Today, more than a hundred years have passed since the Kingdom of Knights reached its peak of glory. otbnkotgt They were afraid that the Kingdom of the Knights would rise again.
This in turn affects the balance of large border areas.
It was because of this concern that the Wende nobles, including Henry of Shilonsk and Dietrich of Livonia, all looked at Otto of Mystia.
Under William's guidance, Duke Otto already had an influence far greater than his own title.
Although people did not regard him as the leader or the leader of this alliance.
But he didn't resist asking him for advice when he was in trouble.
Duke Otto plays the role of a strategist, or a think tank.
So Duke Otto stood up, first nodded to the grand dukes and nobles, and then said: "Things are not as bad as imagined, my friends."
His calm tone is more convincing than the slightly crazy and excited words of the Gothic knights: "Yes, the situation is not that bad.
What we have to face is not 200,000, 150,000 or 100,000 Tartarian troops.
According to intelligence, the enemy we have to face is only 50,000 On the left and right.
It was a partial division.
At the same time, Tartariya Khan and his Qixue army were not there.
Their main force was advancing towards Slavi territory.
Presumably, they were more interested in the Slavis who were easier to conquer. " Hearing Duke Otto's words, the other nobles breathed a sigh of relief.
Afterwards, following Duke Otto's prompts, he picked up the document in hand and started reading.
After that, the sound of "whooshing" like a sigh of relief spread in the conference room like an infectious disease.
The confident, calm smile returned to their faces again.
Seeing this scene, Siebolander felt a little uncomfortable.
He happily walked out of the cold bench of the Knights and came to the war-torn land of the Great Border Area, hoping to establish his own business here.
He also knew that if he wanted to establish a new Knights Kingdom in the border area, then relying on his own strength alone would definitely not be enough.
The strength of the Knights is temporarily among the coalition forces, occupying a relative majority.
There are about 10,000 Knights troops and about 30,000 mercenaries, forming a powerful army of 40,000 people.
It's just a pity that this army is like water without a source and a tree without roots.
If the situation cannot be opened up as soon as possible, the Knights' army, which has exhausted its supplies, will soon collapse.
Three-quarters of the mercenaries will leave without hesitation.
The knight army, numbering about 10,000, will also be divided.
Yes, Siboland is only the nominal supreme commander of the Crusaders of the Knights.
In fact, except for a group of troops that he directly controls and personally controls, his influence is very limited.
Because it does not have an independent country, and because it has absorbed too many nobles and merchants after moving inland, the current Gothic Knights are more like an alliance and a hodgepodge than an independent organization.
After launching the Crusade and raising donations, although Siboland fought hard, he was only able to win part of the military power and the money raised.
The rest of the supplies and troops are in the hands of the branch leaders of several other knights.
Even in the hands of a few Gothic nobles who were just knights.
Some of these people were reluctantly obedient, while others only maintained a little superficial respect for Syborander, but in fact acted on their own, just like Freya.
Yes, it's like Freya, William's aunt.
Although her ranking in the Knights and the amount of weapons and power she possesses are not many.
But after the rise of the Hereford family.
With the Second Great Border War about to begin, Freya's status naturally increased.
And more importantly, both the Crusade in Tartaria and the idea of raising funds from the nobles were related to the Hereford family.
Freya would naturally have the upper hand in this matter.
Under William's control, Freya obtained a knight troop consisting of more than 1,700 noble knights and retinues, mainly the second son of the family, bankrupt knights errant and mercenary knights.
And hired three thousand well-trained mercenaries from the "Great" Mercenary Group.
It became a decisive force in the Gothic Knights Crusade.
In addition to Freya, there are several other senior members of the Knight Order and children of great nobles like her.
They accounted for more than two-thirds of the Knights' Crusaders' strength.
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So, Siebolander knew that if he wanted to make a difference, two things were most important.
The first point is to unite the Crusaders of the Gothic Knights around you.
The second point is to rely on the power of Wende's local nobles.
The former can ensure the establishment of his Knights' country, and the latter can ensure that his Knights' country can exist for a long time and develop stronger.
In order to unite the strength of the Knights, Sieboland hopes to build himself into a flag and show his enthusiasm for war.
