Back then when they attacked the four central duchies, Lorist led the armed forces of the four northern alliances to raid the duchy of Sabaji and plundered the three provinces of Limad, Meishan and Chikses in the duchy of Sabaji. , Coupled with the armed forces of the territorial nobles who took advantage of the fire and the Fesabrunn family, these three provinces were like hell on earth. Nearly 800,000 people became the spoils of the victors and were forced to move to the territories of each family. If the Second Highness hadn't arrived, maybe Chikses Province would become a piece of white land just like Meishan Province and Limad Province.
Nearly ten years have passed since the previous war, but Meishan and Limad provinces have not recovered and are sparsely populated. The severe banditry in the central region is also closely related to the lack of effective supervision in these two provinces. Since the Second Highness did not implement any favorable policies for the livelihood of the people in order to re-armament, but instead increased taxes to squeeze the peasants vigorously in order to obtain funds to support the army, bandits sprang up in eleven provinces in the central region, and there were even many people who were against the Second Highness. The dissatisfied nobles also infiltrated it, which made it more difficult to govern and settle down.
Especially after His Highness the Second Highness trained 300,000 troops in the eleven provinces in the central region and directly pulled them to the front line to deal with the business alliance. The climate, the incidents of looting and attacking the management institutions of the kingdom emerged one after another, and the eleven provinces in the middle became the most chaotic areas in the kingdom. The Second Highness also once sent a corps to unite with local nobles to suppress the bandits, but when these bandits and horse bandits couldn't deal with the bandits, they went to the mountains and forests of Meishan Province and Limad Province. The bandit suppression soldiers and horses chasing after the huge no-man's land in these two provinces could only look at the mountains and forests and sigh, and had no choice but to withdraw their troops.
When the Norton family armed forces were preparing to attack the Magik Province and Andover Province occupied by the Commercial Alliance, the military depots and logistics supply camps set up in these eleven provinces in the middle were also attacked by these bandits. Lorist He gave an order to let his big disciple Reddy and Hughes Great Swordsman lead the guard battalion to assist El's guards to carry out large-scale cleaning activities in the provinces set up along the military station, and wiped out a large number of bandits and horse bandits. Let the banditry and law and order in the eleven provinces in the central part be a little more peaceful.
However, with the outbreak of the war between the Antinac Kingdom and the Commercial Alliance, the banditry in the eleven provinces in the central region has revived and become more and more violent. And the three-year bloody battle on the Mana Hill Plain exhausted the vitality of the kingdom and the nobles of the territory. Even if Grand Duke Handela, Duke of Volundo, and Duke of Shaheen returned to their family territories in the central region, they could only barely maintain the security of their own family territories, and they could do nothing for the surrounding provinces.
After the Second Highness returned from the Faliqiu Plain, he disbanded the remnants of the kingdom's armed forces, and dispersed these troops to various provinces directly under the royal family's direct control to form a local garrison to maintain order and local tranquility. However, due to the lack of funds, many plans are only on paper and cannot be implemented. In provinces like the central part, the troops sent by His Highness the Second Highness only guarded the more important towns, and they were helpless against the banditry suffered by the villages around the towns.
Especially when the illegitimate son of the Second Highness, the Wixas Knight, was acting as the guardian of the imperial capital, because of lack of cash, he issued an order to collect taxes, not in kind, but in cash. Many farmers in these provinces in the central region were unable to afford the low food prices. Unable to pay the taxes and fees, he had nowhere to go and took refuge in those bandits and horse bandits, setting off a larger-scale riot and even capturing several towns.
If the Second Highness hadn't married a woman from the Feisabrun family as the new queen, and relied on the large amount of funds and weapons provided by the Feisabrun family to reorganize the local defense forces in these provinces and suppress the riot, I'm afraid that If the riot spreads, it will bring more trouble and more serious consequences to His Highness the Second Highness.
Now His Royal Highness is using the local garrison regiments from the central provinces that suppressed the riot to reorganize the Stormtrooper Legion, saying that it is to deal with those bandits and horse bandits, but it seems intriguing to arrange the Stormwind Legion's garrison in Meishan Province up. From the geographical point of view, there is nothing wrong with this decision, and it even shows that His Highness the Second Highness's military-savvy eyes. After all, Meishan Province is the transportation hub from the Northeast to the central region. The strategic location not only starts from the southern province but also passes through Meishan Province. , Even Yungeshandra Province has an important road across the Bailu Lake swamp leading to Meishan Province.
