When Lorist took the Dina family back to Qilin Port, a regiment of the Rock Legion that was confronting in front of Qilin Port had just had a small conflict with the troops of the Second Royal Guards. The reason was that a light cavalry unit of nearly a thousand people wanted to attack the refugee camp sheltered by the Norton family, disperse the refugees, and prevent the refugees from being taken in by the Norton family...
After the warning was ineffective, the Norton family soldiers guarding the camp launched a counterattack with steel crossbows without hesitation in the face of nearly a thousand cavalrymen rolling in against the horses. Qingqi lasted only five rounds before the entire army was wiped out in front of the refugee camp...
At this time, the Second Royal Guards Corps is in a verbal lawsuit with the Panshi Corps, and Bodfinger issued a statement with righteous words: If you don't listen to the warning and approach the distance of 200 meters between the refugee camp and Qilingang, you will be killed without mercy!
The envoy sent by the Second Royal Guard Corps blushed with anger: "We have a warrant from the minister in charge of the imperial capital to take over Qilingang. Not only did your Norton family not cooperate, you also occupied Qilingang by force and attacked our Legionnaire, is your Norton family going to raise the flag of rebellion?"
Bodfinger sneered: "Keep your dog eyes open, this is an official letter from Baron Funston, the city guard of Qilin Harbor, inviting us Norton family to garrison Qilin Harbor for three months. Where did we seize it? Just because of the front line The war situation is unfavorable, and the refugees are everywhere. Baron Funston invited us to garrison because he was worried about the safety of Qilingang. But at this time, those in power in the imperial capital also rejected our Norton family's request to serve the kingdom on the front line. We really don't understand , what is going on in your mind
Your Majesty is trapped, and you don't seem to care about it. It took you more than a month to arrive at the imperial capital from Yungeshandra Province, and your Royal Guards Second Corps. The first time was not to set off to Campona Province to break through the blockade and reconnect with His Majesty the King. Get in touch, but split most of the force to snatch Qilingang. Am I crazy or are you crazy? Is Qilingang so important? Could it be possible to save His Majesty the King by occupying Qilingang? I'm curious to know what you guys are thinking
The business alliance sent troops to occupy Campona province, and sent a small force to infiltrate the two southwestern provinces. Instead of fighting back, the imperial capital ordered the defenders to abandon most of the fortresses and retreat in order to protect themselves. Raiding on the territory of the kingdom, killing people and setting fires, doing all kinds of evil, forcing our citizens to abandon their homes and flee, becoming refugees! You still don't want our Norton family to gather them, what on earth are you trying to do! His Majesty the King entrusted you with the administrative affairs of the kingdom because he trusted you. Is that how you repay him? "
The envoy was left speechless by Bodfinger's question, and took out a towel to wipe the sweat on his forehead: "My lord, those adults in the imperial capital also have their own opinions. Although His Majesty the King is trapped, there are hundreds of thousands of elites under his command." , it’s not that easy to fail. Qilin Port is the Kingdom’s port anyway, and entrusting it to private armed forces would be too embarrassing for the Kingdom. The adults of the Imperial Capital also sent us here because of this consideration. Now you can send other Return Lin Gang to us, and we don’t have to worry about the safety of Lin Gang.”
"Then how do you settle the account of sending thousands of riders to attack our refugee camp today?" Bodfinger was in control, and he didn't want to just give up the city defense of Qilingang.
At this moment, Lorist strode into the big tent, and Bodfinger stood up quickly to pay his respects.
"We can give up Qilingang to you, but we will build a refugee camp on the beach three or four miles away from Qilingang to collect refugees. We are in charge of our own affairs, and no one should delay the other. Tell the people behind you , as long as the interests of the Norton family are not violated, the Norton family has no intention of being hostile to you. Of course, you are not allowed to set foot in the security range of our Norton family's armed forces, and those who violate the order will be killed without mercy!"
The messenger happily went back to report after receiving Lorist's promise. As for the thousand men who died in the battle to test the Norton family's armed forces two days ago, no one will remember them anymore. If you get Qilingang, then the death of a few thousand more is a trivial matter for the big shots in the imperial capital. It is their purpose that has been achieved.
"My lord, why did you give up Qilingang?" Bodfinger said unwillingly.
Lorist took out a newspaper and threw it in front of him. Bodfinger opened it up and saw that it was the Morente Daily on July 27th. The headline at the top was that the coalition forces conquered King Federica, and the whereabouts of King Antinac was unknown...
"Second Highness, he..." Bodfinger turned pale with shock.
"Look at the headline below..." Lorist said.
