The King

  Chapter 362 Sui Policy

  In the mountainous territory, with a burst of cries, the people in the territory immediately boiled.

  The lord has a heir, which is a sign of the maturity of a power. If it weren't for the wrong time, everyone would hold a celebration immediately.

  The public celebrations have been cancelled, but there are many private celebrations.

  This is not the capital of the kingdom, so naturally no one pays attention to such a small problem as "failure".

  Seeing that his son landed safely, Hudson didn't stay long, and immediately stepped on the dragon's back and went straight to the capital.

  Dragon Knight's advantages are reflected here.

  For an ordinary knight to go back and forth to the capital, it would take less than a month to run wildly on horseback, but Maxim could do it in a day.

  The situation in the royal capital is tense, and an important person like Hudson cannot be absent, but it is still possible to ask for a day off.

  With a good mood, he found that the atmosphere was not right when he first arrived in the capital. Before he could enter the house, he was invited to discuss matters in the palace.

  Looking at the nervous crowd, Hudson was very puzzled. I had only left for a day, and something happened again.

   Could it be that another important guest was assassinated?

  If this is the case, the officials in charge of security work can go home and farm.

   "When everyone is here, the meeting will begin.

   Count Carles, Count Martinez, tell everyone what happened on your side! "

   Caesar IV said with a serious expression.

   Seeing this scene, Hudson was very embarrassed.

   It can be seen from the atmosphere at the scene that, except for him, the guy who left, who didn't know what happened, everyone else knew.

  Intuition told him that it must have something to do with the military, otherwise everyone wouldn't be waiting here for him.

   "Just received the news from the border that the army of the Kingdom of Hesse is gathering in the provinces of Kovasia and Obera.

  The specific target is temporarily unknown, but after analysis, Earl Martinez and I agreed that the Hessians came for the kingdom.

  Before we left, we also made an emergency plan. The nobles currently staying in the provinces of Kovasia and Obera have already started mobilizing for war.

   But only the private armies of nobles in our two provinces may be powerless to resist the enemy's front. "

  Hearing what Count Carles said, Hudson was taken aback, calling it unscientific in his heart.

  According to the practice of the continent of Aslante, if a war breaks out between human nations, they must first find a reasonable excuse to do it, and then send someone to fight.

   This is not over yet. After the declaration of war is finished, the war can only be launched after the opponent's army has assembled to the border.

   If you pay more attention to the rules, the first battle between the two sides will also agree on the time and place.

  When they arrive at the place, they don't start fighting immediately, but the top leaders of both sides conduct the last negotiation, or bickering, and the fight officially starts when they can't reach an agreement.

  If you can successfully persuade the other party, or if one party is subdued, it is common to withdraw troops and go home directly.

   "The kingdom's standing army has already set out and will arrive at the front line in the shortest possible time.

   Now I invite everyone to come here to discuss whether the Hessians want to start a war?

  If war breaks out, how should the kingdom deal with it?

   Several powerful countries in the central region are all eyeing our northern continent, will they take advantage of the fire?

  If the war expands, which enemies do we need to face, and which allies can we win? "

  The series of questions raised by Caesar IV completely confused Hudson. Is this discussing how to deal with it? It is clear that they have already started to deal with it.

  The provinces on the border began to be fully mobilized, and the kingdom's standing army was also deployed.

   But this is the Alpha Kingdom. In the past, when the orc army made a slight move, this is how everyone responded.

  Hundreds of years of habits have become natural, and now everyone is driven by subconscious instincts. This good habit will definitely not change in a while.

  Hudson is very suspicious. The army of the Alpha Kingdom has completed its assembly, and the Hessians are still discussing whether to launch a war.

   "Your Majesty, perhaps the situation is not that bad. The standing army of the Hessians is only 230,000 people, and at most half of them can be devoted to the battlefield.

  No matter how elite they are, with only such a small force in total, let the nobles from all over the country defend their castles and fortresses, they may not even be able to take down the provinces of Kovasia and Obera.

  If you really want to invade the kingdom, you must mobilize the whole country.

   May wish to see their follow-up actions before deciding whether to carry out national mobilization.

  The kingdom is in the recovery period, and it is not suitable for launching a large-scale war. It is best not to fight if it is possible. "

   Hudson spoke persuasively.

   But the more he talked, the more he felt that something was wrong. Who is the representative of the Kingdom's hawk faction!

