043 Wang wants to open the border

The transparent glazed cup wrapped in gold edges slowly shook in the air, and the bright sunlight dyed the wine in the cup into a charming ruby red, but obviously its owner did not pay attention to the century-old wine in the cup. Charles, the 74th king of the Gran Empire, was boringly looking at the map of the continent and the commanders of the imperial army around him.

Three years ago, the heart of the 73rd king of the Gran Empire, who had been jumping for more than 70 years, finally rested. After Prince Charles was made a prince at the age of 16, he finally won the official coronation he dreamed of becoming the throne after suffering for more than 30 years. The old king died. According to the tradition of the mainland, there must be a three-year national mourning period. During this period, sword soldiers are not allowed. The new king must appease the government and people's livelihood and consolidate the new country.

In the three years of national mourning, King Charles deliberately entangled important ministers to cultivate his cronies and exiled other royal brothers according to the traditional 'sadness'. At the end of the funeral, the new king, who was nearly 50 years old, finally held power and firmly seized the Gran Empire, one of the four empires of the mainland. His first new decree was to open up territory and ambitiously build immortal achievements for the Grand Empire.

At this time, King Charles was sitting on the throne bored, looking at the big map in front of him in a daze. The marshals below had discussed the opening of territory in the imperial conference room for three consecutive days, but they could not come up with a specific battle plan. The largest pieces on the map are the Delis Empire in the east, the French Empire in the west, the Gran Empire in the south, and the Rican Empire in the north. Although the four major land countries on the map are separated by many small countries, there is no place for the Gran Empire to intervene.

"Your Majesty, I think we should still attack to the west. There are a total of 25 small countries separated from the Spanish Empire in the west, but only six of them surrender to us! Just take the opportunity to swallow them all in one fell swoop!" Marshal Huron Pamilla shook his beautiful mustache and proposed to go to the west for the seventh time. The 43-year-old young marshal was the brother of Queen Charles and was originally a deputy general of a large army in the empire. In the past three years, he was forced to be promoted to an army marshal by King Charles.

"No!" Marshal Puton, the veteran imperial marshal, immediately retorted: "Four years ago, the French Empire formed a magic corps, and with their original troops, now there are five powerful magic corps in the French Empire. It's too bad for us to fight with them. So far, our Gran Empire has not been able to suppress the magic corps. ! I suggest attacking the Rican Empire directly to the north. We and the Rican Empire are only separated by two mountains, so that we can give full play to the advantage of the army and catch him off guard!" Old General Puton poked the map with a baton, as if to flatten the lines representing the mountains on the map.

Marshal Puton was invited to participate in the military performance of the French Empire and witnessed the powerful long-range lethality of the magic corps. In the face of such a legion, the more dense the team suffered, the greater the casualties, and he could only try to attack with extremely fast cavalry. And the Grand Empire lacks cavalry. On this continent, the Grand Empire and the Rican Empire are both famous for their infantry, so if they go to war, Marshal Putton prefers his soldiers to face the Rican Empire, which is also strong as infantry.

"I don't think it's appropriate..." Marshal Fenandi, who is also a veteran imperial marshal, also began to refute Marshal Puton: "The mobilization of the corps must not hide the Delis Empire and the French Empire on the east and west. If they want to insert their legs, they only need to be on the side of the mountains. With a slight blow, our corps are like fruit dropped in their pockets and will be easily eaten by them!"

Fenandi and Puton have been the marshals of the empire since the reign of the old king. Puton is hot-tempered and aggressive, while Fenandi, on the contrary, likes to be far-sighted. He is a wise man, so the two are like water and fire in the imperial army, always competing with each other. However, there is no doubt that the two people are loyal to the empire, and the two of them can rank well in the whole continent.

Seeing the two veteran imperial marshals competing, although the new Marshal Huron also wanted to shake his knowledge, he was still as wise and silent as other marshals around him. Although these two old guys are noisy, they are famous iron buddies in the military. Now if they interrupt rashly, they will offend both sides at the same time. Feinandi and Putton, Huron, their water and fire partners, can't stand it.