Bodfinger bowed his head, but saw the headline under the newspaper was that the business alliance reorganization negotiating team was preparing to visit the Kingdom of Antinak, and the dawn of peace reappeared. Looking at the following reports, some reporters analyzed that after the coalition forces conquered King Federica, although they could not find the whereabouts of His Highness the Second Highness, there was reliable information claiming that His Majesty the King of the Kingdom of Antinac was seriously ill. , so that he could not appear on the battlefield. Now that the king's city has fallen, I believe that this new military god will soon fall into the trap.
The reporter believes that the reason why the business alliance sent troops to the Campona province of the Kingdom of Ridleys is because the military god of the Antinac Kingdom had been threatening the business alliance with a huge army of 300,000 troops, and Do not accept the fact that the Principality of Rulm is included in the jurisdiction of the Merchant Alliance. In order to make the young king sober, the business alliance sent troops to Campona Province to let the young military god see what the strength of the business alliance is.
Now the army of the Kingdom of Antinac that went to the Kingdom of Ridleys has been wiped out, and the whereabouts of His Majesty the king who is fighting the main battle is unknown. The remaining garrison force in the Kingdom of Antinac is less than 100,000. insufficient. The Business Alliance believes that this big battle has lasted for too long, so they have organized a negotiating team to set off to the imperial capital of the Antinac Kingdom to discuss the premise of peace...
"Understood? The idea of those adults in the imperial capital for attacking Qilingang is not to occupy some territory like us, but to worry that their reception of business alliance negotiators will be leaked, and they will bear the burden of traitors. I am very happy. I want to see how the Second Highness will look when he finds out about the private plans of his ministers..." Lorist said sarcastically after seeing Bodfinger finish reading the newspaper.
"My lord, do you think those people in the imperial capital know the news that His Highness the Second Highness has been defeated and the whereabouts of King Frederica are missing?" Bodfinger asked.
"I don't know, but those people in the imperial capital must have colluded with the business alliance, or maintained a tacit understanding. They are in the second highness of the pit together. Now let's take a step back and see what the hell they are doing. You read the newspaper It is said that the business alliance is organizing a negotiating team to visit the Kingdom of Antinac, so the most convenient way is to take a boat directly to Qilin Port, and land here to reach the imperial capital. That's why those big people in the imperial capital regard Qilin Port as so important, and they don't hesitate Send most of the Second Royal Guards Corps to force us to leave Qilingang. In the current situation, I don't want to turn against these idiots, so just bear with it."
The Norton family armed forces simply handed over the city defense of Qilin Port to the Second Royal Guard Corps, and then re-established a large camp on the beach three or four miles away from Qilin Port to the west, gathered the refugees who had fled, and set up a camp on the beach. A simple wharf was built on the island to directly send the refugees onto the boat to Hilovas Island.
Ten days later, the Marine Legion, which had strengthened its guard, caught two ocean-going merchant ships on the sea more than 20 miles away from Qilin Port. On board were the business alliance negotiating team and their entourage guards from Morente City. What's interesting is that the members of the negotiating team, who were originally very arrogant, became very well-behaved when they heard that they were the Norton family's sea corps. In the war that took place in the Kingdom of Ridleys, look for a way to peace.
Sambawood reported to Lorist the information obtained after asking the negotiating team. Lorist stroked his chin and thought for a long time, ordered the negotiating team to be released, and ordered Bodfinger to stop recruiting refugees and withdraw the entire army to Shirowas Island , No longer leave a single soldier in Qilingang, and at the same time send the reorganized Qilingang garrison back to report to Baron Funston.
"My lord, are we no longer meddling in the affairs of Qilin Port?" Governor Hansk of Hilovas Island asked.
Lorist nodded: "The current situation is very strange to me. If our family's armed forces are still staying in Qilingang, it might become a thorn in everyone's eyes. Let's back down completely and see what they want to do. Intercept The business alliance's negotiating team is to say hello to them, to show the existence of our Norton family, and to let the business alliance's negotiating team know that the affairs of the Antinac Kingdom cannot reach an agreement without us."
On August 20, the imperial capital sent an envoy to Hilovas Island, who brought a document and asked Lorist to sign it. Lorist picked up the document and looked at it. It was a proposal. Since the former King Ogesello, also known as the Second Highness, was defeated in the Royal City of Federica in the Kingdom of Ridleys and whereabouts were unknown, the country could not live without a day. Lord, so all the nobles of the Kingdom of Antinac signed a proposal to let Princess Kerry take the throne temporarily, and sign a peace agreement with the Ford Business Alliance to end this desperate war.
