Mountain and Forest Kingdom

"I reject!"

In the noble meeting hall of the Kingdom of Io, a black-haired man angrily shouted: "We should kill the envoy of the Kingdom of Stars now! Show our determination and that of the church!"

The king sat in his seat and thought about this matter quietly.

The noble leaders near the conference table clearly felt the king's hesitation.

A blue-haired man looked at the black-haired man, "Garak, have you ever thought about what will happen if you kill the envoy of the Kingdom of Stars?"

Garak looked at this man with a sinister look, "Sarjutta, the destruction of the Kingdom of Gran and the Kingdom of Waves still can't wake you up? If we don't resist those barbarians, we are the ones who will lose everything now, the Kingdom of Waves and the Kingdom of Ge The nobles of the Lan Kingdom will not end well!”

There are five great nobles in the Kingdom of Ao, who are divided into the Bear family, the Snake family, the Bird family, the Fish family, and the Lizard family according to their surnames.

The Xiong family is the king, the leader of the five major families, and the most powerful aristocratic force in the kingdom.

The Snake family does some shady business and is a lackey of the Xiong family. They are responsible for doing things and businesses that are not suitable for the royal family.

The Bird Family is a collection of small aristocratic forces. They are also characters rooted in various prosperous cities. They rely on knowledge and status to assist the lord in running their business. They are also active in various gatherings and social venues.

The Yu family is a port force and a collection of businessmen and wealthy people.

The Lizard family is the military leader.

After decades of development and marriage, the bloodlines between countries have become somewhat mixed, and basically all the nobles have some kind of kinship.

The nobles unite with each other to establish a stable upper structure. Even if they are not able to deal with each other, they will not let non-noble members sneak in.

The Snake family and the Yu family are not dealing with each other. The conflict of interest between the two parties is very serious. Both the nobles above and the thugs below are specious. Sometimes they are businessmen, sometimes they are pirates. Robbers and murderers will rob merchants' shops, and they will also fight with merchants. Stores cooperate to sell stolen goods.

Sarjuta sneered: "Then how to resist the army of the Kingdom of Stars? Do you rely on your tax collectors who can only collect taxes, or rely on those greedy border lizards who also only want money?"

"The Kingdom of Stars now has a population of more than one million. When there were only more than 100,000 people before, it defeated the church and conquered the Kingdom of Gran, which was governed by the church."

"We are only stronger than the Kingdom of Gran on land, and we are not as powerful as the Kingdom of Gran on the sea. Is there any way for us to defeat the Kingdom of Stars now?"

"Now they are willing to cooperate with us and invite us to attack those dirty Ferrege pirates. Why don't we agree?"

Facing Sarjuta's question, Garak said disdainfully: "Cooperation? That will only make our kingdom a livestock pen for barbarians!"

"If we send people to cooperate, then our army will definitely be controlled by the wizards of the Church of the Stars. Then our army will be like the armies and kings of other kingdoms. They will only listen to the words of those barbarian wizards!"

Sarjuta retorted: "There is no such thing as witchcraft!"

Garak smiled and said: "Oh? You said there is no such witchcraft? Are you sure?"

Sarjuta soon fell silent.

Mind control witchcraft is indeed rare, but it is definitely not impossible.

This ability is so useful. As long as an extraordinary person has this ability, he will not hide his ability and can easily become a member of the nobility.

Witchcraft itself is evidence of noble blood. Because this ability only relies on blood inheritance, as long as you show ability, you can quickly be accepted by the local noble forces and marry.

As long as men and women with mind control abilities follow the rules, they can gain more benefits than mere control.

Relying on witchcraft to control and steal power, sex and wealth is far better than what aristocratic forces and organizations provide, and it is safer, more proactive and comprehensive.

Control abilities can be the noble talents of an excellent lord. Usually everyone has a tacit understanding and will not use them casually on people who shouldn't use them.

This time, even though the Kingdom of Gran was controlled by spiritual power, there is no evidence that the Church was responsible. It is also possible that the King of the Kingdom of Gran is a fanatical believer who is very loyal to the Church.

The key thing is that the king himself is the representative of interests recommended by the major nobles.

This is not a unified country. There is no emperor who can kill anyone he wants, let alone the kind of founding emperor who can still secure the throne by killing all the military nobles.

The Snake family cannot control the pirates at the bottom not to rob the Yu family, and the Yu family, as a business leader, cannot control the businessmen at the bottom not to engage in underground business.

Even if the king is controlled, he cannot change the interests of the major nobles, let alone order the other nobles to die.

Because of their extraordinary bloodline, each noble has some strong men attached to him, and there is no such thing as a noble who doesn't raise troops.

Both sides had their own reasons for quarreling, and the king and other nobles also had their own considerations.

