Lord Harland.

The Harland Territory has developed over the years, especially after the elementary school was opened, and some talents have finally been cultivated.

Now there are three primary schools in the territory, and the number of children attending school is close to .

According to the statistics of Haaland Territory, there are currently about 80,000 people under the age of 16, about 2,000 people receiving education, and the literacy rate has exceeded 5%.

When these children grow up and become the backbone of the society, the quality of the population in the Harland Territory will be greatly improved, and the development level may be better than that of the most developed southwestern magic kingdoms in the Dawn Plane.

Just when the members of the Harland family gathered at Black River Castle to prepare for the Goddess's Birthday, Linus Castle, the capital of the Grand Duchy of Stanik, was about to usher in a palace coup.

In this year's war of orc invasion, the Grand Duchy of Stanik suffered a lot of casualties, King James even came to the front line and participated in the battle against the orcs.

King James is a seventh-level Silver Knight and is sixty-nine years old.

Although he was still in very good health this spring, it looked like he could live for another thirty or twenty years. As a result, in the spring and summer, Laoxin participated in a difficult war and was severely wounded by the orc shaman. In the winter, he finally couldn't stand it anymore and passed away in Linus's court in late December.

Because of the internal power struggle, the Kingdom of James abandoned the heir thirteen years ago, gouged out the eyes of the eldest prince, and forced him into a monastery.

Perhaps due to his old age and sensitive heart, King James did not establish a clear heir after deposing the eldest prince.

The kingdom has no clear heir, and the Linus family is not unified.

The old king died of illness and failed to deal with the heir to the throne. Many members of the powerful Linus family, whose ambitions have swelled to the extreme, began to covet the throne and gain the dominance of the Grand Duchy of Stanik.

They formed gangs everywhere and promised rich salaries to high-ranking officials. Before the birthday of the goddess, there were even vicious cases of assassination in the street.

The sensitive situation has turned Linus Castle into a powder keg, and there is a risk of losing control at any time.Some smart people sensed danger and avoided Linus Castle one after another to avoid the danger.

According to common sense, the eldest prince lost his eyes and was sent to a monastery, so it should be the second prince's turn to take the position of grand duke.

But the second prince is a mediocre person. Although he really wants to inherit the throne, he doesn't get the support of Linus family members. Although he dances very happily, even his own son doesn't support him. Far.

The third prince is quite talented, but unfortunately he was seriously injured in the battle with the orcs in his early years, and now he is dying, and it is very difficult to move.

The fourth prince had the loudest voice, but the fourth prince Baldwin was not at Linus Castle, but served as the defense commander on the northern front.

After the fourth prince, the sixth prince Solaman has the highest prestige.

Soraman has been an officer in the Royal Guards since he came of age, and is now the commander of the Guards Corps. He gained the old king's trust very much, and he always behaved in a non-competitive manner. But after King James died of illness, Soraman's position became the most critical.

Soraman publicly issued a very influential political declaration three days ago, and now he is the most popular candidate to compete for the throne.

In addition, among the members of the royal family of Grand Duke Stanek, there is another very key person. This person is Haldane, the younger brother of King James.

Haldane is the new hereditary duke of the Grand Duchy of Stanik and a legendary knight. He has served as the commander of the border army for many years, not only has a great influence on the border guards, but also has an elite monster cavalry in his hands.

The reason why James let the fourth prince with the strongest ability to serve as the commander of the border guards is actually because of his willingness to limit the influence of his uncle Haldane.

When King James was still there, Haldane cooperated well with King James, and the family basically lived in Lynas Castle.Even if Haldane was promoted to a hereditary duke and had a large territory, his descendants were used to everything in Linus Castle and basically did not move.

Currently, there are three most influential members of the Linus family, and there are also many careerists among them.

On the eve of the goddess's birthday, Soraman summoned his cronies to the mansion. He threw out several letters angrily and reprimanded: "This afternoon, our people intercepted several messengers and found a batch of letters. These letters were almost They are all from important members of the royal family, some are my uncles, some are my nephews, and some are my brothers. The letters are sent to Baldwin and Haldane, and the meaning of the letters is to support them as eunuchs.

