Chapter 346: The Handover of the Capital
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"You're good, but our cavalry squadron also weighs on each other's character," Selena's gaze couldn't take her eyes off Fenrir's handsome face, this was the first time she had been a mercenary for so long, "I think you seem to be impatient, you don't want to mix with other independent mercenaries, you must have some untold story, right?" Since leaving the Papal States, Selena has felt relaxed. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info former fiancΓ© Rashad is not her lover, at best he is a lover who knows his roots, but today's Selena has met the most handsome mercenary she has ever met, and it may be a knight-born mercenary.
Fenrir took off his armor alone, and he lived with seven other independent mercenaries, but the others were taken away by Selena's men, "Character? I have a bad character, and I don't have any loyalty at all. β
"Yes, none of the mercenaries have loyalty, but the Potato Mercenary Regiment is different, this is an invincible and invincible mercenary group. Selena looked condescendingly at Fenrir sitting beside the bed, and she felt more and more that this bad-tempered man had a unique charm.
Fenrir had already learned about the Potato Mercenary Group when he was investigating Avi, this mercenary group once had traces of Miss Christine, and it was a rapidly growing mercenary group, "So so many mercenaries came here, and they all thought that the Potato Mercenary Group would not fail, right?"
Selena untied her hair and shook her head slightly, "Your sword has a special mark...", as soon as Selena wanted to get closer to look at the sign, Fenrir immediately hid the white lion sword under the baggage, the only thing he could remember the past.
"Do I need to check my stuff? If I do, I'll go. Fenrir gestured and put on his chain mail again.
"No, you can live there," Selena turned around and walked towards the door of the house, she suddenly realized that she was too proactive, and the cold face of the other party made the former knight captain who had always been arrogant unhappy, "I will evaluate your abilities later, so that we can assign you to various squadrons." β
"I'm good at horseback riding. β
"I know, I can see that your equestrian skills are very good, and you are indeed a knight, aren't you?"
"This one has nothing to do with you. Fenrir was still depressed, he didn't expect to come to the mercenary group where Avi and Fan had stayed. At this time, Bradley's knight was replaced by Avi - the guy named Avi seemed to have taken away Fenrir's most important thing, and it all came too quickly, just in the blink of an eye.
Six days later, Ludwig's Winter Army finally appeared within scouting range of Black Swamp. Fei De has already placed 30,000 mercenaries from the Patriotic Legion, and nearly 10,000 mercenaries are unwilling to live in Black Swamp City. They thought the city smelled bad, and they were afraid that the governor of the kingdom of Kosai would harm them, and even if they wanted to, they would have nowhere to escape but to jump into the stinking swamp of unknown depths.
"That mercenary camp also has our troops, and Lukka and Vega are stationed there with eight hundred men, firstly to facilitate our management of those mercenaries, and secondly, to form a rivalry with Black Swamp City in case of accidents. Vittorio stood on the walls of the Black Marsh City, and together with Fider and the others, he looked at the army outside the swamp north of the city, and Ludwig brought no less than 50,000 men.
With an army of more than 50,000 men and endless supply teams behind them, it seems that Ludwig really intends to make Black Swamp his base camp. In addition to the large army, Ludwig also informed Fed two days in advance that more and more troops were entering the northern region of the Duchy of Mageni from the Kingdom of Cose, and that tens of thousands of his troops were deployed in the northern cities near the Black Marsh City. There are also some Winter commoners who have migrated to the northern towns that originally belonged to the Duchy of Mageni, and the people of the Winter Kingdom do have the intention of taking the land of the Duchy of Mageni as their own.
"A letter from Duke Yannis, he has given you full command of Captain Fidel, and Count Camhen will not hinder Captain Fidel on the matter of the handover of Black Swamp City. β
"Commander, Count Camham has retreated to the southwest of Black Marsh City, and those nobles from the west seem to have returned. It seems that Duke Yannis knows about their intention to belong to the Duchy of Nuo before, and they should not take action for the time being, and they will definitely wait and see what happens after we form an alliance with the Kingdom of Cose. β
"Commander, Miss Maeve's Southern Army has also regrouped, and they are in a standoff with the Imperial Army of East Oguna. Although the two sides attacked each other, a large-scale battle did not take place, and the eyes of the Imperial army were on Ludwig and the Winter Army, who seemed to be engaged in diplomacy with Kosseferti. β
Nur felt a little uneasy after seeing the neat and orderly infantry array of the Kosai Kingdom, "Vittorio, is your plan really safe? These Winter Nationals don't seem to be very reliable, if they suddenly tear up the Entente after obtaining Black Swamp City..."
