Chapter six hundred and eighty embarrassing dilemma
The name of the Chauvinist Dominion says a lot. It is not a country, but just a "self-administered territory". For a long period of time, it was isolated from the diplomatic circle of the entire Northland.
In a fantasy world dominated by the feudal era, human lords and nobles are not only an identity, but also a responsibility inherited by blood. Of course, it is also a right.
In Ashe, which has nothing to do with peace, nobles have a series of enviable privileges. For example, as long as they surrender in time, they can usually save their lives. As long as they pay enough ransom, they can return home relatively decently. Of course, this is only limited to human beings.
Civil war, this is also the reason why human nobles will fight tooth and nail once they encounter a foreign war. On the battlefield, you will die or I will die, and the civil war will be relatively less intense.
Another enviable privilege is that those who become lords can only be nobles. This is a helpless unspoken rule, but it is taken for granted by the world.
There are few ways for commoners to become nobles. The most reliable way is to use force to reclaim wasteland. Even if they successfully open up new territories, such pioneering knights will be regarded as inferior. At least until they last three or four generations, they will not be able to enter the big country.
of aristocratic circles.
Such a relatively closed class concept is common in all countries. The intermarriage between nobles in various countries has deepened the "circle culture". Even if the country overthrows, the reality that local lords and nobles still exist has greatly weakened the royal power, and frequent occurrences of
In the face of a powerful enemy, the royal family is still desperate, but the nobles have already surrendered to the enemy because of the greater bargaining chip.
Noble heraldry is just the study of the history, family emblems, bloodline inheritance, interest nobility, and inheritance rights of nobility in various countries. It has become a specialized subject. It takes several years to learn it. In a sense, it is really enough.
Leisure...ahem, this is a kind of culture.
As for the Chauvin Autonomous Dominion, when it could not be called an independent country, the Hubble family as the lord was recognized by the aristocratic circle in the North. Because Gagarol Hubble's lineage originated from the Lan Kingdom,
He was once a local nobleman of the Lan Kingdom at that time.
Things like history and the honor of ancestors are not worth mentioning when you meet someone who doesn't recognize them, but if you throw them into the aristocratic circle who talk about the honor of ancestors every day, it is really a problem.
Different from the relatively stable central area of the mainland, the history of the Northland aristocrats, which has been tested for many times, is not very long. The maps of various countries have changed again and again. The family that has been around for three to four hundred years has a long history, and Hubble, who was inherited from the Lan Kingdom, has a long history.
The Er family was not recognized when the Lan tribe declined, but when the Lan tribe in the north rose again, they suddenly got a ride on it.
Therefore, even though he was only a lord of an autonomous territory, "Sly Fox" Gagarol dared to yell at the earls and marquises of various countries. Mixed with the advantages of landlords and past reputation, the lords of the royal families of various countries really obeyed.
He deployed his own bodyguards and mercenaries.
After all, this is not a civil war between human kingdoms. Once the defense line is breached, the hungry beasts will not spare your life just because you have noble blood. On the contrary, the pampered aristocratic children will have fine skin, tender meat and a body full of fat.
More delicious.
"Damn it, where did these beasts come from? The mercenaries have clearly dispersed all the beasts on the map."
Facing the endless hordes of wild beasts, the Chauvinian Dominion has abandoned all its peripheral defense lines. The peripheral cities have been captured one by one, and the villagers who have not had time to relocate have no chance of survival.
In front of the herd, the once-famous chauvinist guard regiment and mercenaries performed very poorly, with a chaotic organization and a lack of personnel. The result of long-term lack of training was that they did not even have weapons and equipment ready, and they lost their lives in vain.
Under the threat of wild beasts, deserters actually appeared.
The Chauvin Dominion used its own experience to teach all the northern lords present a lesson. Even if it has entered a period of internal peace, it cannot hand over the sword to protect itself to others.
More than 20,000 professional soldiers were organized, but less than 4,000 were actually available. However, a patchwork of temporary mercenaries and bodyguards easily formed a team of ten thousand soldiers.
