Urban Sims

Chapter 62 The 1000 Horse War
King's capital of Woz City, inside the palace meeting hall.

"The abominable Free Trade Alliance, it's becoming less and less important to me as a king! I can't tolerate such a thing, and continue to be lawless in my kingdom!"

After the old king passed away due to illness last year, Helian, who had just ascended the throne not long ago, had a livid face at this moment, and the gold scepter in his hand with a sapphire inlaid on the top slammed hard on the floor.

"Your Majesty, please calm down. May I ask what the Free Trade Union has done to make you so angry? It is just a commercial organization..."

Relying on his flattery to continue to serve as Palace Chancellor Charlie, he stepped forward and stroked the young king's chest, speaking in a gentle and gentle voice.

"Just a business establishment?"

Helian turned his head and sneered: "Mr. Charlie, you are not a fool, are you? The commercial organization you mentioned dares to announce sanctions against the king! Do you still think I am a three-year-old child?"

As early as last year, when Helian was still a prince, he had already noticed the astonishingly fast-expanding free alliance in the kingdom. Out of the natural vigilance of the superiors, he pretended to be a traveling merchant and went to the The famous Grand Collar traveled a lot.

For this young and proud heir to the kingdom, the experience of those few days was novel, unforgettable, disheartening, and extremely disgusting!
The proud Helian did not expect that there would be a land on the eastern border of his kingdom, a place that was more prosperous, more vibrant, and more vibrant than the capital of the kingdom. For a moment, he felt Jealousy, of course, there is also a hint of envy that I don't want to say.

After that, he felt extremely ashamed and angry for having such emotions for himself!
I feel even more disgusted with this ridiculous land in the east of the kingdom!

Especially after returning to the capital, he learned that some royal nobles in the king's land secretly joined the Free Trade Alliance because they were greedy for petty profits. An unprecedented anger made him wish to ascend the throne immediately. Disband that damn Free Trade Alliance completely!ban!Stop this farce that damages the dignity of the royal family!

God seems to be responding to his cry, the old king died of illness soon, and Helian, who ascended the throne, immediately ordered all the royal territories that joined the Free Trade Alliance without permission to levy all the transiting goods of the Free Trade Union. 50% transit tax!

There are also those lowly traveling merchants who can levy any business tax at will, and even confiscate all the goods produced by the business alliance they carry.

Helian, who let out a sigh of relief, also made a lot of money, but he was not happy for long. Three months later, after many negotiations, the Free Trade Union Tribunal finally voted 216 in favor and 16 votes in favor. As a result of opposition and 74 abstentions, a sanction resolution was passed to expel 12 royal territories, completely prohibiting business dealings with the royal territories.

In less than a month, the economy of the royal family fell into recession, and a large number of tourists fled. The prosperous and noisy capital of Woz City in the past was as quiet as a small country town.

This completely angered King Helian, who wanted to do something big after he came to power. Although he provoked the incident, in the final analysis, it was because of the wrong existence of the Free Trade Alliance, which was wrongly challenging the dignity and authority of the king!

He couldn't bear it any longer.

"Mr. Charlie, if you can't think of a way to bring down that nasty Free Trade Alliance for me, don't take your position as the Minister of the Palace. Go back to your hometown and have a baby. !"

Helian is fed up with this dead old man who only flatters when nothing happens, but can't think of anything to do when things happen. The Kingdom of Voris is just because there are too many incompetent people like this, so it is helpless to deal with a small business alliance. the point.

"Your Majesty, please calm down. Your servant has a solution here... Recently, the Knights of the Kingdom have a group of old war horses that are about to be retired. They need to add a group of new horses. The number is about 500. I think it can be used. Make this number a little bigger, you need 1000 horses, and then..."

Hearing the strategy offered in a low voice by the palace minister, Helian's eyes became brighter and brighter!

Just follow this plan!
……

half a month later.

In the aristocratic court of the royal capital, there was a dispute over the allocation of 200 horses from the south and 800 horses from the north, or 200 horses from the north and 800 horses from the south. Quan Wuxing, even a representative of the southern faction nobles, was beaten to death on the spot by a savage Yankee. The court exploded, and the two factions pointed at each other and cursed at each other.

At this time, King Helian, who was standing on a just stand, had to come forward in person to calm down the anger of the two factions, and finally made a ruling: let the two factions of the north and the south send an earl each to fight on the border, and the winner One party can obtain 1/3 of the territory of the losing party, and only need to pay tribute to the kingdom's 200 horses.

"The Earl of Rhodes agrees to accept this duel, the cowardly Earl William, do you have the guts to accept the challenge?!"

Earl Lausitz, with his beard and hair all spread out, slammed the conference table hard, staring at Earl William opposite him.

"Happy to accompany you, you old Nan guy!" Earl William confronted each other, twisting his head, with a bloodthirsty light in his eyes.

"Okay, since that's the case, please go back and prepare for the two counts. A month later, we will decide the outcome on the battlefield!" King Helian finally made a decision.

……

The Earl of Rhodes, the capital is Roseburg.

Count Lausitz himself and his three sons were seated on the large long table in the castle's council hall, and there were nine other seats for nine barons.

But there were still three empty seats at the end of the long table. I don't know why these three seats were not occupied.

After all the staff arrived, Baron Garcia, who had been lying on the gold mine for a few years and became so fat that he didn't know what he looked like, patted the chair under his buttocks, and said carelessly: "This chair seems to be the old style two years ago. It's not the leather sofa chair just launched by Grand Ling Furniture Factory this year, it's too hard to sit on."

