The year 1780 in the general calendar of Galintia was destined to be a turbulent era. On April 3rd, when the Norton family's Lightning Fleet escorted a hundred large ocean-going merchant ships from the Kingdom of Chigda and returned northward, they were attacked by Chicka. The night attack of the joint pirate warship led by the Armed Fleet of the German Chamber of Commerce. These attackers used the cover of night to drive small fast warships into the fleet to board and set fire to them. There was a lot of killing, and the Norton family's Lightning Strike fleet also launched a counterattack.
After a night of fierce fighting, more than 40 of the 100 large ocean-going merchant ships of the Norton family remained intact. Admiral Sambawood of the North Sea Fleet's eyes were red and furious. In addition to sending the Thunderbolt warships to hunt down the fleeing pirate small warships and send them into the sea one by one, he also took the fleet to the territory of the Chicod Chamber of Commerce to bombard and burn them. All of its docks and seaports were seized, and a lore order was issued to prevent all the territory of the Chicod Chamber of Commerce from sailing into the sea. As long as it was a ship in the territory of the Chicod Chamber of Commerce, whether it was a fishing boat or a merchant ship, it would be destroyed.
When the guns were rumbling in the southern waters, on April 8, the autonomous committee in charge of the city of Morente held a grand ceremony. Amidst the cheers of more than a hundred thousand city residents who had enough to eat and had nothing to do, the grand ceremony was held. Announced the establishment of the Freedom Alliance, split with the Commercial Alliance, and established an independent country. Then there was a military parade and a parade of floats, and it was announced that April 8 would be the founding day of the Freedom Alliance in the future, and a three-day holiday was held to celebrate.
The newly established Freedom Alliance declared the Mana Hill Plain and the Cristo Hills as its territories. Externally, the Freedom Alliance will pursue a peaceful and independent policy to get along with all countries and welcome all countries to come to conduct business exchanges and trade activities. Internally, the Liberty Alliance will hold a general election every five years. All the people of the Liberty Alliance will vote to select the members of the Senate, and then these members will vote to elect the chief executive of the ruling committee.
At present, the first governor of the Liberty Alliance is Ledos. He announced in public at the ceremony that he has reached a peace, friendship and mutual assistance agreement with the Antinac Kingdom, and merchants in Morente City can freely go to the Antinac Kingdom for business. , the Kingdom of Antinac promises to protect the lives and property of Free Alliance merchants. As long as they abide by the laws and regulations of the kingdom, the merchants of the Free Alliance can be welcomed and received by the lords everywhere.
This is good news for the newly established chambers of commerce in the Freedom Alliance. They can go to the Antinak Kingdom to expand the northern trade route. They can't afford to buy bulk goods, but as a place to purchase abundant raw materials, it is still very attractive to many merchants. What's more, the Kingdom of Antinac has promised to protect the merchants of the Free Alliance, and without the monopoly of the large chambers of commerce in the commercial alliance, the Kingdom of Antinac in the north is now under the eyes of those adventurous merchants. Glittering gold...
The news of the establishment of the Freedom Alliance soon spread to the Commercial Alliance. The angry president of the Double-headed Dragon Chamber of Commerce, Grand Duke Camberlet, issued a declaration filled with righteous indignation on behalf of the Commercial Alliance. In his speech, he declared that the Freedom Alliance was a rebellion. The ancestors of the alliance fought bloody hatred and glory with the enemies of the north for hundreds of years. They forgot that countless ancestors used their blood to win the freedom and independence of the commercial alliance, but now this so-called free alliance has made peace with the enemies of the north, and the commercial alliance will never let it go These treacherous traitors.
In addition to announcing to the countries in the central and southern parts of the continent that the Commercial Alliance will never recognize the Freedom Alliance established by these traitors, the Commercial Alliance also announced the bounty quota for all members of the Freedom Alliance Senate and Ruling Committee, two hundred and forty-eight They were on the list, and Ledos had the highest bounty, reaching 100,000 goldfords. Lorist had to send Reddy over to protect Ledos.
The Liberty Alliance's provocation against the Business Alliance was answered in the new Liberty Press of the City of Morente, whose first editorial was titled What is Liberty and What is Commerce? This is a majestic article, the article refutes the fallacy of the Duke of Camberlet, what the ancestors of the business alliance won with their own blood is by no means a distribution system relying on quantitative orders and a business alliance monopolized by various chambers of commerce. What they want to fight for is a business alliance that allows their younger generations to develop freely in all aspects.
