Chapter 472: The Banquet

"Your Highness, are our million-strong army stationed here like this with nothing to do?" Tiger Ross grumbled impatiently. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"What's the matter, can't stay still?" Lorist asked with a smile as he reviewed the papers on the desk.

This is the camp of the Norton family's armed forces, the central horde of Lorist. After joining up with the army of the Kingdom of Antinac led by His Second Highness and the family armed legions of the noble grand dukes of the territory, the army of nearly one million troops was encamped along the border of the Armenian Province of the former Duchy of Rum and the territory of Marivia Province, which had been captured by the Norton family's armed forces. There was an eerie atmosphere of peace at the front.

It was only less than half a month, and the bored Tiger Ross ran to Lorlist's big tent to complain. He thought that His Royal Highness's so-called strategic plan to force the commercial alliance to return the Armenian and Marivia provinces with millions of troops was really ridiculous, and it was better to directly fight the alliance under the city of Mana Qiuping. Now is obviously the period when the strength of the Business Alliance is the most scarce and empty, and it will take some time for the main army of the six giants of the Business Alliance to be transferred back from the south of the continent to reach the front line here. The Second Highness did not take this opportunity to attack the Mana Hill Plain first, but missed the opportunity, and for Tiger Ross, this was simply the consequence of having his head caught in the door.

"Hehe," Lorist explained with a smile, "You should know that this was a plan made from the beginning, not that our Majesty didn't know that he should attack the Plains of Mana, and the purpose of the garrison here is to coerce the Commercial Alliance to agree to his request, and at the same time to avoid really tearing up the face with the Commercial Alliance." What the kingdom needs next is a long period of recuperation, and it is not advisable to go to war with a commercial alliance. So don't look at our million-strong army, in fact, they are all here to put on a show. You should think that this time is a holiday for everyone. ”

"Even if you put up a fight, Your Majesty shouldn't prohibit our small army from scouting and cross-border attacks, so as to put more pressure on the business alliance. If an army of millions is gathered here but does not dare to cross the border for half a step, the business alliance will definitely laugh at us as a group of cowards and cowards. Tiger Rose said unwillingly.

"That's His Majesty sending a signal to the Business Alliance, that we don't want war with the Business Alliance. It is believed that after some time, the business alliance will send emissaries to negotiate the terms and requirements for the signing of the peace agreement. ”

Lorist waved his hand: "Okay, Rose, don't pretend to be a brainless and reckless man in front of us, I understand what you have in mind, isn't it that the lord of Marivia Province is very rich and you want to make a fortune?"

"Hehe, hehe......" Tiger Rose scratched his head a little embarrassed: "Your Highness, this, this I also think about the family." You know that Bodfinger led the Rock Legion to sweep through the entire province of Cambona, but few were captured. If it weren't for the capture of 100,000 young and strong captives, maybe this time the army would have suffered a big loss, who called these territorial nobles in Cambona Province a group of poor people?

But Marivia Province is different, isn't our Flying Tiger Legion a field victory in order to pursue the enemy and capture more prisoners accidentally strayed into Marivia Province, but casually found a few lords to raise armaments and materials, and found that they were all rich. Thirty-eight realm nobles would have seized two million gold ford in cash, which was almost equal to half of the gold coins reserved by the Vesian Chamber of Commerce. ”

Well, more than a month ago, the three corps of the Flying Tiger Legion went to Cambona Province under the command of Tiger Ross to join the Rock Legion led by Bodfinger, but as soon as they entered Cambona Province, they bumped into the 100,000 reinforcements sent by the Commercial Alliance, which was not expected by both sides, and launched a field battle on the spot, and the 100,000 reinforcements of the Commercial Alliance were defeated by the Flying Tiger Legion, and even the Great Sword Division was shot dead by the chariot steel crossbow. In order to pursue the fleeing enemy, Tiger Ross took advantage of the victory and led his army into the province of Marivia.

Tiger Rus, who had just completed the task of cleaning up the nobles of the territory in the province of Pudoolg, habitually swept the nobles of the territory of Marivia Province occupied by the Flying Tiger Legion after the battle, and he was surprised and overjoyed. Compared to the territorial nobles of the province of Puerto Org, and the seizure of the territorial nobles of Cambona province reported by Bodfinger, these territorial nobles of Marivia are simply rich.

Let's put it this way, those territorial nobles in Portoorg Province, after all, are all from the Vicia Chamber of Commerce, and they have worked hard, in order to give up their positions in the Chamber of Commerce for the latecomers, they were canonized as territorial nobles, no matter what, they are also some wealth, although they are not rich, they also have a savings of 18,000 gold and fortune, and the Tiger Ross swept the Portoorg Province and also seized hundreds of thousands.

But Bodfinger swept the lords of Cambona Province and found that they were really poor and pitiful, and the seizure of nearly 100 territorial nobles in the province was less than 200,000 gold fords. Generally, a barony can capture 5,000 gold coins, which is considered very rich. But less than one-third of the territory of Marivia Province occupied by the Flying Tiger Legion, and the savings of these thirty-eight swept territorial nobles reached as much as two million, how could this not make Tiger Rose's eyes red?

