Volume 1 Threesome Chapter 124 The Flames of War
Unquestionable record, impeccable report.
At this point, no one would have any doubts about Midi's strength, and no one dared to question the vision and decision of the acting head of the family, Fina.
For the generals and commanders of the Golden Bough Legion, this victory without a fight was too exciting for them, and several generals and fathers who had been fighting since the time of the Iron and Blood Grand Duke couldn't help but feel "Am I already behind the times" and "Am I really old".
But whether it is emotion, admiration, or the patience to hide jealousy in the bottom of their hearts, everyone has to bow their arrogant heads at this moment.
This is the battlefield, and the only criterion is merit.
What Midi has achieved is not only the only battle feat so far, but also a record in the history of the Duchy of Belmar, a miracle that can be compared to Fina's "one man a day and one city".
Now he can be said to be in the limelight, and no one can stop him.
And many far-sighted people, including Clark, the head of the Golden Branch, saw the true strength of Midi.
This kind of strength is different from the personal strength of Martin, the "first fencing man", but the strength of a whole army that can fit in and react with each other. Midi's strength, like an aura, can improve the strength of the entire army, whether it is morale, penetration, or the details of the arrangement, or even the overall strategy, as long as this young genius commander is present, all can be significantly improved
In fact, the elite cavalry who had been reluctantly drawn out to "borrow" to Midi had now made requests to stay under Midi to fight.
And taking advantage of this opportunity, Fina naturally waved her hand and immediately agreed to the request of these cavalrymen. Taking advantage of the fact that the generals had nothing to say, the special cavalry battalion with Midi as the sole commander of the Golden Bough Legion was thus established.
In the next civil war, what kind of achievements will this special cavalry battalion achieve?
Before he knew it, Clark couldn't help but start looking forward to it.
As for the idea of fighting for military power, after this battle, he had completely dispelled it.
Because he found that he had been completely seen through by the young black-haired boy. In other words, all the thoughts and pursuits of generals, knights, and even soldiers have been mastered by Midi.
If the adventurer pursues strength, the nobleman pursues profit, the knight pursues honor, and the mage pursues mysteries, then what the soldier pursues is victory
Now that Midi has proven by his actions that he can bring victory to all, and it is a miraculous victory, then as a soldier, there is no other choice but to follow Midi's sword and obtain those victories
It's just that as soon as this idea came out, Clark suddenly became worried.
As the most loyal warrior of the Hamilton family, even he had the idea of following Midi, so when this young "guardian knight" gains more and more authority in the Hamilton family, will there be a result of "high merit"?
If this civil war is over, and the dignified Golden Bough Legion only knows Midi but not Fina, what kind of hidden danger will it have?
But then, he smiled self-deprecatingly.
This is not something that a soldier should worry about, besides, the young man's world, I'm afraid he can't see through it even if he wants to.
This is the battlefield, so there is only one word, war
Of course, Midi didn't know that the serious commander of the Golden Branch Legion would have a sense of crisis in this regard for him, but even if he did, he would just laugh it off.
Although the news of the Iron Blood's critical illness has gradually spread, with this miraculous victory, the position of the Hamilton family in the Duchy of Belmar is still unshakable. And Fina Hamilton, the prestige of the young "Queen of Magic Bullets" has gradually stabilized.
Taking this as an opportunity, the day after the recapture of Flowing Water, the Hamilton family, as the head of the Queen's faction, issued a call for rebellion, claiming that there were unscrupulous members of the noble council who tried to seize the throne of Queen Skady, which was a rebellion and must be eradicated. On the long list that was drawn up under that appeal, the Seth family was the leader, and the councillors sent a single noble family.
As for the parliamentarian faction, it is the same, but it has dropped the arguments one by one, claiming that the queen's faction controls the queen to manipulate the country and ignore the parliamentary vote, and in that turbulent era, it is simply a bug in the principality and should be removed
In the midst of these two completely opposite calls and denunciations, the civil war of the Principality of Belmar finally took the spark of the Battle of Flowing Water County as an introduction, and quickly burned the entire territory of the Principality.
Whether it is the queen's faction or the parliamentarian faction, they will do their best, and the number of troops is more than 100,000, after all, just the Hamilton family, or the Seth family, the strength after the general mobilization is more than 80,000, plus those marquis families behind them, it will be more than 100,000.
It's just that in this war, there is no large-scale battle of hundreds of thousands of people.
After all, the biggest feature of the Duchy of Belmar is the feudal system, the number of noble families is large, and the lord's territory is intertwined and complicated.
