The speed of the fleet was fast, and after reaching the first halfway town and replenishing enough supplies, they continued on their way.

George and Oladin tacitly agreed not to ask where the orcs who helped them came from.

Traveling through the wilderness all the way from the west to Magnoria, it was obvious that the top leaders of the alliance were not worried about Wang Xiaotian, and they couldn't help but have human guards following them in the open, and in the secret, there were a group of real elites guarding them.

Passing through the central part of the Magnolia water system, the flotilla officially entered the south.

Violet in the southern region.

It is a mountainous area with many hills and complex terrain. Unlike the fertile plains in the east, the southern provinces are mountainous, and there are many remnants of demonic beasts and alien races, so it can be said that in addition to the field of human activities, once you leave the town for more than ten miles, the outside is already a dangerous wilderness.

Hundreds of years ago, the Monarch of Violet led the knights to fight the southern territories. During that period, Violet was founded for more than 100 years, and the inherent class began to take shape, coupled with the unstable situation in the northwest region of the mainland, Violet broke out in a serious financial crisis and political crisis before the Grand Duke.

The father of the King of Zhongxing is known as "the saddest monarch" in the history of Violet.

During his reign, wars broke out in the northwest and swept many countries, and Violet was no exception. The external wars continued, and the wars began to drag down the domestic economy, and the Violet people at that time lived very hard, and many nobles even began to pawn their valuables to survive.

It was a dark age, the violet foundation was not thick, it lacked sufficient foundation, to a large extent some important materials were dependent on foreign countries, foreign trade was seriously unequal, and when war broke out, they left and fell into crisis.

Although the "sad monarch" was very virtuous, but the country's internal friction was serious, and he was powerless, during his reign, Violet suffered a great depression that was unprecedented since the founding of the country, and the dissatisfaction of the domestic aristocracy with the royal family reached its peak, and the grand duke survived such a mess for a term, and finally died of depression.

After surviving the "Great Depression era", Violet ushered in an economic recovery.

Although it was cruel, it was the tragic situation caused by the Great Depression that caused Violet to begin to recover from the difficult situation, and the new Grand Duke was lucky, and his father spent his life laying the foundation for him. Violet ushered in a lord of Zhongxing who loves nobility and is passionate about pioneering.

In order to redeem the inequality of foreign trade, and to reconcile the increasingly acute contradictions at home, the lord of Zhongxing launched a war.

The so-called war has only two purposes, one is to divert calamity, and the other is to seek profit.

The Grand Duke trembled at his neighbors to the east, and laid down a vast eastern plain for Violet, which now provides tens of thousands of grains to Violet every year to feed an indescribable people.

After solving the food crisis, the Grand Duke was not satisfied, he hoped that his name could be comparable to the first Grand Duke, but the Vitan in the north was too weak and poor, and even if he sent troops to get the war dividends, he would fall into the mess of the Vitan, so he paid attention to the southern region.

The terrain in the south is complex, with many hills and mountains.

After humans dominated the continent, many alien races began to fall into a state of survival, and in addition to the Violet Wilderness, the most complex racial power was the southern region.

Dwarves, goblins, halflings, and many other races have taken root in the south, and the slightly more complicated south is undoubtedly much better than the harsh wilderness. There are mountains as a barrier here, which largely suppresses the cavalry of Violet, which is known as the "knight country". In addition, the various poisonous insect traps in the mountains and forests here are extremely complex, which makes the legion combat fall into a quagmire.

That Zhongxing Lord had attacked the south three times, and I have to say that he was lucky.

Three attacks on the southern mountains, when the violet noble army advanced into the southern region, they tasted the bitterness of their arrogance, known as the strongest knightly legion, their horses actually fell into the quagmire of the mountains, in the face of the attack of the natives of the south, these cavalry who were limited in mobility were almost one-sided slaughter.

A veteran knight who participated in the Southern Campaign recalled in his later years: "The Southern Campaign took a toll on the Duchy, and our cavalry was defeated by lush bushes and swamps. It is unimaginable that a knight who can slaughter across the eastern plains, even a cavalryman who is not inferior to a dozen infantry in a hundred battles, can be besieged to death by a dozen weak halflings!"

