Since the army of Aaron Landis invaded the territory of Canal, after a lapse of more than four months, the First Army of Caijos from the northeast and the Third Army of Heimos from the southeast went to the northeast of Canal respectively. The king's city is approaching.
Their marching routes are all detouring an arc on the territory of Kanal, attacking another important city after another, and then slowly approaching the royal city.
At the same time, in Aaron Landis, half a year had passed since Gallan established the Commerce and Trade Office in the royal city.
In the past six months, the Commerce and Trade Office has not only existed in Wangcheng, but has been established in Tozes and other large cities with commerce and trade as the main economic pillar.
Those powerful and powerful people in large commercial cities—that is, the original vested interests—are naturally unwilling to lose this huge profit path.
However, the situation is completely different from when the Commerce and Trade Office was established in Wangcheng. After seeing the benefits of the Commerce and Trade Office, the businessmen in these big cities mainly focused on commerce and trade are almost eagerly awaiting the establishment of the Commerce and Trade Office. . They even took the initiative to contribute money to help, just to build the Commerce and Trade Office as soon as possible.
Moreover, the large cities that Garlan had chosen as pilots to promote the Commerce and Trade Office were all directly affiliated to the royal city, and the current consuls were also upright officials who he specially selected to be loyal and loyal to him.
The most important thing is that this time there is also the escort of Shamash Temple and Nanna Temple.
In order to prove their ability to King Garlan, so as to overwhelm the other's temple as much as possible, the two temples carefully selected extremely capable chief priests to go to those big cities, sit in the local temples, and take charge of the branch of the Commerce and Trade Office. belong to power.
No matter how powerful the local officials are, facing these high-ranking priests, at least on the surface, they would never dare to make mistakes.
After all, the priests are the messengers of the gods.
Tomorrow is impossible.
But there is no hope in the dark.
Because, even if they wanted to do something behind their backs, they had to ask the priests of Nanna, who were best at tricks and tricks, if they would answer.
The establishment of these commercial and trade offices has brought untold wealth to Garland, and it can be said that he is now making a fortune every day.
These huge amounts of wealth are enough to allow Garlan to build roads, Solga's Wisdom Temple, water conservancy and other infrastructure, and at the same time, there is more than enough to support the military expenses of the army attacking Canal.
This is also the main reason why the ministers in the royal court have no opinions except for a few hardcore advocates and factions after the battle has been fought for so long.
Many ministers think so.
King Garland is really a wise king.
Not only did he pay for the cost of building the infrastructure, but even the military expenses did not need to be paid by the royal court, and he paid all by himself.
You know, over the years, military expenditures accounted for almost a quarter of the royal court's financial expenditures each year. In the past, Aaron Landis was very financially strapped because of the huge military expenditure that King Camos spent on expeditions all the year round.
The incumbent Financial Secretary has to rack his brains every year to balance the costs of all parties, so his head is bald.
Now, with such a large amount of money saved, many other things can be done. The upright ministers headed by the Minister of the Left are naturally very happy, and of course the current Financial Secretary who does not have to be as bald as the predecessor is also happy.
However, there are also some people who understand it secretly.
From then on, military expenditure was no longer paid from the royal court's finances, but from the king's treasury.
In other words, the rise and fall of Aaronlandis' army was completely controlled by King Gallan, who could completely control the combat effectiveness of a legion with the amount of military spending.
After all, the food and drink of the soldiers, armor, weapons, residences, training grounds, and even fortresses and castles all require money.
If any legion wants to rebel, King Garlan can directly abolish more than half of its combat power as long as it cuts off its military expenditure.
The most important thing is that from now on, even if the powerful ministers in the royal court have a bad heart, the threat will be greatly reduced - without soldiers in their hands, what can they do
The food, drink, weapons and armor of the soldiers are all given to them by King Garland. King Garland is equivalent to their parents. Who is mentally ill to follow you to rebel against their own parents
So, in this way, the lifeblood of all the armies is in the hands of King Garlan.
Taking this expedition to Kanal as an opportunity, not only did the six major legions directly belong to the royal city, but in the following year, Gallan gradually abolished the practice of 'supporting the army protecting the city with the city's own tax revenue'.
All the military expenditures of the army in the cities directly under the king's city are paid by the king's treasury.
Those cities with family heritage still continue to follow the previous practice and do not make demands—of course, there are also some city owners who are greedy and unwilling to pay for their own military expenses, and as long as they make a request to King Gallan, the rich and kind young king will. graciously agreed to him.
Aaron Landis' centralized progress bar slowly and silently extended backwards, under Garland's various poking and fiddling.
- Yes, if you have money, you can do whatever you want.
The young king, who was hailed as the wise king in later generations, more than once expressed in his heart this kind of emotion that is extremely inconsistent with the values of 'sage'.
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Closer to home.
After more than four months, the two armies of Aaron Landis unceremoniously approached the royal city of Canal.
A month ago, seeing the defeat of the war, the commander of the Gasdadians had decisively made the decision to give up other cities and shrink their forces to guard the royal city.
Those noble city lords who had surrendered to the Gasdadians without hesitation, seeing the Gasdadians retreating, opened the door again and surrendered decisively when the army of Aaron Landis approached the city.
They don't make any resistance at all.
These shameless city lords don't care who they surrender to, anyway, they just change their allegiance, and they can continue to be their noble city lords.
They didn't know at this time what was waiting for them.
At this time, Heimos and Kaihos have joined forces under the royal city of Canal.
