"Honey, what are you doing?" Claude returned to his residence and was surprised to find that Sheila, who usually liked to lean on the recliner and read a book, was not on the recliner, but in front of the alchemy magic talisman she carried with her. Get something.
By the way, this time the Thunder Legion went to the Farea continent, Sheila had to accompany Claude life and death. In the end, she had to dress up as a man and pretend to be Claude's personal guard, accompanying Claude all the way to Pori. The royal city of Visia. Except for the guard squadron around him and a few of Claude's younger brothers, no one knew that Claude also brought his lover with him on this expedition.
"Oh, I went to the gold storage room today, looked at the treasures of the Nasseri royal family, and chose two pieces of jewelry." Sheila answered without raising her head.
The so-called gold storage room is a storage room for various valuable items such as property, gold and silver utensils, jewelry, precious art treasures, etc. that the Thunder Legion searched for in the Kingdom of Nasseri along the way. As for those gold and silver coins, they are stored separately. Although the Nasseri Kingdom's treasury does not have much reserve gold and silver currency left due to this war, it does not mean that the people are not wealthy. The two clearing operations allowed the Thunder Legion to seize a large amount of property, with a total value of nearly 50 million gold crowns.
In fact, Claude was shocked when he knew this statistic. To put it bluntly, the property captured by the Thunder Legion in the destruction of the Principality of Modra and the Principality of Sidings was less than 3 million gold crowns, which was already the amount of two Grand Dukes. All the family property plus the proceeds from the confiscation of the houses of the nobles of the principality. Compared with the Nasseri royal family, these two grand dukes and the nobles of the principality really look like beggars...
Due to the raid of the First Division of the Thunder Legion on the Royal City of Polyvisia, most members of the Nasseri royal family and the royal nobles in the city did not escape, and their properties naturally fell into the hands of the Thunder Legion. Compared with the reserves of less than two million gold crowns in the national treasury, the inner treasury of the Nasseri royal family gave the Thunder Legion a big surprise, not to mention the gold and silver currency reserves worth more than six million gold crowns. The estimated value of those treasured jewelry and collectibles is nearly ten million gold crowns.
In addition, there are also properties unearthed from the homes of the Nasseri Kingdom nobles in the Royal City of Polyvisia, including four to five million gold crowns in gold and silver currency, and countless valuable gold and silver utensils, jewelry, and art treasures. In the next two raids, the properties confiscated from the homes of civilians who were resisting armed militants were mostly gold and silver currency, but there were also many gold and silver utensils. The confiscated property alone exceeded Claude's imagination.
There is nothing more efficient than the organized robbery of the army. In addition to the gold and silver equipment, jewelry and art treasures, the palace also specially set aside a large side hall to store other valuables. Artifacts of value. For example, on the 50th birthday of King Nasseri VII, each officer and soldier of the Guards was given a set of gilt-patterned white copper tableware as a souvenir. Now these tableware are piled up in this side hall, and Claude is considering giving them to the officers and soldiers of the Thunder Legion as commemorative trophies for their conquest of the Nasseri Kingdom.
It is worth mentioning that the Nasseri Kingdom does not have a national bank like the Overas Kingdom, but only a royal bank. The responsibility of this Royal Bank is to issue gold, silver and copper coins of the Nasseri Kingdom, and at the same time conduct loan sharking activities, and does not undertake small savings business. This is because the Nasseri Kingdom is a feudal system, and the nobles of the kingdom have their own fiefdoms, which limits the Royal Bank's ability to open branches in various local counties. As for commercial finance and loan sharking activities in the noble territories, most of them were in the hands of the lords.
With these captured properties, even if the Thunder Legion and Rock Legion's reinforcements to the Kingdom are complete, there is no need to worry about having little profit to reward the soldiers of the two legions. In other words, it can be said that during this campaign back on the Farea continent, the Overseas Dominion Military Region has earned back all the capital invested in armaments in the past few years, and does not even have to worry about military expenditures in the next five or six years... ..
But what Claude is now curious about is what Sheila is doing. It’s not like he hasn’t given the valuable jewelry he seized to Sheila, but Sheila turned a blind eye to these gadgets that noble ladies are crazy about. She usually likes to sit on the recliner and read the magic books secretly collected by the Nasseri royal family, waiting for Claude to return. Sometimes she also complains that many of the magic books collected by the Nasseri royal family are made up based on hearsay. Not as accurate as the collection of books in the grotto left behind by her mother.
