episode_0072

Henry Neville continued to attack our troops with a small force of 10,000 or 20,000 men. The intention was to rob the ally’s warehouse.

Accordingly, the allies began using Agnes to block Henry Neville. Henry Neville’s leadership was 97. Agnes’ leadership was 95. Although our team’s number was a little low, considering the defender’s advantage, it was a sufficient number to block.

In the military, the Carter family and the Carter County Army were cousins. Neither side achieved a significant victory and made a retreat.

A year passed like that. Harvest season came and our barns began to fill up again. And two years later, it was time to raise an army in earnest.

However, the friendly forces did not easily raise a large army. This is because, without help from the central government, it was sure to be blocked anyway.

Felix did most of the administrative work and Agnes did the military work, but it wasn’t just me who played around. My main responsibility was diplomacy.

Another island nation behind Carter. He started to tease Aldheim.

If you look at the map of the West, it looks roughly like this.

———-Carter Family—————-

–Aldheim————-Krugenstein—

———-Becker Family—————-

Among them, the Krusenstein and Carter families were connected by land, while the Becker families and Aldheim were each made up of islands.

In this situation, if Aldheim was involved, the Krusenstein and Aldheim families could surround Carter and Becker back and forth at the same time.

It is often said that it is Wongyogeungong. The idea is to protect a nearby country and make friends with a faraway country.

The reason is this. This is because if you make friends with a distant country, you can surround a nearby country from front and back.

I steadily sent diplomats to Aldheim to build a favorable relationship with Aldheim.

Of course, this was partly due to the seeds Lucille had planted three years ago.

Lucille had been there before when nobles from around the world gathered to crown Krusenstein on the throne. It strongly appealed to diplomats around the world.

It is said that the Mayer family hates war and is a peaceful person.

This was because Lucille realized in advance that the generals of the family she had to conquer in the future were master generals that could not be compared to the ones she had had so far, so she laid the groundwork for it.

It was a declaration that our army was pursuing a peaceful policy and would grow the family through diplomacy and internal affairs rather than through active conquest projects.

This was Lucille’s strategy, who knew of the existence of two great generals, Henry Neville and Albrecht.

It was a ten year period.

Lucille’s scheme did not end here.

Why was her intelligence rated at 100?

She has many talents, but her greatest talent was information warfare.

He commands spies and uses them efficiently to cause damage to the enemy or to detect the enemy’s plans in advance. That was Lucille’s greatest ability in the original work.

And, Lucille’s abilities began to shine for the first time.

—–

Meanwhile, among the Carter family’s vassals, there was a family called the Grazer family. It was originally an independent force, but was conquered when Carter advanced into the central region under the pretext of crowning the emperor.

The Grazer family knew very well that they could not remain an independent force forever. The Grazer family was a small family that could not mobilize even 5,000 people, and such a family absolutely needed an umbrella to survive in difficult times. The umbrella of great power.

Therefore, although the Grazer family followed the Carter family, strange rumors have been circulating recently.

[A small group of Carter family vassals are plotting to break away.]

Such rumors were all over the streets.

Of course, Grazer, who was the leader of a small family, had no intention of doing so.

No, not at all, but so far there have been no complaints about Carter’s rule.

Carter was guaranteeing autonomy to the various families that surrendered without war, and from Grazer’s point of view, it did not matter whether it was Carter or Krusenstein, as long as they did not interfere with internal affairs.

‘Wait a minute, then why didn’t you contact me?’

Grazer was puzzled. Among small families, he is the largest. The number of soldiers from other families was around 2000 or 3000. Even if it is 50 million, it is still on the large side among small families.

Grazer, who was curious, opened the map to find nearby families. And at that moment, I realized one big truth.

‘My territory is isolated.’

Other smaller families were behind the Grazers. In other words, the Grazer family is the front line of the front lines.

In that situation, if other small families betray you, the connection between the front and back will be cut off, and you will become isolated in the middle.

If that happens, you will never last long. There is no way the Carter family will come to the rescue. Because it was a loss. If that happens, he will definitely be captured by Franz Mayer.

‘Is that why you didn’t send me an offer in the first place? ‘

Perhaps, he may have persuaded other small families on the condition that he share his territory with them.

‘What should I do with this…’ ‘

This is a really important matter. That was because his life was at stake.

Aker Grazer, the head of the Grazer family, was conflicted. How can I keep my neck safe from this? If I took one wrong step, I was certain I would die.

‘okay. ‘Let’s ask other families to join us.’

Grazer thought. If other small families had already passed over, it was too late. Even if you tell the Carter family, the moment they betray you, you will be isolated.

Rather, it would have been better to ask the other families who had already decided to betray him and ask them to join him as a comrade.

