Chapter Ninety-Four: Not Marrying
In addition to the forty regiments of the regular army, the Kingdom of Byron also had the King's Guard, all equipped with new rifles. www.biquge.info After the completion of the integration of the Republic of Bukin, the Kingdom of Byron will also reorganize twenty Ilibi regiments. At that time, the Kingdom of Byron will have eight more Ilibi musket regiments, eight Ilibi cavalry regiments and four Ilibi artillery regiments.
However, in the eyes of the outside world, the Republic of Bujin should be integrated into the upcoming "Kingdom of Ilibi", not into the Kingdom of Byrons. Therefore, the Elt Kingdom counted the army of the Bujin Republic as the ally of the Byron Kingdom, since it is not the army of the same country, there will definitely be problems in command and coordination, and after the two armies are combined, the combat effectiveness will definitely be weaker than that of a single country army of the same size, which makes the Elt Kingdom underestimate the strength of the Byronic army.
What is about to break out is a world war of unprecedented scale, and if the losing side does not do it, the country will be wiped out. If the Elt Kingdom had not concluded a military alliance treaty with the Byronic Kingdom, they would have been able to maintain their neutrality in this war and thus avoid risks. But now the Kingdom of Elt is a military alliance of the Kingdom of Byrons, and if they do not join the war, they will not end well regardless of whether the side of the Kingdom of Byron wins or loses.
If the Kingdom of Byron wins, when they recover, they will definitely have to find the Elt Kingdom to tear up the account of the military alliance treaty, and the Elt Kingdom will be alone by then, and it will definitely be blown up. If the Kingdom of Byron is defeated, the forces that formed the siege network can also use the military alliance between the Kingdom of Elt and the Kingdom of Byron to make trouble, and find an opportunity to kill the Kingdom of Ert as well, and the Kingdom of Ert will still be finished at that time.
If the Elts were a large ethnic group like the Ilibians or the Tugurs, they didn't need to worry about these problems at all. However, their population is only more than 30 million, their human resources are limited, and their combat power is also limited. When facing an opponent of the level of the Byronic League or the Anti-Byron League Siege, even the efforts of the whole country to put all the warriors in enchanted armor will not be able to turn the tide of the battle.
So the Elts had to go to war. Because as long as you join one of them, you can avoid the fate of being settled by the autumn queen. Since the Elts had to enter the war anyway, the Elts had to be careful to join the side with the highest odds of victory, and if necessary, to defect - international credibility and the like were no longer a matter of international credibility in the face of the pressures of racial survival.
At present, all the Leiting forces, all the Ira forces, all the Anwick forces, most of the ancient forces, and all the Tairong noble forces are in the anti-Byronic alliance encirclement. The only member states of the Byronic League are the Kingdom of Byrons, the Kingdom of Tairong, the "Kingdom of Elibi" that is about to be integrated into a unified country, the Kingdom of Urgus, and several kingdoms of Turgu that are willing to side with the Kingdom of Urgus.
Considering that the so-called "Ilibi country" has not yet been integrated, it should not be able to exert 100% strength, and the anti-Byron alliance coalition should have a higher chance of winning. However, the anti-Byronic alliance encirclement network is, after all, a super-large-scale coalition army, and the internal situation is complicated. Whether they are on the side with the advantage of forces or the attacking side, the Byronic Alliance is likely to use the internal contradictions of the coalition to divide them, and then break them individually, so the Byronic Alliance also has a certain chance of winning.
Thinking of this, the Elts suddenly had the illusion that they would be a key player in this war. If they join the Encirclement Alliance, the Encirclement Alliance will have a greater chance of winning, and if they join the Byrons League, the Confederate Army will have a greater chance of winning. Coupled with the fact that the encirclement came again and again to woo them, promising them a lot of benefits, so that the Elt nobles were convinced that they were vital in this war, so that they became complacent and proud.
On the other hand, on the side of the Byrons Alliance, the Byrons Kingdom only sent Foreign Minister Bolton to the city of Lotton, expressing their desire for friendship between the two countries, and at the same time expressing their belief that the Elt Kingdom would abide by the military alliance treaty and stand on the side of the Byrons Alliance, and then there was no follow-up.
