It has been two months since the end of the "battle of eboden". The cold wind of winter has spread all over every corner of the empire from duanjie mountain.
But for the subjects of the Empire, everything seemed no different from yesterday.
In fact, this is also very normal. The reason why the Empire could exist was to resist the "alliance" formed by the invasion of northern demons. Otherwise, such a huge territory, countries with completely different customs and cultures could not be integrated at all.
The elves and ogres in the ancient wood forest, the werewolf tribe in the ice field in the north of saklan, the Centaurs in the green sea, the dwarf Kingdom between the mountains, and the giant monsters wandering in the wilderness... It can be said that there are wars in other territories almost every year and every season except the imperial capital and eboden.
The oldest old man has experienced the age of the black Duke. Some of them still vaguely remember the heroic posture of the late akhart II commanding the Imperial Army and fighting the invading demon Legion on on duanjie mountain.
The horseback people of Boyi still remember the recent Centaur war; Strictly speaking, the loterians who are resisting the invasion of Azores, the Arles who hunt trolls, and the East Saxony, which is constantly in civil war, are also fighting their own wars.
War is the main melody of the Empire and the fundamental significance of the existence of the Empire; For the imperialists, war is no big deal at all. It''s not a very special thing.
Either in war or preparing for war, which is the norm of the Empire.
For this reason, even if emperor Conrad issued the "all-round war mobilization" and "expropriated the nobles and principalities in the imperial capital", no one dared to stand up and accuse the emperor of "tyranny"; In addition to complaining and some small moves, the nobles who were assessed did not dare to have any overt resistance at all.
The young nobles and knights were even more enthusiastic. They took the initiative to run to the barracks and asked to join the imperial army before the recruitment order was issued; It''s all about cutting off the elves'' heads on the battlefield and making the girls crazy about themselves.
The presidents of trade unions and chambers of Commerce danced excitedly and couldn''t wait to contract all the military supplies of the Empire - fighting is making money. They can''t understand such a simple truth.
Therefore, the person who really attracted the most attention in the current empire was Isaac Grantham.
More precisely, it should be that Isaac was awarded the title of knight and married a royal family - although it was a collateral branch.
Empire shake!
Almost all the Wizards in the Empire... Or at least in the capital Golovin were shocked, and the shock was followed by an unspeakable excitement and joy, which was beyond description.
According to the statistics of the magistrates of the imperial capital, in just one week, at least 20 pubs were packed by Wizard apprentices pouring out of the college and went to the sky palace to petition. More than 1000 wizards swore allegiance to Emperor Connor, excluding apprentices.
Considering that there are not more than 1000 qualified wizards in the imperial capital, this number is extremely terrible.
At the same time, wizards and apprentices around the imperial capital are also coming to the sky palace in batches to petition to join his majesty Connor''s legion and be willing to contribute to the "victory of the Empire".
When the news of Isaac''s award came, almost all wizards understood the "hint of the emperor" - as long as they had meritorious service, even wizards could get titles of title and nobility.
This temptation is too big!
Most of the Wizards in the Empire embarked on the road of becoming wizards because they could not inherit the family heritage and titles, or could not find any way out.
Of course, for real wizards... Such as Isaac, or the elders of the wizard tower... Such means of "buying and wooing" are of little value. Secular titles and wealth mean very little to them.
But for the members who occupy the vast majority of the wizard world, this almost gives them an incomparably bright future and visible hope.
As long as you work hard, as long as you are loyal to the emperor, as long as you make enough achievements... You can also get privileges, wealth and opportunities to become a master like all nobles and even Knights!
In contrast, the church''s total resistance.
The priests with a little mind can understand that once the wizards can obtain the status of nobility, it means that the church will completely lose its absolute suppression of the wizard class, which means that the church can no longer maintain its absolute rule in the spiritual field.
This will be a fatal blow to the church!
Without waiting for Archbishop innocent to speak, the angry priests took the lead in flocking to the streets with "devout congregations". At the same time, the church judge formally lodged a complaint in the Royal cabinet and asked his majesty connord to withdraw his order, otherwise the church will "withdraw its absolute support for the heavenly palace".
This "battle between wizards and churches" in the imperial capital is imminent.
At this time, a shocking news came from the red blood Castle - hilvic, the envoy to the red blood castle for negotiation, the deacon of the Holy Cross Church, publicly provoked the Duke of Byrne at the ceremony held by the Duke of Byrne, questioned the legitimacy and legitimacy of his identity, and was unanimously expelled from Byrne after being "aware of the trick"!
Almost on the same day, lottel, Boye and Arle sent letters at the same time, questioning the reason about the matter, and imploring the heavenly palace to assess the "seriousness" of the matter and give a reasonable and legal explanation.
Is it possible to question the identity of an imperial Duke as long as there is some anecdotal evidence?
Is it true that as long as the church doubts, the Duke of each principality must immediately produce evidence to prove the authenticity of his identity, otherwise he will be deposed?
Is the inheritance law stipulated in the imperial code and the recognition of the nobility in the principality invalid? Only the Duke recognized by the church can become the legal Duke of the Empire?!
In the face of this sudden disaster, the Holy Cross Church, which had been aggressive before, immediately panicked. The original tough attitude could no longer be maintained. We could only pray to the emperor of the heavenly palace to explain as soon as possible so that this matter could be properly handled.
But Conrad did not hear or see. All his attention was focused on preparing for the war after winter. He had no time to mediate the trivial matter of "the contradiction between the church and the aristocracy of the principality".
If the church could keep a little calm at this time, they would understand that this was connord''s last chance to give them - if the trust of the principalities was lost, the bond that maintained the Empire would change from faith to the loyalty of the principalities to the Empire and the de sallion royal family.
