A few days ago, the headquarters of the Duke of Risa, White Fox Castle.
It is said to be a fortress, but in fact it is a group of fortresses. There is no integral city wall. Instead, the low hills are built to look like iron barrels according to the terrain and the tunnels between the fortresses. All the dignitaries of the Risa family,
They all live scattered in this fortress group, guarded by loyal soldiers of the family.
There is a large lake on one side of the White Fox Fort. The fortresses are located high up, and you can have a panoramic view of thousands of sailboats.
Under the mountain where the castle is located is the location of White Fox City. It is built on the back of a mountain and a lake. Relying on water conservancy and road transportation, it has gathered a considerable population and businessmen from various places, making White Fox City the largest in the Risa family territory.
A shining pearl. Moreover, the city and the castle are guarded separately and rely on each other.
The name White Fox comes from the fact that the white fox beast was once produced here. When it was young, it was only an ordinary beast, but when it reaches adulthood, it has the opportunity to transform into a magical beast, which can bring disaster.
The fur of this exotic beast is white and soft. Whether it is a larvae or an adult, it is very popular among nobles. In particular, the fur of the white fox monster can be made into magic fur, which is beautiful, warm and has enchanting capabilities.
Excellent magic material.
Therefore, white foxes were heavily hunted by humans and eventually became extinct. There is no such thing as animal conservation in the Lost Lands. It is best for these monsters that attack human gathering places to die cleanly, and everyone will be happy.
There are no more white foxes in the White Fox Castle, but the people living here still live a comfortable life. Under the emperor, there are only sixteen grand dukes in the empire. The prosperity of the castle is only lost to the imperial city of Nini.
Just a tiny bit.
After all, Duke Rizal was an expert in domestic affairs. Not only did he manage the empire in an orderly manner, but his territory was still prosperous. But this was more than half a year ago.
Duke Kawei raised the bloody flag of revenge. Even if he did not attack the White Fox Castle for a while, it did bring harm to the Risa family's economy.
In particular, the emperor's ban on the involvement of other families has caused other nobles to more or less reduce the manpower stationed in White Fox City. Some official articles on the surface have all stopped, leaving only some shady exchanges under the table. Although
In this way, fewer and fewer people are willing to stand on the side of the Risa family, and the number of long-term residents of White Fox City has also been lost.
Especially under the obvious military threat from the Kawi family, the Rizal family made every effort to recruit troops and deploy troops to resist. Not only did the Rizal family's capital that had been stored for many years be dug up, but even private businesses were exploited by the Rizal family and were seriously injured.
There are people who have gone bankrupt and lost their homes and committed suicide.
Just a while ago, an unconfirmed news came, which made the residents of Risa Territory even more panic-stricken.
With the help of the bank, Duke Kawei started trade with the three small northern countries. The emperor could only prohibit the imperial nobles from communicating with the families of the two grand dukes, but could not prohibit other kings from doing things.
Besides, the Kawei family is in contact with the geographical location of the three small countries. Even if the emperor ordered an expedition in anger, the main attack would be the Grand Duke of Kawei. It is unlikely that troops would be mobilized from other places. Even if he ordered the army to travel a long distance, it would still be impossible.
We have to pass through the territory of the Kawei family. As a local snake, it is extremely easy to do some tricks.
In this case, it is very obvious to the three small countries that the friendship between the emperor's decree and Duke Kawei is more important.
However, just the expansion of trade does not make the people of the Risa family feel anxious. It is said that Duke Kawei intends to hire soldiers to launch an attack from outside the northern border and attack the Risa territory. This is fatal!
Is this rumor credible? Judging from the past habits of that military expert, as long as he can win the battle without too many sequelae, he is very likely to do it.
For example, driving the common people to be the vanguard and consuming the enemy's vitality may damage the reputation of benevolence and be detrimental to post-war rule. Such behavior would not be done by a nobleman who knew how to fight.
But if it is paid and people are willing to be the pioneers, the death of the employee can only be blamed on the employee's poor eyesight and lack of strength. It would be strange that the noble noble would not do this kind of thing.
Even Lord Rizal himself understands that troubles that can be solved with money are not troubles. In addition to the family's private army and territorial recruitment, he also hires a large number of mercenaries who are good at group fighting to serve as regional guards.
.Because if you don’t do this, your troops will not be enough to defend your territory and that of your vassals.
It's just that the situation in the Rizal family is obviously not good, and those mercenaries who are greedy for money do not dare to accept employment easily. Those people love money, but if they have no life to spend, no matter how much money is useless. Some mercenaries are too early
I got out of the car, and when I saw that I couldn't do anything, I couldn't even get off even if I wanted to.
Not to mention paying compensation for breach of contract, such breach of contract is no different from offending Mr. Rizal. If the Rizal family is eventually wiped out by the Kawei family, then nothing will happen. As long as a little bit of blood is left, it is tantamount to betrayal to them.
If you behave badly, you will definitely be retaliated against, so the mercenaries who signed the contract are also very troubled.
If there is insufficient evidence that the three small northern countries were hired to attack, so it is unlikely. Then there is another, more obvious thing, which is simply to kill people.
Judging from Kaweigong's military preparations, he already has the ability to launch an offensive. However, this winter, the heavy snowy weather hindered Kaweigong from launching a winter offensive.
