Chapter Sixty-Eight: The Changing Tide
The capital of the Manyurd Army, the city of Sauron, the Duke's Castle.
The whole castle was overshadowed by tyranny, and everyone was in a hurry, looking cautious and cautious, lest they be killed by a small mistake.
"Waste! Idiot! Idiot!"
"Bang Bang...... Knock Knock...... Choke ......"
"The loss is still a veteran of a hundred battles, even a group of wine bags and rice bags can't be suppressed, the enemy's face has not been seen, the loss of soldiers and generals, such a wretched battle, this king is the first time to see it, how can you be embarrassed to ask this king to decide? Why are you embarrassed to live in this world?"
"An earl, eight viscounts, and more than thirty barons, if you say no, it's gone, and you think it's worthless lettuce?
After summoning the heralds who returned from the front line, all kinds of cursing and beating never stopped, and the heralds were also carried out, leaving only half a breath, and it is estimated that his body has long been cold now.
From the faint roar of Duke Borg, it was clear that the army that had set out a week earlier on the expedition against the Andis Mountain People thugs had lost.
Heavy losses were lost, at least one count, eight viscounts and more than thirty barons......
When I heard this, the waiters and maids who passed by were eager to plug their ears and run as fast as they could.
There are so many things involved in this piece of information that they are far beyond their ability to participate, and if they are not careful, even if they have the signboard of the Duke's Palace on their bodies, they will not be able to recover.
In the past, it was like a sieve, a little wind and grass, and the duke's mansion, which was well-known to passers-by, was unusual, and this time it became an iron bucket, and no news was revealed.
However, only half a day later, the whole city of Solo still knew about it, because there were a large number of other lords and nobles who went to the Bastille, and they didn't have a sense of secrecy, and the whole city was fried.
In order to fight for the right of inheritance, various wrestling from the local level to the capital, power and money transactions, political marriages, military competitions, and so on.
All kinds of tearing battles between brothers, uncles, nephews, and sisters, both big fights and gladiatorial duels, all kinds of means, emerge in an endless stream, all kinds of things, are the topics that the people of Lingdu talk about after they are full of wine and food.
However, there were so many lords and nobles who suddenly died this time that they began to shake the rule of the Faren family over the Manyu military leader.
Sure enough, on the morning of the third day, the news came that the two Hogan brothers had fought a duel for the inheritance of the baron.
The elder brother was shot down from his horse, broke his neck, and died with a whimper, and the younger brother successfully inherited the position of Baron Hogan, which was considered the lightest loss, but for the Manyu military leader, it still lost a young regular knight, a potential grand knight.
The baron's succession was usually carried out through this duel, after all, most of the property involved belonged to a small town or a castle, and with a few estates, most of their private soldiers were taken away by the previous baron, and either buried in the Bastille forever, or they did not have time to return and did not make much noise.
What really matters is the ownership of the titles of the earl and the eight viscounts, and the scope and power involved are larger, affecting the small half of the Manyu military territory.
The Duke family, to which the Hogan family is allegiated, has already had a military confrontation for the sake of the viscount inheritance, and it is divided into three.
Since the previous Viscount Duke had just succeeded to the throne not long ago, and there were no direct descendants, his own uncle, brother and wife all jumped out and declared that they had the first right to inherit.
These three people are not good at stubble, they all have their own forces, and they have formed a three-legged model in the Duke Viscounty, and have begun a long battle for unification and hegemony.
The Romance of the Three Kingdoms is staged here, the Chu and Han dynasties are staged on the other side, and the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States War are in the distance, not only in their own territory, but also with other neighbors, some are affected by the pond fish, some are counted together with new hatreds and old hatreds, and some want to take advantage of the fire to rob and expand their family's territory that has not moved for many years.
The entire Manyu military territory, the flames of war, the smoke of gunpowder everywhere, became a pot of gruel, as the supreme ruler of the Duke of Borg, is also anxious, how can he have the energy to clean up the culprit Andis mountain people.
The Bastille, which was almost burned to the ground, was hastily repaired, leaving behind a regular army and nearly 10,000 servants to garrison, and the rest of the army withdrew to the territory to quell the rebellion.
It is true that Duke Borg is the supreme ruler of the Manyu military domain, but he is limited by the sub-feudal system, unless he receives a clear request, he cannot casually meddle in the internal affairs of his vassals, and the right of inheritance is the core point, which is written into the Great Declaration, in order to ensure the independence of the vassals themselves.
The vassals of vassals, Duke Borg, are even less qualified to meddle.
Let's put it this way, a knight owes allegiance to a baron, and the baron owes allegiance to a viscount, and the viscount owes allegiance directly to the Duke of Borg, but neither the knight nor the baron needs to owe allegiance to the Duke of Borg.
