Chapter 451: A Battle of Words in a Meeting

Originally, they only thought that Yir was a hillbilly who had just unified the principality, but they didn't expect his force to be so strong, and after accepting the fact that Yir's force was strong, Yir's thoughtful appearance surprised them again, and their hearts suddenly became clear, and then they knew that they were tricked by Yir, and a few people hated it in their hearts, but they didn't say anything, and they said it by mouth, which obviously didn't work. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Alright, now that we're all here, let's get started. Pompey introduced everyone to the side, and then asked Ilr to introduce himself, then let everyone sit down, and the meeting officially began, as for the content of the meeting, it was very boring, probably the transportation of grain and grass, the assembly of soldiers, and the sharing of enemy intelligence, there is no essential difference from the war that Il has participated in, but this time the numbers are larger, other than that, there is no difference.

After the basic briefing, Pompey asked the officials on the side to retreat and said: " Ladies and gentlemen, I think the reason for this war should be clear to you, the Kingdom of France is the most important hidden danger of all hidden dangers for the empire, since the accession to the throne of the French King Louis XVIII, he has always begun to centralize power, to take all the power to himself, to follow his great-grandfather, Louis XIV, to adopt the concept of the state of the country, to abandon the rights of the elite and aristocracy of the whole country, to take the whole country into his own hands, to form a huge empire.

But because of this, he offended all the elites of the whole country, and the brutal rule aroused the dissatisfaction of the believers, but the king of France ignored the cries of the people, slaughtered Catholics without authorization, supported his own courtiers to serve as the archbishop of the country, built a new church, and completely ignored the Catholic Church and nothing, so this behavior is intolerable, so this time the army against the thieves is not only because of the interests of the empire itself, but also in the name of God, to save the Kingdom of France, for this, I hope that the gentlemen can understand. “

Pompey's words were very righteous and awe-inspiring, and none of the people present were fools, so they could naturally hear that this was a cliché, only the youngest Duke of Blatbon looked in a trance, as if he had a feeling of believing it, but although everyone didn't believe it, his face was filled with righteous indignation, as if the King of France had really done something that was not tolerated, and they were good Catholics who wanted to save them instead of God, and Il despised them in his heart, but he also had the same expression on his face, and I don't know if those people looked at Il's expression with contempt at work。

"The subjects of the empire are all people who believe in God, how can we allow Catholics to suffer such great humiliation in their own country, as devout Christians, we must do something, and this time, all the wise people have gathered, and His Majesty the Emperor has decreed that I have given me the right to go to war, and as the commander of this war, I think it is necessary for me to say a few words to you gentlemen on behalf of Your Majesty. ”

Pompey patted his chest and said very sincerely, the people around him also had smiles on their faces, and even a few of them had a look of admiration on their faces, Yir ignored them, who knows what these people were thinking with a smile on their faces? Anyway, he didn't think that there could be good people in here, even if it was that little kid, maybe it was hidden deeply.

"As you all know, France, as a kingdom, was originally supposed to be part of our Frankish Empire, but later the Three Kings split the ground and divided the entire empire into three kingdoms, namely the Kingdom of France, The Kingdom of Middle Francia and the Kingdom of West Francia, and later the Kingdom of Middle Francia and the Kingdom of West Francia merged to become the Holy Roman Empire today, whereby my Holy Roman Empire, that is, the orthodoxy of the Frankish Empire, should rule the entire vast territory of the Frankish Empire, but the King of France thought that he was the only heir to the entire Frankish Empire, for which a thousand years of war broke out, and the result I think you also know that because of the weakness of the empire and the slow circulation caused by the large body, in the war, we lost Belgium, Burgundy, and Provence respectively, and half a century agoWe have lost the richest land in the Empire, the Alsace-Lorraine region that our family has enjoyed for thousands of years. ”

Speaking of this, Pompey glanced at everyone present, everyone's expressions were different, the Duke of Blatterbon's face was full of indignation, looking very angry, the Duke of Flanders and the Duke of Holland were secretive, and they didn't want to say more, Yir knew that Belgium was originally part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and later the war was lost, Belgium entered the territory of France, and this dukedom was completely goodbye to the Flanders family。

As for the Duke of Luxembourg, The Duke of Upper Lorraine is serious, the territory of the two of them is the same as that of the Duke of Lower Lorraine, close to the occupied Alsace-Lorraine region, if there is a war, their territory is most likely to be impacted, which is why they will participate in the war, is to hope that by taking the lead in the war, the frontier of the empire will be expanded to France, so as not to put their territory in front of the front, and bear the pressure of war coming at any time, this feeling is not good, especially for people who originally belonged to the internal principality, it is even more uncomfortable。

Il-Il silently observed everyone's faces, Pompey was naturally also observing everyone, taking everyone's faces in his own eyes, Pompey continued to speak: "The Alsace-Lorraine region is the territory that our family has inherited for generations, and now, this territory is occupied by the evil French, who force the people above to speak French, so that the beautiful Germanic language has nowhere to be recited, which is simply a defilement of the noble character of human beings, for this reason, it is not too much to enter Paris!"

War, this is not a beautiful thing, as a nobleman, of course it is not right to like war, but seeing the people of the empire living a miserable life under the rule of France, this makes me very sad, so the goal of this army is to make the people who originally belonged to the empire return to the arms of the empire, we can't let our compatriots be bullied, gentlemen, do you say that I am right?"

