According to Lux's plan, Demacia's nobles must be swept into the trash.
But this requires cleaning up the social form and system, rather than completely annihilating all nobles physically - nobles who are willing to accept the new order are completely candidates for transformation.
The scale is actually not very easy to grasp, but no matter how difficult it is to handle, Lux must correct her posture.
Therefore, as the industry associations gradually entered the cities in the north, the intelligence team was also consciously collecting information about nobles from various places, processing and archiving it into categories.
Among the nobles, there are outright bastards. These guys do all kinds of evil for their own desires. They can't even stay in the local industry association. They are hopeless people.
But there are also people who stick to the glory of the nobility, and even follow Lux as an example, and try their best to develop local social production. They work hard and work hard, and they are people who can be united.
Naturally, there are different attitudes towards different nobles, so combined with the information from the intelligence team and Lux's contact, the list of targets for the Northern United Front was finally drawn up.
The nobles on the list accounted for less than one-third of the number of nobles in the entire northern territory. When Lux started taking action in Mithral City, representatives of the industry associations where they were located finally chose to come to persuade them to join Lux.
under his command.
This is quite a dangerous job.
Even though the targets of persuasion were carefully selected and regarded as people with whom we could unite in the preliminary work, representatives of seven industry associations were still imprisoned.
Among these people who could be united, only about one-third expressed their willingness to side with Lux. Overall, about one-tenth of the nobles in the entire northern border chose to side with Lux.
Here, they are clearly willing to "rebuild Demacia".
The size of one-tenth of the North may not seem large, but in fact, considering that Forsbarrow and Mithril City have already broken the flag, Owendale's attitude is also a bit ambiguous, and there are very few private armies in other places.
From the perspective of the capital, the current northern border can be said to be "entirely in rebellion".
When the United Front in the North was being established, Jarvan IV, who was in the capital, received the news, and his first reaction was disbelief.
He really couldn't imagine that just because of a deal that had not yet been concluded, Lux, a paragon of nobility, would "imprison her parents and brothers and choose to rebel."
Jarvan IV and Lux grew up together in a real sense. When Galen dismantled the music box, Jarvan IV helped put it together. The relationship between their brother and sister has always been very good, but why did things suddenly develop?
Has it come to this?
For Jarvan IV, this was completely unimaginable.
Unfortunately, no matter how much he didn't want to believe it, all of this was still before him.
Although Lux has not yet published an open letter or anything else, her actions of interrogating the nobles and taking over Mithril City were completely undisguised.
Moreover, those nobles who were unwilling to side with Lux also sent messengers to Xiongdu.
While they expressed their loyalty to Jarvan IV, they also expressed their need for shelter. Although they rejected Lux, everyone still knew about the strength of Lux and Forsbarrow. Since they were unwilling
If they side with Lux, Xiongdu must quickly provide support.
Under this situation, no matter how much Jarvan IV didn't want to believe it, he had to take action immediately and mobilize his army to go north to quell this inexplicable rebellion in his opinion.
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Because the Tarik people went to Shurima, Garen was temporarily under house arrest by Lux. Now Jarvan IV's only trusted confidants are Lanf and Barret.
Both Lanf and Barrett have very firm attitudes towards Lux's "rebellion".
Of course Lan Fu didn't need to say anything, she had been waiting for this day for a long time.
He must fight hard. Only by dealing with Lux and the troublesome mages under her can he enter the Shadow Realm, complete the ritual, and truly achieve immortality.
As for Barrett, from his perspective, his daughter Sona must be under house arrest now, so he must clearly support His Majesty the King, defeat Lux, and then rescue Sona!
Moreover, not only them, but also the nobles on the Council of Nobles, who always like to undermine each other and enjoy quarrels, have rarely come up with very unanimous opinions, and they all firmly support Jarvan IV in continuing the fight.
Although Lux was once their model of nobility and the tool they used to restrict Jarvan IV, as what Lux did in Mithril City spread to the capital, all the nobles agreed with Lux very unanimously.
