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Chapter 138 The Abandoned Southern Nobility
"Your Majesty, why don't we exchange those nobles for ransom, isn't it better?"

Looking at the nobles of the Rhodes Kingdom who had gone away, a nobleman asked puzzledly.

Looking around, he found that many people looked puzzled. His Majesty Shabotai patted him on the shoulder, then sat down again and began to talk.

If the nobles who lost their land are returned, they will inevitably become an unstable factor in the Kingdom of Rhodes and cholera their kingdom. This is what we are happy to see, but this is not the main reason.

The most important thing is that their land is actually in our hands. Those who lost their land will inevitably choose to continue to provoke the war between the two countries, and they will never tire of it.

This is not good for them. After eating this part of the land, what they urgently need to deal with is the challenge from other kingdoms. If they continue to fight, there will be no value for peace negotiations.

As for those ransoms, he still doesn't like them, because their majesty abandoned them, there is no pressure from the royal family and nobles, those heirs and family members who control wealth.

It is inevitable that a lot of ransom will not be used for redemption, or even no redemption at all, because in this way they can justifiably divide up the money and use it to fight for their future.

After listening to His Majesty Sha Botai's analysis, they suddenly realized that there were still so many twists and turns, and they all began to praise His Majesty's foresight.

They didn't really breathe a sigh of relief until Rhodes' army had pulled out their camp and retreated.

By this time, the failure of the Rhodes Kingdom had become a fact, and the possibility of tearing up the contract was already equal to zero.

After the news of the peace talks spread throughout the army, the price for them to tear up the contract will be even heavier, and they need to consider the issue of credibility.

If they go back on their promises, they will leave a bad influence on the society of the Four Kingdoms, and when they face the next invasion, no one will send troops to help them.

After all, no one knows if they are playing tricks again and trying to regain their lost land, because they have a bad record (news of the orc invasion).

The nobles had no way to reorganize the soldiers who got the news of peace, saved their lives and prepared to go home, and continued to fight. At this time, they must resist the war.

Forcibly organized, although there will be no mutiny under this aristocratic system, the possibility of strikes or passive responses is higher. Such an army has no combat effectiveness and will only cause them to lose more land and face.

And those nobles who suffered heavy losses must hate such a war, because in the kingdom's jurisprudence, the returned land still belongs to those southern nobles.

As long as His Majesty Sabote told the southern nobles what he was going to give up, their actions to regain the land would become meaningless.

The environment here is also different from the environment further south. It won't be long before there will be snowfall here, and snowfall will inevitably lead to difficulties in marching and logistics. As for the siege, don't even think about it.

Only those lands further south, the junction of Hastings Kingdom and the other two countries, will not attract snowfall, which is one of the reasons why they are eager to return.

And a few months later, the situation is still unknown, but the time is enough for them to mobilize enough troops to defend here.

"Who will claim the follow-up tasks of conquering the city and guarding this place? I only plan to leave 20 soldiers here, and I can only leave so many soldiers.

Because our logistics can only supply so many soldiers, not to mention how many of them will be consumed on the way, as for the rest, they need to be returned. "

After Shabotai's order was issued, and after everyone's discussion, it was quickly decided to leave some nobles to guard the place. They would concentrate their forces to wipe out the remaining forces first, and then occupy the city.

And block the border line to prevent the entry of civilians from the Rhodes Kingdom, and at the same time widely spread rangers to cover this area, obtain information and cover up information.

"I will mobilize more new troops to garrison here in the future. This will take time, and you will have to work hard during this period. As for the issue of land distribution, we will wait until next spring.

After all, the current place is not suitable for immigration and farming. "

Seeing that the matter had been allocated, His Majesty Shabotai immediately arranged the follow-up questions, and delayed the allocation of the land according to the situation.

The nobles did not have any discussion on this, and they all agreed with this opinion, because they clearly knew that now is not the time to deal with these matters.

Allocating land has always been a time-consuming matter, and the nobles will also carry out a certain degree of replacement and compromise according to each other's needs, all of which require a lot of time to deal with.

Because of the peace talks, the army had all formed up. After His Majesty Shabotai divided the army, he came directly to the army formation that was preparing to return for reinforcements.

He rode his horse directly to the center of the army, inspected his army, and looked at the soldiers whose eyes were shining brightly. He knew that it was the desire for the land.

After thinking about it, he jumped off his horse, picked up a handful of land, took a strong sniff, and then said: "From today on, this is our land.

Look at the land here, how fertile it is, they let it sit here so that weeds grow, this situation is simply a kind of blasphemy in our country.

Those Rhodes who have left, don't come back now that they have left; soldiers, guard every piece of land here, this is the land that belongs to all of us.

Those damn Rhodes people don't deserve to own such land. "

"Long live, long live Your Majesty."

"Land, land."

The flag fluttered and danced in the cold north wind, and the soldiers were all in high spirits.

Seeing the boosted morale, His Majesty Sha Botai showed a smile on his face.

He knew that after suffering the pain of not having land, land was not only the desire of the nobles, but also the desire of every Hastings person.

Those later people would definitely give up their lives for these lands, and if they wanted to acquire more lands, they had no choice but to join the army.

He could already foresee what would happen at that time. People were enthusiastically joining the army, and the kingdom that had acquired more land would inevitably see a rapid growth in strength within a few years.
The great cause of reunification no longer seemed out of reach; he had already taken this solid first step and broke the pattern of the land that had remained unchanged for so many years.

And the soldiers present who participated in the war will become their best instructors. These are some rare talents, which is one of the reasons why he is willing to negotiate a peace.

