King’s Kingdom

Time passed quickly, but it seemed a bit slow for Theodosius. Although he was used to living without a mobile phone and computer, this tedious march still bore him.

Six days have passed, and he can only move forward on horseback for these three days. As the king, the supreme ruler of a country, the military chief and the northern religious leader of the Church of God of War, even on the most solemn occasions. , is also not allowed to ride a carriage, and riding a horse is more in line with his status.

Therefore, the novels he brought were useless at all. No matter how well-behaved and docile horses were, they would be bumpy. It was impossible for him to read in such an environment.

However, for the nobles of the Northern Empire and Emperor Tambadri, the time passed without any delay, and the declaration of war sent by Theodosius also arrived in their hands.

After seeing Theodosius' reasons for declaring war, everyone finally gave up the unrealistic fantasy in their hearts, even the nobles who were afraid of Theodosius and hoped to negotiate peacefully.

Because, Theodosius' reason for declaring war is to declare war on Tumbadri in the name of Duke Cardo, and punish the behavior of the Northern Empire's invasion of territory, claiming that all the lands of the Northern Empire should be owned by him.

This kind of reason for declaring war can understand what is going on at a glance. The disciplinary war is definitely just a small head. There is no doubt that the real purpose, even a fool can see it, it is to fight for land!

If the Lanyin Kingdom takes away the land, it is natural to imagine what consequences these nobles will face.

You must know that there are no fief aristocrats in the Lanyin Kingdom. Even if you surrender and are willing to submit to the Lanyin King, what awaits you is definitely the tragic end of depriving yourself of the territory. This situation has already occurred. The previous rebellion Is there no reason for this?

After finally getting the fief after the disintegration of the empire, many people's lands have not even had time to pass on to their children, and they have to lose like this, who would like to?

Therefore, the nobles of the Northern Empire have stood firm. For them, this is a war of life and death. If they lose the battle, they will lose everything. If they win, they can just ease the current situation by plundering the wealth and food of the Lanyin Kingdom. The domestic turmoil is turbulent, and he may even be able to get a piece of territory in the Land of Lanyin.

For a time, all the noble lords of the Northern Empire united, and those who had been a little careful before and hoped that they could contact them all put down their illusions and prepared to fight against the Lanyin Kingdom with all their strength.

Tambadri looked at the declaration of war in his hand with a rather unpleasant expression. In the final analysis, no matter what the Lanyin Kingdom said, it was unrealistic to claim that all the lands of the Northern Empire belonged to him. , If you don't win, it's a wipe. The most cerebral palsy person will not use this name to make trouble.

But in addition to this, the declaration of war also has a claim on Cardoland, which is different from the others, it is a serious claim.

The Ortban family has never given up its dominion over the Cardo Territory. After going to the northern Land of Lanyin to found the country, the entire family stayed there, and the Cardo Territory became an enclave and gradually lost control. The title of duke has always been on the other side.

It was the canonization of the serious Hilkati government. It was obtained from the merits made here 800 years ago. The relatives of the royal family of the Northern Empire were assigned to Cardo Territory, and the title of the duke above his head was not very legal.

Over the years, there have always been some people in the Carduolan who believed that the real master was the Ortban family, not him, and there were even many small-scale rebellions under the banner of restoring the Ortban family's rule.

The gold content of the titles of the two sides is equivalent to that of the Marquis of Shouting of Han and the former generals. One is the orthodox canonized Liehou of the Han Dynasty, and the other is the official position of the separatist forces. The gap is the boss.

And what made him uncomfortable the most was that Cardoland had condensed his efforts for more than 20 years to make the land quite rich, reclaimed a lot of land, and the population was also led by the Ortban family to expedition to Lanyin The remaining less than 100,000 people in the land have grown to more than 200,000 now.

Just collecting agricultural taxes, on average, can provide him with more than 1,000 sunshine gold coins every month, which belongs to his pillar industry. Although he has more income after inheriting the royal domain of the Northern Empire, but After all, where is its foundation, and the wealth it provides is also quite a lot.

According to his propaganda and brainwashing, it will take more than ten years at most, and when those old squires are almost dead, the influence of the Ortban family will be completely eliminated here, but this behavior of Theodosius directly makes Tantan Badri's hard work was all gone.

He can even speculate that as soon as the army of the Lanyin Kingdom arrives, it will immediately be warmly welcomed by the locals, and the locals may join the army enthusiastically.

It is not that he is not confident in his own rule, but it is more than 600 years of feudal rule and more than 200 years of generals in the Cardo military region that have extended the influence of the Orteban family to every corner of the land.

It can be said that there is basically no one in the entire Duchy of Cardo who has not received the favor of the Orteban family. The most staunch supporters followed north. It wasn't enough time for them to completely forget the Orteban family's kindness.

The army of the Northern Empire is still constantly gathering, but their disadvantage is too great in terms of the speed of army gathering. The land area of ​​the Lanyin Kingdom is relatively small, so the gathering can be completed quickly.

However, even after ceding 300,000 square kilometers to the Lanyin Kingdom~www.readwn.com~, the territory of the Northern Empire still has more than 2.3 million square kilometers. Such a large territory, nobles scattered all over the country want to It's not an easy task to put together.

In the last war with the Northern Empire, Theodosius relied on this to fight a time lag, took the lead in defeating their main force, captured Emperor Skrein II, and ended the war.

Even if they failed to capture the emperor, after defeating their leading main force, the remaining army also lost the ability to destroy the Lanyin Kingdom, so it was very important to have a local military advantage whether it was a strategic or a tactical level.

June 24, 869 in the Hilkati calendar.

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