Chapter 171 · Rickland and Nordland combined fleet

  Old World, Imperial Capital, Altdorf, Imperial Palace.

The emperors and royal families of all generations since His Majesty Magnus have lived here. The towering palaces and huge walls appeal to the brilliant achievements of mankind. , is the heart of the empire.

In the large and splendid study, there is only one figure who is writing a pen, Karl Franz Friedrich, the emperor who bears all the sacred heritage of Charlemagne from the Sea of ​​Claws to the end of the Crest Mountains of the World. Sitting in the middle of his study, correcting various decrees.

The emperor is dressed in ochre yellow noble casual clothes, and the Frederick family coat of arms with gold patterns is printed on his red silk robe. He sits behind a cherry wood desk, and the autumn sun shines through the huge glazed window of the study. Entering the room, a thick stack of documents was processed on the side of the desk, which means that His Majesty the Emperor has been sitting behind the desk and working for a long time. Your Majesty, all the documents you haven’t dealt with are here, do you need me to put them on the desk?”

   “Just put it there, I’ll look at it later.” Karl Franz waved his hand and signaled the servant to leave without looking up.

The side door of the study was gently closed, and after a few minutes, the emperor put down the feather pen in his hand. In the middle of the game, his mind was still reminiscent of a hearty victory he commanded before and after a week ago.

A week ago, the emperor himself led more than 13,000 imperial troops deep into the barren tower on the edge of the gray mountains, and annihilated the ogre predators, the lord of the big stomach, Brescus and his allies ( Reserve food), a night goblin evil moon resistance army, despite repeated caution, dispatched pistol pioneers and sky mages for divination, the emperor’s army was still ambushed in a depression thirty miles away from the barren tower.

A large number of ogre bull warriors and night goblin fanatics appeared in front of them, and they rushed to the front of the imperial army composed of spearmen and swordsmen. Three-headed stone horned beasts, groups of goblin wolf cavalry, squigg war beasts raided from behind, and hundreds of night goblin archers were ambushed in the depressions on both sides of the march. A rain of poisoned arrows was thrown from the middle of the army.

  The emperor’s army was thrown into chaos for a time, and even the emperor himself, a team of Altdorf Honor Guards had to join the battlefield to protect their sworn allegiance to the emperor.

Karl Franz did not ride his powerful war griffin mount Death Claw before the march. Not every war requires Death Claw to participate, so the imperial army lacked the help of powerful behemoths. The stone horned beasts, like bone carts, ran rampant in the rear of the imperial army, overturning heavy artillery and crushing several **** alleys, and the goblin wolf cavalry that followed them frantically broke into the front of the crossbowmen and musketeers. , do their best to disrupt the battle.

When the situation of the battle took a turn for the worse, and the defeated Libra gradually tilted toward the imperial army, the imperial mage and great alchemist Belchazer-Gelt turned the tide. Just when there were enemies in all directions and the morale of the army was at stake, the emperor was unyielding and took the lead. Stabilizing the military’s heart, the great alchemist rode on his imperial Pegasus “Xun Yin”, waving his golden staff, and the wind of Qianmen that ordinary people could perceive, gathered towards Geert like a sea of ​​rivers, burning. Golden flames fell from the sky, and a huge torrent of metal fell from the sky, bombarding the enemies in front of the imperial army.

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In an instant, hundreds of goblins and the entire team of ogres were smashed to pieces. Immediately afterwards, the eight-ring spell of the metal system was ready, and the ogre bull warriors were surprised to find that the iron armor on their bodies and the machete in their hands were deep inside. In the yellow brilliance, it gradually turned into molten iron and adhered to his body. The great alchemist in mid-air did not stop there. He waved his staff again, and after singing the obscure incantation, the wind of the pious door opened wide, and the metal It is a forbidden spell, and the ultimate alchemy is activated.

   A whole group of night goblins and more than 200 ogres turned into a group of gilded statues, unable to move any longer.

The imperial soldiers, whose pressure had plummeted, fought back and charged under the leadership of Emperor Karl Franz. The sixteen heavy cannons that were ready in the rear also spewed flames. Hundreds of musketeers fired in salvos. The two heads were killed on the spot, and the corpses crushed dozens of goblin wolf cavalry and orc boar riders. The Rick knights and imperial knights who came to support them from both flanks, led by Marshal Rick Kurt Heilberger, were fierce and fierce. To the side of the night goblin army.