However, it is understandable that when the commercial alliance was preparing to implement the lordship system, the most distressing thing was the lack of canonized territories, and later persuaded the Grand Duke of Rum to vote for the commercial alliance and offer the provinces of Armenia and Marivia. There are two more provinces as the title canonization territory of the business alliance, and they are the first batch of canonized territory nobles, all of whom are rich in wealth and can get through relationships, including the president of the second-rate chamber of commerce, the industrial and mining masters, and the last batch of mercenary captains who were canonized to Cambona Province because of their battlefield merits, and the bitterness of the garrison chief is naturally different.

"Needless to say, you can be honest with me in the barracks during this time. Don't forget, you've led your army into Marivia Province, but you've caused me a lot of trouble. Our Majesty was blue-faced when he heard that you had attacked the province of Marivia and occupied half of the territory, fearing that your reckless action would provoke an overreaction from the Business Alliance. You know, he doesn't want a real big war with the business alliance......" Lorist refused Tiger Rose's proposal without raising his head.

Lorist knew very well what Tiger Ross was thinking, didn't he want to lead his troops to sweep away the nobles of the territory in the province of Marivia? The problem was not that His Royal Highness issued an order strictly prohibiting the seizure of the nobles of the territories of Armenia and Marivia, but that Lorist was worried that Tiger Ross would be harmed. You must know that in the glass war between the commercial alliance and the Trimber Kingdom, the one-brained Trimber VII launched a high-end combat war with a high bounty, and went to the Trimber Kingdom to plunder the golden mercenaries of the commercial alliance of those noble territories and manor castles, and the golden swordsmen died a lot.

A lesson from the past, a teacher from the latecom. Lorist didn't want the Business Alliance to learn from Trimber VII, Tiger Rose had always been his confidant and the Golden Knight of the family most likely to be promoted to the rank of Great Swordsman. For a little gold to plunder the nobles of those commercial alliances, it was a big loss for the family. Before the peace talks are decided, this guy should obediently stay in the barracks.

"Alas......" Tiger Rose sighed, and was about to say something more, when the curtain was lifted, and Genorio walked in.

"Your Highness, Your Majesty has just sent a messenger inviting you to a banquet he has hosted in the evening. Genorio reports.

"Alas......" this time it was Lorist sighing. It has been more than ten days since the army of one million was assembled, and in these ten days, His Royal Highness held a banquet in the barracks every night to invite all the nobles to attend. Although the banquet did not mention the delicacies of the mountains and seas, it was also very rich, and it seemed that His Royal Highness had captured a lot of money when he attacked the northwest region, and he was willing to spend lavishly.

His Royal Highness invited all the nobles to attend the banquet, nominally to promote goodwill and tie relations, but in fact they were all talking about how he would govern the empire after signing a peace agreement with the business alliance to unify the former Krisson Empire, and how to make the Klisson Empire the most powerful country on the continent of Gelinthia, and it seemed that the business alliance would accept his conditions and return the provinces of Armenia and Marivia.

It seems that His Royal Highness has begun to make old mistakes again, and the same was true after his surprise attack on the royal city of Federiga, when the eldest prince disappeared, the garrison of Cambona Province surrendered, and the nobles of the territory of the former kingdom of Redlis presented him with letters of surrender. As a result, His Second Highness swelled up all of a sudden, thinking that a unified empire was in front of him, and no one dared to disobey his orders. At that time, he was seriously ill in bed due to the cold, and his brain was confused and began to issue all kinds of chaotic orders, as a result, first the territorial nobles of Andlviv Province rebelled, and then forced the rebellion of the four central principalities, which were originally allies, and ruined the good situation in one fell swoop, and even he almost lost the throne.

Now that he thought that he had a million army in hand, the business alliance would definitely be forced by his strength to accept his conditions, so he was arrogant again. However, in the face of His Royal Highness Lorist II, he still expressed his intimacy as always, although there was still a deep fear under his eyes, but on the surface he was very enthusiastic, and even often drank with his arms at the same table, saying that he would call me brother......

Lorist knew very well in his heart that this was mainly because the Norton family's armed performance in this battle was too amazing, without the cooperation of the remaining three of the four alliances in the Northlands, the Norton family's armed forces attacked Andervov Province, Portoorg Province, Cambona Province, and even occupied one-third of the territory of Marivia Province, recovered three provinces, and also conquered the royal city of Federiga, removed the Vicia Chamber of Commerce, and defeated the 100,000 reinforcements sent by the Business Alliance. The unrivalled prestige of the Norton family's armed forces has intimidated the nations of the entire continent of Guelinthia.