You are my old department, and now you should unify your opinions, are you willing to support me as Grand Duke? "

After hearing this, everyone replied one after another: "Of course we are willing to support the sixth prince, but relying on the power we have alone, we don't have an advantage in the Royal Guards. Without the support of the Royal Guards, it is difficult to secure the throne of."

"Of course I know this. The main opponent of me among the Royal Guards is Evanson. As long as Evanson is eliminated, most of the rest will be centrists. It doesn't matter who becomes the Grand Duke. After seizing the throne, we will reward you with a batch of gold coins. We can bribe most of the officers and soldiers. The families of the Royal Guards are mainly in Linus Castle. Once they control this castle, the Guards have no choice but to follow us."

"Evanson himself is a ninth-level epic knight, with hundreds of guards around him. With just a few of us, we may not have a chance of winning?" The speaker was Soraman's brother-in-law, who is also a fifth-level knight and serves in the Royal Guards. As a captain, such a status is naturally hardcore.

Soraman said confidently: "Evanson's wife is a believer in the Goddess of the Dawn, and their family has always had the habit of celebrating the goddess's birthday. According to the information sent by the insider, Evanson has taken leave to go home today, and there are only ten people around him. With a few guards, this is the best time to take action."

"Since the sixth prince has made up his mind, we must follow the sixth prince."

Solaman's cronies are all very smart, and upon hearing what he said, they understood that Solaman wanted to take a surprise and launch a military coup.

Although some people were uneasy, these noble officers all knew a little bit of history, and they knew in their hearts that since they were on Solaman's pirate ship, they could not raise any objections at this time.

Who dares to hesitate at such a critical moment, Solaman will definitely kill, even parents and relatives will hardly be spared.

Now that Soraman has made up his mind, they can only bite the bullet and follow Soraman's path until the end.

The attitude of most members of the Royal Guards is actually neutral. Because he was always being watched by the old King James, Soraman did not dare to attract people's hearts on a large scale, and he did not have many direct lineage backbones.

If he is popular in the royal guard, there is no need to launch a palace coup.

The central regular army of the Grand Duchy of Stanik has a total of , including border guards and about royal guards.

The royal guards were divided into two infantry regiments, one cavalry regiment, and monster cavalry.

In order to defend against the orcs, King James sent a large number of royal guards to the front line this year. There are about 800 Warcraft cavalry and 20,000 infantry.

In today's Grand Duchy of Stanik, Prince Baldwin has the largest number of troops, with a total number of more than 60,000.

But among the border guards, there are still a large number of officers appointed by Haldane.

Haldane served in the Border Guards for many years, promoted countless officers, and was a legendary knight himself, with more influence than Baldwin.

Baldwin could really command an army, the total number of which did not exceed 30,000.

Although Haldane returned to his own territory and only had a private army of 10,000 nobles, he had raised 1,600 Warcraft Cavalry. Coupled with his influence in the army, his strength was stronger than Baldwin's.

On the contrary, Soraman of the Royal Capital is slightly inferior in terms of influence and strength.

Although Solaman's strength is mediocre, he likes to read various biographies of heroes, and likes to sum up experience from history.He knows that the core element of palace coups and military coups is surprise.

To carry out this kind of coup, you don't need too many people, one or two hundred elite soldiers are enough.If there are too many people participating in the coup, it will be difficult to keep the news secret. Once the news is leaked and the enemy is prepared, it will be difficult for the coup to succeed.

Soraman has hundreds of elites in his hands. A coup is not difficult. The key is how to create momentum and how to create a fait accompli?

Now the tense atmosphere in Linus Castle has lasted for seven or eight days, especially after the assassination case in the street the day before yesterday, everyone is prepared, and it is not suitable for a military coup.

But Solaman is the weakest, if he can't be caught by surprise, it is very difficult to have a chance to fight for the right of succession.

I have been patiently waiting for this day for many years.

Solaman is absolutely unwilling to give up the opportunity, he is not a person who cares about the overall situation.

Even if there is a high chance of failure, Soraman will still struggle desperately to win the last chance.

Even messing up the Grand Duchy of Stanik?As a result, the Linus family lost their throne, and the entire family of the ancestral line died, Solaman would not hesitate to launch a coup d'état.

As an extremely selfish person, he only thinks from his own point of view, as long as there is a chance of monopolizing power, he will firmly grasp it, even if it blocks everything.