Then, next, they are going to deal with those clowns, His Majesty Sha Botai looked serious, and said loudly: "Some people are very dissatisfied with the fact that we have acquired the land, and are planning to seize our land.

Now they're assembled on our borders, tell me, soldiers, what are we going to do? "

"Kill, kill, kill."

Waves of shouts erupted from the soldiers, and at this moment a gust of cold wind blew by, which set off their cold murderous aura even more.

"Okay, everyone follow me!"

His Majesty Shabotai was very satisfied with the fighting spirit shown by the soldiers. As he rode away, the nobles followed closely behind, but their expressions were a bit ugly.

In their view, the king's behavior seemed to be taking away their control over the soldiers, which they did not allow, but they were still facing threats.

They also need a victorious king to boost the morale of the soldiers, but after dealing with all this, they will inevitably react to this matter.

Looking at the leaving kingdom's army, the remaining nobles did not move to march immediately. They would wait until Rhode's army left for a few days before launching the army.

They didn't dare and would not choose such a dangerous behavior. Not only was the trailing behavior suspected of breaking the agreement and intending to attack, this kind of provocative behavior might even arouse the Rhodes' rebellious heart.

They don't want the Rhodes to be pushed into a desperate situation. When they are desperate, they will definitely work together and fight back against them.

It is impossible to stop them with their only troops.

With the retreat of the Rhodes army, the resistance of those nobles will inevitably be reduced, and they will even abandon the city and flee, or even surrender the city.

It is not surprising that such a situation occurs in the southern land where only family members or family knights are left behind, and it can also reduce their unnecessary losses.

Ten days later, Rhodes army.

As the scouts continued to investigate and confirmed that the enemy hadn't followed, they breathed a sigh of relief and shouted to leave separately.

Because they all come from different parts of the kingdom, or the east, west, and north, the Rhodes family, if they continue, they will only get farther and farther away from their territory.

They did not intend to continue returning to the royal capital, because they were the defeated party, and they did not get along well with each other. After the distribution of food, grass and auxiliary troops, everyone went back to their homes.

These auxiliary soldiers are nothing more than temporarily recruited farmers, and His Majesty has no intention of returning them. With the loss of the southern region, a large number of civilians will inevitably flood into their territories to supplement them, and the king's capital will inevitably become their first choice.

Speaking of the disagreement, it was also due to Roland; or it was only because he brought out the incompetence of the nobles, but this is no longer important.

As his strength grew, he became more irritable, but he didn't know whether it was due to his strength or the promotion of his title.

It is more likely that he wants to create a strong appearance to dispel those nobles with bad intentions. After all, there is a lesson from the Earl of Carney before.

The mighty nobles who were about to obtain meritorious service did not get what they wanted. Instead, in the war with the Kingdom of Hastings, they lost troops and even cede land to beg for mercy, and embarked on the way home in despair.

The knights or family members who stayed in the city or castle looked at the retreating army. From the size of the army, they came to a shocking news, that is, they failed.

They showed expressions of disbelief. They didn't give up. They sent soldiers to inquire, but they didn't get any useful information. Those nobles were very jealous of this.

Then they went to inquire in person, but also did not obtain any information. Then they obtained the information they wanted after bribing the soldiers.

That is, the fortress of Lite has long since fallen, and the army of the kingdom has also been defeated, and the entire southern region has been ceded to the kingdom of Hastings. Such news made them feel a little overwhelmed for a while.

They even felt a little bit confused, so which side of the nobles they belonged to, the Kingdom of Rhodes or the Kingdom of Hastings, it was just this question, and no one could give them an answer.

A month later, the northern army and His Majesty's royal corps arrived at the capital, and the first thing that came into view were the fleeing civilians outside the capital, and the white-capped capital behind them.

They dragged their families, and even the children were carrying all kinds of supplies. Seeing the approaching army, they rubbed their little hands uneasy, and opened the blocked gate.

Looking at everything in front of them, everyone was a little silent, as if the scene of the army's deployment was right in front of them.

"Everyone in the northern border, do you want to enter the royal city to repair and replenish some supplies at the same time?"

Roland stared at the refugees intently, and didn't intend to speak, but there was no answer. He raised his head in doubt, only to find that the nobles in the north were looking at him, as if they were waiting for his answer.

This made him unable to react for a while, until His Majesty came directly in front of him, and asked the question again, "Your Majesty, there is no need to enter the city. We are the defeated side, so we don't need to do that. I feel a little ashamed.

The supplies still need to be replenished, the most important thing is the clothes to keep out the cold, after all we still have a long way to go.

Also, is it possible to provide some tents for those refugees so that they can have a shelter. "

Earl Roland's words were as straightforward as ever, which made the nobles who watched him lower their heads instinctively, and fell silent for a while.

"Earl Roland can rest assured that although land is wealth, the people still need to create wealth. These civilians will be properly resettled."

His Majesty Quesnel immediately agreed to this request, which was not considered a request, and disbanded the Royal Legion and let them return to the station.

As for the tents they left behind, they were directly distributed to the civilians, and they directly instructed the affairs officer to handle the matter well, and then turned and left directly after speaking.

Just so quietly, without any ceremony, he rode his horse directly to the palace. It can be seen that our majesty seems to be in a bad mood, but no one cares about it.

Fortunately, the previous camp was not dismantled, which allowed them to have a decent camp to keep out the cold, otherwise they would have suffered a lot in this icy and snowy weather.

The northern nobles were stationed in the camp, while conducting daily training, while quietly waiting for the royal family to help them raise supplies.
(End of this chapter)