rise of empire total war

Chapter 497

In the official residence of the governor of Opodeka City in the southern border of the Holy Kuyavi Empire, a fairly luxurious banquet is in progress.

In the not-so-wide hall, tall men dressed in military uniforms of Holy Roman Empire generals held glasses filled with clear wine, chatted with nobles in Kuyawi style costumes, and surrounded those tall and handsome officers. There are several good-looking female nobles, they are like flies smelling food, entangled each other and do not leave.

Richard looked at all this with a faint smile on his lips. Just now, several aristocratic girls who thought they were young and beautiful were approaching him in an awkward manner. However, several of his guards reached out to stop them, and they had no choice but to retreat. Down.He put the wine glass to his mouth and took a sip, feeling the coolness of the wine in his mouth. Before he could swallow it, a man walked past the guards and walked up to him.

"Your Majesty Caesar, the guys from the Second Army have made great contributions. How do you reward them?"

Hearing this familiar voice, Richard swallowed the drink in his mouth and said, "My dear Charles, was that kid Horn asking you to remind me?"

"No, no, no, how could Horn possibly touch me?" Charles waved his hand and denied it.

"Hehe." Richard smiled slightly, without going any further, he raised his glass and touched the wine glass in Charles's hand lightly, then drank the wine in the glass, and after swallowing it, he said: "I'm going to Give Bono and Priss an Eagle each for their merits."

"However, if the Eagle Medal is awarded too much, its original value will be lost, so I am still hesitating."

Hearing this, Charles nodded and agreed: "The Eagle Medal has a unique meaning. If there are too many, it will be just an ordinary piece of gold."

"That's what I think." Richard handed the wine glass in his hand to the waiter, motioning him to fill it up, and said, "So I'm thinking, we should give them another fiefdom."

"This is your freedom, Your Majesty Caesar." Charles said respectfully, "However, for the sake of your rule, it is not a good thing for the Duke to be too powerful, so please give it more consideration."

Charles' reminder is not unreasonable. Richard is very clear that the Duke's power is too strong. Although there will be no threat due to system restrictions during his reign, after his death, will his son be able to control it? It is really a problem to live with those powerful dukes.

Richard couldn't help thinking of the "Crusader Kings 2" he played in his previous life. After the old king died, the new king couldn't hold back those powerful dukes. The country fought civil wars every day, and finally won a gang. It didn't take long for another group to come, and in the end they could only agree to the conditions of the rebels and give way to other people with claiming rights.

What he remembers most deeply is the Irish file he opened. In that file, he used various methods for a generation to unify the island of Ireland and became the king of Ireland (I don’t know if it’s a religious issue, the kingdom after becoming king Not Ireland, but Ireland), and swung eastward to annex Wales.A few years later, the first generation died, and the second generation succeeded to the throne. Not long after a stable life, several powerful dukes launched a war in the name of the new king's relatives. They came fiercely. In order to preserve his strength, Richard could only agree to their terms , and then changed from the aloof king of El to a duke with the entire duchy.

Since then, Richard has resorted to various methods but failed to return to the position of the King of Ireland. He also watched the kingdom being corrupted by his relatives, and has been defeated in foreign wars. Even Wales was forced to give up. Then Richard deleted the file and stopped playing.

Looking back now, Richard has a bit of a toothache, thinking that such a thing is likely to happen to the empire he has worked so hard to conquer (in fact, this kind of thing is impossible, because several legions in the kingdom are all Loyal to His Majesty the Emperor himself, even if the commander declares rebellion, they will not be able to participate, and besides the army, the Teutonic Knights will always be loyal supporters of the Emperor), just a burst of scalp numbness, and quickly drank wine to suppress the shock After drinking the cool drink, Richard realized that the dukes he enshrined only had the fiefdom of one earl country, and it was impossible for the earls below to obey the duke 100%. If he is strong, he doesn't have to worry about it.

What's more...Richard touched the cold glass body of the wine glass with his fingers, and suddenly asked Charles, "I remember that there are still many lands on the Osa Peninsula that have not been allocated."

"Yes, Your Majesty Caesar." Charles replied, he was a little puzzled by Richard's sudden question, but then he suddenly thought of something, and a gleam flashed in his eyes.

"Then treat those plots without lords as rewards to our meritorious officials." Richard's next words were just as Charles thought in his heart. After hearing this, he nodded and agreed.

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The reception lasted until late at night. Those officers and nobles who were too drunk were carried to the empty room in the ruling mansion to rest. Some people who were not drunk had already held the hand of the local female nobles In-depth communication in an empty room, drinking a lot of wine, although Richard wanted to imitate them, but when he thought of Stephanie who was still in Vienna, this idea was immediately dismissed, one-night stand or something is very important Cool, but if a shot hits the heart and another illegitimate child comes, he will be miserable.

The next day, the legion stationed outside the city of Opodeka was ready to go. Under the leadership of Richard, it continued to march north. When the legion left, a large number of female nobles gathered outside the city to see the legion off. The corner of Richard's mouth twitched violently a few times. Needless to say, these people must be the female nobles who stayed at the executive residence together yesterday.

Opodeka City is a relatively prosperous city in the southern border of the Holy Kuyawi Empire. The fact that Richard's army was able to fight here also proved the bankruptcy of the border defense line of the Kuyawi army.And that is indeed the case. Under the strong attack of the Holy Roman Empire army, the Kuyawi army only resisted at the border for four days before being forced to retreat. It was chased and beaten by Richard's army all the way, and several towns were lost. Finally got rid of the pursuit.

The fiasco at the border also allowed Queen Kuyawi to fully see the combat effectiveness of the Holy Roman Empire army. She sent envoys to order the Northern Legion to speed up the pace of going south, and at the same time summoned more troops to reinforce the front line. In this case, Only then did she finally understand why Richard was able to change from a down-and-out prince in exile to the emperor who now controls the entire Valdasia Peninsula in just a dozen years.

(End of this chapter)