Claude walked to Sheila and found that she was carefully observing a very exquisite sapphire necklace in the alchemical magic talisman.
"This is a magic necklace. I saw it in a magic notebook collected by the Nasseri royal family. It said that there is a compound magic on this necklace, which brings together the three mental spells of charm, illusion and seduction. Wearing this necklace Casting a spell on a specific target can make the target trust 100%, or fall in love with the person wearing the necklace, and willingly obey the instructions of the person wearing the necklace, even if he sacrifices his life without hesitation. So this necklace is also Known as the Temptation of the Succubus, I am now preparing to copy and divide these three spells from the necklace..."
Sheila briefly introduced the necklace. In addition to staying with Claude, she is now interested in the research of various spells.
No wonder Sheila took the initiative to choose jewelry, it was indeed related to magic. Claude shrugged: "The magic of this necklace is really so powerful."
"It's just an exaggeration." Sheila said: "Spiritual spells are very complicated. How should I put it? If the target of the spell is a magician, the probability of success is less than 10%, because every magician practices meditation. , which will naturally resist the effects of mental spells on oneself. If the target of the spell is an ordinary person, the effect will also depend on it. Some people have strong mental powers and have stronger resistance. Like the compound spell on this necklace, it is mainly Use it to lure a target in a feasting banquet and dance floor, and only by matching the surrounding atmosphere can the best effect be achieved."
Claude thought about his mind-shaking spell. It was indeed like this. It was not very effective against the magician who blocked the road and robbed him. Sheila is currently studying this necklace mainly because spiritual spells are rare, so she is interested in breaking this compound spell into three separate spell model structures.
During this period of time, the unstable factors in the Royal City of Polyvisia had just been eliminated, and the Thunder Legion had initially taken control of the situation in the Royal City and surrounding areas. Now the scouts are out and the falcons are flying, just to understand the situation of the entire battle. Two months have been wasted cleaning up the towns surrounding the royal city and the royal city of Polyvisia. Now it depends on the situation on the mainland of the kingdom and whether the Rock Legion has taken any action.
Three days later, Claude received a report of the great battle on Saint-Rusque Island from the Ironclad Fleet. The defeat of the Hicks Kingdom's Sea King fleet made Claude relieved. This eliminated the entire eastern sea area facing the Sea King fleet's surprise attack. threaten. However, the landing of the two Hicks standing legions who came for reinforcements made Claude a little worried, and he hurriedly ordered the scout cavalry to conduct reconnaissance in the five northeastern counties of the Kingdom of Nasseri.
At that time, the first division of the Thunder Legion penetrated diagonally from the territory of the Principality of Sidings into the hinterland of the Kingdom of Nasseri. It was like a person being stabbed in the waist with a knife, heading straight to the Royal City of Polyvisia, allowing Nasseri to The kingdom was defenseless. Then Claude led the second division into the Kingdom of Nasseri along the same path, and divided his troops to sweep the sixteen local counties in the central part of the Kingdom of Nasseri. As a result, only the five northeastern counties and seven southwest counties of the Nasseri Kingdom were left untouched by the Thunder Legion.
The five northeastern counties of the Kingdom of Nasseri are all coastal areas, and the seven counties in the southwest are border counties connected to the Kingdom of Ovilas. Before the First Eastern War, there were only two frontier counties in the southwest of the Nasseri Kingdom. The Kingdom of Orvilas has thirty-two local counties, plus the Ibiniste Plain, and is the largest country in the eastern region. After five years of war in the eastern region, the Kingdom of Ovelas gained a new occupied territory. Two-thirds of the entire eastern region belonged to the Kingdom of Ovelas, and it became the dominant power in the eastern region of Farea continent in one fell swoop.
It was a pity that the colonial wars that occurred in the overseas territories and the civil war in the kingdom caused by the two kings competing for the throne in the kingdom. In addition, Prince Wedelek, also known as Sterling XI, who ascended the throne, did not feel bad for selling his father Tian, and sold half of the five border counties to the Nasseri Kingdom in one go, in exchange for a large amount of funds and The loan was used for military expenses, and then the eldest prince and his men were driven out of the kingdom and headed to the newly occupied territory.
