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Chapter 715 Disagreement
Duke Heger, as a special envoy of the Rhine Alliance, accompanied Baron Trins to meet Kosdorf at the Sverrier army camp in the north of the Danmar Kingdom, and the two had a secret conversation.

After returning to Hanma City, Duke Heger reported the results of the talks to everyone: "The Kingdom of Sverie has fought with the Kingdom of Danma for two years and has taken back a lot of things. The army is outside, and the country has no troops but a lot of wealth."

"The Suomi Kingdom, across the sea to the east of the Kingdom of Svirier, has suffered from snowstorms for two consecutive years. The situation in the country is very serious. The Principality of Wessen once provided some instant noodles."

"Recently, the Kingdom of Suomi has begun to gather military ships and collect food. It has also purchased a batch of wheat from the Kingdom of Piast, intending to rob the Kingdom of Sviria while the main force of the Kingdom of Sviria is in the Kingdom of Danma."

"So now the Kingdom of Sverie is facing the danger of fighting on two fronts, so we must end the war in the Kingdom of Danma as soon as possible and transfer the main force back to the country."

Rudolf and others began to study the map.

The Kingdom of Suomi and the Kingdom of Sviria are separated by a two to three hundred kilometer long Tanhai Sea. Although the number of their armies is not large, the harsh environment has cultivated strong and tough soldiers, and their strength cannot be ignored.

Natural disasters provide them with reasons and motivation for war. Rather than freezing to death or starving to death, it is better to give it a try.

Such an army has terrible morale when attacking, but lacks confidence and can only fight when the wind is favorable.

After listening to the relevant information, Rudolf said: "It seems that Kosdorf's cooperation is very sincere."

Now that the Danma Kingdom has been unable to conquer the country for a long time, if the Sverie Kingdom fights on two fronts, it is likely that everything it has eaten will be vomited out, and its hometown will also be bitten.

If the situation becomes serious, the Sami Alliance, which has always been based in the north, might move south to intervene, and the Kingdom of Sverriere might be doomed.

Therefore, many people believe that the Kingdom of Sverriers is eager to resolve the battle with the Kingdom of Danmar, and to stabilize the Rhine Alliance that is eyeing it covetously in the south, and concentrate its forces to deal with the Kingdom of Suomi.

But little Franz said worriedly: "What if the Kingdom of Suomi and the Kingdom of Sverrier cooperate?"

"The sea route can reach Flensburg from the Kingdom of Suomi. If they come to attack us while we are attacking the city, it will be difficult to deal with them."

"Both the Kingdom of Suomi and the Kingdom of Sviria share the same faith, which is different from ours."

"What the Suomi Kingdom needs most is food, but the food production in the Danma Kingdom and the east bank of the Elbe River has dropped a lot due to the combined effects of war and cold weather. The military food expenses of the Sverie Kingdom are huge, so I'm afraid there is not much food left."

"If the Kingdom of Suomi wants to steal food, the nearby Kingdom of Piast can do it, and those far away can attack us. Sea transportation puts little pressure on logistics, so it seems unnecessary to attack the Kingdom of Sverrière."

"I think we should not act rashly and should not get easily involved in war."

What he said made some sense, and some people began to waver.

Rudolph was a little unhappy. The opportunity was too good and the benefits were too great. If the action was cancelled because of this, what if he was wrong? Wouldn't that be a missed opportunity?
Count Rank thought for a moment and said, "This situation is possible. We have to be on guard."

"I suggest dragging out the negotiations. If the Kingdom of Suomi really attacks the Kingdom of Sverie, if the Danmar royal family is still there, we will use Flensburg and the land to the south as compensation to help them recover the lost territory. If it is gone, we will rescue Flensburg from the hands of the pagans."

Count Pisto followed up with the words: "If the Kingdom of Sverrière wants to absorb the land of the Kingdom of Danmar, it must resolve the royal family issue, so no matter what, there will inevitably be a final war in the north."

"We can promise to cooperate with the Kingdom of Sverrière and let them down their guard."

"For Flensburg, we can tell them that we are helping to resist the attacks of the pagans and to prepare for defense."

"If the Suomi Kingdom comes, we will kill them."

"If the Kingdom of Suomi attacks the Kingdom of Sverrier, we will take Flensburg, then go north and take over the Kingdom of Danma." "I think the Kingdom of Suomi will definitely attack the Kingdom of Sverrier. Although they don't have much food, the burned houses will have several pounds of iron nails, which is enough to boost morale."

In the eyes of Count Pistor and the group behind him, occupying land is the most important thing, so there are only two goals: occupying the area south of Flensburg or occupying the entire area.

Rudolf nodded. He also needed to expand the territory as his achievement. The goals of both parties were the same.

Count Delden did not object and was happy to see it happen.

Seeing this, little Franz didn't say anything more, but just said: "I will collect relevant information about the Kingdom of Suomi."

After the meeting, little Franz returned to his office and asked his secretary to make him a cup of strong tea.

There are too many unreasonable aspects in the cooperation proposal made by the Kingdom of Sverriere this time.

The Danmar royal family now relies on the terrain to stay in the north. He has been there before during his travels. It only takes a small number of troops to besiege and nibble away at the problem. It doesn't matter whether the main force of the army goes south to solve Flensburg or returns to the country for defense.

Even if we have to deal with the Danma royal family first, it would not be a problem to harass them during the summer and autumn, and then take advantage of the suitable winter weather for the northern warriors to fight and take them down in one fell swoop.

Since Kosdorf is capable of solving the problem on his own, why should he involve the Rhine Alliance?
Little Franz did not believe that it was just a gesture of goodwill. It was impossible for Kosdorf not to see the ambition of the Rhine Alliance. Count Pisto's argument was not his personal behavior. You could hear it in any tavern in Hamma where some small nobles were drinking and sit down until they were drunk.

So he always believed that there was a huge conspiracy behind Kosdorf's move.

But in the current situation, everyone is blinded by the benefits they can get from cooperating with Kosdorf and does not think more deeply.

With the tea came the Comte de Pistoire.

"Would you like some cheese balls?" He brought some snacks. "One of my nephews works as a postal pilot. My family asked him to send it in a lunch box."

"Thank you," said little Franz, "that's great. I heard that your wife once anonymously participated in the Weissenburg snack competition and won the grand prize."

Count Pisto smiled and exchanged a few polite words with him.

Today, many people noticed that young Franz had different opinions on strategic issues. Count Pisto felt that his thinking was too conservative and that he would miss good opportunities by being too cautious, so they came to have a chat.

The two chatted for a while about the news in today's newspaper about the arrival of the Principality of Wessen's airship in the city of Bolling yesterday, and then Count Pisto began to get to the point.

He said to little Franz: "I would like to ask you, if you were in charge of the next action, what would you do?"

Little Franz said seriously: "Hanma City is 400 to 410 kilometers away from the main force of the Kingdom of Sverie army. The road is a gravel trunk road built a few years ago for commercial transportation. The road condition is good, and there are no large-scale garrisons along the way."

"The weather is still hot now. Due to mosquitoes and hygiene issues, there are many non-combat casualties in the Sverrière Army, and they cannot exert their due combat effectiveness."

"We can use all vehicles to transport elite troops, and use ships to transport another large army. It will take 10 to 13 days to deploy them and wipe out the main force of the Kingdom of Sverie in one battle."

"The follow-up troops spread out to both wings, with the main road as the center, just like peeling an onion from the middle and occupying layer by layer."

Count Pisto blinked, as if your idea was too radical.

(End of this chapter)