Winter mornings were pretty much the same in the Earl's Mansion. After observing the terrain of the border, Sean went back to sleep for a while. The servants didn't wake him up until long after dawn.

breakfast……

He still ate alone at the table, but the difference was that Luke would report the news from the front line to him. During this period of time, because of Barnil's connections among the mercenaries, he had united some mercenary groups to serve as the intelligence hub of Oro City. Although there was not enough funding at the beginning, he still got a lot of intelligence thanks to Barnil's skilled tricks among the mercenaries.

It doesn't cost much and you don't need to worry about the other party leaking the information.

"So the war between the Empire and the Borg has entered a stalemate?" Sean stopped what he was doing and asked.

"Yes, both sides are desperate to break through, but they are both stuck in a quagmire. It is difficult for a large-scale siege to occur now. Both sides are competing for resources."

The battle will become like this at a certain stage. Unless you have destructive power to directly blow up a country or kill millions of people in a single attack, even a slight technological advantage will not be able to completely control the overall situation, not to mention that the Borg's supply lines are so long!

"That will probably take a long time," Sean said suddenly.

I subconsciously glanced at my breakfast, which included meat, eggs and wheat porridge. I wondered how long I could continue living like this.

"Yes, if the Borg insist on not withdrawing, they may hold out for a long time, maybe even one or two years... By then we will have to prepare some money and food to send to the front line." Luke said after thinking for a while.

Since the north of the Bashalan Empire has become a battlefield, the food source will be more heavily dependent on the south. By then, perhaps all southern nobles will be forced to pay money and grain to the country, especially since the Grand Duke of the south is such a patriotic person.

"We do need to prepare in advance. This means the Borg also urgently need to end this war as soon as possible!"

"I'm afraid it won't end so easily. Even if he wants to retreat now, he will probably lose a lot of soldiers..." Luke said.

“No need to retreat.”

"ah?"

Sean looked at Luke's puzzled expression. Although the other servants participated in the conversation between the two, they also heard the conversation, so there were quite a few focuses of attention in his field of vision, and the word "being paid attention to..." was written above everyone's head.

"Why don't they need to retreat? Are they going to fight us to the death?" The question was not asked by Luke but by Karyana and others who came from the other side.

The address of the Wings of the Sky branch has not been chosen yet. Sean has arranged for someone from the Morgan family to be responsible for this matter, so they are living in the Earl's Mansion during the time when they are not entering the branch.

Of course, Sean also hoped that they would live in the Earl's Mansion. Even after the branch was established, at least Karlyana and Nisha should stay...

One is for safety, and the other is that the soldiers in the Earl's Mansion look more energetic when they are there!

Karyana walked straight to Sean's side, and the two were allowed to dine with her so they could sit opposite her.

"Why do you say they don't need to retreat?" he asked again.

Karyana has always been the liaison between the Wings of the Covering Sky headquarters or Frelia herself and this side. She will report everything that happens here truthfully. After returning from the forest, she buried her head in writing a long statement of the situation and sent it to Frelia in the north. At the same time, she also mentioned in the letter several methods she had thought of to deal with the war.

Even though Sean didn't think it was necessary, she did it anyway.

As a member of the National Wizarding Corps, Frelia occasionally had a say, and her direct leader was Prince Philip, who could influence the king's decisions. Therefore, Karyana felt it was necessary to submit her opinions...

Of course Sean didn't care about these things, he was just giving some suggestions anyway.

He didn't believe that the old marshals who had guarded the north for their entire lives would not have thought of these methods, and submitting them was just repeating what others had said.

However……

This moment is different.

Things have been different since I gained these abilities.

What you foresee is likely to become a reality...

Karyana sat directly next to Sean and waited for an answer.

"The best thing to do than retreat is to attack."

"But they can no longer move forward, not even a single step!"

Sean looked at the witch in front of him and said firmly...

"They really can't advance, but they can attack from other places. For example, they can bypass the plateau mountains in the west and go through the Amansha area to attack the southwest of the empire. At the same time, they can also bypass the Gobi Desert in the Adak area in the east and directly attack the southeast of the empire, which is our Oro City." Sean said.

I studied the topographic map for a long time early this morning. Although I couldn't see any bright spots of people in the large area, I could figure out the height of the nearby terrain and the size of the plains. That section of the road was traversable, and it was always close to the Gobi Desert and there were even a few oases for supplies. It was simply a godsend route.

"this……"

Karyana was no fool. She looked at Nisha and Luke beside her and saw that they were also thinking about this method over and over again.

"Is it possible? You know, no one has ever walked through those places."

"They might not be used to the plateau, and given the temper of the Amansha people, they might not give way so easily, but there's a way. As for the Adak region, we can definitely leave."

After hearing this, Sean realized that the people in front of him had never been to the Gobi or desert areas.

That place is an empire, and every city is connected by roads... The smaller cities are surrounded by vast deserts, so the defense line will not be so long.

Weren’t those Adak soldiers who stayed on the border line before retreating because of my anger in Tacoma City?

Luke and Karlyana pondered...

"Next, I'm going to deploy defenses on the border. Luke, have Joseph send troops to the border tomorrow... no, today to set up defenses. I don't think there's ever been a battle there. Repair those high walls that need repairs, and refurbish the arrow towers and artillery positions. Have Claude go over there to help as well. The defense line needs to be deployed to the buffer zone within Adak." Sean ordered.

Luke and his companions listened to this series of deployments in surprise.

I figured out the entire deployment just by guessing!

"Sir, will they really attack from that side?"

"Yes. I will..."

The two looked at Sean's determined eyes with some disbelief.

"Then how many men should General Joseph take with him?"

"Half... no, just take two-thirds of the army. This way the deployment will be faster. We don't have much time and we must get ready before the enemy!"