The first year of the conquest of the royal calendar. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

There was no unified calendar in the entire world of Thor, and the first thing Wu Ming, who was deeply confused, did after coming to power was to issue decrees, establish new dates, and unify measurements.

This method of chronology is called the 'new calendar', which begins on the last day of the winter of the year in which he begins his reign, and is also known as the first year of the new calendar.

In the first year of the new calendar, under the call of the conquering king William Wallace I, the blue-blooded nobles of the entire Winfly Plains, as well as freedmen, mercenaries, and even wildlings, began to launch a retaliatory counterattack against the previous invasion of the highlands.

An army of nearly 20,000 marched through Fort Eagle Death Canyon into the highlands.

They were joined by a large number of solo adventurers, volunteer mercenary groups who wanted to obtain meritorious canonizations, and small merchants who were purely trying to make a profit.

The blue torrent rushed and stirred, and at once brought terrible disasters to the highlands.

In March, the first year of the new calendar, the army of the conqueror arrived at the city of Great Rock in the eastern part of the Highlands, and the defender of this place was Lord Kyle Wellington, who refused the surrender request of the conquering king's envoy, declaring: 'Every inch of land here belongs to the highlanders, and the blue bloods go back to the plains!' ’

The messenger of King William of the Conquer was still polite: "Your deeds will bring war, and your people will betray you, cheer for my king, and stick your head in their spears!" ”

Enraged, Earl Kyle cut off one of the messenger's ears and put him back.

The king of conquest who got the news immediately began to attack the city, but it was just a round of wooden cannon bombardment, and several gaps suddenly appeared in the seemingly impregnable walls of Boulder City, and a large number of troops poured in from the gap, and the entire Boulder City began to riot at once.

Instead of fighting for Earl Kyle, as their lord had said, the people shouted "Peace, no cannonballs!" The slogan poured into the lord's room, and the unprepared Count Kyle was captured and presented to the king of conquest.

The seemingly impregnable megalith city surrendered to the conquering king in a single day.

At this point, the eastern gateway of the highlands was opened, and the entire highlands were opened to the conquering king's army.

Count Kyle is known for his stubborn personality, which is like granite.

Even though he had been completely defeated and tied up in front of the conquering king, he held his head high proudly: "King of foreign invasion, you can hang me, even cut off my head and stick it in a spear, but the resistance of the highlanders will never stop." ”

The King of Conquest smiled and shook his head, and after cutting off Count Kyle's two ears as punishment, he mercifully gave him two choices.

Either go ahead and cut off your head and send it to Lionheart in a gift box, or you can surrender and kneel before the great conquering king, choose to swear allegiance, and kiss the ground beneath his feet.

Earl Kyle was impassioned before, but when his ear was actually cut off, the bloody scene and severe pain immediately made him weep bitterly, and immediately knelt down and kissed the land in front of the conquered king, and chose to give in.

To this end, the King of Conquest generously retained Kyle's title, demoted him to the rank of baron, and stripped him of his suzerainty over Boulder City, which he divided among other heroes.

With the map of the Book of the Philosophers, after the capture of Boulder City, the King of Conquerors did not stop at all, except for leaving the necessary army to guard the back roads and food routes, and immediately pounced on Lionheart.

He decreed that all nobles who surrendered before the arrival of the army could retain their original titles and fiefs, otherwise the rights would go to the first person to defeat them.

As soon as this decree was issued, coupled with the previous propaganda, many minor nobles immediately submitted to the conquering king.

Of course, there were those who resolutely resisted, but before Wu Ming arrived, they were overthrown by their own retainers or mercenary groups, and the original mud-legged people lived in the castles of the nobles and obtained their land, wealth, and women...... lived a life that I couldn't even dream of.

And in order to maintain their current position, they must resolutely support the conquering king and win the battle against the highlands!

The whole highland suddenly became a pot of porridge.

In the midst of this haze, the Blue Dragon Banner slowly approached Lionheart City, the stronghold of the Wellington family and the ruling core of the entire Highlands.

……

In Lionheart City, in the council chamber of the Wellington family, many well-dressed nobles can no longer maintain their own demeanor.

Their faces turned red and they quarreled angrily, telling of their misfortunes and sufferings, and angrily denouncing each other's inaction and stupidity.

In this kind of mutual blame, there is a strong fear, which makes the Archduke Wellington on the throne very helpless.

A few months ago, he was a middle-aged man with high spirits, and he might even become the king of a new principality, but now, his hair was gray, and his forehead was wrinkled, and he clearly looked like he was about to die.

