When can a company best attract talents? The answer is of course when it is making money... The Principality of Ireland is truly a rising "company", so it also has the ability to attract many talents to join it.
Modell is one of these talents. He is a very capable person and a very responsible person.
As soon as he arrived at Chris's account, he planned to give Chris a meeting gift. Chris was unwilling to face the situation of storming the enemy's castle, so he was very tempted by Modler's request.
However, he did not agree immediately. Instead, he hesitated and asked, "Is there any danger in letting you go so rashly?"
It is a very good experience to have a leader who is always concerned about his safety. Chris asked this question before Modler decided to go to Hanhai Castle. It was also a choice made after careful consideration.
Two birds in the bush are not as good as one in hand. The talented person Mordelair who has fallen into his pocket must be more important than Wilkes who is still standing on the opposite wall. Chris thought clearly, so he
I don’t intend to give away a talent that I have acquired in vain.
Hearing what Chris said, Mordeler was very pleased. He got on his horse and said, "I'll go back as soon as I go. I think Wilkes doesn't want to fight like this anymore. This is a complete waste of time. There is no point."
I have a great sense of honor."
He was right. In fact, Wilkes no longer wanted to fight. The third round of artillery hits the city wall, and the entire Hanhai Castle wall is crumbling. Cracks have appeared in some places, and these cracked walls have already
It's very dangerous, and it's not surprising if it collapses any time.
Once the city wall collapses, 70% of Hanhai's defenses will be destroyed. Fierce street fighting will cause a large number of casualties, which is not what Wilkes wants to see.
Chris could completely occupy the city wall and consume Wilkes' remaining troops bit by bit. At that point, he would not surrender proactively, but passively.
A wise monarch knows when to fight to the end, and also knows when to surrender: exhausting all the power to fight back before surrendering will only make the situation worse and throw away all his bargaining chips.
Modellaire, who was riding forward, approached the wall of Hanhai Castle. At this time, Chris had already ordered the artillery to stop firing again. The smoke on the tower had not yet dissipated, and many people were cleaning up the dead bodies.
Broken stones.
"I am the messenger of Eiland Hill! Please ask your Lord Wilkes to come out and speak!" Mordelair was already middle-aged. He was riding an imposing horse on his horse and shouted loudly in the city: "My name is Mo
Dryer! Please ask your Lord Wilkes to come out and speak!"
On the city wall, Wilkes waved away the gunpowder smoke in front of his eyes, saw Modellaire at the bottom of the city, squinted his eyes and shouted below: "I am Wilkes! I have admired the name of Modellaire for a long time.
No.…but now we are surrounded by war, if you have anything to say, just say it like this!"
"Lord Wilkes! In this situation, you have no reason to persist! Now cease the war and follow me to see His Majesty Chris. There is no need to let innocent people die in vain."
"It was Chris who came to beat me..." Wilkes, who was standing on the top of the city, replied with intention, but looking at the diffuse black smoke and the swaying soldiers, he forced his voice
It was suppressed.
To be fair, if he had such a strong fighting power, he would have gone south to wipe out the North County and the forts... He would even have conquered Seris and established a powerful country.
However, it was his turn to have this kind of thing happen to him, and he still felt a little uncomfortable after all. He pressed on the crenel and shouted to the bottom: "Wait a minute!"
After saying that, he turned around and prepared to walk down the city wall. His adjutant Bourgeois followed him with his sword in hand. He followed Wilkes downstairs anxiously and asked: "My lord! What are you going to do?"
What?"
"Open the city gate! I'm going to see the former Lord of Seris City... Forget it, there's no need to worry about this title at this time... I'm going to see the Grand Duke of Elanthir, for our Hanhai,
Find a way out," Wilkes said.
"Sir! I'll go! You'll be in charge in the city..." Bourjos stopped Wilkes nervously and said, "Let me go. You must ensure your own safety, sir."
Waving his hand, Wilkes laughed and said to Bourjos: "If you had such an absolute advantage, would you still do any tricks? He doesn't need to do anything to me to win...more
Besides, he still has to care about some face."
"Why should I lose face?" On the hillside in the distance, Chris smiled and said to Captain Walter beside him: "It can reduce our losses and reduce the consumption of artillery shells. What's the point of losing a little reputation?"