For Lorist, the fact that His Highness the Second Highness sent the Stormwind Legion and the White Lions to block the two exits in the Northeast region has no effect on the Norton family, because the Second Highness can't block the sea lanes. But for the Alliance of Four Northern Lands, the Second Highness's approach is to cut the connection between the three Northern Lands and the Shaheen family, especially for the Snow Salt Chamber of Commerce whose business scope covers the entire empire, this is even more terrible. , This means that after the Snow Salt Chamber of Commerce leaves the sphere of influence of the four alliances, it will be the investigation and extortion of these two legions, and there will even be various accidents, which are intolerable to the four alliances in the Northland …
From a strategic point of view, the deployment of the Storm Legion in Meishan Province is a wonderful move. Limad Province is adjacent to the Southern Province. In the past two years, the strength of the Felim family has recovered. The Duke of Felim ordered his family to arm the Pegasus Legion to carry out continuous attacks on the bandits and horse bandits in Limad Province. , which is a pre-emptive way to avoid attacks in the southern provinces. Since Meishan Province is related to the trade route from the Snow Salt Chamber of Commerce to the central region, the Felim family and the Shaheen family often jointly send troops to carry out raids. To a certain extent, the trade route from the southern province to the family domain of the Duke of Shaheen in the central region, Crimea, is relatively safe.
But after the Storm Legion was stationed in Meishan Province, this trade route was interrupted. This further deepened Lorist's guess that His Royal Highness was the mastermind behind the assassination of the Duke of Kenmes by the great swordsman, otherwise how could he set up this layout to interrupt the trade route again against the Snow Salt Chamber of Commerce
The real reason for Lorist to scold His Royal Highness for being an idiot is that although the Norton family has opened the door to wealth in the south-central part of the Galintia continent, the market in the thirty provinces of the huge Krissen Empire is also What he can't give up. As an agent, the Snow Salt Chamber of Commerce ordered goods from the Norton family's territory with a total value of three to four million goldfords each year, and the annual income of one to two million yuan became the bond of interest for maintaining the four alliances in the Northland. Therefore, Lorist simply could not tolerate the measures taken by His Royal Highness against the Snow Salt Chamber of Commerce.
If His Highness the Second Highness has a close and friendly relationship with the Four Alliances of the Northland, then he may still be welcomed by the Four Alliances of the Northland when he deploys the Stormtroopers in Meishan Province, because the Felim family in the southern province may also be able to provide support for the Stormtroopers. Provide food and other military supplies to earn a fortune. But now that the relationship between the two sides is so tense, it is clear that the Second Highness has ulterior motives and malicious intentions in allowing the Stormtroopers to station in Meishan Province.
Because in view of the current situation in Meishan Province, the Storm Corps could not obtain supplies on the spot, Limad Province, which is next to the southern province, was also impoverished, and the poor economic environment of the two provinces on the other side, Chikses and Zamora, could not give The Storm Legion provides some help within its ability. All the armaments and supplies needed by the Storm Legion must be raised from several provinces in the south, and then transported across several provinces to Meishan Province...
From the point of view of logistics supplies, Lorist did not believe to the death that His Highness Second Highness claimed that the deployment of the Storm Legion in Meishan Province was to wipe out bandits and horse bandits. What kind of bandits would a legion that couldn't even guarantee the safety of logistics and military supply channels go to suppress? If you really plan to suppress the bandits, then the correct way is to rely on the family territories of the Dukes of Handra and Forendo, and start to sweep away the bandits and horse bandits from the provinces in the south of the central region with less banditry, and fight steadily, one province at a time. Clean up, and then cooperate with the management agency to control and appease the citizens of each province, and strictly guard the towns and villages, so that those bandits can be eliminated, instead of rushing to Meishan Province.
"Your Highness, Grand Duke Kenmes urgently reported that a caravan from the Snow Salt Chamber of Commerce lost contact in Meishan Province three days ago when it left Yungeshandra Province and went to the central region through the Bailu Lake Swamp. Grand Duke Kenmes has requested Grand Duke Felim sent the Pegasus Legion to assist in the investigation..." Genorio finally sent the news that Lorist had been waiting for for a long time.
"Hehe, don't think about it, is there anyone else who can swallow a large caravan of more than 3,000 people in one gulp? Use the letter eagle to send a message to Farea, and to unite with Duke Shaheen's family army, you can now Let’s do it, let’s inform Earl Felim to send out the Pegasus Legion to blockade Limad Province." Lorist gave the order.
After struggling for more than three months, I finally got the chance to do it. Lorist sent the cavalry corps to station in the province of Crimea, the family territory of the Duke of Shaheen in the central region. On the surface, he accepted the invitation of the Duke of Shaheen to guard against the harassment of bandits and horse bandits. The horse bandits attacked the logistics and supply transportation lines of the Storm Legion several times. Under the orders of the Second Highness, the Tempest Legion stationed in Meishan Province has been extremely difficult for the past three months. It is common to run out of food and pay, and the messengers they send out are always inexplicably missing. It can be said that they have cut off communication with the outside world. contacts.
Under such circumstances, the large caravan of the Snow Salt Chamber of Commerce passing through Meishan Province has undoubtedly become a big fat sheep in the eyes of the Storm Legion. Among other things, we must get some food and grass from this large caravan to fill the famine. , It is also common practice to collect a generous contribution and tolls. Although the Snow Salt Chamber of Commerce is also a well-known large chamber of commerce in the empire, the Duke of Kenmes behind it has not been taken seriously by the officers and men of the Storm Legion, especially the high-level leaders of the Legion, who have already secretly obtained the approval of the Second Highness. The secret purpose is to embarrass the Snow Salt Chamber of Commerce of the four alliances in the Northland. No one will miss such a good opportunity.
