If the Far East were to be caught between the two great powers, the West and the South, it would be strategically the only way for the Kolas regime to survive by retreating to the countryside to fight guerrilla warfare.

"Red Robe" Andre came to the Fort of Atonement with his wife to watch the ceremony this time, and took the opportunity to ask Roland what he thought about the construction of the mysterious lock in the capital. Of course, Roland knew that Beacon Hill wanted to take over this big project, but he still chose to refuse in person, on the grounds that the situation in the Far East was complicated, the prospects of Fort Atonement were unpredictable, and spending millions of dollars to build the "Giant Mystery Lock Around the Capital" was a heavy burden on the new government's tight finances, and building the Mystery Lock meant that the troops must be stationed to defend the capital, and the doom of being besieged by heavy troops must be accepted, otherwise the investment in the Mystery Lock will be all in vain, and this is exactly contrary to the strategy of guerrilla warfare, which is equivalent to tying hands and feet to expose its shortcomings. Therefore, under the premise that the diplomatic future is not clear, Roland does not plan to build the mystery lock project in the Fort of Atonement.

Guerrilla warfare means a protracted tug-of-war, and it means that the Far East will be reduced to a battlefield full of wolf smoke, and there will be no industrial construction. It may be possible to hold out for ten years and eight years to finally achieve victory and re-establish the regime, but the population lost in the war and the cities in ruins will become scars that will not be healed, and the dream of a great power in the Far Easterners will be forced to sink in the dark for many years before it can see the light of day.

It was precisely because of the great damage caused by the war that Roland did not want to turn his face with Canaan now, and when he was in a dilemma, things suddenly took a turn for the worse - Canaan took the initiative to write a letter, changed his hardline attitude and proposed a fairer cooperation plan, and sent back all the documents that witnessed Rudolph's disgrace.

Roland couldn't figure out how the attitude of the Canaanites could suddenly take a 180-degree turn, until this moment Colossa came to the "House of Friendliness", talking and laughing about Canaan and the Far East should become a brotherly state, take more cooperation in politics and economy, and jointly fight against the hegemony from the West, Roland suddenly woke up to the fact that this Canaanite prince is the key to the reversal of the situation, and he is the only one in the entire Canaanite royal family who sees that the Far East is a strategic buffer zone between Canaan and the Empire, and if the Far East falls, the Empire will usher in the opportunity of Zhongxing, The next to suffer will be Canaan.

Roland invited Colossa and Rubin into the box, and sat down to drink while chatting with each other, both of them tentative and reserved, but he was still surprised by Colossa's profound knowledge, and felt a little affectionate and sympathetic to the young Canaanite prince.

"Your Highness Glova, we should have met a long time ago." Roland poured a large glass of cool ale for Prince Canaan, and talked about the past with a smile, "One day three years ago, my father received a letter from Canaan, in which the Marquis of Joshua proposed to recruit me to Bethlehem, the capital of the King of Canaan, to serve as your attendant and knight. ”

He said this politely, but Corofer heard a hint of peculiarity, and raised his glass in shame, "I want to apologize to you for your rudeness, even though it was not my intention. ”

Roland clinked his glass with him, took a sip of ale, and said: "Three years ago, I was an unknown hairy boy, and serving as an attendant knight of a prince of a great country is not an enviable path to promotion, you don't have to apologize for it, but I haven't figured it out yet, you are the crown prince of Canaan, how could you take a fancy to me, a hillbilly in the Far East, how can you think that I am qualified to be your attendant?" ”

Grofa put down the oak cup, crossed his hands on the table, and looked at Roland with a frank attitude: "Actually, I was very interested in the situation in the Far East three years ago, and learned through various channels that General Rudolph is rapidly rising to become a new force to be reckoned with in the Far Eastern Province, and his Kolas Corps has won the war against the orc warlords, and the most outstanding performance in that war is a seventeen-year-old boy, that is, you, Roland Kolas, the son of General Rudolph, Out of curiosity, I inquired a little about your origin and teacher, and there was nothing special, and then I used the 'Psychic Technique' to communicate with my lord Pero, and learned that the Far East had just given birth to a goddess of destiny of the electorate, and after thinking about it, only the young man who had emerged on the battlefield in the Far East was the most likely, so I moved the idea of going to the Far East to meet you, mainly to satisfy my curiosity and see with my own eyes what kind of people Sindra's electors are. Corophas smiled, looking a little shy, "Unfortunately, I was unable to convince my father on this issue, he thought that it would be better to recruit you to Bethlehem than to send me all the way to the Far East, where wars and monsters are infested...... Looking back now, I have to sigh that fate is unpredictable, if I had insisted on going to the Far East to meet you, or if you had come to Bethlehem, our lives might have changed, and the Far East and Canaan might not have been the same as they are today. ”

Roland believed that his words were from the bottom of his heart, and after hearing it, he also felt a lot of emotion, and he didn't know how to express his complicated feelings for a while, so he patted his hand and expressed his sympathy.

Ruben Soult has never found an opportunity to intervene in the conversation of the two "princes", which is really a failure as a diplomat, so he takes a sip of wine to moisten his throat and tries to start a new topic.

"Mr. Roland, it is a pity that we were not able to reach a consensus the last time we met, but in view of the great concessions made by His Excellency the Marquis afterwards, I think the Far East side should also say something, and His Highness Greofa also means this, if your friendship with His Highness Golofa can be the driving force for the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Far East and Canaan, our trip to the ceremony will be worth it." He was keenly aware that although Roland did not have much affection for Canaan, he treated Coropha, the prince of Canaan, differently, and it was more beneficial for him to negotiate with the other party in the name of Coropha. This is a bit of a suspicion of "kidnapping" Grofa, but Rubin knows that Grofa won't mind, after all, he is also seeking the interests of the country.

Colossa really doesn't mind being "used" by an old friend, and Roland doesn't mind the little trick of Mr. Jiao Guan. In fact, Rubin's return to the Fort of Atonement has already doomed the cooperation between the Far East and Canaan to be imperative, after all, both sides have to face the threat of the behemoth of the empire, and Canaan, as a regional power, needs to win over the little brother of the Far East to strengthen the momentum and cause chaos to the empire - this is also to contain the empire and have no time to add chaos to Canaan; The new regime in the Far East also needs the help of Canaan, the "big brother", to ask the Marquis of Joshua to speak out on the international stage to sympathize with the Far East, and call on Hailan, Fei Zhen, Bao Shihua and other countries to unite to support the independence of the Far East, resist the hegemony of the empire, and win the support of international public opinion for the Far East.

In view of the Imperial Government's consistently procrastinating efficiency and the intricacies of power struggles in the country, the decision to go east or not depends to a great extent on the position of various countries, and as long as it is delayed for three or five years, the Far Eastern government will be able to gain a respite and seize the precious opportunity for peace to grow and strengthen its own strength.