"General, you don't know that the entire local counties in the kingdom are in chaos now..." Mr. Veblen handed Claude the intelligence he had just received about the royal capital and the kingdom.
This was probably the last piece of information the Mining and Commerce Association received from the Kingdom itself. It was not that there was something wrong with the association's branch in the royal capital, but that shipping between the two continents was cut off. The Storm Fleet in White Deer City mutinied, deserted Prince Wedelek, and swore allegiance to Prince Hansback. The eldest prince then ordered the Storm Fleet to be mobilized to the eastern waters of the kingdom to guard the security of the eastern waters in place of the annihilated Dreadnought Fleet.
Perhaps Prince Hansbach himself led his army from the sea into the hinterland of the kingdom and made a surprise attack on the royal capital, so he paid so much attention to the security of the eastern waters. But after the Storm Fleet moved east, Bailu City could no longer organize a fleet to escort the ocean-going merchant ships between the two continents. The small number of naval officers and soldiers of the Storm Fleet who did not want to join Prince Hansback drove a dozen warships to the Port of Corbichus in the Tiersim Direct Territory. In a sense, the overseas territories had already established ties with White Deer City. in a hostile position.
In the kingdom itself, there are many towns like White Deer City that have declared their allegiance to the Great Prince Hansback, and the supporters of the First Prince have played a big role in this. Sometimes two towns in a local county declare allegiance to two princes respectively. Even the two princes above do not know their allegiance. The local garrison armed forces of these two towns have started fighting, just like two noobs pecking each other. Like a real fire, they all declared that the other party was a traitor to the kingdom.
After Prince Hansback occupied the royal capital in May, he vigorously recruited troops to form a new army. In addition, the standing legion that came with the Blue Feather Legion was sent to set up a defense line along the Blanopes Lake in the Ibiniste Plain to block the way for the Guards Legion to return to counterattack the royal capital. Then he arrested administrative officials and members of various forces who opposed him in the royal capital, and carried out a brutal purge of the royal capital. It is said that nearly 10,000 to 20,000 people in the royal capital who opposed the eldest prince's ascension to the throne were arrested, and more than 3,000 people were shot and beheaded.
According to intelligence, Prince Hansback even ordered the execution of several royal family elders who were related to the Sterling royal family. The reason was very simple. First, these elders had always supported Prince Widelek's accession to the throne. Second, after the eldest prince occupied the royal capital, these elders relied on their blood relationship with the Sterling royal family and relied on their elders. After falling into the hands of the eldest prince, they refused to pay for their sins. As a result, they were separated, and their families were confiscated and exterminated. end.
The reason why Prince Hansback carried out this great purge in the royal capital and was ruthless was that he needed a lot of wealth to carry out this civil war in the kingdom. Although he occupied the royal capital, the kingdom's treasury and the royal family's internal treasury had little surplus. Although there was no shortage of food, ammunition, and military supplies, the eldest prince needed money to reward his troops, and at the same time, he also needed to raise military expenditures to form more troops. Many legions. So he had no choice but to target the dignitaries and various forces in the capital who opposed him, and ordered the Blue Feather Army to blockade the capital and arrest people according to the list.
While carrying out the purge of the royal capital, Prince Hansback also issued a notice to all local counties in the kingdom, asking military and political officials across the country to bring order to the chaos and make him the legitimate heir to the throne. He also announced that he would ascend the throne on July 10th. king. After this announcement was issued, all the local counties in the kingdom were in chaos. Those who supported Prince Hansback and those who supported Prince Widlék each formed local armed forces, and the war broke out everywhere in the kingdom.
Most of the naval officers and soldiers of the Storm Fleet stationed in White Deer City are supporters of Prince Hansback. In addition, the general manager of White Deer City, Viscount Felidos, is also from the Blue Feather Legion, so the change of flag in White Deer City seems natural. After receiving this notice, White Deer City immediately responded and declared its allegiance to the Great Prince Hansback, while the naval officers and soldiers who were unwilling to abandon Prince Wedelek drove a warship to the Nubisian continent. Because they have nowhere to go in the kingdom itself, the coastal port cities are all under the control of Prince Hansback.
Prince Wedelek, who ran to the Red Dragon Legion, has not been idle in the past two months. With the assistance of his father-in-law, Marshal Siegfried, he summoned some powerful figures and noble officials in the kingdom who had fled the royal capital. The royal court was reorganized in Bertalnia County, and the Guards Corps and the Griffin Legion were placed under the command of the new royal court. Then he issued an announcement in the name of Sterling XI that he would return to the royal capital soon to attack the rebellious Prince Hansback and the Blue Feather Legion and other rebellious troops.