Although it is very winding, this is the actual situation of the Manyu military leader, and indeed the entire Byron Alliance.
This was the bane of the Byron Union at the beginning of its existence, and in the special context of the time, this mode of domination was not problematic, and even accelerated the pace of reunification of the entire continent of Assan.
Over time, the various drawbacks of this model of domination were exposed, and the Byron Union said to be one union state, but in fact it was eight countries.
The Lancelot family only has the right to rule in name, and the actual ruling power is in the hands of a duke family like the Faeron family, and it is the Great Declaration signed three hundred years ago that maintains this nominal rule, which is very fragile, and once these ducal families turn their faces, it will be difficult for the Lancelot family to do anything with them.
The situation of the Manyu military leader this time is too special, Duke Borg can't care so much, if they are allowed to fight, the entire Manyu military territory will be turned into a blank land by them, and when the time comes, what is the use of having great power?
Duke Borg read what was later called the "Proclamation of the Protector" in Solo, giving the hereditary nobles a month to choose a new lord and go to Solo City to swear allegiance to him, otherwise the Faeron family would use force to protect the legitimate rights and lives of the people of the Manyu Army.
The heirs who fought fiercely for the right to inherit would not have developed to this extent if they could have been resolved by a small notice and threat, and basically no one would have paid attention to Duke Borg's unilateral notice.
A month later, the army of the Faeron family pushed all the way over, and the world was surprised to find that Duke Borg did not help these families to elect a new lord, but overthrew all the forces that were inseparable from each other, and took back control of the entire territory into his own hands.
This stab stabbed the hornet's nest, and those lords and nobles who were originally inseparable from each other joined forces to fight against Duke Borg, but they were surprised to find that they had been completely isolated.
Prior to this, Duke Borg had reached an agreement of interest with other nobles and nobles who were not in the quagmire, and divided their territories together.
After the fire of the Bastille and their own internal divisions and wars, the power of these noble families has been weakened to the extreme, and now they are facing a combined army of other lords and nobles like a jackal, and the strength of the two sides is not at the same level at all.
In just five months, one hereditary earl, six trainee viscounts, and twenty-one hereditary hereditary barons became the past tense of the Manyu military domain, and half of the family fief fell into the hands of the Faeron family, and half fell into the hands of other lords and nobles, and the entire Manyu military domain underwent a power reshuffle.
The overall war strength of the Manyu military leader has declined significantly, but the strength of the Faren family has increased significantly, and the rule of the Manyu military leader has reached an unprecedented height.
But this is by no means what Duke Borg wants to see, and although he is committed to the centralization of the entire military domain, it is not in this way.
The impact of the war was by no means unilateral, but multifaceted, and the turmoil that affected the entire military command lasted for nearly a year, directly or indirectly resulting in more than one-twentieth of the death toll of the Manyok military commander.
The economic losses are countless, and the number of exiles and refugees is as high as one million, and nearly one-third of them have flocked to the Lingdu Solo, which has caused great pressure here, and the prices of the Lingdu have tripled in just a few months, and the locals of the Lingdu are about to be unable to survive, which is also the indirect reason for the Duke of Borg's ruthlessness.
The other two pillars of the Manyu Empire, gladiatorial warfare and slavery, were greatly affected.
The war is in full swing, who is in the mood to watch gladiatorial fights?
The lords and nobles of the other military leaders did not dare to come, and they were slaughtered by those thugs and rioters if they were not careful.
Not to mention the slave trade, although there are two major slave channels in the Manyu military territory, the Odin steppe is limited by roads, and it is a small head after all, accounting for only one-tenth of the entire slave trade, and the Andes mountain people are the big one.
Now that the supply is completely cut off, even if the price is high, there are not so many new slaves entering the market, it is in vain.
During this period, it was not that no one had the idea of entering the mountains to hunt slaves, but once they got out of the Bastille, more than ninety percent of these people sank into the sea and never returned, and the remaining ten percent were usually lost soldiers, and at first they could bring back a few slaves, and in the end they did not even see a single slave hair.
According to the surviving slave hunters, the sky has changed in the Andes Mountains, and the ancient river channel of Jacob is no longer the ancient river channel of the past, and it is full of all kinds of hidden traps.
There are also countless Andes mountain hunters who are haunted by it, and even the elite legions of the Faeron family who are well-equipped are not willing to let go, once they are targeted, they are like appendages, clenching on.
If you chase him, you will run, and if you run away, he will chase, dragging you tired, and in the process, the number of opponents will quickly gather to a terrifying level, and then there will be no chance to get out of the mountain, which is the most typical wolf pack tactic.