Whether to fight or not to fight mainly depends on respective interests.

The Kingdom of Io quickly made a choice.

Kill the messenger!

The Xiong family uses the smallest power to declare war on the Kingdom of Stars on behalf of the entire kingdom!

The messenger's head was pierced by an iron spear, and he was hung on a fishing boat and floated to a large ship in the distance.

The sailors on the big ship quickly reported the news to the commanders of the fleet.

Fleiss, who was about to attack the Feleg pirates, became furious when he heard this.

"These arrogant little dwarves, I will chop off the heads of their kings and nobles, pile them on a ship, and let our brothers watch the murderers turn to ashes and then rise from the fire into the stars!"

Fleiss looked at his subordinates, "Send someone immediately to tell the Prophet that we will attack the Kingdom of Io first!"

"Yes!" The subordinate quickly asked someone to make arrangements.

Akda sat at the table and said: "Discuss how to attack the Kingdom of Io. The Kingdom of Io is not a maritime country. Most of the prosperous cities are inside the land, and the royal city is also near a narrow inland river."

Crete said: "Then attack their port first!"

Suleiman said: "Their ports are controlled by fishermen, and they are basically merchant ships and river boats. Our ships are not suitable for entering the river."

In the past, barbarians had small boats that could run in the sea or in rivers. They could also carry them and run from one river to another a thousand meters away.

Now it is a huge ship. It can no longer be lifted up by the strength of everyone. It cannot be used in rivers and seas, and it can sail into some shallow and narrow rivers.

Dalaos heard the questions raised by the others and quickly gathered together.

"We can divide our forces and use artillery to bombard the coastal city ports. At the same time, we can send small groups of troops to use long ships to transport troops inland to raid the territories where the Tori family nobles gather."

Dalaos uses wine glasses and flagons to lay out the locations of several regions.

Everyone knew the opponent before going into the battle, and they also learned a lot about it through some guides and businessmen during this period.

The Lizard family's cavalry mainly defends the border in the north of the interior. They used to guard against thieves and peasant uprisings. They also frightened the Kingdom of Durila and the Kingdom of Deco. They competed with the Kingdom of Durila for mineral resources in the mountains, and competed with the neighboring Deco Kingdom. Kingdoms compete for water resources.

The southern and western coastal areas are controlled by the Yu family and the Bird family. There is a river flowing into the sea from the Kingdom of Deco. The ports are managed by the Yu family lords. The Bird family mainly serves as a facilitator in various prosperous areas.

The Xiong family occupies fertile land in a wide plain area, and is also the last land kingdom in the south of the continent.

Further south are the mountains. At the end of the mountains and further south in the sea is an island country with a population of 300,000, which is the Blue Kingdom where the Pope is located.

The last few countries in the west are all in the west of the Kingdom of Gran. They are small countries that make up the numbers. It is difficult to maintain internal rule and they do not have the military strength to participate in the war.

"We now have an advantage. Both in terms of national strength and military strength, we are far superior to the Kingdom of Io."

Dalaos affirmed the strength of both parties and pointed to the location of the Xiong family.

"In addition to suppression by artillery ships at sea, the extra ships can also sail at sea, and the extra soldiers can directly attack the Xiong family! If the church supports the Xiong family, we will destroy their ships at sea!"

Bobo retorted: "We don't have that many soldiers!"

"No, we do." It was not Dalaos who spoke, but Fleiss.

Fleiss looked down at the rough map on the table, his eyes full of thinking.

As recruiters, Fleiss and others know better than Bobo how many soldiers there are in the Kingdom of Stars.

"We have two thousand people in the fleet, three thousand people in Beow's place, five thousand people in En'er Port to support us at any time, two thousand troops in the Kingdom of Durila, and more than four thousand soldiers training in Feiyu Port .”

"I don't know where in Glen Province, but I heard from Seravan that there are troops from our church there."

"There are still ten thousand soldiers in the Ice Land. We can send them out if necessary."

Now the Kingdom of Stars no longer fights the weak against the strong. Both its national strength and the number of soldiers are far superior to the Kingdom of Io.

In addition to advantages in numbers, they also have advantages in weapons, armor and logistics.

And when the number of soldiers is calculated, they are all real soldiers, not untrained peasant armies.

It was also a battle involving tens of thousands of people. Neither the nobles of the Kingdom of Io nor the church realized the difference between tens of thousands of people and tens of thousands of people.

News of the messenger's murder quickly spread back to the Ice Land.

Lawrence, who has integrated the Ice Land, has just discovered how powerful he is in his hands. These data allow Lawrence to farm in the Ice Land more comfortably and solve some troublesome problems more calmly.

Lawrence quickly gave the final order.

"Leave land and destroy the country." (End of chapter)