The first southern campaign was undoubtedly a failure, but it is not known if it was the favor of the Grand Duke, and when their army barely penetrated part of the southern region, they unexpectedly discovered several gold mines with an astonishing production.

There are veins of gold in the group.

These were supposed to be veins discovered by the dwarves, but after a group of horsemen strayed into the jungle and was captured by the dwarves, a deserter carried the news to give the then devastated Grand Duke a dose of strength.

After surviving the era of the Great Depression at home, coupled with the victory in the Eastern Campaign, Violets are becoming more and more out of control like a war machine, they desperately need war, they need war to divert the contradictions and disasters in their own country.

The old aristocracy was dissatisfied with the royal family's weakening of the aristocracy's interests, and the new aristocracy was eager to seek new advancement, and the people in the large and small territories of the country could not eat food...... A series of contradictions, which forced the Grand Duke to go to war.

They laid down the eastern granary and solved the problem of the stomach, and the war bred another problem, the new war aristocracy needed military merit, the number of soldiers in the war was huge, the domestic territory was completely insufficient, and external support was needed. Coupled with the need for the Grand Duke to leave behind his prestige, the Southern War was launched.

The domestic aristocracy, full of hope and thirst for war, instigated the war.

However, the battle situation fell into a stalemate, the knight's fearless charge was stopped by the mountains, and the arrogant war horses were restricted by the mire, and instead of benefiting from the war, the lengthy logistics dragged down the domestic economy more and more.

The Lord of Prosperity was almost beginning to slump, and it was at this time that the dwarven gold mines gave him a glimmer of hope.

With the last bit of treasury foundation, the king of Zhongxing gritted his teeth and went deep into the attack, and forcibly extended the war for a month, and the country was boiling, and the original warlike nobles began to try their best to stop the archduke's war intentions.

The uncaring Grand Duke was like a gambler, desperate to use the prestige of victory in the Eastern Campaign to suppress domestic opposition, and before the winter of that year, he hit the vicinity of the dwarven vein.

The stretches of gold veins and countless jungle materials were brought back to China by the Grand Duke.

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"The first campaign to the south is over, the great William Pars, he led 100,000 violet knights to the south, 60,000 soldiers buried in this stretch of mountains, counting the logistics of the hundreds of thousands of peasants, William Pars fought a military mess! He lost, but he won again. ”

On the merchant ship riding the wind and waves, Wang Xiaotian, George, Oradin and others were gathering together with great interest, listening to Fiona talk. This eldest lady, known as the aristocracy of the Northlands, has found the value of life after the initial pleasure of sailing.

When the caravan came to the stretching southern region, Wang Xiaotian looked at the dilapidated and backward territory along the coast, and asked very curiously about the history of this area.

"Do you know why he lost and won again?" Fiona looked at Oladin and Kuru's blank looks, and felt very proud, and when she saw George and Wang Xiaotian's thoughtful expressions, she said teasingly.

"100,000 killed, 60,000 killed, and countless logistics were dragged to death, but in exchange for a meager land, this is undoubtedly a great defeat! But at that time, people continued to sing the praises of His Majesty William Pars, who was a victor in his time, because he brought back untold amounts of gold, and with this gold, the economy of Violet quickly began to recover. ”

Fiona's eyebrows fluttered, showing that her erudition made her feel very happy, but Wang Xiaotian couldn't help but sigh in her heart.

"Lost the war, but won the politics. ”

This Archduke William Parles, who was undoubtedly lucky, found an untold amount of gold at a critical moment, which filled the appetites of the nobility, which, together with the soldiers killed in battle, greatly reduced the economic burden of the country.

"Didn't you say that Archduke William had three attacks on the south, and two more?"

Wang Xiaotian watched Fiona enjoy everyone's sighing gaze, and couldn't help but interrupt and ask.

Glancing at Wang Xiaotian, Fiona straightened up and continued to tell the history of that period.

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After the defeat of the First Southern Campaign, William Parrs had a pimple in his heart, although people at home continued to praise his merits and praise his wisdom. But he was well aware that it was a fiasco.

If it weren't for God's favor for him, who discovered those gold mines at the most critical moment, filled the economic hole in the country in time, and succeeded in obtaining a lot of gains, this war, after he returned home, he would not have been greeted with praise and flowers, you must know that at that time, the protests of the nobles and the dissatisfaction of the people had reached their peak.

