Plenty of People Will Do It

"If we prepare to launch the next offensive, how much time will we need?"

"My lord, if it's only a matter of training the soldiers, three months should be enough to give them a certain level of combat ability. But if we want to launch a full-scale war, I suggest waiting until after the autumn harvest." Saik naturally knew that this was when the nobles were at their weakest.

But after they captured the cities some time ago, they had uncovered an astonishing amount of wealth in the nobles' estates. The Prince's forces still controlled the prosperous southeast. If they truly went to war, it would actually be difficult for them to gain much of an advantage.

The troops needed to besiege a city far exceeded those needed for field battles. If the nobles shut themselves inside their cities and refused to come out, the Commoner Army would largely just be wasting resources.

After the autumn harvest, the nobles' forces would certainly recover as well. However, the Noble Army had already suffered devastating losses in the previous war, and it would be difficult for them to raise another elite force in such a short time.

Only under such circumstances would the Commoner Army have a chance at a decisive battle. As long as they won, they could smoothly swallow up the entire eastern region of the empire.

While Mel planned his next move, the Bernardo Merchant Guild in the south was also gathering information about him. Claire and the others were preparing to head to Gard to find him.

"The Commoner Army has already captured the entire northeastern region of the Gard Empire? That's really impressive." At the moment, Claire could only learn what kind of person Mel was from Chocolate. She had no memories of him at all.

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