Chapter 261: The Great Young Master and the Third Young Master

On May 3, on the front line of the Kingdom of Trimber, the army of the Commercial Alliance was in a large camp.

President Comberlet of the Two-Headed Dragon Chamber of Commerce was so angry that he couldn't even care about his gaffe, and scolded in front of everyone in the big tent......

But it wasn't the people in the tent he was scolding, nor the troops under him who didn't follow orders, nor the defenders of the castle fortress opposite, and this time even Trimber VII didn't get on the side. President Cumberlet scolded his own relative, the cousin of the Principality of Ulubaha, the famous third-class great swordsman, the old stubborn Grand Duke IV of Ulubaha.

It's a slap in the face! No wonder President Cumberlet was so angry. Two months ago, the Elder had written a letter to his relative, hoping to hire a legion from the Principality of Ulubaha under his command, with the mercenary money paid for by the Business Alliance. In President Comberlet's opinion, not to mention the kinship between the two, the Two-Headed Dragon Chamber of Commerce gives so much business care to the Principality of Ulubaha every year, which is enough for his relative to stand on the side of the supporting business alliance.

President Cumberlet then received a personal reply from Archduke IV of Ulubaha, in which he expressed his continued support for the Fort Business Alliance and condemned Trimber VII's misdeeds. The letter stated that a regiment of the Principality of Ulubaha was on a mercenary mission, and that when the mission expired, the Crimson Red Regiment of the Principality would be sent to the command of President Cumberlet.

At that time, President Cumberlet was overjoyed to receive the letter and showed it to the public, to show the merits of the business alliance and the righteousness of the attack on the kingdom of Trimber.

After forcing back the Quadruple Alliance, President Cumberlet led his army into two new counties in the Kingdom of Trimber, and the garrisons of the two counties fled and surrendered, allowing the Business Alliance to capture two more counties of the Kingdom of Trimber without much effort.

President Cumberlet was about to strike while the iron was hot and take the entire kingdom of Trimber alive and capture Trimber VII alive, but the rabble under his command refused to listen to the call and scattered to the two newly occupied counties to make a windfall, making the Elder angry with him.

Before he could order the punishment of those guys who led the team, he received an urgent letter for help, and these golden swordsmen and mercenaries who led the team to loot those noble manor castles were targeted by those assassins, either trapped or killed, and there were already thirteen or fourteen gold-level swordsmen or mercenaries who had become headless ghosts. The heads were taken and rewarded.

President Cumberlet had no choice but to send out the anti-assassination team to gather the trapped and scattered people and the guys who didn't know anything and only cared about robbery back to the barracks. It took almost a month of busy work to get it done, the team regrouped, reaffirmed the military discipline, and began to set off, but before they could walk for two days, they were blocked by the fortress castle in front of them.

If the army of the Kingdom of Trimber was defending this fortress castle, then it would be easy to intimidate and threaten Galli and make promises, but Trimber VII was also well aware of the incompetence and cowardice and unreliability of his kingdom's army, and this time it was a famous mercenary army sent to defend this fortress castle, that is, one of the two mercenary corps of the Duchy of Ulubaha, the Scarlet Red Regiment.

The Crimson Red Regiment was a small legion of 24,000 men, but it was famous among the countries that roamed the country, fought in many wars to suppress riots, sweep away bandits, and helped the heir of a small kingdom reclaim the throne. It has always been known for its loyalty, reliability, tenacity and tenacity.

The reason why President Cumberlet would fight the two mercenary legions of the Principality of Ulubaha is that their combat power is reliable and they are very obedient to orders, and their mercenary money is not expensive, only 100,000 gold fords a month. If there was such a mercenary army under his command, the Elder thought that it would be the best of both worlds to restrain the rabble and to make them understand what a real soldier was.

As a result, President Cumberlet's unexpectedly unawaited reinforcements and reliable combat power turned out to be the enemy, and also blocked the way of the business alliance army, this accident almost made the president vomit blood.

Two days later, the truth of the matter was laid out in front of President Cumberlet, and without him, Trimbert VII paid a large sum of money, and the employment of one million goldfords for three months made Archduke Ulubaha IV ignore his promise to President Cumberlet without hesitation, and turn to the side of Trimbert VII.

