Chapter 409: The Immigration Wave and the Kingdom’s Civil War
"...Prince Wedelek has set August 10th as the day of his coronation, and he is unwilling to delay it any longer. It is said that the final condition he gave to the eldest prince Hansbach was that
The territories of the original Eskiline Principality and the original Limodra Principality were merged into the Princely Territory, which was used as a fiefdom for Prince Hansback in exchange for his consent to Prince Wiederek becoming Stirling XI."
This is the latest news from the royal capital sent by Mr. Veblen. Of course, when this news reaches the hands of several generals on the Nubisian continent, I believe that Prince Hansback over there has already given a reply. Speaking of which
The conditions are already very favorable, and they also break the decree left by Sterling IX that the kingdom will no longer grant territories to nobles.
However, the eldest prince Hansback is not considered a noble. He is the eldest prince. If Prince Wedelek ascends the throne, he will become a prince. They are both named Sterling. No matter how big the fiefdom is, the meat will rot in the pot. I believe that by then
There are legal experts who have come out to explain that this is not a violation of the order or anything...
It is said that countless people who went to persuade the eldest prince Hansback were met with disgrace, and most of them did not even see the eldest prince's face. The prime minister of the kingdom, Duke Duncan, also made a trip.
The meeting lasted for two hours. After coming out, he just smiled bitterly and went back to the capital without saying a word.
Prince Widreko couldn't wait to take the throne. After discussing with the powerful men in the royal capital, he gave a deadline. Regardless of whether Prince Hansback agreed to this final condition or not, he was prepared to do so in August.
He ascended the throne on the 10th. After all, the throne of the kingdom has been vacant for more than half a year. You can't refuse to ascend the throne just because you are afraid of the eldest prince. Many important things in the kingdom have been delayed.
Claude and several generals in the war zone have made up their minds. Even if the two princes from the kingdom start to fight and fall in love, they will just stay in the war zone of the Overseas Directly Administered Territory of the Nubisia Continent to watch the fun, and they are determined not to get involved in this vortex.
Anyway, all you need to do is express your allegiance to the king. As for which of the two princes becomes the king, it depends on their own abilities...
But before May arrived, several generals in the theater headquarters received an urgent request for help from Wickham Castle, which was directly under the jurisdiction of Cromwell. It was said that because there were too many immigrants, the immigration qualifications were verified at Wickham Castle.
The officers in charge of the logistics department who were distributing land swaps for personal properties were already overwhelmed. In addition, Wickham Castle needed to urgently transport a large amount of food, grass, tents and other supplies from the rear to prevent the families of those officers and soldiers from sleeping in the open.
Claude felt a little strange. When he stayed in Lanhu Town, he didn't see many immigrants on the road heading to Cromwell and Beringana. Why did Wickham Castle suddenly start complaining? But since
After receiving the letter asking for help, Claude, General Bolognik and General Skerry set out with the guards to Wickham Castle.
After arriving at Wickham Castle, the three generals all fainted. Because the area around Wickham Castle was crowded with people at first glance. Countless immigrants carrying large and small bags looked like refugees, and they surrounded Wickham Castle.
Watery diarrhea is blocked.
"Why are there so many people?" General Bolognik said naa.
Yes, why are there so many people? Claude asked a second lieutenant in military uniform. The second lieutenant recognized Claude, saluted hurriedly, and then answered Claude's question. It turns out that these junior officers knew about immigration access.
The qualifications and personal property land exchange need to be registered at Wickham Castle in the Cromwick Territory, so they are not prepared to walk there after disembarking from Tilsim Harbor. The distance is too long and will take at least a month.
So I simply found someone to join forces and charter a boat, which is one of those offshore flat-bottomed transport boats, along the coastline to the abandoned fishing village near Cromwell Territory to land, saving half the time...
The three generals suddenly realized that no wonder they didn't see many immigrants passing by on the road in Lanhu Town. But where did so many people near Wickham Castle come from? At a glance, there were no less than 200,000 to 300,000 people.
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After entering Wickham Castle, I found that it was even more crowded. I finally reached the immigration registration office. The person in charge almost cried when he saw the arrival of the three generals. He introduced the situation in a hoarse voice.
Lord or General Bolognik and General Skerry, all three of them were dumbfounded.
"He, did they move the entire family here?" Looking at the registration book in his hand, Claude was really stunned. The eldest uncle and second uncle couldn't bear it. What is this eldest aunt, third cousin, etc.
Damn it, are these relatives?
General Skerry was still calm and quickly understood what was going on: "This is indeed our negligence. We forgot to remind them that immigration admission is only given to immediate relatives. They brought almost all their relatives over.
One is to avoid trouble. The eldest prince and the second prince are likely to fight over the throne. They don’t want their relatives to be cannon fodder and be forcibly recruited. The other is to hope that when our Thunder Legion and Rock Legion recruit new recruits, their relatives can get a
opportunities to apply, so that their relatives can also own an industry here..."
