Mount & Blade: Wind of War

Gushan Castle, meeting room of the City Lord's Mansion.

"Is it a little hasty to send troops to the Dark City now? Because the Dark City has been harassing the pioneering lords in the south, our ordnance orders have always been sufficient. Even if we win the real sword duel, you can still ask for it, sir. Dark City will pay some slaves, I believe Konstat is not willing to do so."

Civil servant Mo Ken stood up and said with a slight frown, but what he said was similar to Rhodes' previous idea. It is the political strategy of slowly cutting the flesh with a slow knife.

Now is the period of rapid development of Gushan Castle. At this time, frequent unnecessary wars seem to be too radical and risky.

"Lord Moken, please don't just consider economic factors. Politics, Lord Lord's aristocratic reputation, these are also factors that we, as ministers, need to consider."

"Taking advantage of the war between the Dark City and the pioneer lords to make a lot of wealth and benefit from both sides, of course we have made money financially, but in terms of aristocratic politics and the reputation of Lord Rhodes, we are all We will suffer losses. On the contrary, if we cooperate with the coalition at this time, it will definitely change Lord Rhodes's reputation. We have been trading with a city established by criminals for a long time. In the long run, the losses we will suffer will be far greater. obtained.”

Realizing that the lord really wanted to capture Sin City this time, Janice, who had rarely spoken on this topic, finally couldn't hold back anymore.

He jumped out to confront Moken head-on, which made Moken stunned for a moment. Because with Janice's usual style, this situation is rare.

At this time, Ulmit, the fifth civil servant of Janice, also stood up and expressed his views to support Rhodes and Janice's decision.

"Okay, let's not look at this war from an economic perspective. Sin City is a big city that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. If we want to attack it, we will send out almost all the troops, leaving only auxiliary troops stationed in the city. But with auxiliary troops alone, all manors and economic buildings outside the main city cannot be protected. Once a war breaks out, the losses will be counted as one hundred thousand gold coins, and a lot of people's hearts will also be lost. "

Mo Ken has put a lot of hard work and experience into the economic development of Gushan Castle. Now he is no longer the slave who managed the weapons shop. He has accumulated enough experience and confidence. Even when facing the Lord of Gushan Castle, he can clearly state his point of view.

"But if we don't fight now, as time goes by, the economy of Gushan Castle will get better and better. Will we not be able to afford war in the future?"

"Why do we have to go through wars? Why do we have wars? The significance of war to a country is that when domestic contradictions cannot be reconciled, it transfers domestic contradictions to the outside world. If it wins, it will supplement the country with huge war dividends. If it loses, it will use cruel war. To lower public expectations, I don’t understand why we would go to war?”

Moken's point of view was now not only for civil servants, but also for military attachés and knights. They immediately made enemies.

If there was no war, what would Fatis, Raymond, Kress, and Resarit do?

Valian and Guido, who had a background in war military exploits, could not accept it either.

"It is not good to be warlike, but if a city-state does not have enough war reserves and courage, then it will be destroyed by war." Fatis put forward his point of view lightly.

We may not be wary, but war will not stop coming because of your fear. On the contrary, the more fearful you are, the faster it may come.

"Moken, please pay attention to your words. The lord has decided to fight this war. What are you doing? Is what you are doing what a subordinate should do?" These were Raymond's words. It seems that ability is secondary and loyalty comes first.

On the other hand, it was Rhodes who looked at Moken with some admiration. This once thin, timid guy who didn't care about anything but his own shop has actually grown up to where he is today.

Rhodes appreciated this sentence very much: "The significance of war to a country is to transfer domestic conflicts to the outside world when domestic conflicts cannot be reconciled."

This is the understanding that comes from having a certain understanding of war.

A system that is still developing rapidly should not easily start a war. This view is correct in itself. Unfortunately, the background of this extraordinary era is not the kind of environment that can develop peacefully.

"Okay, don't argue anymore. I have decided to launch this war even at the cost of destroying all the buildings in the surrounding emerging cities. Moken, you have to take a longer view. If you win this battle, We can at least bring back tens of thousands of free people from Sin City, which is a population gain that no amount of economic development can bring.”

"But if this battle is defeated, the lonely mountain where we people have devoted all our efforts may be completely destroyed." After saying that, Mo Ken left the conference room angrily.

"Lord, Moken dares to say such a thing when the war is about to begin. Please put him in the dungeon and let him sober up." Fatis said this before Raymond beside him spoke, because he knew that if he waited, When Raymond spoke, it was not as simple as being locked in a dungeon.

"It's okay, Fatis. I know Moken better than you do. He has devoted too much effort to this city in the past few years. Now he is angry for a moment. How can I blame him for this?"

If he hadn't known more information, Moken's choice would be Rhode's choice now, so how could Rhode blame this poor guy.

As for undermining authority, if Rhode was already in his seventies or eighties, he might have locked up or even killed Moken for this.

But Rhode is only in his early twenties now, how could he be afraid of someone undermining his authority?

Most people have never thought about how power is formed.

This is the limitation of vision, how to make others obey themselves. Some people even think that this is an immoral idea, why should you control others, why should others listen to me?

In fact, if you give others huge benefits, others will listen to you, it's very simple, this is the basis for the generation of power.

Why Rhode can unite Raymond, Cress, Fatis, Resarit, Moken, Radshi, Janis, Qiaolin and others, not because of his superb martial arts and killing people, but because he can lead everyone to win the battle.

He has a forward-looking vision and a strong war talent, which can convince everyone to listen to him. Those who don't listen to him are proved to be wrong afterwards.

All along the way, facts after facts made everyone around him believe that following Rodhart would lead to victory and a good life.

If Rod died in battle, the people gathered around him would instantly collapse into a pile of scattered sand. At that time, Fatis would no longer be Fatis, and Moken would no longer be Moken.

As the team around Rod expanded, this consensus was condensed in everyone's heart. From civil servants to knights, and to the civilians of Lonely Mountain Castle, they all believed that Lord Rodhart was our lord, and under his leadership and governance, we could live a good life.

This is the foundation of power.