In the Eastern Wasteland Province, the tiger occupies the castle hall.
The young Seria knelt on the ground on one knee, weeping uncontrollably. In the coffin in front of him lay the body of the commander of the Third Frontier Ranger, Galini Beloput. After going through untold hardships, he stumbled all the way on the snowy grassland and finally returned to Huju Castle. The unbearable sadness and the shame of the whole army surrendering to the enemy made Seria feel ashamed to face his family, relatives and friends. His Royal Highness the Grand Duke Fessabrun.
Grand Duke Fesabrun didn't turn pale with shock, nor was he furious. He just circled around the coffin, step by step, and finally heaved a long sigh. : "I'm the one who killed you, old man. If I can withdraw my army and return to the family territory immediately, you won't die. It's just that I'm too greedy. The situation is obviously unfavorable, but I hope to take advantage of Bobby Ridge Mountain." In the future, the terrain will bargain with the four northern alliances, but I didn't expect to lose you and your three-border ranger army... "
A look of despair finally appeared on the Grand Duke's face, everything was not going well. Since he left Bobby Ridge Mountain and returned to his family territory, he joined forces with various grassland tribes on the northeast prairie to dispatch troops, and at the same time rushed to Muyeyuan Province to reorganize the semi-disabled Fourth Frontier Ranger Army, and then ambushed He took over the hunting cavalry regiment of the Norton family in the Northland, and as the leading party persuaded an army of more than 100,000 barbarian cavalry to attack the city of Pedro.
At that time, Grand Duke Fesabrun thought he could turn the tide and change the family's unfavorable situation. He didn't expect to turn defeat into victory in the war with the four alliances of the Northland, he only hoped to mess up the wishful thinking of the four alliances of the Northland to capture the Kingdom of Iberia. Anyway, I can't get it, and you can't get it either. Attracting the grass barbarian tribe to plunder Winston Province is to cause trouble for the four Northland families. The more chaotic the situation, the better, and no one can take advantage of it. Only in this way can the Feisabrun family make the four northern alliances dare not underestimate them and prevent them from killing them all.
It's just that I didn't expect that the army of more than 100,000 cavalry cavalry turned out to be anticlimactic, attacking a city of Pedro, which was defended by only 3,000 people, and damaged 20,000 to 30,000 horses, so their morale dropped and they didn't want to fight anymore. The barbarian army has been perfunctory for more than ten days. The patriarchs of the various grass barbarian tribes began to discuss the matter of withdrawing the troops and going back to Wodong.
At that moment, the Grand Duke Fesabrun really hated iron and steel, so he simply took the second plan and united all the savage tribes who surrendered to the Fesabrun family, and made a surprise attack on the last night before the withdrawal. The mighty Klinubi tribe was willing to deal with the unprepared, and the powerful Krinubi tribe was destroyed overnight. Then the Grand Duke Fesabrun took the subdued grass barbarian tribe and happily went back to carve up the inheritance of the Kerinubi tribe.
The situation is already obvious. Since the Feisabrun family will be suppressed in the family territory by the four alliances in the Northland, and cannot do without the Northeast Prairie, then first sort out the powerful grassland tribes on the grassland in advance. So as not to cause trouble to the family after the Feisabrun family's power is reduced. By the way, you can also suck blood from these powerful grass barbarian tribes to make up for the loss of the family. Anyway, those who attacked these powerful grass barbarian tribes were all grass barbarian tribes who surrendered to the family. Why not do it
At the end of last year, Grand Duke Fesabrun was busy with this matter. After stabilizing the interior, he tried to deal with the four northern alliances. The prairie is vast, and the Grand Duke is sure that the four northern alliances will not easily set foot on his family territory. The confrontation will only take place in Makinohara province. On the border between the Southern Province and the Eastern Wilderness Province, the armed forces of the four northern alliances are building large-scale defense facilities and digging trenches to cut off traffic. The Grand Duke concluded that the four northern alliances are adopting a strategy of defending from the south and attacking from the east. This is a step-by-step compression The territory and living space of the Fisabrun family...
Therefore, the Bobby Ridge Mountain in the southern province has become the only strategically important place that the Feisabrun family has an advantage. It can be attacked and defended. The Third Frontier Ranger Legion must be stationed with several times the heavy troops. As long as time delays, none of the four northern alliances can bear such a huge war consumption, and then the Grand Duke Fessabrun will sit on the peace talks table, to secure some decent terms for the family to end this losing war.
It's just that I didn't expect the Norton family's armed forces to send troops in winter, taking a detour to the Eastern Wilderness Province to capture the Bob Ridge Mountain from the back mountain, forcing the Third Frontier Ranger Corps to lay down their weapons and surrender, and severely punished the Feisabrun family A hard blow. Grand Duke Fesabrunn did not blame the leader of the Bailoput Army who had committed suicide and apologized. He could imagine that no one could resist in that situation, and not surrendering would be nothing more than being slaughtered in vain.
