The capital of the Manyu Army, Solon City, and the Duke's Castle.
A tyrannical shadow shrouded the entire castle, and everyone was walking in a hurry, looking cautious and cautious, fearing that a small mistake would lead to death.
"Trash! Idiot! Idiot!"
"Bang bang...dong dong...choking..."
"The loser is a veteran who has experienced hundreds of battles. He couldn't even suppress a group of drunkards and rice sacks. He lost his troops without even seeing the enemy's face. This is the first time I have seen such a useless battle. How can you be so embarrassed?
Please ask me to make a decision? How can you still have the nerve to live in this world?"
"One earl, eight viscounts, and more than thirty barons are all gone. Do you think it's worthless lettuce? As much as you want? Do you know how much of a threat this will pose to my king's rule?"
Ever since the order soldiers who came back from the front were summoned, the sounds of cursing and beatings never stopped. The order soldiers were also carried out with only half a breath left. It is estimated that their bodies have been completely cold by now.
From Duke Borg's faint roar, it could be heard that the army that set out to attack the Andis mountaineer thugs a week ago had failed.
The losses were heavy, at least one earl, eight viscounts and more than thirty barons were lost...
When they heard this, the waiters and maids passing by wanted to plug their ears and run as fast as they could.
There are too many things involved in this piece of information, which far exceeds their ability to participate. If they are not careful, even if they wear the sign of the Duke's Palace, they will be in danger.
In the past, the Duke's Palace, which was like a sieve, allowing any disturbance to be noticed by passers-by, this time was uncharacteristically like an iron bucket, with no news leaked out.
However, only half a day later, the whole city of Solo still knew about this matter, because there were a large number of other lords and nobles who went to Bastille, and they had no sense of confidentiality, and the whole city was in a state of shock.
Normally, the death of a viscount is a big event. In order to compete for the right to inherit, there are various kinds of wrestling, power and money transactions, political marriages, military competitions, etc. that extend from the local area to the territorial capital.
Various battles between brothers, uncles and nephews, and sisters, including fighting and dueling in the arena, with various methods and methods, are endless and varied. They are a topic that people in the capital talk about after they have had a good meal.
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However, there were so many nobles and nobles who died suddenly this time that they began to shake the Feren family's rule over Manyu's military leader.
Sure enough, on the morning of the third day, news came that two brothers of the Hogan family had fought a duel to compete for the right to inherit the baronet.
The elder brother was shot down from his horse, broke his neck, and died. The younger brother successfully inherited the position of Baron Hogan. This was the lightest loss, but for the leader of the Manyu Army, he still lost a young regular knight, a potential big
knight.
Baron succession is usually carried out through this kind of duel. After all, most of the properties involved belong to a small town or a castle, plus a few manors. Most of their private soldiers were taken away by the previous baron, or their bones were buried forever.
Bastille, it's either too late to come back and it won't make much noise.
What is really fatal is the ownership of the title of the earl and eight viscounts. The scope and power involved are large, affecting a small half of Manyu's army.
The Duke family, to which the Hogan family is loyal, has already had a military confrontation over the viscount's inheritance, and has been divided into three.
Since the previous Viscount Duke had just succeeded to the throne and had no direct descendants, his uncle, brother and wife all jumped out and declared that they had the first right of inheritance.
None of these three people were good at each other. They all had their own forces. They formed a three-legged model in the Duke Viscounty and began a long battle for unification. They joined forces vertically and horizontally, provoked sieges, various conspiracies, and various tactics.
, emerge in endlessly, and if recorded, they can all be written into an alien miniature version of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
The Romance of the Three Kingdoms is being staged here, the Chu-Han struggle for hegemony is being staged on the other side, and the wars in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods are taking place further away. Not only are they fighting in their own territory, but they are also fighting with other neighbors. Some are causing harm to the pond, and some are settling old and new grudges.
Others want to take advantage of the situation and expand their family's territory that has been untouched for many years.
The entire Manyu army was in a state of chaos with raging flames of war and gunpowder smoke. Duke Borg, as the supreme ruler, was also in a state of distress. How could he have the energy to deal with the Andis mountain people who were the culprits?
The Bastille, which was almost burned to the ground, was hurriedly repaired, leaving a regular regiment and nearly 10,000 servants to garrison, and the remaining army retreated into the territory to put down the rebellion.
It is true that Duke Borg is the supreme ruler of Manyu Military Territory, but due to the restrictions of the feudal system, he cannot interfere in the internal affairs of his vassals unless he receives a clear request. The right of inheritance is the core point. This is written
It was included in the Grand Announcement to ensure the independence of the vassals themselves.
As a vassal of vassals, Duke Borg is even less qualified to intervene.
Let's put it this way, a knight is loyal to a baron, the baron is loyal to a viscount, and the viscount is directly loyal to Duke Borg, but neither the knight nor the baron need to be loyal to Duke Borg.
