The nobles of this era rarely talked about war with people other than the nobles, because war was a game of nobles, a chess game between kings and lords, and war was the tool and stage for them to distribute their interests, so they would not, and there was no need to explain to the civilians why their land was involved in the war, but Gao Wen did not think so.

He must let his men know why the war broke out and what the war means to the territory. Only in this way can he tie the interests of all Cecil's leadership together.

"Everyone, the peace has ended. According to my judgment, it will not take long before Prince Edmund and Ansu's most powerful Eastern Legion will announce that the King Capital has been occupied by the rebels, and the two dukes of the King Capital and the Welsh Moon they are holding will definitely call on the nobles to rise up in the same name. Ansu's second civil war may break out in Fire Moon, and our greatest advantage is to know the news before everyone."

Gao Wen did not explain his source, but his absolute authority and his magical performance also made him not need to explain. Everyone in the conference hall began to think about Cecil's future along the lord's thoughts. The Byron Knight was the first to break the silence: "The war will sooner or later burn to the southern border."

"That's right, three of the four kingdoms will be involved in civil war. The southern border cannot be kept alive forever," Gao Wen nodded, "So what we have to do is to firmly control the southern border before the war comes in and take the initiative."

The death of Francis II was a big variable for Gao Wen, but this variable was also within his previous poor predictions of this peace negotiation. Although the details were different, he did deduce the possibility of a civil war breaking out in Ansu. Now that the king is really dead, the situation in this kingdom is about to sway, but for Gao Wen, there is indeed a hidden opportunity here.

He can regain and rule the entire southern border with more righteousness and focus more on his efforts.

The chaotic nobles of the capital and the Moen royal family will have no time to take into account the situation in the southern border, and the Grand Duke of the Three Realms will not be able to spend extra energy to intervene in the southern border reshuffle. Those nobles of the Southern border who have many ties to the Holy Spirit Plain will also be impacted by chaos and become easier to deal with. As long as you can seize the opportunity to take the lead and complete the integration of the basic board in the early stage of the Ansu civil war, everything will be easier than planned before.

Moreover, Gao Wen can also take advantage of this civil war to make many of his follow-up activities more legitimate...

With this idea, Gao Wen first mobilized the supervisors of various departments before the war and completed the allocation of combat readiness tasks. After the meeting, Byron, Philip, Saldrin, Hetty and Amber stayed: the next one was the real closed-door military meeting.

"The combat corps mobilization has been in place," Byron first reported his situation. "At present, the arsenal is still working overtime to stockpile weapons and ammunition."

Hetty continued: "The war preparation propaganda in the territory started a few days ago. In addition, I have asked Godwin Orlando to prepare for the extra news about the major nobles in the southern border plotting to attack Cecil and plunder the wealth of the territory. As soon as tomorrow, the entire territory will be released."

Gao Wen looked at Amber again, and before he could speak, the latter had already begun to report the news he had just received: "Miss Glen sent the latest secret letter, Viscount Carroll and Earl Pebo, near the Earl Pebo, armed militia and knights appeared for many consecutive days. It seems that the Earl Hosman has begun to assemble the army. They also sent an invitation to the Earl Glen as you explained before, Viscount Glen agreed."

"They only know that I visited Glenling once last winter, but I don't know that Glenling was already a member of Cecil's power just once," Glenling shook his head. "I have always asked Roppenni Glen to actively contact Hosman, and it seems that the effect is pretty good."

"What direction do you think they will attack?" Saldrin asked looking at Gao Wen.

Gao Wen stood up and came to the South Land map hanging on the wall of the conference room.

"Cecil's back is against the Dark Mountains, which is a natural danger. At least the nobles in the southern border will not challenge this natural danger, so they can only choose three offensive routes: the east side, the west side, and the north side.

“The Earl of Hosman and the southern nobles he contacted were mostly located in the west and north, and if they attacked from the east it meant that most of them would have to travel long distances in the wilderness, and Cecil was mountainous on the east side, and the only few plains were narrow, so this was not a good offensive line;

"On the west side, the dense western forest is a huge barrier. If they do not want the army to circle around the forest for half a month, they have to walk on the east and west roads between the forest and the Baishui River, or flow down from the Baishui River. The former has to face the blockade of Cecil, and the latter has to pass through Leslie's leadership and pass under the towering walls of Tanzan... But they may take this risk, because although Viscount Andrew Leslie has been very close to Cecil, it is not impossible for the nobles in the southern border to fight for it;

"The north... this should be the best offensive route. They can attack the Kant area first, because Kant is the new land of Cecil. According to general rules, they will think that the Kant area has low garrison strength, and the local knights and squires will have very low loyalty to Cecil, so they will give priority to attack here. If Kant is taken down, they can still use it as a stronghold and continue to go south to attack Cecil."

