king.

"Since they are old friends, father should secretly reveal some news to them!
The Kingdom's Near East strategy is a high-input, high-risk, high-yield business, and it's up to them whether they want to participate. "

Hudson responded calmly.

The family's network of contacts also played a role in the early days of his business, so naturally he couldn't turn his face and deny people.

Hudson still doesn't mind providing them with some help when he can.

All the words I'm saying now are from the bottom of my heart.Small aristocrats participating in the Near East strategy are completely gambling with their family fortunes.

But it is precisely because of the high risk that there will be high returns.Without the threat of orcs, the Near East would have become a piece of fat. How could they have the qualifications to participate?

Small nobles and ordinary people want to go further, they must fight with their lives, this is the nature of the world.

If you don't go out and fight now, when the era of great mergers comes, even if you want to fight hard, you will not have a chance.

Those who have obtained fiefdoms in the Near East are now considered to have taken the lead.Those who have not obtained fiefs can only rely on other nobles and follow the past to fight for wealth.

If there is no accident, the major families will recruit people one after another to reserve talents for the development of the Near East, including the Koslow family.

To recruit people into a group, you must also talk about skills. It is best to let everyone take the initiative to join, rather than come to invite people.

Especially if it involves past human relationships, if you are too eager, it is easy for the other party to have an illusion: I am here to help you for the sake of friendship.

"Hudson, tell me the truth. What are the odds of winning the kingdom's Near East strategy?"

Redman asked seriously.

People's desires will grow. In the past, he felt that all his sons could get a fief, and expanding the family business was considered the greatest success in life.

With the sudden rise of Hudson, most of this "dream" hidden deep in his heart has been completed in a daze.

The three sons above all have fiefs, and the two youngest sons below have a high probability of being able to follow along with the bonus.Except for the useless Lai Su'er, her life can be described as complete.

However, there is a limit to the wealth that Hudson has gained.A piece of barony has almost reached its limit, and if you want to go further, you have to fight by yourself.

Apart from Hudson, the best developed so far is the eldest son.Because of the emphasis on training since childhood, Nelson's ability to deal with people is stronger, and he was recommended by Hudson to be an official in the capital.

The civil service line is slow to develop, but the victory is safe.With the support of the family, as long as you don't mess around, you don't have to worry about being rich.

The rest is useless, the second child is too reckless to be a big responsibility, and the two younger ones have no relationship with Hudson, so it is impossible to spend too much resources on them.

If there is no chance, it is estimated that he will not be able to catch up with the second child.At the very least, the territory of the second child is still a geomantic treasure specially selected by Hudson, and they will not be treated like this.

Looking at this orc invasion, you can see that all the lords in the northern border suffered heavy casualties, including five children of the Koslow family who developed in the northern border.

"Thirty percent!"

Hudson said a cold number without changing his face, which directly dispelled Redman's fantasy.

The probability of "[-]%" is enough for everyone to make up their minds to gamble, but the probability of the kingdom's success is [-]%, which does not mean that the probability of success of the noble children is also [-]%.

What is more likely is that the children of the nobles continued to pour into the Near East, exchanging their flesh and blood for the success of the Kingdom's Near East strategy.In this process, the noble children may change several crops.

From the standpoint of the kingdom, as long as it can succeed, it is worth paying some price.

But from the standpoint of a father, Redman didn't want to gamble.The stakes were so high that he dared not propose to Hudson to take care of his younger brother.

With such a low probability, one can imagine how much pressure the coach is under.It's good to be able to keep the Xueyue collar, how dare he continue to be distracted.

"When you get to the Near East, be more stable. There is nothing you can't give up. Fame, status and status are all vain, and only your life is your own.

Lost the Near East, you are still a great nobleman in the kingdom.No matter how the situation collapses and deteriorates, it will not affect the mountain territory in a short while.

As long as this foundation is still there, everything can start again.Too rigid and easy to break, there is no need to pursue victory every time! "

Redman's earnest words touched Hudson, but also made him feel helpless.

Sure enough, some truths cannot be told.If the outside world knows that in the eyes of the marshal, the success rate of the Near East strategy is only [-]%, everyone's enthusiasm will be extinguished immediately.

There is no way, the reality is so cruel.It is enough to fool others with an exaggerated success rate, but you must not fool yourself too.

Orcs are not fools, how could they watch the Kingdom's Near East strategy succeed.The orc brawl taking place on the prairie is essentially a risk release.

In the history of the orc empire, this is not the first time that similar chaos has occurred.When the parties are tired, they will naturally come to the negotiating table.

After a few more years of buffering, the four major royal families have also recovered their strength, and then they can join the newly rising royal family and formulate new rules of the game together.

If the fight is too fierce, the vitality of all the clans will be seriously injured, so it is entirely possible for the five royal families to become the four great royal families.

