The system has to be used even if it is pulled

Sarion, Ulrich looked at the envoy sent by Zhao Yuanlang with a gloomy face as he read Zhao Yuanlang's letter fluently.

"That's enough! Who does he think he is? The little brat from the Kavala family shouldn't think that he can intimidate me and make me surrender to him just because he is the emperor of the empire."

"It seems that King Ulric does not accept the agreement of our Emperor?"

"Get out! Get out! The knights of Sarion are not afraid of you. The Kavala family has long become history! We are never afraid of war!"

"Then wait for the arrival of our empire's troops. Farewell, King Ulric!"

"Asshole! Asshole! Little brat from the Kavala family, I'm going to kill you!"

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This happened one year after Zhao Yuanlang ascended the throne. After Janos ascended the throne, Zhao Yuanlang announced the relocation of the capital to Issos and chose to marry Princess Elise. Marius served as the archon of Janos and carried out drastic reforms to the empire.

The first step was to conduct a population census, which showed that there were a total of 27 households in the country, including slaves in the hands of the nobles in the empire.

Under Zhao Yuanlang's order, slaves were also included in the household register. The nobles had to report the life and death of every slave to the state, and the state would review whether it was reasonable. Slaves who were willing to join the army could become free citizens after making meritorious contributions.

This item attracted the support of many gladiators, including the sword fighter Europa, and countless slaves joined the army in order to become free people. Well, there were more than 20,000 soldiers and more than 10,000 soldiers.

Abolish racial boundaries. The nomadic peoples of Dasha, the bloodline of the ancient empire of Bacchus, and the people of Pendor are all equal as long as they abide by the laws of the empire. Abolish differences and unify writing, currency, language, and weights and measures.

The second step is to re-plan the noble titles, abolish the positions of lord, general, and consul, and set up four major classes: duke, earl, baron, and knight.

First of all, all knightly orders must report to the state, be monitored by the state, and become part of the state.

Secondly, all the nobles' land and soldiers were nationalized, and each noble was paid a salary uniformly by the empire. Each noble was only allowed to keep a small number of private soldiers.

Why is this so? Because in the continent of Pendor, a poor farmer can never become a noble.

Even if one made merit and became a knight, he would not necessarily have his own fiefdom. Even if he obtained a fiefdom, it would at most consist of dozens of farmers, and his armor, weapons and equipment would be very poor.

After working hard to become a baron, you will have a few more villages and more subordinates. You may have a little money and be able to recruit nearly a hundred people, but you still have to build a castle and manor.

This expense would cost tens of thousands of silver coins, and the few hundred silver coins they collected from taxes every month could not even make up the money. It was possible that they would have to collect more taxes and borrow money from merchants to build a small castle manor.

Even if you work hard to become an earl, you are still not rich. At most, you will have a few more knights under your command, and be able to support a dozen cavalrymen. Then there are nearly two hundred people who need to be armed, and all of these cost money. There is not much money left every year just for supporting people.

But it is different for the nobles of big families, like the children of Kairos and Justus. Once they reach adulthood and hold the knight ceremony, their fathers will give them dozens of heavy cavalry and hundreds of elite infantry, plus household soldiers, making their strength comparable to that of earls with no background.

By then they will go one step further and obtain fiefs in other places. The family will invest more in construction, which will increase the population and economy. They will be able to support four or five hundred people and defeat the two earls who have no background.

If they have any political differences with the king, civil unrest might break out. After all, a large family can easily mobilize two to three thousand people.

Therefore, it is necessary to curb the power of the nobles, especially the great nobles, as they seriously affect the stability and centralization of the country.

Therefore, Zhao Yuanlang stipulated: the duke had 500 private soldiers, the earl had 200 private soldiers, the baron had 50 private soldiers, and the knight had 10 private soldiers.

As for the church, it had no land ownership, took back military power, and retained a certain number of guards. In addition, the church had to pay a high land lease fee to the empire every year.

This completely triggered the interests of the major nobles and priests, and resistance against Zhao Yuanlang came one after another. However, facing Zhao Yuanlang, who had an army of nearly 30,000, the resisting nobles and priests were crushed into dust.

Countless nobles were killed, many manors and churches were sealed, and Zhao Yuanlang became addicted to confiscating property and getting rich. Especially the church, which was really rich. Even a simple small church in a town could be confiscated with thousands of silver coins.

Zhao Yuanlang reorganized the troops within the kingdom and established two types: the Imperial Guard and the Imperial Field Army.

A legion consisted of 4,500 men, with a general, two lieutenants, and several centurions. There was a legion stationed in each of Issos, Janos, Seze, and Singal, and they were stationed in various towns and cities to maintain daily law and order.

Three separate field armies were set up and stationed all year round on the shores of Lake Issos in the south of Issos.

In just one year, the turmoil in the empire was stabilized, and all the evil spirits were wiped out. The group of nobles, lords, and generals who first followed Zhao Yuanlang very wisely followed his orders.

The empire grew stronger and owned the Singal region, and a steady supply of war horses were delivered to the imperial military camps.

This is why Zhao Yuanlang dared to humiliate Lao Wu like this.

After receiving the message from the messenger, Zhao Yuanlang immediately mobilized three field armies and began to march towards Sarion.

Old Wu and his men also got the news and summoned their nobles to call on their men. They decided to gather in Sarion and then move eastward.

But they were too slow. Before they had assembled their men, Zhao Yuanlang had already led his two legions to attack Fort Severnkoro, the eastern gate of Sarion.

Another legion, led by Duke Marius, marched towards the Laria region north of the Sarium region.

Marius had only one mission, which was to disrupt the northern region of Sarleon and prevent the northern nobles from moving south.

Zhao Yuanlang also spent nearly 8,000 silver coins to hire an army from the Gatu warlord far away in the northeastern grassland of the Pande continent.

These bastards have negative relations with all the countries on the continent. In the eyes of the Gatu people, there are only shiny silver coins and women.

This Gato army of nearly 200 people bypassed Dallon Castle and plundered and killed people in Marion.

Duke Elfwan, who originally led a thousand men, had to send more than 400 of his men to encircle and suppress the Gatu troops.

As for the Duke of Alama of Laria, his situation was even worse. As soon as the army gathered in Laria, they were blocked by the legion led by Marius and could not get out.

No wonder that before Lao Wu's army arrived, news came that Fort Sevenkro had been captured. Zhao Yuanlang, leading his 10,000-strong army, had passed through Yaragal and was less than fifty miles away from Sarion.

Old Wu cursed fiercely and led the assembled soldiers to hide in the city of Sarion.

Sarion is surrounded by water on two sides, with only the north and west being vast plains. Zhao Yuanlang's two legions just happened to block the two gates of Sarion.

The army began to set up camp in an orderly manner, and the farmers started to make fires, cook, and assemble siege equipment.

Lao Wu was on the city wall, anxiously directing the soldiers to reinforce the wall and prepare defensive equipment.

How should I put it? The mainland of Pande rarely has siege and defense equipment. Their armor and weapons manufacturing technology are very good. But they are really bad at war equipment.

But at least Zhao Yuanlang still had some basic knowledge of siege equipment. After all, he had learned a lot about it when he was in Rome 2. In the evening, the weapons were finally made.

The war will start tomorrow!