With the Crimson Knights confirmed to be joining the war and Area 11 providing additional Sakura Stone supplies, half of the arrangements for the large-scale campaign in Area 19 were complete. The true main force in this battle would be Xiao Ran and the Crimson Knights. Area 19's original Military Strength would merely provide support. Upon hearing Xiao Ran say that Cornelia would cooperate fully, Lelouch seemed to understand something.
The real reason Xiao Ran had chosen to contact Koji at this time was not simply to have him send enough forces to decide the battle, nor was it to warn him of the consequences the coming operation would bring. The true reason was to give Koji and the Crimson Knights an opportunity—an opportunity to prepare in advance.
Xiao Ran did not know how many sealed units the Crimson Knights had yet to reveal. Whether it was one unit or ten, they could not bring a decisive advantage to the continent where Area 19 was located. In Xiao Ran's estimation, although the Crimson Knights had attached themselves to Britannia, the strongest faction, their own development was extremely backward. Therefore, the number of units they had unsealed could not be very large, and they were likely to be mostly low-level units.
That was why Xiao Ran had deliberately contacted Koji. He was letting Koji know in advance that Area 19 had a large batch of Sakura Stones waiting for him to receive. Koji could make preparations beforehand, whether that meant converting all the Sakura Stones the Crimson Knights had already gathered into units, or sending people ahead to receive the Sakura Stones and using the time difference to unseal units with this batch. That was better than arriving without warning, discovering so many Sakura Stones here, then suddenly producing a large