A civil strife that broke out in the Otto family over the iron throne lasted for half a year, and the eastern and western borders with Besançon as the central line were burned into scorched earth ruins, countless civilians were driven to the battlefield to be killed or slaughtered, and countless lands were soaked in blood.

War is never beautiful, a tragic and protracted war will only consume a country's people and savings for a hundred years, and now the Count of Burgundy is becoming more and more tired, whether it is the province of Jonne in the east or the province of Saône in the west, all the accumulated strength has been squeezed out, and now the battle for the successors of the east and west is almost entirely supported by the encouragement of the newly joined provinces of Codor and Lucesen.

However, such a situation could not last long, for a small country with only more than 20 counties in four provinces and less than 700,000 people, the consumption of nearly 10,000 troops in terms of heavy supplies and military salaries was simply a disaster, not to mention that the war brought not only the rapid exhaustion of national strength, but also the stagnation and defeat of agricultural business.

Not to mention the huge consumption of maintaining tens of millions of troops, the military expenditure of Art alone since the conscription of the north has exceeded 900,000, especially since the summoning of the eastern border army, the daily cost of paying military salaries and providing food and fodder has exceeded 10,000 fennig, not to mention the loss and production of military resources and ordnance.

Now that the war in the Northland has greatly affected the European trading houses, the profits from the trade routes leading to the Kingdom of France on the western front and the Swabian smuggling Swabian trade routes on the eastern front are barely enough to maintain the operation of the European trading houses, and the food and salary supplied by Jonah's court to Art are far from enough, and Art is under pressure......

On the 26th day of January of the New Year of Christ, Besançon was broken, and the Liberation Army entered the city of Besançon, which symbolized the center of the rule of the Count of Burgundy.

After fighting for half a year, the last city of Besançon alone was besieged for more than two months, and the Liberation Army finally won the first stage of victory.

The day after Besançon broke the city, it snowed heavily, it was the heaviest snow since the beginning of winter, almost swallowing the whole world, and the destruction of Besançon City and the heavy snow from the sky also seemed to have become a freezing point in the war between the east and the west, and the flames of war seemed to suddenly condense into ice.

Crossing the pale province of Jonne, at the head of the southern wall of Wallonia, an important frontier town in the eastern border of the Count of Burgundy, Art stood alone in the snow and let the snowflakes fall and cover himself into a snowman.

Occasionally, from inside the walls behind Arte, the military priest and the political officer Dunnis boasted about the soldiers' Mass prayers and encouragement in the church next to the lord's hall.

This was the twenty-first day of the reconquest of Fort Genne, and in these twenty days the Riyatials did three great things.

First, on the fourth day of the reconquest of Fort Gennet, the snow had just melted, and the Swabian army, led by a leading Viscount, attacked the Burgundian army, which had just gained a foothold in Fort Gennet.

Art didn't intend to waste time and energy with the Schwabians anymore, he selected a thousand soldiers to rely on Fort Gennet to fight against the elite army of 700 Swabians, the battle lasted for a day, but neither side suffered serious casualties, and Schwabian also knew that it was impossible to take Fort Gennei again, so he just sent troops over to symbolically attack the dozens of corpses left behind by both sides and returned in a huff. After the battle, most of the Swabian army never crossed the eastern border of the Count of Burgundy.

Later, Yat sent Stanley to lead a task force to infiltrate the outpost of Ao Nang, only to learn that the Count of Landi was reprimanded by his domestic political enemies because of the unfavorable war, and was temporarily seized the command of the army by the Swabian court and recalled for use.

The eastern border of the Count of Burgundy was temporarily stabilized.

The second thing, ten days ago, Art received an urgent military intelligence report from Tignets in the south, and learned from the war report that Kodor sent troops to attack Sap Fort, and the commander of the Sapp army, Felix, led the army and civilians throughout the territory to resist five attacks by the Kodor army, and blocked the Kodor army in the Stone Fort, Felix's men suffered a lot of losses, but the Kodor army paid a heavy price.

By the time the war report was issued, the Kodor's army was still building up, so Cooper, the civil officer who remained in the valley, and Bass, the commander of the valley garrison, decided to urgently requisition half of the garrison at the border post and re-enlisted fifty peasants to support Barony Sap.

Art had just learned of the news of Kodor's entry into the West from Sir David, who had come to aid in the war in the East, and had received an urgent letter from the attack on Fort Sap a few days later; What worries Yat even more is that it is said that there are also forces from the West in Tignets County, and Art is also extremely disgusted with these maggots, but fortunately, Baron Antaas of Fort Andermatt has begun to clear the hostile forces on both sides of the road leading to Fort Andermatt, and with Baron Antaas sitting in Tignats, Yat is a little more relieved.

