The Chauvin Dominion, the name explains a lot, it is not a country, but just a "self-administered territory", and even for a long period of time, it has been isolated from the diplomatic circle of the entire Northland.
In the fantasy world dominated by the feudal era, the human lords and nobles are not only a kind of identity, but also a kind of blood inheritance responsibility, of course, also a kind of right.
In Ashe, which has nothing to do with peace, nobles have a series of enviable privileges. For example, as long as they surrender in time, they can usually save their lives. As long as they pay enough ransom, they can return home relatively decently. Of course, this is only limited to human beings. Civil war, this is also the reason why human nobles will go all out once they encounter racial and foreign wars. On the battlefield, you will die or I will die, and the civil war will be relatively less intense.
Another enviable privilege is that those who become lords can only be nobles. This is an unspoken rule that makes people helpless, but it is taken for granted by the world.
There are very few ways for commoners to become nobles. The most reliable way is to reclaim wasteland by force. Even if they successfully develop new territories, such pioneering knights are regarded as inferior, at least until they maintain three or four generations. aristocratic circles.
Such a relatively closed class concept is common in all countries. The intermarriage of nobles between countries has deepened the "circle culture". Even if the country is overturned, the reality that local lords and nobles still exist has greatly weakened the royal power. In the face of a powerful enemy, the royal family is still working hard, but the nobles have already surrendered to the enemy because of the greater bargaining power.
Aristocratic Heraldry is a specialized subject that only studies the history, family emblem, blood inheritance, interest aristocracy, and inheritance rights of the nobles of various countries. It takes several years to study alone. In a sense, it is really enough. Leisure... ahem, this is a culture.
As for the Chauvin Dominion, when it could not be called an independent country, the Harber family, the lord, was recognized by the noble circle of the North, because the Gagalore Harber lineage originated from the Lan Kingdom. It used to be a local noble of the Lan Kingdom at that time.
Things like history and the honor of ancestors are not worth mentioning when you meet someone you don't recognize, but if you throw them into the circle of nobles who talk about the honor of ancestors every day, it's really a thing.
Unlike the relatively stable central area of the mainland, the tried-and-tested history of the nobles in the Northland is not long. The maps of various countries have changed and changed. The family of three or four hundred years has a long history. The Er family was not recognized when the Lan clan was in decline, but when the Lan clan re-emerged in the north, they suddenly hit the road.
Therefore, even if it is only the lord of a self-governing dominion, "Cunning Fox" Gagalore dares to yell at the earls and marquis of various countries, mixed with the advantages of the landlord and the prestige of the past, the lords of the royal families really obey. His deployment, sent his own bodyguards and mercenaries.
After all, this is not a civil war between human kingdoms. Once the defense line is broken, the hungry beasts will not leave your life because of your noble blood. On the contrary, the pampered children of nobles have fine skin and tender meat and a body full of fat. more delicious.
"Damn, where did these beast swarms come from? The mercenaries have clearly dispersed all the beast herds on the map."
Facing the endless beasts, the Chauvin Dominion has given up all the outer defense lines, and the outer cities have been captured one by one, and the villagers who have not had time to migrate have no chance of survival.
In front of the beasts, the once-famous Chauvin Guard Corps and mercenaries performed very poorly, with a chaotic organization and lack of personnel. The result of a long-term lack of training was that even weapons and equipment were not prepared. Under the threat of wild beasts, deserters even appeared.
The Chauvin Dominion used his experience to teach all the northern lords present a lesson. Even if they have entered a period of internal peace, they cannot hand over the sword to protect themselves to others.
There were more than 20,000 professional soldiers, but actually less than 4,000 were able to play. However, a collection of temporary mercenaries and bodyguards who had assembled together easily formed a team of ten thousand people.
This is actually quite normal. There are beasts in the wild these days. It is normal for a noble lord to bring hundreds of mercenaries and bodyguards. Hundreds of nobles can easily gather more than 10,000 armed forces, and they are all personal guards. The elite occupations such as professional bodyguards and mage consultants seem to be stronger than the regular army.
And the one who dares to hang out in the entire Northland with one or two bodyguards is even better, after all, it only means that the strength of that strong person is over a hundred professional soldiers.
The more noble the person, the stronger the camouflage power around them. The Chauvin Dominion now has many children of the royal family and the nobles who temporarily recruit and organize civilians as a line of defense. It is better to ask these people to save their lives.
Jia Jiaruo lived up to his reputation as a cunning fox, and he just found a way out from the desperate situation, and his own reputation and the relationship between the country of Lan also made his call play a real role.
Now, thanks to the mercenaries and bodyguards brought by the lords from all over the world, and with the advantage of the city wall, they just pieced together a temporary defense line and successfully intercepted the front of the herd.
But in the face of the endless beast tide in the wild, no one knows how long they will be able to support them. The only thing they can count on is that reinforcements will arrive as soon as possible.
"Eagle tribe? They should be the nearest reinforcements."
The barbarian tribes that were allied with the Chauvin Dominion lived in the mountains not far from Chauvin. They were the most likely reinforcements to arrive, but only Gagalore knew that trusted barbarian allies could not be counted on.
"... They have made a fortune selling ore over the years. Who still lives in the deep mountains and suffers from the cold? Most of them have moved to big cities and are happy. There are only a few miners in the mountains."
In a sense, what the barbarians do when they earn money is indeed worth discussing. Some people may think that they will spend their gold coins on improving and repairing their villages, while the barbarians of the Eagle tribe But they gave the most direct answer. They took the money and went to the city to become local tyrants.
"The surrounding barbarian elves and half-orc tribes? They should still have enough combat power. We will pay them to help rescue them at any cost!"
There are a lot of mixed-race residents in the Chauvin Dominion, but most of the people living in the city-states are mixed-race people who have accepted part of the human culture. Those mixed-race tribes that advocate the totem culture of orcs and live in the elf mountains are also scattered outside the city-states of the Chauvin Dominion. .
They maintain a peculiar relationship with the Chauvin Dominion. They often come down to the city to buy daily necessities, but they always refuse the penetration and assimilation of human culture.
Their combat power is extremely good. If it was eight years ago, it would have been a good idea to ask them for help from the same roots, but now, Gagalore is full of remorse, regretting why he was so quick and ruthless.
"... Now there are primitive barbarian tribes, all of which have been opened as tourist attractions in our tourism plan. Various bandit cottages and tribal style streets are well received by tourists. Those barbaric mixed-blood warriors... "
"… Won't they all be killed? Or expelled?"
The attendant was full of surprise. As the lord's guard, he had never heard of such a thing. Could it be a bloody secret massacre
"Is this something from that era? Who still does this kind of thing these days? It's better to make a fortune together than to fight and kill. They have huge compensation for demolition and want to go to the Elf's side to directly go to the Elf Kingdom to buy a house and buy an account, anyway. They are not afraid of being bullied with the support of the Lan Alliance. Those who want to experience the real life of the orcs directly take the money and go to the orc plain. I only received their letter a few months ago, and it was like the life of an emperor. You can spend money to be a chief, and I'm envious of those days."
In a sense, the Chauvin Dominion has also risen, and as a result of every inch of land around it, everyone looks at the money together, and then the possible reinforcements around it have been "developed" and "opened up" one by one.
The rest are business people who make a fortune together, expecting businessmen to go to the battlefield? That is blatant murder.
As a lord, Gagalore may not be very qualified, but he is also recognized as a talented person in the North... An outstanding business genius, but now, he is full of helplessness and regrets the past.
"I can only hope that the country of Lan will catch up. The fleet should be in time. No, for the gold coins that belong to me in the future, it must be in time..."