Marshal Puton's hot temper is not easy to suppress. He is also used to arguing with Fei Nandi. After hearing Fei Nandi refute his proposal, the old general immediately jumped to the map and waved his baton and shouted: "The Spanish Empire can't go. The Rican Empire has passed and is afraid of being blocked outside. Do you want me to pull the soldiers to the east to fight against Delis's iron horse? Marshal Puton quickly drew a circle on the territory of Delis with a baton: "This is the vast Palilton Plateau, which is the most suitable place for Delice's iron cavalry to fight!"

"So I think..." Fenandi ignored Pton's provocation and turned his face to King Charles leaning against the throne and said, "Your Majesty, I don't think it's right to go to war now. The pattern of the mainland has been fixed for hundreds of years. From mutual annexation to mutual balance, it finally formed the pattern of the four empires of the east, west, north and south. If we suddenly start a war, it is not only difficult to win, but also may give excuses for other countries!"

Fendi's words were immediately approved by the rest of the people around him, and even the belligerent Marshal Putton put the baton in his hand and squinted at King Charles. It has been more than 500 years since the establishment of the Gran Empire. Since decades of war, the Gran Empire has not participated in any decent wars in nearly 400 years except for the occasional border frictions. Since the establishment of the four empires on the mainland, the whole continent has entered a period of stable development. The Gran Empire has established a strong army regiment, the French Empire has established a magic regiment, the Rican Empire has also established a not weak army regiment, and the Delis Empire has established an iron cavalry regiment relying on the advantage of the grassland. The four empires are mutually restricted and balanced. Except for the occasional small wars in the dependent countries that live in the crevices between the four empires, the whole continent can be said to be peaceful.

"Since it's too dangerous to go to war with the other three empires..." The newly crowned King Charles is still not worried about Marshal Fenandi's words, but the utilitarianism of history made him think of other things: "How about annexing several subordinate states? Originally, these are the parasites on us, directly cutting them into the territory of the empire, so that other countries will have no objection..."

"Your Majesty, this must be..." Grand Duke Jodi, the chancellor of the empire, immediately stood up and said, "These affiliated countries are all countries that have been attached to Gran for hundreds of years. They have always been honest, and they can buffer Glen and other empires. If they are crossed in, the borders of the empire will be directly connected to other empires, which is too dangerous for the empire. There is also the annexation of affiliated countries, which is contrary to the royal generosity on the mainland..."

Marshal Fenadi sneered at Charles's increasingly cold expression. This idiot, who had no overall view and was eager for success, wanted to expand his territory before the imperial throne was hot.

Once he starts a war with the other three countries, he will definitely lose in the end. At that time, not to mention expanding his territory, even if he is blessed by Charles's ancestor. I really don't know how the 73rd generation king educated him as an idiot and even put forward the mentally retarded idea of annexing its dependent countries. If such a thing really happens, the surrounding dependent countries will definitely make trouble. You think the other three countries are good at it. If they push it, it will definitely become a big accident that makes people and hurt money!

Three days of arguing made the young King Charles lose patience. He threw the wine glass in his hand in anger and suddenly stood up and said, "You are too conservative to make the empire's territory never expanded for hundreds of years!" I, Charles, will take you to engrave your name in the history of the empire! The matter of expanding the territory is settled. The military department is responsible for planning. If you can go to war with other empires, you can start a war. If you can't go to war, you can think of other ways! There are dozens of affiliated countries in the east, west, north and south of the empire, and others still have to be crooked when eating a few small affiliated countries! What a super empire!"

Charles pointed out that Marshal Fennandy ordered: "Marshal Fenandi, you are responsible for supervising this expansion plan. I asked the military department to come up with the safest and safest expansion plan for me for seven days."

Although Marshal Fenadi is reluctant, he can only bow his head and accept it now. Angrily Charles waved his hand and left the council hall and took his maids and attendants straight to the harem to relax.