Ulrique didn't give his troops to Leon......

Due to the occupation of the Seven Forks Fortress by Agathon, in order to prevent the Bacchus Empire from launching a possible raid on Lion City, all the members of the Lion Knights who have just completed the replenishment are now in Lion City.

Today, the Lion Knights have returned to a full complement of 600 Lion Knights and more than 2,000 Lion Servants, and Ulrik has been in the Lion City for several months.

And the Royal Knights such as the Lion Knights have a large-scale replenishment of members, and naturally a large number of noble children will come to Lion City to participate in the selection, and these young people are all ready-made combat forces that have been trained for a long time, and they all bring their own horse dry food......

At the same time, the supernumerary royal city guards, who had re-recruited more men, were also in the Lion City, and Ulrik took advantage of the arrival of the nobles' children in the Lion City to increase the size of his followers.

The current royal city guards are 2,800 people, which is the same number as the full number of Lion Knights - if it weren't for the fear that there are too many to raise, Ulrique, who has always been insecure, will probably recruit more.

Unlike the Lion Knights, the royal guards were a private force that belonged entirely to Ulrique, and the state treasury would only subsidize their weapons and equipment, but the daily consumption of people eating and chewing horses had to be fed by the king's personal money and food.

Moreover, the king's salary will naturally be much higher than that of ordinary knights, not only has a death pension and disability allowance, but also a salary is not low, so Ulrik is now so tight.

In addition to the Lion Knights and the Royal City Guard, the Duke of Brenus is now in the Lion City. He had just suffered a defeat, so he also took advantage of the fact that the children of the nobles were all in the Lion City to reorganize his troops.

Many of the children of the nobility failed in the selection and failed to join the Lion Knights. Of course, they are willing to join the Grand Master of the Lion Knights at this time, and maybe they will have the opportunity to become a member of the Royal Knights in the future.

As a result, Brenus quickly reorganized an army of more than 1,000 men.

Not only that, but other lords in the northwestern part of the kingdom are also coming to Lion City in waves—they are going to meet at the Seven Forks Fortress, and they will inevitably pass through Lion City.

After arriving in Lion City, these lords will naturally stay in the Lion City jurisdiction for a few days to observe, and then go over together after meeting with other lords, so as not to be ambushed by the enemy in the Qicha Fortress.

Anyway, the distance between Lion City and Qicha Fortress is not far, even if there is only a day or two left before the deadline for the gathering, they can still set off from Lion City in time.

The current Lion City is the time when the army is at its most sufficient, and it is even so full that the streets are full of horse manure, and there is no time to clean it up......

As a result, as soon as Cardin and the Dexia army entered the village of Yalagar in the east of the Lion City, they ran into the real main force of the Lion Kingdom, and it was led by Ulrik himself......

This was due to the serious overstaffing of the royal guards, and the temporary occupation of the garrison camp by Brennus's newly reorganized troops, resulting in insufficient barracks in the Lion City.

Moreover, there were too many noble children who came to participate in the selection of royal knights, all of them had horses, not to mention all the taverns and inns in the city, and the entire Lion City was like a big dung pit, and there was no place to put their feet at all.

Even the price of horse materials such as hay and beans in Lion City has increased several times - the people under Li Ang Maixiang International do not have to pay business taxes in Lion City, so they naturally do any business, and they seized the opportunity to make a lot of money.

So at this time, Ulrik was personally arranging to use the village of Yalagar as a temporary military camp for the cavalry troops, to free the Lion City from the dung pit, and by the way, to free his wallet from the high-priced horse feed......

And when Cardin brought the Dexia people here, he didn't plan to attack the Lion City, but with the idea of quickly attacking the surrounding villages and towns and running away.

Adhering to the eight-character policy of Cardan Khan's 'act quickly, and leave after robbing', the Dexia army quickly rushed into Yalagar Village.

But Cardin had no idea that there were so many troops in this village......

Ulrik really didn't expect that the troops of the Bacchus Empire did not come, but the Dexia people came?

Is this Cardin Khan too fat to dare to fight the idea of Lion City?

You really think of lions as sick cats, don't you?

If this doesn't kill the Dexia people here, then all the rich families in the Lion City jurisdiction will definitely feel unsafe, and they will drag their families and run away!

So an enraged Ulrike personally sounded the trumpet of the charge......

When the capital territory is attacked, it is not the same as normal warfare.

