Chapter 479 [The Responsibilities of Local Nobles] (2 in 1)(2/2)
As for the target of the war... they would never ride over the Kilimarro Mountains to fight the dwarves or orc kingdoms.
The only enemy is from the Northwest Corridor to the east...Roland Empire.
The King of Grassland has issued a war manifesto.
That manifesto denounced the exploitation, plunder and exploitation of the grassland people by the Rolands over the past hundred years. In particular, it denounced the rudeness of the Tulips family to the grassland royal family. The kings on the grassland and the leaders of various tribes were like slaves, pigs and dogs in front of the Tulips family...
In short, the whole manifesto describes how the people in the grassland were living in poverty under the oppression of the evil Roland Empire.
The grassland king himself followed the will of heaven and the will of the people, and wanted to do his best to be a heroic grassland people, leading the brave and warlike grassland people to resist the oppression from the evil Roland Empire. The grassland people are no longer willing to continue to be slaves of the Roland people, but want to turn over and become masters.
As for the specific way to turn over, it is very simple: pick up a machete, ride a horse, cross the northwest corridor, go to the Rolanders' home, burn! Kill! rob!
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Many of the Tulip's eyeliners on the grassland have been arrested and cleaned, but there are still many eyeliners who have sent back the news. Several messages brought back by Liaoying were consistent.
So the situation is basically certain!
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"Two hundred thousand string control?" Panning rubbed his eyebrows hard, shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Even if there are 200,000 cattle and sheep, it won't be easy to kill all of them."
"General, I promise that 200,000 grassland people are much more difficult to kill than 200,000 cattle and sheep." Span's tone was a little mockery.
Panning clapped his hands and suddenly said coldly: "What are the Tulips family telling us about this news? The grassland people are going to invade, and they are the first to be hit. Even if they have to send troops to resist the invasion, it is the first headache for the Tulips family."
Span shook his head, staring at Panning, and his tone was very serious: "The first question, I can answer you, General Panning! At least for now, the Tulips did not rebel openly. Therefore, their current legal identity is the legal nobles of the empire. As a noble, it is reasonable and legal to inform the official government of the empire that is closest to him about the invasion of the foreign land - you should even commend them, this is the duty of every nobleman of the Roland Empire."
Panin widened his eyes.
"The second question... they don't need a headache now." Span bit his lip and smiled bitterly: "The Tulip family has written it clearly in the official document. They claim that they are small and weak and are unable to resist the invasion of the 200,000 grassland troops. So they have ordered the strategy of contraction defense among all the territories of the family. They have reduced their limited forces to only a few big cities and adopted a strategy of defending... They even told us in the official document: In order to delay the invasion of the enemy, they have made great sacrifices, adopted the scorched earth strategy, and gave up the rural land around the city. The farmers abandoned their homes and moved into the city..."
Scorched earth strategy?
Panin suddenly wanted to scold people!!
Can you not be so shameless in being a human being?!!
Scorched earth strategy?!
Do you have soil in your tulip family to burn?!
Who doesn’t know that the northwest is so expensive, with a vast land and a barren land!
The Tulips' territory is more northwest than the Nurin Province! Their land is more barren! One hundred acres of land, nine and a half acres are all sand!!
Most of the vast territory of the Tulip family is in the wilderness!! There is not much cultivated land and farmland at all!
Scorched earth?
It was originally a land full of gravel, so where are you burning?!
As for the houses... most of the houses in the northwest are adobe buildings, so those farmers don’t care about the few dilapidated houses!
What's more, the Tulip family has money! The family can afford to lose those houses!
...Panning suddenly realized a very bad problem!
"They... really say that? Contract defense? Give up the countryside... all populations should shrink as much as possible into the city?"
"...Yes, my General!" Span said coldly: "The population distribution of the Tulips is originally very simple. Most of their population is in cities, and there are almost no people in the countryside. Only some edges have grasslands that can be grazed. But just take the livestock back to the city. A considerable number of people are concentrated in several cities with developed manufacturing industries with concentrated workshops - there are not many farmers in the entire Tulips territory."
"And...their city defense is very strong." Panin suddenly turned red and cursed angrily: "Don't others know, don't I know yet!! The city defenses of the Tulips's major cities were built at the level of the Kaspersky defense line! Hell! The Kaspersky defense line was originally built by the Tulips's family a hundred years ago!! The city defense system of the cities in their family territory is even stronger than that of the imperial capital! I think even if those grassland people run in, they will never choose to use their war horses to hit those city walls!"
"You're right." Span gritted his teeth.
"So..." Panin suddenly sat back slowly.
"So, according to my calculations, the Tulips have given up their resistance at all... They will not even send troops to defend the Northwest Corridor. The cavalry of 200,000 grassland people will rush into the Northwest like a flood... Those grassland people bully the weak and fear the strong. They will not choose to fight to the death in those cities with tight city defenses. Those grassland robbers who are eager to rob will only bypass those cities with tall walls and then rush toward their inner abdomen!" Span said coldly: "Don't forget that if you come out of the Northwest Corridor, if you are fast horses, you can reach the border of the Nulin Province in just ten days."
Panin suddenly smiled bitterly and said, "The Tulips did this... Why did they send us a document to tell us?"
Span's face became even more ridiculous: "To be precise, they are asking you for instructions."
"Ask me...?" Panin opened his mouth.
"Yes, because your current official position is... the Chief Military and Political Officer of the Northwest War Zone." Span shook his head and sighed: "In terms of official positions, in the entire Northwest, you are the largest. Even the Duke of the Tulips, in fact, do not hold any public office of the empire now. So..."
"So, if the grassland people invade, then I, the chief military and political chief of the Northwest, is the highest commander here? I have to take this matter back?"
Panin couldn't laugh or cry.
"You are right." Span's face looked extremely ugly: "And... you have no reason to accuse the Tulips family of inaction... because fundamentally, they are only local nobles of the empire, and the law does not give them the responsibility of guarding the borders for the empire. If they can send such a warning, they have already fulfilled their duties as the nobles. Resisting foreign invasions is indeed the scope of responsibility of you, the chief of the Northwest."
Panin understood.
Tulips' attitude is very simple:
Didn’t the imperial emperor always dislike our Tulip family for being too powerful and controlling too much?
Well, now we can safely adhere to the identity of an imperial nobleman. We only do what a "local nobleman" should do. In addition, we will not move an extra finger.
Foreign enemies invade?
Let’s take care of the Northwest Chief appointed by the Emperor of the Empire!
We are just local nobles... For other things, just fuck it.
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Chapter completed!