"Unlike the Britons.otbnkotgt Troops in the Carpathian region cannot move too much.
There are dark elves here watching eagerly.
Even if Kalman IV ignored this, the local Carpathian nobles would not agree to his offer.
The reason why Carpathia accepted Kalman IV as the Carpathian monarch was because Kalman IV had the ability to resist.
Invasion of the Dark Elves.
If His Majesty the Emperor is unable to protect the Carpathians, or even wants to weaken the Carpathians for his own benefit, then the local nobles will definitely object at the first opportunity and then break away from his rule.
Then, there is Lombardy.
Southern Lombardy is in the midst of competition between the Southern Lombards, Asturians, and the Berbers of the Christian Church of the Moon.
The northern region is controlled by many small states.
As a private territory of the Holy See, Lombardy rarely intervenes in continental wars."
"Intelligence shows that the Holy See is involved in this war."
When William said this, Duchess Freya beside him interrupted him: "No matter what the actual significance of this war is, at least on the surface, The main cause of this war was the dispute between traditional sects and new sects.
Under such circumstances, should the Holy See still hold back Kalman IV?”
After Princess Freya finished speaking, there was a buzz of discussion in the venue.
A few officers felt there was some truth to Freya's words.
At the same time, there was also intelligence showing that some Lombards had joined the Imperial Army.
At the same time, the Holy See also publicly issued a statement endorsing the justice of the emperor's war, and called on the dukes of the city-states in northern Lombardy to raise funds for His Majesty the Emperor.
From this point of view, the Holy See and the Kingdom of Lombardy are indeed on the side of Emperor Kalman IV.
Of course, this is only a superficial point.
"Although, things are not that simple."
William said with a smile: "The Holy See does not want the sects in the northern part of the empire to split, but in comparison, I think the Holy See does not want to see a unified Ostrogothic Empire.
In the former case, the Holy See will lose a lot of parishioners, plus less income from tithes and donations.
However, in the latter case, he was about to lose his roots in Lombardy.
Any emperor who unified the empire on the mainland would look south to the territories south of the Alps.
Any emperor would want to acquire the wealth, population and resources there.
The emergence of a strong emperor means that the Holy See will face a life and death test.
Compared with their survival and their current generous life, the Holy See can give up some of its interests and some of its beliefs to allow the empire to continue to remain divided. , something even willing to accept.”
Before anyone else could speak, William continued: "Yes, the Holy See calls for war with those Protestant countries.
Likewise, the Holy See calls on the monarchs of the small Lombard states to raise donations.
But when it comes to the amount of money, troops and resources in the hands of His Majesty the Emperor, how many infantry regiments can there be?
Yes, the entire Lombardy has a population of tens of millions, and both the Holy See and the monarchs of various small states are very wealthy.
They can easily organize tens of thousands.
In history, similar things happened often, but if you pay a little attention, you will find that the Lombards really burst out with fighting enthusiasm and organized tens of thousands or even 100,000 armies at any time.
At the call of an emperor, on the contrary, they took active action when the emperor went south to invade Lombardy and interrupted the good days of these Lombards."
After hearing what William said, the surrounding generals and senior officers stopped talking, and they all frowned, thinking about what William said.
Yes, indeed.
What William said makes sense.
"But, if that's the case" "If this is the case, then the probability of the emperor winning, it seems" "In a comprehensive confrontation, the emperor has almost, no, it should be said that there is no possibility of winning."
William said very calmly: "Although he won a battle, it could not change the balance of power between the empire and the coalition at all.
We have discussed it before.
The emperor ostensibly owns the three territories of Lombardy, Great Moravia and Carpathia, but the power of Lombardy and Carpathia cannot be mobilized.
The emperor was only fighting with the strength of his base, which was Great Moravia.
Great Moravia is indeed the largest state in the empire, ranking first in terms of population, resources, and wealth.
But the imperial civil war that just ended was also fought by the emperor with the power of Great Moravia.
The civil war in the empire has just passed, and Great Moravia's national strength may not have recovered much.
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Under such circumstances, Moravia's national strength may not be able to sustain another war that is larger than the previous imperial civil war. " "So what should we do now?"
At this time, the general and senior officers were silent.
In fact there is nothing to say.
I don't know, I just don't know.
Several officers who originally thought that the matter was very simple, that the imperial army was overwhelming, and that the enemy troops would soon be all over the territory, now said nothing.