This royal city was originally established by the first king of Canal. That king fought and fought all his life and went through hardships before finally creating his own kingdom.
At that time, the situation on the mainland was changing and it was very unstable. Therefore, he built the royal city under the cliff.
The king's city is backed by high mountains and cliffs that tower into the sky, and it is in the shape of a sloping ladder from top to bottom. The other three sides of the city walls are built extremely tall and strong.
The river that surrounds the king's city flows down from the cliffs, and there is no fear that the enemy troops who are attacking the city will cut off the water source from the outside.
The first king of Canal was satisfied that such an easy-to-defensive and difficult-to-attack royal city would never fall easily.
It's a pity that this brave and powerful king can't guess how, the comfort of hundreds of years has completely changed his descendants.
This impregnable royal city easily fell into the hands of the invaders.
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A year and a half later, the battle for the King City of Kanal started again.
The aggressor of the past becomes the attacked party.
The commander-in-chief of Gasdad stood on the high city wall, frowning and looking down at the outside of the city.
Outside the royal city, there is a black and red torrent.
The vast city was surrounded by the army of Aaron Landis in black and red armor.
They are like monstrous floods, surging from the sky and covering the sky, hitting the city wall again and again.
Under the scorching sun, on the battlefield, a black armored knight stood majestically on the ground.
The horse's mane beneath him burns like fire in the sun.
The lion flag with gold patterns on a red background fluttered high behind him, bathed in the scorching sun, like a red flame burning with golden brilliance.
One person and one horse stand among thousands of troops, but they are extremely conspicuous.
It's like the only strong color in a black and white picture.
He was just standing there on horseback, and no one could ignore his existence.
Black Knight Heimos.
No one knows his reputation.
Wherever he goes, there is victory.
The soldiers under his command are all brave people who are like wolves and tigers, who are not afraid of death. As long as he gives an order, he will tear all the enemies who dare to block them to pieces.
Gasdad's commander stared at Heimos from the city wall with a solemn expression.
Today is the third day that the army of Aaron Landis has come under the city.
The Gasdadians have reinforcements and are coming from the northwest day and night, but it will take some time to reach the King City of Kanal.
He once thought that with the strength of the Gasdads, it would be no problem to shrink all the troops into the royal city and hold it for ten days and a half months.
But after only three days, he felt anxious.
In just three days, the war has already begun to tighten.
The Gasdad was good at attacking, but he was not used to passive defense, and even he was defending the city for the first time.
If this continues, I am afraid that the arrival of reinforcements will not be able to persist.
The commander-in-chief of Gastad frowned as he thought so.
At this moment, there were loud shouts from the city wall, and many Gasdadian soldiers shouted and pointed outside.
The commander looked up amid the crowd's shouts, and his throat tightened.
A huge siege vehicle slowly appeared in front of the city wall of the King City of Kanal.
At the same time, stone slings and giant crossbows with a height of five or six meters also appeared in front of everyone.
It took more than two days for the artisans in the army of Aaron Landis to finally assemble these siege weapons and send them to the foot of the city wall.
Heimos rode on his horse and raised his hand slowly.
Then, swing down hard.
The next second, amid the panicked cries of the Gasdadians on the city wall, boulders roared and smashed heavily on the city wall.
A giant crossbow arrow that was only one person tall crossed an arc in the air, swooped down, and pierced through the bodies of several guards at once, strung together into a gourd.
The walls of the King City of Kanal seem to be tall, but they are not as strong as they look from the outside.
Under the impact of the boulder, countless rubble rustled down the city wall, and cracks began to appear in many places.
There were even several places where the edge of the city wall collapsed directly under the impact of the boulder, causing the soldiers standing there to fall down from the high city wall and fall into flesh.
The other soldiers were shocked to retreat subconsciously, for fear of following in their footsteps.
This time, many soldiers died, and the Gasdadians suffered heavy casualties.
Looking at the chaos on the city wall, the commander-in-chief of Gasdad showed a fierce expression.
He turned around and gave a cold command to a subordinate beside him.
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Countless slings and giant crossbow arrows poured down on the city walls of Karnal, which boosted the morale of the army of Aaron Landis for a while.
Suddenly, a strange movement appeared on the city wall.
The soldiers of Aaron Landis were stunned to see that the Gastadian soldiers on the city wall took the initiative to retreat and hide behind, as if they had completely given up their resistance.
The general in charge of commanding the siege equipment waved his hand and temporarily stopped throwing stones and archery to avoid meaningless waste.
However, even if the hurling of stones and arrows stopped, the walls were silent, and the Gasdadians were not seen.
Just when everyone was wondering, finally another figure appeared on the city wall.
The general who commanded the siege equipment raised his hand, intending to continue the attack.
But the next moment, his hand froze in the air.
His eyes stared blankly at the figure on the city wall, showing an unbelievable look.
At this moment, what appeared on the city wall and in front of the soldiers of Aaron Landis were figures who were tied and pushed to the edge of the city wall.
Those people had skin, hair, and features that were very different from the Gasthards.
Aaron Landis.
Those former Aaron Landis soldiers who were captured by the Gasdadians after their defeat and brought to the King City of Karnar and became slaves.
They were tied and pushed by the Gasthods in front of the city walls.
If the Aaron Landis wanted to continue their siege, they had to kill them first, and kill their own countrymen.
The earth was dead silent.
It was a huge battlefield, and at this moment there was no sound.