readx;? When Henry and Mira left Avenella and headed south, they took the outer route, so they only passed through villages. The main reason why they didn't pass through the big cities, which had better www.biquge.info, spacious, and smoother roads, was the hostility of outsiders to outsiders in these deep-rooted aristocratic territories of Avenella in the south.

This is very difficult to understand when you think about it.

As we have said a long time ago, the population of the small country of Avenella is less than two million, but the number of mobile people of all kinds is not small, mercenaries, merchants, craftsmen, etc., - if ordinary people sketch a picture of this situation in these two sentences, most people would think that it is a vibrant and very enlightened kingdom, but in fact it is far from it.

The aristocracy of Avenella was of Sivalier origin, and just like the great nobles of Sivalier, who discriminated against them, they also discriminated against ordinary merchants and commoners. In fact, even the commercial capital of Ashinir was forced to open by the Sivaliers. If it were according to the idea of the first Arvenella nobles, it would have been a good decision for them not to hide all the good things themselves, and to fight a civil war every day, and to open the borders and welcome those who came from unknown origins to look for work and trade, it was simply an unreasonable and wrong decision.

And even as time went on, more and more artisans, mercenaries, merchants, and all sorts of people began to travel here from many places to make a living, and more than ninety percent of these migrants stayed in the Acasta Plains.

It is true that the vast expanse of Acasta will not have much of a problem even if the city-state and the surrounding villages can accommodate such a large population, but the main reason why all kinds of floating populations, including mercenaries, are reluctant to go to the south of the kingdom of Avenella, in addition to the fact that it is not open to mining and hunting, is also the nostrils of the Arvenella nobles over there.

The south was the stronghold of conservative aristocratic families, and although most of the ordinary Yavenela peasants were as simple as the north, the proportion of nobles and commoners in the southern and central regions of Avenera far exceeded that of Acasta. Walking down the road, he could have been hit by one of the noble sons of a knight whose name was too long for you to pronounce, and almost all of them had the same gentlemanly face, like the young man Mira had seen when she first met Henry, proud of his aristocratic origins, and even if he was not really a bad guy in nature, the act of forcibly attaching his mind to others was just as disgusting.

No one wants to live with a group of nostril-watchers who think they are much more noble than you, and since the southern and central regions are not too open to trade and minerals, if any, they are all done by nobles, so there are basically no outsiders going there except for a few mercenaries who work for them. The countryside with simple folk customs is not bad, and the closer it is to the major cities where the aristocracy has a strong influence ability, the stronger this prejudice against outsiders becomes.

In the streets of Ashneel you will find a whole lot of people of all kinds, mercenaries with weapons on their backs and merchants hawking, while in the southern and central city-states, you can only see the children of the nobility who are like cockroaches, flaunting their family and wealth with women with their immature skills.

The south and the north are two worlds, and in addition to the cultural atmosphere, the same is naturally true for the city buildings. There were as many cockroaches as the various southern nobles who were mostly knights of the Grand Duke and the royal family, with Ashinir of Acasta as their economic support, but the northern regions were considered abandoned frontiers by the royal capital. Therefore, these lands, located in the center of power in the middle, of course, became a kind of "reward" for "the safe and fertile land of the great rear, close to the royal capital", and were given to the knights and barons who had made great achievements in all kinds of battles, large and small.

So the central and southern parts of Avenella, after crossing the southernmost point of the Acasta Plains, Dwofberg, and walking a little westward, saw the various castles of all sizes along the way, almost densely packed with mountains one after another. They have different styles, some have a long history, some have only been built for more than ten years, most of them are surrounded by three or four villages, accommodating dozens to hundreds of people, and some are small enough to accommodate only twenty or thirty people, but some are similar to the territory of Dowofberg, slightly inferior or slightly stronger, from earls to marquises.

The flat and vast Aikasta is the largest plain in Avenella, and further south, the inner part of the country has to experience several ups and downs before the ground sinks directly into the Ri-Dera wetland after the Broken Gorge, and the forest at the foot of the Tambul Mountains also extends outward, forming a long, long forest area called the "Neila Forest" by the West Valiyades.