   And the emperor himself even wielded the holy hammer Gael Maraz, slaying the ogre predator, the lord of the stomach, Brescus, reversing the situation and finally returning with a great victory.

  The Desolate Tower was re-occupied by the imperial army, and the scattered Ork orc tribes were annihilated by the emperor’s army one by one. Since then, the connection between the dwarf kingdom of Breeze Castle in the Grey Mountains has been opened, and the trade routes of the two sides have become more secure.

With the victory of this battle, Karl Franz won the reputation of wisdom and bravery, and was also recognized by several electors who were deeply affected by the ogre predator Shepox, making him the most outstanding general of the empire. and one of the tacticians.

   A hearty victory has increased Karl Franz’s trust in the great alchemist Belchazer-Gerth. As his courtier and one of the think tanks, Geerth is more like the emperor’s right-hand man.

Karl Franz was also willing to accept Geert’s loyalty unconditionally. After the war, he not only rewarded the great alchemist with a large amount of gold coins and magic ores, but also contributed to the flames at the most critical moment, helping Baiershaze Gay in one fell swoop. Ert became the head of the new Golden Academy of the Imperial Academy of Wizards and Wizards.

The emperor’s trust in the great alchemist has increased, and it has even been rumored from the outside world that the emperor is deliberately promoting Geert, so that he can check and balance the current imperial chief archmage, the dean of the Flame Academy, Senus Gehrman, and even appeared. Rumors that the Staff of Volan is about to change hands.

In this regard, the Emperor of the Empire did not express his position. In his heart, he always wanted Senus Gehrman to step down. After all, the legacy of the last emperor, his late father Luynter Pold, was not an imagination. It is so easy to control in China, but now, before Geert has shown a strength far superior to that of Senus, Karl Franz is not willing to blindly move the position of the Imperial Royal Chief Archmage.

   After a short rest, the emperor decided not to continue to recall that victory, and there were more battles to be fought in the future, and Karl Franz then took out the next document.

   is a document about the rebuilding of the Imperial Navy after the Nord War.

Although His Majesty the Emperor rules the entire empire, his influence in the north is far less than that of the Todd Blinger family. However, in the Nord Kingdom, which was ravaged by the Norsca predators, almost 40% of its pillar industries were destroyed, and the population was severely depleted. Elector Theodoric’s coffers are almost depleted again, and Karl Franz is of course unwilling to miss this opportunity to expand his influence and the right to speak in the north.

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The rich mineral resources and forest resources of the Nord Kingdom, as well as a number of important port cities in the empire, make the Nordland navy the largest in the empire, although the Rekland held by the emperor also has a large scale. Fleet, but the Rick River is not comparable to the vast Claw Sea after all, not to mention that maritime trade is an economic lifeline, and mastering the navy is equivalent to mastering the coastline of the empire.

To this end, Karl Franz took out 17,000 gold coins from the Rickland warehouse to rebuild the Nord Fleet, or another nickname “Rickland and Nordland Combined Fleet”, which is expected to be in three Within the year, a total of 43 battleships, such as sail battleships, imperial flagships, and wolf ships, were newly incorporated, and nearly 70 logistics and supply ships were added. twice as much.

The sailors and navy of the fleet were recruited directly from the Nord Territory, which further eased the rotten internal affairs of the Nord Kingdom. Poison Pool, the Nord Elector Theodoric responded positively, and he even landed some of the elite Nord Territory under his command. The team was incorporated into the combined fleet, which greatly filled the gap between lower-level officers and middle-level officers in the combined fleet.

  What does it mean when the combined fleet is built?

First, to defend against the Norsca plunderers and dark elf pirates who descended from the Claw Sea, to defend the authority of the empire and the personal safety of the people, and act as an early warning before the next huge army like Varmir-Aisling goes south. effect.

  Second, it means that the emperor can directly intervene in the trade of the miserly merchants in Marienburg, blocking their import and export merchant ships from the coast of the Claw Sea.

Those damned, stingy, money-hungry merchants from Marienburg, relying on their presence in the municipality, claiming to be civilized and free, have become more and more in front of the powers of the Kingdom and Empire of Brittany these years. Jumping back and forth, like an annoying fly, you can’t beat it.

