954 The difference between subordinate lords and vassals
The Merchant Alliance has a very clear understanding of the military situation in the Xueman region. They even learned about the change of ownership of Ivas City immediately, but they didn't know about the existence of silver mines and mithril.
As for the Sardinian Territory, they have even more information: many nobles in the Sardinian Territory are unconvinced by Liya, Liya currently has limited troops, and Liya's financial situation is very tight, and they know all about these situations.
Chu.
The senior leaders of the Merchant Alliance judged that it is impossible for the Empire's Southern Theater Command to send too many troops to participate in the battle for the Gloya region. This is not only because the Empire's Southern Military District has insufficient troops, but also because the Sardinian Territory, which is the main force of the Empire's Southern Military District, still has
A huge internal hazard.
Moreover, the empire's center's support for the southern theater was extremely limited, and this situation was mainly due to Yun Xiaohan's butterfly effect.
Since Sardin took this big piece of cake without taking the other nobles of the empire, those great nobles and even many royal families did not agree to provide assistance to the southern war zone, hoping to use this method to force Liya to cede some of her interests. Under this aristocratic system
, the emperor of the empire is just a super noble, it is impossible for him to forcefully support Liya against the will of everyone, not to mention that the war between the empire and the northern kingdom is still fiercely ongoing, so for some time, the southern theater of the empire has been fighting against each other from a corner.
One country.
In fact, there is no shortage of soldiers in the Sardinia and Xueman areas. Even if they cannot afford 200,000, they can still scrape together 150,000.
But this war has been going on for more than half a year (3:1 game time). Although the Snowman region and Sardinia have not been destroyed by the war, the vast majority of territorial soldiers are not professional soldiers separated from soldiers and farmers.
They also had to engage in production and farming. Such a long war would still have a great negative impact on the territorial economy.
At this time, both the Sardinian Territory and the Snowman region were relatively tight financially. Although there were still a lot of grain reserves, not so much was directly in the hands of Liya and Count Balgruuf. Most of the grain was in the hands of
In the hands of nobles at all levels,
Although various lords can be forced to prepare their own food for fighting, this means that these lords can use less troops, and they will also be given certain compensation after the war. The current financial and material situation of Liya and Count Balgruuf has already
We cannot afford to fight a large-scale war. Moreover, this kind of forced recruitment cannot be carried out continuously in a short period of time, which will cause dissatisfaction from lower-level lords or vassals.
More importantly, Count Balgruuf had just replaced the lord of Ivas City and handed over Ivas City to Yun Xiaohan. This approach made the lords of Xueman region quite dissatisfied. In the case of internal instability, he could not
Compulsory recruitment may be carried out again.
And Liya's situation is even worse. So far, she has just finished appeasing the various lords of Sardinia, and has not had time to carry out the integration work, so she dare not act rashly. Not to mention forced recruitment, just let
The orders of lower-level lords to send troops cannot be given easily. Once these lower-level lords think that Liya is trying to kill people with a borrowed knife, collude and collectively resist the order, the foundation of her rule in the Sardinian Territory will be shaken.
There is a difference between lower-level lords and vassals. Vassals are personally appointed by nobles, or are hereditary from previous generations of nobles. After the death of the previous generation of vassals or the voluntary abdication of the throne, the next generation of vassals still have to inherit the title.
Only by accepting the re-canonization of the lord can the relationship between the lord and the vassal be officially recognized.
The vassal line will serve its lord lineage for 50 years (50 years is a relatively common period of time, usually two to three generations. The life span of many small nobles is not long. It depends on the oath when swearing allegiance.
(the age of the book may be shorter or longer), it is deemed that they have completed their vassal obligations, and they can actively seek to break away from the current vassal-vassal relationship. They can apply to the higher aristocratic class
Pledge allegiance, or directly become a royal vassal, or even seek to become an independent noble in the camp.
However, because this kind of independent nobles cannot be protected and canonized by the monarch, not only will they be easily attacked by other lords, but they will also be reduced by one level of title when they are passed on to the next generation. Only if they make sufficient contributions to the country, can they
Or you can conquer more territories by yourself, so that you can avoid being reduced in rank during inheritance.
Paying inheritance tax can be regarded as a contribution to the country, but this inheritance tax is linked to the title and the size of the territory, and the amount is often huge. Moreover, this inheritance tax is not paid to the royal family, but directly to the Noble Council (management
An organization inherited by the nobles), then a small part of the funds is used to maintain the Noble Council, and most of it goes into the national treasury and can be used during national wars. The seven major camps have noble councils, and the rules are similar.
There are also two situations in which a vassal can leave the lord without being despised and ostracized by the entire aristocratic class: one is when the vassal has made great contributions but does not receive the corresponding reward; the other is when the lord voluntarily removes the lord.
-vassal relations.
The subordinate lord refers to the situation that belongs to the jurisdiction of a certain nobleman geographically, but is not the direct vassal of the nobleman.
Take the Duke of Sardinia as an example. When the Duke of Sardinia was formally established, there were many nobles in the Sardinian Territory who were independent nobles. They only united together to protect themselves and obtain greater benefits. The Duke of Sardinia proposed to the Duke of Sardinia.
These lower-level lords collect taxes and can also forcefully recruit them to fight for themselves, but they must also act as "protectors" to protect the safety and interests of these lower-level lords.
In addition to those nobles who actively broke away from the lord-vassal system, under the command of a long-standing noble noble, the number of lower-level lords is often much greater than that of vassals.
Of course, many of these lower-level lords will take the initiative to pledge allegiance to the big nobles, establish a lord-vassal relationship, and seek more rewards or fiefs for their families.
Therefore, in the eyes of the great nobles in the Chamber of Commerce Alliance, there is no suspense in this regional war, and victory must belong to the Merchant Alliance. That is why Marquis Nkuru spent a lot of money to operate and make himself the leader of this time.
The purpose of being the commander-in-chief of the battle is to gild yourself so that you can gain a higher position in the merchant alliance in the future.
This plot plot was originally intended to take advantage of Napoleon. Faced with such an incompetent commander, Napoleon was able to defend the city of Gloria and establish his position in the empire with an arduous battle to defend the city.
After all, the troops in Napoleon's hands were seriously insufficient. It was also to defend the city. At most, it could only defend the city of Gloria. It was impossible for the Merchant Alliance to cause heavy casualties, and it was impossible to counterattack the Masset area, so even if the Merchant Alliance
If you lose, you won't suffer too much, and the two camps can still maintain a relatively balanced situation.