In the lost land these days, even if you have warm clothes, once it snows in the latitude where the Gwane Empire is located, people will give up the idea of going out for activities, let alone setting off the army. Therefore, Duke Kawei’s plan is to
The attack was launched in early spring after winter. This information also trickled into the ears of Lord Rizal.
Whether it was the intelligence officers undercover in the Dukedom of Kawe who were highly skilled, or whether the old man who was good at using soldiers revealed it himself, no one in the Rizal family knew. They only knew one thing, the Spring Attack was a very vicious move.
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Although the Gwana Empire is no longer a major agricultural country, agriculture is still the foundation that countries big and small dare not neglect in an era like Midi when commerce is not prosperous. Launching war in the spring basically means giving up spring plowing, and along with it
The annual harvest will be significantly affected, and even a complete harvest is not impossible.
It is true that if you have money, you can buy food from others. However, the nobles in the empire have basically cut off contact with the two major duke families. They will only wait for them to decide the winner, get the emperor's approval, and re-enter the empire's order.
Resumption of normal business transactions.
Without such pressure, if the nobles in the empire provoke disputes and attack each other at will, how can the empire have peace? This can be regarded as the silent pressure given by the emperor. Either hurry up and fight, everyone who deserves to die will be taken alive.
Money comes to seek return. Or continue to delay until both families can't breathe, and then the emperor comes out to harvest. Anyway, the person sitting on that throne is making a profit without losing anything, so he is happy to watch the show.
If you go to a grain merchant to buy grain... Not to mention the small grain merchants, the largest grain merchant in the vicinity of the Guwana Empire is the Gia Long Chamber of Commerce. One of them, Ruan Wen Yue, the Wen Zhao brothers, and Ka Wei Gong are as good as wearing the same pants. I think.
Buying grain from the Jialong Chamber of Commerce is more difficult than reaching the sky.
Although the two brothers Wen Yue and Wen Zhao of the Jialong Chamber of Commerce do not hold the power of many companies today, they are still at a level where water will freeze. This is because the main force for transporting food relies on trucks produced by the automobile manufacturing and R&D center, and even the drivers
He was also trained by the two brothers.
It can be said that even if the Risa family offers a higher price, there are people from other branches of the chamber of commerce who want to sell it. The two brothers Wen Yue and Wen Zhao will just say it, and the truck will still drive to the territory of Duke Kawei. It is useless for anyone to say anything.
Even if the two brothers Wen Yue and Wen Zhao were persuaded or overpowered by the Ruan family from other branches, the manpower guarding the automobile center was half of Duke Kawei's Duke Guard. They wanted to kick out the Ruan brothers' influence.
, the technician swallowed it all, it is not as easy as drinking water.
Now that the second automobile manufacturing plant has not yet been established, once you are expelled from the automobile manufacturing and R&D center, it is almost the same as being kicked out of the automobile industry. Even if you use the maintenance experts at hand to compare with the existing cars and trucks
How much effort and effort will it cost to re-enter the automobile manufacturing industry based on the model? This does not require catching up with the level of the center.
When the opportunity costs on both sides were laid out, those who clamored that the Rizal family could buy grain at a better price also shut up. The gold price of selling those grains could not withstand the establishment from scratch.
Is it possible to sell grain to the Rizal family as gold for a car manufacturing plant?
Therefore, the Jialong Chamber of Commerce is firmly tied to the Kawei family's chariot, and no one can break the corner.
This also means that from a commercial perspective, the Rizal family basically has no chance of buying enough food. Once they give up the spring plowing in their territory, how long can he cope with the Kawei family?
Besides, the military strength mobilized by the two parties is not at the same level. The Kawei family has only 30,000 combat troops plus auxiliary troops. In order to defend various places, the Risa family mobilized nearly five times more manpower, more than 150,000
People fight with soldiers and auxiliary soldiers.
The difference in quantity between the two means that the Kawei family still has manpower to carry out spring plowing. There may be some things that cannot be taken into account, but it is not difficult to survive this year with the food purchased from the Jialong Chamber of Commerce.
However, the Rizal family squeezed out all the potential in their territory, and then reluctantly deployed defenses on those key nodes. Moreover, they could not guarantee that any place could survive Kawei's fierce attack.
At most, it just gives the defenders at other locations time to rush for reinforcements.
As for gathering all the troops to fight in the open field of Lakaweigong?
The Risa family has no confidence!
If it comes to fighting for the core troops, Rizal is confident that the equipment and training he supports are even better than those of the Kavi family. But when the large army is fighting, he does not have the appropriate strategic and tactical talents to compete with Rika.
Dokavi, the military god with great talents.
Once the miscellaneous troops you hired with money dare to appear in the wilderness, they must be laughed at by that old ghost Ricardo. As long as you lose a few miscellaneous troops, your own morale will probably collapse. Not to mention that the remaining miscellaneous troops will
If they are scattered, even their own core army is not stable.
So if we don't fight defensively, Mr. Rizal really has no confidence!
The key factor in all these disadvantages is that the emerging product of "cars" gives the old man who likes to run unparalleled mobility. This is like adding more power to a tiger.
In order to even out this disadvantage, Grand Duke Angie Rizal set his sights on the airship. The opportunity he could take advantage of was the Sid.