Once the situation in the Orc Empire stabilizes, there will be wars in the Near East.

There is no need to mobilize the large army to start a decisive battle, and the attacks and damages again and again can drag down many lords.

A city can protect the safety of its citizens, but it cannot protect the farmland, pastures, bridges, and reservoirs outside the city...

This kind of harassment can be said to last indefinitely.Even if the defense line is completed, the Near East will still be threatened by orcs.

There are two ways to deal with it: either destroy the orc empire until they dare not come to do things; or follow the example of the northern provinces and build fortresses all over the place, making the fortifications like a maze.

The criss-crossing lines of defense are natural dividing belts, and blocking several traffic arteries is a ready-made encirclement.

Obviously, the two most effective measures are not so easy to complete.

If the orc empire could be defeated, the kingdom would not need to build a defense line in the Near East. Hudson had already led the army to gallop across the grassland.

The Northern Land model is even more difficult to learn. It took the Kingdom more than 300 years to build the densely packed fortresses one after another.

"Don't worry, the danger is mainly for the people below. The kingdom has been passed down for more than 300 years, and only seven coaches have died in battle. I am not so unlucky!"

Hudson reassured.

The outside world only saw his boundless scenery, but no one cared about the abyss behind the scenery.Only those closest to him would advise him to be careful.

Taking a step back, the sea and the sky are open, it is for ordinary people.In just a few years, Hudson has climbed from a nobleman to his current position, and Hudson has no retreat at all.

The battlefield in the Near East collapsed, and the entire northern continent might fall to the hands of alien races, so there is no mountain territory.

The best choice left for Hudson is to retreat to the sea with the remaining strength and find an island to temporarily rest.

……

The Alpha Kingdom was busy with the strategy of the Near East, and had no time to rebel against the Holy See, and still did not stop the Franks.

On October 99993, 10 in the sacred calendar, the Frankish Church announced that it would not recognize the legitimacy of the Holy See on the grounds that the Holy See was controlled by heresy.

"Establishing a separate Holy See" was put on the surface for the first time.

On the issue of religious belief, once you are labeled as a "heretic", there is no room for maneuver.

Now that the Holy See is controlled by heretics, everyone will naturally unite and take thunderous measures to purify the "heretics" and return the Holy Mountain to a clean place!

The horn of battle sounded, which meant that there was no room for relaxation between the two sides. Even as far away as Hudson in the northern continent, the chill was felt.

The Franks not only want to rebel against the Holy See themselves, but also pull everyone to rebel against the Holy See.

Whether the two sides will fight has suddenly become the most concerned topic in the whole continent.Before the countries end up standing in line, various undercurrents began to surge.

From the standpoint of the human race, Hudson naturally does not want a civil war to break out at this moment.Once the two top forces start fighting, the power of the human race to suppress the alien alliance will no longer exist.

Without the pressure of the Human Race Alliance, the aliens would not be as quiet as they are now.Even if the war is not restarted immediately, various border frictions are inevitable.

The situation in the Northern Continent is already very bad. If there is any more movement, life will be even more difficult.

It is useless to worry, Hudson does not have the ability to influence the decision-making of the two major forces.It was not his turn to worry about standing in line.

The Alpha Kingdom has been the vanguard of anti-Holy See for a long time, and now it has been classified into the "anti-Holy See camp" without doing anything.

It is not possible to switch camps.

Even if the kingdom declares its neutrality to the outside world, it is estimated that the Holy See will think that they are conspiring and want to make a big wave at a critical moment.

Even if he directly expresses his support for the Holy See, it is estimated that in the eyes of the higher level of the Holy See, it will become: "This is a lurking spy!"

Compared with the countries of the human race who are still struggling, the Alpha Kingdom, which stands in line without a choice, directly acts as a melon-eating crowd.

Interference, the kingdom is not strong enough, jumping out to point fingers, can only bring shame on itself; civil war, and the two camps are out of reach.

If you can't mix it, then simply continue to work hard.

On the holy mountain, Pius VII faced everyone with a gloomy expression.It was rumored in the outside world that he, the demon pretending to be the pope, fainted on the spot when he learned that his identity had been betrayed.

Obviously, this is all a rumour.As a strong man in the sanctuary, how could he not have such a little psychological endurance.

But anger is inevitable.The Vatican of Dawn has been in existence for so many years, and this is the first time someone has declared them illegal, and the excuse used is still "demon possession".

Looking through the general history of the mainland, we know that the Holy See's favorite thing is to use "demon possession" as an excuse to send people to the barbecue grill.

It is ironic that the same crime fell on them.

"Why aren't you talking now? Those heretics have already blatantly raised the flag of rebellion. If we drag on, I'm afraid we will really become heretics!"