According to William's analysis, the empire is bound to fail, so it is absolutely impossible to join the empire.
But the problem is that the coalition forces are almost completely lost.
Is it really appropriate to join the coalition under such circumstances?
If you don't join the coalition, then what will happen to both sides?
Where will Russia go if it doesn’t stick to it?”
So, after asking this question, everyone, including William's father King Otto, looked at William von Hereford.
The Hereford family is the youngest, wise, sinister, and terrifying young man who has single-handedly created a huge empire that is unique in the world.
Just like every decision made before, Russia, Mystia, Polotsk, and Wende made up this nameless empire.
Everyone looked at William, as always, waiting for their genius and their monarch. , their prophet gave them the most correct answer.
"We continue to wait."
So, William said with a smile.
"Keep waiting."
King Otto asked with some confusion: "We will not send troops or join any party.
We will continue to maintain neutrality."
"Yes, we continue to maintain neutrality."
William nodded: "Hereford's 50,000 standing troops and 100,000 troops continue to stand still."
He said: "We don't have much time, my friends, this is a rare opportunity Opportunities.
To our south are the docile centaurs, to our north are the unthreatening Polotsk Sea and the ice fields.
The wilderness and grasslands in the east are waiting for us to explore and conquer.
The empire in the west has no regard for our power now. .
In other words, my friends, we are free.
"At this point, William showed a pleasant smile: "Yes, in this case, without external pressure, we are free and unfettered.
If we don't take this opportunity to take advantage of our occupied area, we will If our country and our people straighten things out, we will never find this opportunity again.
Hereford has expanded to a rather terrifying extent.
We are very lucky that we are in a war that has little to do with us, and none of the current strong ones can care about us.
We can continue to develop, but after this war, it will be difficult to find this opportunity.
Perhaps you and I will live in a state of fear and hostility from all human countries for as long as we live.
So we are neutral. " William's words determined the policy of the Hereford family in the next few months, a year, or even a few years.
The Imperial forces continued to lie dormant.
At the same time, the imperial government devoted itself wholeheartedly to cultivating internal strength.
The family will allocate more funds to build a more widespread education system, colleges and universities.
At the same time, the Empire will conduct an extensive census.
In the new territory, William would carry out land and agricultural reforms based on previous experience.
With the entire empire and even the entire human world in a state of war, William believed that the Hereford family's traditional trade in food and agricultural products would continue to be prosperous.
And developed agriculture will further stimulate the empire's population growth.
The current population is only 10 million, which is completely unable to carry the ambitions of the Hereford family.
In the coming war, the family will accept a large number of refugees from the empire and implement policies that encourage childbirth.
William's goal was to triple the population under the Hereford family to thirty million within twenty years.
Perhaps the Hereford family will not be the strongest country in the human world in a short period of time, but William believes that he can become the country with the largest population in the human world first.
In addition, the empire's ambitious railway project will also begin.
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The steam train ordered from the North, the dwarves, has begun to be built.
Different from the strange track width of the "two horse bodies" that is very pleasant at present, William decided to increase the track width to two thousand millimeters in order to increase the stability and stability of the train. freight volume.
Although this requires a little extra money, the small capital investment is not a problem compared with the benefits of increased track width.
The empire's current financial situation is good, and commerce, industry, and agriculture are all in a stage of vigorous development.
The Hereford family is also a very rare royal family with strong centralized power in the human world.
With enough power to not be hindered by local lords and minor nobles, the Hereford family with tax power and the ability to pool more funds, they could easily implement any strategic policy William desired.
The Empire's newly established Ministry of Industry will integrate all of the Empire's current industrial systems.
From the light industry of Polotsk, the steel industry of Mystia and Russia, the shipbuilding industry of Livonia and the textile industry of Shilonsk.
The empire will adopt unified standards and use measuring tools made with the latest metric units to produce standard parts in order to unite all industries in the empire into a whole.
Just like this, in September 1741, when the war in the Ostrogothic Empire was in the ascendant, and His Majesty Emperor Kalman IV was complacent and worried about planning a new war, Victoria felt ridiculous and angry, and prepared to When they increased investment in the war, while other small states in the empire were in panic, the territory under the jurisdiction of the Hereford family was a different story.
Administrative officials from various industries of the family, various departments, the royal family, priests, businessmen and landowners are all gearing up and preparing to do something big 160420oshow7: