rise of empire total war

Chapter 509 The Divided Kingdom

After the contract was signed, all the armies staying in the Holy Kuyawi Empire began to march south and return to the country.Finally, the Third Brigade of the Second Army, which had finally crossed the Sotu Tale area, did not have to go back the same way and take the route full of poisonous insects and beasts. They went directly south along the road in the Kuyawi Empire and entered Burgundia. area.

Speaking of the Burgundian region, Richard gave up his plan to directly annex it. He decided to turn back the history and support several new kingdoms in the Burgundian region, making the region fragmented. Only the fragmented Burgundia will not pose a threat to Richard.

Why do you say that you are turning back the clock on history?The Kingdom of Burgundia has not always been unified. About 200 years ago, the Burgundian region was still divided and ruled by two kingdoms and several independent counties. Like their neighbors, they fight and kill all the year round in order to unify the Burgundian region and become the only king in the entire region (this is incomparable to the neighbors of Vadacia in the south, because they only seek to expand their territory and obtain More money, unifying the entire peninsula is out of the question).

The situation of division continued until the intervention of the Holy Kuyawi Empire. The king of one of the kingdoms (the predecessor of the Burgundian Kingdom today) obtained the help of a powerful neighbor in the east by marrying the Kuyawi Emperor. And with the help of the Kuyawi army, it swept away other hostile forces, unified the entire Burgundian region in just a few years, and was finally crowned as the real Burgundian king.

That is, from then on, the tradition of marriage between the Kingdom of Burgundia and the Holy Kuyawi Empire began. They will marry almost every generation to strengthen the alliance in this way.It can be said that the members of the royal families of both sides have a common blood in their bodies, and it is almost an intermarriage of close relatives.

After Richard conquered the Burgundian Kingdom, he personally broke the unity of more than 200 years. He rebuilt the original two kingdoms on the body of the Burgundian Kingdom and established a new kingdom. The name of the country is called the Kingdom of Burgundy.Out of selfishness, Richard appointed his illegitimate son Alfred to be crowned as the new King of Burgundy.

Richard's decision was not discussed with others, so during the coronation ceremony, the nobles looked at the ten-year-old child wearing luxurious clothes and being crowned as the new king under the auspices of the cardinal. , as the mother of the new king, Diane also participated in the coronation ceremony. She watched her expressionless child wear a heavy crown made of pure gold. The joy in her heart was self-evident, and she was even more grateful for her previous decision. Fortunately, she became Richard's lover and gave birth to a son for him, otherwise she might be just an ordinary lady now.

And Richard looked at his son who wore the crown at a young age, and he was filled with emotion. He was still a carefree prince in the court of Nord City when he was ten years old. The rebellion after the year and Richard's soul travel, then the owner of this body must be an ordinary conservative king.Richard doesn't know what kind of achievements Alfred will make in the future, but at least now he has a very high starting line compared with his peers, no matter how ineffective he is, as the monarch of a country, Can spend this life without worrying about food and clothing.

The young Alfred didn't know what his mother and father were thinking. He tried to maintain the indifference on his face, feeling the weight on his head, but in his mind he kept thinking about what the teacher said to him: You will become a king. , you want to become a king comparable to your father, before that, you must discipline yourself.

How to restrain himself, in Alfred's young heart, is to be as sullen and expressionless as those nobles, not to show his true feelings in front of everyone.

After the coronation ceremony was over, little Alfred carried the heavy crown and completed the subsequent tedious steps under the leadership of the palace steward. It was almost after dark that the ceremony was finally completed.He walked back to the back hall, only to find that his father and mother were already sitting there waiting for him. His father, who was rarely seen for the last time in a year, greeted him and then held him in his arms. Alfred felt a little uncomfortable because besides His mother, few people would hug him like this, but he didn't dare to struggle, because he knew that this was the emperor who would make outsiders look down upon him.

Richard could clearly feel his son's resistance to him, he was a little helpless, how could he not know the relationship between himself and this illegitimate child, because taking into account Stephanie's feelings, Richard rarely met with their mother and son, Al Fred was thankful not to think of him as a stranger.

Soon, Richard let him go, and little Alfred ran to his mother. From his point of view, the only ones he could rely on were his mother and the teacher who had been with him all the time.

It is impossible to say that there is no heartache, but Richard has no way to change all of this. Looking at Diane's more mature face, guilt quickly flooded his heart, and he stretched out his hand to hold Diane in his arms , stroked the woman's soft long hair, and sighed.

"Diane." He said, "you will stay in Snowma (the southern city of the Burgundian Kingdom, the capital of the New Kingdom) and live with Alfred. Sorry, I can't accompany you you."

"I will." Diane said softly. She has been here for so many years, and she no longer cares whether Richard can accompany them. The only thing that can make her happy is watching her son achieve new achievements.

Richard didn't know what she was thinking. He said, "I will stay in Snowma until everything in the New Kingdom is on the right track."

"Okay." Diane nodded and agreed.Seeing her obedient appearance, the desire that Richard had been suppressing surged up. However, considering that Alfred was still there, he suppressed the desire in his heart. He did not dare to make any teachings. Things about bad minors will be punished.

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News of the end of the war between the old empire and the emerging empire quickly spread across most of the continent, leaving countries who wanted to see a good show dumbfounded. However, they still learned about what happened in the war through various channels, especially the performance of the Holy Roman Empire's army.To everyone's surprise, the Kuyavi Empire, which they were most optimistic about, actually had the upper hand in the war, and the powerfully rising Holy Roman Empire once again declared their power to the world.

The war with the Kuyawi Empire is over. However, the war with the Ansmara Republic is not over yet. Richard originally wanted to conquer the Ansmara colony on the continent of Zane first, but the Kingdom of Burgundia The cooking operation directly attracted Richard's attention, and now that the war is over, Richard can finally deal with the remnants of the Ansmara Republic.

(End of this chapter)