Rise of the Empire Total War

On that day, the Holy Roman Empire was established, and the familiar city of Nord became the city of Vienna... Maybe people who live here will not proudly say that they are Nords, but call themselves Viennese after a hundred years.—— Modimus Alcantara, historian, archaist

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After Richard was crowned as the Holy Roman Emperor, he changed the name of Nord City to Vienna, opened a curfew, and held a half-month celebration in the whole country and even the entire Union. This may have Richard's little thoughts in it, but After the festivities passed, the alliance's cohesion was unexpectedly strengthened. At the very least, those civilians were grateful to Richard who ordered it to be held.

Commoners are so easy to buy, as long as you give them benefits, it doesn't take much to make them grateful to the lord.

The news of Richard's coronation and proclaiming himself emperor soon spread to the north, shocking the Holy Kuyavian Empire and its allies. They were very aware of the potential of the Vadasia Peninsula. Because they were divided and fighting all the year round, they could not concentrate their forces to fight back. They can easily ravage the forces in Vardasia, but now that the Kingdom of Winster has directly integrated all the countries on the peninsula by relying on strong military means, they have to think carefully about going south to fight the autumn wind.

Fortunately, Richard has no intention of the Northern Expedition yet, they can send envoys to test it out, and persuade Richard to give up the idea of ​​the Northern Expedition. This is also a helpless move of the Holy Kuyawi Empire. Although they rely on the most powerful force in the entire peninsula, they are now facing the threat of barbarian harassment in the north and the east. There are not many troops deployed in the south. If Richard gives him It's very uncomfortable to engage in a wave of backstabs.

Therefore, Richard, who was still intoxicated by the title of Holy Roman Emperor, received the envoy from the Holy Kuyawi Empire in a daze a few days later. The two sides then had a cordial conversation. A few hours later, Although the envoy did not get a satisfactory answer, he still had a verbal assurance from Richard. A nobleman like Richard should value his reputation very much, so the envoy was not too worried about him daring to break the contract.

However, the envoy was naive. Richard did not sign any literal agreement with him, even if he backhanded the Northern Expedition, it would not have any impact, because no one could testify that he had promised. Even so, Richard has no plans for the Northern Expedition. He is going to solve the Ansmara Republic that is blocking the northwest gate first. No one is allowed to snore on the side of the couch. Richard cannot accept a person who can pose a threat to him. The friendly forces are still alive.

In addition to the Republic of Ansmara, the Lasik rebels at the southernmost tip of the peninsula must also be eliminated, but Richard is not going to do it himself. He promises benefits to several member states around the Lasik rebels and directly Incited them to send troops.

The Republic of Ansmara is the only country with an overseas colony in the Valdasia Peninsula, and its naval strength is one of the best in the entire peninsula. This made Richard dare not take it lightly, so he mobilized the First Fleet that was still in the Osa Sea, Hope to suppress the Ansmara people in the naval battle,

In order to eradicate the roots and occupy his overseas colonies, Richard also placed orders for ocean-going transport ships at various shipyards along the coast.

A month later, the spy Richard sent to the Republic of Ansmara sent back the information he had collected. On the surface, the standing army of the Ansmara people was about 1,500 heavy infantry. More than 1,000 infantry were gathered from each of the franchise cities. If it was just a single city, there would only be a few hundred people.

I forgot to mention that the Republic of Ansmara is an independent country formed by the joining of six free cities. Each city is managed by a city council. The six mayors and a few families elected by the council serve as members of the republic. Cities were not inseparable from each other before, unless there was a common enemy invading, they would unite and fight against each other to fight for commercial and trade routes.

And the overseas colonies in Zane Continent were established for greater benefits. Each colony is subordinate to a different city, and there will be wars between the colonies. These are all tacitly approved by the top leaders of the Republic.

Such a system, in Richard's view, is not a republic, it is better to say that it is the Free City Alliance, and even the Federation of the United States in later generations is more united than them, but this is also good, although they can unanimously speak out when they are attacked. , but everyone has their own selfishness, who can guarantee that they will abandon all grievances when resisting the attack of the imperial army?

After figuring it out, Richard relaxed a lot. In his opinion, only one brigade is needed to attack the mainland of the Ansmara Republic. He also sent a brigade for overseas expeditions to be on the safe side. He didn't believe that his army would lose to the army. Never strong Ansmara people.

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After finalizing the attack plan, Richard let the people under him prepare. He just made macro-control, and the specific tactics still had to be formulated by professional generals. He handed over this battle to the second army, and the commander of the second army was Mathias Horn, but after the second encirclement war, he was promoted from a small nobleman to the Duke of the Principality of Oliva. One of the few dukes in the emerging empire.

It’s a little embarrassing to say that Richard Bono, the commander of the third brigade under him, was also canonized as a duke. The titles of the two belong to the same level, so that it always feels awkward for Mathias to use the latter , but after Richard knew about it, he called him to him specifically, and explained the general rank system to him in detail. As the commander of the Second Army, Mathias' rank is at the level of a general, which is higher than that of Lieutenant General Richard Bono. Under the circumstances of the same title, it is reasonable to use the rank to discuss matters. One of Chad's original intentions for establishing the military rank system.

With Richard's words, Mathias was relieved, and went back to command his subordinates. Looking at the back of Mathias, Richard actually thought about how he would reward him if he made another military exploit. He is now a duke, and then he is a prince. This level of Richard But no matter what, he would not be canonized easily. In his opinion, only members of the royal family of the Stuart family could become kings.

It is very unlikely to be promoted to the title, so the only option is to award him a medal, but the most precious Eagle Medal has already been awarded one, giving one can be said to be precious, and giving too much is as cheap as rotten cabbage on the side of the road Although he knew that Matthias would have no objections, he couldn't guarantee that in the generation of the two sons, the other's heirs would launch a rebellion out of dissatisfaction.

Richard touched his prickly chin, and began to think about whether to modify the laws of the empire to the law of equal inheritance.