As soon as Issel finished speaking, there were bursts of exclamations in the meeting room.
"200,000?!"
"The Frank Empire actually dispatched the second wave of troops to attack the Kingdom of Schuper?"
"Including the 100,000 troops that attacked the land of the Shupel Kingdom in the first wave, the Frank Empire has now invested 300,000 troops in the Shupel Kingdom..."
"Send 300,000 troops to attack the Kingdom of Schuper? As for... Sending 30,000 people is enough to destroy it..."
...
The latest information delivered is really amazing.
Late last night, the Frank Empire actually invested the Second Wave troops to the Kingdom of Schuper, and the Second Wave troops were twice as big as the First Wave troops, with a total of 200,000 troops.
At this moment, 300,000 Frank troops had gathered in the territory of the Shupel Kingdom.
Issel's brows were frowning deeper at this time.
He stared at the map in front of him, thinking about why the Frank Empire had put such a large-scale army into a small country like the Shupel Kingdom.
Issel raised his hand to show everyone that they should not be impatient.
After all the knights were quiet and stopped talking, Issel said:
"From the current situation, the Frank Empire sent troops this time, definitely not just to capture the Kingdom of Schuper."
"If we want to capture the Kingdom of Schuper, we will definitely not need an army of 300,000."
"The income from conquering the Kingdom of Schuper cannot make up for the consumption of dispatching these 300,000 troops."
"So, the Franks were definitely not coming to the Kingdom of Schuper..."
Speaking of this, Issel suddenly stopped.
The pupils shrank slightly.
Then he quickly lowered his head and stared at the map in front of him.
This is a big map that includes the entire Rhine Front.
Just now, Issel suddenly realized something.
He locked his eyes tightly at the junction of the Britannian Empire and the Shupel Kingdom on the map.
"...So that's how it is. I'm really slow enough, and I didn't understand your true intentions until now..." Issel said in a deep voice, clenching his right fist and smashing it hard on the table.
Issel suddenly pounded the table and scared everyone, including Albert.
"Issel." Albert asked at Issel, "What's wrong?"
"I understand why the Frank army had to dispatch such a large-scale army to attack the Kingdom of Schuper." Issel said in a deep voice, "They plan to use the Kingdom of Schuper to break through our Rhine Front!"
Issel took the thin stick next to it and pointed at the junction between the Britannian Empire and the Shupel Kingdom on the map.
"The Kingdom of Schuper is an 'absolutely neutral country' and they have no ability or reason to launch a foreign war."
"And our Britannian Empire has always been unintentionally invaded the Kingdom of Schuper, and we do not need to be too careful about this 'absolutely neutral country', so we have not stationed too many troops on the borders of the two countries."
"So - the 'Bushu border' between our two countries has become the weakest place on the entire Rhine front."
"The Frank Empire saw this, so it launched a sudden attack on the Kingdom of Schuper, intending to capture the Kingdom of Schuper as fast as possible, and then cross the "Bushu border" with weak defense, break through our Rhine front and attack our country's mainland!"
"The goal of the Frank Empire was us from the beginning!"
"The Frank Empire may have dispatched more than 300,000 troops this time."
"Since the target is us, it is no surprise that how many troops they dispatch to attack us."
After listening to Issel's analysis, everyone present, including Albert, showed horror.
None of them expected that the Frank Empire was so bold and cruel that it planned to destroy the innocent "absolutely neutral country" Shupel Kingdom, using their territory to cross the "Bushu border" with weak defenses, and thus break through the Rhine Front.
"Captain!" a knight said anxiously, "We must stop the Franks' continued march as soon as possible! Intercept them before they attack our homeland!"
The words of the knight aroused many people's responses.
In fact, without the need for this knight to remind me, Issel also knew that he was going to intercept the Frank army who was planning to cross the "Boushu border".
"The Frank army had successfully arrived at the city of Shupel yesterday."
Issel said.
"It takes time for us to mobilize the troops. No matter what, we have no way to block the Franks outside the country before they break through the 'Bushu border'."
"All we can do now is to drive the Franks back before they even penetrated the land."
After saying that, Issel stood up, leaned over the map, stretched out his finger to the circle marked "King of Schuper" on the map, and then slid westward.
"When the Franks break through the 'Bushu border' and enter our country', they will come..."
Issel's finger slid westward and slid onto a large plain marked "Rhineland".
"Rhineland Plain!" Issel said loudly, "After the Franks break through the 'Bush border', they will definitely pass through the Rhineland Plain!"
"The area of ​​the Rhineland Plain is large enough, and it happens to be a suitable battlefield."
"We will arrive at the Rhineland Plain first before the Frank army arrived at the Rhineland Plain!"
"Just intercept the Frank army in the Rhineland Plain!"
"I don't know how many troops the Frank Empire has invested in this battle. Maybe there will be troops behind them to join the war."
Issel ordered to the knights.
"So, we must assemble as many troops as possible!"
"The Frank Empire must be prepared for this time, so we must not be careless!"
"If you march from here to the Rhineland Plain in a hurry, it will take about 2 days."
"Although the 'Bushu border' is weak in defense, it is not paper-based."
"If you use carrier pigeons to send messages to the strongholds around the 'Bushu Border' and ask to start gathering troops to the 'Bushu Border', the 'Bushu Border' should be able to gather about 4,000 troops before the Frank army arrives."
"Although it can't stop the Frank army for long, it can always help us gain some time!"
"The Frank army arrived at the capital of the Kingdom of Schuper yesterday. At their march speed, coupled with the time the troops on the "Bushu Border" can help us get, it should be 10 days later when the Frank army arrives at the Rhineland Plain."
"That is, we have 10 days to prepare for the battle now!"
Chapter completed!