Chapter 551: Grand Duke Nicholas

If you look at it from the outside, the president of the Mayflower Chamber of Commerce, Archduke Nicholas, should be the ugliest person among all the presidents of the Chamber of Commerce, he has a long horse face, two small eyes, and habitually likes to squint his eyes to look at people, which invisibly gives people a gloomy and scheming, ill-intentioned feeling, just like encountering a poisonous snake in the mountains and fields, no matter who will be vigilant. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

This is probably the main reason why Archduke Nicholas has always lost to Archduke Comberlet, the president of the Two-Headed Dragon Chamber of Commerce, in the election of the supreme consul of the Business Alliance. After all, Archduke Cumberlet's face is dignified and upright, and anyone who sees him thinks that this is a big man who can be trusted and worthy of the admiration of others, and just by looking at his appearance, he is not known how many times more amiable than Archduke Nicholas, and no one likes to deal with a poisonous snake.

But those who really know Archduke Nicholas will know that he is a true genius, and that he is not what he looks. He treated people with the same sincerity and kindness, whether it was a servant or a nobleman, Archduke Nicholas treated with the same respect, and did not treat them as a difference of status or status. Of all the chambers of commerce in the Business Alliance, the Mayflower Chamber of Commerce is the most loyal, and as long as they come into contact with and get to know Archduke Nicholas, people will really ignore his appearance and be attracted by his charm.

Now Grand Justice Nicholas leaned over the table and looked at the map, closing his eyes from time to time in thought. The Norton family forces suddenly launched an attack, and the target was still the territory of the Mayflower Chamber of Commerce, whether this was intended to sweep the territory of the Mayflower Chamber of Commerce in one fell swoop or had another meaning, for example, whether they wanted to fight against the business alliance again to slow down the time for the business alliance to recover, or to withdraw the army after plundering? Because the Mayflower territory is rich in gold and silver, and the Norton family forces are currently attacking the hilly area where the gold and silver mines in Feltonba Province are located.

The chief of the guard, Seros, gently pushed the door in, holding two letters in his hands: "Your Highness, this is the battle report of Lindsetton Mountain City, the current battle situation on the front line is becoming calm, the Norton family seems to have given up the idea of conquering the mountain city, and has not used artillery to bombard the mountain city again in the past three days." There was also a secret message from the city of Morent, and the spies had confirmed that the Grand Duke of Norton was on the front line and was not in Bryn Hills. ”

"Oh?" Archduke Nicholas raised his eyebrows, took the two letters and examined them carefully, then came to the map and thought for a while, his eyes widened: "Syros, order to carry out the relocation plan and prepare for departure within three days. ”

Sairos was stunned: "Your Highness, the frontline battle is very good, why do you want to do this?"

The relocation plan was to abandon the entire province of Feltumba, the territory of the Chamber of Commerce, which was a very costly and uneconomical backup plan for the Mayflower Chamber. Five years ago, the Mayflower Chamber of Commerce used the glass formula in its hands to exchange the province of Feltemba as a Chamber's territory from the Grand Duke of Comberlet. In the past five years, while fighting a war and developing the territory, a lot of money and energy have been invested, and it has just settled down and achieved initial results, and now it is going to give up, which is a very difficult decision for the Mayflower Chamber of Commerce to decide.

"Is the battle situation on the front line really good?" Archduke Nicholas sneered: "Go and prepare, if we don't prepare again, I'm afraid that our entire Chamber of Commerce will not be able to leave." ”

"Yes, Your Highness. "Syros stepped back, he was the kind of knight who understood the standard of execution, and if he didn't understand, he would resolutely carry out orders.

But soon the Earl of Abriham, the vice president of the Mayflower Chamber of Commerce, got the news and came: "Big brother, what's the matter, do you feel that the situation is not good?"

Grand Duke Nicholas nodded, a tired expression on his face.

"But didn't Archduke Cumberlet let let us hold out for a month and a half, and then he led a large army to support us? Besides, the battle situation in Lindsetton Hill City is very good now, and the artillery attack of the Norton family forces has no effect on the walls of the mountain city, so we can completely form a confrontation situation with the Norton family forces in Lindsetton Mountain City and wait for reinforcements to arrive. ”

"Second brother, it's not that simple. Archduke Nicholas shook his head: "This old fellow Cumberlet has no good intentions, you think about it, he has known for a long time that sandbags can withstand artillery attacks, since the redemption of those Armada crews, but until now, our Chambers of Commerce territory was attacked by the Norton family's armed forces. Now there is only one Lindsay Mountain City left on the hilly area to rely on the defense line, once the Lindsay Mountain City is captured, there is no more dangerous terrain in front of the Norton family's armed forces, and the cavalry will go down, then our Mayflower Chamber of Commerce will be completely finished, and we can't go if we want to. ”

"But didn't the Archduke of Cumberlet say in his letter that even if the mountain city of Lindsetton was breached, we could mobilize the people to dig trenches on the flat ground, set up sand barriers, and set up defensive positions to continue to resist? As long as the reinforcements of the Compendium of Cumberlet arrived, our Chambers of Commerce territory would be safe and sound...... Earl of Aberham said anxiously, he did not want to give up the developed Chambers of Commerce territory, which was the result of his five years of hard work.