Silk, and drew a clear line with Forsbarrow.
For a moment, the entire Demacia seemed to be facing the invasion of Noxus, showing an aura of sharing the same hatred with the enemy!
Of course, it's just momentum.
In fact, due to Jarvan IV's tireless efforts to regain power over the past ten years, although the nobles of Demacia are still in a transcendental position and can still reasonably and legally exploit the common people in the territory, in terms of political power, the power in their hands is only that much.
Something happened.
In the past, when facing the invasion of Noxus, Demacia always used a combination of noble private armies and elites directly under the royal family to fight, and everyone also cobbled together the supply of supplies.
Now, facing Lux, who openly wants to establish New Demacia, nobles from all over the world are talking loudly, but in fact, the support given to Jarvan IV is almost zero.
Yes, even though they knew very well that Lux was probably deliberately targeting the nobles, most of the nobles still chose to "provide all help except actual actions" for the royal family's subsequent counter-insurgency.
You have taken away our private army, and you have also banned us from recruiting any more private armies. In this case, even if you ask us to help, we can't give you much!
This attitude can't be said to be bad, but it is somewhat negative.
Even though Jarvan IV delivered a righteous speech in the Council of Nobles, profoundly explaining the dangers of Lux, the actual help he received was only a little spiritual encouragement that was better than nothing.
The nobles who were still taking chances with the Shurima trade were not even willing to give out the food they had accumulated.
Why are they so greedy and stingy?
The reason is also very simple. In their opinion, Lux will never succeed. Now they are fully supporting Jarvan IV, which is to beat the dog with a meat bun.
In the eyes of the nobles, Lux is just out of her mind. She only has two cities under her control, and they are still remote places. Even if Forsbarrow and Mithril City are considered relatively wealthy places in the north, how can she do it?
Use this to fight against Jarvan IV and his Demacia elite?
Isn't this a joke!
Although everyone is dissatisfied with some of Jarvan IV's actions, at least in terms of military affairs, the nobles still have full confidence in His Majesty the Emperor - this man defeated the Noxus Empire and influenced Demacia for the first time.
The man whose power extended to Shurima was the first emperor of the Demacia Empire!
I heard that Laxana also had military talents, but how could defeating the barbarians in the north compare to defeating the Noxus Empire?
The nobles of Demacia obviously don't know the complex reasons behind the collapse of the Noxus Empire, nor do they know what kind of strength Forsbarrow possesses.
A few people who were interested specifically inquired about the performance of the Fosbaeros in the Battle of Naschramé, but the final conclusion was that "they were the team with the highest casualties."
This is even funnier.
Among all the armies, which plainswalker sequence of Forsbarrow suffered the most casualties and received the most pensions? It must be the weakest!
Is this a noob worthy of going against Jarvan IV?
It is only a matter of time to quell this rebellion!
With this idea in mind, although the nobles clearly opposed Lux and criticized this former noble model until he was penniless, when Jarvan IV talked about actual actions, they all started to act stupid.
The army is under your command, so you should have full authority to handle it!
Jarvan IV indeed did not count on these nobles who were inferior to each other. What he needed now was actually military rations and supplies.
After the Battle of Nashrame, the royal family immediately sold the excess grain on hand to the Raqor people. The main reason for being so impatient was that other nobles had a large amount of grain in their hands, so they had to sell it quickly.
Removing the royal family's food can also prevent nobles from various places from selling food to the Rakkor people to a certain extent!
It is now nearly a month before this year's wheat is mature and harvested, and it is the time when the harvest is in short supply.
Theoretically speaking, Jarvan IV could delay and wait for a month for Demacia's wheat to mature and harvest and pay taxes before heading north. However, Jarvan IV, who knew the importance of military strength and speed, knew very well that if this was the case,
After a lot of trouble, by the time the counter-rebel troops arrived at Forsbarrow, it was probably already autumn.