However, this resulted in a significant reduction in the kingdom's territory. Only twenty-seven of the original thirty-two local counties in the kingdom were left. At the same time, the twenty-three local counties in the newly occupied territory were abandoned, causing the Kingdom of Overas to expand from the east. The regional hegemonic power was downgraded to a weak country with a medium-sized land area, not even as good as the Kingdom of Nasseri. As a result, it became a lost dog in the eyes of the Eastern Region League of Nations and was almost destroyed.
Now with reinforcements from the Overseas Dominion's Thunder Legion and Rock Legion, the Kingdom of Overas has turned defeat into victory. The Principality of Sidings and the Principality of Rimodra were once again destroyed. Due to the capture of the two Grand Dukes and their families, these two principalities no longer need to think about their restoration. And the Thunder Legion's surprise attack on the Royal City of Polyvisia and the sweeping away of most of the Nasseri Kingdom have made it impossible for this country, the sworn enemy of the Ovelas Kingdom, to stand up again, and forgetting the country is just around the corner.
However, the Thunder Legion fell into an unexpected crisis...
"What are they doing? It makes no sense." Claude was very angry. The good situation was turned into a mess by those bastards in the temporary royal court. He never dreamed that the high-ranking officials and nobles in the kingdom who had vowed to fight to the death against the invading Eastern Alliance forces would actually send the invading troops out of the country and peacefully recover the Ibiniste Plains and the Royal Capital, as well as the lost places. County...
In the past two months, while the Thunder Legion was busy clearing out the resistance militants in the towns and cities around the Royal City of Polyvisia, the alliance troops that invaded the Kingdom's mainland began to withdraw. At this time, there were three legions from the Kingdom of Nasseri, three standing legions from the Kingdom of Hicks, one division from the Principality of Karnas, and two from the Principality of Sidings and the Principality of Rimodra. The new legions totaled nearly 500,000 troops.
Although the Alliance army has a large number of troops, it is no longer a threat. The Principality of Sidings and the Principality of Rimodra have been destroyed. The two newly-established legions have no fighting spirit and wish to surrender early so that they can go home and live their lives. The three legions of the Nasseri Kingdom were also eager to return to the country for rescue because the royal city was occupied, and were unwilling to stay in the Overas Kingdom. The three standing legions of the Kingdom of Hicks and a light cavalry regiment of the Principality of Karnas also had no intention of staying in the kingdom to resist the attack of the Rock Legion because their retreat was cut off. Of course, even if they wanted to, they couldn't resist...
So the alliance troops began to withdraw from the kingdom. They first withdrew from the second line of defense to the first line of defense, and then withdrew from the first line of defense to the royal capital. After the Rock Legion discovered the enemy's movements, they began to pursue them. Like a lone wolf hiding in the shadows, he is always ready to deliver a fatal blow to the enemy, biting off the enemy's fat in one bite.
No one dared to ignore the threat posed by the Rock Legion to the retreating Alliance army. Therefore, the senior officers and commanders of the Alliance army did not hesitate to throw out the two new legions from the two principalities to block the retreat. Stay in the offensive line of the Rock Legion. Perhaps in their eyes, these two new legions, like lost dogs, are just a burden to them, not their companions and comrades-in-arms.
The two new legions of the extinct principalities also surrendered to the Rock Legion as soon as they were abandoned. The best choice at this time is for the Rock Legion to hand over the matter of gathering and surrendering these two new legions to the Guards Legion, the Griffin Legion and the Red Dragon Legion that will come later. Then continue to chase the retreating Alliance troops, forcing the enemy to continuously divide their troops to intercept them. These troops will become big fat meat that falls into the mouth of the Rock Legion...
If this is done, even if the alliance troops eventually withdraw from the Kingdom of Ovilas, they will have become a group with serious internal conflicts, and their strength will be reduced by at least half. No one is willing to sacrifice themselves to help others, especially during retreat. The goals of the Rock Legion are the three standing legions of the Kingdom of Hicks and the light cavalry of the Principality of Karnas, which is a division of troops. They are determined not to allow these two armies to return to the Kingdom of Nasseri.