The Scarlet Red Regiment received an order to defend this fortress castle to the death, people are in the city, and people are dead in the city. Even Archduke IV of Ulubaha hoped that the Scarlet Legion would die here, because Trimber VII promised that if the Scarlet Legion was completely destroyed, he would pay Archduke Ulubaha IV an additional 5 million gold fords, and all the ordnance and weapons and equipment would be replenished. And for the Grand Duke IV of Ulubaha, human life was the least valuable in the Duchy of Ulubaha, and no matter how much he lost, he could call up and replenish two legions at any time.

This is the reason why President Cumberlet scolded his relatives in front of everyone, and the so-called cousin was an old bastard who was open-eyed and untrustworthy and unrighteous because he was immortal, and he didn't even care about his relatives for money, and the Two-Headed Dragon Chamber of Commerce had simply fed the white-eyed dog for the care and benefits of the Principality of Ulubaha before......

Everyone in the big tent retreated with tacit understanding, everyone knew the dilemma of President Cumberlet, if he wanted to attack the fortress castle in front, don't look at the nearly 150,000 people under his command, but these rabble fought a defensive war and still had the previous foundation, and there should be no chains. If they were to attack the fortress castle, it would almost kill them, especially since the defending enemy was the crimson Red Regiment, which was known for its tenacity and tenacity.

Perhaps the saying that the battlefield is the best academy is very reasonable, but if you really force these rabble under your command to attack the fortress castle, even if you take it, it is guaranteed that there will be heavy casualties, and how many exchange ratios will the crimson Red Army that received the order to defend it fight before the whole army is annihilated? 1 to 3 or 1 to 4? Is it worth paying so many casualties for a fortress? President Cumberlet is very confident that if these troops under his command have half of the casualties, they may no longer have the courage to continue attacking the kingdom of Trimber.

If you take a detour, you will make yourself a big joke, but with 150,000 troops in hand, you have to take a detour because of a fortress castle, and soon there will be gossip that you are afraid of the Scarlet Red Army, and you will grow the ambition of others in vain. But the order to attack really can't be issued, the fortress castle in front of it has no loopholes in defense, it is heavily guarded, once it is attacked, it will be a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, and there will still be people who accuse themselves of using the excuse to consume the strength of business competitors and suppress those second- and third-rate chambers of commerce, it is difficult!

At this moment, President Cumberlet really hated his so-called cousin to death, and it was not like this when he saw that money was open, it was almost like tearing his face, and he didn't want anything for money.

With a long sigh, President Cumberlet leaned back in his chair, but his eyes found that there was still a person standing in the big tent, and he was stunned for a moment to take a closer look, but it was the eldest young master of the Chicked Chamber of Commerce, Seriham.

"Hmm, why are you still here?" asked President Cumberlet, curiously.

The eldest young master, Seriham, stepped forward respectfully and bowed: "Elder, I have an idea, maybe we don't have to attack this fortress castle." ”

"Oh, what's your idea?" said President Cumberlet.

"That's right, Elder, first of all, can we confirm that the Crimson Red Regiment in charge of defense in this fortress castle ahead has indeed received an order to defend it?" asked the eldest young master, Seriham.

President Cumberlet nodded.

"No order to attack?" confirmed the eldest young master, Seriham.

"Nope. President Cumberlet replied.

"That's easy, Elder, I want to go to that fortress castle as an envoy to meet with the Captain of the Crimson Legion, and ask the Elder's permission for me to do so. The eldest young master, Seliham, pleaded.

"What's your plan?"

"Lord, maybe we can make a fuss about sticking to the two words......" The eldest young master, Seliham, laughed.

Two days later, 150,000 troops of the Merchant Alliance continued their assault along the avenue around the fortified castle. The eldest young master, Sereham, and the captain of the Scarlet Red Regiment stood in front of the gates of the fortress castle and watched the troops of the Mercantile Alliance march eastward.

