Richard won a brilliant victory, and the four counts of the southern kingdom of Grant also seized the opportunity to advance more than a hundred kilometers south, extending their tentacles to the north of the Andal Mountains.

After the Battle of Ishaborg, the United Kingdom on the east coast retreated, and more than 130,000 square kilometers of land in the southern Andal Mountains, west of the Gut River, and south of the Mara River were owned by the Kingdom of Grant.

In this Three Kingdoms War, although the Eastern Front led by Richard did not expand the largest territory, its merits ranked first among the four battlefields, because Haaland led the main force of the United Kingdom on the east coast, which had strong combat effectiveness.

Compared to King Roger and the Four Marquis of the East, Richard's opponents on his side were also the nine East Coast United Kingdom Legions.

The northern front of the Grant Kingdom has about 160,000 troops, but it can barely maintain an invincible situation.

In the Battle of Richard Essaburg, he defeated the 220,000 allied troops of the United Kingdom on the East Coast from the front, annihilated more than 140,000 enemies, completely established the victory, killed the legendary second-order knight Markion, and dealt a heavy blow to the United Kingdom on the East Coast.

The feats of this battle are almost comparable to the battle of Duke Brenner's Dragon Canyon. Richard's merits are enough to be celebrated in the kingdom of Grant for many years, and they will also be recorded in the history books written by the nobles.

Immediately after the defeat of the United Kingdom on the East Coast, it withdrew its troops from the Kingdom of Grant and began to mobilize troops to the front, and a new border was formed between the two sides.

In the battle of Esakburg, although Haaland's leading regiment played a great reputation, the casualties in this battle were also very miserable.

At the beginning of the war, Haaland led three battles and three victories, and the losses were very light, destroying more than 60,000 enemies and only 700 soldiers were killed or wounded.

However, in the ensuing battle with the main forces of the United Kingdom on the east coast, the casualties suddenly increased significantly.

Levine, the severant troops led by Sox suffered the most casualties, killed in battle, and nearly four thousand were missing, and the few remaining prisoners were also executed by order of Markdeon.

The next attack on the southern defense line of Duke Hubble was all gnawing hard bones, and the total number of large and small battles was about 3,500 casualties.

Combined with some attrition due to disease during the battle, the battle resulted in a total of 8,500 casualties, of which a very large number of casualties were more than 5,600.

The huge number of casualties is almost more than last year's battle at the Samba River.

In the last battle, Haaland led the army mainly on defense, but this time the war was mainly on the offensive, not to mention that the troops were almost completely wiped out by Markdeon's troops after the break. Compared with defense, the casualties of attacking fortifications are naturally greater.

With nearly a fifth of the casualties, morale was much slackened, although Richard indulged in burning, killing and looting after the war, because most of the soldiers did not want to fight because of the rich booty.

After the United Kingdom on the East Coast was dissolved, the Kingdom of Delong was not strong enough and could only admit defeat.

More than a thousand years ago, the Delong Kingdom was originally a continental power in the Dawn Plane, with a territory area of more than two million, a population of more than sixty million, and more than one million elite armor soldiers, but in the last few hundred years, it has been reduced to a fish belly.

First, he was defeated by the Kingdom of Lane and lost a large area of land, and then the two dukes of Guise and Duran rebelled and joined the Kingdom of Grant with their territories.

Five years ago, during the First Great War of the Three Kingdoms, only 1.6 million square kilometers of land remained in the kingdom of Delong.

In the last Three Kingdoms War, the Delong Kingdom first ceded 80,000 square kilometers of land to the United Kingdom on the East Coast, and after the war, it was cut off 150,000 square kilometers by the Grant Kingdom.

Before the start of this war, the Delong Kingdom still had 1.37 million square kilometers of land, and this time in the Three Kingdoms War, the Delong Kingdom suffered more serious losses, and the battle line was basically demarcated by the Mara River. The territory directly under it alone lost 340,000, and also lost the four dukedoms of Isaac, Hubble, East, and Orlando.

In this war, the Delong Kingdom lost a total of 510,000 territories.

Until now, the Delong Kingdom has only 860,000 square kilometers of land left, which is only a little stronger than the Grand Duchy.

As the victor, the Kingdom of Grant expanded its land area by 640,000 square kilometers and increased its population by more than 16 million.

The Kingdom of Grant originally had only 1.2 million square kilometers of land, but in recent years, the Duke of Harland has expanded 200,000 square kilometers of land to the north, from the Delong Kingdom and the United Kingdom of the East Coast to 790,000 square kilometers, and despite the loss of the Earl of Silvermoon Island, the land area of the Grant royal family has reached 2.18 million square kilometers.