The article reviews the history of the development of the business alliance over the past century and the 20 years known as the golden age of Morente City, and points out that the chief culprit for the decline of Morente City is the Lordship system implemented by the business alliance, which makes the business alliance go away. On the road of expansion, let the innocent people of the business alliance sacrifice their lives and blood for the interests of various chambers of commerce. A big country, but it also makes the business alliance the biggest enemy in the eyes of all neighboring countries...
In addition to this rebuttal article, the first edition of the Liberty Press also published a small statement by Lorist. In the statement, Lorist listed the top 20 presidents of the chamber of commerce in the business alliance, and then downplayed If any senator of the Liberty Alliance was assassinated, Lorist would not mind personally sending the family of a certain president on the list as a funeral, regardless of whether the family of the president was innocent or not.
This was the first time that Lorist, the newly promoted sword master, publicly declared to be the platform of the Freedom Alliance. As soon as the newspaper came out, all the countries in the central and southern parts of the continent caused a sensation. Grand Duke Camberlet of the Commercial Alliance once again issued a solemn statement, declaring that the Commercial Alliance will never use despicable assassination methods like Trimble VII did back then, and explained that the rewards offered to the traitors of the Freedom Alliance are not rewards for assassination, It's the bounty for hunting down these traitors after the Business Alliance defeated the Freedom Alliance. The important thing is to live and die with nothing. The business alliance needs to escort these traitors to the trial stand for public trial and disposal...
At the same time, Grand Duke Camberlette very euphemistically accused Lorist, as a swordsman and noble grand duke, that he should not threaten his opponent with assassination. You must know that there is also a Storm Sword Master in the Commercial Alliance, but the Commercial Alliance has never used the Storm Sword Master to threaten the enemy and so on...
After Lorist made his statement, he didn't care about the war between the Freedom Alliance and the Commercial Alliance. In mid-June, he sent away Princess Sylvia and two concubines. The three women finally got their wish, and all of them were pregnant. Considering For the upcoming war, Lorist persuaded Princess Silvia and the others to return to the family territory.
According to the information sent by Tager, the Storm Juggernaut of the Business Alliance has returned from injury, but I don’t know whether it’s because he didn’t agree with the Business Alliance or for some other reason. The Storm Juggernaut has never agreed to let him go Deal with Lorist's request. According to the spy's secret report, it seems that the Storm Sword Master made some embarrassing request to the business alliance, so that the chamber of commerce giants of the business alliance held several meetings, but they were still unable to make a decision.
Time passed while waiting anxiously, until July 28th, when Lorist finally received the challenge from the Commercial Alliance Storm Swordsman, but the duel time was more than two months later, on October 10th. Lorist was a little baffled, and didn't understand why the Storm Juggernaut had to delay the date of the duel for so long.
Fatty Shi thinks that the biggest possibility is that the Storm Sword Master has returned from injury, and he is not sure that he can deal with Lorist, so he deliberately postpones the duel date to strengthen the sword training against Lorist. Lorist didn't take it seriously. The last time the two fought against each other, it had been shown that the old man Storm Sword Master had the upper hand in terms of domain cultivation. His Gale Domain had a range of nearly twenty meters, while Lorist's Blood Killing Domain had a range of nearly 20 meters. It was only ten meters away. From this point of view, if the Storm Sword Master wanted to save face from Lorist, it should be a quick decision. Because Lorist is still very young, he has great potential for improvement and improvement.
But in the second half of August, the mobilization of the armed forces of the Commercial Alliance made Lorist and others immediately understand. Eight fully organized chambers of commerce with more than 300,000 troops marched from Mawei Fulin Province to the plain of Faliqiu, and the troops approached in two ways. In the city of Bruvia, at the same time, the Business Alliance also raised the banner of conquering the rebels, and issued a circular ordering the defenders of several fortress cities in the Faliqiu Plain to return from their lost ways and surrender their cities immediately...
Just as Lorist expected, the Merchant Alliance armed forces were ready to do their best and prepare for a decisive battle, not only to defeat the Norton family armed forces, but also to destroy the newly born Freedom Alliance and regain the Faliqiu Plain and Morente City. From the perspective of military strength, the armed forces of the Commercial Alliance have an absolute advantage. More than 300,000 elite soldiers will face the Norton Family Armed Forces with more than 130,000 troops, plus the seven Freedom Army regiments with more than 60,000 troops.
