"...I don't know what to say, but I believe that the God of War must be protecting our Dominion Military Region. Claude, do you know why the Duke of Northland, Duke Pyrag.
"I just got the news from the North, that Duke Pyrag Hi Ferriott has been staying in his family manor to recuperate for the past six months..." Colonel Bockaar said.
"Recuperate?" Claude looked at his young friend in confusion. Perhaps this was the real reason why the Grand Duke of the North, Pyrag.
"Yes." Colonel Bockar nodded. He was very clear about Claude's taboo against Duke Pyrrha Ferriott. After all, the Grand Duke of the North had served as the supreme commander of the alliance's army. In Polyvisia
At the end of the battle, he saw through Claude's plan and evacuated early, causing Claude to fall short. In Claude's heart, the Archduke of the North of Hicks, who had such keen battlefield intuition, was his real opponent in conquering the Kingdom of Hicks this time.
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What Claude didn't expect was that the Thunder Legion and the Storm Legion ravaged the Kingdom of Hicks, captured the royal city of Saint Cyprian, swept through eight counties in the south and nine counties in the east, and stirred up the surrounding vassal countries to covet the Kingdom of Hicks.
More than half a year has passed, but the Archduke of the Hicks Northland is like a tortoise with no movement in the Northland. The Dominion Military Region has no spies deployed in the northern plateau of the Hicks Kingdom, so it can only temporarily
dispatched, and only now has verifiable news come back.
"I believe that even the vast majority of the nobles of the Kingdom of Hicks don't know the news that Duke Pyrag Heath Ferriott was injured. It is said that the Ferriott family immediately took confidentiality measures to block the news to prevent
Discovered by that Melchid III. Because this Melchid III once dealt with an old nobleman who had a conflict with him in this way. When the old nobleman was ill, he summoned him to the royal capital and traveled back and forth, which eventually led to his death...
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Now that the Grand Duke of the North has almost recovered from his injury after recovering for half a year, the people in their family have relaxed a little. In addition, the Kingdom of Hicks has been conquered by our autonomous military area. It is hard to say whether it will still exist in the future. The servants in the manor are talking too much.
He was relieved a lot, and inadvertently revealed the secret of the injury that the Duke of the North had been nursing for more than half a year. Our spy hooked up with a maid in the Ferriott family manor, and the maid told him this when they were having sex.
Secret information.
The maid said that after the Archduke of the North returned to the country last time, he was deprived of his military position in the kingdom by the crazy King Melchid III, and even lost the rank of marshal. She let the Archduke of the North go home and shut up behind closed doors. It was in our autonomous military region.
On the eve of preparing to attack the Kingdom of Hicks, civil strife broke out in a barbarian country surrounding the Northland. The Grand Duke of the Northland led his family's border defense army to quell the chaos. However, he was unlucky and was shot in the right chest by a hidden barbarian gunman before the war ended.
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Because the lead bullets used by these barbarian gunmen had been soaked in venom and fecal water, the wound of the Northern Archduke who was shot quickly became inflamed and he almost couldn't be saved. Later, a mysterious doctor came and used
A strange kind of flesh insect devoured all the carrion around the wound. The insect spit out saliva and formed a mucous membrane to seal the bleeding wound. Only then did the Grand Duke of the North come back. Because he was too seriously injured, he needed to be rescued.
More than half a year of recovery..."
No wonder the Grand Duke of the North has been quiet. The two Hicks kingdoms that went to join his standing army only chose a place in the North to stick to it. And what is that one called? Only the Grand Duke of Sunset River can gather more than 100,000 civilians.
Armed with an armed force worth three hundred thousand, they marched into the ten western counties to compete for territory and raise flags to claim the throne. If the Grand Duke of the North was in good health, perhaps he would have suppressed the Grand Duke of the Sunset River long ago and would not have allowed him to leave the north at all.
Eleven counties...
Of course, this may be the result of the Grand Duke of the North's deliberate laissez-faire. He asked the Grand Duke of Sunset River to go to the ten western counties just to test the bottom line of the Dominion Military Region's strategy. Is this the end of the story? Or does he want to sweep the entire Hicks Kingdom?
After almost recovering from his injury for half a year, he should think carefully about the current situation. After all, it is related to the future of his family, the Grand Duke of the North...