"You shouldn't have committed suicide, old man..." Grand Duke Feisabrun sighed again, stroked the cold face of the commander of Bailuoput's army for the last time, and left the coffin.
"Get up, Seria, you have done your duty, and you are worthy of the honor of being a knight of the Feisabrun family. Tell me about the scene when you met the Northland Duke Lorist of the Norton family, and You made everything clear, let me think about his intentions? Or was it simply because you admired the courage of Commander Bailoput that you were asked to escort his body back." Grand Duke Fesabrun said. With a lifting gesture, he signaled Seria to get up and answer.
Seria wiped away the tears on his face with the cloak, stood up and recounted the scene of his meeting with Lorist, trying to recall every word Lorist said.
After a long silence, Grand Duke Feisabrun waved his hand feebly: "Seria, you have worked hard all the way, go and wash up first, and have a good rest for a few days. I have already remembered your achievements. You are still young. It is the hope of our family in the future. Cultivate well and keep in mind the trials and tribulations this time. The future of the family still needs the efforts of your younger generation... "
"Yes, I will work hard to practice and serve the family." Seria excitedly promised the Grand Duke, and then retreated.
"Duk, duk, dun..." Grand Duke Feisabrun sat in the study and tapped the desk with the middle finger of his left hand lightly. It is obvious that Lorist is conveying to him the meaning that the Feisabrun family is gone, and now it depends on whether the Archduke Feisabrun is sensible and admit defeat. If he is obedient and flatters the Norton family, there is still a way out Otherwise, don't blame him for tearing his face and beating the dogs in the water to kill them all.
"Hmph, this insidious, cunning, vicious and unscrupulous boy, don't you want me to submit, don't even think about bullying the Feisabrun family!" Grand Duke Feisabrun snorted heavily, his chest filled with anger. Return Lorist's description to him as it is, although neither of them has heard the other's slander, but at this moment there is indeed a tacit understanding, the only difference is that the old man has been changed into a boy, and both of them regard each other as their own The biggest opponent in my life.
But it's useless to be angry. Grand Duke Feisabrun knew very well that his family was now a strong outsider, and the surrender of the Third Frontier Ranger Corps was a more serious blow to the family than the annihilation of the First Frontier Ranger Corps. The First Frontier Ranger Legion can also claim that the four Northland Alliances designed an ambush insidiously and viciously. The soldiers of the Legion fought bravely and unyieldingly to the death. The Sabron family was caught off guard.
But the Third Frontier Ranger Army was forced to surrender, and the family had to pay and send envoys to redeem those family knights and their own clansmen. Grand Duke Feisabrun believed Seria's statement that they were his relatives However, the dereliction of duty by that cousin Volio led to the destruction of the entire legion. But now he is angry and has nothing to do. It is the decision of the elders of the family to let his relatives take charge of the logistics of each legion. They think that only in this way can they control the various legions and make them loyal to the Feisabrun family.
Not all members of the Feisabrun family are dedicated to serving the family. Like his second daughter, the queen of the Kingdom of Iberia is dedicated to opposing her father. The second daughter in his family's territory felt a headache. A good queen didn't want to be a prostitute, but unexpectedly opened a prostitute camp, which made her old face ashamed. Now wandering around Jinchuan, big and small, thinking that those who dig gold mines there will be rich in money...
Grand Duke Feisabrun sat in the study for a long time, thinking about how to break the situation. Next, the Feisabrun family is likely to bear the humiliation and bear the burden, swallowing their anger and living in the family territory for a period of hardship. The four Northland alliances have cut off all transportation links to the outside of the family territory. At present, the family only has the Second Frontier Ranger Regiment in the Jinchuan area and the Fourth Frontier Ranger Regiment that defends Muyeyuan Province. The two legions have nearly 100,000 horses, plus the 20,000 armored garrison troops stationed at Huju Castle and themselves. Around a thousand guards...
Although the Feisabrun family still has 120,000 family armed forces, it is still a bit tight to defend the huge three provinces. Fortunately, at the end of last year, when the grass barbarian tribes that threatened the family were swept away, Grand Duke Fesabrun selected nearly 20,000 grass barbarian cavalry from the surrendered grass barbarian tribes to form a new reserve army as a trump card to suppress the grassland . So even if they are attacked by the grass barbarian tribes, the family still has the power to fight back. It's just that the family's hundreds of thousands of troops can deal with the barbarians on the grassland, but it's not enough to attack the defense lines of the four northern families.
