It's quite amusing, really—if you desert, you're held accountable, but if you're captured, nothing happens at all.
"Your Majesty, the situation is a bit tricky!
With the full coordination of the Department of Foreign Affairs, all sides have already established a united command, and we've successfully secured the majority voice in decision-making.
The main issue now lies here: everyone is worried that if we launch an all-out offensive, the Frank people may not withstand the pressure and choose to withdraw troops from the Papal State.
We've communicated with the Clergy, and they've assured us that they'll definitely keep Frank's forces tied up within their borders and prevent them from returning and disrupting the Allied Forces.
But alas, given how the Clergy's credibility has taken a severe hit in recent years, the more fervently they promise, the more skeptical everyone becomes.