founder of the legion, the heir will not be able to control the monster of Harland's legion at all, and there is a high probability that the internal military leaders will start a civil war.

Their own authority is insufficient, and simple civil servants such as John and Thorne can only talk about decisions and policies involving the general direction of the country on the surface.

As civil servants in the government, the two of them did not like war, because war would expand the authority of military officers and nobles. Moreover, years of war would seriously affect economic development, making the civil service class naturally resentful.

After the two proposed the idea of ​​abiding by the treaty, Martin immediately refuted it loudly.

"Stupid, short-sighted, with no political vision, and no strategy. Anton is very ambitious. Once he succeeds in reform and monopolizes power, he will be a great threat to us in the future.

Especially the southern province of Rex, which is far away from the mainland, is right under the nose of the Kingdom of Delon. As long as the Kingdom of Dron defeats the two Dukes of Visia and Crean, it will be able to put its troops at our waist.

By then our situation will be very troublesome. "

Martin's scolding immediately left John and Thorne speechless. Martin's qualifications and military exploits far exceeded those of the two deputy consuls, and his own momentum intimidated the two civil servants into silence.

After listening to Martin's argument, Richard nodded calmly, then turned to Jennings and asked: "What is your opinion?"

"We must not only consider the internal situation, but also the external situation. We just signed a peace treaty some time ago. This treaty was witnessed by three major forces. Breaking the treaty will cause serious political consequences. Perhaps the Holy Glorious Empire, Fairness The Church of Justice and the Kingship Church will cause trouble for us.”

Hearing Zhan Ningsi's talk, Richard nodded approvingly, obviously very satisfied with Zhan Nings' answer.

Before Zhan Nings finished speaking, he was interrupted by Grumang, the commander of the Ninth Army.

"The Holy Glorious Empire is very far away from us. It cannot invest too much power to intervene in the civil war of the Delong Kingdom, nor can it prevent us from tearing up the treaty. Moreover, the Holy Glorious Empire is in a bad situation now and is shrinking its power. It will not reverse its national policy and concentrate its power against us. The only thing they can do is to condemn us, and condemnation will not make us lose a piece of meat. If we worry about external interference, we will be too courageous.

Moreover, we have the support of Morningside Church, which is enough to help us resist the pressure of the two major churches, King Power and Justice. What I mean is that a decision should be made immediately. "

Although Grumang joined the Harland Territory halfway, he also made many achievements. He commanded the noble coalition forces on the battlefield many times. He was once appointed by Richard as the commander of the Fifth Army and the commander-in-chief of the Puliland Theater.

Grumang has made many military exploits in previous wars. Now his merits have been accumulated to the level of Viscount, which is higher than that of Martin and his son. He was promoted to the ninth level earlier than Soros and Jennings. If he received strong support from Richard, he would also have a high probability of being promoted to the legendary realm.

If it weren't for the special status of the Rex Province, Richard would not have transferred Grumang to take over as the commander of the Ninth Army.

Seeing Grumang's rudeness, Zhannings was secretly angry and retorted without giving any face: "You are right. According to common sense, the Holy Radiance Empire will not adjust its strategy and mobilize its army to prevent us from tearing up the treaty.

But the probability of interference does exist and is not low.

The Holy Radiance Empire has been implementing a balancing strategy among the eastern kingdoms for the past thousand years. The Kingdom of Stark more than a thousand years ago, the Kingdom of Rex 700 years ago, the Kingdom of Venus 600 years ago, and the Kingdom of Venus 400 years ago. The Delong Kingdom is a victim of this strategy.

For more than a thousand years, no matter which country developed rapidly and had the idea of ​​​​annexing the eastern countries, it would be targeted by the Holy Glorious Empire.

Tell me, if we tear up the treaty, will the higher-ups of the Holy Glory Empire be afraid? Will they change their strategy and focus on attacking our country that disrupts regional balance and take the initiative to cause trouble for us?

In addition, the notarized party is the Church of Equity and Justice.

Even though the Fairness and Justice Church does not have many believers, its church power is not as powerful as the Morningside Church. But believers in the God of Fairness and Justice are paranoid lunatics who are not afraid of death and have the idea of ​​​​eradicating war. If we tear up the treaty, will the Paladins of the Church of Equity and Justice prevent us from participating in the war?

Another point is that the Delong royal family is a believer in the God of Kingship, and the Kingship Church will never want the Delong Kingdom to be wiped out by us. I think the current external environment is indeed not suitable for us to tear up the treaty. "

After listening to Jennings's argument, Bradrick was also very dissatisfied and asked: "You said that the external environment is not suitable for taking action. Are you just going to sit back and wait for death? Wait for the enemy to accumulate strength and attack at our doorstep?"

Bradrick, like Martin, had served as Jennings' superior.

More than 20 years ago, Jennings had served as his deputy. Now the two have switched positions, but at the moment of decision-making, Bradrick still agrees with Martin and Grumman's strategy.

As a northerner who climbed from a slave to a general, Martin, Grumman, Bradrick and others have some common characteristics. In addition to being tenacious and good at fighting, they have a strong sense of crisis. Although they have not received much education, the cruel reality has trained their abilities and allowed them to clearly see the danger.

Jennings said: "Just because we can't tear up the treaty doesn't mean we can't interfere in the situation."

Richard heard this and took over Jennings' words: "Jennings is right. War is the continuation of politics. Tearing up the treaty is the most clumsy means.

The foundation we have now is already very strong. Not counting the territory of the Red Moon Plane, the land area is twice that of the Kingdom of Delong, and the total population of the territory is also several million more than that of the Kingdom of Delong.

Even if the reform of the Kingdom of Delong is successful, the country's potential is far less than ours.

Besides, the development of magic civilization and industrial technology requires not only institutional reforms, but also a technological foundation. At our current speed of development, even if the Kingdom of Delong catches up for fifty years, it will be difficult to catch up with us.

In addition, even if we don't tear up the treaty, we still have many means of interference. First of all, we can send people to Guevara, Visia, and K. We can also buy serfs who have fled from the Kingdom of Delong by going to the borders of the four duchies of Ryan and Allen.

In addition, we can also send people to the four duchies to sell weapons to the opposition of the Kingdom of Delong, including swords, spears, shields, cloth armor, catapults, magic hot air balloons, and even Tenghui potions, alchemical bombs, and enchanted weapons. Even magic crystal cannons, I think we can open up a gap and sell them to the nobles of the opposition of the Kingdom of Delong.

By exchanging weapons for population, we can use the method of cutting off the firewood from the bottom of the pot to weaken the national strength of the Kingdom of Delong. The longer the civil war lasts, the better it will be for us.

I think Martin will be in charge of the plan of exchanging weapons for population. The Holy Empire of Light can formulate a balance strategy for the eastern countries, and we can also follow the example of the sages and formulate a balance strategy for the Kingdom of Delong.

We must maintain the balance between the two sides and try to make the civil war last for many years. "