Originally, the Theater Logistics Department had formulated very detailed regulations, with clear regulations on immigration admission qualifications and personal property land replacement. After those registered retired grassroots officers and their relatives arrived at Wickham Castle, they only needed to follow the regulations
It is stipulated that after identity verification, you can obtain personal property and be assigned a field or farm. Then you and your relatives can build houses, cultivate fields, and start planting and grazing.
I just didn't expect that they would bring so many relatives. During this period, the people in the immigration registration office were exhausted. They did nothing else but were busy registering the identities of these immigrants' aunts, third cousins, and the like.
Went. Fortunately, they were all led by retired grassroots officers. Although the crowds near Wickham Castle were raging, basic order was still maintained. However, in order to provide food for so many immigrant relatives, the food stored in Wickham Castle was consumed very much.
quick......
The three generals could only meet immediately to discuss countermeasures. General Bolognik immediately rushed back to the theater headquarters in Lanhu Town to mobilize food and grass and additional manpower from the direct territories in the rear. Claude was here to rectify the Thunder Legion and maintain order. As for Sk
General Li was immediately responsible for the entire immigration admission qualifications and the distribution of personal property. According to regulations, land was distributed to retired grassroots officers, allowing them to take away their relatives first.
Immediately afterwards, General Skerry decided to open a recruitment office to recruit relatives of immigrants to build water conservancy projects and cultivate public fields, and put people to use instead of letting them idle. However, as a result, the war zone suddenly became strapped for funds.
, using so much labor to build public facilities requires a large sum of money. Food is still in supply, but the funds can only be diverted from military expenditures.
Fortunately, May is coming, and the annual bison migration on the Albato prairie is about to begin again. Claude sent two light cavalry field regiments of the Thunder Legion to hunt bison, led by Belclin and Meurière.
The two Germans led the team. On the one hand, they used beef to supplement food consumption. On the other hand, they hoped to trade bison hides with foreign countries in exchange for funds as development funds.
Beginning in mid-April of the 591st year of the Holy Light Calendar, relatives of officers and soldiers from the two legions in the war zone continued to arrive as immigrants in the two direct territories of Cromwell and Beringana, until the 591st year of the Holy Light Calendar.
The end of March of 1992 was the largest immigration wave in the Kingdom of Overas in nearly a year. Nearly two million relatives of officers and soldiers came to the Kingdom in order to obtain personal and family property, and to escape from the Kingdom.
The civil war that occurred was moved to the Overseas Territory of Nubisia Continent.
According to statistics afterwards, on average, each officer and soldier of the Thunder Legion or the Rock Legion basically relocated nearly 23 of their relatives. This is not only the paternal relatives, but also the maternal and wife clans, which brings to the theater command headquarters
The problem of huge population pressure and financial constraints. Not to mention other things, the benefits of preferential travel subsidy alone made General Skerry almost regret it, because the war zone needed to spend more than 200,000 gold crowns in this regard.
cost......
Claude was so busy that he almost lost his shape, and when there were more people, all kinds of problems arose one after another. In the end, Claude almost forced Mr. Chazolac, who had been discharged and returned to work, to come out half-invite and half-kidnap him, and labeled him a patrol officer.
The position of commander-in-chief allowed him to take charge of the public security and order responsibilities of Cromwell and Beringana, which made him feel more relaxed.
By late October, everything was finally on track. Only then did Claude have time to go home and take a look. At the same time, he also received the latest news from the kingdom. As expected, the two kings of the kingdom were fighting for the throne.
Civil war broke out.
The news brought by Mr. Veblen said that the conditions offered by Prince Wedelek were ridiculed by the eldest prince Hansback, even though several elders who were related to the Stirling royal family went to persuade the eldest prince to respect the late king.
The successor of Sterling X was chosen, but the eldest prince angrily questioned the authenticity of the will. Because the eldest prince did not see the dying side of Sterling X, he was prohibited from entering and leaving the royal court, even that
I don’t know where the decree for Prince Wedelek to inherit the throne came from. He had never heard from the late King Sterling X that there was a decree for the succession passed down...
Therefore, Prince Hansback has always suspected that there is a conspiracy. The simple reason is that if Sterling X had not chosen him as the successor to the throne, he would not have been allowed to handle national affairs on his behalf. You must know that Sterling X
He has been bedridden for more than eight years. During these eight years, the eldest prince Hansback served as the acting king, handling the affairs of the kingdom together with the Prime Minister Duke Duncan. The administrative officials of the kingdom even regarded the eldest prince as the regent.
The new heir to the throne.
Then Stirling X died, and left a will after his death to let the second prince Widrick succeed to the throne. How could this be possible? The second prince had no experience in governing and was a famous playboy in the capital. How could he
Suddenly he jumped over the eldest prince Hansback to become the successor? If Stirling X chose the second prince, he should have relieved the eldest prince of his responsibilities early and let the second prince gain some governing experience first, instead of letting the second prince take the throne.
