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Chapter 26: Starting a War (7)

The new trend of the Duke of Aquitaine was sent to Ella after a week. The reason why it was so slow was that Ella's troops were mobilized too frequently. Although the villagers who were sent back and Dust's eyewitness knew the news at the first time, no one knew which direction to send the news. The news was first sent to the Duke of Normandy for the fortress. At that time, the fortress had been besieged. Dust spent a lot of effort to spare the siege camp.

The Duke of Normandy knew that this was information for Ella, but he thought Ella had gone to the beach, but when he sent cavalry to send the letter, he found that there was only the witch doctor Sivadon and a few peasants in that direction. Sivadon asked a farmer to send the letter to Ella's army, but Ella's camp had already moved away. In the end, it was the farmer who discovered an Aztlan scout, and the letter finally fell into Ella's hands.

Ella, who received the letter, couldn't help but feel a little scared. Although nothing happened this time, a full week might make her miss the precious fighter plane.

"I always wanted to confuse the opposite side, but I didn't expect to confuse our own people first. This is too dangerous. Fortunately, I discovered it early. This temporary intelligence system cannot support such frequent military dispatch. Dust, the villagers returning home, and the scouts of Aztland. These three systems that collect intelligence for us are currently directly contacted by me. But except for the scouts of Aztland, the other two systems cannot confirm my location at all."

"So, your majesty, what do you mean?"

"These intelligence systems have to be integrated. The person who collects intelligence at the bottom does not need to contact me directly, but transfers the information through a certain intermediate contact person level by level. Each level of contact person only knows the location of the previous level of contact person, and the last level of contact person will send the information to me. In this way, in addition to ensuring the secret of our military position, it can also ensure that I receive the information in a timely manner."

"In that case," Amy said, "a special department has to be set up to manage this."

"Let's talk about this war. Now we will deal with it first, add a few transit intelligence personnel, and resume contact with Dust and the others in time!"

"Okay, my majesty, I'll get this done in a while." Amy nodded, "But what is written on the information?"

"As I expected, the Duke of Aquitaine sent troops again. The target seemed to be the fortress of the Duke of Normandy, with thousands of people, countless people - this part of the information was outdated, and of course the target was the fortress of the Duke of Normandy. This information had already gone to the Duke of Normandy, and the Duke of Normandy had also selected the number of soldiers and sent it over. The number was five thousand, which was half of the force sent by the Duke of Aquitaine."

"That's all?"

"There is another intelligence that the Duke of Normandy did not mention: the Duke of Aquitaine himself was not in the besieged camp, but stayed in Monfore's camp - it was strange, why is this?"

Ella showed a puzzled expression:

"If he believed my false information, then he should race against time, the whole army should press forward and attack the city with all his might. If he saw through my false information, then he should know that I wanted to deliberately transfer him away, and then he should further strengthen Monfore's defense. What is the purpose of keeping half of this move and half?"

"Is it possible that the Duke of Aquitaine is now in a state of doubt?" Amy interrupted, "I am doubtful, so I keep half of it?"

"If this happens, isn't both sides not defending themselves? If the Duke of Brittany really wants to come to support him, wouldn't he beg for death? Even if the news of Duke of Brittany's support is fake, he must be on guard against Monfore, a major transportation route. If half of the troops are divided, wouldn't he still beg for death?"

"Not everyone can make the most rational judgment." Amy said, "It's my words, I will do this when I'm skeptical. Isn't this the purpose of your mobilization of troops like this?"

Ella suddenly realized and patted her head: "That's right, it's because I thought the other side was too smart. I didn't expect that the Duke of Aquitaine revealed his flaws so quickly."

"But, for five thousand people, it's still a little too much for us... Ravi's poison is far from enough."

"So we need to mobilize the enemy further. Sivaton is already on the way to contact Hestein, and we have to prepare things for him. Although it is indeed scary enough for a group of pigs and a Hestein to be scary, the pigs will not drive the boat or use a trencher. Hestein is too busy alone. We have to go to Flanders to hire some sailors."

"Does Your Majesty have connections in Flanders?"

"I don't, but the Chambers of Commerce in cities such as Hamburg, Lübeck, and Bremen are all under my protection. They should not refuse - by the way, remind them not to sell war materials to the Duke of Aquitaine. Although the merchants value profit and cannot stop them, what I say will always have some impact on them."

Amy listened and suddenly covered her mouth and laughed aside.

"What's wrong with Amy? Have you noticed any problems with my plan?"

"No, Your Majesty, but I suddenly realized... Your Majesty is clearly in the Almany Federation, but he can still get help from so many people."

Ella was stunned for a moment, and then she said, "Isn't this taken for granted? This is diplomacy."

"Your Majesty takes it for granted, but many people don't understand this. For example, Hestein before us, and the Duke of Aquitaine in front of us."

"I haven't won this battle yet, so don't say such words." Ella said calmly, "Go and arrange what I just ordered, and then we'll start to move the camp."

Amy was surprised: "Redirecting again? Where are we going this time?"

"Amy, we know that Hestein will feint attack Paris, so what will the enemy do?"

"Uh..." Amy thought for a while, "I will definitely go back to rescue, right?"

"The enemy is now divided into two parts. Monfore, the Duke of Normandy, is nearest to Paris and is stationed. Another unit is besieging the Duke of Normandy fortress. Which unit will go back to rescue?"

"Of course it's Monfore's?"

"No—not just Monfore. I could not predict the Duke of Aquitaine's actions before, but now, I'm almost certain that the Duke of Aquitaine will also bring back the one that besieged the Duke of Normandy fortress."

"Why?"

"Amy, you said just now that the Duke of Aquitaine is now in a state of skepticism." Ella said meaningfully, "So, when he suddenly finds that Paris is attacked... what kind of state will he be in?"

“Will you…be even more scared?”
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