Compared with the Norton family armed forces, the family armed legions of other noble grand dukes are all here to fight soy sauce, or rather, they are here to consume the military rations accumulated by the Second Highness. Grand Duke Handla, Grand Duke Sabaji, and Grand Duke Volundo, these three former Grand Dukes of the Central Region have indeed been greatly damaged by His Royal Highness, and have not only been transferred to barren territories, but also have a garrison of 45,000 men left in their hands. Naturally, they regarded this only legion as more precious than their life, so it was understandable that they would not carry out the plan formulated by His Royal Highness to attack Cambona Province.

The Kenmax family is armed, the Philim family is armed, and the Shahin family is armed, three of the four alliances in the Northlands, they seem to have lost their spirit after the Norton family forces are the backbone, even if Lorist equips them with perfect siege weapons catapults and long-range attack suppressive weapons chariots and crossbows, they are also unwilling to let their family armed legions attack those well-defended castle fortresses in Cambona Province, so as not to suffer losses to the family soldiers.

The rest is the Grand Duke of Fisabrun, with the close relationship between the Fisabrun family and the Second Highness, the Grand Duke of Fisabrun naturally wants to contribute to the Second Highness, and he also brought two legions this time, the Second Frontier Ranger Regiment and the Reserve Legion, adding up to a total of 90,000 troops. The Grand Dukes said that the queens were all members of the Fisabrun family, so it should be the Fisabrun family armed to attack the castle fortress on the border of Cambona province. As a result, the Grand Duke of Fisabarun scolded him for taking light cavalry to attack the city, which meant that they were sent to their deaths, and the barbarian cavalry of the reserve regiment was careful to mutiny for this!

The seven Grand Dukes were reluctant to send troops and began to kick the ball, and in the end, it was the Grand Duke Sabaji who had an idea, isn't there still someone? This time, those nobles of the territory also came to join in the fun, forming a coalition of more than 100,000 nobles, so let them take the lead. The seven Grand Dukes unanimously agreed to this very wise proposal, and summoned all the nobles of the realm who had brought their troops to discuss.

No one is a fool, and when I heard that the attack on those castles and fortresses in Cambona Province had fallen to them, all the nobles of the territory united in protest, isn't it a joke? As the Grand Duke of the kingdom, you command tens of thousands of family armed legions, and instead of attacking, let us be the little nobles who only have two or three thousand family private soldiers to be cannon fodder! We will go to your majesty to sue you......

This is the truth of how Bodfinger swept through the entire province of Cambona and found out how the noble grand dukes deployed in the two southwestern provinces did not launch an attack as planned. Bodfinger went to the garrison camps in the two southwestern provinces, only to find that the seven archdukes and the lords of the noble alliance were still arguing over who would be the vanguard of the attack on Cambona. Bodfinger said he couldn't laugh or cry.

Of course, the plan of the Third Route Army arranged by His Royal Highness to attack the border of the Merchant Alliance in Cambona Province was also due to his own reasons, overestimating the combat effectiveness of his blizzard raid corps on the one hand, and underestimating the mobility of the catapults in the mountains and hills. The last point is that he did not face up to the Grand Duke of Zturam in the northwest region, not to mention the enemy, and suffered a big loss on the Grand Duke of Zthuram. However, it can be regarded as completing the task of recovering the northwest region.

After the meeting, Lorist naturally despised the scum-like combat effectiveness of the coalition of the seven grand dukes and nobles, and of course he also ridiculed the second highness for a few words, and the head of the plan was Dao, but none of them completed it as planned. Fortunately, they were very thick-skinned and didn't care, just as His Royal Highness declared, it was the biggest victory to be able to complete the meeting as planned, and they began to set up a banquet for this.

Lorist had a lot of things to do, and he didn't bother to pay attention to them, so he plunged into the big tent and was busy in the dark. More than 60,000 captives captured by the Flying Tiger Legion after defeating the 100,000 reinforcements of the Commercial Alliance, as well as the lucrative capture of the 38 noble territories in Marivia Province and the 100,000 forcibly relocated subjects, while Bodefinger swept away the 100,000 young men and their families captured in Cambona Province, all of which had to be escorted back to the Northlands. Logistics and rest supply stations along the way had to be considered, and long-distance horse-drawn carriages had to be purchased to assist in transportation. These are the trophies of the Norton family, and even the Second Highness can't use his brains when he looks at it......

"Forget it, tell Your Majesty that I still have something to do, and I won't go to the banquet in the evening. Lorist said.

After a while, Genorio returned.

"Your Highness, Your Majesty says that he has chosen a captured Count of the Commercial Alliance, and asked him to bring a letter to the six giants of the Commercial Alliance, proposing the conditions of our kingdom, and asking them to send someone to negotiate the achievement of peace between the two countries. The Earl, after attending the banquet in the evening, will depart tomorrow morning. His Majesty asked you if you would like to go to a banquet and meet the Earl?"

Lorist waved his hand impatiently: "No need to see me, tell Your Majesty that everything is up to him, what is good about an earl, isn't it just to send a letter?" Your Majesty just wants to pull me over and use the prestige of the Norton family to scare the poor earl." Let's just say that I am not feeling well and will not go to the banquet. ”

"Okay, Your Highness, I'll go back to Your Majesty. ”

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