Allegiance.
Although it is confusing, this is the actual situation of Manyu Military Leader and even the entire Byron Alliance.
This was the root of the disaster that was planted when the Byron Alliance was founded. Under the special background at that time, this ruling model had no problems and even accelerated the pace of the reunification of the entire Ashan continent.
As time went by, various shortcomings of this governance model were exposed. The Byron League was said to be an alliance country, but in fact it was eight countries.
The Lancelot family only has nominal ruling power, and the actual ruling power is in the hands of ducal families like the Phelan family. What maintains this nominal rule is the grand declaration signed three hundred years ago, which is very fragile. Once these ducal families
Even if they fall out, it will be difficult for the Lancelot family to do anything to them.
The situation of the Manyu Army Leader this time is too special. Duke Borg no longer cares so much. If they are allowed to fight, the entire Manyu Army Leader will be turned into a white field by them, and everyone will be dead by then.
What's the use of having more power?
Duke Borg read out what was later called the "Proclamation to Protect the People" in Solo City, giving the hereditary nobles a month to choose a new lord and go to Solo City to swear allegiance to them, otherwise the Feren family would have to pay
All kinds of force are used to protect the legitimate rights and interests and life safety of the people led by Manyu Army.
The heirs who were fighting fiercely for inheritance rights would not have gone to this level if it could be resolved with a small notice and threat. Basically no one would pay attention to Duke Borg's unilateral notice.
A month later, the Phelan family's army pushed forward all the way. The world was surprised to find that Duke Borg did not help these families to elect new lords. Instead, he pushed down all the forces that were fighting fiercely and destroyed the entire territory.
Take control back into your own hands.
This stirred up a hornet's nest. The lords and nobles who were originally at loggerheads joined together to fight against Duke Borg, but they were surprised to find that they had been completely isolated.
Prior to this, Duke Borg had reached an interest agreement with other large and small nobles who had not fallen into the quagmire to divide their territories together.
After the fire of the Bastille and the internal divisions and wars, the power of these noble families had been weakened to the extreme. Now they are facing the wolf-like Manyu army leading the combined army of other lords and nobles. The strength of both sides is not at all
A grade.
In just five months, one hereditary earl with real power, six viscounts with real power and twenty-one hereditary barons became the past tense of Manyu military leader. Half of the family fiefdom fell into the hands of the Phelan family, and half
Falling into the hands of other lords and nobles, the entire Manyu military leader underwent a power reshuffle.
The overall war strength of the Manyu military leader has declined significantly, but the strength of the Ferun family has increased significantly, and their rule over the Manyu military leader has reached an unprecedented height.
But this is definitely not what Duke Borg wants to see. Although he is committed to centralizing the entire military leadership, he will never do it through this method.
The impact of the war was definitely not unilateral, but affected all aspects. This turmoil affected the entire military leader and lasted for nearly a year. It directly or indirectly caused the death toll to exceed one-twentieth of Manyu's military leaders.
The economic losses were countless, and the number of people fleeing as refugees exceeded one million. Nearly one-third of them flocked to Solo, the territorial capital, which put great pressure on the place. In just a few months, the price of goods in the territorial capital dropped sharply.
Even after it tripled, the locals in the capital were almost unable to survive. This was also the indirect reason that prompted Duke Borg to act ruthlessly.
The other two pillar industries of Manyu Military Leader - gladiatorial games and slaves - have been greatly affected.
The war is in full swing, who is still in the mood to watch the gladiatorial battle?
The other military leaders and nobles did not dare to come. They were killed by the thugs even if they were not careful.
Not to mention the slave trade. Although the Manyu Army Leader has two major slave channels, the Odin Grassland is restricted by roads and is a small one after all, accounting for only one-tenth of the entire slave trade. The Andis Mountain People
This is the big head.
Now that the supply of goods is completely cut off, no matter how high the price is, it will be in vain without so many new slaves entering the market.
During this period, it was not that no one had the idea of invading the mountain hunting slaves, but once they left the Bastille, more than 90% of these people disappeared and never came back. The remaining 10% usually lost their troops, and they could still lead them at the beginning.
Several slaves came back, but in the end not even a single slave hair was seen.
According to the surviving slave hunters, things have changed in the Andis Mountains. The Jacob's Ancient River is no longer the original ancient river, and it is full of all kinds of hidden traps.
There are also countless Andis mountaineer hunters who appear and disappear among them. Even the well-equipped elite legions of the Phelan family will not give in. Once they are targeted, they will bite like gangrene in the bones and will not let go.
If you chase him, he will run away, and if you run away, he will chase you, dragging you to exhaustion. Moreover, in the process, the number of opponents will soon gather to a terrifying level, and then there will be no chance to get out of the mountain. This is the most typical