After defeating the Delong Kingdom and the United Kingdom of the East Coast Alliance, in the East Coast region of the Central Continent, the Grant Kingdom's momentum can already be compared with the two great powers of Ryan and Stark.

This battle laid 640,000 square kilometers of land, and how to divide the spoils was a test for the great nobles. If the spoils are not evenly distributed, the cohesion of the kingdom will be weakened in the future, and internal problems may lead to division.

First of all, the Fourth Earl of the South, who had the least credit, before the war began, was only a solid defensive line, and the only commendable credit was to contain the two major armies of the United Kingdom on the East Coast.

It wasn't until Richard won the Battle of Ishenburg and the East Coast United Kingdom was forced to retreat that the Fourth Earl of the South beat the water dogs, took away part of the territory, and made some achievements.

Because the merit is small, the strength is insufficient, and their demands are relatively simple.

King Roger, in consultation with the other dukes, carved out a part of the lands north of the Andal Mountains and divided them among the four counts. Each of the four counts in the south was assigned a viscounty, with a territory of about four or five thousand square kilometers.

This year, 640,000 square kilometers of land were expanded, and the four southern earls combined were only 20,000.

The same is true for the four marquis in the east, because the territory was invaded by the United Kingdom on the east coast, and many serfs were killed and wounded under the order to move to the sea, and the war was fought miserably. After all, it contained the five legions of the United Kingdom on the east coast, and the navy mainly fought against the four marquis in the east. But their merits are largely lackluster, and they can only be divided into one viscounty.

The four marquis in the east were close vassals of the royal family, and the area of the fiefdom was slightly larger, and the total area of the four viscounts was 30,000.

Earl Steven's alliance with the southern nobles was more miserable, this army was almost completely wiped out, and the credit made before the defeat was not much, so naturally he could not be knighted, and only received some materials and gold rewards.

The county of Steven did not expand its realm and did not demote its lordship.

Although Earl Steven was brave and defended the honor of the nobility, after all, the Earl lost the battle and caused the rear road of Haaland's army to be cut off. If it caused the annihilation of Richard's entire army and affected the outcome of the Three Kingdoms War, Count Steven would inevitably be held responsible, made a scapegoat, and removed from the territory.

Although there is no proverb in the Dawn Plane that the victor is not condemned, in practice, the interests of the loser are also not cared for. If it weren't for the decisive victory led by Richard, Steven and the minor southern nobles would probably have been held accountable and the territory removed.

Next is the division of fat between the royal family and several major dukes, starting with Duke Jonathan. Duke Jonathan basically did not participate in this battle, and only provided a part of the logistics resources, which can be regarded as a sum of money. After the war, the knighthood only gave the Jonathan family a baron, which was equivalent to a consolation prize.

Although the two dukes of York and Lorrain sent soldiers, they basically did not go to the front line, mainly undertaking tasks such as protecting grain routes and transporting baggage, and their contributions were not as good as those of the Earl of the South and the Marquis of the East.

However, the duke's influence was greater than that of the earl and the marquis, and although the credit was not much, the two major families of York and Lorrain still obtained a viscount in the south to help the family branch out. It's just that the area of these two viscounts is not large, only two or three thousand square kilometers, which is not half of the territory of earls and marquises.

At the level of the duke, he is already a rule-maker and has a very large room for maneuver. In addition, this war swallowed 640,000 square kilometers of land in the southern region, which is equivalent to half a kingdom, the royal family and several major dukes, and the division of the following territories is also slightly more generous. Even if the two dukes of York and Lorrain have no credit, they can still get a piece of fat, and the treatment is far better than that of the viscounts and barons who fought bravely below.

The four dukes, Edward, Fawkes, Guise, and Duran, all fought to the best of their ability.

Among the four great nobles, Duke Edward had the fewest soldiers, but he was very brave and good at fighting, and made many meritorious achievements, and the Western Front where they belonged also won the most territories.

Each of the four great nobles received an earldom, and the territory area was equally large, roughly between thirty and forty thousand square kilometers.

William, the commander-in-chief of the Western Route Army, and Zackery, the commander-in-chief of the Central Route Army, were also made earls in this battle and promoted to the great aristocracy, but the territory of the two was slightly smaller, only a little more than 20,000 square kilometers. After all, the two of them fought with the royal central legion, although they were the commanders of the front army, and their treatment was not as good as that of the four dukes.

In the last five years, with Steven, William, and Zachary successively being made earls, the southern region has also restored seven earls.

After William and Zachary were promoted to the great nobles, they had to retire from the royal central army and enter their own fiefdoms to develop.