But no matter what, the Grand Duke of the North has lost the opportunity. His current situation is that he has more than enough self-preservation but not enough progress. Claude does not want to provoke the Grand Duke of the North and insists on deciding the outcome with him.
In his opinion, after finally conquering the remaining six counties in the west and allowing the families of the last batch of officers and soldiers from the Hicks Returning Division to reunite and immigrate to the overseas autonomous territories, this time the Hicks Kingdom raid can be a perfect end.
There is no need to sacrifice the precious lives of the soldiers to confront the Duke of the North head-on. Avoid it if you can.
"Let's do this, I'll write two letters, and you find two reliable people to be the couriers and deliver these two letters to the Grand Duke of the North and the Grand Duke of the Sunset River who occupies the western region." Claude said to Boker.
The colonel said that if he could, he would not even attack the remaining six local counties in the west. After all, the Grand Duke of Ruihe River had more than 100,000 troops, plus the garrison troops of the six local counties, more than 30
We still have 10,000 troops, but to capture the Storm Legion, we will have to pay a heavy price in casualties...
Colonel Bockard nodded and slowly tasted the fruit wine in the glass while waiting for Claude to finish writing his two letters. The letters Claude wrote to Duke Pirags Ferriott were nothing more than
It was something he had admired for a long time, and then he told about his difficulties in attacking the Kingdom of Hicks, which meant that he had to take this strategy when he encountered a paranoid king like Melchid III. Otherwise, in the next few decades, the Kingdom of Ovilas and overseas
There will be no peace in the Dominion, and peace can only be achieved by solving this Melchid III.
Just now, Colonel Boker said that the news that the Grand Duke of the North was injured had to be hidden from Mechid III. So Claude believed that the Grand Duke of the North would not be a die-hard loyalist of the Hicks royal family, and he also knew very well that Claude
Are you telling the truth? Facing such a paranoid king will indeed cause headaches for the ministers below. It should be said that this Melchid III brought it upon himself. If he had admitted defeat earlier and signed an armistice and peace agreement, Claude would not have
If you decide to take action against the Kingdom of Hicks, then this sudden disaster to the Kingdom of Hicks can be avoided.
Claude stated in the letter that he would not send troops to the eleven northern counties because the officers and soldiers of the Hicks Returning Division who were going to immigrate to the overseas autonomous territories did not come from the northern region. At that time, most of the rebel lords were in the west, central, east and south.
area, after their failure, Melchid III punitively recruited young men from their territory to form the Nubisian Continent Expeditionary Force to fight the colonial war with the Dominion Military District.
If the Hicks Kingdom had allowed those Hicks prisoners released by the Dominion Military District a few years ago to return home to visit relatives, then this war might not have happened. But Melchid III declared that these prisoners who came back to visit relatives were traitors to the kingdom, and if they were caught, they would
The hanging eventually aroused the anger of more than half a million Hicks prisoners living in the overseas dominions.
The year before last, King Michael Kidd III saw that the Hicks Volunteer Division formed by the Dominion Military Region performed exceptionally well in the war on the west coast, and he had bad intentions again. He wanted to use these two Hicks Volunteer Divisions to gain power for the Hicks Kingdom on the west coast.
The colonies sent special envoys to persuade them to rebel, which forced Claude to decide to implement the Hicks Kingdom attack plan and eliminate this henchman.
Claude told the letter very straightforwardly the reasons why the Dominion Military Region attacked the Kingdom of Hicks. He promised that the Dominion Military Region would not occupy an inch of the territory of the Kingdom of Hicks, and that the officers and soldiers of the Hicks Returning Division would be reunited and immigrate to the Dominion overseas.
He would evacuate after the mission, so he hoped that there would be no misunderstandings with the Ferriot family. The Dominion Military Region would not attack the 11th County of the Northland, and he also hoped that the Grand Duke of the Northland would not leave the 11th County of the Northland, otherwise there would be consequences
Misunderstandings and conflicts are what no one wants to see...
After sealing the envelope, adding wax and stamping it, the letter was finished. Then came another letter to the Grand Duke of Sunset River. In this letter, Claude didn't say any nonsense. He only proposed an exchange.
Conditions, pointing out that the remaining six local counties in the west are the next target of the Dominion Military Region. If the Grand Duke of Sunset River does not resist and surrender, then Claude can move Wangjing Saint Cyprian City and Wangjing area before evacuating.