Grand Duke Nicholas sighed softly: "Second brother, I understand your feelings. But believe it or not, if the Mayflower Legion of the Chamber of Commerce had not been consumed at the front, the reinforcements that the Cumberlet guy had spoken of would never have arrived. If you think about it carefully, if the mountain city of Lindsay is broken, we mobilize the people to set up defensive positions on the flat ground to continue to resist, even if the reinforcements arrive, the loss of our chamber of commerce will be even greater. Because all the logistical baggage and armaments must be supplied by our chamber of commerce, in this respect, our friendly forces will cause more damage to our merchants than the enemy. So we might as well just leave this place for them to fight for life and death, and we won't join in the fun. ”

"But big brother, the mountain city of Lindsetton is not so easy to breach, is it? Doesn't it mean that it has already withstood the attack of the Norton family's armed artillery? We have all seen the terrain there, and there is no other way than to storm it. Didn't you say that the Norton family forces have always been reluctant to pay a heavy price for casualties to conquer the enemy's castle fortress, maybe they will retreat and change the target of the attack......" Earl Abrillam still has a fluke mentality.

"Have you forgotten that Archduke Norton is still a new Sword Master?" Archduke Nicholas shook his head: "Lindsay Mountain City can withstand artillery attacks with sandbags, what can be used to resist the assault of a Sword Saint? If Lord Norton has been sitting in Moriente City, then I will be very relieved, no matter how fierce the momentum of Norton's armed attack is, it is just a false shot, it is nothing more than a capture." But the Grand Duke of Norton himself led the army, and I don't think he was just taking a plunder for the gold and silver. ”

"No, it won't be......" Count Abriham looked shocked: "Grand Duke Norton is a sword master, how could he personally go into battle to assault? If we propose to let him go to the assault army array or fortress in front of the Storm Sword Saint Master Magroot, Master Magroot will lose his temper and think that we are insulting a sword master, maybe we will suffer a little ......"

"People are different from each other, and so is the Juggernaut. Grand Duke Nicholas laughed: "Can the Storm Sword Saint compare to Grand Duke Norton? He and us are only related to money offerings, and we are just using him to suppress those kingdoms in Central and South China." And the Grand Duke of Norton led his family arms all the way to achieve today's achievements and status, if it weren't for him, the Antinac Kingdom would have been wiped out by our business alliance long ago, what can the Storm Sword Saint compare to him?

The Business Alliance spent so much money to ask him to involve the Grand Duke of Norton, but what did he do? The first time the two of them fought each other, they both lost, but the second official duel didn't even have a broken skin on their bodies, is this possible?

Other sword saints may not participate in battle array raids and fights due to their status, but Grand Duke Norton is different from others, he has brought his family arms all the way to kill. When the artillery attack did not work, I concluded that he would surely take the lead and go out to conquer the hill town of Lindsetton. If it had been ten years ago, our business alliance might have lost dozens of great swordsmen, nearly a hundred golden swordsmen, and set traps to kill him. But now the business alliance can't afford to pay that big price anymore......"

Count Abriham stood up a little sadly, he already understood that the relocation plan decided by Archduke Nicholas was irrevocable, and all the territorial development plans in Feltemba Province were the result of his heart's blood in the past five years, and it really hurt him to give up like this now. However, he had always trusted the sharp instincts of his eldest brother, Grand Duke Nicholas, and he said that if he wanted to move, it meant that he was not optimistic that the army of the Business Alliance would be able to withstand the attack of the Norton family's forces.

"Big brother, where are we going to move to?Besides, even if you keep the Mayflower Legion of our Chamber of Commerce, Archduke Cumberlet will still put the responsibility for losing the territory on us, and he will also take away the command of the Mayflower Legion, and we will pin our hopes of regaining the territory of the Chamber of Commerce on the Two-Headed Dragon Chamber of Commerce, just like the Fort Chamber of Commerce, the Liward Chamber of Commerce, and the Visia Chamber of Commerce......"

"Do you think we're going to the territory of the Two-Headed Dragon Chamber of Commerce?" Archduke Nicholas stared at the map for a moment before replying, "We won't go to the territory of the Two-Headed Dragon Chamber of Commerce, but to the south, to the southern provinces, that is the world of our Mayflower Chamber of Commerce." ”

"To the south?" the Earl of Abriham wondered.

