The north wind is blowing, and the strong whirlwind from the Scandnavian Peninsula has hung the waves of the Nordic Sea, making the environment here far less tranquil than the Mediterranean, and it is also relatively barren economically, but human beings are the most adaptable race in the world, regardless of whether the times have changed, human beings will still thrive on a piece of land and create their own civilization.

It's just that the harsh environment can be endured by gritting their teeth, but ** has made the people here feel the fear of the coming of the apocalypse, not far from the coast, on the desolate leaves that should have been peaceful, a roar and the sound of the stones thrown by the trebuchet falling to the ground are fused together, with the crow chirping overlooking the battlefield in the sky, like an ancient epic.

It was about 7,000 kilometers north of the Piedmontese region, where Jonas was located, and now it had a new name, the Duke of Brandenburg, one of the seven electors of the Holy Roman Empire.

Originally, because of the effective rule of the Hohenzollerns, the people here did not live as rich as the people of Venice, but after all, no one froze to death because of the cold winter, and later relied on the good relations with the Hanseatic League, and also obtained a lot of money in the maritime trade to support them to organize some measures to benefit the people, and this place should have sunbathed in this rare summer, but now, massacres and looting continue to sweep this once rich land.

The combined invasion of the Kingdom of Bohemia in the south and the Duchy of Bolamenia in the north without warning caused Duke Wilhelm, who was on an outing without being in his own capital, to quickly lose a large part of his territory, and the capital Berlin was captured in just one day, and countless treasures were moved to his home by these jackals.

Duke William, who had lost his territory, had no choice but to lead his personal guard back to the place where his family was founded, Orla Fort, an ancient building that had become obsolete due to time.

And today, it is the 7th day that Duke William returned to his castle, and his side has changed from the original 600 escorts to 230 people, and the food they brought has basically been eaten, holding the city wall, at this moment Duke William looked at the endless army outside the castle, and his face showed a trace of regret, but it was fleeting, and it did not let the soldiers around him see it, and he still looked like he was victorious and protected by Christ.

Tell the soldiers that our reinforcements will arrive soon, just hold on a little longer, the Brandenburg army will continue to come to their rescue, and its alliance the Free Hanseatic Federation will send their troops to help them, so that all the soldiers can relax.

It's just that in his heart, he already knows that there will never be reinforcements coming, his younger brother has completely won this war, and what he is doing at the moment is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg, looking at the huge army that is preparing to attack the city in the distance, William muttered

"Father, is this what you want to see?" Then he descended the wall and returned to the main city, where it was too dangerous, and the flying arrows or stones could kill him, and if he died, the foundation of Brandenburg would be completely destroyed.

Walking into the castle and looking at the fortified castle built by his ancestors hundreds of years ago, William walked distractedly, until he came to the location of a corridor, where William stood still, where all the sculptures of the Hohenzollern family from the first founder to his father, from a tribal leader to the duke, were placed, waiting for future generations to pay homage to the glory of their ancestors.

William looked at the past one by one, each statue looked very carefully, although the front statue has been too old and the technical level at that time is too poor so that the face is not very clear, but this did not hinder William's pride in the achievements of his ancestors, it is they who let Hohenzollern, a backward barbarian, walk out of this Oral castle, all the way to conquer, and establish Dublin, which is something that a family member should remember.

At the same time, William also knew that this might be the last time he stood here to remember the glory of his ancestors, and the next moment, maybe the army outside would break through the walls and make himself beheaded.

As he walked, Wilhelm came to the last sculpture in this corridor, that of his father, the previous Duke of Brandenburg.

Looking at the statue of his father, Wilhelm did not miss the feelings in his heart, because this rebellion was the bane of his father's decision back then, so that he can only live in this dilapidated old castle all day long, instead of enjoying the convenience and luxury of the city in Berlin's Bellevue Palace.

This is a not too long history, when William himself was born, his mother died due to difficult childbirth, and the old duke loved his first wife very much, so he blamed William for her death, and since then he has been indifferent to this eldest son, and even very disgusted.

So after marrying his second wife and giving birth to his second word Kigadrew, the old duke began to think about depriving William of his inheritance and letting his beloved son inherit his Brandenburg title, but under the opposition of the courtiers, the old duke's idea was not realized, but the relationship between father and son was completely strange because of this palace coup.

Especially after Kigaderean continued to grow up, his ingenuity made the old duke more and more fond of his second son, and at the same time he hated William who only wanted to have fun, and he continued to release his desire to let Kigaderean inherit his title during that time, which also made a large number of vassals hesitate, whether to make this smart second son a duke, but a large number of conservatives still blocked this violation of the noble inheritance law, so that the old duke's plan fell through again.

However, the old duke's actions did not make Kigadreith not get any benefits, and after knowing that his second son could not inherit the position of Duke of Brandenburg, the old duke ignored the opposition of his courtiers and himself, and handed over one of the only two earls in the family, near the county of Bohemia, to Kigadrew, making him a count.

This allowed Kigadrew's ambition to grow unrepeatedly, especially after the death of the old duke, whose ingenuity led him to collude with the Duke of Boramenia and the King of Bohemia without William's knowledge, to help him usurp the throne of the Duke of Brandenburg, the origin of the present army outside.

It can be said that all of this originated from the wrong decision of his father at that time.

For such a father, William really had no reason to love him.

"Daddy, it's so damp here, when are we going to go back to Bellevue? My friends will be lonely without me talking to them for so long. ”

Just as William was immersed in the memories of the past years, a young female voice broke William's thinking space, and this little girl was the eldest daughter of Duke William, Her Royal Highness Princess Euphelia.

As for the friend he was talking about, it wasn't actually a person, but a stuffed animal that her mother made for her.

Seeing his father looking at him, he threw himself into William's arms with his short legs, and then asked, "Dad, did you hear what I just said?"

William felt the warmth of his daughter, and couldn't help but smile bitterly, Berlin, can't go back.