How can we fight a good war with this bunch of insects!
Emperor: "Rommel... let's not mention him, are you any worse than Rommel?"
Mendel: "In organizing an attack, I am indeed not as good as Marshal Rommel."
Mendel's "frankness" directly rendered the Emperor silent.
He continued to "press the advantage": "Your Majesty, now it seems the Allies are planning to surround us in the Falais region. Retreating quickly can leave a precious seed for the Western Front. We can at least block the enemy at the border, so that you can focus on dealing with Ante's invasion."
The Emperor now was different from when he had just gone to war with Ante.
At the beginning, he saw the Allies as the main threat and refused to move the troops stationed in Carolingian to the Eastern Front, resulting in them being idle—while at the same time, the Eastern Front was fiercely contested.