More than enough defense, not enough offense, this is the status quo of the Feisabrun family. What's more, the Second Frontier Ranger Corps guarding the Jinchuan area must not be moved. The gold mines in the Jinchuan area are the guarantee for the rise of the Fisabrun family. Many elders of the family have suggested that the family center be moved to Jinchuan province. However, the Duke of Fesabrun rejected the proposal because he considered that Jinchuan Province was far away from the central territory of the former empire, and worried that the Feisabrun family would be corrupt.
"Go and call Sylvia." Grand Duke Feisabrun ordered the attendants outside the study.
It can be said that the person who suffered the most from the war launched by Lorist against the Fisabrun family was Princess Sylvia. Princess Sylvia, who wanted to marry Lorist, went on a hunger strike because of the refusal of the Grand Duke Fessabrun. . But the poor Sylvia never expected that her lover would go to war against her family without declaring it, leading the family of the four northern alliances to sweep the Iberian kingdom, and beat her grandfather, the Grand Duke Feisabrun into a mess Unbearable, he fled all the way back to the family territory, and the family suffered heavy losses.
When the Great War broke out in May last year, the First Frontier Ranger Army was annihilated, the Royal City of Windbury fell, and the news that the Grand Duke ran back to the southern province reached Huju Castle, Princess Sylvia's life was not easy. Some family members of the First Frontier Ranger Regiment who knew or worried about the whereabouts of their relatives began to secretly curse Princess Sylvia as a broom star, and she would be unlucky wherever she appeared. In the past, when she went to the Northland to play, the second prince was defeated by the Norton family's armed forces, and the 100,000 army was wiped out in one battle. Now she is going to marry into the Norton family, and the Norton family swept the Iberian Kingdom with their armed forces...
After the news that the Central Four Principalities sent reinforcements and the Grand Duke Fesabrun joined forces, the cursing became gloating. Everyone believed that the four Northland alliances would soon be defeated. The princess said that soon the Norton boy would be captured by the Grand Duke and become a shepherd of the Feisabrun family. At that time, Princess Sylvia would not have to marry so far away, and could see him every day in her family territory. her lover...
But soon the news of the coalition's defeat spread to the family territory, which was a real slap in the face. And so the ridicule and gloating turned to cursing again. Princess Sylvia suffered a lot of grievances and accusations from her tribe, and she lost a lot of weight.
"Sylvia, you've lost weight again. Are those people making things difficult for you again?" Grand Duke Feisabrunn looked at Princess Sylvia lovingly and asked.
"No, grandpa, it's okay, I'm used to it."
"Sorry, Sylvia, this is none of your business. This war did not happen because of you. Our Fesabrunn family wants to rise and dominate the northeast region of the former empire. Similarly, the four Northland families The alliance is also going to rise, so they will have a war with our family. This is an inevitable competition, and we cannot escape." Grand Duke Feisabrun said with deep emotion.
Princess Sylvia nodded and said nothing. On one side was her loved one, and on the other was her family. She was sandwiched between the two ends of the anger, and she was almost numb.
"I want you to go to the Norton family in the Northland." Grand Duke Feisabrun said.
"What did you say?" Princess Sylvia looked up in surprise.
"No way," Grand Duke Fei Sabrun said with a wry smile, "Our family has already been defeated. So much meat was cut from the Sabrun family. After all, the Feisabrun family was the main force used by the former empire to suppress the grassland tribes on the northeast prairie. Without the Feisabrun family, the grassman barbarians would harass and invade all the time. The border of the empire. Let that kid think about it."
Grand Duke Fesabrun sighed for a long time: "Sylvia, Grandpa is very regretful. He shouldn't have rejected that kid's proposal to you, otherwise maybe this war would not have happened. This is the end of the matter, and I regret it too." It’s too late. Your trip to the North this time is mainly for three things. One is to redeem the captured family knights and clansmen, and the other is to let the Snow Salt Chamber of Commerce resume the supply of salt and living materials to the family’s territory. No salt, livestock can stand it, people can't stand it, just hope their knives don't sharpen so fast. The last point is to find a way to convince that kid, let him allow us to redeem the soldiers of the 3rd Frontier Ranger Regiment who surrendered, we need They went to deal with and suppress the grassland tribes on the grassland."
After a pause, Grand Duke Fesabrun said bitterly: "Sylvia, go and pack your clothes and luggage, and bring as much as you can with me. I will allow you to stay there for as long as you go this time." came back… "
"Grandpa, you..." Princess Sylvia was stunned, but it didn't mean...
"That's it. I will prepare the accompanying guards and negotiators. You will set off immediately after the rainy season." Grand Duke Feisabrun didn't look at Princess Sylvia, turned around, waved his hand and walked out. He left the study and disappeared outside the door.
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