"Thank you, Captain Sheria, and once again I would like to express to you our sincere gratitude to the Chikrid Chamber of Commerce, and perhaps one day before we work together again. "The eldest young master, Seriham, expressed his sincere gratitude to the commander of the Scarlet Red Regiment.

The Captain of the Scarlet Red Legion, Helia, was a large, rough-looking man, about forty years old, and a two-star knight of gold. He just shrugged his shoulders: "No need to say any thanks, we just take what we need." As you said, no one wants to die. I also don't want these good lads of our regiment to die in vain. Moreover, we did not disobey the order, and we did defend this fortress and castle and did not let it fall into your hands. As for your passage around the castle, it's none of my business, I haven't received an order to block the avenue from you......"

On 11 May, the troops of the Mercantile Alliance passed through the fortress castle defended by the Crimson Legion and continued their assault. Trimber VII, who received the news, was shocked, and on the one hand sent an envoy to throw money to solicit reinforcements from all over the country, and on the other hand, he sent people to question what the Scarlet Red Army wanted to do?

The commander of the Scarlet Red Legion, Seria, showed the order he had received, and replied confidently, they held the fortress castle to the death and did not disobey the order, so where did the army of the Commercial Alliance go to his business, that was not his responsibility......

Tripler VII was so angry when he heard the report that he sent a message to Archduke IV of Urubha, so Archduke IV of Urubhaha took another mercenary corps left in the country, the Tricolor Sword Legion, to the Kingdom of Trimber, and together with the allied forces of various countries, confronted the 150,000 troops of the merchant alliance under the royal city of Fayes of the Kingdom of Tripber, and officially stood on the side of the Kingdom of Triple. Thus, another sit-down war that lasted for more than three months began. But this happened later, so I won't mention it here......

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May 14, Port Nubit, Kingdom of Hanea Bada.

More than thirty ships of the Chikde Chamber of Commerce were neatly lined up in the harbor, and countless sturdy slaves in ragged clothes and numb faces were carrying bundled supplies from the ships like busy ants.

An older slave slipped his foot, and the square package tied with straw rope on his back slammed to the ground, and there was a crisp cracking sound from inside the package. The faces of the surrounding slaves suddenly turned pale, and they quickly left the side of the slippery slave, so as not to suffer from the pond fish.

The slippery slave sat on the ground with a relieved smile on his face. Several menacing overseers pounced and directly pushed the slave to the ground, one big man grabbed the slave's long hair and pulled it hard, and the other big man pulled out the long sword on his waist and chopped it off, and in an instant, the prime minister was divided, and blood gushed out from his head and neck.

"It's cheap, this dog slave is a hundred!" A big man led around the square package twice, looked at the markings on it, and scolded fiercely: "This is the goods of Lord Wazik, we have to be scolded again." Maybe we'll have to go with a bunch of money, damned slaves, come over and stick this head into the stake, and throw the body into the sea!"

The scene on the docks was a very common scene for the Chiked Chamber of Commerce or the slaves, and it was not surprising that such things were commonplace in this slave country.

In a very luxuriously decorated mansion in Port Nubit, the third young master of the Chikde Chamber of Commerce, Murray Back, is accepting a banquet from the master here, accompanied by a dozen or so big slave owners and slave traders in Port Nubit.

On the 12th of April, the northern fleet of the Chikde Chamber of Commerce first arrived at the Kingdom of Shaysland, purchased the spices produced in the first half of the year, sold a batch of supplies, and then transferred them to the port of Nubit in the Kingdom of Haneabada, and it had been a month. The third young master, Murray Buck, still looked a little tired, but he still bred up his spirits to deal with these big slave owners and slave traders.

In the midst of the staggered cups and plates, some slave merchants who had drunk some wine opened up the conversation box, complaining about the difficulty of doing slave business this year, the bad market, and the unsatisfactory quality of the goods in hand......

The third young master, Murray Buck, asked curiously, what was the reason for their slave business to be greatly affected?

There were many reasons for these slave traders' answers, but the only thing they had in common was that the rise of His Royal Highness the Second Highness of the Kingdom of Antinac was the main reason why their slave business was most affected.

A slave trader reminisces about the good old days: "During the years of the Empire's Civil War, the nobles of the former Cresson Empire welcomed the arrival of our caravans, and we were treated as if we were princes. The nobles were more than happy to sell us the prisoners of war they had captured, the disobedient lords, and the exiles they had plundered. At that time, a sturdy prisoner of war could be purchased for a small silver coin. If we are not afraid of trouble, we can also call in mercenaries to deal with those homeless people, and all we catch are gold coins......"

"Yes, it's a pity that the civil war ended too early, only seven years, alas!" said another slave trader, "but the business was okay at that time, and there were still many nobles willing to trade with us, and we transported slaves from the kingdom of Redlis to the Duchy of Rumm and sent them to ships, and we still had a few thousand gold medals to earn a trip." ”

"It's just that I didn't expect that the king of the Kingdom of Redlis, the eldest prince of the former empire, was so vulnerable that he was beaten under the royal city by his nephew, the Second Highness of the Antinac Kingdom, and also ceded the two southwestern provinces to make the Second Highness retreat. You must know that our main trade route at that time was through the two southwestern provinces, and then the trade route was cut off. ”

"Aren't the eldest prince and the second highness in the slave business?" asked the third young master, Murray Buck.

"Third Young Master, you don't know that the three princes of the former empire had different attitudes towards the slave business. Like the second prince, the king of the Iberian kingdom, his attitude is that he does not support it on the surface, but secretly connives, he is the best one to speak, and of course we can't forget the filial piety given to him. Back in the days in the Iberian Kingdom, we could buy slaves everywhere in the open.

The eldest prince is different, he only pretends not to know, but he sends his soldiers to impose heavy taxes on us, and often passes by him as if he has been stripped of a skin, and although there is still profit, there is nothing to be gained.

The most hateful thing is the second highness, when the third prince was sick and his highness was in power, it was still very easy to get along with, we once got a batch of slaves from the Iberian kingdom to board the ship from the port of Qilin in the kingdom of Antinac, and after being found, it was only a fine of money. But after His Royal Highness came to power, if we were caught by the soldiers of the Kingdom of Antinac, we would be miserable, and we would be beheaded if we were caught indiscriminately, and we would also claim that the citizens of the empire were noble, how could we be sold as slaves?

In fact, he was sick in the brain, and his imperial citizens were about to starve to death, and he didn't want to think that he could at least live as a slave. It's just that he has an army of 300,000, and no one dares to mess with him. Just like in the two southwestern provinces, he would rather give porridge to feed the three or four hundred thousand displaced people than let them live. If all those outcasts come into our hands, it will be a great fortune!

Didn't Duric try to coax a group of southwestern refugees last time? Under the guise of recruiting merchants in the city of Morente, he recruited nearly a thousand people, but he was recognized as a slave trader, and as a result, he was hanged on the gallows along with his entourage. ”

"By the way, Third Young Master, has the Second Highness and the eldest prince started a war? I hope they will fight hard and difficult to solve, and after a long time, maybe we will have a chance to get a large number of slaves. A slave trader asked.

"Alas, don't dream about it, when I left the city of Morente, I received news that His Royal Highness led his army over the Yunduan Mountains at the end of February, and captured the royal city of the Kingdom of Redlis by surprise attack, and the eldest prince fled in disarray. I suspect that when I go back this time, I may hear the news that the kingdom of Redlis is gone. With such a powerful Second Highness here, I don't think you want to get slaves from there. ”

The third young master then vented his bitterness, and by the way, he recounted the original northern strategy of the Chikde Chamber of Commerce.

"It's a pity that all this is impossible to achieve now, just a second-level great sword master, three thousand family arms, the high-level of our Chamber of Commerce is timid, and now that the form changes, there is nothing to count on......"

However, the slave traders did not pay attention to these: "Third Young Master, you said that the Norton family is engaged in large-scale development and construction, and has also summoned fifty or sixty thousand displaced people to the island?"

"Yes, that bastard doesn't have to worry about our family's idea of beating his Hilovas Island now, so he summoned fifty or sixty thousand displaced people from the two southwestern provinces to develop the island......" The third young master, Molibak, was overwhelmed by the strength of alcohol and fell asleep......

...... (To be continued.) )