492 Andorran measures
Sure enough, when Duke said a thousand gold coins, Carsmail's eyes were straight, now he spends a lot of money, and the previous corruption channels have been blocked by Duke, and now in addition to a nominal church and bishop, even the people of Storm Fort have forgotten how long they haven't participated in the worship service.
"Lord Lord, as a member of Storm Castle now, I should naturally contribute to the future of Storm Castle, so this matter will be left to me!"
Kasmai agreed without giving up, and the thousand gold coins would allow him to spend at least a few years, and he would even be able to make a good splash in Alpine City. After all, compared to the Storm Castle, which rose later, Alpine City has always been in the territory of the Andorran Prince's Kingdom, second only to Andorra City.
After taking care of the affairs of Carsmail, Duke directly prepared a sky-high price of 5,000 gold coins and shipped it to the capital of the French Empire. He was going to get the bishop of Kasmai as soon as possible, after all, the Bright Army was still stationed in the territory of Alpine City for a day, and Duke felt uneasy for a day.
The storm castle raided Alpine City, and the next day it crossed a distance of 100 kilometers and reached the ears of the Prince of Andorra. To be honest, when he heard the news, the Prince of Andorra couldn't believe his ears, he knew that Duke was already very strong now, but he didn't expect Duke to be so arrogant that he dared to move towards his own forces so quickly.
"Abel, gather the Andorran army for me, and I'm going to destroy all the territory of Storm Fort!"
The Prince of Andorra roared angrily, Alpine City is the second largest city within his territory, and there are nearly one million people around it, and the annexation of Alpine City is equivalent to completely controlling the territory of the Prince of Andorra, and has become the basis for the princes to have a future competitive position.
As a result, I didn't expect that only a few months later, the Prince of Andorra was still testing his father's reaction, and the entire Alpine City had already been captured by Duke, which was an absolutely unacceptable loss for the Prince of Andorra, and it could even be said that it affected the future layout. So he didn't even think about it, and directly called out to Abel, the current commander of the Andorran prince's army, and planned to capture the entire storm fort.
Abel was in the conference hall at this time, looking at the angry Prince of Andorra, he could naturally understand the Prince of Andorra's emotions. However, he also got more detailed information from the spies, thinking that the current Storm Castle is no longer the kind of little lord who can be handled casually, even if he wants to attack Storm Castle, he must go through careful planning, instead of shouting and fighting like this.
"Your Excellency, please calm your anger, I just learned from the spies that the storm army attacking Takayama City is at least more than 5,000 people, and they also have the ability to rotate. And this is not only the attack of the storm army, the mountain army and Count Filip have also completely surrendered to Duke, so to speak, the strength of the storm army in Alpine City is at least more than 10,000 people, not including the storm army in Duke's lair, if we want to capture the storm fort, it is estimated that the whole army will have to assault!"
Hearing Abel's message, the Prince of Andorra instantly felt an incomparable shock, he knew that Storm Castle had become powerful, but he didn't expect Storm Castle to be so powerful now. Because at present, the army that is really exposed in the Storm Fort is only three thousand people in the two Storm Army human regiments and three thousand people in the logistics army.
For example, the number of dwarves is hidden, and even the French Empire can't count it, after all, dwarves are not considered a human race, and even many people in the human empire do not recognize the national identity of dwarves. As for the Fish-Man warriors, it is even more so, not to mention knowing the number of Fish-Man Army, not many outsiders know about the existence of the Wave Tribe, this is not that Duke deliberately conceals it, but that the human beings in this era have too little understanding of the ocean, and ordinary people will not go to the sea.
At the same time, the Prince of Andorra also quickly calmed down from his previous anger, and it can be said that he was originally that kind of forbearance. So at this time, he ordered Abel: "Use all means as soon as possible to find out how many troops there are in Storm Castle, and also to prepare the army of the Prince of Andorra, so that they are ready to go to battle at any time." Another point is to cooperate with Archbishop Auray, we must get the cardinal archbishop behind him to support him to become the Archbishop of Andorra again, only then can we cooperate with the Light Army of Alpine City, and we must cooperate with the outside world!"
I have to say that the Prince of Andorra's strategy is much stronger than his appearance, and he immediately discovered the key problem, rather than blindly choosing revenge. More importantly, he plans to reach out to his old ally Ole, as the two of them share the same interests.
The reason why the Prince of Andorra has such ambition to dare to touch the throne is not unrelated to Ole's appointment as archbishop in Andorra, because Ore's ambition is to become a cardinal of the French Empire. However, his strength in the imperial capital is not enough, and Prince Edward is not a manipulative person, so worldly forces cannot help him, and more importantly, Cardinal Leonard does not agree with the help behind him.
So he cooperated with the Prince of Andorra to unite the theocracy and the regime, and together the two sides started from the territory of the Andorran Prince's territory and eventually ruled the entire French Empire. Although secular power does not have much influence in the center of the Holy See, if the cardinal can control the empire well, and the emperor is obedient, then it is still a big plus, which will help Ole compete for the position of cardinal of the diocese of France, so the two hit it off.
It's just that he didn't expect that what Ole thought was just a small operation before finally triggered Cardinal Leonard's strong interference, and even stabbed him to the Holy City and stripped him of his archbishop title. Now more than a year has passed, and the original limelight is almost over, and the position of Archbishop of Andorra City is still vacant, and the cardinal bishop behind Ole should also help change the current situation, and the Bright Army of Alpine City is the best help.
"I see, Your Majesty. ”
Abel nodded and prepared to carry out the order of the Prince of Andorra, but when he was about to turn and leave, Andorra stopped him again.
"By the way, I have seized the Storm Trading House in Andorra City, so the goods, funds and personnel have been detained!"
Andorra immediately thought of the Storm Trading House in Andorra City, you must know that this is a monthly supply of thousands of gold coins to lay hens, Andorra has been red for a long time, and now it is natural to turn around and see how many eggs there are!