Chapter 534: War Breaks Out
On September 14, 1233 in the Holy Calendar, after the sale of porcelain was settled, William began to leisurely, and there was nothing to do during this time that required William to inquire in detail, except for the monitoring of the kingdom form, which required him to check, there was nothing cumbersome.
September is still as hot as summer, but by the morning and evening the weather has begun to cool.
This was the prelude to the arrival of winter, and the harvest of crops was still in full swing, and most of the inhabitants of William's domain were farmers, and only a small part would enter the town to live.
The wheat was blown golden by the autumn wind, and the waves of wheat like gold swayed up and down slightly, and these wheat can indeed be said to be gold.
They can exchange it for mountains of gold, and if they want to be more real, the grain is really worth the price.
The farmers were busy in the fields with their scythes for harvesting, and William looked out from the main fort, because there were a large number of military and commercial buildings around the castle, which stretched too far, so even William stood on the tall main fort, he could only faintly see the golden waves of wheat.
After eighteen years, William was assimilated very successfully, and the dreamlike experiences and observations of his previous life could only be remembered in the deepest part of the dream, and he was almost unable to distinguish whether he was the honorable Earl of Denlenburg. Wallace is still the most insignificant dick otaku in the city.
He has put all his heart into his family and hegemony, and his favorite thing to watch now is not a small anime movie.
Rather, it was the endless waves of golden wheat, the mountains of gold and silver coins, the black and majestic army arrays like dark clouds covering the sun, and the fortified castles dotted around the territory, or the population of residents like ants.
This is all the things that a feudal lord likes to see the most, and now, except for William's heart, there is no trace of his past life in his body.
The farmer struggled to harvest the wheat, and he tried to design a harvester more than once, even a simple version, but the lack of physical knowledge made him unable to design it.
In desperation, he had no choice but to ask the science and technology institute in the territory to find a solution.
In fact, the Academy of Science and Technology has not thought about it as high-minded, at least until now, it has not developed any extremely useful scientific and technological products.
William's main purpose in establishing the Academy of Science and Technology was to rely on science and technology to promote the development of productive forces, but after all, it was established too late, and it has only been about two years since its establishment, and there is no achievement except for some useless gadgets.
But even so, William gave them enough bounties to research and develop various things.
William's dream was to be able to develop a steam engine, even the most rudimentary, before he died.
However, this immature idea had long been thrown away by him, because as far as he knew, no matter what aspect of the Holy Sect world, there was no such possibility.
Therefore, William could only let the Academy of Science and Technology turn to other technologies, and he was very satisfied if he could make some simple tools such as harvesters without machinery.
And during this harvest season, the nobles of the kingdom are ready to move, and the clouds of war have begun to hang over the kingdom.
However, because it was the harvest season, most of the nobles' annual income was harvested at this time, so the war did not break out.
A month later, in October, the weather had turned colder, and most of the wheat had been harvested, as had some other crops.
And the Duchy of Bunkerson, which was already ready to move, finally showed his sharp fangs hidden in his mouth at this time, and Duke Bunkerson no longer concealed his ambitions, and deployed thousands of troops on the border, intending to invade the Kingdom of Tskma and seize the throne of the king.
It was also at this time that the nobles of the country gave up fighting with each other.
Led by Queen Dalein, the royalists backed by the White Rose Kingdom occupy the city of Brijek and the original territories of the royal family.
The other faction was the Eastern County faction led by Count Suttle, who was once hostile to William, and in addition to them, there was also the Southern faction led by another earl.
The rest are some nobles who support the other heirs of the royal family to the throne.
The remaining small group of nobles, led by the Count of Creed, were neutral, who did not support either side to succeed to the throne, but they did not oppose anyone becoming king.
Of course, Count Creed has long been a member of William's hidden forces, and he will not show his ambitions until William shows his ambitions in front of others.
But I have to say that William's strong strength still makes many people in the kingdom feel uneasy, and there are also reasons why William has not broken out a large-scale war between them.
As for Duke Bunkerson, he is no longer under the jurisdiction of the Kingdom of Bunkerson, and has been independent of the Kingdom of Bunkersen since he established the Principality of Bunkerson.
As a result, the most powerful of these forces, the Royalists, led by Queen Daline, temporarily united with the other three factions to resist the invasion of the Duchy of Bunkerson.
After all, at this time, the national strength of the Kingdom of Tskma was not as strong as before, and after the defeat and death of King Brolin eight years ago, the royal family lost a lot of land.
It is also very weak for the control of the domestic aristocracy, and during this period, the nobles are constantly fighting among themselves, and some small things can trigger a private war between the nobles.
In this way, the strength of the Tskema Kingdom is declining in the continuous offensive and internal friction.
Coupled with the previous holy war in Norvid, a large number of troops of the Tskma Kingdom were brought to the north and then destroyed, and the nobles died a lot there, which made the strength of the Tskma Kingdom decline again.
At this time, the strongest royalists were only able to muster up 200 knights and 1,000 regular troops, not to mention other forces.
If King Brolin was still there, he would definitely feel sad for the kingdom of Tskma at this time, a huge kingdom that had fallen to the point that even the principality of Bunkersen could not resist.
At this time, news of the border had already arrived, and the Duke of Bunkerson personally led four hundred knights and three thousand regular troops to cross the border and capture a border castle.
The news immediately spread throughout the kingdom, and a clear sense of panic spread among the nobles, and soon, the news of the union of the four forces came.
And they also sent a messenger to William, telling him to also lead his troops into this war.
William, of course, would not be involved in this, and he immediately stated that his neighbors had been very dishonest lately, and that he had already prepared for a war against the Cherquers, so he could not participate in this battle.