When the Saint comes, she does not collect food

Chapter 816: The Breakthrough of Leia’s Army
After the general meeting, Horn held a small meeting on the second floor as usual.

The door to the conference room on the second floor was half-open at this time, with faint candlelight shining through.

The air in the room was filled with the faint smell of candle smoke, mixed with the smell of ink and old paper.

There were only a few attendant monks waiting in the meeting room. When they saw Horn and his companions coming, they left smoothly through another door.

Catherine frowned as she entered the room and reached out to close the open windows one by one.

"It's terribly cold. I should have put a fireplace in the church," she muttered softly, then walked over to sit down beside Horn and reached out to pull her shawl tighter.

Horn laughed and said, "Where can we get the funds? And if we have the funds, we will definitely use them on the front lines first."

Catherine casually flipped through the documents on the table, then turned around and asked, "When will the next batch of aid from the Franks arrive?"

"They said it would be delivered in March, but it will probably take more than a month." Glancing at the calendar on the wall, Madeleine answered for Horn.

Ignoring Catherine's complaints, Horne's eyes fell on Madeleine: "How is the Hot Spring City project going?"

Hot Spring City is the name that the elders came up with after widely soliciting opinions.

It has to be said that the elders are a rare breed in the political system of the Holy Alliance.

To say that they have power is not a bad thing. To say that they have no power is that they can write letters to the Papal Palace to express their opinions on almost anything, and the Papal Palace must respond.

After all, they were the noble players who opened the server, and Horn did not give them the rights they deserved because their abilities were not up to par.

But at least in face, they are given the right to express their opinions.

The elders are also an important channel for the public to express their opinions.

Moreover, they have sufficient prestige and connections in the army and among the people, especially among the people of Langsand County.

In today's chaotic judicial system, there are many examples of veterans helping civilians overturn unjust, false and wrong cases.

Most of these elders have industries and jobs in the Holy Court, and some are even workers in textile factories. They are considered the first batch of middle class in the Holy Court.

Some people who rely on veteran subsidies to get by or commit crimes will still be imprisoned and their veteran status will be stripped.

"It is progressing steadily. After Her Highness Meliati expressed her attitude, the North Mound County also relented."

In this coup, various forces in Mountain County defected or remained neutral, and Halkin played an indispensable role.

He led the Reformed Dwarves to attack the homes of the dwarf elders, called on low-level craftsmen to go on strike, and even deliberately led the fleeing refugees from the Gravel Plains to Cold Spring Castle.

These Gravel Plains refugees defecate and urinate every day in the various water conservancy facilities that the people of Cold Spring are proud of.

Whenever these refugees were moved or strikes were suppressed, the newspapers would wield the moral stick to smear the people of Cold Springburg.

In the end, under the overwhelming public opinion, the noble forces of Lengquan Castle were unable to spare a single move to deal with the Bloodless Winter Night.

Besides, several mountain counties had sided with Horn, so they bowed their heads hypocritically.

It was only after the fact that I realized I had to temporarily make a newspaper to make up for the loss.

After Horn successfully led the Holy Alliance regime, following Meliati's statement, many nobles felt betrayed, "We are ready to fight to the death, why did Your Highness surrender first?"

But more people felt inexplicably relieved.

Under multiple pressures, the dwarf elders, who had been tortured for nearly half a year with bruised faces and black eyes, finally gave in.

This is why Halkin took away a large number of dwarf craftsmen.

“In addition, Halkin also recruited a large number of reformist dwarf citizens and craftsmen.

At the same time, a large number of Gravel Plains people who fled the Gravel Plains flood were recruited and asked to build cities and mine in South Mound County.

We promised that after the city was built, we would grant them citizenship and a house or a piece of land." After listening, Horn turned to look at Madelan, "Where are the dwarf craftsmen?"

"They are currently receiving intensive training at the Holy See and will be able to officially enter the arsenal in about a week," Madeleine replied.

Horn nodded with satisfaction.

Horn asked Madeleine some more questions about the dwarves, and Madeleine answered them fluently.

However, as he was asking, Madeleine seemed to remember something and suddenly said, "Your Majesty, when I came here, Her Highness Shilov asked when you and Her Highness Jeanne would return to the Holy See?"

Horn was silent for a moment, then said calmly: "I'll tell her next time I write."

At this time, the door of the conference room was pushed open, and several officers from the General Staff and the core Privy Monks walked in.

Horn took a quick look and saw quite a few new faces.

During this period, the Privy Monks recruited many new members from among the university students of the Holy See.

Even in the newly established legions, there are many college students from the Holy See and even students from Frick High School serving as legion clerks or chaplains.

"Are all the people here?" Horn sat between Madeleine and Catherine and took a sip of hot tea. "Let's begin the military meeting."

The monks immediately spread the map on the table.

Horn looked around at everyone and said in a deep voice: "The Holy Alliance's change of appearance will definitely cause dissatisfaction from the Pope of the Holy See City. He will not tolerate the Holy Alliance, a heretic, plundering the discourse power of the Messiah Church, so he will definitely do his best to deal with us. At present, their army has 60,000, but this is probably not the limit."

He paused for a moment, his eyes scanning everyone's faces one by one.

"Now is the time when they are relatively weak. If we don't hit them head-on at this time, the situation in the future will only become more difficult."

Madeleine frowned and said, "Didn't you say defensive counterattack?"

Das smiled and shook his head: “What we have to do is not to counterattack after defending, but to counterattack during defense.

Our military advantage does not lie in numbers, but in more advanced organization and training."

He stretched out a finger and tapped the map lightly: "In other words, our orders are conveyed more efficiently and our missions are carried out more quickly. Whether it is marching or fighting, we are faster than them."

Looking at the confused Madeleine, Bernardo added: "In terms of spatial dimension, they do have more enemy forces than us.

But in terms of time, our numbers can certainly be greater than theirs.”

Horn nodded. "Well said. This is the biggest advantage of the new army.

People always think that the battlefield they can see before their eyes and the three to five days of maneuvering and confrontation are all the time and space they have.

But in fact, I dare say that the span of the coming war in time and space will far exceed our intuitive perception.

The old empire-style of fighting with all the troops of both sides is outdated!"

Catherine looked at the densely packed symbols on the map and felt dizzy: "So what should I do specifically?"

Horn was about to answer directly, but suddenly stopped.

He looked at Pettier, Bernardo and Das and said with a smile: "Let me test you. Each of you write down the breakthrough point of the Leia army and then show it."

The four of them immediately picked up their quills and wrote a word on their palms.

Then, the four of them spread out their palms at the same time, and then couldn't help smiling or laughing.

Catherine leaned over curiously, only to see a clear word written on Horn's palm - "Haji Castle".

(End of this chapter)