Especially a few years ago, the cowards of Marienburg actually provided logistics and a large number of slaves to the Norscalon fleet that plundered the Principality of Colony in the Knight Kingdom. The electors in the territory are not ashamed.

“Marinburg, your comfortable days are coming to an end.” Thinking of this, Karl Franz showed a satisfied smile. Unlike the usual upright and upright, the Emperor of the Empire is still somewhat humorous in private, especially in front of his cronies. Black belly.

   “Right…” Karl Franz suddenly thought of something, and he summoned a Rick knight on duty from outside, “Please order, my majesty!”

“My foreign minister, Amadeus Mencken, has been brought back from Midden. I want to meet with him now and ask Baron Stilgaard to come to the palace to meet me.” Karl Franz moved towards Rick Knight ordered.

   “As you order, Your Majesty.”

The emperor’s foreign minister, Amadeus Mencken, was a diplomatic man, especially good at resolving small conflicts and avoiding larger intensifications. Cooperating with each other and restricting each other, the two of them can always obtain unknown secrets and present them to His Majesty the Emperor. For example, on the eve of the first battle of the blood pine forest, the foreign minister learned from a series of clues and a group from the stronghold near the blood pine forest. The missing arrows (more than 100 barrels) judged the enemy’s movements, and the spy chief even got a plan set by the rebels three hours before the war, and the two helped Karl Franz win. The battle is to lay the foundation.

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In the corridor of the imperial palace, a middle-aged man wearing a brown-black arrow coat, an inverted triangular iris hat, and a mustache raised on his face under the brim of the hat looked particularly serious, the emperor’s foreign minister quickened his pace. , Rick’s guard in front of the emperor’s study has opened the door for him.

   “My Majesty, are you looking for me?” After the meticulous etiquette, Amadeus-Mencken raised his head and asked with his hands in front of his belly.

   “Well, Amadeus, the journey is hard, sit down and say.” The emperor nodded and motioned for him to come to the desk and sit down. The latter did not hesitate and sat down immediately.

  Karl Franz likes courtiers who do things directly, and Amadeus knows that excessive humility will only disgust His Majesty.

   “Tell me what you’ve seen in the north. No matter how much information comes in every day, it can’t be as intuitive as getting there in person.” Karl Franz went straight to the point without beating around the bush.

“The Midden Land has changed a lot, and the decline of the Nord Kingdom has affected all walks of life in this province to a certain extent, especially commerce and trade. The villages, towns, and cities I passed along the way all showed a lack of vitality. .” The foreign minister said bluntly, he reported his experience and general statistics to the emperor one by one, some of which can be said to be penetrating.

“Well, I see, you did a good job.” Karl Franz expressed understanding, he spread his hands, frowned and asked: “After Boris Todbringer was assassinated, something happened in Middenheim. Is it something important? The Church of Urick, the Todd Blinger family, and a few old Midden leaders.”

“Many, my Majesty, especially the Emir of the Church of Uric, he launched a huge trial campaign immediately after the assassination of Elector Boris, and nearly 1,000 people were tied at the stake. Burned to death on the rack, the attack strength and attack surface are unprecedented.” The emperor’s foreign minister sighed in his tone.

“The reaction of the Uric Church is normal. At most, it’s a bit vicious.” Karl Franz nodded, and he didn’t take it seriously. In the face of chaos and corruption, it is correct to do everything possible to eliminate evil. Every day in the slums of Altdorf There are witch hunters on cleaning missions.

“Your Majesty, I also heard a similar message in Middenheim about Candido Todbringer, the eldest son of the Elector Boris.” Amadeus Mencken deliberately lowered his voice, ” There is conclusive evidence that the physician responsible for treating the frail and sickly son of the Elector of the White Wolf was the notorious plague doctor, Lord Festus-Leech, who, on the day the Elector of the White Wolf was assassinated, The eldest son also fell into a deep coma and was dying.”

   “Candido Toddbringer has less than four months to live, says Archbishop of Serena Church of Middenheim.”

“The son of the elector is about to die of illness, so… Boris’s only remaining heir is his daughter, Sylina Todbringer…” The emperor understood the meaning of the foreign minister’s words, Carl F. Lanz frowned, lost in thought.

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