It's been the fourth month since Karin officially raised the banner against "Uncle Ikan's men who murdered her." Of course, this is also the fourth month of what later historians call the "Battle of the Black and Red Roses". The so-called Black Rose, of course, refers to the brainy Royal Highness Caterina Lady of Calgary who added a black rose coat of arms to her Holy Spring Pearl Flag. And the so-called Red Rose, of course, refers to the other side of the civil war, His Royal Highness Prince Cézer Icon.

This is indeed a very interesting coincidence. The former hereditary lords of the province of César were the Jorti family, whose coat of arms was the Crimson Rose, due to the fact that the hilly region was famous for its red roses that resemble fire and blood. Of course, the sad thing is that during the lifetime of Gaius the Great, during the period when they were weak to the royal family of the Holy Spring, the Yorti family, the Duke of Cezelle, who was the most rude to the central court and did the most transgressions, finally ended up in the crematorium under the "tyranny" of the Sun King. In order to curry favor with the local forces, Prince Iken, who was enshrined in the province of Césaire by his father, added the red rose belonging to the Yorti family to his heraldic flag, and also found a distant relative of the original Yorti family, and gave him the status of an attendant military attaché

It has to be said that although Prince Iken is a mean and unkind old stubborn, he must also be the type of supreme ruler that the gate lords and nobles like the most. It is no wonder that they easily gained the verbal allegiance and practical support of a large number of nobles, even though these nobles knew how simple the enthronement ceremony of His Royal Highness the Prince, oh, and now the emperor's Majesty Ikenxià was. This emperor was even the only emperor in the history of the Shengquan Imperial Dynasty who did not even have a state seal. Cheng Dù even surpassed the puppet monarchs of the previous generation who were reduced to rubber stamps of the gate lords and nobles.

As a result, the Oakland Imperial Forbidden Army with the Knights of Saint Laurent and the Knights of the Holy Hand of Aurora as the team. Neutrality was declared. The new urban aristocracy and bureaucracy promoted during the Sun King era also remained neutral. Emperor Iken soon found out. Of the eight forbidden army legions stationed in the imperial capital, they could only mobilize three, and they suddenly jumped like thunder. However, it was precisely because the Forbidden Army remained neutral that it was impossible for the lords and nobles of the old era, the main supporters of Icon, to go on a killing spree and purge the nobility and bureaucracy of the emerging cities.

In any case, this emperor, who did not approve of his father's centralized reforms, hoped to restore the traditional "emperor's return to the emperor." The new emperor of the orderly feudal society, once again paranoid about the "correctness" of his political views, was also widely recognized by the local lords. And these lords, who all had private soldiers, some of them naturally ran to the imperial capital to "escort King Qin", and the other part accepted the anti-rebellion edict issued by the new emperor, forming a mighty counterinsurgency army of more than 200,000 people, and went north to meet Karin's army.

The reason why he didn't send out all the troops and didn't leave the imperial capital himself was naturally because he was afraid that he would walk on his front foot. The forbidden army of the Shining City directly launched a rebellion and closed the city gates, waving the slogan "Welcome to the legitimate Empress Xià". At that time, Emperor Iken will inevitably become a homeless wild dog and be defeated in panic. Die in a most humiliating gesture.

However, when the time came to August of the glorious age of 1225, he could no longer sit still.

The counterinsurgency army composed of lords and princes suffered a crushing defeat on the front line of the Honghe River. The 200,000-strong army lost more than 20,000 killed, while the number of surrendered and wounded was more than five times that of this suzhì. Besides. The commanders of the counterinsurgency army, the Marquis of Haner and the Marquis of Cassandal, were killed in battle. More than 500 nobles died in battle, and more than 20 hereditary lords were almost cut off as a result.

The casualties of the nobles of such intensity have completely exceeded the imagination of the princes. In their concept, even if it is a war, as long as it takes place between nobles, it should be a noble battle full of glory and honor. Armies and armies marched into battle under the leadership of noble nobles, lined up like a sports day, and fought. Most of the deaths were temporary peasant soldiers and mercenaries, and the noble knights with knighthoods might have a few or two unlucky ones, but most of them were not life-threatening. In the end, the losing side is honorably captured and honorably handed over the ransom, even in the worst case, at best, it is a temporary loss of voice in the central court and a loss of a fief.

Yes, even if you're on the wrong side and you're on the losing side in a civil war for power, it's not a big deal that can't be turned around. After one generation or two generations, waiting for the change of the court and political climate, maybe it can be resurrected. There are not too many such examples in Auckland history.

Take a look at the history of the great and sacred Auckland Empire. The Griffin family of the Griffin Dynasty is gone, the Drager family of the Yanlong Dynasty is gone, and the Dimahia family of the Holy Spring Dynasty will one day be drowned in the long river of history, right? However, some aristocratic families whose history can even be traced back to the age of the gods still exist.

They seem to have forgotten how cruelly the Sun King Gaius and Estelle of the Light cleansed the ill-intentioned nobles fifty years ago.

For humans, it is indeed a forgetful creature!

For Her Royal Highness the world's No. 1 princess, who has a similar bottom line to Lu Xi, but her wrist is ten times more cruel, in the name of war, she purged the princes and lords in a grand manner, and organized their territory into the future royal direct collar, how could she miss such a good opportunity?

