但他更喜欢绕着改革议程打外围战，而不是实施改革。
He preferred to work around the reform agenda rather than implementing it .
这期间，意大利的战斗仍在继续，但与北部重大战役相比，它只不过是一场外围战而已。
Fighting also continued in Italy during this period , but it was peripheral compared to the campaigns in the north .
外围战