Not to mention how much the situation in the North will deteriorate by then, even if the situation in the North remains the same as it is now, the window period left for Demacia's counter-rebellion operations will become very short.
With sufficient supplies, the Demacia army can march, fight, and siege cities in the desert, because the problem in the desert is drought. As long as the soldiers have water to drink, they can move every day in the morning and afternoon when the weather and temperature are suitable.
, at most the non-combat attrition rate is higher.
But once winter comes in this place in the north...it won't really work for anyone who comes.
At this time, Mithral City and Forsbarrow, both controlled by Lux, are important towns in the north. In the true sense, one man is in charge and no one can break through.
Although when the two cities were built, the imaginary enemy was the barbarians in the north, but that did not mean that their south was defenseless.
If it is delayed until winter and snow falls in the north, I am afraid that we will not be able to quell the rebellion within this year.
Throughout the history of Demacia, there has never been a rebellion on this scale!
This was something that Jarvan IV could not accept at any cost. If a noble rebellion that was driven by madness had to be wasted for a year or more before it could be quelled, it would be a slap in his face.
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Ascending the throne and proclaiming himself emperor was both an honor and a burden for Jarvan IV.
Therefore, no matter what, Jarvan IV could not delay and wait for the wheat harvest before sending out troops.
When the royal family was short of food, he naturally thought of the food hoarded by nobles from various places for Shurima trade. At the Noble Council, Jarvan IV euphemistically expressed his hope that the nobles would support him.
But the nobles are not fools. Since they believe that Jarvan IV can definitely put down the rebellion, why should they use their own capital to support the royal family?
You, Jarvan IV, have a criminal record with us. Last time we listened to you, put aside our grudges with you, and went to support Tobitsia together. What was the result?
The Noxians were defeated by you, but you also annexed all our private armies. Then, with the power of victory, you simply banned us from recruiting private armies from the system, and you also took the opportunity to
The retired soldiers became missionaries of the Illuminati and came to our territory to cause trouble for us...
Now it is just a rebellion that is destined to be put down. Why should we give out food to help?
Your royal family's grain was sold at a high price, and now you want to buy it from us at a low price. Why did you end up with all the good things?
What, you said that there is not enough food, and if you continue to delay, you will not be able to suppress the rebellion this year?
If it doesn’t work this year, then next year!
Do you think of being embarrassed now?
It is your Majesty Jarvan IV's face that is being dishonored, not ours, so why are we anxious?
Although some people rebelled, after the nobles in the noble council shouted slogans and expressed their attitudes, they quickly became quiet again one by one as if nothing happened.
Jarvan IV's previous series of power-taking activities finally exposed the problem at this time.
When it comes to external expansion, the nobles are willing to temporarily put aside their grudges and stand with the royal family for the sake of a larger market and more gold coins.
But now this is counterinsurgency!
There is no benefit to everyone if we win against the rebellion. Unless you, Jarvan IV, come up with something practical, why should we provide money and food?
In the past ten years, in order to gather power, Jarvan IV was very generous to his soldiers and was very happy to support them as small lords or let them serve as missionaries of the Illuminati; but when facing the nobles, except when he ascended the throne,
Outside of one wave, he is stingy most of the time.
Although this is mainly due to the shortage of Demacia's fiefdoms, and it is difficult to reward the great nobles while ensuring the basic fiefdoms directly under the royal family, it is undeniable that Jarvan IV himself also had his own reasons.
Compared to Jarvan III, who was more gentle in his methods, Jarvan IV was indeed a little behind in uniting the nobles.
Under such circumstances, Jarvan IV had no choice but to accept the bitter consequences of his efforts to consolidate the power of the nobility, and used the royal family's savings to purchase a large amount of grain hoarded by the nobility at a high price.
After the noble council finalized the deal, Jarvan IV, who returned to Dawn Castle, became increasingly angry. In the end, he simply overturned his dinner to the ground, changed his armor, and moved directly into the military camp.