Pius VII reprimanded angrily.

Knowing that the Holy See is unpopular on the mainland, he never imagined that the situation could deteriorate to such a degree.

"Possessed by an evil spirit", this clearly means rubbing the face of the Holy See on the ground.If it cannot be dealt with in time, the last majesty of the Holy See on the mainland may disappear.

If there are more small churches, the people at the bottom who follow blindly will not be able to tell which is the genuine version and which is the pirated version.

"Your Majesty, we must immediately take thunderous measures to suppress the arrogance of the Franks. Otherwise, it will take a long time, and I'm afraid something serious will happen!"

Gu Lei said in fear.

The label of "contributing crimes and meritorious service" on his head has not been removed, so he must show it at this time.

"Bullshit, everybody knows to take action, the question is what can we do now?
The Kingdom of Franks is not a small force, and a little scare can bring them back on track. "

Blake said disdainfully.

Feng Shui took turns, he was ridiculed in the past few years, but now he has finally changed his role.

It's not that he disregarded the overall situation, but that as the leader of the main armed forces of the Holy See, the two were doomed to fight against each other from the very beginning.

Only when the Knights of Judgment and the Knights of Judgment fight each other, the power balance game on the holy mountain can continue to play.

As for the other knight orders of the Holy See, because they suffered heavy losses when they evacuated that year, they have not recovered so far.

Don't look at Gu Lei and Blake's frequent confrontation. Once the other knights want to rise up, the two will join forces to suppress it.

In the case of limited resources, only the two major knight orders in the Holy See have recovered to their peak period, and the other knight orders have not recovered to one-third of their peak period.

It was due to the strength in the hands of the two major knight orders that Blake and Gulei were able to stand firm in the Holy See even though they made a big mistake.

At this moment, the window paper was pierced, and the reality of the Holy See's inability to suppress the Frankish Kingdom was revealed, and everyone's faces were ugly.

After all, there is still reason, and even though everyone's hearts are full of anger, no one proposes to destroy the Frankish Kingdom.

On the one hand, the two sides do not directly border each other, and on the other hand, the Holy See has been unfavorable in recent years.

After recuperating for hundreds of years, he finally regained some vitality, and before he had time to make a difference, he began to lose troops and generals again and again.

Especially the previous Liwei operation not only ruined most of the Holy See's naval power, but also lost countless masters.

No matter how big the family is, it can't afford to spend all the time.

In the follow-up continental war, the Holy See encountered the hard nail of the dwarf again, and fully appreciated what is the power of armor and the power of magic crystal cannon.

The weapons of the same material, the weapons forged by the dwarves, are sharper.

Crossbow bolts have a longer range and a higher hit rate.The magic crystal cannon is a dimensionality reduction strike. Whether it is the range, rate of fire, or the power of the shells, it is better than those produced by the Holy See.

If the weapons and equipment are not enough, then use human life to make up for it.In the end, the dwarves were indeed driven back, but the Holy See suffered a considerable loss.

So much so that after the war, the angry Pius VII directly carried out a major shake-up of the logistics department, cleaning out a lot of moths.

However, making up for it afterwards could not change the fact that the Holy See had gradually fallen into a disadvantage in the competition with the Frankish Kingdom.

The current turmoil of "establishing a separate Holy See" is essentially caused by the imbalance of power.If the Holy See simply wiped out the dwarves in the continental war, Charles III would never dare to make such a rash move.

"Okay, you two idiots, keep your mouths shut from now on, I don't want to hear another stupid word!
Uliser told me how many countries have expressed their positions, and how many countries are supporting the Frankish heretics.

It is enough to pick up the important countries and talk about them, and there is no need to introduce them in detail for those small countries! "

Pius VII said angrily.

The rebellion of a Frankish kingdom was nothing more than the disintegration of the majesty of the Holy See. If a group of countries followed, it would not be a question of majesty, but the collapse of the foundation of the Holy See.

"Your Majesty, the situation is a bit dire. After the invitation from the Frankish Church, almost all the branches that are not under our control have accepted the invitation.

What is certain at present is that the group of small countries that originally followed the Frankish Kingdom have gradually joined the camp of heretics.

The attitudes of several major powers are very ambiguous, and they did not directly express their positions, but the top church leaders in various countries have spoken out in public to criticize us.

If the foreign affairs department works well, it may be possible to keep these countries neutral, and even turn to support us.

Of course, the Three Kingdoms of Mainland China have been offended terribly by us, and it is not easy to convince them. "

Ulise said lightly.

Compared with the three countries in the mainland, the reactions of the Kingdom of Alpha and the Kingdom of Iberia are the most important.

The former determines the direction of the Church in the Northern Continent, while the latter affects the choices of the countries in the Southern Continent.