He looked at the open gate of Hanhai Castle and said to Walter: "If he doesn't cooperate in a while, you will arrest him for me! I won't do anything to arrest him first and let the tiger go back to his mountain."
Just when Chris had decided to be shameless and save artillery shells, Wilkes had already rode in front of Modell. The two greeted each other, and then chatted about the battle situation at hand.
"I came all the way...North County has indeed surrendered." Mordeler extinguished Wilkes's last hope and said: "The army of Ireland is not followed by more troops, but by more troops.
There are caravans and carriages.”
Wilkes was stunned for a moment, then looked at Modell: "You mean, Chris doesn't have reinforcements either?"
"He has no reinforcements because there is no need for reinforcements at all. Whether it is a field battle or a siege, his troops are invincible here." Modell knew what the other party was going to say, so he said: "What do you think?
If you were lucky enough to kill this army of more than 1,000 people, you can win?"
"In less than a year, he can gather more such armies to come to you, but your military strength will not change fundamentally." Modell is a more comprehensive person than Wilkes.
The general analyzed this situation more comprehensively: "No matter which angle you look at it, you will only fail."
"Surrendering now is not the same thing as being defeated after a bloody battle." Mordeler gave Wilkes a multiple-choice question and persuaded him word by word.
"What you said... I understand." Wilkes shook his head a little lonely, and sighed: "But if I surrender to him, what benefits will it bring to Hanhai?"
"Benefits? What I saw along the way was that the baggage carriages were filled with cloth and other materials. All your people will be Chris's people from now on. He will be responsible for feeding these people and also taking care of them.
They are better raised...isn't this a benefit?" Modler asked rhetorically.
"This..." Wilkes nodded, which was regarded as acknowledging Modler's statement. He looked at the military formation of Ailan Hill in the distance, and agreed: "As long as I follow what you said, guarantee me
I am willing to devote my loyalty to the safety of my soldiers and the safety of my people to ensure that my people can live and work in peace and contentment."
Chris didn't know it yet, but he had already decided on the target of the conspiracy, and was now ready to pack his bags and surrender. He rode his horse and stood on the hillside, waiting for the other party's next plan.
Then, he saw a huge white flag hanging on the top of Hanhai Castle, which looked so dazzling.
"Hanhai... surrendered." Walter, the commander of the group who was also holding the reins, looked at the white flag in the distance and reported to Chris: "They surrendered."
Chris grinned. He could be said to be extremely lucky today: first, he got a senior commander who recommended himself to him in vain, and then another senior commander surrendered.
He still had some of the cannonballs used to attack the castle, and he also completely captured the entire Hanhai Castle. Now his territory was larger, and he had more people who could support his expansion, and more people who could support his industrialization.
"I saw it!" Pulling the reins of the war horse, Chris remembered the famous poem "The spring breeze is proud of the horse's hooves." On the plain in the distance, thousands of Elland Hill grenadiers raised their weapons and shouted in victory.
The shouts and sounds of joy can be clearly heard hundreds of meters away.
Seeing a battalion commander leading his soldiers into Hanhai Castle, and seeing his royal flag flying at the top of Hanhai Castle, Chris raised his chin and announced loudly: "Now, we have six large-scale
Castle, hundreds of villages and market towns. With a population of more than one million, we can finally say that we are a qualified principality."
However, after he was happy, a problem quickly came to his mind: three more principalities were annexed by him, and the tax revenue of the Yalant Empire in the northeast was once again reduced by 3,000 gold coins.
According to the practice of the Arantian Empire, the Principality of Alain Hill has to pay more taxes in exchange for the recognition of the Alantian Empire after occupying so much land. However, in this case, the Alantean Empire still has
Whether they will sit back and watch the rise of the Principality of Elanthir in the Northeast is another matter.
It is very likely that the Alant Empire will not recognize Chris's rule over the three territories of Tubao, Beijun and Hanhai, and forcefully order the Principality of Elanthir to hand over these territories.
Of course, Chris would never spit out the fat that he had swallowed. Therefore, Chris stopped smiling and the expression on his face became serious. Maybe a fierce battle would begin soon.
And once it starts, this battle will never end easily.