This is actually quite normal. There are threats from beasts in the wild these days. It is normal for a noble lord to bring hundreds of mercenaries and bodyguards. Hundreds of nobles can easily gather an armed force of more than 10,000, and they are all personal guards and attendants.
Elite professions such as professional bodyguards and mage advisors seem to have stronger combat capabilities than the regular army.
And those who dare to wander around the whole North with one or two bodyguards are even better. After all, it only means that the strength of that strong man is comparable to hundreds of professional warriors.
The more noble the person, the stronger the camouflage power around them. There are many royal families and nobles in the Chauvinian Autonomous Territory, who are temporarily deployed and organized civilians as a line of defense. It is better to find these people to save their lives.
Gagarol lived up to his reputation as a cunning fox and managed to find a way out of a desperate situation. His own reputation and relationship with the Lan Kingdom also made his call have a real effect.
Now, thanks to the mercenaries and bodyguards brought by the lords from various places, and taking advantage of the city wall, a temporary defense line was put together and successfully intercepted the forward of the herd.
But facing the endless tide of beasts in the wild, no one knows how long they can sustain it. The only thing they can hope for is probably that reinforcements will arrive as soon as possible.
"The Eagle Tribe? They should be the nearest reinforcements."
The barbarian tribes allied with the Chauvin Dominion live in the mountains not far from Chauvin. They are the most likely reinforcements to arrive, but only Gagarol himself knows that trustworthy barbarian allies cannot be counted on.
"...They have made a fortune selling ore over the years, so who still lives in the mountains and suffers from the cold? Most of their members have moved to big cities and are enjoying their fortunes. There are only a few miners in the mountains."
In a sense, what the barbarians will do after making money is indeed worthy of discussion. Some people may think that they will use the gold coins to improve and repair their villages, while the barbarians of the Eagle Tribe
But he gave the most direct answer. They took their money and went to the city to become rich... They were all rich, but who was still bragging shirtless on the mountain?
"The surrounding barbarian elves and orc tribes? They should still have enough fighting strength. We will pay them to help rescue them, no matter the cost!"
There are many mixed-race residents in the Chavin Autonomous Territory, but those living in the city-states are mostly mixed-race people who have accepted human culture. Those mixed-race tribes who advocate the orc totem culture and live in the elves' mountains are also scattered among the city-states in the Chavin Autonomous Territory.
outside.
They maintain a strange, seemingly distant relationship with the Chauvinian Dominion. They often go down to the city to buy daily necessities, but they always refuse the penetration and assimilation of human culture.
Their combat prowess was extremely outstanding. Eight years ago, it would have been a good idea to seek help from them who had the same origin. But now, Gagarol's heart was full of regret, regretting why he was so quick and cruel.
"...Now there are still primitive barbaric tribes. In our tourism plan, all those tribes have been opened as tourist attractions. Various bandit villages and tribal style streets are widely praised by tourists. Those barbaric mixed-blood warriors..."
"...Weren't they all killed? Or were they expelled?"
The head attendant was full of surprise. As the lord's guard, he had never heard of such a thing. Could it be a bloody secret massacre?
"Is this something from that era? Who still does this kind of thing these days? Instead of fighting and killing, it's better to make a fortune together. With huge demolition compensation, they want to go to the elves to go directly to the elves to buy a house and a household registration. Anyway,
Even with the support of Lanmeng, they are not afraid of being bullied.
Negative, if you want to experience the real life of the orcs, you just take the money and go to the orc plains. I just received their letter a few months ago. It’s like living like an emperor. Even the mixed-race people can spend money to become the chief.
I’m envious of the little life I lived.”
In a sense, the chauvinistic Dominion has also risen. The result of the limited amount of land around it is that everyone looks at money, and then all the possible reinforcements around it are "exploited" and "opened up".
The rest are businessmen who are making a fortune together. To expect businessmen to go to war? That is naked murder.
As a lord, Gagarol may not be very qualified, but he is also recognized as a talented person in the North... an outstanding business genius, but now, he looks helpless and regrets it.
"I can only hope that the Lan Kingdom will catch up, and the fleet should be in time. No, for the gold coins that belong to me in the future, I must be in time..."——