But all plans were disrupted by the Guards Corps, the Griffin Legion and the Red Dragon Legion who came after hearing the news. They refused to accept the management and gathering tasks of the two new legions that had surrendered, and insisted on chasing the retreating troops. Union Army. At the same time, the senior officers of the Kingdom's Ministry of War and the powerful nobles of the Provisional Royal Court expressed to Frederick I that the contribution made by the Rock Legion was already very great, and it was time for the newly formed and reorganized three legions to perform... . ...
So Frederick I ordered the Rock Legion to serve as his own personal guard. This was a great honor, and General Bolognik and General Beechklin could not refuse it. The Guards Corps, the Griffin Corps and the Red Dragon Corps got their wish and became the main armed forces chasing the withdrawal of the Alliance army.
The problem is that the retreating Alliance troops are afraid of the Rock Legion and are not afraid of the Guards, Griffin and Red Dragon Legions that are chasing behind them. It has been nearly three years since the war began, and these three legions have long been familiar to the alliance army. No one knows how much each other has. Discovering that the men and horses chasing behind had been replaced by these three legions, the alliance armed forces quickly set up a formation on the Ibiniste Plains, and faced off head-on with the three pursuing legions for a final battle on the kingdom's mainland.
As expected, the three legions hit a hard nail again and hit the iron plate. Although both sides were very powerful in this battle on the Ibiniste Plains, the battle went very quickly, retreating at the first touch, and the casualties were very small. Only the Red Dragon Army who was chasing at the front suffered a big loss, and lost two people again. The strength of the regiment. Seeing that the situation was not good, the Guards Corps and the Griffin Corps moved in quickly and did not even come face to face with the Alliance army...
How should I put it, in the temporary royal court, when the three major legions faced off against the Rock Legion, they could still work together to take greater advantage from the Rock Legion. But if the Rock Legion throws a large amount of military supplies to them, then the three legions will immediately start fighting among themselves, each one trying to get the most benefit. The same was true for the pursuit of the retreating Alliance troops this time. The Red Dragon Legion was eager to make contributions and pursued the fastest, but lost more than 10,000 troops.
The ensuing Guards Corps and Gryphon Corps did not have the same belief to rescue and cooperate with the fighting Red Dragon Corps. Instead, they gloated about the misfortune and moved in first, standing outside to watch the fun. The officers and soldiers of the Red Dragon Legion gnashed their teeth in hatred, and could only admit that they were unlucky, and quickly evacuated the battlefield, breaking away from contact with the alliance army.
If after the Battle of Ibiniste Plains, the Rock Legion can go again to pursue the retreating Alliance army, then the plan formulated by the Dominion Military District can still be completed. However, the three legions in front concealed the unfavorable situation of the battle and continued the so-called pursuit. In fact, they maintained a tacit understanding with the alliance army and waited for the alliance army to withdraw before regaining the lost territory. In this way, the three major legions successfully recovered the royal capital and the fallen local counties, and sent the alliance troops back to the Kingdom of Nasseri almost as a gift.
The alliance troops who arrived in the seven counties southwest of the Nasseri Kingdom cheered up again, because this was already their territory. The seven border counties in the southwest have set up complete defense facilities and defense lines, which are enough to withstand the attack of the Rock Army. The most important thing is that they still have more than 400,000 combat troops, and this armed force was not damaged during the retreat...
This couldn't help but make Claude angry, because when the scouting light cavalry team reported what they had discovered, Claude discovered that the situation facing the Thunder Legion was very serious. The five northeastern counties of the Nasseri Kingdom have assembled two new standing legions from the Nasseri Kingdom, two standing legions from the Hicks Kingdom for reinforcements, and a new light cavalry legion urgently recruited by the Principality of Karnas. Nearly three More than 100,000 troops.
The seven southwest counties of the Nasseri Kingdom have more than 400,000 troops withdrawn from the kingdom. Only half of the 400,000 troops originally planned could be left at most, and if they were involved with the Rock Legion, they would not pose any threat to the Thunder Legion at all. But now, the enemy forces in the northeast and southwest have exceeded the Thunder Legion by ten times. It is obvious that their next goal must be to regain the Royal City of Polyvisia...
The first and second divisions of the Thunder Legion in the Royal City of Polyvisia, with a total strength of less than 70,000, were unable to fully respond to the enemy. Because there is still a huge amount of wealth in the royal city collected from ransacked homes, more than 100,000 prisoners, and more than 200,000 isolated family members of the prisoners, all of which require troops to guard...