"It is precisely because of the changes that have occurred in the empire that we have to make an even more decision.
If we cannot send troops to the north, the heresy on Wizard Island will not only wreak havoc in the empire, but once Prince Bruce also falls into their hands, then the north will What to do in the future?”
There are powerful orcs in the north who are constantly threatening the border, and a large number of heretics suddenly appear in the south.
If things are really like Sophia said, and the people on Heretic Island follow Keira's example and regard Prince Bruce as a puppet, then facing threats from both sides at the same time, no matter how arrogant Edgar is, he dare not say that the North can easily deal with it.
What's more, the orcs have begun to unite, imagining the scenario of green-skinned monsters invading the north in a large-scale and organized way.
Edgar had to admit that there was some truth in what Sophia said.
If they don't take any measures to deal with it, their northern border will be very passive in the future.
The way to change is also very simple, just follow Lorne's suggestions.
By preventing the orcs from posing a threat to the Northern Territory, they would naturally have more power to deal with the invading heretics.
It can be said that two problems were solved with one solution.
Edgar's expression began to loosen, and Sophia followed up to persuade the young viscount.
"Your Excellency is a member of the Habs family.
You have the right to make choices.
But I hope you can tell your father what you think.
The orcs are changing, and the heretics are also seeking changes.
If we in the north don't make a decision as soon as possible, If we choose, the future will not be in our own hands.”
Young people always like to control their own destiny, and Sophia knew exactly what Edgar was thinking.
Although Viscount Habbs did not respond to her, when he arrived at the place, from the back of Viscount Habbs leaving in a hurry, the bishop knew that his plan was half successful.
Next, it depends on whether Edgar can convince Bank.
There is a big difference between her saying those words and Bank's own son suggesting it.
Sophia, Bank will doubt the Bishop's intentions.
But if it were Edgar's suggestion instead, the legion commander couldn't doubt his own son.
The longer she waited, the more certain Sophia became about the effectiveness of Edgar's suggestion.
It’s just that other people obviously don’t have such good patience, and the news of Heretic Island’s invasion of the empire has spread throughout the fortress.
Even the news that Sophia deliberately spread was not as widespread as the information about the heresy island's invasion of the empire.
After all, the orcs had not really invaded yet, but the heretics had already knocked on the door of the empire.
The lords present were basically divided into two camps.
One was the same as the original Edgar, who felt that the heresy would be eliminated sooner or later, and there was no need for them to wade through the muddy waters in the north.
The other one believed that after the orcs retreated, they should take the opportunity to go south again to avenge the Duke of the North, and at the same time let the reputation of the nobles of the North resound throughout the entire empire.
Before Bank arrived, the two parties were already arguing.
But no matter which one it was, they didn't mention how to deal with the orcs.
In order to turn the situation completely to his side, the bishop also participated in their discussion.
However, Sophia did not choose one of them to join.
Just like the method she used to persuade Edgar before, her suggestion was to take the initiative to completely eliminate the orcs.
We had already discussed this issue once yesterday.
Although the four marquis were very reluctant, they all said they would consider it carefully.
Now Sophia wants to use the threat of Heretic Island to force them to completely side with her.
Bank was also faced with the same choice, and he never thought that his son would consider so much.
After hearing Edgar's analysis from his mouth, the legion commander was very pleased with his son's growth.
Unlike older people like them, if young people are also conservative, then the North will really have no future.
But it was still too dangerous to go to the grassland and fight the orcs, so Bank did not directly agree with Edgar.
But he also made concessions, and the vote that had already been canceled was held early.
After the legion commander briefly stated the fact that Heretic Island had occupied Yuanwang City, he had someone move out a box and began a rare decision-making process in the North.
"Following the advice of Bishop Sophia, all northerners have the right to make a choice.
So I decided to return the power of choice to everyone here.
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Facing the threats of orcs and heretics, I agreed to Baron Fast's entry into the grassland and the orcs.
Whether to fight decisively or to stick to the border and wait for the situation to change, please make your own decision.”
Being able to have his own place in front of the legion commander's conference table, all the people present here are prominent figures in the north.
Even if some family heads do not come, their representatives can still vote.
There are twenty-two people in total, representing the twenty-two most important families in the North.
Counting Sophia's own and Lorne's votes, as well as Bank's vote, twenty-five votes eliminated the possibility of a tie.
Sophia, who had already greeted the nobles in advance, was very confident, but the secret voting method still made the bishop sweat.
Those guys who promised her on the surface actually betrayed her during the official vote.
Fortunately, there were many sensible nobles.
With a slim margin of fourteen votes, he decided to go deep into the grassland, and finally lived up to Lorne's expectations.
But Sophia, who breathed a sigh of relief, had no time to rest.
Now that she had made a decision, the next preparations were quite troublesome.
The logistics required for an army expedition were too huge.
Although Bank had already stocked up a lot of things in the fortress beforehand, it was still not easy to provide food, clothing, housing and transportation for hundreds of thousands of troops.
Therefore, streamlining is definitely indispensable.
The candidates to enter the grassland also need to be discussed.
As the bishop, Sophia also represents Lorne.
Of course, she will be fully involved in the rest of the matter.
Even in the selection of the army, women have the right to speak.
If she seizes the opportunity, she will definitely make good use of it.
In the end, except for the Clark family, all the elites from the other families were included by the bishop.
And in order to facilitate Lorne's command, she also used the excuse that Bank was needed to guard the last pass on the border grassland to stop the legion commander's journey.
His replacement was, of course, Bank's son Edgar.
The young viscount finally had the opportunity to lead an army independently.
Edgar had completely changed his attitude towards the bishop who had given him unlimited possibilities.
During these days, after helping Sophia run around, she almost took care of all the trivial matters.
With Edgar's help, Sophia, who had never led an army before, began to feel that leading an army in a war was just a simple matter.
You must know that at its peak, Lorne only brought close to 100,000 soldiers, but now, Sophia has gathered an army of 200,000
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