Chapter Fifty-Nine: Taking Sides (Part II)
Protect and maintain the existing political landscape in Banji and prevent the massive political reshuffle that follows chaos and turmoil, and even if it is to be shuffled, it will be up to them to take the lead in the process.
Judging by all indications, the powerful Earl of Stele's family, this time playing the role of defender and protector, it seems that they want to maintain their Shili range around Banji, which is also a well-known secret.
The Stelle family, who wanted to keep their Shili range from being destroyed, did not want to see chaos in their most important supply of magic materials, and then affect the Duke of Luxembourg's family, which was not very rich in material supply.
You must know that the poor supply of magic materials can sometimes lead to the progress of magicians' magic research, which will affect the progress of magicians' strength.
Although for the long time of magic research and class level improvement for several years and decades at every turn, these few days and months of delay are really not a big deal.
This is a pair of natural allies with interests, and the high degree of consistency of short-term interests makes it almost impossible for them to become hostile shili in this political or military turmoil, and the probability of advancing and retreating together is basically 100%.
Then there is the Russell Brotherhood, which is directly accountable to the royal family
Of course, it is not excluded that His Excellency Count Russell suddenly had a convulsion and was ready to raise the banner of rebellion against the royal family's self-reliance, of course, the probability of such a special situation happening is very, very rare, almost none.
After all, not to mention that as a retainer of the royal family of the Kingdom of Ustan for generations, the righteous name after the rebellion is obviously untenable.
The strength of the Russell Brotherhood and the Russell family supporters alone is obviously slightly inferior to that of the entire royal family, which has only about 30,000 people and less than 25,000 combatants, and the kingdom alone has more than 50,000 troops that are absolutely loyal to the royal family, which is completely disproportionate in strength.
Not to mention how many large and small nobles and nobles have been eradicated by the Russell Brotherhood over the years because of the implementation of royal orders, not to mention whether they have been wronged, these are meaningless now.
You must know that these nobles all have relatives and friends, the down-and-out descendants left by the family, the shili of the mother's family, the shili of the married female husband's family, the subordinates promoted by the family before, and the well-connected haode interest groups.
Although a large part of it was cleaned up and eliminated at that time or in the period after the incident, it is clear that Russell and the royal family are well aware of the principle of cutting grass and eradicating the roots. , there are also some unsympathetic guys who will not help, but when the situation is extremely possessive, they will come out and wave their flags to show their existence.
But there are still some small fish and shrimp left over because of negligence or political needs, and the number of these small fish and shrimp is not very small, after so many years of connecting with each other and helping each other, they have formed an invisible big net and turned into a large man-eating shark, waiting for the day when the Russell family makes a mistake.
Obviously, this is a pre-arranged containment method created by the Ulstein royal family in order to restrain the sharpest fangs in the hands of the royal family.
At the same time, the existing nobles of the kingdom will also blatantly attack the brotherhood because of the weak position of the Russell Brotherhood and their fear and disgust for this kingdom sword. If these nobles mobilize those private armies with all their might, the combined strength may not be less than the royal army, and even more in terms of numbers.
In this way, it is clear that the Russell Brotherhood will not work against the interests of the royal family, at any time. And in the coming turmoil, it is clear that the conservative shili on the side of Earl Steyer is more in the interests of the royal family.
In addition, the knights of the 'Knights of Fionardo' who abide by the precepts of the King of Knights are obviously not going to openly violate a series of treaties signed with the royal family of the kingdom to support those hostile groups that undermine the interests of the kingdom.
The Knight King's almost paranoid strict requirements for contract enforcement make all knight professions dare not easily violate promises, conventions, and contracts, which are verbal or paper forms of contract, after all, the consequence of violating them is to eliminate all professional hierarchies and contract beliefs.
So the knights' treaties and promises are here worthy of most people's belief in most cases.
Therefore, the 3rd Wing and the 4th Wing of the 'Knights of Fionardo' stationed here are both part of the Liliang component of the conservative shili.
Add to that Augusta, a giant magic organization that adheres to the ancient oath of 'permanent neutrality'.
The large powers with names and surnames have either become conservative Shili or permanently neutral.
Judging from the analysis of the above shili, it is clear that our opposition is a big shili composed of outsiders, and even if not all of them are outsiders, at least it is composed of outsiders as the core and head of the shili.
And again, it seems that there is absolutely no more allies to win over Shili against Shili. At best, it is a union of some nobles who are unwilling or have greater ambitions in the local area, but the liliang of these nobles is obviously not worth mentioning compared to the above shili, they are all small fish and shrimp.
However, on the other hand, even for the sake of insurance, it is still necessary to gather so many powerful shili, and these shili think that they can cope with this turbulent situation, and obviously there is no opposition to shili that has surfaced so far, and their strength is strong enough.
If there is such and such irreconcilable contradictions or hatred with some big shili or big people in the conservative shili, then the opposition shili who has not yet shown its true face at this time is obviously a suitable choice.
However, the stakes are enormous, and even if these opposition to Shili succeed, they will only stay in Banji for a short time, and then this unknown mysterious Shili will either escape from the territory of the Kingdom of Ustan or confront the large army sent by the Kingdom to fight against it.
In other words, there are only two endings, one is to be exterminated by the kingdom's army or other shili, and the other is to escape from the kingdom, be wanted and hunted by the kingdom's friendly shili, stay away from home, abandon the foundation and connections that he has struggled to operate for several years and decades, and go to a strange environment to work hard and start all over again.
No matter which one it is, it can't be considered a haode ending.
Therefore, no matter how big the grudge and contradiction are, no one will easily choose to oppose Shili, after all, for those Shili who have the ability to plan such a big change, these speculators are not as loyal and useful as their own people.
Generally speaking, there are no shili who will accept an outsider and speculator in their hearts in the short term, and it takes strength, merit, and time to be accepted, both of which these speculators obviously do not have.