Lord Harland.

Haldane is a legendary knight with rich combat experience.Now that the situation has developed, he knows in his heart that there is no way to keep Linus Castle.

The war has reached this point, and Haldane has suffered very serious losses. The army he controls, including the city defense army, is only more than 30,000. These soldiers need to guard 140 kilometers of river banks, thirteen camps, and three frontline castles. In addition, soldiers must be deployed to defend Linus Castle. There are no extra soldiers at all.

The only ones with the ability to maneuver are only two thousand monster cavalry left.

Although Haldane's two thousand Warcraft cavalry were powerful, they were not good at attacking cities.

Moreover, these two thousand warcraft cavalry are the Linus family's last capital, and Haldane is not willing to waste them easily in siege battles.

If the Warcraft Cavalry is transferred to the southern front, the northern front will lose a decisive force. Once Duke Jonathan launches a general attack, relying on infantry will not be able to stop him for too long.

If the current situation wants to break the situation, it can only rely on external forces.

Haldane's only hope is reinforcements from the Kingdom of Lane.

In the past hundred years, the Grand Duchy of Stanik and the Kingdom of Ryan have had a close relationship, and generations of people have married each other.As long as it persists, the Kingdom of Ryan will naturally not sit back and watch the Grand Duchy of Stanik be controlled by the Kingdom of Grant.

Unfortunately, the war has been going on for nearly four months, and reinforcements from the Lion Kingdom have not arrived yet.

The distance between the Kingdom of Ryan and the Grand Duchy of Stanik is slightly farther than that of the Kingdom of Grant, so the information received is naturally slower.

The news of Grant Kingdom's formation of an intervention army reached Lane Kingdom in late March, and by the time Lane Kingdom organized its army, it was already mid-April.

Originally, according to common sense, the intervention army of the Ryan Kingdom would be able to arrive at the battlefield in late May.

But now it's June, and the reinforcements still haven't appeared.

Some time ago, Haldane received information, but the old king of the Ryan Kingdom had a problem with his body. For a while, there was an undercurrent in the Kingdom of Ryan, and he was powerless to interfere with the situation in the Grand Duchy of Stanik in a short time.

Without the reinforcements from the Lion Kingdom, the situation has developed to this point. The defeat of the Linus family has been determined, and there is no way to save the situation.

Although he was very annoyed, Haldane was still very calm. Seeing that Linus Castle could no longer be held, he set fire to the castle and fled westward with the monster cavalry.

In order to speed up his army, Haldane killed his own family and relatives and abandoned the infantry of Linas Praetorian Guard. The Warcraft Cavalry under his command was extremely fast. In just three days, they fled 600 kilometers and entered the territory of the Kingdom of Lane to seek refuge.

Haldane fled, the intervention army of the Kingdom of Lane did not participate in the war, and the war in the Grand Duchy of Stanik was coming to an end.

At this moment, what the Linus family left to Duke Jonathan was a mess.

Due to the spread of the war, the food production of the Grand Duchy of Stanik has been severely reduced this year. The war has caused more than two million refugees, hundreds of thousands of people have died of starvation, and half of Stanik's defense force has been lost.

Now that July is about to enter, the farming season is delayed, and it is impossible to resume production this year. Duke Jonathan can only try his best to clean up the mess and solve the problem of food shortage.

This battle basically destroyed the Stanik capital.

The central region has also become a white land, and 200,000 people have been robbed by the coalition forces of the three provinces. It may take decades to recover.

In the territory directly under the royal family of Linus, hundreds of thousands of serfs fled into the mountains and became war refugees. They were either reduced to savages or annexed by the great nobles of the south.

After this war, although the Linus family was defeated, it also almost destroyed the central power of the Grand Duchy of Stanik, adding countless troubles to the Jonathan family in ruling the Grand Duchy of Stanik.

After taking control of Linus Castle, Duke Jonathan immediately dismissed the servant army and transferred back the Iron Lions to reduce the pressure on logistics supplies. Then, he incorporated about royal guards and added a legion.

In addition, Duke Jonathan immediately announced that Linus Castle had changed its original name to St. Jonathan Castle, which was the most important political correctness of the Grand Duchy of Stanik.

Due to the spread of the war, the territory that Duke Jonathan can control now is only about 40,000 square kilometers, and the population is currently only 600,000.