The authority and status of the church will be weakened unprecedentedly, and will fundamentally become one of the vassals and vassals of the Empire; At present, the best choice for them is to reach a settlement with the Principality of Byrne alone to avoid further intensification of contradictions.
But unfortunately, the Holy Cross Church''s tough attitude has made them unwilling to compromise so quickly, and still expects Loren Turin to humble their heads first, or the sky vault can mediate.
Of course, both are absolutely impossible.
Therefore, the disputes between wizards and churches in the imperial capital also intensified.
After receiving the guarantee of emperor connord and hearing the news of corona''s sacrifice, the Royal wizard consultant Elbert changed the normal of "good people" in the past, fought tit for tat with the church judges in the Royal cabinet, and vowed to fight to the end.
No matter age, experience, experience or even vocabulary, young church judges are not the opponent of master elbird; The wizard''s consistent calm attitude makes it easier for him to find loopholes and flaws in each other''s passionate words, and then return them ten times and a hundred times.
To be fair, Elbert didn''t think he could win - after all, for now, the overall strength of the church is much stronger than the Wizards; So he planned to drag the dispute down until the war started after the beginning of spring.
Just after the battle between the wizard and the church attracted everyone''s attention, the night watchman, who had long been incorporated by Dalton kand, finally found a chance to quietly send the real key information to the red blood castle
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"... according to the information sent back, the situation on the eboden front is not very good..."
While reading the information in his hand, Dalton kand''s eyes looked at the black haired wizard opposite him - with his head down and his face relaxed to the extreme. He was quite the opposite in peacetime.
"... because of the turmoil in East Saxony, the troops blocking the eboden border did not receive any reinforcement at all, and the army of Elman was too far away - on the premise of limited military strength and being ordered not to fight the enemy, Archduke Yuli vilz decided to use the advantages of transportation and resources to build a series of garrison towers on the eboden border."
"Cooperate with the barracks, the cavalry blocked the passage, compressed the enemy''s extension space and made steady progress."
"In the near future, the imperial Legion and the small reconnaissance army of the Azores have had no less than hundreds of conflicts, with heavy casualties - the other side has more advantages in this small-scale battle than in the large-scale decisive battle; it is very difficult for the same force to retreat safely, regardless of victory."
"... through many battles, Juli vilz recognized that cavalry and crossbow men were the key to victory; it was difficult for the highly mobile Elman soldiers or the imperial Legion soldiers to directly confront the Azores alone, so they urgently needed more cavalry reinforcements, and asked the Empire to increase the number of heavy crossbows..."
"... on the 16th, Archduke ellemans personally led three flag regiments, a total of more than 1000 Legion soldiers, braved the snow to fight with the small army of Azores, and narrowly won; on the 20th, the enemy launched a fierce attack on the general camp of the Legion, trying to seize the river course of Baoshi River, and the test was fruitless; on the 23rd..."
Looking up at Lauren, who was still in a trance and at a loss, Dalton snorted coldly: "on the 23rd, the Empire was defeated and Golovin fell!"
"Huh?!"
The dark haired wizard suddenly woke up and raised his head: "what did you say, mentor Dalton?"
"On the 23rd, the Azores attacked the Legion camp again and lost." Dalton said expressionless, "what''s the matter?"
"No, I remember you said the fall of gloven?!"
"No, I''m talking about the possibility. If the channel of the gem river is taken away, Golovin may fall... Of course, it may not fall."
"..." Loren Turin.
"That''s all for the report," Dalton said as he put away the letter. "You''re in a bad condition. Go back and have a rest."
"No, no... I think it may be that the rest time is too long recently, so..."
"That''s what I mean!"
Rudely interrupted his apprentice, Dalton glanced coldly: "your decadence is so strong that it''s unimaginable - if this is the result of marriage, I''d rather not tell Charlotte the truth!"
The dark haired wizard pulled his mouth awkwardly. A sense of powerlessness that he wanted to explain but couldn''t explain surged deeply into his heart.
"Don''t care too much about eboden - in fact, it''s no use even if you care; after the last eboden war, Emperor Connor won''t give you the military power to command here unless he wants you to be the second black Duke."
With a cold hum, Dalton quickly recovered his composure and consistent Indifference: "you can be a little vigilant in the battle of lottel - from the intelligence point of view, the enemy''s combat power there is no worse than eboden, but it is more reckless, almost attacking the shenlinbao defense line at any cost."
"Archduke lottel, Reuven Friede has completed the mobilization of the whole country, but the narrow battlefield is doomed that neither side can fully expand its forces and fight with the other; this will be a long war of attrition, and the defeat of either side will lead to the tilt of advantage to the other side."
"But neither the spirit from afar nor the not rich lottel can last long in this battle; so..."
Slightly drooping his head, thoughtful Dalton said decisively: "soon, this battle should turn for the better."
"How fast?" Lauren raised his eyebrow.
"I don''t know, but maybe... Right now, right now!" Dalton kand said coldly: "from the news, the battle on the front line of eboden has encountered an impasse, and shenlinbao has given up the active attack and entered the state of passive defense after several disastrous defeats."
"There are still two months before the end of winter. The enemy will not give us two months to prepare slowly."
The dark haired wizard was silent.
If he could, of course he wouldn''t sit here for two months; But Connaught had made it clear that he was not allowed to interfere in any war until he was ordered; Even if he wanted to help Lu Wen who was far away in Shenlin castle, he couldn''t help at all from such a distance.
"Of course, these battles are far away from shenlimburg and eboden, and we can''t intervene directly." Dalton shook his head:
"But there is something we must deal with as soon as possible..."