After a long hiatus, the raging war on the island of Ireland, like the rest of Europa in this era, has rekindled and threatened to ignite the prairie fire. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

This is a war of succession, and the focus of the war revolves around the death of Earl Connor and his county of Ulster, who should inherit it.

Count Connor died suddenly, and there was no last word left, so his earldom was vacant, and Ulster was a huge county, with a noble position above 10,000 people, such a temptation was enough to make most people go crazy!

Originally, the Earl's position was supposed to be inherited by the children of the late Earl Connell, but the Earl left early, so he left only one daughter...... Ten years old.

A ten-year-old child, no matter how sensible she is, it is impossible to govern a territory, let alone a woman. Although it is said that the Middle Ages did not have the existence of queens, every queen was scheming, military and political were all superhuman, and they could only exist by chance. Only in this way can you convince your vassals. And now it seems that this little girl who is about to inherit the title of earl is not qualified enough.

It may also be that there is not enough time, after all, no matter how great the talent is, it must be proved by time.

Therefore, some of the knights of the county of Ulster supported the selection of a young and promising person from among the distant blood relatives of the Earl of Connor to serve as an earl. The other part believes that no matter what, the daughter of the Earl is the legitimate heir of the Earl, even if the Earl is dead now, it will be the same.

At first, the two sides were just mouth guns, and the mouth guns turned into brawls, and the brawls quickly escalated into weapon fights, but it was not a war yet.

The decisive factor in the escalation of the war was the intervention of Duke Ed in this succession battle.

"It's a great opportunity."

At that time, Duke Ed said to himself in his heart: "Step in and support a person who can obey my orders to become Earl of Ulster." First, it can increase my strength, and second, it can also bury a nail in the Northern Earl Alliance, so that these four annoying guys can no longer have a heart, and then I can swallow them one by one......"

After that, I would not have had to sleep soundly, worrying about the Earl of Donchester every day and night.

This was the unspoken subtext of Duke Eddard, who had not slept well since returning from Dehebas, and had to be anesthetized with a large amount of alcohol every day to suppress the fear in his heart.

He saw it very clearly, he saw it more clearly than everyone in Ireland, as long as the little Earl Tang continued to develop with this momentum, it would not take ten years, even if all the nobles in the whole of Ireland were united and resisted desperately, they would not be able to stop the little Earl Tang from conquering the whole of Ireland!

If that's the case, forget it, it's not that he can't do this kind of thing, but other earls can admit defeat, and other knights can also admit defeat, but he can't admit defeat!

He was one of the only two dukes of Ireland, but the Archduke of Mulchid made it clear early that his title would definitely be inherited by the Earl of Don Jr. In this way, he is the only person in the whole of Ireland who is on the same level as the Earl of Don Jr. in terms of class.

On the side of the couch, how can you allow others to snore?

Duke Ed asked himself, if a lion and a sheep are placed in a cage at the same time, the lion is still full at the beginning, which is fine, but once the lion is hungry, will the sheep still live?

So, he can only gamble! bet that Count Tang only wants to farm with peace of mind now, and does not want to care about mundane things outside; Then the man he supported was able to become the Earl of Ulster; Then he was able to swallow the Northern Earls Alliance smoothly. At that time, Duke Eddard, who has unified half of Ireland's strength, may be able to fight with Earl Don Jr.

If you lose the bet, it doesn't matter, it's just the difference between dying early and dying late, such an awareness, Duke Ed's mouth raised a cruel smile, he had already done it.

…… In fact, he was not wrong to think so.

Earl Don really didn't want to meddle in this kind of thing, not to mention the long distance, Desmond was in the southernmost point, but Ulster was in the northernmost point, and it would take a month to go back and forth by land. And it will be spring ploughing soon after, because of the shortage of manpower this year, Count Xiao Tang plans to send all the soldiers back to farm for the time being.

Besides, compared to fighting for the earldom for a little Lori in the distance, Little Earl Tang has more important things to do.

At least in his heart.

That is military restructuring -- this is just a nice name, and there is only one real reason, that is, to take back all military power.

The danger of the dispersion of military power, Count Xiao Tang has already seen it, anyway, he doesn't want to do it again.

However, there are two obstacles that must be overcome.

The first is the Town Watch, and the students who are in charge of the Town Watch. In fact, there is nothing to say about this, the rights and status of the students all come from Earl Xiao Tang, to put it mildly, they are similar to the ancient eunuchs, because the honor and favor of the heavenly family have status, when the emperor does not trust them, they will have no value in existence.

But for knights, it's not that simple.

Because the private soldiers in the hands of the knights and their independent command of the army are their greatest capital to settle down in this chaotic era, even if they turn against the earl in the future, they still have desperate capital - although they now respect and believe in the little Earl Tang, but what if? What if? What if!

The world is unpredictable!

Therefore, although now with his prestige, Count Xiao Tang can forcibly take back his military power, but this will undoubtedly tear his face with the knights, and the entire county will be separated and collapsed in an instant. So, since you don't eat the hard ones, you can only eat the soft ones.

The so-called soft is negotiation, negotiation, and negotiation.

The horsemen were worried that they would die of old age in the future, and their children and grandchildren would not be able to keep the family business; Or maybe the lord suddenly turned his face, and he didn't even have the right to resist.

Since this is the case, it is better for Count Xiao Tang to give the conditions now, write them clearly on paper, and standardize the rights and obligations of knights, so that everyone will have a basis for doing things in the future.

By the way, the publication of such a decree would also attract the vastantial-chivalrous-knighted, who roamed the vast land of Western Europe, and use it to expand the heavy cavalry.

Don't look at the little Count Tang is always a light cavalry light cavalry, as if he likes light cavalry so much. He would have liked to use heavy cavalry, but did he have that condition?! When, when did his heavy cavalry have more enemies? The use of light cavalry and pikemen was just a helpless measure.

So, after consulting with the knight of Alcoba and the would-be knight Wade (you two leading the way), Count Don Jr. issued what would become very famous in the future.

This statute lists the duties and responsibilities of the knight in great detail, as well as the responsibilities and duties of the liege, but the most important one is the following:

"If a knight dies in battle, the lord guarantees that the knight's descendants can inherit his land, and if the knight has no descendants, he inherits from the one who is closest to him, and if the knight has no or cannot find a blood relation, he chooses a good child from the realm and bears the knight's surname."

This article completely guarantees that the descendants of knights, even if they are scrapped, will still be able to live a superior life after all, and they will not become extinct. It was enough to reassure most of the knights - but, considering that there were more and more knights from grandfather to grandson all the time, and the little Count Tang himself would have no land available, so he still made a patch:

"However, if the knight has no descendants who can inherit the knight's title within three generations, the lord can unconditionally take back the land owned by the knight without any liability for it."

PS: This chapter is going to be divided into two chapters, because I have to think slowly that there can't be any big loopholes.