The entire Grand Duchy of Stanik has a territory of 350,000 square kilometers. The territory controlled by the border nobles in the north is about 80,000 square kilometers, and the territory controlled by the four dukes in the south is about 170,000 square kilometers. The territory directly under the Linus royal family totals 70,000 square kilometers. The central border nobles are members of the Linus family branch. The territory they control is less than 30,000 square kilometers.

After winning this battle, Duke Jonathan will of course reward him for his merits. During the recent period, many nobles have come to inquire about the news, asking Duke Jonathan to give a clear opinion, so as to give everyone a reassurance.

Even within the Jonathan family, many people were eager to try and asked the Duke to listen to everyone's opinions.

The division of interests must be very difficult, requiring compromises between Duke Jonathan and all parties.

First dealt with are the four dukes of the south of Stanik.

Although the four dukes in the southern part of the Grand Duchy of Stanik did not work hard and did not do their best to support the Linus family, after all, they were on the side of the Linus family politically.

Of the four duke families in Stanik, only the Watson family had defected to Duke Jonathan early on. Political correctness was not implicated, and the third son of Duke Watson was named hereditary viscount.At the same time, the five duke families, Edward, Fox, York, Lorraine, and Duran, each received a viscounty in the south.

The area of ​​these six viscounts is not very large, and the combined territory is about square kilometers.This part of the territory needs to be ceded by the three dukes who failed to stand on the political side.In addition, each of the three dukes needs to transport tons of grain to St. Jonathan Castle before they can be pardoned by the Jonathan family.

The three dukes could easily produce tons of grain, but to transport it to St. Jonathan's Castle, the consumption was serious along the way. In fact, more than tons of grain needed to be paid, and a large number of draft animals and personnel needed to be mobilized.

After this war, the three Dukes suffered heavy economic losses.

Although the three dukes did not fight any major wars, and the farming season was not delayed due to the war, the losses of various materials were considerable. In addition, the need to transport food to St. Jonathan Castle meant that the economic losses were converted into more than 200,000 gold coins.

Each of the three dukes lost one-fifteenth of their territory and divided into two viscounty territories, which weakened their power a bit.

However, the dukes in the south are strong after all, with a combined force of more than , and they were not hurt in the war. Although they lost some strength, they stabilized the situation amidst the turmoil in the country, and the balance of power increased a lot. The power has also increased a bit.

Most of the nobles in northern Stanik remained neutral, while some supported Duke Jonathan.

After Duke Jonathan's victory, the neutral nobles are somewhat politically incorrect.

However, the northern nobles were relatively united, with a coalition of 40,000 nobles acting as backup. Duke Jonathan could not severely punish them, but could only ask them to hand over part of their grain, which amounted to about 10,000 tons.

The grain-producing area in the north of Stanik is not far from St. Jonathan Castle, about 150 kilometers away. It can also be transported to St. Jonathan Castle through the waters of the Nit River, and the transportation loss is relatively small.

The economic loss is relatively small, and these neutral nobles can basically accept it, who made them not support Duke Jonathan.

The northern nobles who supported Duke Jonathan, because the team was correct, four nobles who made military exploits were named hereditary barons, and their territories were sealed to the central region, on both sides of the Feraman Mountains.

Although the four marquises in the eastern part of the Grant Kingdom did not directly send troops to participate in the war, they provided a large amount of war supplies such as food, weapons, armor, and pack horses, and mobilized more than 200,000 serfs to transport countless supplies to the front line. One person from each of these four marquis families was granted the title of hereditary baron, and their territory was also placed in the central Stanik region.

Although the earl in the south also paid in various materials, his political influence was slightly smaller, and he did not receive a knighthood, but only received gold coins as a reward and the agency right of elf black tea.These commercial interests can bring thousands of gold coins in income every year. In the long run, this investment is very profitable.

In addition to the great nobles, the role played by the coalition forces of the three northern provinces in this battle was also very crucial.

The army led by Li Cha not only annihilated the coalition of nobles in central Stanik, but also cooperated with the North Route Army to capture St. Jonathan County.

The military exploits of the Central Route Army far surpassed that of the South Route Army, and Li Cha was also awarded a Earldom.His territory was formed by merging the three Viscounty territories of Nero, York, and Casaro.

