Rise of the Empire Total War

That night, Richard got away from his busy schedule and accepted Stephanie's summons.

Looking at Richard with a tired face, Queen Stephanie looked distressed. Richard has always been in charge of entertaining the guests. She herself left the venue with excuses only shortly after the banquet started, leaving Richard to deal with the chattering guests.

"Richard, is everything in order?"

"All guests are arranged to stay. In order to ensure their safety, I will arrange more soldiers to patrol the palace."

"Yeah, I've worked hard for you these past few days." Stephanie said with tenderness in her eyes.

"This is what I should do." Richard smiled, and remembered something again, and said: "You should prepare to create an army loyal to you, and I will lead the army to counterattack Wenzhou before winter comes." Ster, at that time, I may not have time to take care of you."

"Is it that fast?" Stephanie was startled, she thought that Richard would not go out until next year at the earliest.

"Well, Jutian is dead, and there is no leader in Winster's country. It is the best time to counterattack." After Richard finished speaking, he clenched his fists and said confidently: "The war will end before the spring of next year. , as long as our army is fast enough, we will be able to completely win the victory before the Republic of Kunia and the Principality of Lasik react."

"At that time, I will be crowned as King Winster in Nord's Ippolito Palace, and marry you as a king."

Listening to Richard's confident words and promises, the corners of Stephanie's mouth could not help but rise slightly. It is the wish of every princess to marry the ruler of a powerful country, and she is no exception. What's more, this king is still her favorite Object.

But soon, she remembered a very important thing.

"Richard, the continuous wars have drastically depleted the grain in our warehouses, and we may not be able to support a large-scale war anymore."

"That's not a problem." Richard waved his hand indifferently, with a confident smile still on his face: "There is still a lot of food on Cuban Island, enough for us to counterattack Winster."

After Richard said this, Stephanie didn't continue to talk, and the two then talked about some other topics, and Richard left here.

Back in the room, he finally had the opportunity to open the system interface and deal with the two excess demesne.

How to enfeoff the two extra counties?

Richard already had a draft in mind. He is going to enfeoff Luwen to Governor Maximilian who has ruled the city for six years, and Sauron near Abadran to Danish general Charles—he has no reason to deprive Abadran of Lord Pa Bala's title can only be arranged in this way.

After the decision is made, the two new lords will not be able to take office immediately. They still need to meet Richard in person and perform a knighting ceremony in accordance with the tradition of the Middle Ages.

The enfeoffment ceremony of the nobility is simpler than the coronation ceremony of the king, but the degree of solemnity is not inferior to the former. After all, it is a nobleman who values ​​fame and ostentation, and being entrusted in a very simple environment will damage his reputation.

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Five days later, Richard asked the deputy general Condra to lead the army northward and stationed at the border of the Kingdom of Winster. He himself returned to Cuban Island with the early general guards and carried out two missions in Brandenburg on King's Mountain. The investiture of the new earl was completed with solemnity in the presence of Cardinal Peter Scanrel.

It is worth mentioning that Pabala, the lord of Abadran, was also released and forcibly swore an oath of allegiance.

The two new earls will return to the territory after being enshrined, and at the same time make their noble family crests. Richard didn't let them participate in the counterattack against the Winster Kingdom immediately. He knew that the two earls must have enough time to get along with the people in the territory.

After a night's rest in Brandenburg, Richard hurried back to the army, and he handed over the necessary food and logistics for the expedition to Stephanie of Ravana.

On November 8, 1111 in the continental calendar, Richard led his army to leave the fort built on the border and invade the Kingdom of Winster.

Returning to the mother country where he was born and raised, Richard sighed infinitely in his heart. What he saw and heard during his exile six years ago is still lingering in his mind, as if it just happened yesterday.

Spreading out the map of the Kingdom of Winster, Richard's first obstacle was the city of Leon, the capital of the Leon Territory. Qian once led an army to stop Richard from escaping, but was forced to retreat by Magnus' momentum.

Perhaps it was the news that Richard led the army to invade in advance. The gates of the city of Leon were closed, and heavily armed soldiers stood on the walls. When Richard's army appeared on the horizon in the distance, the warning bell rang Then it rang quickly, and with the sound of the warning bell, a large number of soldiers swarmed out of the barracks in the city and climbed up the city wall.

Surrounded by guards, Fulvio, Earl of Leon, stood at the top of the city, looking down on Richard and the nearly 20,000 troops he brought.

Looking at the densely packed soldiers, Fulvio's face turned pale. Richard's army was larger than he expected. Even if he knew in advance that Jutian defeated Arkham and recruited many soldiers to defend the city, the city's troops It is still a bit dangerous for troops to resist Richard's attack.

In the eyes of everyone on the city wall, a horse from Richard's army rushed out. The knight in exquisite armor rushed to the bottom of the city wall, looked at Fulvio above, and shouted loudly: "Wen Richard Stuart, the most orthodox heir of the Kingdom of Stuart and Lord Protector of the Kingdom of Ravana, has arrived, and the defenders have not opened the city and surrendered?"

"Richard..." Fulvio swallowed the saliva secreted by nervousness, trying to moisten his dry throat. He didn't expect that in just six years, Richard's army had expanded from 60 people to nearly 20,000 today. He was also regretting why he couldn't hold back the impulse in his heart to lead the army six years ago. Intercept Richard in exile.

If he hadn't turned against Richard six years ago, he would have surrendered without hesitation.

Swallowing his saliva again, Fulvio found that the soldiers around him were looking at him expectantly. He didn't want to surrender. If he wasn't afraid of being punished by Qiuhou after surrendering, he would have surrendered a long time ago.

No matter how regretful it is, Fulvio bit the bullet, facing the expectant gazes of the surrounding soldiers, and yelled at the knights under the city wall: "The most orthodox heir to the kingdom is His Majesty Jutian's heir, Prince Simon, Richard. How dare Germany claim to be orthodox? I, Fulvio Camara, is bestowed by His Majesty Jutian, and I swear to live and die with the city of Leon!"

Having said that, Fulvio could feel the deep loss of the soldiers around him, but he had no way out.

Hearing this, the knights under the city wall didn't waste their words, they turned around and returned to the army formation, and reported the defender's reply to Richard.

"Since peace can't solve the problem, let's use war to get the result I want!" Richard said disdainfully.