After this war, Violet cultivated for a few years.

During this period, the famous "Northwest Melee" took place in the northwest continent.

The Northwest Continent is a chaotic place, barren and remote, which leads to some aggressiveness among the people here, and in the eyes of some rich regional countries, the countries of the Northwest are like barbarians.

Wars break out here all year round, but no matter what kind of war, it is local, and at most there is friction and fire between countries, including national wars.

And that time, the "Northwest War" broke out in the northwest, which was watched by the entire continent.

At that time, the oldest kingdoms in the northwest region were involved in war, and the emerging countries also had battlefields.

This is a war that will inevitably break out.

In later scholars' writings, neither economics nor history can avoid the major event of the "Northwest War".

In fact, this war was a war between emerging countries and ancient countries.

The ancient country occupies the few resources in the northwest, but the history is always similar, and ancient means decay. These countries are incompetent, greedy, and arrogant.

Such countries have the resources in their hands, and the emerging countries, they are energetic and passionate about life, these countries are beginning to be dissatisfied with the status quo, why should the arrogant and incompetent guys occupy the good resources.

So under the sharp contradictions, the war broke out.

In this battle, the Grand Duke of Violet once again received the favor of heaven.

Most of the countries in the northwest are involved in the reshuffle war, and Violet has a weak Vitan in the north, a long mountain in the south, and a vast wilderness in the west, and only one east can be external.

William Pars, the Archduke favored by the gods, showed his full shamelessness in this great battle.

He supported the ancient countries in the east and the countries in the north, sold arms and economic support, and fed countless people by sucking the blood of others, when William Pars felt strong.

He turned his face again and did not know him, he brazenly tore up the peace treaties signed with the countries in the east, led his troops out of the customs, and brazenly attacked from the eastern plains.

The Violet cavalry came and went without a trace, and after joining the Northwest War, they ingested a lot of finances. When the enemy turned to strike him, William Pars, who had been wounded, hurried back to the eastern plains to repair.

Then, to make matters worse, William did not want the war to end, so he began to "finance" his allies in the east again.

When he felt that he was almost repaired, he brazenly tore up the covenant, and stabbed his ally in the back.

It came three or five times like this, and it disgusted several countries.

During the Northwest War, William Pars was a "war-stirrer", without the integrity of the Grand Duke, and when he was in a good mood, he went out of the Eastern Plains to participate in the "Northwest War", and when others beat him, he ran back.

To this day, many countries call William Parrs a "despicable knight" and a "shameless archduke......

But there's no denying it.

In this way, William Parrs took advantage of the war to make a lot of money, and during the Northwest War, his violets can be said to have grown stronger and stronger. When the Great War in the Northwest stopped, William was so complacent that he longed to wash away the humiliation of the Southern campaign.

The Second Southern Campaign began.

In this battle, William began to go deep into the south with the help of the infantry trained in the Northwest War, he adopted the tactics of clearing the wilderness, advancing layer by layer, and the battle dragged on for a long time in the case of the south brazenly raising the butcher's knife for the alien race, and fighting steadily, this time, William was completely rooted in the south.

The abundant specialties of the southern mountains, as well as various precious magic drugs and magical beasts, began to attract a large number of pioneers, and this was the prototype of the original southern provinces.

In the second southern campaign, William was strong and cleared, although he had a firm foothold, but this kind of war was about money, advancing layer by layer, building a camp when he advanced a section, and then consolidating the territory, and then continuing to advance. Although this was indeed very effective, due to the huge cost, William finally chose to end the war after fighting a large amount of land.

Only to the third campaign.

William Pars, who was already old at that time, did not forget the shame of his youth, and fought all his life, some hated him, some slandered him, and some praised him...... He was a successful general, a perfect monarch, and a despicable politician...... And when he was old, he had reached the pinnacle of kinghood, and all he wanted to do was leave his name in history.

So, he began the Third Southern Campaign, hoping to completely open up the Southern Mountains, so that the southern part of Violet could border the rich central part of the continent and achieve his great achievements.

However, in the Third Southern Campaign, this king, who received mixed reviews, remained in the South forever.

Today's Southern Province, although it has become a page of his glorious history, has also become a cemetery where he is buried.

Throughout his life, William Pars did not conquer the South and open the way from the South to the center of the continent.

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