  How did he, the biggest main combat faction, become the leader of the anti-war faction?

   "Your Majesty, the Earl of Hudson is right. The Hessians are no more warlike than the orcs. They haven't fought a war with more than 200,000 people in the past eighty years.

  Perhaps the current mobilization of troops is just a temptation, and their envoys have not withdrawn yet! "

  Marquis Delgado hurriedly followed suit.

  The Ministry of Finance is the largest anti-war faction in the Alpha Kingdom. However, due to his limited military ability, Marquis Delgado did not dare to draw conclusions easily.

   Now that Hudson, the military master of the kingdom, speaks, Marquis Delgado's heart immediately has a bottom line.

   If you can not fight, then you must not fight. If the kingdom's reaction is too extreme and the flames of war are ignited all at once, the finances will really be ruined.

  Of course, if the war is won, it will be another situation.

  However, considering the obvious strengths of both sides, everyone still has no idea.

   It seems that the number of standing armies of the two countries is almost the same, but the Warcraft Cavalry in the Hessian Kingdom Army has become an organizational system, and its weapons and equipment are more advanced.

  The disparity in the strength of the noble private armies between the two countries is even greater. Most of the elite private army of the Alpha Kingdom were buried on the orc battlefield.

   How strong is the combat power, I am afraid no one can tell. Anyway, the aristocratic gentlemen present have no confidence in these troops.

  In contrast, the noble private army of the Kingdom of Hesse is superior in both quantity and quality.

  The strength gap between the extraordinary military services is even greater. In the Kingdom of Hesse, if a family does not have hundreds of monster cavalry, they are ashamed to call themselves a great nobleman.

   There are also large and small magician groups, the specific strength is not clear, anyway, the worst magician group is stronger than Hudson's pocket mage group.

  Of course, the Alpha Kingdom is not without advantages. The speed of mobilization is one aspect. The key is that ninety-nine percent of the nobles on the kingdom's side came off the battlefield.

  The various domestic armies are generally inferior to the Hesse Kingdom in individual strength, but these people are all veterans who have just come off the battlefield.

   This is the confidence that Hudson dared to assert that, in the case of defending the city, the small mobile force of the Kingdom of Hesse could not win the confidence of the two provinces.

  If you can’t achieve phased victory in a short period of time, you will fall into a strategic stalemate. Once the crowd tactics were started, the advantages of the Hesse Kingdom's elite soldiers were not obvious.

  The continent of Aslant is not peaceful, and the strength of the human race cannot be consumed indefinitely in the civil war. At that time, some countries will come out to persuade them to fight.

  If it wasn't for a period of peaceful development to stabilize his own foundation, Hudson really wouldn't mind pushing the boat along the way and fighting against the Kingdom of Hesse.

   After all, foreign wars can really divert domestic conflicts. Instead of letting the nobles of the kingdom fight endlessly, it is better to lead everyone to fight.

   Winning or losing is not important. According to the current gameplay, the expansion of the human race's internal fighting is mainly based on encroachment, and the country will be destroyed before a single battle.

  "Marquis Delgado, the Kingdom of Hesse has summoned nobles from all over the country to the capital for a meeting, which is a sign of war.

  As the saying goes, be prepared, the kingdom must prepare for war in advance, and cannot be attacked by the enemy because of momentary negligence..."

   The words were almost finished before Count Martinez realized something was wrong. It seems that there is no precedent for a direct sneak attack in the war between the nations of the human race.

   But on the surface, he still maintained his composure. It's not impossible to use precedents.

   Before the war really broke out, no one knows whether the enemy will obey the rules. Naturally, predictions about things that have not yet happened cannot be defined by right or wrong.

  Even if he knows that his judgment is too subjective, he must persist. This is the way of survival of the border nobles.

  Placing anyone in his position will require the kingdom to prepare for the war with all its strength, so as not to suffer losses when the war breaks out.

   It is best to engage in a big wave of pushback as soon as the war breaks out, and place the battlefield within the enemy's borders.

   "Count Martinez, things are not that bad. You are all guarding the city now, and even if the enemy sneak attack, it will be difficult to achieve much results.

  The Hessians are not that crazy to lose the reputation of the country for just a few castles.

   Don't forget that our relationship with the Kingdom of Hesse has only deteriorated in the past year, and there is no inextricable hatred between the two sides.

