Mount & Blade: Wind of War

Regardless of whether they are humans or orcs, as a noble, in order to ensure the long-term prosperity of their family, they must develop their power and intelligence. This is the inevitable result of the continuous prosperity and development of all noble families, without exception.

The Hoffman Empire launched a large-scale southward invasion with the intention of annexing the divided human country. The Gushan Castle fought a fierce battle with the Hoffman Empire's orc advance army and won a complete victory.

Even if this information is blocked, it can only be blocked for a short time. If the time is delayed a little longer, it will gradually spread and cannot be blocked for a long time.

After the Gushan Castle won a great victory over the Orc Advance Army of the Hoffmann Empire, the noble families in the Northern Province who had been preparing to abandon their territories and move their families became hopeful after receiving the news.

If there is still a chance, no one is willing to abandon the territory that has been run by the family for generations and go to other countries to beg for food.

Therefore, now not only a large number of refugees are gathering at Gushan Castle, but also various noble families in the northern provinces have begun to move their wealth and control the family's private army to Gushan Castle.

Originally, when the catastrophe came, the person most qualified to become the leader of the entire northern province was the first female Grand Duke of the North, Duke Daenerys of Moon City.

However, as mentioned before, many information cannot be blocked for a long time. As the demonic tide surges, more and more elven characteristics appear in the upper echelons of Bright Moon City, and the human race is gradually excluded from the core of power in Bright Moon City. .

If this was a time of peace, it was very likely that even the civilians within Bright Moon City would rebel on a large scale if this happened.

But now we are gradually entering the period of continental war, and we have just experienced a large-scale drought disaster. The civilians within the Bright Moon City need generous relief from the city lord. In an environment where even basic survival is difficult to guarantee, under the rule of elves, they can With enough food and clothing, and the ability to enjoy peace...then being ruled by foreign rulers doesn't seem so difficult to accept. What's more, the elves have always been a highly charismatic race.

As time goes by, many human civilians feel that it seems that these naturally outstanding elves as nobles are much better than those fat-headed humans as nobles.

Absolute power leads to absolute corruption. Thousands of years ago, when the high elves ruled the entire continent, they often sacrificed tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people to the elves' main gods, which was even more cruel than the orcs.

But they won't behave like this now, because these northern elves themselves know that they are far from having absolute power. They still need to compete with the human nobles, so naturally they will not oppress too much.

Due to racial issues, Duke Daenerys of Moon City's status in the hearts of the northern nobles declined. During the same period, although Duke Rod Hart of Lonely Mountain Castle was relatively junior, he welcomed the little princess of the Styak Empire. Anna settled in her own territory, which made many established nobles feel good about her.

As time went by, the northern nobles stationed in the territory of Gushan Castle gradually exceeded 40% of the total number of northern nobles. The number of private armies of various nobles accumulated in Gushan Castle also expanded to the same as the main army of Gushan Castle. On an equal footing.

But in many cases, these nobles represent power and trouble at the same time.

Gushan Castle, City Lord's Mansion.

"My Lord Duke, although you are from the Eastern Province, it is an ancient and glorious family. You should be clear: 'Don't use wild boar skins to make robes!' Of course you can use them when necessary, but when it is time to replace them, , still needs to be replaced.”

With short white hair and blue-grey eyes, an old northern nobleman with clear eyes and well-dressed clothes was playing chess with Rhodes, who was wearing a purple silk gown.

This kind of chess is similar to the chess of the previous life. There are kings, queens, castles, knights, and soldiers. Scholars and military strategists of this era believe that playing this kind of chess regularly is beneficial to improving intelligence and even military literacy. Therefore, This kind of chess is quite popular among the nobles.

But in Rhode's view, the biggest benefit of playing this kind of chess is the prevention of Alzheimer's disease.

Normally, he would never go below it, but thirty points of intelligence attribute reached the limit of a mortal. After understanding the rules, he was already inextricably linked to Count Angus Vazquez in front of him.

A person with high chess skills may not necessarily have high intelligence, but a person with high intelligence is often not very weak in chess skills. Because when you take one step, he has already thought of many steps to follow.

Rhodes did not respond to Count Angus's words. He stared at the chessboard in front of him, then suddenly leaned forward and pushed the knight in front of him: "General, Count, you lose!"

The knight chess in front of Rhodes was in front of the king of Angus at this moment, and then he said: "You have to concentrate when playing chess, so as to increase the winning rate. Don't you think so, Mr. Earl?"

"Uh... you make sense." Count Angus stared at the chessboard for a long time after hearing this, but he still couldn't think of a way to crack it. At this moment, the chess situation was dead.

At this moment, inside the palace.

Raymond and Alleyn, as the guards on duty today, stood not far away.

Raymond could vaguely see that his master was having some kind of communication with Count Angus, but what exactly they communicated, Raymond could understand every word, but he just didn't understand the deep meaning.

Raymond had a good relationship with Alleyn, so he looked at Alleyn next to him with a puzzled look.

Alleyn didn't want to pay attention to him at first, but Raymond was very curious. After a while, Alleyn, who couldn't stand the eyes of his companions, could only sigh and explain:

"We have many senior civil servants in Lonely Mountain Castle, and senior knights are all born in civilians, such as Lord Moken, who was born a slave, and Ms. Janice, who was born in a small merchant family. Among the knights, you, Miss Cress, Resarit, and even me, are strictly speaking born in civilians."

"In the eyes of the nobles, we are all "wild boar skins" and should not be used to make robes. Nobles with status should wear bear skin robes. All along, the nobles have exchanged interests with each other to form a strong alliance. In the eyes of that old guy, except for Rhodes and Knight Fatis, the entire Lonely Mountain Castle should be replaced. Although I am unwilling, I cannot help but admit that only Lord Rhodes and Knight Fatis are the core of the entire Lonely Mountain Castle, and all of us can be replaced."

"Fuck, this old guy. Where was he when I was training the army in the snow with my master bare-chested? Now he comes to grab the credit." Raymond was so angry that he almost exploded, but he didn't dare to do anything, so he could only curse in a low voice.

"What did the master answer him?"

"The Duke said he would concentrate on preparing for war and blocked the words. The Duke always cares about old friendships, and with the Duke's temperament, he will not be shaken by others."

"Oh... Hey, something is wrong, aren't you from a noble family, Airen?" At this time, Raymond reacted and asked.

"It's true that I am the eldest son of a noble family, but I didn't inherit my father's title, so strictly speaking, I am not from a noble family."

At this time, after playing chess, Rhodes and Earl Angus stood up together, and Rhodes saw the old man out the door.

Outside the city lord's mansion, the starry night was brilliant and the air was fresh, so after watching the carriage leave, Rhodes stood outside for a while.

In the past two months, a large number of northern nobles and refugees have poured into the Lonely Mountain Castle. Not counting the refugees, there are 30,000 private armies brought by large and small northern nobles.

Although most of them are level one and level two soldiers without ranks, if Lonely Mountain Castle can fully absorb and transform them, it will be a great supplement, but the workload is relatively large.

However, while bringing benefits, it also brings demands. Many northern nobles offer their wealth and private armies, and then start to come to Rhodes to build relationships, with the purpose of seizing official titles.

The Styak Empire has collapsed. Now on its original basis, the Mage Country has established a country, the Religious Country has established a country, and the Great Prince Haines has the original imperial power. Merchants in the southern provinces have established a business alliance, which is called an alliance but actually established a country. The eastern provinces are grouped together to blockade and wait and see. The western provinces are invaded by orcs, and letters for help are raining in the capital Fastel, but who has the spare energy to provide support under this situation?

Except for a very small number of old nobles who are loyal to the Styak Empire, the nobles who come to Lonely Mountain Castle at this moment may not have other thoughts in their hearts.

These people seize official titles and want to occupy a higher position in the independent forces that may appear in the future. For the nobles, doing this is almost instinctive.

If they were all a bunch of fat and incompetent people, it would be fine, but in fact, these northern nobles were pioneer lords for one or two generations. The bravery and knowledge of their ancestors have not completely disappeared in them. It would be foolish to push them all out.

Using their power, suppressing their greed, and balancing each other, this is the magnanimity and mind that a great leader should have.

"The nobles firmly grasp the martial arts inheritance of this era. Regardless of knowledge and character, most of them have some talent. In this era of great contention, I want to gather all the power that can be gathered. It is necessary to only consider their talents and not their virtues."

Mumbling to himself, Rhodes walked back to the city lord's mansion. He did not go to rest, but went into the study to take out a document.