Lorist smiled and refused to sign it. The emissary threatened that if the Norton family refused to sign, they would be excluded from the noble circle of the Antinac Kingdom and not be recognized by the imperial capital.
Lorist said that the upper lord of the Norton family is the Antinac royal family, that is, His Majesty the King. Now His Majesty’s whereabouts are unknown, and his life and death are unknown. The Norton family has no face to serve others. Although Princess Kerry also has the Antinac royal family blood, but she is far from qualified to be the upper lord of the Norton family.
The envoy left, but Lorist did not expect the following developments to be so weird. After another half a month, Lorist was stunned by the information he received and the changes in the situation.
The Kingdom of Ridleys is gone, the province of Magik was merged into the Principality of Handra, the province of Anderwolf, the province of Puerto Org and the province of Campona, where the city of Federica was located, became the new territory of the Ford Business Alliance, of which The province of Puerto Org became the territory of the Vicia Chamber of Commerce.
The Northwest Territory of the original Kingdom of Ridleys and the province of Hans Demos in the Kingdom of Antinac, which is the province where the Barony of Dina is located, merged to form the Principality of Zithuram, whose Grand Duke is said to be the former Ridley A territorial nobleman of the Kingdom of Sri Lanka, once led the coalition of nobles to defeat the 70,000 troops of His Highness the Second Highness by flooding, and was known as a new military master.
The two southwestern provinces that originally belonged to the Kingdom of Antinac also established a United Principality of Bullitt, with three grand dukes in power, one is the president of the Bullitt Chamber of Commerce, a second-rate chamber of commerce in the business alliance, and the other is a member of the business alliance. A well-known head of the mercenary regiment Dragon Claws, and a military aristocrat of the Principality of Delia, which was annexed by the Merchant Alliance during the Battle of Glass, led troops this time and was said to be the first to attack Federica. Wang Cheng made great contributions and was canonized as Grand Duke.
Now the Queen of the Kingdom of Antinac is in power, and Princess Kerry has ascended the throne. The peace agreement signed between her and the Business Alliance not only cedes the two southwestern provinces obtained from the former Kingdom of Ridleys, but will always belong to the Kingdom of Antinac. The province of Hans Demos was also ceded. Only the central province where the imperial capital is located, the province of Verbasya and the province of Yungeshandra obtained from the Principality of Madras remain in the kingdom of Antinak.
Today, the imperial capital of the Antinac Kingdom has become a city on the border, bounded by Liushuichuan in the east and reaching Qilin Port in the west. The weirdest thing is that on the map of the newly divided kingdom of Antinac, the island of Helovas was not included. That is to say, the kingdom of Antinac ruled by Princess Kerry did not recognize the Norton family as belonging to the kingdom. To put it bluntly, Lorist is now a wild nobleman, and he has no upper lord.
"What's the situation with him?" Lorist scratched his head, somewhat confused about the current situation.
Bodfinger and Governor Hanske, on the contrary, were very happy.
"My lord, our current situation is like that of the founding emperor of the former Cressen Empire. No one controls us. What the Antinac royal family is doing now is to voluntarily give up their jurisdiction over the Norton family and no longer recognize us. It is their next lord. Just like Earl Krissen hundreds of years ago. However, Earl Krissen was exiled first and then abandoned. Only then did he recruit troops in the Northland and Northeast to lay a powerful Empire. Our situation is much better now than he was then." Governor Hansk said happily.
"You mean to say that now the territory our family conquered belongs to the Norton family, and no one will jump out and say that we are rebelling?" Lorist asked.
"Yes, my lord, you see that the Kingdom of Antinac has not even been divided into the island of Hilovas on the map of the kingdom. It is clear that we don't want to see us. As long as my lord gives an order, I will immediately take Qilingang. Send troops to the imperial capital," Bodfinger said.
"Can such a big pie fall in this world?" Lorist touched his chin and said, "Wait a minute, train our family's armed forces first, and I'll see who gets the knife first. I always feel that this is a little bit Strange, Tagle!"
"My lord, I'm here." Tagle came in from the door.
"Now that the war in the Kingdom of Ridleys has subsided, you let Volibear's investigators vigorously infiltrate the royal city of Federica to see if they can find the whereabouts of the Second Highness. I always feel that the Second Highness will not die so soon Let's look for it, lest the Second Highness appear out of nowhere and cause trouble for us when we let our hands go." Lorist ordered.
"Yes, my lord." Tagle replied, and at the same time made a movement of cutting his throat: "My lord, if I find it, should I do this?"
Lorist shook his head: "If you find the reward, just come up, don't make up your own mind, this is not something you can decide, understand?"
"Yes, my lord."
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