Contacts with the [warm-hearted] merchants of Castile and Albion are in progress, and a general picture has emerged. At this critical juncture, there was a bizarre abduction of Roland to be sold to Edward IV, who liked to roll sheets with Zhengtai?!

Of course, the scale must still be grasped, and it must not evolve into a [one-sided] situation in which Agen Toraton becomes a vassal of Albion. Cooperation with Albion can only be moderate and in the interests of the elven camp.

[There are no eternal enemies, no eternal friends, only eternal interests. The most basic principles of international politics are the same in Wilt, Albion is still a human nation in essence, a name on the elves' long list of potential strategic rivals and prey, and at the moment when cooperation is needed, Li Lin and his reserve staff are not opposed to cooperating with this island country that will also not allow the emergence of an elf-dominated continental power system, seeking help to achieve elven independence and future low-cost expansion.

Albiang's plans and strategic goals were not set wrong, but as Clausewitz of the other world argued, [friction] is everywhere, and good projects are often undermined by friction.

This is not to say that Charlemagne's wine-loving, salon-saloon, women-prostitute, and his army were so powerful and unconditionally loyal to their king that they were able to kick every Albiong who climbed ashore back into the sea. Purely realistic geopolitical factors did not allow Albion to act brutally.

A war to dismember Charlemagne is destined to drain Albion's finances at the cost of a treasury clean enough to starve rats. In exchange for the possibility of the annexation of Charlemagne by Castile, a long-time Allied National, no country could accept such an outcome.

Assuming that this ally suffered less losses than Albion after the end of the war, and that he had any remaining strength to ensure that he could swallow most of Charlemagne's territory and even the whole of it...... It was still an out-and-out nightmare, almost back to Charlemagne's origin of unifying the continent, only this time the country in that position was changed from old enemies to former allies, and everyone knew how fragile the friendly relations between countries and a paper covenant were in the face of real interests. Relationships that have been built over time can be shattered in an instant.

As for the option of the United Principality of Rus'...... Even an island nation like Albion can't tolerate an orc nation sticking its bear paws out into the Strait of Albion, under its own nose.

Leaving aside these troubles, it is unclear whether Imir will be able to allow Albion to provoke a great brawl within the human camp. No matter how unscrupulous, crazy and stupid the secular monarch is, he has to care about the appeal of the mother goddess in the world, and no one wants to put on the label of "heresy" and become the public enemy of all human nations united against it. Bear the terrible price of isolation, blockade and even the [Jihadist Coalition].

Hope is full, reality is skinny - Albion, who bears this psychological gap, is quite uncomfortable.

After understanding Albiang's strategic demands and predicaments in the general environment, Li Lin's diplomatic strategy was basically formed.

"We will cooperate with Albion to a limited extent and isolate Charlemagne in all directions. ”

Because of historical memory and racial factors, nearly half of the old grandfathers in the council refused to compromise with human beings, and Li Lin's attitude was "Why not?"

The value of the Argentolaton region in the current peacetime is that it is a place of new economic development and prosperity, but if a large-scale all-out war breaks out again between the two camps of humans and orcs, its status as a transit point for the human camp to send soldiers and supplies to the front line in Lapland will be immediately demonstrated. Not to mention the possibility that in the event of a worsening of the fighting and the fall of Lapland, Agen Toraton would be transformed into a forward line of defense in the theater. ...,

The emergence of an independent elven state in such an important place - one can imagine the collective insomnia and puffy eye bubbles of the upper echelons of the Holy See and Charlemagne's kingdom. And Argent Toraton's innate geopolitical flaws will haunt the elves with their rash independence, and eventually lead them to taste the death of their country once again.

The best fate for the elven country caught between Charlemagne and Lapland, two pieces of super-thick bread, is to drag away a large number of humans and then perish again, and the elves whose numbers have further dwindled are once again hiding in the valley woods to survive - this is already the best and least likely outcome to be thought of compared to the extinction of the country.

It is necessary to solve the geopolitical dilemma of thin hamburger belly, following the problems of organization, economy, internal affairs, military affairs, and so on. The unsolvable problem of the diplomatic grand strategy was handed to Li Lin, and if he solved this labyrinth formula, there would be a broad road ahead, and if he couldn't solve it, Li Lin would have to consider all kinds of [throwing stones], [planting mushrooms] and [particle cannon washing the ground].

That would be terrible, really—very bad.

In order to avoid [one is given to Antarctica. A nuclear warfare education nursery rhyme given to the Arctic Ocean, "By that time, every corner of the world will become, will become warm and bright", or avoid smashing an asteroid or something down after raising your arms and shouting "Rise up, citizens!", "zick, xxxx!" at an officer's state funeral. Li Lin filled in the blank space of the required bonus question with the beginning of the sentence, and added the annotations of "Distant Friendship and Close Attack", "Ming Xiu Plank Road, and Dark Chen Cang" at the end.

The elves need to establish relations with all the nations except Charlemagne, including the United Duchy of Emir and Rus', and then keep them in a close and ambiguous manner. The contradiction between any country and Agen Toratong is always smaller than the contradiction between them and Charlemagne, so it is naturally difficult to form an anti-elf chorus, avoiding the nightmare of two-front or even multi-front warfare, as long as you concentrate on dealing with Charlemagne. With the rapid economic and technological power of Agen Toraton, it will take at least 10 years or so to ensure that the elven camp gains a comparative advantage over the Kingdom of Charlemagne.

To this end, it is necessary to bring in the power of Albion to intervene in mainland affairs and interfere in Charlemagne's internal affairs, so that the island country that is isolated overseas and can only contribute from the allies on the peninsula who are keen on stirring up the base and chrysanthemum, and it is a crucial first step in diplomatic strategy to disguise all the [Albion's conspiracy] to contain most of Charlemagne's energy......) ...... ，

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