“First of all, our army has not yet informed Benedict that our negotiations have broken down. Therefore, we can assume that the rebels are currently only on basic alert, and we expect that most of the rebel forces are still stationed in the southern oasis.”0

They started to set up the framework of a plan. However, Henry was well aware that this was a smoke-screen operation to hide information from each other; it was a waste of time.0

‘Arthus must have seen the report that arrived at the imperial palace, so he probably told Benedict that the negotiations had broken down. They must have dispersed their forces not only in the capital but everywhere else as well.’0

In addition, Benedict probably knew that it wasn’t the imperial army involved but the private armies of the counts.0

‘Surely… There will be less pressure.’0

The rebels would not have to fear the imperial army and could focus on destroying the private army. Arthus had promised to take care of everything...0