Pseudo-Villaines

Marquis Fredro

Meanwhile, the situation in Krakov is not so good. Although duke Cetner is able to take over the capital and defeat the duke Ankwicz's main army, he and his followers are unable to catch up to the fleeing royal family. A group of elite cavalry that he had sent to do the teaching, did not return. Their contact was cut off. Duke Cetner assumed that they might have been wiped out by a dangerous monster.

he also lost a lot of valuable troops. It was a miscalculation that came from him. He did not expect the resistance carried out by his enemy would be so persistent that it drained his strength. In fact they also scorched the earth almost all the capital and its surroundings so that there was nothing he got but ash.

Plus, he got word that the kingdom of Riga-Dnipro had crossed the border, conquered the surrounding fortresses, and was preparing to make a deeper penetration into the territory of the kingdom of Warsaw. This inevitably makes duke Cetner have to break the focus of his strength to dispel the kingdom of Riga-Dnipro.

Apparently, he had grossly underestimated the power of the royal family as well as the information network they had. Although tactically he could win the war, he felt defeated strategically. He also ignored the response of the surrounding countries so careless in anticipation of the actions of the Riga-Dnipro kingdom.

Unwilling to drag on in his regrets, duke Cetner immediately summoned his two best subordinates.count Krzys and count Lesko.

"The two of you, go to the border region and open a conversation with Riga kingdom. Count Krzys, if a bad scenario happens, I want you to beat them back from our territory. Take 50,000 troops with you. You can also bring in the former royal army and the remaining Ankwicz family."

The two count shocked his forehead. Sending them to the battlefield was not a wise thing considering the situation in the capital was still unstable. In addition, sending them both directly is like putting two of the best eggs in one basket which if the basket falls then the eggs will be split simultaneously.

"You can't do that, your majesty. That's a very risky act. Bringing in the former royal family and Ankwicz is also dangerous. They could defect to the other party at any time."

"That's right, your majesty. On the other hand, I strongly doubt that the Riga kingdom wants to have any talks with us given that they have grasped the situation in the capital. Practically, all they wanted to do was exploit this opportunity as much as possible."

Hearing the opinions of count Krzys and count Lesko, duke Cetner reconsidered his decision. Both are very right. He did not have the luxury of negotiating with opponents. Seeing the unease of duke Cetner, count Krzys opens up a large map of the kingdom of Warsaw. He placed a pawn at one point that marked a territory.

"Our only option is to let the enemy go deep into our territory so that their supply lines become very long. With that, it would be more difficult for them to defend the territories they had already taken.

Hearing Fredro's name, duke Cetner frowned. His face became sour instantly. That bastard, he doesn't care unless it's about his territory. Even when he gave a clear signal to Fredro's family about what he was going to do and the benefits he gave, they still did not flinch.

"I see your point, count Krzys. It would be very risky to rely on them. Yet.... Let's leave the border area to Fredro's family. We don't have much choice here."

Count Krzys and count Lesko are relieved to hear duke Cetner's decision. Now, they could focus on reconstructing the capital and consolidating back their power that was stifled by the battle.

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For a moment, let's move on to the Eisengrund empire. When Natasha conquered the kingdom of Silesia and united it into her territory, she turned her attention eastward. That was what started the campaign of conquest of the Eisengrund empire eastward.

The eastern region was a very dangerous region and at the same time a rich region. Besides being inhabited by many insignificant small kingdoms as well as horse-riding tribes, there were also dangerous magic monsters inhabiting the region. But behind the danger, the eastern regions that were not part of the empire were filled with fertile lands, peninsulas and strategic islands, as well as mountains filled with minerals and forests filled with precious wood.

During her reign, Natasha had developed into a great ruler. It was thanks to a book that Jean gave and direct direction from her lover. Also assisted by his great subordinates like Charlotte, Rose, Priscillia, Noir, and the others.

In a short time, at the behest of Natasha, Rose managed to bring many kingdoms and tribes in the eastern region to its knees before the empire. Rose uses the carrot and stick strategy well.

The imperial navy also quickly conquered the lands on the eastern peninsula. That way, almost the entire peninsula that stretched from the western end to the eastern end of the Eisengrund empire was under their control. This made the Drava Sea (One of the seas in the world) effectively under the control of the Eisengrund empire.