'Crap, crap ... you've got a good side. King Alms was.

　When King Fardham returned to the palace, he smiled broadly and asked his entourage for their consent.
　His entourage nodded quietly.

　''Yes, that king will be sorry for this.

　King Fardham proposed a war of liberation for the Adelian people for several reasons.

　One, purely territorial expansion.
　King Fardham's country is surrounded by Roselle to the north, Gilbed to the south and Domorgar to the east.
　There is no room for territorial expansion as the country is as large or larger than his own in all directions.

　Unless a coalition army is organized, King Fardham's country has no future.

　The second reason, it is to exhaust the country of King Rosais and at the same time, to put the moxie on King Almus.

　King Almus has used the alliance against Gaul to expand his territory a lot until now.
　To be frank, it's really annoying to say the least.
　However, without the military strength of King Rosais' country, it would be difficult to compete with Roselle.

　However, we can't just sit back and watch King Losail's country continue to grow.
　Measures had to be taken.

　But he wouldn't be the man to tell them to stop the conquest business and stop.
　Young people in those days tended to be conceited that they could do anything. If we put pressure on them, they might say they are going to leave the alliance against Gaul.

　King Fardham had a high opinion of King Almus.
　That's why we can't be hostile to him and we must prevent him from growing any further.

　We will interfere with the project of conquest while not confronting King Almus head on.
　The measure for this is this war of liberation of the Adelnians.

　It is clear that King Almus wants to maintain the alliance against Gaul for the sake of conquest.
　As long as there are worries behind us, we can't take military action.

　If he asked King Almus to give him 30,000 or 40,000 troops, he would certainly withdraw from the alliance against Gaul.

　But what King Fardham demanded was an army of around 10,000.
　Besides, he stipulated that the war would only last for two years.

　This level would be acceptable.
　King Rosais's country has strengthened its diplomatic voice by maintaining an ally position in the alliance against Gaul.
　An alliance against Gaul should be an absolute necessity for King Almus.

　Besides, if the noble cause of liberating the Adelnians was raised, and the other two nations circled in favor, King Almus could not say he didn't like it.

　So King Almus will have no choice but to get involved in unprofitable wars in order to maintain the alliance against Gaul as long as he continues his project of conquest.

　But King Almus is not without profit.
　The allocation of land is determined by discussions and the success of the nations.

　The King of Almus will also have access to Roselle's land.
　Of course, King Almus demanded money, not land.

　But whether it was money or land, we can expect the expense of the expedition to be greater.
　This should put a stop to the growth of King Rosais' country.

　King Almus would naturally be remorseful if the progress of his conquest project was poor.

　And the third reason.
　That is centralization.

　If it was the Kingdom of Roselle, even if it was a coalition of four nations, a great deal of sacrifices would be made.
　It would be a wonderful story if those sacrifices included the great families and their sons.

　After that, we can just confiscate their territory.

　At present, the land directly under King Fardham's control is less than a fifth of the country.
　Our goal is to bring this up to at least a third of the country.

　





　''That Fardam fellow, he's got some interesting things to say.
　King Gilbed laughs with amusement.
　He brings a glass filled with Rosyth grape wine to his mouth and takes a sip.

　''But my king. Your opponent is that great nation, Roselle. Even though they are a coalition of four nations, how can they let you win so easily?
　'What do you mean? In the last battle, Rosais and Domorgal alone would have defeated Roselle. If Fardam and Gilbed are added to this, we will surely win. And now we don't have General Cru and the abominable witches.

　At King Gilbed's optimistic answer, his entourage looked uneasy.
　But Gilbet didn't care about their expressions.

　'Contact the great families in the country. A great war. If anyone refuses to go, he'll be in touch with Roselle. Tell him that I will destroy him if he does not send his men.
　Yes, I understand.





　Are you sure about that?　King.
　It's a win-win situation for our country. The civil war has already left us far behind in power in three countries. If we don't take this opportunity to recover, what can we do?　It's true that it's not good enough to have bought King Almus' recession, but...

　King Domorgal-Carlo was discussing the War of Liberation of the Adelnians with King Domorgal's country's general - Tonino.
　It was two weeks before the meeting that King Fardham had brought up the war to liberate the Adelnians.

　Carlo and Tonino were left scratching their heads.　
　This war was clearly a provocation to King Almus.

　If we continue to take the position of being a friend of King Rosais' country, we should oppose it.
　But.........

　'We can't keep looking at Rosais in the face forever in the first place, can we?
　You're right, sir.

　Not long ago, Domorgal was one or two major powers on the Adelunian Peninsula.
　If we continue to seek the face of an emerging nation that has dropped out of the scene, we will never be able to face our ancestors.　

　We will take this opportunity to expand our territory and move toward centralization. Tonino, you will be the first to succeed. Don't let General Bartolo beat you to it.
　''Haha well, I'm sure Rosais will just play the war at random and you can count on it as far as this one is concerned.




　''Huh ... we're in trouble ...''

　The War for the Liberation of the Adelnians.

　They invade the Kingdom of Roselle in the name of the cause of liberating the Adelnians who are held captive by the Gauls.
　I see, indeed, a four-nation coalition army might be able to do that.
　It seems that right now Roselle is pouring its heart and soul into putting down the civil war in the northern region.