These three viscountries are not contiguous and have different sizes. The total area is about 13,000 square kilometers. The Nero Viscounty has the largest area, exceeding 6,000 square kilometers, accounting for almost half of it.

Forty percent of this 13,000 square kilometers of land is plains, and two million acres of farmland have been reclaimed. The climate is relatively drier than the three northern provinces, and the grain yield is also lower. It can be developed to support the population. Hundreds of thousands.

Burton, Kalani, Sharp and other nobles who had made great achievements in war were all granted hereditary barons this time. The remaining nobles did not have enough credit, so they could only share more in gold coins and population.

After obtaining the fief, Richard came to St. Jonathan Castle and decided to talk to Duke Jonathan. After weighing the pros and cons, he felt that the power of the Harland family was not suitable for dispersion, so he decided to use the land of the Grand Duchy of Stanek to exchange territory with Duke Jonathan.

The Earl of Harland is not far from the Duke of Jonathan, especially the distance from the original Earl of Roger, which is only a dozen kilometers away.

The area of ​​the Earl of Roger is about square kilometers, which is slightly smaller than that of the Earl of Harland.If the two territories can be merged together, the total area will be about .

Although Earl Roger's area is large, the development time is relatively short, and a large amount of land is mountainous. Only the river valley area has water sources. In terms of agricultural conditions, it is not as good as the central Stanik area.

Moreover, Earl Roger's territory is at the forefront of the war against the orcs. Although the territory is large, it is very difficult to develop. The central Stanik area is still more than 200 kilometers away from the front line, so it is relatively safe. Unless the orcs can penetrate the northern defense line, they will not plunder the central area at all.

Although the area of ​​the Central County of Stanik is smaller, the real value is larger than that of the County of Roger.

Richard met the new Grand Duke at St. Jonathan Castle, and informed Duke Jonathan of his willingness to exchange territories.

After the victory of the war, the strength of the Jonathan family will be tilted towards the Grand Duchy of Starik.

If the Allied Forces of the Three Provinces hadn't played a key role in this battle, Duke Jonathan would have been reluctant to carve out a large area of ​​territory and give Richard an earldom.

According to the conditions negotiated between Duke Jonathan and King Roger, if the war is won and the Jonathan family takes control of the Grand Duchy of Stanik, Duke Jonathan will allocate square kilometers of land to the royal family to establish a new province, Grota Province.The Iron Lion Legion will be expanded and reorganized into a central legion stationed in the province of Grota.

In terms of the area of ​​the land acquired, the Jonathan family did not make much money.But most of the territories under the royal family of the Grand Duke of Stanik are plains, far away from the front line of orc invasion.

After winning this territory, the army can be expanded by , and the location advantage of the territory far exceeds that of the front line in northern Xinjiang.

By integrating the power of the Stanik Grand Duchy, the strength of the Jonathan family will usher in greater development.

Hearing the news, Duke Jonathan immediately agreed to negotiate with the Harland family with a smile on his face.

The Earl of Roger was originally the fiefdom of King Roger. After the civil war in the Kingdom of Grant, in order to repay Duke Jonathan's strong support, this territory was sealed to Duke Jonathan.

This territory has been established for a relatively short time, and it was still deserted more than ten years ago.Although King Roger invested a lot of resources in development, when Roger left, the population of the territory was only .

After the territory was merged into the Dukedom of Jonathan, it was not a key development area of ​​the Dukedom of Jonathan. Although Duke Jonathan had migrated some of the population over the past few years, the total population of the territory was less than .

The central earldom of Stanik under Richard's name has been deserted due to the war. After the war, a small number of freedmen returned to the city, and now only a few thousand people live there.

Normally, the exchange of territories in border areas and inland areas is about one for three, and the exchange of mountains and plains is about one for two.

According to the unspoken rules of the Dawn Plane, the earldom of the central Stanik region that Richard was granted can be exchanged for 50,000 square kilometers of border territory. However, the northern part of the Grant Kingdom has abundant rainfall, rich forests, and magical beast resources, which is very suitable for mountain breeding. In addition, the two territories and the attached population, the comprehensive value is not far apart.

The Harland family focused on developing in the north, while the Jonathan family focused on the west.The two hit it off almost immediately, and quickly negotiated the terms and signed a territory exchange treaty.

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