This is obviously Pompey's one-man show, but he is not satisfied with his own life, and he has to change the stand-up to a group mouth to let people cooperate with him, Yir and the others do not speak, obviously, the problem of sending troops together, and this kind of thing to Pompey's sycophancy, as a duke, they obviously can't do it, only the Duke of Brattbon said: " You are right, Duke of Pompeii, it is our duty to save the lives of the people, God has told us that we are his chosen shepherds, and we should take care of our little lamb, whether he is lost or unable to find his way back, we should help them!"

The child said firmly, not noticing that the retainer behind him was making a stop gesture for him, obviously, Pompey's atmospheric speech successfully attracted the young Ford, and Ill watched coldly, only feeling that he could not believe that such a simple child could really become a duke.

"Monsieur Ford, you are right, the wicked France has plundered our people, and we should let them know what will happen if we offend the Empire, fifty years ago, my grandfather heroically resisted the French invasion, and today, I will give all the humiliation suffered by our family to King Louis of France, and as for gentlemen, you will be given a chance to make a name for yourself.

The current chaos in France, I think this, the Duke of Holland, the Duke of Haute-Lorraine, the Duke of Luxembourg, and you, the Duke of Ill must have understood quite clearly that Louis's policy made the nobles in the entire kingdom very dissatisfied with him, they were originally landed nobles, but Louis changed all the policies in all their territories to the laws of the kingdom, what this means to the lords, I think you must be very clear.

Moreover, he also sent tax officials in each realm to supervise the taxation of each realm, arranged all the nobles to Versailles, blinded the eyes of the nobles with luxurious palaces, rotted their bodies and minds, and adopted a policy of suppression for the outstanding nobles among them, and handed over all the high-ranking official positions to the townspeople, which was simply an insult to all the nobles!

The discontent is accumulating, the dissatisfaction of the people, the dissatisfaction of the nobility, the dissatisfaction of the clergy, at this time France is already in turmoil, and only one attack without external forces can completely disintegrate the whole of France, and when the time comes, I think all gentlemen must know what we will get.

This will be an unprecedented great war, and the outcome of this great war will inevitably affect the fate of the entire Kingdom of France, as well as the empire, and even the fate of the whole of Europa will be answered in this war, England is also eyeing France, Catalonia is also dissatisfied with the Pyrenees they have lost, Brittany has long rebelled, and there are people in Aquitaine in the south who want to be crowned, France is in internal difficulties, what we need to do is the straw that breaks the camel's back, gentlemen, that's why we are here。

Our army will advance straight from Alsace, and in front of us there will be many enemies to stop our advance, but it doesn't matter, as soon as our warriors kill them, they will flee, and then we will follow Alsace into Verdun and Strasbourg, after which we will continue to capture Touluis, and after Touluis will be the capital of France, Paris.

Think about it, gentlemen, the army of the Empire will step on the avenue of the Champs-Élysées and enter the Louvre through the Arc de Triomphe, and what gentleman in the Empire has ever done this, Your Majesty the Emperor? We will be the ones who will make history, and that will be something more to be proud of than wealth and land, gentlemen. ”

"What you said is very good, sir, but I just want to ask one question, how long will this war last, I wonder if Mr. Duke has thought about it?" Monica, who was sitting next to Il, opened her mouth and asked a very crucial question, at this time, the war is not like the later World War I and World War II, which can be fought for five years. Four years of non-stop, because of the need to take into account the problem of agriculture, so most of the wars were fought in spring and summer, and ceased in autumn and winter, if the war went on for too long, the growth of wheat would be delayed, and the whole territory would have the possibility of a bad harvest.

And now, it's summer, it's not long before autumn, and France is a big country, in just one month, if you want to defeat him, you must need a very complete battle plan and organization, in this regard, there is no doubt that it is strange, they are just an aristocratic coalition army, and they have no experience in unified combat, such an army wants to finish the war before the autumn harvest, it has to make people have a certain degree of suspicion.

Monica's question is obviously what many people want to ask, but because of their identity, they didn't ask, and the young Duke of Blatbang didn't think of this question at all, and when he heard Monica say it, he immediately nodded in a sudden sense of what Monica said, and looked like what Monica said was very reasonable, Il saw it in his eyes, and couldn't help but feel that this boring meeting was a lot more interesting, maybe in the eyes of this young duke, war is a group of people getting together to fight, and then it is as simple as dividing the winner and defeat.

"Of course I have taken this into account, Duke Monica, but I can assure you that the war will end soon, and as for the harvest of grain, I think I can help you with it, and I think you all know that there is already a situation of instability in France, and many French people are not satisfied with the state of their country, and when the time comes, as soon as we attack, a complete storm will break out in the whole of France, and among them, England, Catalonia, Brittany, Aquitaine and the dukes of the empire will be moved, and then the enemy of France will be the whole of Europa, not just us, do you think they will resist so many enemies?

I don't think Louis had that ability, because if he had, his wish would have been fulfilled by now, instead of the whole country in turmoil, you say? And among them, as long as we conquer the entire Alsace-Lorraine region, we will have hundreds of thousands of people entering the territory of the empire, among which the strong labor force is definitely more than 200,000, such a sufficient labor force, I think it is not a difficult thing to complete the harvest before winter, and the autumn harvest will definitely not be a problem, I assure you, Monica. ”