It seems that Arthur's capture, along with the successive bad news, hit him hard.

"How many more do we have?"

The Duke of Wellington asked in a deep voice.

"We have gathered all the armies in the territory, and urgently recruited all civilians over the age of sixteen to enlist, plus the mercenary group and adventurers, it will not be a problem to gather 50,000 people!"

A fat aristocrat stood up and said.

But even so, there was not much joy on their faces.

After all, most of these 50,000 people were only farmers, and there were less than 9,000 regular soldiers who were actually trained.

"What about the reinforcements promised by the Celtic family, the Liszt family, and the Anreid family?"

The Duke of Wellington frowned.

These families, who had been conquered by Arthur's army, recognized the Wellington family as their lord and patron, and had the obligation to send troops to fight.

But as the bad news spread, the grass began to sway again.

However, at a time when this need to be resolutely suppressed, the Wellington family lost the absolute balance of force due to Arthur's defeat, and the army of the conquering king was advancing step by step, so that instead of increasing the number of soldiers in the newly conquered lands to maintain their rule, they had to withdraw the elite one after another.

As a result, the suppressed local factions suddenly began to raise their heads.

After all, with the accumulation and heritage inherited by aristocratic families for thousands of years, the network of local relationships is inextricably linked, and it is impossible to completely clean up all the people at once unless all the people are killed.

"They ......"

The fat man was speechless for a moment, and that kind of demeanor immediately let the Duke of Wellington know the result.

"Damn it!"

The Duke of Wellington slapped the conference table, and the air in the entire room seemed to be shaken: "I have decided, the current high ground alone cannot fight against the conquerors, we need reinforcements, reinforcements from Cape Storm!" ”

"Wellon, you serve as a messenger, immediately go to Cape Storm, find their largest Storm Tribe chief, and tell him...... As long as he comes to help me, I'll give them the Ice City of the North! ”

Archduke Wellington closed his eyes in pain and said in a deep voice.

In the eyes of all the nobles of the Sol Continent, although the Storm Point is vast and vast, it is synonymous with barbarism and barrenness, not to mention the Wind Firefly Plain, even compared to the highlands, it is also wild and backward, and the natural environment is extremely harsh.

In the past, just to cope with the spontaneous raids of the barbarians every winter, the princes of the Highlands and the Wind Firefly Plains had to devote a large number of troops to their north.

And now, the Duke of Wellington has personally opened the North of the Highlands to them.

"Ice City has always been a bulwark against the invasion of the Storm Warriors, and once Ice City changes hands, our highlands will be exposed to the swords of the Storm Warriors at any time! I'm against it! ”

A nobleman from the side branch of the Wellington family immediately stood up and asked loudly, "Duke of Wellington, what exactly do you want to do?" ”

"I'm just here to keep my family alive and keep our glory alive!"

The Duke of Wellington crossed his fingers and placed his hands on the table: "The Storm Warriors and the chiefs only need our food, iron, women, and salt...... But from the Windfly Plains, the greedy dragon is asking for everything we have! ”

Although he explained, his heart was even more tired.

At this time of life and death, the infighting in the family was still continuing, which was really disappointing to him.

"William the Conqueror?"

After hastily making a decision and ending the family meeting, the Grand Duke of Wellington returned to his study and muttered the name.

His hands began to tremble unconsciously, as if there was some magic in the name.

If this conqueror didn't have any strange magical powers, how could he defeat his invincible son, who had the protection of the King's Sword?

The Duke paced slowly in his study, and after a long time, he finally made up his mind.

He pursed his lips as he went to a bookshelf, took out a black-covered, dusty book, and opened it to the last page.

In the center of this page, there is an empty slot, and in the middle is a black card with purple mandala flowers blooming with a mysterious smell.

In the study, the doors and windows were closed, and the thick curtains were closed, blocking all the light, and all sides were suddenly plunged into darkness, only the light on the black cards became more and more dazzling.

"Come, in my blood, call upon my contractor!"

The Duke drew a golden dagger and cut his finger, causing beads of crimson blood to drip onto the card, and his mouth chanted a low call, like a mysterious incantation.

"Lord Duke!"

A purple mist poured out of the card, the mandala flowers on it slowly bloomed, the enchanting light overflowed, and in the mist, a cloaked man loomed and bowed to the duke: "After hearing the news of the conquering king, I knew that this day was coming!" Everything is under the watchful eye of the Lord of Shadows! ”

The Duke of Wellington looked at this miraculous scene, but his heart was a little cold, and he immediately gritted his teeth: "I want William Wallace's life!" ”

"As you wish!"