After Gowan finished his speculation, Saldrin touched his chin and said, "So, they might attack from the west and the north at the same time?"

"It depends on how many people the Earl of Hosman can organize, and whether his authority is enough to support such a division of troops," said Gao Wen, and then retracted his gaze from the map. "What we have to do now is to push the Earl of Hosman for the last one..."

"Push the last one?" Hetty asked curiously.

"Notify Padric to reduce the supply of alchemy potions to the entire southern territory by 50%," Gao Wen said to Hetty first, and then turned to Amber, "Let the 25th Production and Construction Office formulate a plan and let the 25th Brigade spread a news... It is said that the riots broke out between the Cecil Knights who lost their land and the despised Wangdu Mages, which destroyed the alchemy factory. Cecil was in chaos, and the alchemy potion industry, as the pillar of the territory, was about to stop. When the trial production of the heavy-explosive grenades, wasn't there a batch of bad products that had not been destroyed yet? It happened to go to the North Bank Reservoir to blow up the pit, let the 25th Brigade go to the dock to lay the foundation, blow it up in front of them, and turn back to tell them that it was the wizards in the territory that were causing trouble."

Amber's eyes lit up after hearing this: "I like this plan!!"

Not to mention Amber, even Saldrin admired Gao Wen's idea at this time, so Philip couldn't help but mutter to Byron: "You said... isn't the lord's doing this a bit inconsistent with the spirit of chivalry?"

Byron opened his mouth and habitually wanted to make up another lies to fool this honest young man. However, the plan made by Gao Wen this time was too dirty. Even with the old fried dough stick's mouth, he had to tsk twice: "The Lord is for the sake of the overall situation and has to sacrifice the spirit of the chivalrous spirit."

Philip thought for a while and nodded: "Oh."

Byron looked at him in surprise: "Hmm? Have you changed your sexual intercourse? Why don't you be as entangled with chivalrous spirit as before?"

Philip thought about it again and waved his hand: "I realized one thing recently, that is, I can't even say you at all, so I want to know more about the Persuasion Route Cannon you promised to give me the last time?"

Byron: “…”

In the spring of Ansu 736, in the last few days of the month of recovery, countless tides, light or dark, were surging in this ancient country.

However, due to the slow spread of news and the obstruction of the southern region itself, when these tides just surged, almost everyone in the southern region didn't know what they were going to deal with in the next few years.

In the eastern region, Glen and Roppeni Glen sent away the messenger from the western region. As the carriage with the Horsman family emblem gradually disappeared on the mountain road, a warm smile slowly appeared on the corner of her mouth.

"Has 70,000 rabies gathered..." The viscount woman murmured to herself, "It's so crazy..."

The middle-aged butler who had been following for many years came to the visor and whispered: "The hostess, the knights and soldiers have gathered together."

"Very good," Roppeni Glen nodded, "Let the knights go first and go to Carol to get...I will help that good neighbor."

The housekeeper bowed and left, while Roppennie Glen turned around and stood on the terrace of the castle to look at the rolling mountains in the southern region.

"Seventy thousand people...Duke Gaowen, I hope you can indeed do what you promised. This will be the last time I have been gambled in my life."

Cecil's roar of steel from the giant repulsive mechanism and hinge device, the huge mechanical bridge connecting the two sides of the river slowly descended and closed. Various vehicles and pedestrians who had been waiting for a long time stepped onto the bridge deck. A messenger carriage heading to the Kant area ran in the front. As the carriage was speeding, a pile of newspapers placed in the carriage loosened due to vibration, and several sheets of paper emitting the smell of ink drifted to the bridge deck.

The newspaper has a prominent title:

Foreign war threatens our prosperity and peace

Below this is a line of subtitles:

Mr. Goldwin comments on the situation Earl of Hosman and his lackeys do not want the people of Cecil to live a good life

A pair of feet wearing coarse cloth shoes walked on the mechanical bridge. The owner of these feet stopped in front of this "outside the number", and then a thick and powerful hand picked up the piece of paper.

Wright Aviken looked carefully at the content on the outside. This article was completely different from the style of Goldwin Orlando's previous writing style that even if it was hard and simple, it had to be full of elegant language. It was simple and straightforward, but it was as aggressive as a sharp sword, with strong and hot emotions. There was no doubt that even if this article was written by Goldwin himself, its content was not thought of by the "Editor-in-Chief and President" from the capital alone.

"Is the battlefield..."

The priest who lost his holy light grumbled softly, slowly clenching his fists.
Chapter completed!