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Chapter 414 The reason

Chapter 414 Reason

"General, you don't know that the entire local counties in the kingdom are in chaos now..." Mr. Veblen handed Claude the intelligence he had just received about the royal capital and the kingdom.

This is probably the last piece of information that the Mining and Commerce Association received from the Kingdom itself. It was not that something went wrong with the association’s branch in the royal capital, but that the two continents were cut off from shipping. The Storm Fleet in White Deer City happened.

He committed a mutiny, betrayed Prince Wedelek, and swore allegiance to the Great Prince Hansback. Then the Great Prince ordered the mobilization of the Storm Fleet to the eastern seas of the kingdom to replace the annihilated Dreadnought Fleet to guard the security of the eastern seas.

Perhaps the Great Prince Hansback himself led his army from the sea into the hinterland of the kingdom and made a surprise attack on the royal capital, so he paid so much attention to the security of the eastern waters. But after the storm fleet moved east, White Deer City could no longer organize it.

The fleet escorted the ocean-going merchant ships between the two continents. The small number of naval officers and soldiers of the Storm Fleet who did not want to join Prince Hansback drove a dozen warships to the port of Kaubichus in the direct jurisdiction of Tilsim, from

In a sense, the overseas territories directly under the Central Government are already in a hostile position with Bailu City.

In the kingdom itself, there are many towns like White Deer City that declare allegiance to Prince Hansback, in which the supporters of the first prince play a big role. Sometimes two towns in a local county declare allegiance to two princes, or even

The two princes above did not know their allegiance, but the local garrison forces of the two towns had already started fighting, just like two rookies pecking each other, each declaring the other to be a traitor to the kingdom.

After Prince Hansback occupied the royal capital in May, he vigorously recruited troops to form a new legion. In addition, he sent the standing legion that came with the Blue Feather Legion to set up a defense line along Lake Blanopes in the Ibiniste Plain.

He blocked the way for the imperial guards to return to counterattack the royal capital. Then he arrested administrative officials and members of various forces who opposed him in the royal capital, and carried out a very brutal purge in the royal capital. It is said that those in the royal capital who opposed the prince's ascension to the throne

Nearly 10,000 to 20,000 people were arrested, and more than 3,000 people were shot and beheaded.

According to the intelligence, Prince Hansback even ordered the execution of several royal family elders who were related to the Sterling royal family. The reason is very simple. First, these elders have always supported Prince Widlek's ascension to the throne. Second,

After the eldest prince occupied the royal capital, these senators relied on their blood relationship with the Sterling royal family and relied on their elders. After falling into the hands of the eldest prince, they refused to pay for their sins. As a result, they were separated from each other, and their families were confiscated and exterminated.

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The reason why Prince Hansback carried out this great purge in the royal capital and was ruthless was that he needed a lot of wealth to carry out the civil war in the kingdom. Although he occupied the royal capital, the kingdom's treasury and the royal family's

There is not much money left in the internal treasury. Although there is no shortage of food, ammunition and military supplies, the eldest prince needs money to reward his troops, and at the same time, he also needs to raise military expenses to form more legions. So he had to make an idea to those who were opposed in the royal capital.

His high-ranking officials and various forces ordered the Blue Feather Army to block the capital and arrest people according to the list.

While carrying out the purge of the royal capital, Prince Hansback also issued a notice to all the local counties in the kingdom, asking military and political officials across the country to bring order to the chaos and make him the legitimate heir to the throne. He also announced that he would ascend the throne on July 10th.

King. After this announcement was issued, the various local counties in the kingdom were in chaos. Those who supported Prince Hansbach and those who supported Prince Wedelek each formed local armed forces, and war broke out everywhere in the kingdom.

Most of the naval officers and soldiers of the Storm Fleet stationed in White Deer City are supporters of Prince Hansback. In addition, the general manager of White Deer City, Viscount Felidos, is also from the Blue Feather Legion, so the change of flag in White Deer City seems natural. After receiving this offer

After the announcement, White Deer City immediately responded and declared its allegiance to Prince Hansback. The naval officers and soldiers who were unwilling to betray Prince Widlék drove warships to the mainland of Nubisia. Because they had nowhere to go in the kingdom.

, the seaport cities along the coast are all under the control of Prince Hansback.

Prince Wedelek, who ran to the Red Dragon Legion, has not been idle in the past two months. With the assistance of his father-in-law, Marshal Siegfried, he summoned some of the kingdom's powerful figures and noble officials who had fled the royal capital.

The royal court was reorganized in Bertalnia County, and the Guards Corps and the Griffin Corps were placed under the command of the new royal court. Then an announcement was made in the name of Sterling XI that he would return to the royal capital in the near future.

, crusade against the rebellious Prince Hansback and the Blue Feather Legion and other rebellious troops.