The queen's faction and the parliamentarian faction have been fighting with each other for hundreds of years, and although their names have not changed, the changes of power in the aristocratic families are constantly changing. Today, if you just look at the distribution of territorial locations, the two major factions can be said to be like two long snakes, completely entangled together.
For example, the Hamiltons are located in the south of the principality, while the Asrex are in the north. Similarly, the Seth family is also surrounded by many queen factions, but they have to be separated from their allies from enemy territory to echo each other.
In this case, although theoretically both sides have more than 100,000 troops, there is no chance of really gathering into one army.
Who would let the enemy's army pass through their own territory so smoothly to assemble?
Besides, even if there was a way to secretly assemble troops, what nobleman would be willing to abandon the territory that his family had run for hundreds of years, and only take the army out of the army to gather under the command of the Seth family?
Therefore, in such a situation where the power is intertwined, you have me, and I have you, the only result is that all the nobles still hold on to the territory and start a war on the border.
As a result, numerous battles, large and small, broke out almost simultaneously within the principality.
Some aristocratic families that are connected and have the same camp naturally take advantage of it, and they gather troops in a small area, suppress the royal road with numbers, clear all the surrounding hostile camps, and occupy territory at the same time, but also gain greater depth space and more open room for maneuver.
Some of the enemies on both sides can only struggle to support the defense, one accidentally breaches the castle, grabs the occupied territory, and finally can only surrender.
Some of them are ruthless and determined, knowing that civil war is inevitable and that they will not be able to get out sooner or later, so they have already secretly moved all the people in the family to the safe territory of the wealthy nobles to settle down, leaving only one army, adopting a through-the-line tactic and digging through the territory of the hostile faction, in the hope of achieving a joint army.
In this way, within the territory of the principality, there are attackers, defensives, whole army migrations, and small groups of troops, so to speak, chaos.
Even famous generals can't grasp the whole situation, and sometimes, a victory that is clearly within reach is ruined by an army that comes from outside and accidentally bumps into it, and instead turns into a defeat.
Every day of the week, the distribution of power in the principality is constantly changing, almost like an undulating ocean with no edge in sight, with waves rising and falling, and whirlpools and undercurrents.
However, in this sea of war, there are still a few places that are like lighthouses on reef islands, which are still standing tall despite the wind and rain.
For example, the Asrex family is more offensive and less defensive.
With the experience of Midi's previous life, the family had long been prepared, the two counties were guarded by tens of thousands of armies, and the large number of adventurers gathered by the Eagle's Nest were divided into small forces to attack everywhere, and among the nobles of the adjacent councillors, there was almost no one to stop except for the Seth family.
And what is even more daring to provoke is naturally the two behemoths of Hamilton and Seth.
The territory of both sides was vast in itself, and each side had gathered more than 50,000 troops, except for the border defenders. Mutual temptation and collision, the big war and the small war have never stopped for a day.
It's just that with the passage of time, the decline of the Seth family is constantly revealed.
After all, the largest civil war battlefield of more than 100,000 people should have been opened up within the territory of the Hamilton family, around the River Dame and Flowing Water. When the head of the Seth family, Ferdinand, received the news that the Iron and Blood Grand Duke was critically ill, he immediately devised a strategy to turn it into a meat grinder, forcing his opponent to invest a large number of troops until he lost his position at the end.
But now, with Midi's terrible thunderous blow, the Black Flame Legion had to retreat all the way, while the Golden Bough Legion advanced all the way, crossing the territorial border in one breath and pursuing it with victory.
Although the Seth family's territory is full of barriers, only this time, they will have to face not only their old rivals the Golden Bough Legion, but also genius commanders such as Midi, as well as the famous Magic Bullet Queen Fina.
"One person, one city, one day" is not a casual talk, although this time there is no Alice gathering demon veins, however, among the 30,000 army, there are a large number of high-level elemental mages alone, and with the gathering magic array, they can form a "human network" that is no less powerful than the demon veins.
The low-level magicians will send magic power to the high-level magicians, and the high-level magicians will then transfer the magic power to the great magicians, and in the end, all the magic power will be condensed on Fina's body, and the magic bullet will be no less powerful than the capture of Fort Joseph a year ago.
Soon, the territory of the Seth family continued to fall, and the fortress that was originally impregnable was also reduced to nothingness under Fina's magic bullet.
Coupled with Midi's predictive command, the Seth family was suddenly defeated and retreated, and there was no room for reversal.
Most people believe that the civil war is coming to an end.
Many parliamentarians have begun to consider retreating. After all, surrender will be subject to others, but at least it will not lead to death.
However, in the midst of this great situation, Midi did not feel any fluttering.
Because he knew very well that there was also a pair of hostile eyes, peeking into the shadows of the situation of the civil war in the principality.