　It will cost a lot of money.　
　But the returns will be great. Except for us.

　Well, we've already kicked the territorial cession out of our hands. It's too far away to maintain.

　Instead of being profitable, on the contrary, it's expensive to maintain.
　I'm busy governing the South now. I didn't have the manpower or the financial resources to govern the enclave.

　"They asked me for money instead. We'll avoid a big deficit. We'll be in the red.
　...By the way, how many troops do you need to convince the nations to send out?
　You're going to pay at least 10,000 for that!　

　10,000 troops are to be sent to a faraway land for a long period of time.
　How much money would be needed....

　When will you be ready to go?　
　Next spring. .... because it's going to be winter soon if we start now.

　It's August now.
　Even if we gather our troops quickly now, it will be September by the time the four countries can assemble their entire armies.

　After that, in two months, the army will be unable to move.
　It is suicidal to conduct military operations in winter in a land that is even unfamiliar to you.

　''By the way........will we win?　Do you want to lose?

　The true meaning of Raimondo's question is this.
　Do we increase the national power of the three Adelnian countries or do we maintain the national power of Roselle?

　If the national power of the three Adelnian countries increases and Roselle's national power decreases, the significance of the Alliance against Gaul will decrease, and the international status of King Rosais' country will decrease.
　On the other hand, if they lose and the national power of the three countries declines and Roselle's national power is maintained...

　In some cases, some country might be destroyed by Roselle.
　If that happens, there will be no time for western conquest or anything else.

　'The one with the least risk will be the one who wins. If you are defeated and retreat, there will be casualties. Besides, it will be some time before we can collect a decent tax on the newly acquired territory.

　Gaining territory doesn't mean that a country's power will increase immediately.
　You have to invest a certain amount of money in the newly acquired land.

　Therefore, the national power of the three countries will not increase immediately.
　Rather, it will cost money to manage the land and the national power will be temporarily reduced. This is what a conquest project is all about.
　Well, as far as the southern expedition is concerned, it is an alliance with a city-state, so it is not that expensive to maintain.

　''But this war of liberation, it could be aborted at the last minute.
　'........You can do that?
　Hopefully.

　I told Bartolo the secret plan to frustrate the war of liberation-or rather, the idea.
　Bartolo smiles bitterly.

　'That's another ... terrible idea.
　It was Faldum who started it. It was their fault.

　Nevertheless, this measure is unlikely to succeed, and the risks are high.
　Let's adopt a policy of joining the war of liberation for now.

　But I won't be wasting my time with my fingers in my mouth.

　"King Faldum may be trying to stop me from conquering the West, but fine, I'll take it. Let's expand our territory as much as we can before the end of the year.

　Let the Second Western Conquest begin.





　A total of 24,000 troops were gathered in the old Miehalis family's mansion - the place that was now the base of the Western Conquest.
　Ron, Rosward, and Gram led eight thousand troops each.

　The summary of the operation of this western conquest was the defeat of each individual.

　The number of troops that the western lords have is small, and even if they formed a coalition, it may or may not reach 10,000 at best.
　However, 10,000 is still a threat.

　Therefore, after Ial had cracked the countries through diplomatic negotiations.........
　They attack down from three directions at once.

　It is now mid-August.
　Fortunately, the southern part of the Adelnian peninsula is warm, so the war is possible until the end of October.

　In about two months, we will be able to add to our territory all the way to the borders promised to King Gilbed's country.
　And as for the cause of the war...
　It was in retaliation for the invasion of some of the western countries into the Cilicia countries under our alliance.
　Well, apparently this kind of thing happens every month in little skirmishes...

　From Almus' point of view, it doesn't matter.

　We'll invade that part of the country and send an army through. And send us some food. And I want you to join the war.
　Of course, the nations rebuffed all the demands of the arrogant land nation (King Rosais' country).　
　But this choice is not a wise one.

　Because Almus is looking for a cause for war.
　If he adopts the position of being hostile to the country of King Rosais, an invasion is inevitable.

　Thus, Almus says, "I will defeat the ungodly who have put their hands on my friends in my country. He declared war on the western nations, saying, "We will strike down those who interfere with our friends and those who do not cooperate with us.

　It was a bit of a strong argument.
　However, it is Almus' idea to never win the game before more than 10,000 troops disappear from the country in the war with the Roselle Kingdom.

　Nevertheless, ending the conquest in two months without any plan is dangerous.
　Therefore, Almus and Bartolo made one plan.

　That is.........

　"Look!　The army that has lost the most countries in this war has been promised many rewards ... gold and land!　It's the first army to win!

　The soldiers cheered as Ron raised his voice to the soldiers.
　At the same time, they also cheered from a short distance away.

　Gram and Roseward gave a speech to the soldiers that was similar to Ron's.

　In fact, many of the soldiers in this war are second and third sons of peasants and farmers.
　Almus dared to make such a composition.
　But only those who can assemble or borrow weapons for heavy infantry.


　""Let's go!

　"'Oh!!!!'

　Thus began the Second Western Conquest.