"Then I'll take my leave." Pennywise took the first step wisely.

Alexander came up from behind and told everything that happened in the Grand Palace today.

The Russians brought with them a letter from the King of Poland, demanding that we terminate all commercial dealings with the rebellious Kingdom of Poland. If we do not comply with the request, they will impose sanctions on the empire.

"This is arrogant!" The Russians are obviously looking for trouble. They actually want to sanction the empire. What a joke.

Alexander said disdainfully: "Isn't it? In the Grand Palace, both sides soon started to jeer at each other."

"Then the Russians got angry and declared war on us?" I was confused. This was obviously a test, so why did they start a fight?

"Of course the Russian envoy does not have this ability, but our father does."

It was our father Caesar who declared war on the Russians. He presented a treaty with the remaining Polish forces in the lowlands on the Black Sea coast, protected by the empire. That enclave, which was nominally subordinate to the kingdom, declared its independence from the Kingdom of Poland, and since then joined the Roman Empire and became the Empire

inviolable territory, and demanded that the Russians return the city of Kiev. These two demands immediately blocked the Russians' retreat, leaving no room for negotiation.

What was originally just a test of the empire's attitude turned into a declaration of war.

What a surprise!

The entire empire was caught off guard!

The Russians were also caught off guard!

However, the war between the empire and the Russians is inevitable. Whether it is the Turkish Ottomans in the previous life or the Romans in this world, because they are located in Constantinople and hold on to Russia's southward expansion, they will directly face the rising power of the Russian Empire.

The Russian frontier.

As soon as the declaration of war came out, the reaction from all walks of life was basically the same, that is, their enthusiasm for participating in the war was very high!

The behavior of the Polish leader Shuidong Yin trying to join the empire was very embarrassing for the people of the empire. Secondly, war means that the empire will expand its army. Many young people who are unwilling to be lonely and not smart enough to make a fortune can only make a career by joining the army.

Obtaining military merit. This is the same for soldiers. Fighting means military merit, and military merit means leading to noble titles, wealth, and getting ahead!

The mood of ordinary merchants is more complicated. War will destroy peace. Without peace, there can be no trade, so the empire wants to declare war on the Russians. However, the Russians allow the Cossacks to gallop on the Polish plains. The merchants of the empire are often harassed. If they fight, they can drive away those guys.

It is also a good choice. So they are a little worried about gains and losses, but their attitude is still inclined to support this war.

The arms dealers and industry oligarchs are actually the aristocrats of the empire. They are the most enthusiastic about war!

No one in the Carpathian Mountains has an acre of manor growing perfumes and spices. Russia's expansion to the south will first threaten their interests. Since the tide of the Mongols' westward expedition receded, the Lower Danube Plain has become the territory of the empire.

One hundred years after the conquest, the Lower Danube Plain, the territory of the former Kingdom of Bulgaria, had a new name, the empire's cash cow. This vast land was divided into two parts by the Danube River. The northern part was high in raw materials for perfume, and the southern part was used for perfume processing.

Factory, through which all kinds of beautiful petals are turned into perfume and flowed to European countries, and then turned into money and flowed back to the empire. Secondly, the empire expands its territory northward. If successful, more land will be purchased by them to expand their workshops.

The raw materials increase wealth. Finally, what all the people in the empire care about most is military merit! Only military merit is the capital for ordinary small and medium-sized nobles to squeeze into Constantinople!

The disadvantages of sending troops are also obvious.

Not to mention that the policy of self-cultivation and recuperation of the cheap father was destroyed, the lowland area along the Black Sea coast alone covers more than 100,000 square kilometers. As a result, the imperial army has also walked out of the Carpathian Mountains. The areas that need to be defended start from Dne.

The Black Sea outlet of the Sturt River has expanded to the entire Bordeaux Highlands and the highlands along the Dnieper River. However, the mobilization army for this war cannot exceed 50,000, and the march will cost more than 10 million.

Take the initiative to attack the lowland areas along the Black Sea coast and let the empire's army fight the Russian army in the lowland plains along the Black Sea coast. Use a real fierce collision to shock Xiaoxiao. If they win, the empire will expand to more than 100,000 square kilometers. Seo

The prestige of the Fano family has greatly increased.