This is the current situation in the kingdom, where everything is in chaos. Prince Hansback was preparing for the enthronement ceremony while stepping up preparations for war. Prince Wedelek also figured out the clues and commanded the Guards Corps and the Red Dragon Corps to begin marching towards the royal capital. Everyone in the kingdom knew very well that the battle that was about to break out on the Plains of Ibiniste would determine which prince would become the new king of the Kingdom of Orvilas, and only one of them could become the victor.
Judging from the current situation, Prince Hansback has the home field advantage in terms of war strength. Ever since the Great Prince Hansback bypassed the Odin Mountains from the sea and made a surprise attack on the royal capital, and Prince Wedelek fled hastily, the balance of the war has tilted towards the Great Prince. Because in terms of military affairs, none of Prince Wedelek's generals can compare with the commanding ability of Prince Hansback, not even Marshal Siegfried.
As we all know, Field Marshal Siegfried did not get his rank as field marshal because of his military exploits. Instead, he was promoted to field marshal of the Kingdom because of his dedicated loyalty for more than forty years, which earned him the appreciation of the late King Stirling X. To put it bluntly, his qualifications as a marshal were earned through years of experience, and there was no way he could compare with a commander with rich practical experience like Prince Hansback.
In addition, Prince Hansback, who occupied the royal capital, even had a slight advantage in resources and soldiers, but the Guards Corps became a lost dog. The Kingdom's four major field ace regiments, the Guards Corps, which is known as the most powerful, if it can't stand the enemy in this battle on the Ibiniste Plains, I believe the morale will drop quickly over time. Prince Hansback had already made preparations and deployed a defense line in the Ibiniste Plain. He had the idea of prolonging the war and buying himself more time to integrate the combat power of the royal capital.
Just like when the Griffin Legion blocked the troops led by Prince Hansback from the defense line of the Odin Mountains, people at that time were optimistic about Prince Wedelek and believed that the royal capital would soon be able to put down Prince Hansback. Rebellious. Now it's just the opposite. Everyone is optimistic about Prince Hansback, and sees Prince Widrik commanding the Red Dragon Army and the Guards Army to march towards the capital as a final act of madness or a desperate struggle. Yibo.
This is what the governors and admirals of the three overseas territories of Tilsim, Mormali, and Arturas thought. When those naval officers and soldiers of the Storm Fleet in White Deer City who refused to surrender to Prince Hansback drove their warships, After arriving at the Port of Corbichus and receiving the news of the rebellion of the White Deer City Storm Fleet, the governors and admirals of the three territories were really anxious.
Now the governor of Tiersim is no longer Claude’s cheap godfather, Viscount Jerryhausen Van Kruse. The old man’s term expired two years ago and he took the money he plundered from the overseas territories with him. The money went back to the kingdom to enjoy happiness. The two new governors and admirals were relatively unlucky. When they took office in the overseas territories, the royal capital allocated the tax revenue of the three territories to the war zones for military expenses, so they lost the opportunity to make money by manipulating taxes. .
But now that I have become a governor and an admiral, I will always find a way to make money as long as I am flexible. Soon they were eyeing the trans-oceanic trade between the two continents. The specialties and mineral resources of the Nubisian continent were sent to the Kingdom, and were monopolized by the noble chambers of commerce there. They had no control over them, but the geese passed through their territory. Mao can still do it. In some places, the governors and admirals of the three direct-administered territories can unite to force the kingdom's mainland to give them a share of the pie. The governors and admirals of the three direct-administered territories alone have made a lot of money out of this transoceanic trade.
However, the naval officers and soldiers who fled to the Port of Corbichus brought them bad news. The Storm Fleet in White Deer City rebelled. They swore allegiance to Prince Hansback and betrayed Sterling XI, also known as Weed. Prince Lek. This means that the two continents have severed contact. There will no longer be cross-ocean trade consisting of more than a hundred ocean-going ships. In the future, perhaps only a few ocean-going smuggling ships can be used to travel between the two continents.
The governors and admirals of the three direct territories did not care at all which prince they were loyal to. Regarding the civil war between the two kings fighting for the throne in the kingdom, these governors and admirals just wanted to be spectators and shout a few times, no one wanted to get involved in these nonsense. Anyway, they are far away on the continent of Nubisia, and they can just wait until the two princes finally decide the winner before committing allegiance to the final winner.
In fact, many local county officials in the kingdom also think so. Unfortunately, they have been turned into the whirlpool. Before the final winner appeared, they had been forced to take sides. Officials and local forces in various towns and cities had already had their brains beaten out for which prince they were loyal to. Many local officials and representatives of forces who wanted to be spectators were forced to take sides because of their wealth and life. Declare in advance which prince you will be loyal to...
The governors and admirals of the three direct territories of Tilsim, Mormali, and Arturas took the initiative to join this whirlpool. Because what they care about is their own wallets. Without transoceanic trade, their private income will be greatly reduced. For this generous income, they believe that as long as they also declare their allegiance to Prince Hansback, they can compete with White Deer City. Staying in the same camp, the ocean trade between the two continents can continue as usual.