It is accompanied by the Garril River, and is rich in water and grass, especially wild boars and wild deer, which is one of the main reasons why the nobles of West Valière would call the nobles of Avenella "smelling of pig dung" and the kings "built on the den of wild boars". Wildlife is extremely common in these provinces where the center of power of Avenella is located surrounded by the Nera Forest, and the climate here is quite different from that of Soradin, so unlike the Soladin region, the city-state will be directly established in the rainforest, and most of the castles in the central part of Avenella are built high near lakes or mountains, so it is quite obvious.

After conquering the Earldom of Dowofberg, Edward's forces naturally continued to advance south. An army of more than 100,000 men entered the forest from the plains after recuperation, and continued to advance for a week without encountering any enemies, even if there were a few small border knight leaders, they decisively chose to raise the white flag in front of an army of this size and join Edward's command.

Together with the well-known southern peasants, the army of 100,000 men increased or decreased by more than 13,000 after crossing Dowwolfberg.

The expanded army needed to be reorganized, and the constant addition of many people along the way, even because they had heard that Edward's militia was better fed, caused a lot of trouble. His Royal Highness's declaration of emancipation of slaves to buy hearts and minds is obviously not a golden rule, although most soldiers still have respect for him, but the people of the West Coast have been accustomed to the existence of slaves for thousands of years before the establishment of the kingdom of Avenella, so even the veterans who have the most identification with the March Declaration still can't change their past habits in some words and deeds.

The Roan and Avenella peasants, the West Valier refugees, the mercenaries and militia, the merchants and other people who came up as logistical support, and the behavior of the army was faintly divided into many small groups, which was obviously not as rosy as the scene depicted by "everyone is an Avenella" as expected at the beginning, and the mutual contempt for each other, the small frictions caused by prejudice, etc., naturally continued one after another, which caused the Yavennella knights as the leader to have a great headache and great pressure.

Even within themselves, there are quite a few people who often turn their noses up at the vulgar and money-hungry mercenaries and the submissive Sivalier refugees. To change all this, it is obviously not possible to move your mouth and shout slogans, Edward made a promise in Aikasta, and what he needs to do now is to fulfill it instead of making another promise, anyone has aesthetic fatigue and patience limits, and it has not been realized, and it has always been impossible to boil if people shout slogans over there and their blood boils too many times.

Either way, that's all they can do for now, but the kinds of problems that happen every day and every night aren't just a headache, and good leaders learn from their mistakes. Edward destroyed a system, and he personally promised that the slaves would not have to be sent to death by their masters, but it was not enough to destroy it, he needed to build another system to replace it.

He needs to reconcile these contradictions, and the fact that the royal family of Liloan is another independent royal family of Avenella to buy the hearts and minds of Roan continues to work. But it is not only a good result, after all, the Luoan people have a long-lasting bad reputation among the people. This is not only prejudice, many of the Luoans are indeed still rogue robbers, and even many of the older Avenela and the Luoans still have a grudge against their wives and children, most of them have been put down, but there are also some who still hold grudges.

Avenella will need the strength of these exiled Loans for the next challenge, and when the news of this is over, the millions of Roans in exile on the West Coast will gather here. But reconciling the contradictions between them and the civilians of Avenella was not something that could be done by words, and the rapid influx of Sivalier refugees and people who came to look for work in the plains of Acasta would add up to a huge administrative burden, and all these difficulties would not wait in line to be solved one by one, but they would come at the same time - and with all these things, Edward would have to triumph while trying to maintain order and overall integrity before finally confronting them.

Adolf, Count of Dowofberg, who led his subordinates, was left behind by Edward in Ecasta, who was not afraid of betrayal, and the staunch supporter of the Shulfaga family chose to stick to this direction, and the restoration of Wolfsburg was supported by Ashineer's side, Charles marched with Edward, while Ashinier's noble family guarded the rear with the army to guard against possible attacks by Ottolo and Sivalier.

The sage's high-profile capture of the young leader of Ottolo unexpectedly reached the ears of His Majesty the Emperor.

Otolo's attitude towards Avenella has changed again, and it seems a little ambiguous and complicated. On the one hand, the secret forces have already infiltrated the territory, and it is likely that they have already made contact with the side of Ahibon II, and according to the approximate statistics of the border documents, the number is more than 10,000. But before Henry and Mira returned, and the sage noticed all this, it was likely that Ottolo had already begun to lay the groundwork, so it was likely that there were more than that.

The support of Ashbourne II was certain, and Henry had already analyzed for Edward the reasons why the other party had acted in such a way. But at the end of the day, Avenella is still not a worthy target for Ottolo to fight. The southern Lamani countries of the empire have not stopped, 21 years ago, when they attacked the kingdom of Luoan, it was the alliance of Ottolo and the White Church, but when it reached the last city, the empire directly tore the alliance and annexed the two small Lamanite kingdoms that were close to each other to expand the territory, and since then the friction with the Lamanite kingdom on the border has never stopped.

Although the southernmost Empire of Laman, the self-proclaimed Western Laman Empire, is now full of ** and often clashes with other small surrounding states that are also part of the Lamanite Kingdom, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and its threat is still impossible to ignore - plus the obvious action will inevitably arouse the vigilance of Padrosi, and Ottolo's emperor is far more strategic than this, so he must not make a mistake This move will cause the empire to face too many enemies of the same rank at the same time.

So even if there was support for Ashiburne II, it was in a "degree" rather than a force, and Henry's capture of the young man without protesting against Ottoro implied that His Majesty the Emperor was interested in maintaining this alliance without tearing his face, and would turn a blind eye to their petty actions, and the fact that Ottoro's merchants had transported a large number of supplies to Ashneil after that also showed to a considerable extent the fact that His Majesty had received this message.

The Empire were shrewd, they knew how to do both, and it would be better if the troops sent there to support Ahibon II defeated Edward's side. But at the same time, they did not cut off trade and still gave Edward some support other than weapons and troops, if Edward wins, then the Ottolo Empire will directly erase the evidence of the existence of that secret force, and Avenella will inevitably do the same, there will be no evidence that this force is sent by the Otolo royal family in the official and civil evidence left by the two countries, they will only be a mercenary team of unknown origin, which happens to be composed of Ottoros.

Whoever wins, Otolo won't have much to lose. Despite knowing that the Empire was behind the scenes, Edward could only choose to smile and welcome others. The affairs of the country are not the kind of little children who think that they can be decided as long as they fight to the death, and it is very important to have a stable alliance between Arvenella and Ottolo for the sake of the future, this is a fact, a helpless fact.

They need each other.

Ottolo is brewing and waiting, when the southern Lamani countries are all incorporated into its empire, it will naturally extend its tentacles to the west coast, the two countries have common interests in general, for the time being, as long as Avenella can show the value of being an equal ally, Otolo is also willing to concentrate on dealing with the southern Lamanite countries, and as for the empire, after those Lamanite countries become richer and stronger?

It's a question of, as in the case of a death match, who gets to the finish line first.

In any case, when Edward's army of 100,000 men marched south to the castle of the Marquis of Dordogne, on the border of the Tambur Forest, the militia, who had not faced any real battle for more than half a month after the victory, faced the coalition of tens of thousands of militia and 2,000 heavy horsemen, one of the three major dukes of Arvenella, the Grand Duke of Durán and the Marquis of Dordogne, who had been waiting here for a long time.

The movement of the 110,000-strong army of nearly 120,000 men could not be hidden, and when the archers in the vanguard brought back the news of the enemy, it was clear that the Archduke Durán and the Dordogne were aware of their presence.

Unlike Dowofberg, who had an overwhelming numerical superiority, Ahibone II managed to convince the two strongest Arvenella nobles closest to Edward, and the Dordogne was an extremely important bridgehead for the attack on the south.

One way or another.

An uphill battle is clearly inevitable. (To be continued.) )