Imperial calendar year 2514, March, the capital of Britannia, Curona.
The Knights Palace is still as splendid as it was back then. Ryan didn't stay here for a long time after taking the throne, but he spent a sum of money to repair the palace to ensure the majesty of the king.
The King of Knights immediately held a meeting as soon as he returned to Britannia. The king met with Obien's expeditionary army who had returned from the great expedition, and gave them high-level encouragement. At the same time, Ryan immediately held a meeting and summoned Regent Lawn and other Obien.
The commanders of the Expeditionary Force.
In the conference hall, Knight King Ryan, Knight Queen Surya, Lake God Witch Morgiana, Regent Lawn and Duke Adehad of Lyonnaise, Duke Taubot of Le Angoulan, and Gisoleaux
Hagen and Duke Ford of Montfort are here. These five Dukes are the main troop contributors and the main beneficiaries of this Aubien expedition. These Dukes are smiling. The knights and nobles in the north have experienced many times.
After the blow, I finally felt proud.
According to Lawn's report, during the Obiun Great Expedition, the expeditionary force plundered a total of nearly 300,000 gold crowns worth of wealth, and then the second wave took advantage of the spring plowing and plundered approximately 100,000 gold crowns worth of wealth.
, this money will be in accordance with Ryan's previous request, in the ratio of 6:3
:1 proportion, 60% of which is allocated by the northern knights and nobles themselves, 30% goes to the national treasury, and the remaining 10% is distributed to only a small number of troops sent, but a lot of transport ships and logistical material assistance are provided (the north
The nobles of the Southern Cavaliers (Nobles on Credit).
In fact, several parties had opinions on this distribution ratio. The northern nobles believed that they provided the army, raised the supplies, and fought the battles. As a result, the final division was only 60%, which was too little.
The southern nobles headed by Francois and Birhemond also had opinions. They felt that they could obviously participate in things like the Auburn Expedition, but they were sent by the king to repair the fortress and did not receive any benefits. In the end, they were sent to build the fortress.
Getting 10% is really too little.
Finally, Sulia secretly told Ryan that this was a war launched in the name of chivalry. How could you leave 30% of the war for the treasury?
Ryan felt speechless after listening to the appeals of the three parties. This kind of thing is that everyone demands fairness when it comes to profit sharing, but the standard of fairness is different for everyone. To put it simply, there is no absolute
Fairness is only relatively reasonable.
Fortunately, Ryan's prestige was overwhelming. Although everyone had some opinions on the ratio he set, it was barely acceptable to everyone. With Morgiana's nod, everyone didn't care about this matter so much.
Victory can often alleviate conflicts and cover up many problems.
Sitting on the high throne, Ryan listened to the reports of the northern knights and nobles and Lawn, and nodded lightly. On the other side, the Lake God Witch Morgiana's face was red, her eyes wandered, and she peeked at Ryan from time to time. She didn't know.
What are you thinking about.
"So, you found a large number of Chaos Altars and traces of Chaos Demons in the depths of Obion Island?" After Ryan listened to Laun's report, the Knight King shook his head in confusion: "Strange, logically speaking,
When the large-scale Chaos Sacrifice Ceremony is held, it should be the time when the northern barbarians are at their strongest and most concentrated. How could they be so weak at this time that they were stolen by the expeditionary army?"
"Are the barbarians ready to abandon the Isle of Obion?" Duke Taubot sat below. This war made him and his Principality of Le Angoulan extremely rich, including a large amount of magic ore and gold and silver veins.
His warehouse was filled to the brim with many rare ores, and he said quite relaxedly: "The empire and the native Truth Speakers have been fighting the barbarians on the island for decades. Maybe the barbarians are tired of it?"
"How can the barbarians get tired of fighting? What they are afraid of is that there will be no war!" Adehad, Duke of Lyonnais, said displeasedly: "This is obviously impossible."
"I think it may be a strategic contraction. The barbarian Vanaheimlin who was originally entrenched on Obion Island saw that his strength was not as strong as our Obion expeditionary army, so he chose to shrink and stick to the deep fog.
The fortress wants to wait until we leave." Duke Adehad then proposed an idea. Duke Lyonnais clasped his hands expectantly and said to Ryan and Sulia: "Your Majesty, do I think we can
Like the Empire, establish a new stronghold in Albien?"
"A new stronghold?" Ryan frowned. Obien was close to Norsca. Although the corruption of chaos is not as strong as Norsca and the northern wasteland, the very bad environment and harsh climate are really unsuitable for human habitation. This
It is completely different from the three guards of Badland. Although the climate of the three guards of Badland, including the Army Guard, Iron Guard and Eight Peaks Guard, is a little worse, they can grow food and graze. Moreover, they are assisted by dwarves and must be regularly
replace.
"Yes, a new stronghold, for example, Obien Guard? We can send troops, enfeoff nobles, establish a stronghold, choose an area close to the Newland Province, and let the soldiers farm and support themselves?" Duke of Montfort
De is only thirty years old this year, and is the youngest among the Dukes. He is young and energetic, and the victory of the Obien expedition made him feel a little elated: "Like the three guards of Badland?"