Don't forget the conditions under which the military alliance treaty between the Kingdom of Byron and the Kingdom of Elt was signed, and this treaty was originally an additional condition of the Lend-Lease Treaty, and to put it bluntly, it was a transaction, and there was no affection between the two countries.
As early as five years ago, the arrears of the arms lease treaty were paid off. In the eyes of the Elt Kingdom, they no longer owe anything to the Kingdom of Byrons, but on the contrary, the Kingdom of Byrons owes a princess with high succession rights. In order to test the sincerity of the Byron Kingdom, the Alt royal family once again asked the Byrons family to marry, this time they wanted the princess of the Byrons family to marry the Alt royal family.
Maier convened a family meeting for this purpose. He called all the children and asked the sons to sit on one side and the daughters on the other, and asked the daughters for their opinion first. Girls don't like political marriages, and they all already belong to a man they don't like.
But they have been educated by the royal family since childhood, and they know the meaning of this marriage. If the Byrons family and the Elt royal family marry again, then in the upcoming world war, the Elt kingdom is very likely to join the Byrons League. The kingdom of Elt was the most powerful neighbor of the kingdom of Byrons, and if a political marriage could have avoided war between the two countries, the sacrifice was clearly worth it.
The princesses bowed their heads and said nothing. As if not seeing the conflicting expressions of his daughters, Mel turned his face to his sons and asked for their opinions, and the princes were strikingly unanimous in their opinion that if peace was to be maintained at the expense of the happiness of their families, they would rather die on the battlefield.
The princesses were very touched by the brothers' words, and they did not want their beloved and brother to be injured or killed in the war, so they expressed their willingness to accept this political marriage and marry into the Alt royal family. The children's performance gave Mel a relieved smile, and he stood up, raised his arms and pressed them down slightly, signaling everyone to be quiet. He waited for the children to be quiet before he spoke.
"I'm so proud of you. But as your father, I would like to advise you, that you should listen carefully to me. As I said at the beginning, I came to you to find out what you really think. You don't need to think about politics, and you don't have to think about anything else. You just treat this as an inconsequential blind date, go if you like it, don't go if you don't like it, and you don't need to force yourself. ”
What Hamel said just now makes a lot of sense. If they want to be on the side of the enemy, they will do it even if I marry all my daughters, otherwise they will still be our allies even if I don't marry my daughters. The military alliance treaty between our two countries has not yet expired, and they should have been on our side. If they tear up the treaty, it will be considered treachery, and this kind of covenant that does not even attach importance to the covenant should be not. And as far as grand strategy is concerned, there will be a battle between us and the Elts, and there is not much difference between fighting early and late, and they will lose anyway. So you don't need to have any psychological burden, you just need to be honest and explain your thoughts. ”
The children cautiously exchanged glances, and Mel gave them plenty of time to think. When they had made their decision, Mel asked the children again in the order they had just made, and this time the princesses and princes agreed on the same opinion: not to marry!
In fact, Maier originally wanted to marry the royal family of Ayrt. Although in terms of grand strategy, the Byrons family must fight a battle with the Elts, and the results of the early and late battles are the same, but now pushing the Elts Kingdom to the side of the anti-Byronic alliance encirclement network will undoubtedly increase the battle losses for their own side.
Most of the territory of the Kingdom of Byron was on the plains, and as long as the Elt army crossed Mount Rimi, their heavy cavalry could exert their full force on the plains, increasing the casualties of the Byronic army. In addition, once the flames of war reach the mainland of the Kingdom of Byrons, the routs and deserters after the end of the battle will loot in the villages and towns of the Kingdom of Byrons, harming the lives and property of innocent civilians.
Mel couldn't bear to trade his daughter's happiness for temporary peace, so the children's behavior made him change his mind. Not only did he decide to break with the Elt Kingdom in advance, but after the war broke out, he personally led his troops to the Elt Kingdom and turned it into the main battlefield.
But in this way, the Byronic army became the attacker, and the losses of the army were bound to increase. Because the supply line has to cross a mountain range, it is also more difficult for the army to resupply. There is no doubt that Mel sacrificed his army for his daughter, and this purely selfish action pained him.