All in all, the format of the Auckland Civil War is now clear. After a series of great victories, Karin took refuge in her new local nobles, and the number of princes forced to surrender continued to increase. By the time she herself had read the Honghe River and arrived at the city of Herin, the number of troops under her command had increased to 150,000. On the other hand, Prince Iken took out gold and silver treasures to recruit a group of troops, and after leaving enough soldiers to monitor the central forbidden army, he finally went out in person, and gathered another 200,000 troops to meet the battle. As long as he's not stupid, of course. knew that this group of demoralized Wuhe under his command could never be the opponent of his niece's "rebel army".

But at this time, he had no choice. Now the only hope. It is the Lord of Castle Rock who has returned to the Western Territory to recruit troops, and the Duke of Tyrion, who is still the Prime Minister of the Empire.

Hopefully, he will stand in the shoes of the patriarch of the Lancaster family. Pull your brother-in-law a hand.

Let's break away from the turbulent Auckland Civil War for a moment and focus on the already calm situation in Blackman.

Lu Xi? Berencaster, this pure man, this man who has detached himself from low tastes, who will surely be able to enjoy the above evaluation in the history textbooks by virtue of this victory, is in a very good mood indeed.

He already knew from Artoria that Karin's move south to grab the throne seemed to be going well, so he was naturally relieved. At the same time, he also got the latest news. When the combined forces of the orcs and the undead retreated from the city of Black Man in a panic, they finally escaped to the Iron Fist Fortress, only to find that the troops of the Burning Blade Clan who were supposed to be here to meet them had all disappeared, so they had to continue to retreat, and then crashed headlong into the guns of the Nord and the Federation coalition forces who had already set up a pocket formation in the Night Wolf Hills.

"In other words, those green skins and ribs were viciously beaten by Uncle Char and the Federal Army in the Night Wolf Hills, and the heads of the orcs alone exceeded 20,000?"

"yes, if you add in centaurs, minotaurs, trolls, and the like, it's even more. We don't even bother to count the corpses of kobolds and goblins. Artoria obviously didn't hear the word "eldest brother" that Lu Xi accidentally said. said with excitement on his face. This made Lu Xi secretly breathe a sigh of relief.

"Hehe......" sat on the side and glanced at Lu Xi with a smile, that smile was so healing, like a breeze in the hot summer, and the eyes were so charming. The big sapphire eyes seem to contain a universe, and there is no boundary at all.

Lu Xi suddenly got goosebumps. Quickly picked up a glass of wine and poured it twice pretending to be bold.

Artoria will indeed be excited. Although the Nords have been at war with the orcs all year round. And it has always been in a slight upper hand, but this is a brilliant result. Since the time of the Overlord Steemsun, it has not been seen again. With this record alone, Artoria's prestige as a direct participant (actually) and commander (nominal) of the Great War would certainly be strengthened like never before, and as long as she herself did not die, there would be no problem with the succession to the throne of Virginia. Of course, a natural stay like a knight princess must not be aware of this problem, right? They didn't even realize that the Virginia Empire was the biggest beneficiary of this war, and they were simply excited about this glorious victory.

"If it weren't for Lu Xi and Miss Wind, your heroic fighting, killing the Black Duke Angmar and keeping the Black Mancheng, wouldn't it be so smooth, right? Thank you so much. ”

"That's a real prize, Your Highness Artoria." Blast responded Artoria's thanks with a sincere smile. Although she occasionally scared Lu Xi with a gaze containing seventeen or eighteen meanings, she herself had no hostility towards the knight princess at all. In this world, in addition to profit or congenital psychopathology, it is difficult for anyone to have malicious intentions towards such a girl with a simple personality and awe-inspiring temperament, and there is no negative energy in her body.

"My current identity is theoretically just a mercenary invited by Lu Xi, as long as I can get the income I deserve, I am already very happy." Swift Wind smiled and said, "Killing the Black Duke, the bounty of the nations and the Great Sanctuary alone will make me a lot of money, not to mention the loot on him...... Well, speaking of which, the space bag of the Black Duke Angmar seems to have fallen into Lu Xi's hands? According to the rules of the industry, shouldn't you also take it out and make a reasonable distribution? ”

"By the way, Tempest, remember that you and Nanorka also captured a lich from the Council of the Dead!"

“…… It's such a blunt change of topic, and Lu Xi actually looked away, aren't you going to look at my eyes? ”

"Since you're a member of the Council of the Dead, the life box should be well hidden, how did you find it?"

"As long as his body is imprisoned, a certain amount of time can be used to imprison his spirit and soul within a certain range. At this point, it is enough to keep questioning him with prophecy. The immortal lich actually has a lot of congenital deficiencies. It was nowhere near as strong as either me or Nanno Kaffit, let alone against the siege of the three of us. Hurricane said in a natural tone: "By the way, because Lu Xi, who asked for money in this battle, did not participate, so the space bag and other treasures on that lich belong to us, of course, but you are not allowed to rob it again." If a boy is too cheeky, he will definitely be hated by the girl. ”

"When did I say I was going to rob it? And who is the one who wants money to die? Lu Xi said angrily: "So, what about the life box and the lich?" ”

"It's been handed over to your Federation's mage group, and I've got a bounty." As for whether to kill or torture, it has nothing to do with me. That's probably what Hurricane wanted to say. (To be continued......)