This is called being ignorant. The governors and admirals of the three directly-administered territories were not aware of the conflict between the war zone and the eldest prince. They only knew that in March, the Kingdom’s Army Ministry sent an order reprimanding the war zone and ordering disarmament, so they The idea came to General Bolognik, who came to negotiate the tax distribution issue. They thought that they could persuade the war zone to join Prince Hansback, so that the attitudes of the overseas territories could be kept consistent. As advocates, they could also gain more credit in front of Prince Hansback.
As a result, they hit a snag with General Bolognik. The two sides were talking like ducks and there was no way to reach an agreement. No matter how the governors and admirals of the three direct territories explained to General Bolognik the strategic advantage occupied by Prince Hansback, and they definitely believed that Prince Hansback was about to become the new king of the Kingdom of Overas, Bolognik The general still refused to join them in declaring allegiance to Prince Hansback...
Out of anger, the governors and admirals of the three demesne simply sent their private guards to raid General Bologna's residence. After a fierce exchange of fire, relying on the strength of their numbers, they wounded General Bologna, wiped out the general's guards, and then sent Bologna away. General Ke was imprisoned and planned to be given to Prince Hansback in the future as proof of their allegiance and merit.
In the eyes of the governor and the admirals, since General Bolognik is a deadbeat, there will always be other generals in the war zone who are knowledgeable about current affairs. As long as General Bolognik, the nominally acting supreme commander of the war zone, is imprisoned, there will naturally be differences. The general wants to be in power. At that time, General Bolognik can be used to coerce the other generals in the war zone and join them to join Prince Hansback. It's very simple. If they don't want to, they will let General Bolognik go. Then the general who wants to be in power will naturally not end well after General Bolognik returns.
After long experience in official circles, these governors and admirals also considered the generals in the war zone to be the same as themselves. They imprisoned General Bolognik because they thought they could use him to deal with the war zone. First, the war zone can be left leaderless and trapped in internal fighting. Secondly, there are always generals who want to be in power who will cooperate with them and join Prince Hansback. Third, they can use General Bolognik's life and safety to threaten the war zone and dare not send troops to attack the three directly governed territories. Otherwise, the general who advocates sending troops will be the murderer of General Bolognik...
After imprisoning General Bolognik, the governors and admirals of the three jurisdictions worked tirelessly and took action against the naval officers and soldiers who did not want to surrender to Prince Hansback and ran to the port of Corbicius. They held a grand banquet to welcome these naval officers and soldiers. After more than a thousand naval officers and soldiers became drunk, they dispatched local garrison troops, disarmed these naval officers and soldiers and imprisoned them in temporary cells...
Then the governors and admirals of the three demesne deployed three local garrison regiments to the border of the demesne of Mormaley and the demesne of Anphiston, blocking the communication between the two sides to prevent the war zone from learning that General Bolognik was imprisoned. Later, troops were sent directly to rescue. They believed that as long as they deployed heavy troops and had General Bolognik in hand, they would not dare to act rashly in the war zone and could only negotiate. As long as the two sides are in contact, they can persuade the different generals to join Prince Hansback, and even provoke a fight between several generals in the war zone.
In this way, they have solved the threat of the two legions in the war zone to the three directly governed territories. The most important thing is that as long as the war zone falls into chaos and fighting, they can fish in troubled waters, not to mention the tax that serves as military expenses in the war zone. It can be completely swallowed up as the hard work expenses for myself and others. And without military spending, the two legions in the war zone might even break out into mutiny, and then no one would care about the three direct territories.
It’s just that the governors and admirals of the three direct territories underestimated the intelligence gathering capabilities of the Mining and Commerce Association. They originally thought that they could delay it for at least ten days and a half. Unexpectedly, the Mining and Commerce Association arranged communications at the Port of Corpicius. The Department has recorded all the changes that have taken place in the Direct Territory of Tilsim, and sent them to the war zone along with the last batch of information about the kingdom's mainland sent by the officers and soldiers of the Storm Fleet. Then Mr. Veblen sent this information It was sent to the theater headquarters and placed in front of Claude and others.
Claude picked up the riding whip and issued an order: "Thunder Regiment 1301, 1302 Regiment, 1303 Regiment will set off immediately and arrive at the border of Mormali Direct Territory within seven days. Michael, You lead your reinforced battalion and follow me.”
General Skerry was anxious: "General Bolognik is still in their hands..."
Claude replied with a straight face: "If anything happens to General Bolognik, I will hang all the family members of the governor and admiral on the big tree by the roadside, whether they are old people in their seventies or eighties or children of two or three years old. ... ..."