"Mr. Garcia, can you shut up that stinking mouth of yours! There is going to be a war soon, and you are so fat, can you still run when you get on a horse?"

Lausitz gave him a cold look. In the past few years, he hated hearing others say that his Rodsburg was inferior or inferior, especially when Glennling Castle was used as a benchmark for comparison. He also worked hard to improve the castle's facilities and environment in [-], but because he didn't want to get involved with those Yankees, he didn't join the territory of the Free Trade Union, and he didn't have enough financial resources to support him. Not only did he not catch up, but he fell behind by several generations.

Baron Garcia, who realized that he was talking nonsense, obediently shut his mouth.

Scanning the venue for a week, looking at the nine barons present, although Count Lausitz knew in his heart: the nine barons present are all richer and more stylish than the count, but it doesn't matter, as long as they fight After winning the next war and taking back everything that belongs to him, no one in the entire Earl of Ross wants to compare his wealth or style with him!

With a light cough, Earl Lausitz said: "I sent someone to tell you the good things, you should all know, right? The other six earls of the Southern faction have agreed, and each of these six earldoms will Send 30 knights with high martial arts skills to mix with your knight team. Those heads are all Yankees. They will not be our opponents at all this time! When this war is over, the Free Trade Union will Disband, the Southern Business Alliance will be established, and His Majesty's royal collar will also join in, you all have to think about it, don't sit on the wrong side! Otherwise, there will be fewer people sitting here for the meeting."

All the barons shrank their necks and promised that they would obey the earl's command and kill those Yankees on the battlefield!

"My lord, after the war is won, can the smelting workshop in Granland give me one? I want to move to my Berdolin, set up a mint workshop, and mint some gold coins... and the pottery clay in Parton. The mine is very close to my territory, can you give me a little mining area? I also want to set up a pottery workshop."

At this time, Baron Garcia said with a twinkle in his eyes, ever since he put his mind on making money from hunting, Baron Garcia found that he was more and more fond of the kind of cute little yellow ones that kept being put into his castle treasury feeling.

"Garcia, shut up! You guys already have a gold mine, don't try to think about anything else!"

Earl Lausitz's second son is in a hurry. Parton Territory is a territory promised by his father and should be allocated to him after the war is over. This damned Garcia dares to play his tricks?This damn fat pig, if I knew it, I wouldn't have called this guy to the castle for a meeting, and let you die with the other three guys!Your gold mine may still have my share...

"Why can't I come up with other ideas? No matter how many gold mines I have, I will never finish digging them. I have to think about my son and grandson." Baron Garcia retorted.

"Yes, I also have a lot of red pine forests in my territory. I also want to set up a furniture workshop, but I lack those powerful carpenters from Granland. When the Free Trade Union is disbanded, can you give me some carpenters from Granland?" Another baron followed suit.

"There is a small iron mine in my territory, but there is a shortage of skilled blacksmiths. There are ironworks in Grandland..."

Seeing the commotion in the meeting hall, the three sons and the nine barons were either arguing fiercely or discussing in private, Lausitz twitched his eyebrows and knocked hard on the table twice:

"That's enough, shut up! These things, wait until the battle is over. You all go back and prepare well. Recruit more mercenaries who can fight. See you guys go to the battlefield with full brains. Don't get nothing, let someone take your head first!"

"Yes, Lord Count!"

The nine barons stood up and bowed slightly, and walked out of the meeting room one after another.

After the barons left, Lausitz's three sons came over eagerly and asked how to distribute the benefits of the six new territories after the war.
"Don't worry, things that belong to the Dolean family (Lausitz's surname) will not flow away from the Dolean family at all. When we have mastered these six territories, our Dolean family may have Cracking the earth is the king's capital..."

In the eyes of Earl Lausitz, who was nearly sixty years old, something called "vigorous ambition" flashed across his eyes.

……

half a month later.

At the junction of Granland and Parton, there is a north-south concave valley with gentle slopes on both sides.

The two "armies" of about 4 people, each of about 5000 people, faced each other in a strict lineup separated by a distance of more than [-] meters.

Behind the army formation in the south, on a high slope with dense banners, many nobles with bright armor and badges on their chests gathered around a noble old man in armor, waiting for the old man's orders, making final war preparations.

The army formation in the north is slowly moving.

"Baron Connor, Baron Sean, Baron Howard, your cavaliers go first! As quickly as possible, attack their central phalanx and disrupt their formation! The knights behind will follow quickly, our knights There are many more than them, and they will definitely defeat this group of Yankees!"

Earl Lausitz, with a serious face, gave an attack order to the three barons beside him.

"Yes, Lord Count!"

After receiving the task, the three barons rode their horses back to their respective positions expressionlessly.

"Woooooo~"

The order for the cavalry to attack sounded, and the three barons drew out their swords at their waists one after another, and gave the order to charge.

"Has it finally come to this step?"

With a "crack", he pulled out the fine steel long sword covered with forging patterns in the scabbard, Zhou Ming sneered, and mobilized his horse, rushing to the front of the cone line.

Looking down from a high altitude, the three heavily armored knights, each of more than a dozen people, formed an isosceles triangle like three sharp arrows shining with cold light, and they were facing the huge army formation opposite with billowing dust and smoke. Mercedes-Benz away!

(End of this chapter)