This is the current situation in the kingdom, with everything in chaos. Prince Hansback is preparing for the enthronement ceremony while stepping up preparations for war. Prince Wiederek also figured out the situation and commanded the Guards Corps and the Red Dragon Corps to start

March towards the royal capital. Everyone in the kingdom knows very well that the battle that is about to break out on the Ibiniste Plains will determine which prince will become the new king of the Kingdom of Ovelas, and only one of them can become the winner.

Judging from the current situation, Prince Hansback has the home field advantage in terms of war strength. Ever since Prince Hansback bypassed the Odin Mountains from the sea and made a surprise attack on the royal capital, and Prince Widelek fled hastily, the war has begun.

The balance has already tilted in favor of the eldest prince. Because in terms of military affairs, none of the generals under Prince Wedelek can compare with the commanding ability of the eldest prince Hansback, not even Marshal Siegfried.

As we all know, Field Marshal Siegfried did not get his marshal rank because of his military exploits, but because of his more than 40 years of dedicated loyalty, he won the praise of the late King Stirling X and was promoted to Field Marshal of the Kingdom. To put it bluntly,

His qualifications as a marshal were gained through years of hard work, and there was no comparison with a commander like Prince Hansback who had rich practical experience.

In addition, Prince Hansback, who occupies the royal capital, even has a slight advantage in resources and soldiers, but the Guards Corps has become a lost dog. The four major field ace corps of the Kingdom are known as the Guards Corps with the highest combat power. If in Ibi

If you remain stalemate with the enemy in this battle on the Ibinist Plain, I believe your morale will drop quickly over time. Prince Hansback has already been prepared and has deployed a defensive line on the Ibinist Plain to defeat this enemy.

The idea of ​​prolonging the war would buy him more time to integrate the royal capital's combat power.

Just like when the Griffin Legion blocked the troops led by Prince Hansback from the defense line of the Odin Mountains, people at that time were optimistic about Prince Wedelek and believed that the royal capital would soon be able to put down Prince Hansback.

Rebellion. Now it is just the opposite. Everyone is optimistic about Prince Hansback, and sees Prince Wedelek commanding the Red Dragon Army and the Guards Army to march towards the capital as a final act of madness or a desperate struggle.

A great effort.

This is what the governors and admirals of the three overseas territories of Tilsim, Mormali, and Arturas thought. When those naval officers and soldiers of the Storm Fleet in White Deer City who refused to surrender to Prince Hansback drove their warships,

After arriving at the Port of Corpicius and receiving the news of the rebellion of the White Deer City Storm Fleet, the governors and admirals of the three territories became really anxious.

Now the governor of Tiersim is no longer Claude’s cheap godfather, Viscount Jerryhausen Van Kruse. The old man’s term expired two years ago and he took his loot from the overseas territories with him.

The money went back to the kingdom to enjoy happiness. The two new governors and admirals were unlucky. When they took office in the overseas territories, the royal capital assigned the tax revenue of the three territories to the war zone for military expenses, so they lost their tax revenue.

An opportunity to make a fortune by doing some tricks.

However, since they became governors and admirals, as long as they are smart, they will always find ways to make money. Soon they focused on the trans-oceanic trade between the two continents, and the special products and mineral resources of the Nubisia continent were sent to the kingdom.

They have no control over the monopoly of the aristocratic chamber of commerce over there, but they can still pluck the geese passing through their territory. In some places, the governors and admirals of the three direct jurisdictions can unite to force the mainland of the kingdom to give them a share.

The governors and admirals of the three territories directly under the trans-oceanic trade have made a lot of money out of it.

However, the naval officers and soldiers who fled to the Port of Corbichus brought them bad news. The Storm Fleet in White Deer City rebelled. They swore allegiance to Prince Hansback and betrayed Sterling XI, also known as Weed.

Prince Lek. This means that the two continents have been cut off from each other. There will no longer be cross-ocean trade consisting of more than a hundred ocean-going ships. Perhaps in the future, we can only rely on a few ocean-going smuggling ships to travel between the two continents.

The governors and admirals of the three direct territories did not care at all which prince they were loyal to. Regarding the civil war between the two kings fighting for the throne in the kingdom, these governors and admirals just wanted to be spectators and shout a few times.

Six is ​​enough, no one wants to get involved in these nonsense. Anyway, they are far away on the continent of Nubisia, and they can just wait until the winner is decided between the two princes, and then they will be loyal to the final winner.

In fact, many local county officials in the kingdom also think so. Unfortunately, they have been turned into a whirlpool. They have been forced to take sides before the final winner emerges. Officials and local forces in various towns and cities have already decided to loyal to whom.

The prince's brains were knocked out, and many local officials and power representatives who wanted to be spectators were forced to declare in advance which prince they would be loyal to because of their wealth and life...

The governors and admirals of the three direct territories of Tiersim, Mormali, and Arturas took the initiative to join this big whirlpool. Because they are concerned about their own wallets, and without transoceanic trade, their private income

will be greatly reduced. For this rich income, they believe that as long as they declare their allegiance to Prince Hansback, they can stay in the same camp as White Deer City, and the ocean trade between the two continents can continue as usual.