Leave it to him to manage...
I believe that the Grand Duke of Sunset River will definitely think twice about such a condition. Wangjing Saint Hyprian City and the Wangjing area have always been the essence of the Kingdom of Hicks, not remote places like the ten counties in the west. Moreover, the Grand Duke of Sunset River is Xixi
As a member of the Hicks royal family, he can completely claim to be orthodox after occupying the royal capital, Saint Hyprian City, and then build the Hicks Kingdom. Of course, whether other forces are willing to obey him is another matter.
There was nothing Claude could do to put forward such conditions. Originally, he was planning to transfer the remaining ten local counties in the central part of the country, together with the city of Saint Cyprian in Wangjing and the Wangjing area, to a separatist force. But the problem was that the one chosen by the Military Intelligence Department was called
The local garrison armed organization of the Patriotic Front is a bit out of the spotlight. To put it bluntly, this organization called the Patriotic Front is a puppet military organization that has taken refuge in the autonomous military region. The local garrison armed organization was established to maintain social order in local towns.
The Patriotic Front was headed by a territorial baron, who was the first to defect to the Dominion Military Region. Although he was a member of the territorial nobles of the Hicks Kingdom, their family belonged to a poor family among the territorial nobles. The poor family, old and young, did not even have new clothes.
No, he was all patched up, and he had to work in the fields by himself. When the soldiers who went to capture the local territorial nobles went to his house, looking left and right, he really didn't look like a territorial noble. He looked better than ordinary urban residents.
poor...
However, this Baron named Laux was a smart man. He immediately defected to the Dominion Military Region and became a leader. Starting from the first central county along the way, Westgate County, he led the Thunder Legion
The officers and soldiers captured all the territorial nobles, local officials, and wealthy merchants and local gentry along the way. No one slipped through the net, and they even knew how much property the captured families owned.
A major officer who led the team was very curious and asked him how he knew the details of these rich people. As a result, the territorial baron burst into tears when he talked about it. Starting from his father, he indulged in the dream of going out to explore for minerals and make a fortune, and then...
Everything in the family was mortgaged and a debt was incurred. As a result, they were deceived. The mountainous land they purchased was a white egg with no mineral resources, and their family was saddled with a heavy debt...
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Before his father passed away in grief and anger, the three brothers in their family were so humble for the title. No one wanted to be a baron in this territory. The territory had been mortgaged. Whoever inherited the title would be responsible for the family debt. As a result, he was unlucky to win the lottery.
, he became a bald territorial baron. In addition to this title, he also had an unpayable debt. The reason why he knew the details of the rich people in the towns along the way was because he had borrowed money from these rich people.
Speaking of which, he was considered smart. He knew very well that the amount of debt his family owed was too huge, and the annual interest was his biggest expense. So he tried to find a way to borrow money from these rich people to put together the debt.
Pay off the huge debt, so that you can pay off some other people's debts every year, and you can have hope of paying off the debt. For example, if you divide the original debt of 10,000 into 20,500, and pay off one every year, firstly, you can reduce the debt.
Interest, secondly, can pay off these debts...
Now it's good, the Dominion Military Region has come, and he has become the leader. He has wiped out all the creditors and is debt-free. Moreover, he can also beat the Thunder officers and soldiers when they ransack the house, and throw the things he doesn't like to him.
He was considered to have become rich. Because of his good work, he was appointed as the head of the local garrison. He gathered some leading parties who also defected to the autonomous military region and formed a Patriotic Front to do some errands for the autonomous military region.
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Claude really doesn't understand how Colonel Boquear chose this member of the Patriotic Front organization to support them to become a separatist force. Speaking of which, these should be considered traitors. He is loyal to the Dominion Military Region, but his ability is too poor.
Claude was very dissatisfied with this, but the Military Intelligence Department screamed that they were wronged. They said how could they find a hero in such a short period of time? It would be better to take advantage of these leading parties who seemed to be honest and obedient.
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But the problem is that these honest and obedient leaders cannot afford to support them! Even if Colonel Bokoal says that they have great potential, they will grow as long as they are given the opportunity and time to develop. But where is the time for them?
It develops slowly. For example, like the Red Dragon Legion, because Claude refused their request for additional troops, they put down the three occupied local counties and gathered troops to attack the other one that had not yet been cleared.