However, the enemies in the west were all stabbing at his lair, and it was impossible for Art to sit idly by, so the day after receiving the military information, he ordered a total of 120 squadrons of the original Wells Legion with a total of 120 people with 30 wounded soldiers and prisoners of war and supplies stored in Brammon City to return to the Barony of the Valley under the caravan of the European merchant house.

Thirdly, just seven days earlier, Arte had Angus, David, Baron Caitland, and Otto march in two groups with an army of six hundred men each marching towards Fort Médière and Fort Capredière.

Arte himself personally led the remaining army to defend the two most important castle fortresses, Fort Gennet and Fort Wallonia, which were more strategically important than the two southern mountain fortresses that were about to be attacked, and even if the remaining two castle fortresses could not be recovered, Arte could still use the two castles of Fort Wallonia and Fort Gennet to exchange for the title of viscount from the new king......

Art was still staring blankly at the southwest, clutching in his hand the stack of private letters from the valley, written by his wife, Lottie, in a language of lingering compassion, a sense of grievance, and a long and complicated one, and the thick stack of letters boiled down to one sentence - to make Art stop the fight and go home immediately.

"Woman~" Art let out a long sigh in the direction of the valley, then waved his hand to pat off the thick snow on his shoulders on both sides, and explained two words of caution to the soldiers standing guard on the city wall, then turned around and walked down the stone stairs down the city wall towards the church......

In the church sanctuary of Wallonia, more than 30 commanders and selected soldiers of the remaining army sat on the temple benches with reverent faces and listened to the consecration prayers of Father Robert.

After Robert's ritual was complete, Dennis, the Army's Ideological and Political Officer, walked up the steps of the Temple, clutching a thick wad of beautifully crafted parchment in his hand.

Dennis is the ideological and political officer of the Jonah Border Garrison Regiment, and this charity-looking guy often goes in and out of the army on weekdays, and the soldiers and officers all know this guy who is especially good at talking, and everyone likes the ideological and political officer very much.

"Brothers officers and soldiers, just now Father Robert has relayed to God your blood and bitter sweat for human justice, just as Father Robert said, one day when you die in the flesh, your souls will ascend to heaven and rest forever."

Officers and soldiers were in high spirits.

Dennis said as he raised the parchment in his hand, intending to raise the atmosphere to the climax, "I am holding in my hand the indulgence of the Church, which was specially given to Lord Yat and his warriors by the Bishop of Ollov in the diocese of Lucesen, and today I am ordered by my lord to grant indulgences to the bravest of you, and the moment your name transcribes the indulgences means that you have been forgiven by God with the original sins you were born with......"

Art stood at the door of the temple and looked at the officers and soldiers who were becoming more and more agitated, and couldn't help but praise this Dunnis.

The so-called indulgences given by Bishop Orlov were nothing but nonsense, and the runes-like things were made by Father Robert at the behest of Father Robert, but the officers and soldiers were convinced of these nothingness.

As a person who has been trying to survive in the bloody storm all year round, the flesh has long become lowly and cheap, and I don't know how many flesh pieces have been broken after a tragic battle, and the only sustenance and comfort for these people is the rest and pleasure of the soul.

So as a rule, as long as it is not a mad villain, almost no army dares to invade the territory of the Church. Plundering and slaughtering civilians and even killing secular nobles will only be condemned and despised for loss, as long as the strength is strong enough, no one will dare to pursue it, but if anyone dares to invade the territory of the church, even the most dilapidated church will be attacked by the entire church world, which is why he never dares to peep into those churches that hide countless gold and silver, even if he dares to order the officers and soldiers will not carry it out.

The power of religion is powerful, and although Arter is not firm about these things in the depths of his soul, he will not refuse it if he can turn it into a means of controlling people's hearts.

Sure enough, when the officers and soldiers who had been announced to have received indulgences came up to the temple to receive the indulgences from Dennis, and Father Robert himself wrote their names, the officers and soldiers were so excited that they almost hugged Robert and kissed him lightly......

"Sir, where are you?" Ron's hurried voice rang out behind him.

Art turned to Ron and gestured to Ron, holding out his index finger and making a silent gesture, "What's the matter?" ”

"Médière and Capredière were regained yesterday at noon!"

Ron hurriedly handed Art a note that was used as a piece of stationery, which had been delivered by the heralds of the army who had attacked Mediyère, in the snow.

Art looked puzzled, "Both castles have been recovered?" Why is it so fast? Didn't the attack start the day before yesterday? ”

"The herald said that the Swabians did not resist at all, and that the Swabian army, which was stationed at the two castles early yesterday morning, suddenly retreated with its troops......"

Art hurriedly unfolded the message, and the corners of his mouth gradually rose......

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Chapter 369: Withdrawal