"Your Highness, the eight legions dispatched by the Commercial Alliance this time are all fully formed legions with 48,000 members. According to the confessions of the captives, each of the seven giants of the Commercial Alliance dispatched an elite Chamber of Commerce Legion. The established Vicia Chamber of Commerce also sent their only newly formed Chamber of Commerce Legion, and another legion was the Revenge Legion formed from the members of the released Armada and the redeemed residents of the original inner city of Morente City. They vowed to recover their lost dignity and the wealth we extorted from our family militia... ”
Yuri, the deputy commander of the Chaser Legion, reported the information detected by the scout light cavalry at the military meeting: "This time the armed forces of the commercial alliance are divided into two groups, with a distance of less than ten miles. Reconnaissance. At the same time, they are very familiar with our family's light cavalry tactics, and often lay ambushes at intersections and woods, causing our scout Qingqi to avoid these woods and intersection intersections, making the reconnaissance effect unsatisfactory.
The armed forces of the Commercial Alliance split into two groups without advancing aggressively. They adopted a step-by-step strategy. It seemed that they were not in a hurry to reach the front line and capture the city of Bruvia. We also found that the commercial alliance armed forces seem to be carrying a large number of siege equipment, some of which look like boom catapults, very similar to the lever-type long-armed catapults our family used to equip, just for the enemy's defense. Fortified, we can't get close to observe... "
"Your Highness, since our family's armed forces do not have an advantage in terms of military strength, we might as well rely on the well-arranged defensive positions in Bruvia City to defend against the enemy's attack while the Commercial Alliance's armed forces are marching slowly." Tiger Rose stood up. Pointing to the map, we can use the seven city defense regiments of the Freedom Alliance to consume the energy of the commercial alliance's armed attack, while our Flying Tiger Legion and Chaser Legion are in ambush on both sides. Intrude into the enemy camp on both sides, disrupting their formation, and then the Guards will make a frontal assault, and they will definitely win a big victory. "
Tiger Ross's claim is very reliable. Although it is uncertain whether the entire war can be won, it is correct to win one or two offensive and defensive battles. However, Lorist shook his head. What he wanted to win was a decisive battle, breaking the backbone of the business alliance with one blow, and making it impossible for him to gather an army to attack the plain of Mana Hill.
"I have made up my mind." Lorist said, "In this war, we will fight a decisive field battle with the commercial alliance armed forces, rather than a long-term offensive and defensive battle. As long as we defeat the commercial alliance armed forces this time, we can After returning to the family territory to rest, the future can naturally be handed over to the Freedom Alliance to deal with."
"But Your Highness, our family's armed forces and the Freedom Alliance's armed forces really don't have an advantage in terms of military strength, and the commercial alliance's armed forces surpass our family's by a lot in terms of high-end combat power. Without a complete defensive position, it is difficult for us to resist the enemy's surprise attack And the offensive..." Fatty Shi hurriedly stood up to persuade.
"We don't need to defend, all we have to do is attack." Lorist said, "In a few days, the Bear Knights will land in the Golden Bay, and this time they are escorting five hundred bronze cannons for land combat." The door, as well as all the gunpowder produced in the family territory last year, is enough for us to fight this war. This time we will use the artillery and the steel crossbow of the chariot to give the enemy a baptism of long-range attack, let the enemy's large formation Collapsed under artillery fire, and all we have to do is to pursue and annihilate the enemy's vital force!"
It turned out that Lorist had this idea, and joyful smiles appeared on the faces of the high-ranking family knights present.
"Fareya, Josk, Yuri, and Vasimma, the four of you will continue to lead the Chaser Legion to conduct guerrillas and harassment against the March of the Merchant Alliance armed forces, and block their scouts, but you don't need to confront the enemy head-on. Take advantage of the advantage, run away if there is no advantage, understand?"
"Yes, Your Highness, we understand." The four golden knights of the Chaser Legion stood up.
"El, Ovekis, you will lead the guards to Bruvik City tomorrow. Baron Schreider, go discuss with Ledos and ask the Freedom Alliance to dispatch four city defense corps to Bruvik City. The light cavalry regiment from the Christopher Hills was also transferred to the front line. This battle does not require them to be the main force, but they must also go to the front line to experience it, and it will be up to them to resist the invasion of the business alliance in the future."
At the end of last year, Lorist asked Fatty Shi to reject Ledos's proposal to form four more city defense regiments. He just reorganized a city defense regiment and a light cavalry regiment for the Liberty Alliance. Now the Liberty Alliance has seven small city defense regiments of 8,000 people. Corps and a 5,000-man light cavalry regiment equipped with northern horses.
"Yes, Your Highness." Fatty Shi responded.
"As for the Flying Tiger Legion, just stay here with me for a few more days, and go to the front together after the Angry Bear Knights arrive. I will personally sit in Bruvia City." Lorist said.
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