"Yes, to the south. Archduke Nicholas replied in the affirmative: "Do you remember the letter sent by the Grand Duke Chikde half a month ago? The letter said that the Chikde Chamber of Commerce will declare independence from the business alliance and become the Chikde Kingdom before the end of the year. I had always thought that the Archduke Chicked had written this letter in order to provoke the business alliance and to show off before us, and wondered why he had sent the letter to us, and why he had not sent it directly to the Archduke Comberland.

But judging from the attack on our Chamber of Commerce territory by the Norton family's forces this time, I finally understand why Grand Duke Chiked sent me a letter, he is reminding me to prepare early, get out of this current vortex and go south. The Chikde Chamber of Commerce is alone in the South, and he needs allies. He can't swallow so many provinces in the south, so I hope that our chamber of commerce can also go to the south and break away from the business alliance like him, and become a country to support each other......"

Earl Abriham was a little dumbfounded: "No, Archduke Chicked wrote such a thing in the letter, you think of so many ......"

Grand Duke Nicholas stood up and clicked on the map: "It's very simple, after the relocation plan is prepared, you first bring people to Cassiloda Province, under the pretext of fortifying the wilderness, that is, to take women, children, old and children from the front line first, so as not to be invaded by the Norton family's armed forces." If the Norton clan were to capture Mount Lindsay and then send troops to the provinces of Tenarigue and Serunica, then it would be clear that their goal would be to cut off the north and south of our commercial alliance. So we had to leave Casilloda for the south right away. When we get to the south, we may be able to form a country of our own and send an envoy to the Norton family to ask for peace talks and a truce, and I believe that the Grand Duke of Norton will be happy to let us go of the Mayflower Chamber of Commerce. ”

"Are you sure?" asked Earl Abriham.

"Of course," replied Archduke Nicholas, "those provinces in the south are beyond the reach of the Norton forces, and the Archduke of Norton has only one purpose, and that is a commercial alliance. And if we break away from the Business Alliance, it will be good news for him, to be able to split the Business Alliance again, to break the morale of the Business Alliance's armed forces, to force the Business Alliance to ask him for peace talks, and to trap the Business Alliance in a corner and no longer pose a threat to the newly formed Freedom Alliance. So, if we want to break away from the business alliance, now is the best time to go, and to the south, is the best chance for our Mayflower Chamber to establish an independent kingdom. ”

Count Abriham looked serious and bowed his head: "I understand, big brother, I will go and prepare everything." ”

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When Lorist arrived at the front, the atmosphere in the tent was not very warm. Ovicis had been here for two days, and based on his experience and experiments with a improvised lever-mounted trebuchet, the idea of using a catapult or trebuchet to throw a bag of explosives into Mount Lindsetton to blow up the city's long-range attack weapons was not very realistic. The biggest problem is that the location of Lindsay Hill City is condescending, and if you attack from the back, whether it is a catapult or a trebuchet, you must be more than 200 meters close to Lindsay Hill City to be effective. However, this distance is within the effective range of the ranged attack weapons deployed in Lindsetton Hill City.

"Your Highness, we can't rush through the avenue on the small stone hill in front, Lindsetton Hill City has arranged more than a hundred catapults and more than a hundred city defender crossbows behind the side wall on this side, no matter which direction of the small stone hill avenue is within the range of Lindsetton Hill City's long-range attack. Unless we are willing to pay a heavy price for casualties to force our way through the avenue of Little Rock Hill to the gates of Mount Lindsayton. But it was useless for people to pass through, and the gate over there was also a strong stone castle fortress, which could not be attacked by people alone. However, siege engines and artillery cannot pass through the avenue in front of the side wall of the mountain castle, and as long as they get on the avenue, they will be attacked by the mountain castle from a distance......"

Schward gave a detailed introduction to the battlefield to Lorist on the sand table, and Lorist had to sigh at the dangerous terrain and ingenious design of the mountain town of Lincedon, such a mountain city is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is simply synonymous with an insurmountable castle in the era of cold weapons.

"Let me do it. "Lorist decided to take it upon himself to raid Mount Lindsetton. To the soldiers of the family, the city of Lindsay Hill was almost as peaceful as a peaceful town in the eyes of the Juggernaut. However, this move was opposed by almost all the family knights present. They didn't doubt Lorlist's skills and abilities, but as the Grand Duke of the Northlands, the Norton Lord and the Sword Saint personally went into battle to raid the enemy's castle fortress, which made these family knights feel very ashamed.

"Don't worry, I'm not going to fight alone. Reddy, El and a few more agile knights with me, and some more explosives. We went up to the city wall to blow up the enemy's long-range attack weapons, and here Schward ordered the gunpowder battalion to reach the gate of the mountain city as quickly as possible through the avenue on the small stone hill. The sooner you conquer the enemy's gates, the safer we will be. It was so decided, this is the order. Lorist said solemnly.

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