The central local counties are also preparing to evacuate after making a big profit...
So the Frontline Command of the Autonomous Territory Military Region asked the Patriotic Front formed by the leading parties to take over the three central local counties that had been abandoned by the Red Dragon Legion. As a result, these leading parties were actually formed by local guards formed by the local gentry who had defected to the Red Dragon Legion.
The team was severely beaten and rushed back. In the end, the Storm Legion sent a light cavalry field regiment to sweep away these messy local armed forces again, and by the way, they made a small fortune and allowed these leading parties to gain a firm foothold.
With the Patriotic Front's limited ability, how could it be possible to realize the three-legged situation of the Hicks Kingdom after the withdrawal of the entire army planned by the Dominion Military District? On one side is the Grand Duke of the North, who has the basic territory and family force. On the other side is the Protectorate Army. That original
Count Murides J. Kleist, the commander of the Hicks-Faklin Army, is not a simple figure either. He has direct descendants. Compared with these two people, this leader of the Patriotic Front is nothing short of useless.
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To put it harshly, there are ten local counties in the central part of the country, and each of the leading parties of the Patriotic Front has one local county. Claude believes that once the troops from the Dominion Military Region withdraw, they will still kill each other and fight with each other.
Not to mention resisting the forces of the Grand Duke of the North and the Protectorate Army. Even if you hand over the Wangjing Saint Cyprian City and the Wangjing area to them, it will be in vain, and it may make them die faster. That's why Claude chose another option.
As a candidate, I took a fancy to the Grand Duke of Sunset River.
Handing over Wangjing Saint Hyprian City and the Wangjing area to the Sunset River Grand Duke will make him a thorn in the side of the Protectorate Army. The Protectorate Army must deal with it first. But the Protector Army forces must deal with it first.
There is also a hidden danger. Behind him is the Duke of the North who is eyeing him with eagerness. In this way, the forces of the National Defense Army will use the enemy's weapon. If they cannot defeat the Grand Duke of Sunset River in one fell swoop, they will have to unite with them to deal with the Duke of the North.
The Grand Duke of Sunset River, who has mastered the city of Saint Hyprian in Wangjing and the Wangjing area, is not as powerful as the Protectorate Army, so he will inevitably turn his annexation target to the ten central local counties controlled by the Patriotic Front. And the Patriotic Front leads the way.
If the party wants to avoid being annexed by the Sunset River Grand Duke, it can only cooperate sincerely to resist the Sunset River Grand Duke. In this way, the situation in the entire Hicks Kingdom has formed a delicate balance. No one is sure to swallow the target in one go, so they can only
Keep it like this.
Claude gave the two letters he had written to Colonel Boquear and asked him to find two reliable messengers to deliver the letters to the Grand Duke of Northland and the Grand Duke of Sunset River respectively. He believed that the Grand Duke of Northland would not act rashly after reading his letter.
, we are sending troops to the North to fight with the Dominion Military Region. We are all smart people, and we should avoid unnecessary battles if we can. As for how the Sunset River Grand Guild will choose Claude, I really can’t say for sure. It doesn’t matter if he doesn’t agree.
Under the attack of the Storm Legion, he would only end up being trampled...
The Hicks Kingdom has fifty-three local counties and the Wangjing area. Now the nine eastern counties are gone. The Breault Kingdom has annexed four. The remaining five local counties have also been annexed by the former vassal of the Hicks Kingdom.
The Principality of Cruz and the Kingdom of Castro were swallowed up. Only five of the eight counties on the southern coast were left, and the three counties of the Manori Plain returned to the Kingdom of Breault.
After the ten counties in the west are swept through by the Storm Legion and then given to the three surrounding countries, the Kingdom of Monadillo, the Principality of Tumaco and the Kingdom of Isabella, the remaining territory of the Hicks Kingdom will only be in the north.
Eleven counties and five southern counties, plus fifteen central counties and a Wangjing area.
If such a large territory is divided and occupied by four separatist forces, the strength of those four forces will not be much different from that of an ordinary principality. They will no longer be able to cause trouble for the Kingdom of Ovelas and the overseas autonomous territories in the future.
Now. Claude now only hopes that these four forces can fight for as long as possible in the future, preferably forever...