Mount & Blade: Wind of War

More than two months ago, when the northern orc army was approaching, in addition to seeking the support of the human nobles and people in the northern provinces, Rod Hart also ordered diplomatic officials to seek support from the central empire and even other southern provinces.

Finally, apart from the forces of the former Styak Empire controlled by the eldest prince Haines, only the Mage Country was willing to provide certain assistance in terms of name and extraordinary knowledge, and other forces were just constantly wrangling.

In this case, if the Lonely Mountain Castle declared independence after the war, it would indeed be a moral betrayal.

However, Moken didn't care much, he thought it was just a trivial detail.

But Rod cared, Rod cared a lot about getting the country right, because his goal itself was not just to be the emperor. Even if the situation was favorable, he didn't care much whether he was the emperor or not.

Moreover, having lived two lives, he knew the key to hegemony in troubled times: store up food, build high walls, and slowly claim the throne.

In troubled times, being the first to claim the throne certainly has certain benefits, but at the same time, there are also great backlashes, just like in the meeting hall before, even though they had fought side by side not long ago, many old nobles still refused to surrender and pledge allegiance.

Then you better not pledge allegiance for now.

In the following troubled times, Rhode did not think that the eldest prince Haines could lead Styak to go far in the vortex-like chaos.

Because Haines inherited the original Styak power, he also inherited the three hundred years of accumulated problems of the Styak Empire.

Such a foundation can be used to maintain the status quo, but can it be used to welcome the new world and then dominate the continent?

Let alone Haines, Rhode suspected that even the resurrection of His Majesty Ledson Revic would not be able to do it.

"Moken is still too impatient. He actually joined forces with those northern nobles. There are certainly some talents among them, but they also need to be picked and chosen."

In Lonely Mountain Castle, Grand Duke Rod Hart has no ambition to become emperor, which of course makes many ambitious nobles from the northern provinces choose to leave, because the orc war is over, and Lonely Mountain Castle cannot continue to support them endlessly.

The knights and soldiers of Lonely Mountain Castle who have won military merits in the war have been promoted, and those who have been awarded bounties have been awarded bounties.

However, those nobles who came to support and assist in the war and their private armies found it difficult to obtain these positions and bounties, because they do not belong to the administrative system of Lonely Mountain Castle, unless they are willing to voluntarily give up what they originally had and join this system.

After operating for nearly ten years, the first and second batches of orphans trained by the Lonely Mountain Castle Welfare House have gradually entered the civil service administrative system of Lonely Mountain Castle.

In this era, it is not easy for most welfare homes to feed the children who join them.

However, the welfare house and monastery of Lonely Mountain Castle have educational functions, and Rhodes has always encouraged folk cultural education.

These administrative measures are indeed costly, but as time goes by, Lonely Mountain Castle has gradually gained sweet honey from them.

Those orphans who grew up in the welfare house, who are literate and have outstanding academic performance, enter the civil service system after adulthood. They are much more loyal than those northern nobles, and even more down-to-earth and hardworking.

Because the request for "crowned emperor" some time ago was not successful, many people thought that Moken's position as the first civil servant might be lost and his political influence would be greatly reduced. However, it was not the case. The Duke still relied on him as before, but Moken did lose some political influence, which was not necessarily a bad thing for him.

"Although we still have a lot of food reserves, we can't continue to consume it passively. Due to population migration and influx, the population of Lonely Mountain Castle has exceeded the city's carrying capacity. It's okay in wartime, but it's not conducive to city operations in peacetime."

It was still in the meeting hall of Lonely Mountain Castle, but this time, the number of northern nobles was greatly reduced. Most of the people present were the original team of Lonely Mountain Castle, as well as some newly promoted young clerks.

The person who was speaking at this moment was the senior knight Aileyen. He pointed to the map, gradually moved north, and then landed on a plain.

"The war between humans and orcs has always been going on. The orcs have killed countless people in Raymond and the Kingdom of Saint Laurent. My Lord Duke, I don't think we need to be polite to the Iron Hoof Tribe anymore. They have so few people but occupy the most fertile land and the most vast plains in the wilderness. This kind of thing is undoubtedly unfair."

Although Fatis did not die in the battle, he was seriously injured and could not take action for at least ten years. Aileyen naturally became active.

Although he was beaten badly by the Hell Demon General before, he recovered quickly. Moreover, Rhode could clearly sense that Airen had been promoted to the fifth-level legendary realm very steadily. His Heart Returning Demon Sword Technique had obviously been cultivated successfully.

"Well, I think Knight Airen's proposal makes sense. What do you think?" Rhode nodded gently and said so.

The original four large forces in the wilderness have now been destroyed. Now that the bloody fangs have been exposed, there is no need to hide them. In this era, on this continent, there is not much reason to talk about between humans and orcs.