The eldest prince acted in power until the end...
This is why Prince Hansbach doubted the authenticity of the decree. He believed that he had been framed and that the decree had been changed. If he stayed in the royal capital any longer, his life would be in danger. That's why he took his personal entourage with him.
The attendant sneaked out of the royal capital, secretly went to the eastern border, seized the military power of the Blue Feather Legion, and decided to fight for the throne he deserved.
The royal capital is worried that Prince Wedelek's accession to the throne will irritate the eldest prince Hansback, and hopes to use favorable conditions to persuade the eldest prince to give up the fight for the throne. Therefore, they can only postpone the time of his enthronement again and again.
He wanted to negotiate good terms with the eldest prince, and even offered preferential treatment by splitting the land and sealing the territory. However, the eldest prince Hansback had already made up his mind, rejected the olive branch offered by the royal capital, prepared the army, and instigated the rebellion of the three southern counties and
Two standing legions in the Rimodra region.
Prince Wedelek finally ascended the throne and became Stirling XI on August 10th. When the news reached the ears of Prince Hansback, Prince Hansback raised his troops to stand on his own feet on August 18th.
As king, he declares that Prince Wedelek's succession is illegitimate.
Prince Hansback issued a proclamation claiming that Prince Wedelek was a conspirator who colluded with the royal court and tampered with the decree of the late King Stirling X to ascend to the throne. And he, the orthodox successor of the Kingdom of Ovelas
It is necessary to raise troops to eliminate the usurpers in the royal capital, so that the people of the kingdom can return to a happy and peaceful life...
The above is all nonsense, but the eldest prince's troops advanced rapidly. In less than half a month, they arrived at the Castle of Afenas in the former Principality of Sidings. A standing army stationed here only resisted for an hour or so before a mutiny broke out.
Under such circumstances, the soldiers almost shouted the slogan "Long live Prince Hansbach" and opened the gate of the castle and joined the ranks of the rebels.
Yes, they are rebels. When Prince Hansback raised his troops and proclaimed himself king, he was declared a traitor by the royal capital, and all the troops who followed him became rebels. But now the rebels are in full swing.
Rui, all the newly occupied territories gained by the kingdom in the five-year war in the eastern region have been occupied by the troops under the eldest prince.
But after the great prince's army launched an attack on the Odin Mountains in September, they were dragged there by the griffon legion urgently dispatched by the kingdom. The griffin legion was originally one of the four ace legions of the kingdom, and the most adept at doing so.
Mountain battle. Prince Hansback first wanted to surrender, but the envoy he sent was killed in front of the battle by the Griffin Legion in the name of a traitor. This move angered the prince and led two legions to launch a fierce attack on the defense line of the Odin Mountains.
attack.
After half a month of fierce fighting, the eldest prince's side still could not gain the upper hand. Both sides suffered heavy losses. The eldest prince Hansback had to lead his army to retreat to Amys City to rest and wait for the support of follow-up troops. On the side of the royal capital, the army also began to
Assemble local garrison troops, supplement and expand the local second-line army, and dispatch the Guards Division to the Odin Mountains, preparing to block Prince Hansback on the other side of the Odin Mountains.
The battle between the two kings for the throne has been going on for nearly two months. Both sides have sufficient strength, and it is still unclear who has the upper hand. In terms of military command, the eldest prince's command and command level is first-rate, which is enough.
The commanders of the legions on the side of the royal capital were beaten. But the royal capital's side was stronger than the eldest prince's side in terms of military strength and military supplies, and could withstand a war of attrition. No one was really sure who would win.
What confused several generals at the theater headquarters was that none of the battle reports or news from the royal capital mentioned Marshal Michelci. Logically speaking, Marshal Michelci, as a military general loyal to the prince, should
With the eldest prince. But the name of Marshal Michelci was not seen in the list of rebellious officers who followed the eldest prince announced by the royal capital. This is strange. Because the last news about Marshal Michelci was
The year before last, he was seriously injured in an assassination attempt and left the royal capital to return to his hometown to live in seclusion and recuperate. Two years have passed and he should have recovered from his serious injuries. Why is there no news? After all, he is one of the three existing marshals of the kingdom's army.
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Apart from asking Mr. Veblen and the Mining and Business Association's department in the royal capital to investigate and find out the whereabouts and news of Marshal Michelchi, Claude and others had no choice. Anyway, they could only stay in Nubicia.
Seeing the intense fighting in the Kingdom, the mainland's overseas leaders sometimes put up little effort except setting up a sandbox and conducting a few military drills. The only thing they worried about was what they would do if Marshal Michelci joined the prince's side. What should they do?
As a student of Marshal Micheli, this is a big problem!