The Eastern Front

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Such concludes the report I received from my son. The Western Church's assault does not appear to have meaningfully hampered the Kingdom's progress.

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Glad to hear it. We'd better make sure we can keep up.

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But Claude, what do you propose we actually do?

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Crossing the Great Bridge of Myrddin will only land us square in Bergliez territory, home to the Empire's Minister of Military Affairs himself.

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I don't get how we can invade the Empire without losing a ton of people.

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Simple—we don't really invade. All we have to do is make it look like we will. I told Dimitri the same thing.

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Remember, Garreg Mach is the actual prize here. If we get dragged into a mud fight deep in their territory, pulling out won't be an option.

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The most important thing is convincing them they need to keep a nice, big flock of troops stationed to defend the eastern front.

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And how do we do that?

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How else? We use the many-headed snake.

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Uh, gross. I don't like the sound of this.

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Don't worry, that's just the name of the strategy. It's an old trick they used to pull east of Fódlan.

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Imagine our army's a many-headed snake, striking at a bunch of different targets all at once.

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Meaning not just the Great Bridge of Myrddin, but every other bridge that spans the Airmid, too.

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The second the Empire starts trying to sever any one head in particular, we pull it back and redouble our efforts from the others.

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A plan as arrogant and brazen as our leader himself. And yet, an effective one, to hear tell of it.

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At any rate, my opinion bears little weight in this chamber. I leave the decision to you.

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We need to consider all our options here.

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If we really do reclaim Garreg Mach, Fódlan will undoubtedly change.

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And when it does, our army needs the strength to greet whatever horizon awaits.