Soraman took an oath with his cronies, and then directly led troops to surround Evanson's mansion.

Seeing this scene, Evanson's expression changed drastically, and he cursed sharply: "Solaman, what are you going to do? If you take the lead in breaking the rules, you will become a sinner of the Linus family, and you will not be able to go to heaven after death. I advise you immediately When you wake up, go to the monastery immediately and confess your crimes, so that you can save your wife and children."

"My wife will become a queen, and my son will become a prince, but your whole family will be burned to death in a fire. Today I am the winner. The rules are made by the winner, and history will be written by the winner." Sora Man sneered and directed the soldiers to shoot rockets.

Evanson is a member of the distant branch of the Linus family. He is a powerful ninth-level epic knight, not far from the legend, while Solaman is only a sixth-level knight. Fighting alone is far from Evanson's. opponent.The troops commanded by the two were also the elite of Evanson's cavalry.

However, due to mental arithmetic or not, Soraman was followed by hundreds of soldiers. Among them, there are no less than thirty middle-level professionals. However, Evans's guards only have a dozen people, and the professionals only have two officers. With such a disparity in power, Soraman and others worked together and successfully killed Evanson after paying a certain price.

After Evanson's death, the house was burned by fire all night, and dozens of people in his family were all killed by the fire.

After cutting off the biggest opponents of the Royal Guards, they engulfed some members of the Royal Guards along the way and took control of important places such as the palace, treasury, and armory.

Early the next morning, with the support of his cronies, Solaman forged an edict for the succession of the old King James, and grandly ascended the throne.

In order to avoid inviting crusades, he also distributed officials and rewards on a large scale. The first one to reward was the fourth prince Baldwin.Make Baldwin a hereditary duke, and then use a large area of ​​northern territory to give Baldwin a fief.He also locked Haldane's relatives who stayed in the capital and wrote a letter, implying that he threatened Haldane with his relatives' lives.

Soraman's control of Linus Castle went very smoothly.

Although some of the Janissaries were dissatisfied with Soraman, unfortunately no one organized to resist Soraman's rule. The vast majority of officers and soldiers are centrists. No matter who is the king, as long as he can pay them, he will be their commander.

Even if he controls Linus Castle, Soraman's rule is very weak.

Especially the local nobles believed that Solaman broke the tradition and launched a palace coup, and most of them were dissatisfied with Solaman.

Baldwin and Haldane, in particular, immediately raised their troops after receiving the news and immediately swore to attack Soraman.

The battle for the throne that took place in the Kingdom of Grant almost happened again in the Grand Duchy of Stanik.

Just after the goddess's birthday, the Grand Duchy of Stanik was in chaos.

Civil strife broke out in the territory. It originally had little to do with the Kingdom of Grant, but the Jonathan family had a special status and was the former owner of the Grand Duchy of Stanik.

Until now, the strength of the Jonathan family hidden in the Grand Duchy of Stanik, despite repeated blows, has remained somewhat.

After the civil strife broke out in the Venus family, many nobles from the Grand Duchy of Stanek soon came to the Grant Kingdom, hoping that Duke Jonathan could bring order to the chaos and preside over the situation.

More than a hundred years after losing the country, despite opening up the situation in the Grant Kingdom, the Jonathan family has always had the desire to return to the Grand Duchy of Stanik.

Seeing that a once-in-a-century opportunity had arrived, Duke Jonathan was immediately inspired and began full-scale mobilization.

But if you want to fight for the throne in the Grand Duchy of Stanik, you must have the support of the Kingdom of Grant.

Without the full support of the Grant Kingdom, the Jonathan family would have no chance of winning if they went to war with the Linus family.

If there hadn't been civil strife in the Grand Duchy of Stanik, the Linus family would have obviously gained more strength.

The Linus family controls the central army of 100,000 people, and can also influence 40,000 noble private troops to fight with them. The main strength of the Jonathan family is only three legions and 60,000 people, and the number of Warcraft cavalry is also less than half.

Now the Linus family has split into three forces, and they have become one. This is a godsend opportunity for the Jonathan family.

After receiving the news, Duke Jonathan sent a messenger to Nolan to negotiate terms with King Roger.

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