The troops of the Lion Kingdom were all very active, and basically all of them, including those noble children, were dispatched, and they didn't even give Bahad Khan Cardan a chance to turn around and run away......

Especially those young nobles who have just been promoted to lion knights, all of them are yearning for meritorious deeds, and they are so ruthless.

Just one day later, there were dead and wounded all over the outside of the village of Yargarh, and corpses littered everywhere.

There were large cavalry units on both sides, and there was no way to arrange any tactics under the sudden encounter, and this kind of battle was fought very quickly, and people died very quickly......

As a result, Bahad Khan and King Ulrik were almost simultaneously crying without tears......

The newly rebuilt Lion Knights rushed too hard, and were defeated by a third, and most of the dead were the new royal knights and their new servants—not skillfully coordinated, and it was normal to have this result;

And the recruits of the Wangcheng guards died even more, and they suddenly returned to the original establishment of 1,500 people from the overstaffed state, and now the barracks of the Lion City were enough......

Ulrique thought he might go bankrupt...... How much does this cost to the pension?

And Bahad Khan Kadan's Dexia army suffered even more heavy casualties, and it did not gain the slightest benefit. So Cardin quickly withdrew to the territory of Dexia with the remnants of the army, and even the wounded were abandoned.

The Dexia people, with all their cavalry, were capable of running away, and even took away most of the horses that had lost their owners.

Therefore, although the Lion Kingdom seems to have won the war, it basically did not get any valuable loot, and the losses were quite large.

On Dexia's side, Cardin sent troops this time with all his hardcore cronies who supported him, and now the loss of strength is too heavy, God knows if his position as 'Bahad Khan' is still stable after returning to Dexia......

You must know that the Duchy of Dexia was actually a semi-hereditary and semi-electoral country before Cardin's rule, and the 'Bahad Khan', the 'messenger of the gods on earth', was originally elected by various tribes.

Just like the title 'caliph', which in Desha means 'heir of the oracle', it was originally elected by the same tribes, and the caliph is one of the candidates for the next Bahad Khan, usually three or four.

Originally, 'baiyin' meant 'a person who assists the divine envoys in guiding the way to the people', and is a local consul who combines military and political affairs, similar to a general or city lord, and is also a local religious leader. It can also be seen from the meaning of this title that this was originally the leader elected by the local people.

Only the khanates of the various tribes were mostly hereditary. But in fact, more than 200 years ago, even the Khan was held by the most prestigious person elected by each tribe, and until now there are still some small tribes who are electing their Khan by election.

But when Cardin came to power, he completely changed the system.

In other words, he became Bahad because of a change in the system—he used the hereditary system to promise powerful tribal leaders that he would become hereditary 'caliphs' or 'baiyin' who supported him, and that his children and grandchildren would have greater control over power.

So in the election of the tribes, Cardin, who was young at the time, was successfully elected as Bahad.

Cardin then fulfilled his promise by forcibly changing the electoral system of the Duchy of Dexia to a hereditary system by force and violence with the new rulers who had become caliphs and baiyin because of their support for him, and to adopt a feudal autonomy similar to that of the kingdoms.

In other words, Cardin used the religious-related titles of 'Bahad', 'Caliph', and 'Baiyin' to directly and comprehensively correspond to the titles of 'king', 'duke', 'baron' and other titles in the Lion Kingdom.

Each title can be passed on to its heirs, and it is not recommended unless one of them is extinct.

After a blood-soaked and violent purge, Cardin gave Dexia a permanent high class of nobility.

This shift from a system of election to a hereditary system did quickly consolidate Cardin's rule in a very short period of time – and those who had been given power certainly wanted to maintain it permanently, so they were bound to support Cardin's approach.

It's not about the religion and culture of the country, and who doesn't want future generations to be a higher ruling class forever?

Moreover, after Cardin purged the disobedient tribal leaders by force, it did unify the whole of Dexia, which was no longer a loose tribal alliance, and there were few civil wars between the tribes, and the national strength did increase a lot.

As a result, Dexia has not implemented the election system for more than 20 years, and now it is more like a dynasty, except for the difference in religion and culture, it is essentially no different from the other kingdoms.

But just like the reforms of Emperor Marius, a change in the political system of any country will always lead to conflicts.

For the past twenty years, the hereditary system has benefited from the tribal leaders who once supported Cardin, which naturally allowed Cardin to secure the throne of Bahad.

But now, many of the tribal leaders who originally supported Cardin are old and dead, and their descendants have inherited their position, but these young new Khans are not very familiar with Cardin.

Besides, most high-ranking people have more than one child, and the high-ranking title is just that, and children who fail to inherit the title will naturally have some other ideas.

For example, Cardin's own ability to force the hereditary system by force and create a group of high-ranking aristocrats to support him as a Bahad actually pointed out a clear path for these young people - as long as there are enough people and troops to support him, anyone can become Bahad in this way......

Even if they don't have the strength, they can at least become a caliph or a baiyin in the same way that they supported another Bahad, just as their father did with Cardin.

So Dexia is not stable now, and Cardin is already facing the threat of another challenger - his own brother Emilexerxes.

In fact, Emile Xerxes used Cardin's own hereditary system to challenge Bahad's position......

Because Cardin had created the Bahad lineage, he gave his father the honorific title of Bahad Khan, as anyone who ascended to the throne or throne would do.

The tradition of Dexia is that after the death of the father, the property owned by the father should be divided equally among all the children.

Therefore, Emir Xerxes claimed that since his father was the 'former Bahad Khan', then the entire Duchy of Dexia should also be divided into two halves, so that both children would become Bahad......

- If it is in the clan, after the death of the khan of the clan, it is true that the two children can divide the clan equally.

For example, the two brothers Cardin and Emir Xerxes will be divided from one of their father's tribes into two tribes, the Kadan and the Emir, both of which are Khans.

Since Cardin himself was hereditary, he was reluctant to object to this reason, so his brother had been claiming to divide the Desha equally, and he did have the support of a number of young tribal leaders—mostly those who had not been able to inherit the titles of caliph or baiyin......

If Dexia is still in the election system now, then even if Cardin cripples all the troops, it will not affect his position, after all, it is the Bahad elected by the leaders of the tribes themselves, and everyone generally does not slap himself in the face.

But now, Cardin has forcibly pushed through the hereditary system by force, and he knows better than anyone that the power in his hands is everything.

He also knew that his example was in front of him, and every Khan in Dexia probably understood this truth......

At the same time, each leader will probably try to replicate his path to the throne whenever he has the chance.

Now, at a time when his own troops have suffered huge losses, people like Emir Xerxes may not rest - many will not rest on their laurels.

So Cardin didn't dare to fight any longer, and he could only retreat to the country with the remnants of the army full of sadness, ready to meet another difficult challenge from within.

The Descha retreated, and Ulrik and Cardin were defeated, and the defeat was actually just the beginning.

After all, this is the Duchy of Dexia openly attacking the capital of the Lion Kingdom, and in this case, the Lion Kingdom can only make the only response - the equally sad Ulrik declares an all-out war on the Duchy of Dexia, and regards the Duchy of Dexia as the enemy of the highest priority, and will not stop dying.

In the royal decree, Ulrik directly referred to the Duchy of Dexia as a "cult bandit in the desert", and Bahad was also called a "brutal cult leader".

After all, Lion City is the capital of the Lion Kingdom, and if the capital of any country is attacked, it can only be this reaction.

And Ulrik was furious now, much more so than he was when the Seven Forks Fortress was captured—he was on the verge of bankruptcy in this terrible battle!

Seriously, Eric had been busy coordinating the emotions of the caravan all this time, and this huge caravan had only moved slowly from a position a few dozen miles east of the Seven Forks Fortress to the Sava River, and then was brought back by Eric and Rayman - just moved back and forth, did nothing, and this was the case......

And after learning about the situation, Li Ang suddenly became more energetic.

Now, a new strategic goal has appeared in front of the lord's eyes - to lead the kingdom army, invade the Duchy of Dexia in the name of revenge, and fight a long war in the territory of Dexia!

Or rather, to open up a whole new market by force......

Now Leon did not hesitate at all, he quickly mobilized his army, and set off again in three days—the efficiency of the dispatch was as fast as ever.

Moreover, he issued a marshal order to the lords of the whole country, summoning the troops of the lords directly to the fort of the Sava River to assemble and prepare for a full-scale attack on the Duchy of Dexia.

Of course, the problem of the Seven Forks Fortress also needs to be solved, after all, King Ulrique's request is here, and the king has not asked Leon to change his strategic goals......

However, the lord did not plan to storm the Seven Forks Fortress, and this kind of giant fortress was not so easy to capture, and Leon knew that the Bacchus Empire was not doing well, so he planned to have a friendly consultation with General Agathon to see if the matter could be resolved peacefully.