"There's no such thing as a surefire deal, and neither is diplomacy," Vittorio said calmly on the surface, but no one knew how much pressure the young businessman was under, "Ludwig was a very clever and capable commander. Black Swamp City will be an obstacle for the Imperial Army of East Oguna to continue to penetrate the Duchy and grab more of the Duchy's land. Now I only hope that the southern army will not have too many battles with the army of the East Oguna Empire, and only need to preserve its strength and wait for the two tigers to fight. β
Fei De also thinks that the strength of the Duchy of Mageni is only a little bit, and the 30,000 mercenaries will be scattered at any time due to changes in the battle situation, and it is more meaningful to stabilize the current situation than to do other things.
Ludwig's army arrived at the Black Swamp City, and Feder appeared at the city gate with his men and some other mercenaries, along with a map of the Black Swamp's fortifications.
"Chief Fidel, this is a historic moment. Ludwig glanced up at the sun, August in the Duchy of Maggeni was still a bit hot, and the smell of the wind was a reminder that it was time to harvest food.
"Yes, the capital of the Duchy of Magini will serve as a testimony to the friendship between the two countries, and the Black Swamp will no longer be the capital of the Duchy of Magini, and the Dugi City in the southwest will become the new capital. β
"Take your country... Oh no, the Duchy of Magini is not the country of the Filipino chief, but the employer of the Fidel chief. It's not an easy task to take your employer's capital," Ludwig took over the fortifications with one hand, and he suddenly felt that there were some other things sandwiched in the fortifications, "Whatever the outcome, Captain Fid and your mercenary group will go down in history and leave a mark on the history of the continent." β
Vittorio listened to Fidel as well, remembering Ludwig's face, the faces of the Winterlanders, and everything that was today.
On August 3, 949 in the Old Kingdom, the first country in centuries to have its capital taken away was born, which was not captured, but placed in the price of a merchant's plan. This event, which represents the most humiliating event in the history of the Duchy of Magini, was completed by a mercenary and a "leopard child", and those people of the Duchy Magini who did not know how to distinguish the truth remembered Fidel's name and his cold face.
The Winter Army officially entered the Black Marsh City, and Ludwig did not occupy the entire Duke's Palace, he only took half of the space for activities. His troops were scattered throughout the city, and even the Winter Soldiers appeared at the Military Academy of the Peace Grave, but Ludwig also agreed with Feder to keep most of the military academy unquestioned, as the sincerity of the Kingdom of Kosai.
Ludwig told Fid that King Adam, who was in Koseferti, had been informed of the alliance between the two countries, and that King Adam and the ministers and nobles of the Kingdom of Cosey had sent congratulatory messages, believing that Ludwig had completed the unexpected, and that the surrender of Black Swamp City marked a new stage in the relationship between the Kingdom of Cosse and the Duchy of Magini. Although King Adam and other nobles believed that it would take some time to see if the relationship between the two countries could be "on the right path", the Winter Army had already set its sights on the Eastern Oguna Empire, which had new and old hatreds and territorial disputes, and the truce front in the easternmost part of the continent was also about to start, and disputes could arise again at any time.
"Captain Fidel, the Duchy of Magini will be my friend, a friend of King Adam. All the nobles who were captured before will be released, but this will be a month later, and we need to get to know each other more before that. After reading the secret letter that Vittorio had put in the fortifications, Ludwig sent a letter from his guards that night to inform him of his choice, and Ludwig agreed to share information with them.
Vittorio rearranged his eyes after entering the Peace Grave Military Academy, and in addition to his former business partners, mercenaries from all over the world were also under Vittorio's lead. He has noticed that the threat from Ludwig's side is increasing, so he is willing to help Ludwig find the assassin who may be lurking around him. As a condition, the potato mercenary group only needs to obtain Ludwig's plan for the Winter Army's combat movements to facilitate the cooperation of the principality's side.
Vittorio saw through Vittorio's distrust of the people around him, so Ludwig accepted Vittorio's suggestion to hire some independent mercenaries to form his own escort group. With the exception of a few guards sent by Adam to take care of Ludwig, Ludwig left the rest of the protection to these mercenaries.
"The greater his exploits, the more dangerous his situation becomes," Vittorio explained to Fide and the other captains in the camp late at night, "and we are going to use his sense of crisis to draw him over to our side for the time being." β
Lukka frowned and asked, "If he is really assassinated by those powerful people who hate him, will our plans be ruined?" Fidel shared the same concern, because according to intelligence, Ludwig might not be safe even if he hid in Duke Yannis's palace.
"He was one of the most crucial figures and at the same time became a true ally of ours. β