William, the county, did not have a clear heir, but the discerning people knew that this territory could only be inherited by Richard's descendants. Otherwise, the Haaland family will inevitably cause civil strife and cannibalism.

Now that the power of Richard's line has far surpassed that of the other brothers, even if William sets up an heir, as long as he dies, the situation will inevitably be reversed.

With the power of the current Duke of Haaland, it is easy to kill other heirs, and then get the inheritance rightfully.

Ron and George weren't fools, and they could see that. If William had left them less territory, Richard might have looked at brotherhood and would not interfere with their development.

If William handed over the county to them to inherit, even if Richard did not show up, Richard's children would have taken action, killed their uncles and cousins, and snatched the inheritance of the territory.

Because William was knighted, Richard's support was the most critical. Moreover, the strength and weakness between the two sides are extremely obvious, and as long as the power of Haaland's territory is exerted a little, he can get rid of his rivals and get the inheritance.

Richard's children had a mediocre relationship with Ron, George, and other uncles, and had little family affection to speak of. This kind of relatives in the interests of the relatives do not have any guilt when killed.

The aristocracy, despite their greed, also had a clear sense of power.

In the rules of the Dawn Plane, supernatural power holds everything.

Unless one of Ron's and George's or William's other descendants can be promoted to legend and have the strength to entangle with Richard's lineage, it is possible for William's forces to take care of the overall situation and obtain some political and economic privileges through negotiations, and give up the inheritance of the southern county.

The way of survival among the aristocracy, although it is glamorous on the outside, is always bloody on the inside, full of intrigue and conspiracy.

The remaining territories are mainly divided between the Haaland family and the royal family.

In this battle, Richard killed Markion, got a county, and annihilated five legions on the east coast, and the two dukes Isaac and Hubble had 40,000 private soldiers, which was about six counties.

According to the statistical standard of the Grant Kingdom's military exploits, Richard could get about seven counties, with a total territory area of about 200,000 square kilometers.

The Grant royal family dispatched nine regular legions in this battle, with a total strength of about 200,000, and dominated the two fronts of the Central Route Army and the Northern Route Army. Although it did not break the deadlock and decide the victory, it actually fought against more than half a million enemies. Naturally, the largest amount of land was allocated, and the newly expanded direct territory was about 220,000.

In this war, Richard got 200,000 square kilometers of land in the south, and Haaland led many people who were ready to move, obviously wanting to develop in the south, especially the bureaucrats, industrial and commercial classes in the territory, who all wanted to put the territory in the south.

After all, from the point of view of the natural environment, geopolitics, the territory of the south is obviously superior. Even some of the backbone of the army, hereditary aristocrats, wanted Richard to focus his main efforts on the south.

"The Southern Territory has a warm climate, abundant precipitation, and most of it is plain, which is suitable for the development of industry and agriculture. If we want to focus on the development of industry and agriculture in the future, we should focus on the south.

The Northern Territory has more magical resources, whether it is the Snow Crystal Lake Natural Magic Well or the coordinates of the dimensional passage, they are all in the north. If you want to develop more in the magical civilization, the center of gravity should be on the north. ”

After a little weighing, Richard immediately decided to focus his efforts on the north, and the southern territory could be exchanged with Edward, Fawkes, the royal family and other big nobles.

After all, the Dawn Plane is an extraordinary world, and extraordinary power is the core resource. Only by developing supernatural forces can Haaland's territory have greater development.

Not long after Richard made his decision, the two dukes, Fox and Edward, sent people to test it. After all, Haaland has obtained 200,000 square kilometers of southern territory, and he may not be willing to divide and exchange.

The first to negotiate was the Duke of Edward, the Edward family's territory in the north still has 60,000 square kilometers left, because the southern territory is more valuable than the northern territory, so Richard only needs to set aside 40,000 to complete the exchange.

The 300,000 serfs left by Duke Edward in the north were all traded to the Harland family by the way, and Richard exchanged them for southern serfs.

After this war, Richard controlled nearly five million people in the Southern Territory. Because of the war money, Haaland not only increased the land area by 200,000 square kilometers, but also controlled a population of nearly 8 million.

It's just that the population of the occupied areas in the south has not been effectively utilized, and it has not been too effective for the time being, because it has suffered from the war, and Richard may need to invest a little resources in the south.

After negotiating with the Edwards, the two sides began to demarcate their territories.

After the transaction was completed, the Edward family completed the transformation of their identity and became a great southern noble, concentrating all their power in the south. Their territory in the south, about 75,000 square kilometers, is slightly larger than the Dukedom of Guise five years ago. However, after the Orcs suffered heavy losses in the northern frontier, the Edward family was already the weakest duke in the Grant Kingdom.

(End of chapter)