At the same time, Siboland also hopes to use this method to attract the local nobles of Wende.
Unfortunately, his tricks don't seem to work very well.
Compared with him who is not famous and only shouts slogans, people seem to prefer Duke Otto, who has the honor of a hero, is calm, and has ideas.
He has enough reputation and power.
He is a native nobleman of Wende.
At the same time, his sister Freya is an important member of the Gothic Knights Crusaders, and he himself is also an honorary knight of the Gothic Knights.
In this case, there is no one more suitable to play the role of "leader" than him.
Perhaps his only shortcoming is his title and qualifications.
The title of Duke is slightly inferior to that of Grand Duke, and it has only been in the past two years that the Hereford family has obtained the title of Duke.
If you don’t have enough foundation, you will easily be regarded as a nouveau riche.
However, under William's operation, Duke Otto successfully maintained his "friendship" with Archduke Leszek.
At least until the end of the Second Great Border War, this friendship would not deteriorate.
At the same time, with Archduke Leszek as a helping hand, Duke Otto also quickly gained the friendship of Archduke Henry of Shilonsk.
These two grand dukes, who both belong to the Trieste family, are the mainstays of the Wende Alliance.
Duke Otto supported Archduke Henry as the leader of this alliance, and even hinted at the possibility of the Wende Civil War, and persuaded Archduke Leszek to continue to support Archduke Henry in order to help Archduke Henry become the King of Wende.
This made Archduke Henry even more I was overjoyed and relied heavily on him.
The support of the two Grand Dukes of Trieste re-established Duke Otto's foundation.
The marriage contract between William and Princess Elise adds insurance to this relationship in terms of in-laws.
Under such circumstances, no one can stop Duke Otto from becoming the de facto commander, chief of staff and chief of staff of the coalition forces.
This made Sieboland very uncomfortable.
But nothing can be done.
Duke Otto has very strong soft and hard power.
And now we are facing a powerful enemy.
Even if there is to be internal strife, we must at least wait until the centaurs of Tartaria are defeated before we can talk about it.
"Then Duke, what do you mean?"
Sieboland asked, suppressing his impatience.
"It's very simple."
Duke Otto smiled and nodded to Siebolander.
He was very elegant.
Compared with the bearded and slightly obese Siebolander, he was like heaven and earth.
"To ask what we should do and how to do it, we must understand what our opponent, the centaurs of Tartaria, wants to do."
Duke Otto talked about strategic matters, This is not what William taught, but what Duke Otto himself knew.
With the support of William's intelligence system, Duke Otto, who had sufficient information, was naturally able to speculate to the maximum extent on the strategic intentions of the Centaurs in Tartaglia.
Unlike Ruthenia and Perm's rules, Salida Khan had no intention of submitting a letter of war to the Wende people.
According to Duke Otto's speculation, in fact, Sarida Khan did not even want to start a war with the Wende Kingdom.
In accordance with his steady expansion policy.
He didn't mean to swallow up the entire Grand Frontier region in one go.
Even the four countries of the Slavs.
For the time being, he does not want to annex the two countries of Holmgard and Novgorod, which are further north, richer, but at the same time stronger.
What he wants is Ruthenia and Pilm, who have been entangled with Tartariya for too long, and their strength has been severely depleted.
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They no longer have the value, meaning or necessity of their existence.
Annexing these two countries is his real purpose.
Of course, Duke Otto would not say the above speculation.
Because this will give people a sense of luck that they survived, which is not conducive to the subsequent war.
"So, let's talk about the opponents we have to face next.
My friends."
Duke Otto said.
Almost at the same time, in the Circassian Castle, less than 300 kilometers away from Krakow, William and Chalumi were conducting similar war games in their military conference room.
Compared with before, the conference room was slightly deserted.
This was because Freya went south to Krakow.
"Our opponent is Kublai, the fifth son of Salida Khan.
Perhaps he is also the one with the highest status and the strongest military talent among his sons.
There is some information that Salida Khan preferred this man to be his successor.
Of course, this is just a rumor and cannot be taken completely seriously.
But this also shows the ability of this man and his status in the Tartariya Khanate" 160420oshow7: