Chapter 345: Liquidation
Chapter 345 Liquidation
It took His Royal Highness ten days to escort the White Lion Legion with his 5,000 men and horses to the city of Kebo, and then outside the city of Kebo, all the 47 members of the captured Grand Duke Madras's family were hanged at the price of hanging, not even the four-year-old doll was spared. The pen %fun %pavilion www.biquge.info also set up a big wooden sign next to it, which reads: This is the end of the empire's rebellion.
On May 14, 1777 in the Guelintya calendar, the former king of the Kingdom of Antinac, Ogseirรณ, hanged the captured Archduke Madras and his family, one of the most prestigious and old aristocratic families of the former Cresian Empire, became extinct.
The Earl of Kenmeth, who accompanied His Royal Highness and his entourage, wrote a letter to Lorist with great feelings, in which he said that the four major families of the Northland must be wary of His Royal Highness, and he believed that His Royal Highness was bright, ambitious, and very bright on the surface. But in fact, his personality is extremely ruthless, and he will hold grudges when the situation is unfavorable, but he shows perseverance, but he is afraid that it will become a big trouble in the future, after all, he suffered a big loss in the oath.
After receiving the letter, Lorist pondered for a long time, and finally wrote a reply to the Earl of Kenmeth with only one sentence: strength, alliance, according to the predetermined plan.
Lorist was not surprised by the fate of the Grand Duke of Madras. At that time, the Grand Duke of Madras suddenly raised troops to establish a principality on his own, destroying the best opportunity for the third prince to suppress the rebellion of the eldest prince and the second prince, and resisted the siege of the third prince in Kebo City for half a year, and finally let the third prince sink back in defeat, so that a powerful empire officially embarked on the road of civil war of division and disintegration......
As the heir of the third prince, the Second Highness's hatred of Archduke Madras Lorist was very clear, but he also did not expect that the Second Highness would behave so extreme and ruthless. Even a four-year-old child refused to let go, so that the Madras family, a former imperial aristocratic family that had been inherited for nearly three hundred years, was cut off. Perhaps this ruthlessness is also a weakness of His Royal Highness's character, as a king requires not only to be feared, but also to compromise and magnanimity.
However, it is this ruthlessness that Lorist likes, and he wants to know that when the Second Highness returns to the throne of the Kingdom of Antinac, will the four Grand Dukes of the Central Four Duchy be able to sleep peacefully when they learn of the fate of the Grand Duke's family of Madras?
Count Kenmax immediately understood the meaning of the sentence in Lorlist's reply, the strength does not need to be explained, as long as his family has the strength, he is naturally not afraid of foreign coveting. The alliance is to ensure the alliance of the four major families in the Northland, in the past, the four major families in the Northland were all in harmony with the outside world in the Northland, but now they all have their own territories, which greatly expands their power. If the four major families could still adhere to the alliance relationship as before, then naturally they would not have to worry about the malice from the Second Highness. Because no matter which family the Second Highness targets in the future, it will face a joint counterattack from the four major families.
Count Kenmeth suddenly felt that it would be a good idea to help His Royal Highness regain the throne, although he did not believe that the Fisabrun family mentioned by Lorist would be the most dangerous enemy of the four major families in the Northland, but now that he thought about it, even if there was no Fisabrun family, as long as the Second Highness was here, the four major families in the Northland would unite to face its aggressiveness together, and would not end the alliance because there was no foreign enemy.
Then follow the predetermined plan, let the Second Highness become the king of the Kingdom of Antinac again, make the business alliance and the four central principalities uneasy, and the four major families of the Northland will replace the family territory this year to reorganize their armaments, and next year they will attack the Iberian Kingdom, and see how the Grand Duke of Fisabrun faces the challenges of the four major families of the Northland.
After leaving the city of Kebo, His Royal Highness and Count Kenmez continued to the city of Vannades, along the way with the residents of the former West Degrad Province who were escorted by the Norton family armed with their wives and children to the Northlands, and weeping and wailing were heard from both sides of the road.
It's just that when His Second Highness saw the soldiers of the former Duchy of Madras, who were building a straight road, his silent face finally showed a look of longing: "Lord Earl, can you provide me with these sturdy captives......
Count Kenmax refused: "Sorry, Your Majesty, we are nobles and must keep our promises. We promised the soldiers who surrendered to us that they would return to their families after three years of hard labor. I beg your pardon for not being able to accede to His Majesty's request, and we cannot break our word. โ
"Forget it. The Second Highness waved his horsewhip sullenly.
Count Kenmath laughed: "Your Majesty, please don't be angry. The battle report received today is that the Flying Tiger Legion has captured the city of Nadegas at around 5 pm yesterday, and will immediately move towards the imperial capital. At present, tens of thousands of captives and surrendered troops in the provinces of Yungeshandra and Verbasya are waiting for His Majesty to receive them. Most of them are His Majesty's old subordinates, and with a little rectification, they can form a new legion. It's better to know the bottom line than to use these soldiers of the Duchy of Madras as your subordinates. โ
His Royal Highness was a little surprised and said, "How can it be so fast? I remember that all the defenses in Yungeshandra Province were personally commanded and arranged by me, among which the mountain castle and the fortress of Liechdana were important fulcrums in the defense, and several masters of the kingdom who specialized in defense were arranged in a targeted manner, mainly to guard against the sudden attack of the Grand Duke of Madras. Why was the Flying Tiger Legion able to march so quickly, could it be that those garrison troops all opened the door and surrendered?"
"Your Majesty, I don't know much about this. In fact, by the time we left Kebo City, the Flying Tigers had already captured the mountain castle. As far as I know, the Flying Tiger Legion is the sharpest knife of the Norton family, a cavalry legion, with sharp attacks and unbelievable speed in its march. If the garrison of Yungeshandra Province was unprepared, it would not be an accident that they could not withstand the attack of the Flying Tiger Legion. โ
Earl Kenmath said in his heart, there is nothing strange about it. If the Flying Tiger Legion hadn't waited for the arrival of Ovikis' Thunderbolt Battalion, they might have grazed their horses on the Great Plains of Antillio in the imperial capital. Regardless of the mountain castles or the fortress of Liechdana, which His Highness said, they could not stop the attack of the Thunderbolt Battalion at all. Lorist had already told Tiger Ross that all the castle fortresses along the way could be demolished, so as not to be an eyesore in the future.
After receiving the battle report of the Flying Tiger Legion, His Royal Highness was anxious and eager to fly to the place where the Flying Tiger Legion was located, and then he personally commanded the Flying Tiger Legion to march into the imperial capital, and proudly stepped into the palace as a victor.
It's a pity that as soon as he arrived in Yungeshandra Province, His Royal Highness was entangled in many affairs, as the first province of the Andinac Kingdom that he recovered, countless old people and old subordinates were waiting for his summons, as well as the reorganization of prisoners and surrenders, the reformation of the White Lion Legion, etc., so busy that the sky was dark and did not even have time to eat a peaceful meal.
The battle reports about the Flying Tiger Legion kept coming, but His Royal Highness finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the Flying Tiger Legion confronted the Royal Guards Legion of the Kingdom of Andinac under the imperial capital, this Royal Guard Legion was originally the Royal Second Guards Legion under the Second Highness, responsible for defending the province of Yungshandra, and later took refuge in Queen Kerry, becoming the only legion of the Antinac Kingdom, with a total strength of 76,000 people, arranged in its forest port and flowing water.
In the face of the thunderous offensive of the Flying Tiger Legion, the current ruler of the Kingdom of Andinac had to transfer this Royal Guard Legion to the rescue, and at the same time sent emissaries to the Principality of Zmturam, the United Principality of Britt, the Fort Business Alliance, and the Four Central Duchyes for help, hoping that these forces could send reinforcements to prevent the restoration of His Second Highness.
His Royal Highness hurriedly wrote an enthusiastic letter to Tiger Ross, the commander of the Flying Tiger Legion, first praising Tiger Ross for his decisive attack, and then suggesting that Tiger Ross hold on a little longer, don't fall short, as long as he holds on for a month and a half, he can re-establish the White Lion Legion, and then he can go to the imperial capital to support, and then join forces to capture the imperial capital......
It's just that the Second Highness hasn't lived a good life in the first half of the month, and the battle report came from the front again, and the Rock Legion of the Norton family landed in its forest harbor, sneaked to the imperial capital, and attacked the Royal Guards on both sides of the Imperial Capital and the Flying Tiger Legion, and the Royal Guards Legion was defeated. With nearly 30,000 dead in the wilderness, the rest either surrendered or were defeated, and the royal city of the former Cresson Empire, now the Kingdom of Antinac, opened its doors to the Norton forces. The soldiers of the Flying Tiger Legion and the Rock Legion marched proudly into the imperial capital as victors and conquerors, planting the angry banner of the Norton family all over the walls and palaces.
On July 11, 1777, the Flying Tiger Legion and the Rock Legion of the Norton Clan of the Northland defeated the Royal Guards of the Kingdom of Antinac in the imperial capital and captured the imperial capital. Queen Kerry I of the Kingdom of Antinac and her three lovers committed suicide by poisoning themselves in the main hall of the royal court. The former king, Augercello I, returned to the throne.
This battle of restoration allowed everyone to see the fierceness and swiftness of the Northland Fury Bear family's soldiers. The offensive was launched on 14 May and ended on 11 July. In less than two months, it swept through the three provinces of the Kingdom of Antinac, conquering everything, invincible, and invincible.
Even when the forces of Zhou Chuan thought that the attacker Flying Tiger Legion would confront the defenders under the imperial capital, the Norton family let the Rock Legion land from Qilin Harbor, giving the kingdom a fatal blow behind the emptiest defense. The speed of the action was too fast for the surrounding forces to react, and when they were still discussing whether or not to send reinforcements, the result was already settled.
In this war, the Norton family has three more golden knights who are famous, and as the commander of the Flying Tiger Legion, it goes without saying that Tiger Ross is attacking like fire and swift as the wind. Then there was Dorus, who commanded a caravan of steel crossbows in a slaughtering assault on the Royal Guards under the imperial capital, and half of the more than 30,000 dead died under the steel crossbows, with mountains of corpses and rivers of blood. The last one was Ovikis, the silent bearded man who commanded the Thunderbolt Battalion to smash the castle fortress in front of them again and again, and all the turtle shells were smashed to the ground.
His Royal Highness finally returned to the imperial capital at the end of July, taking the newly formed White Lion Legion with him. As soon as he stepped into the imperial capital, he issued an order to liquidate all the crimes of rebellion against the nobles. So under the gaze of the soldiers of the Flying Tiger Legion and the Rock Legion who were responsible for the security of the imperial capital, the calm imperial capital was covered with blood-red twilight, and the soldiers wearing the standard equipment of the White Lion Legion crowded into the luxurious mansions of those nobles, pulled out those nobles who were usually invincible, cut off their heads directly on the street with a sword, and then hugged their harvest and escorted or grabbed the ladies and ladies back to the barracks, and the crying resounded throughout the imperial capital......
"How can they do this?" Tiger Rose was furious: "Has Second Highness forgotten that this is his own kingdom, this is his own royal city?"
"He had to do this......" Bodfinger frowned, "You and I both know that His Royal Highness returned from the Northland without much belongings, except for the standard equipment of the White Lion Legion, the hundreds of thousands of gold fords given to him by the four major lords. Now that His Royal Highness has reorganized the White Lion Legion in Nadegas City, the money has been almost spent. When he returned to the imperial capital, he was empty-handed. As for the fact that the treasury was ruined by that queen, he could only fight the ideas of these nobles. I thought he would only punish a small part, but I didn't expect him to cut all the nobles. This is to reclean the nobility of the kingdom!"
"Your Highness shouldn't have let him re-ascend to the throne, such a ruthless man will one day become the biggest scourge of our family. Tiger Rose said as he looked at the city that was gradually filling with human heads.
"It's time for us to go, you have already rescued your mistress's family anyway, don't worry about the affairs of the Second Highness, although I don't think he has the demeanor of a king to do this, but this is a matter for His Highness to care about, and we don't need to get involved. But I assert that His Second Highness will never be able to unify the former Krisson Empire......" Bodfinger said.
On July 32, 1777, the reigning king of the Kingdom of Antinac, Ogseiro I, issued a bloody order of liquidation, ordering all the rebellious nobles to be held accountable for their crimes, and the nobles of the imperial capital were almost slaughtered, and only a very few were spared. The massacre lasted three days, with the heads of nearly 3,000 nobles and their relatives hanging on the heads of the imperial capital, while young female relatives were taken to the barracks to be abused to death by the soldiers. After the news spread, the entire Gelinthia continent was in a sensation, and the nobles of various countries regarded the Second Highness as the public enemy of the nobles, and the butcher king with the blood of the nobles on his hands. History calls this event the "July Massacre".
"He's just a demon, not a king at all!" Even after withdrawing from the imperial capital, Tiger Ross was still indignant: "Even if he executed the nobles, why did he even execute their attendants, knights and retinues?" Even those delicate women did not let go, and they were just killed with a sword, and they were even dragged into the barracks to let those rude soldiers spoil them, this is what only demons can do, he is insulting us nobles, I can't wait to declare war on him......"
The Earl of Kenmeth sat in front of Tiger Ross and Bodfinger, and he accompanied His Royal Highness to the imperial capital and witnessed everything with his own eyes. sighed deeply: "Legally speaking, the Second Highness did the right thing. Because these nobles are rebellious. When His Royal Highness sent troops to the Kingdom of Ridlis, these nobles were behind the back, deliberately delaying or changing the will issued by His Royal Highness, and finally caused the fall of Cambona Province. Back then, His Royal Highness had already ordered the defense of Cambona Province to be strengthened, but they were reluctant to do so, so that His Royal Highness failed to do so.
Then the Second Highness was trapped in the royal city of Fei Dejia, and these nobles did not think of rescue, but instead promoted Princess Kerry to the throne. It was they who betrayed His Second Highness. Maybe they think that now that His Royal Highness has been reinstated, they just need to admit their mistake, but they didn't expect that His Royal Highness has always held a grudge in his heart, this majesty's heart is not as broad as they imagined, and the White Lion Legion has no money left over from the re-establishment of the White Lion Legion, so they don't use the money they got to raise the army......
However, no one expected him to be so ruthless, even his daughters and relatives, this is a strategy adopted to avoid retaliation. You are right, what His Royal Highness is doing is not like a king, but a butcher. โ
One of the guards entered the tent: "Report to your lordship, Your Majesty is here." โ
...... (To be continued.) )