"Pfft~" Ryan couldn't help laughing. Are you Lao Zhu? Are all the military households coming out?
The King of Knights vetoed this opinion. The military household system looks very beautiful. It is a professional soldier, a compulsory soldier, and an ultra-low maintenance fee. It seems to kill three birds with one stone, right?
But in fact, under the military household system, the military's combat effectiveness increased rapidly, and Ryan was deeply touched.
In the previous life of the Celestial Dynasty, Dai Ming's military household was in Lao Zhu's generation. Lan Yu was able to lead 150,000 people deep into the northern desert to fight in the Yuerhai Sea without water and food, and almost destroyed the Northern Yuan Dynasty. At that time, Dai Ming
It is not useless for the army to attack the Mongolian and Yuan cavalry head-on.
However, the military family was only passed down for one generation. By the time Zhu Lao conquered Mongolia in the fourth or fifth year, the Ming army was no longer a match for the Mongolian and Yuan cavalry in terms of cavalry. Zhu Di had to use the positional tactics of artillery and cavalry to survive at the critical moment.
He had to personally lead the charge of the Emperor's Guards to boost the morale of the army, and finally won the victory.
After that is the earthen fort.
Apart from a series of elements, such as the decay of the nobility and the serfization of soldiers, Ryan knew very well that the military household system was essentially the so-called "production and construction corps". This kind of army could be self-sufficient and maintain public order, but it had to be coordinated with
Barbarians fighting in the wild... Ryan suspected that within a few years all this group of people would be dead.
Ryan briefly explained the reason, and then said: "Although this is possible, I don't think it is very likely. Think about it, will the barbarians be afraid of war? Will they know how to strategically shrink?"
Everyone was silent, as if they were unwilling to admit that the victory of the Great Expedition was a fluke.
"Laun, and Morgiana, how is your investigation of Norsca?" Ryan still felt strange, so he had to ask: "What on earth are the Norsca barbarians doing?"
"Ah? Ryan?" Morgiana just came back to her senses when Ryan called her. She answered inexplicably: "How about I make braised veal in white sauce and crispy onion soup tonight?"
"???"
"???"
The Dukes who were meeting in the conference hall all had question marks on their faces. Ryan's face was full of black lines. Sulia, who was sitting next to him, couldn't help covering her mouth and snickering. The female knight took the initiative to say to Morgiana: "
Your Highness Morgiana, we will discuss dinner later, but we are asking how the investigation on Norsca went?"
Only then did Morgiana come back to her senses. The Lake God Witch couldn't help but blush. It took her a few seconds to come back to her senses, and then she said: "I sent Clement and the others to Norska."
The coast was scouted, and the barbarians were now quiet, very quiet, and many of the Norse coast ports and towns were in silence, as if they were deliberately trying to make us forget, but Clement discovered a large number of Norse barbarian troops.
Gathering at Ice Dragon Fjord."
"The annual plunder of Nord?" Raun said casually: "The news I got here is the same. A large number of barbarian troops gathered in Ice Dragon Fjord, maybe to launch a new round of attacks on the empire.
Loot."
The Ice Dragon Fjord is located on the southern coast of Norsk, almost opposite Hagendorf, the most important port in the north of Nord.
If explained in this way, it seems that all this makes sense. Ryan himself grew up in Nord when he was a child. He naturally knows that the war between the Norscan barbarians and Nord is eternal, and both sides have never planned to stop.
"But it's still not normal." Ryan thought for a while but still shook his head: "First of all, it is true that Nord and Norsk have been fighting all day long over the years, but such a huge troop concentration still seems a bit strange. We all know that North
The Khabarians' raids southward are usually scattered and independent. However, this time the other party did not raid in winter and continued to gather troops. It does seem a bit strange. We cannot relax our vigilance. Furthermore, Norsca has also had many
We are attacking our northern coast this time, so you must be on alert."
"Yes!" The three dukes headed by Lawn all nodded. Their principalities are across the sea from Norsca and Obien.
"Second, send out manpower to investigate to the end." Ryan then ordered: "Be sure to figure out the next move of the barbarians. Also, Lao En, I asked you to contact the empire and the people on Obien Island before.
Native speaker of the Truth, have you contacted me?"
"Um... I have contacted the garrison of the Empire's Newland Province, and they have sent us a guide." Lawn was a little embarrassed. His contact in this regard was limited to asking the Empire's Newland Province to send a guide to lead the way.
Then I gave them a few gold coins and that was it.
To put it more clearly, the northern knights and nobles were no longer willing to involve the Empire to share the spoils, especially after discovering that Obien's expedition went smoothly.
Ryan knew what the situation was. The King of Knights did not say anything more, but nodded: "Forget it, the Obien expedition is now over, let's not mention it for now. Regarding the investigation, try to do as much as possible with Marienburg and others.
Contact the Nordic Empire. They have been trading with the Norscans all year round and have established an intelligence network."
Although the Norscan barbarians are fighting with Nords and Marienburg all day long, and there will basically be a plundering war in 2-3 years, their trade is basically uninterrupted.