It's just that the Snow Salt Chamber of Commerce rejected the request of the Storm Legion. Generally, the correct way to deal with such a situation is to refuse the passage of the caravan since it refuses to pay tolls and donations. The choice of the caravan is two. One, either the payment is approved or they go home. But the Gale Corps had already been famine unbearable, how could they let go of the fat sheep in their eyes, they rushed up and started their hands immediately, killing and injuring nearly a hundred people before wrapping the caravan of the Snow Salt Chamber of Commerce into the barracks.
It wasn't until the head of the Storm Legion and other high-level commanders calmed down that they realized that this was a catastrophe. The most important thing was that they had already made a move, and many people were killed and injured on both sides. The Storm Legion suffered nearly a hundred casualties, and even more people died in the caravan resistance. If it was a small caravan, the head of the legion might have ordered the silence. Throwing the corpse into the valley would kill them. But the total number of caravans in this Snow Salt Chamber of Commerce is as high as 3,000. This is not something that can be done simply by silence. Now we can only imprison this caravan in the barracks and report it to His Majesty for disposal...
It's just that as soon as the Storm Legion sent a messenger to report to the Second Highness, the Chaser Legion, the Shaheen Family Armed Forces, and the Pegasus Legion attacked. Under the bombardment of dozens of cannons armed by the Norton family, the soldiers of the Storm Legion quickly collapsed. They either put down their weapons and raised their hands to surrender or fled around. However, under the strict blockade of the Chasseur Legion and the Pegasus Legion, they finally succeeded. captured.
This was the biggest scandal in the New Cresson Empire in 1784. The Storm Legion, one of the three major legions of the empire, was originally formed to wipe out bandits and horse bandits in the empire, but no one thought that the Storm Legion It turned into the biggest gang of robbers. They robbed a large caravan of more than 3,000 people from the Snow Salt Chamber of Commerce, and planned to kill people to silence them. Fortunately, the armed rescuers from the four alliances of the Northland who came to the rescue after receiving the news of the caravan's disappearance entered the barracks before the members of the caravan were killed and rescued them.
If there was no encounter with the caravan of the Snow Salt Chamber of Commerce, then if the four alliances of the North Land attacked the Storm Legion with armed forces, the Second Highness would definitely declare the four alliances of the North Land a rebellion with great fanfare, and call on all the nobles of the empire to unite to eliminate the previous ones. A rebel gang led by the Norton family. Even if you can't win the battle, it's good to vent the anger of the second highness, and you can even use the pressure of public opinion from the nobles of the empire to force Lorist to agree to the harsh demands put forward by the second highness...
It's just that this time the Stormwind Legion was caught and all the stolen goods were captured. The witnesses and material evidence were all there, and it wasn't the testimony of a unilateral caravan. A few simple-minded legion officers thought they had the support of the Second Highness to confess to everything the legion had done. Especially the letter reporting the incident to the Second Highness, the messenger was intercepted halfway, and the letter fell into the hands of the Pegasus Legion. The handwriting and personal seal of the Storm Legion on the letter, as well as the seal of the head of the Storm Legion, are all available, which has become an undeniable factual proof, even if the Second Highness wants to argue, he can't justify it.
The Duke of Kenmes wrote the robbery incident into a novel-like announcement, with the confession of the officers of the Storm Legion, the dictation of the survivors of the caravan, and the report letter written by the head of the Storm Legion to His Royal Highness, etc., reproduced Countless copies were circulated everywhere, and almost every nobleman in the empire had a copy, and even sent it to the Freedom Alliance. His Highness was furious, and it is said that he smashed every piece of furniture in his bedroom, but in the end he had to come out to clean up the mess, and personally wrote a letter of apology to Duke Kenmes, admitting that he had improperly employed people and mistrusted villains etc…..
For His Royal Highness, the plundering of the Storm Legion was a fatal blow. Not to mention the slump in reputation, the annihilation of the Storm Legion, which was finally formed, means that there are no more imperial forces in the eleven provinces in the central region. The banditry there will continue, but at present the Second Highness has no more funds to rearrange the armaments.
Lorist was very happy, and this time he slapped the Second Highness in the face, and the Second Highness had to swallow this dumb loss. It’s not that no one has noticed the reason mentioned in the confessions of the officers of the Tempest Legion that the caravan idea was due to the lack of supplies of the Legion, but the following interrogation is very interesting. Why is the logistics supply of the Legion short? The answer is that the supply channel is often attacked by bandits and horse bandits. Let me ask again, why didn't the Stormtroopers go to sweep up the bandits who attacked the supply passage? Legion officers are speechless...
The Second Highness was also speechless. He also could not claim that the purpose of deploying the Storm Legion in Meishan Province was to target the four alliances in the North. This was something everyone knew well, and it would be even more embarrassing if it was revealed. So he turned a blind eye to the more than 30,000 soldiers of the Storm Legion who were captured, as if there had never been such a legion. Of course, it is impossible for Lorist to raise such a group of idiots for nothing. With a wave of his hand, the Storm Legion will be dispatched to the newly built Pangshan Province to serve hard labor.
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