Franz Mayer is said to pursue a peaceful path. If you are such a tolerant person, you might also be accepted. This is because he was someone who would avoid a war that would have to be fought anyway.

Grazer immediately contacted five small families excluding himself. Including myself there were six.

—–

In less than a week, the heads of all six families gathered together. It seemed like everyone was so urgent that they had to put other things aside.

“Lord Grazer! Nice to meet you! How do you feel younger?”

A nobleman named Wattis said. Grazer was dumbfounded when he saw this strange man greeting him so warmly, but on the outside he seemed very happy to see him. That’s because from now on, I have to pray to these men.

“It’s nice to meet you too! Lord Wattis, your biceps have gotten thicker! If I go to the battlefield, 10 enemy soldiers will be easy!”

“Haha! Even 20 people can handle it!”

They overacted and praised each other. After a while of ridiculous play, the two went inside.

Inside, four family heads were gathered at a round table and enjoying refreshments. The six heads of the household, including the two, began greeting each other.

“Lord Newell! Nice to meet you!”

“It’s been 6 years since Lord Daley.”

“I never thought the day would come when we would gather together like this.”

“Before they were invaded by the Carter family and surrendered, they were enemies.”

“Hahaha!”

Chat continued for a while. However, even as the chatter continued, an old man kept his mouth shut and just stared at his surroundings. The old man’s name was Elliot. He was the head of the second most powerful family after Grazer.

“Why does Sir Elliot not like refreshments?”

“Does the refreshment seem to go down your throat?”

Everyone’s mood suddenly became quiet. It was because of one word from Elliot.

“What don’t you like?”

“He looks dead, but he’s smiling haha! Please stop that damn act! You know every single person here! The fact that we might die!”

“… ”

It was the perfect answer. Everyone knew it. The fact that if you take one wrong step, you could die. The fact that everyone here is walking a tightrope. Even if it was a traitor or not.

“Fact… I was waiting for you to bring that up.”

A sturdy nobleman named Wattis spoke. The other householders listened quietly.

“There are rumors going around about the author. A small group of nobles gathered together to discuss betrayal.”

“… ”

“Actually, I was quite disappointed to hear that.”

sad? Everyone looked at Wattis at the strange word.

“Why didn’t I invite you? Have you decided that I am not trustworthy?”

“The fact that I wasn’t called is the same for me. Why didn’t you call me? Are you really offering to take my territory and share it with you? Franz Mayer?”

“You must be a really scary person to make such a suggestion. I have excellent talent in this world.”

“Not in my territory! This is land that has been passed down from generation to generation for over 400 years!”

“Please! Please embrace me too! I will never reveal this!”

Grazer thought as he watched the nobles each say a word.

‘Sir Wattis said he was disappointed that I didn’t invite him. Lord Newell became suspicious that the others were traitors. Lord Daley says Franz Mayer is a scary person. Lord Elliot says it’s not his territory, and I’m not a traitor… ‘

After listening to everyone’s comments, something curious arose.

‘Then, who on earth betrayed you?’

Doesn’t that mean that all six of them are traitors?

—–

10 minutes later. As the conversation progressed, they realized that each other was not a traitor. There wasn’t even a single traitor among them.

While everyone was relieved, only the nobleman named Elliot was shaking.

“Sir Elliot, are you cold?”

“That’s not it, you idiots. This is why young people these days… ”

“Don’t go round and round, just get to the point.”

“There are rumors going around that we betrayed as a group even though none of us betrayed. What does this mean?”

“Well… Is it really a rumor?”

“Who benefits from such nonsense?”

“… Franz Mayer.”

“Yes. This rumor was spread by Franz Mayer.”

Quack! At that moment, thunder struck.

“What I’m afraid of is that if Grazer hadn’t called us, we wouldn’t have fallen under suspicion and linked up, believing each other was a traitor. Even if someone was invaded, they wouldn’t have helped each other. Because you never know who might be a traitor.”

“… ”

“The rumor spread within the territory of none other than the Carter family. Not Krusenstein’s territory. The Meyer family has that ability. Enough to spread rumors into enemy territory. There are probably a huge number of spies and informants who cooperate with the spies.”

“… ”

“There is probably an excellent tactician. Dealing with such sources of information is the specialty of bookmakers. No matter how smart Henry Neville is, he is ultimately a general. You can’t take care of military affairs alone and engage in information warfare.”

“Well, that means… ”

“The Carter family is being pushed out. In espionage. This is proven by the fact that they cannot even control rumors circulating within their own territory. Even though they are equal militarily, the two sides’ accounts are of a different caliber.”

“… !”

It was that moment. The moment when the rumor that the family heads were betraying became true.