Keep going.

This is called being ignorant. The governors and admirals of the three directly-administered territories had no idea about the conflict between the war zone and the eldest prince. They only knew that in March, the Kingdom’s Army Ministry sent an order reprimanding the war zone and ordering disarmament, so they

The idea came to General Bolognik, who came to negotiate the issue of tax distribution. He believed that the war zone could be persuaded to join Prince Hansback, so that the attitude of the overseas territories could be kept consistent. As advocates, they could also persuade Prince Hansback

There is more credit ahead of you.

As a result, they hit a snag with General Bolognik. The two sides were on a par with each other and could not reach an agreement at all. No matter how the governors and admirals of the three demesne explained to General Bolognik that Prince Hansbach occupied the

Strategic advantage, and certainly believed that Prince Hansback was about to become the new king of the Kingdom of Overas, General Bolognik still refused to join them in declaring allegiance to Prince Hansback...

Out of anger, the governors and admirals of the three demesne simply sent their private guards to raid General Bologna's residence. After a fierce exchange of fire, relying on the strength of their numbers, they wounded General Bologna, wiped out the general's guards, and then sent Bologna away.

General Ke was imprisoned and planned to be given to Prince Hansback in the future as proof of their loyalty and merit.

In the eyes of the governor and the admirals, since General Bolognik is a deadbeat, there will always be other generals in the war zone who are knowledgeable about current affairs. As long as General Bolognik, the nominal acting supreme commander of the war zone, is imprisoned, there will naturally be differences.

The general wants to take the position. At that time, General Bolognik can be used to coerce the other generals in the theater and join them to join Prince Hansback. It is very simple. If they are not willing, they will let General Bolognik go. Then the general who wants to take the position will be

Naturally, General Bolognik will not end well after he returns.

After long experience in the officialdom, these governors and admirals also thought that the generals in the war zone were the same as themselves. They imprisoned General Bolognik because they thought they could use it to deal with the war zone. First, it could make the war zone leaderless and fall into internal fighting. Secondly, they could make the war zone leaderless.

, there will always be generals who want to be in power who will cooperate with them and seek refuge with Prince Hansback. Third, they can use General Bolognik's life and safety to threaten the war zone and dare not send troops to attack the three directly governed territories, otherwise the generals who advocate sending troops will

The murderer who killed General Bolognik...

After imprisoning General Bolognik, the governors and admirals of the three jurisdictions worked tirelessly and took action against the naval officers and soldiers who did not want to surrender to Prince Hansback and ran to the port of Corbicius. They held a

A grand banquet was held to welcome these naval officers and soldiers. After these more than a thousand naval officers and soldiers were drunk, local defense forces were dispatched, and these naval officers and soldiers were disarmed and imprisoned in temporary cells...

Then the governors and admirals of the three territories deployed three local garrison regiments to the borders of the Mormaley Territory and the Amphiston Territory, blocking the communication between the two sides to prevent the war zone from learning that General Bolognik was imprisoned.

After that, they directly sent troops to rescue. They believed that as long as they deployed heavy troops and had General Bolognik in hand, they would not dare to act rashly in the war zone and could only negotiate. As long as the two sides contacted, they could persuade the different generals to join Hansback.

The prince can even provoke a fight between several generals within the war zone.

In this way, they have solved the threat of the two legions in the war zone to the three directly governed territories. The most important thing is that as long as the war zone falls into chaos and fighting, they can fish in troubled waters, not to mention the tax that serves as military expenses in the war zone.

It can be completely swallowed up as a hard-earned expense for myself and others. Without military expenses, mutiny may even break out in the two legions in the war zone, and then no one will care about the three direct-administered territories.

It's just that the governors and admirals of the three direct territories underestimated the intelligence gathering capabilities of the Mining and Commerce Association. They originally thought that they could delay it for at least ten days and a half, but they did not expect that the Mining and Commerce Association arranged communications at the Port of Corpicius.

The Department has recorded all the changes that have taken place in the Direct Territory of Tilsim, and sent them to the war zone along with the last batch of information about the kingdom's mainland sent by the officers and soldiers of the Storm Fleet. Then Mr. Veblen sent this information

It was sent to the theater headquarters and placed in front of Claude and others.

Claude picked up the riding crop and issued an order: "The 1301st, 1302nd, and 1303rd Thunder Regiments will set out immediately and arrive at the border of the Mormali Direct Territory within seven days. McJack,

You lead your reinforced battalion and follow me."

General Skerry was anxious: "General Bolognik is still in their hands..."

Claude replied with a straight face: "If anything happens to General Bolognik, I will hang all the family members of the governor and admiral on the big tree by the roadside, whether they are old people in their seventies or eighties or children of two or three years old.

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