  Even if they really can't bear it and want to launch a war abroad, we can draw disaster from outside.

   At worst, acquiescing to the Kingdom of Hesse's invasion of one or two small northern countries would be a good choice. Since they want to move closer to the big countries in the central region, they should be fulfilled. "

  After listening to the words of the Prime Minister, the Grand Duke of Newfoundland, Hudson called out in his heart: Good guy, isn't this a replica of the policy of appeasement?

  If the Alpha Kingdom plays like this, it will be the source of disaster. When the ambitions of the Hessians are stimulated, a full-scale war between the two countries will really be inevitable.

   Knowing is knowing, but Hudson did not jump out to object. What does the life and death of several small northern countries have to do with him?

  According to the gameplay of the Aslant continent, even if the Kingdom of Hesse is allowed to expand to the northern continent, their pace will not be fast.

   If you want to successfully annex a country, even the smallest uncle country, you have to go through all the political, military, and diplomatic means, and you have to face the interference of many powerful countries

  If the method is a little too extreme, he will be surrounded by people, and his parents will not recognize him.

   "The prime minister is right. Now that the international situation has changed, our foreign policy should also change accordingly.

  Currently, several major powers in the central region want to advance northward. With the current state of the kingdom, it is really too difficult to stop them.

  It is better to make some appropriate concessions, sacrifice the interests of those fools, and temporarily stabilize them. Buy enough time for the kingdom to recover. "

  The words of the Marquis Zuell further clarified the policy of appeasement. Everything stems from interests. The southeastern provinces have national defense pressure, and the southwestern provinces are also not easy.

  Everyone is busy recovering their strength, and now all the nobles in the kingdom don't want to start a war at this moment.

   Counts Carles and Martinez, who were clamoring originally, also fell silent at this moment. Obviously, they also don't want to break out of war with the Kingdom of Hesse at this time.

   There is a chance to lure the enemy away, who wants to turn their own territory into a battlefield?

  "Marquis Zuel, the enemy's ambition cannot be fed by a little profit. The more we indulge them, the greater their ambition will be, and sooner or later they will come back to us.

  Perhaps when the time comes, our enemy will not be just a Hesse Kingdom, but multiple kingdoms in the middle part ruled by desire.

  The best choice is to fight out now, and use iron and fire to extinguish the enemy's ambitions, instead of luring them to annex other small countries! "

   Duke Hero hurriedly objected.

  The speed at which the main combat faction was defeated was so fast that he didn't even bother to struggle, forcing him to stand up.

  If the policy of appeasement is passed, the war will definitely not be fought for a while.

  As long as the Hessians are not in the water, they will know to bully the neighboring small country to eat meat, instead of running to fight against the iron plate of the Alpha Kingdom.

   With the development of the situation, all the nobles in the country are as they wished, but the nobles of the Northland are the only ones who have suffered a tragedy.

  Peaceful times are slowly developing, and the military advantage that originally belonged to the nobles of the North will soon be overtaken by everyone.

  Some wealthy nobles may even rely on their own strong financial resources to surpass them militarily.

   "Duke Hiro, if you can solve the kingdom's financial problems and find a way to make up for the gap in military strength between the two sides, I think this suggestion is very good.

   If it can’t be done, I don’t think your suggestion is feasible.

   Don’t forget, war is about logistics. With the kingdom's current financial resources, I'm afraid we will run out of money just after the war begins.

  The enemy this time is not a foreign race, so don't expect the Human Race Alliance to give us the bottom line.

  If your Excellency can guarantee that the Kingdom’s military can continue to fight for the Kingdom when the supply of logistical supplies is not available, then forget it! "

  Marquis Delgado’s words choked Duke Hero to death, and the other four Dukes were also livid with anger.

  The problem of the army's inferior combat effectiveness can still be overcome. The big deal is to use veterans to heap elite soldiers to death. With everyone's rich combat experience, there may not be no chance of winning on the battlefield.

   But the reason of "there is no money, and the supply of strategic materials cannot be supplied" is really an unsolvable problem.

  Based on the financial situation of the Alpha Kingdom, not to mention going out to borrow money, and not being called in advance, it is considered as a face by the creditors.

   "Count Francis, according to everyone's proposal just now, is the Ministry of Foreign Affairs able to settle the Kingdom of Hesse?"

   Caesar IV asked concerned.

  (end of this chapter)