"Also, how is the situation in Marienburg recently?"
"Recently over at Marienburg..."
…………I am the dividing line to explore again…………
The far north, the chaotic wasteland, the northern royal court.
Amid the roar of the winds of chaos and the twisted lands and mountains, Tzeentch's Chosen Champion Cha-Zan'ek and Tzeentch's Chosen Hal-Eternal Eye stood in the royal court. They were discussing with Mortkin how to make the
Southerners let down their guard.
"Your Excellency, the Eternal Chosen One, our large-scale troop mobilization will definitely not be hidden from the eyes and ears of the southerners." Zang Ek leaned on the Twisted Staff of Tzeentch, held the Sword of the Demonic Bird God's Venomous Tongue in his hand, and pointed with the remaining two hands.
On the map: "Without planning, we are bound to alert southerners."
"That's right, no matter how we cover up the Barbarossa Plan, the southerners should have gotten the information that there is a large concentration of barbarian troops in Norsca and the northern wasteland." Hal, the Eye of Eternity, also looked at the map and looked at the map.
Reported by Mote Jinhui: "If the southerners are alert, we will not be able to destroy human resistance in one fell swoop before they can react."
Black Iron Mortkin remained silent, and the Eternal Chosen seemed unresponsive. His terrifying blue sight hidden behind the Chaos Helmet did not even fall on the map.
Zan Aike and Hal looked at each other, and they both felt that this Eternal Chosen seemed to be different from other Eternal Chosen.
After receiving the blessings of the Four Gods, most of the other Eternal Chosen Gods organized armies full of fanaticism and hatred to prepare to go south, bringing the end of time to those cowardly mortals who refused to accept true civilization and believe in the true God.
But Motkin seems to be different. The eternal God Chosen has only one goal, which is the Imperial Oster Territory and Von-Zhukov Castle (the location of the tomb of the ancestors of the Zhukov family) and the palace of Elector Wolfen.
First in line of succession, Oleg von Zhukov.
Seeing that the Eternal Chosen remained silent, Zan'ec prayed to the Bird God in his heart. The Chosen Champion of Tzeentch instantly had hundreds of vicious plans in his mind, and relied on instinct to try to choose a plan to implement.
For the time being, the interests of the Demonic Bird God and the Eternal Chosen One are the same, for the time being.
Hal didn't think that much. The Eye of Eternity was an assistant sent by Tzeentch to the mortal world to assist Mortkin. The oracle he received was to advise Mortkin. When Hal saw that Mortkin was speechless, he continued.
: "Your Excellency, the Eternal Chosen One, we cannot conceal our large-scale gathering of troops, and if we try to cover it up at this time, it will be a cowardly and abnormal behavior, which will most likely arouse the vigilance of the Southerners."
"Well, that's right. If the Southerners get nervous, it will be detrimental to my revenge." Motkin finally spoke: "What's the plan? For example, if we send people to negotiate peace with the Southerners?"
"If peace talks are not possible, it will appear abnormal and cause other thoughts among the southerners." Zan'ec shook his head. The Chosen Champion of Tzeentch simply knows the human world too well: "We are the advanced ones and the ones who have truly been blessed by civilization.
Human beings, how can we negotiate with the inferior people in the South? How many treaties have the Norse signed with the Southerners in history, but how many of them have actually been observed?"
"If you take too many actions, and it is obviously abnormal behavior, the other party will definitely think the other way around, but if you do nothing, it will also make the southerners wary." Hal agreed with Zan Ek's idea, God Tzeentch
Xuan quickly thought of a plan: "In that case, we might as well let the Southerners know about our gathering of troops directly."
"Let the ignorant southerners know directly?" Motkin said in a low voice.
"That's right, let the ignorant southerners know directly, make them nervous, make them fearful, and then wait until they nervously prepare for battle, but we let them understand that our target is not them." Hal - Eternity
He said with a sinister smile: "At this time, the Southerners' ignorance and inferior intelligence
Hui will subconsciously relax. At this time, our opportunity will come. Your Excellency the Eternal Chosen God, why don't we start now and launch a plunder of the dark elves of Nagaros, so that the entire old world will think that we are truly
If their opponents are dark elves, they will subconsciously relax their vigilance."
"Well, in this case, the Southerners will feel like they are facing a formidable enemy at the beginning and feel relieved at the end." Motkin believed deeply, and the Eternal God Chosen nodded: "At this time, we will march south again."
"Oh~ What a beautiful plan, I can't help but get excited~" At this moment, outside the Royal Court of the North, an entire legion of God Slaanesh wore extremely gorgeous purple and reflective full-body Chaos Blessing Plate Armor.
The Chosen Warriors lined up in dozens of rows in Motkin's royal court, led by the Divine Chosen
The champion wears a full body of chromatic gold plate armor. He is slender and tall, with a silver sword hanging on his waist. He will twist his butt back and forth when walking, maintaining his perfect posture, and his gorgeous long golden hair is dancing in the air:
"Besides that, I have a plan~ Oh~ Your Excellency, the Eternal Chosen One, are you interested in hearing about it?"