After decades of getting along, the courtiers have long since figured out the temper of His Majesty. Knowing that Maier would blame himself for this, they crossed over to Maier and asked the Kingdom newspaper to publish an article. The article discloses the inheritance law of the Elt nobles, as well as the evil purpose of the Elt Kingdom marrying Princess Lea to the Byron family, intending to unite the Byronic Kingdom, and hyping up how unhappy the political marriage of the Elt nobility is.
In the first half of the essay, Leah portrays herself as a tragic character, focusing on what she sees and hears in the kingdom of Elt and her worries about her married life. The middle part of the essay becomes a romantic drama, and instead of writing about her experience of being left out in the cold, Leah focuses on the part where Mel personally makes her flower baskets in her busy schedule, and Yunxin's willingness to accept Leah. In the second half of the article, Leah said that there is only one Byron family in the world, and the current Alt royal family is an indifferent and ruthless place, and if the princess of the Byrens family is married, what awaits her will be an extremely gloomy life.
Leah then counted the contributions of the Byrons family to the kingdom, indicating that the Byrons family had given a lot to the kingdom. The burden of the state cannot be placed on the Byrons family alone, let alone on the poor princesses. If the peace of the kingdom is maintained at the expense of the happiness of the princess, then the kingdom's army has no point in existing.
After the article was published in the Byronic Weekly Newspaper, it can be said that it caused a thousand waves with one stone. The reaction from all walks of life to this matter was surprisingly unanimous, that is, they would rather break the alliance with the Elt Kingdom than marry the princess of the kingdom.
Of course, it's all due to Leah. Her article is so sensational, it is really a man who is silent, a woman who is in tears, and everyone is relieved that she has a sense of happiness, and at the same time, they also feel deep sympathy for the princess of the Byron family.
The essay concludes with a controversy as to whether the peace of the kingdom should be based on the sacrifice of the House of Byrons. But before that, Leah had already counted the contributions of the Byron family to the kingdom, and these contributions were obvious to all, and they were not made up by Leah, which is very convincing.
People's hearts are separated from their bellies, but most people's hearts are fleshy, and if you are good to me, I will be good to you. Even if you take the good of others for granted, as long as your own interests are not harmed, you will not take the initiative to harm others. There are only a few people who take other people's kindness for granted, and who also regard harming others and self-interest as a natural thing to eat and drink—at least that's the case for people in the New World, and it's hard for people who haven't seen it to comment on what people in other worlds are like.
All in all, although only a small percentage of the citizens are grateful to the royal family, the citizens of the Kingdom of Byron trust the royal family and know that there are no bad people in the Byrons family. It's like a play, a good person bears the sin and suffers for others, and the audience will always be moved, and this article written by Leah is equivalent to this play.
When there is emotion, there is also inclination. People who are more emotional will always be the first to be on the side of those who suffer, and people who are more rational will not be the first to stand in line, but they will also support the side that seems to be weak, suffering for no reason, or being justified. Responsible, people will stand up and think that they should do something for them.
As long as some people stand up first, the purpose of the Kingdom of Byron will be achieved. The people are creatures who like to follow blindly, and most of them don't like to think, and they go wherever there are many people. As soon as a lot of people hear that something is popular, they rush to get there, or do it, or buy it, and they don't care if it has any practical meaning.
In fact, the results of this public opinion action of the Kingdom of Byron far exceeded expectations. Within a week of the article's publication, nearly 60 anti-political marriage marches took place across the country. The reaction of the army was also fierce, and the last sentence of Leah's article seriously stimulated the self-esteem of the soldiers, and the army could not march on their own, but they also had their own methods.
During the Chaoxin War, the joint blood letter incident launched by the city of Byron was quite famous in the army. Veterans and recruits alike love this exciting story. So within a week of the article's publication, thousands of blood letters were uploaded layer by layer, and finally collected to the Ministry of Defense.
The Ministry of Defense pulled the blood book in a carriage to the Bluestone Palace and sent it to Meier. Unaware of the actions of his close ministers, he was deeply moved by the nationwide anti-political marriage marches and the blood letters of the warriors. On October 7, 157 AH, Mair gave a public speech in the City of Hope, rejecting the marriage request of the Elt kingdom on the grounds that it could not go against the will of the people.