As for the issue of losing. Since winning can bring huge benefits, then losing will also cost a lot. The loss of a few ace legions is cheap enough to make dad cry, and the blow of a failure

It will bring disgrace to our Theofano family. You must know that our reputation is not justified now, and our cultivation and training these years are not to maintain the dominant position of our Theofano family in the empire. What if?

The failure of the war will inevitably be a traumatic experience for the empire, and it will be the same for the Theofano family. If someone takes advantage of the loss of the Theofano family's prestige and plots secretly... it will inevitably lead to another bloody storm.

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Will Roma lose?

This is what worries me!

The empire is now considered vast. In the west, it is bounded by the Tisza River and shares the middle reaches of the Danube plain with Austria's Habsburg. It also occupied southern Naples and Sicily. In the east, the empire's traditional territory was restored to the Euphrates River, and then it was extended along the narrow coastline.

The territory expanded to include Damascus, the Black Sea, and half of the Mediterranean. It was larger than the heyday of Basil II after the Hellenization of Rome. But the empire had not fought a major war for more than 20 years, like the old guy.

Only the generals are dead, old and old. Even if we want to find them, they have both status and wealth. Only the ghosts go to the north to suffer the pain of fighting. On the Russian side, their territory is not much worse than Rome.

, although they have not defeated the Swedes so far, and their territory is not as big as the expansion territory that Peter I remembered before his death, but they fight one big battle every three years and one small battle every year, they can compete with Sweden, which was so powerful in the past that it dominated the entire Baltic Sea.

The Kingdom fought hard and even had the upper hand. Their strength should not be underestimated.

"Hahahahaha! Hahaha! Ahhahahaha!"

Since Morris heard that the Empire was going to war against Russia, he would subconsciously laugh like this every time he saw me. For a war madman like him, as long as there is a war, nothing will be a problem. And the Empire*

There are many such people in the army. I don’t know which family’s genes are so perverted and so full of expansion that they have occupied most of the army in a few hundred years.

"In the service of Rome!"

In addition to these war fanaticism, there are more Romans in the empire who regard war as their mission.

"Glory to Rome!"

Almost every moment, the entire military headquarters resounded with such shouts.

"Long live Rome!"

All in all, because of the provocation of the Russians, the huge war machine of Rome started its operation again after being immersed in it for more than ten years!

The mobilization of legions, the appointment of generals, the transportation of food, the storage of ammunition and artillery, the dispatch of fleets, everything makes the entire military very busy.

As for me, due to the impact of the Russian declaration of war, I was left behind and was about to be transferred to the army with Alexander.

The military department also held a small meeting to discuss which regiment was suitable for Alexander and me. The final discussion was that Alexander and I would join two cavalry battalions from the Anatolian region as cavalry majors.

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The standard deployment of a cavalry battalion is 380 men. It is the second largest cavalry unit in terms of tactics and the second to last in terms of strategy.

When conducting battle operations, the smallest tactical cavalry unit in the empire is the cavalry squad, followed by squadrons, brigades, battalions, and regiments.

The largest strategic organization is the Byzantine Empire Paladin Army, which was organized separately at special times. However, the Byzantine Empire Armored Paladin Army is just a distant legend. It was in the Middle Ages, and the predecessors played too many things in the Empire Age. In short, it became more and more popular.

Later, the larger the scale, the more inappropriate the cavalry system would be. Recently, the huge number of more than 20,000 cavalry units was only used in the overwhelming cavalry offensive against the Green Cult.

Now after military reforms, more flexible cavalry battalions are the main force of the empire in various places. When the cavalry battalions in each legion are integrated, the legion commander will formulate cavalry regiments according to the situation.

I am somewhat looking forward to which cavalry battalion in Anatolia I will be assigned to.

A little later, the Imperial Ministry, which was working all night, announced our appointment.

In addition to the title of son of the Theofano family, I have two more titles. One is the commander of the cavalry battalion of the 2nd Byzantine Legion and the imperial cavalry major, which is expected. The other is the commander of the West Point Military Academy in Constantinople.

I am a probationary student in the first term. This means that I cannot receive my diploma from West Point Military Academy until I am twenty-four years old. During this period, I have to go back to the military academy to write a paper every year.

In line with the principle that you cannot put two eggs in one basket, Alexander stayed in the second echelon. A group of thousands of military academy cadets will be selected to serve as trainees in my army.

In just a few days, a series of orders were conveyed and executed, and all legions, officers and supplies were heading to the front line. So, who will be the commander-in-chief of the three armies this time?
Chapter completed!