Ulrich did not hand over his troops to Li Ang...
Since Seven Forks Fortress is occupied by Agason, in order to prepare for the possible raid by the Bacchus Empire on Lion City, all members of Lion Knight Order who have just completed the replenishment are now in Lion City.
Today, Lion Knight Order has returned to its full strength of six hundred Lion Knight and more than two thousand Lion Retainers. Ulrich has been conducting knight selection at Lion City in the past few months.
When Royal Knights like Lion Knight Order recruits members on a large scale, a large number of noble children will naturally come to Lion City to participate in the selection. These young people are all ready-made combatants who have been trained for a long time, and they all bring their own dry food for horses...
At the same time, super staff Royal City Guard, who had re-recruited more manpower, also increased the size of his retinue team at Lion City--Ulrich while all the noble children came to Lion City.
The current Royal City Guard has a total of 2,800 people, which is equivalent to the number of fully staffed Lion Knight Order - if Ulrich were not worried about being unable to support the number, Ulrich, who has always been insecure, would probably recruit more people.
Different from Lion Knight Order, the Royal Guards are a private armed force that belongs entirely to Ulrich. The national finance will only subsidize weapons and equipment for them, but the daily consumption of people, horses and chews has to be supported by the king's personal money and food.
Moreover, the treatment of the king's retinue will naturally be much higher than that of the general knight's retinue. Not only will there be death and disability benefits, but the salary is also not low, so Ulrich is so tight now.
In addition to Lion Knight Order and Royal City Guard, Duke Brennus is now also at Lion City. He had just suffered a defeat, so he took advantage of the fact that all the noble children were at Lion City to reorganize his troops.
Many noble children failed in the selection and failed to join Lion Knight Order. Of course they are willing to join the Lion Knight Order Grand Commander team at this time, and maybe they will have the opportunity to become a member of Royal Knights in the future.
Therefore, Brennus quickly reorganized an army of more than a thousand people.
Not only that, other lords in the northwest of the kingdom are also coming to Lion City in waves - they want to gather at Seven Forks Fortress, so they will definitely pass by Lion City.
After arriving at Lion City, these lords will naturally stay in the Lion City area for observation for a few days, and then join other lords before going there together to avoid being ambushed by the enemies in Seven Forks Fortress.
Anyway, the distance between Lion City and Seven Forks Fortress is not far. Even if there is only one or two days left before the collection deadline, they can catch up by starting from Lion City.
At the moment, Lion City, the military strength is at its most sufficient, so much so that the streets are full of horse manure, and there is no time to clean it up...
As a result, as soon as Kadan led the Dexia army into Yalagar village east of Lion City, they ran into the real main force of the Lionheart Kingdom, and it was led by Ulrich himself...
This is due to Royal City Guard being severely overstaffed, and the newly reorganized troops of Brennus temporarily occupying the city defense garrison camp, resulting in insufficient accommodation in the barracks of Lion City.
Moreover, there were so many aristocratic children who came to participate in the selection of royal knights, and they all had horses. Not to mention all the taverns and hotels in the city, they also made the entire Lion City like a big cesspit, with no place to stay.
Even the prices of horse feed such as hay and beans in Lion City have increased several times - the people under Li Ang Wheat Fragrance International don't have to pay business tax in Lion City, so naturally they can do all kinds of business, and they seized the opportunity and made a lot of money.
So at this time, Ulrich is personally arranging to use Yalagar village as a temporary military camp for the cavalry troops, to rescue Lion City from the cesspool, and by the way, to rescue his own wallet from high-priced horse feed...
When Kadan brought Dexian people, he had no intention of attacking Lion City. Instead, he planned to quickly attack the surrounding villages and towns, grab them and run away.
Naturally, when leading an army to rob a village, they would not waste time doing any intelligence spying. Adhering to the Kadan Great Khan's eight-character policy of "move quickly and leave as soon as the robbery is over", the Dexia army rushed into Yalagar Village at full speed.
But Kadan never expected that there would be so many troops in this village...
Ulrich really didn't expect that Bacchus Empire's troops didn't come, but Dexian people did?
Is this Kadan so sweaty and courageous that he dares to have an idea of Lion City?
You really mistook the lion for a sick cat, right?
If Dexian people is not killed here, then all the wealthy households in Lion City's jurisdiction will definitely feel unsafe, and they will run away with their families!
So the angry Ulrich personally blew the charge horn...
When the capital area is attacked, it is different from ordinary battles.
Lionheart Kingdom These troops were all very active. Basically all of them, including the noble children, were dispatched, and Bahad Khan Kadan was not even given a chance to turn around and run away...
Especially those young nobles who have just been promoted to Lion Knight, all of them are eager to make contributions and make great achievements.
Just one day later, Yalagar was full of dead and injured people outside the village, with corpses scattered everywhere.
There are large-scale cavalry troops on both sides, and there is no way to plan any tactics in the sudden encounter. This kind of battle is fought very quickly, and people die very quickly...
As a result, Bahad Khan and King Ulrich basically wanted to cry at the same time...
The newly rebuilt Lion Knight Order charged too hard and lost a third of it. Most of the dead were the newly promoted royal knights and their new retinues - the cooperation was not skillful, so this result is normal;
And Royal City Guard's new recruits died more, and the overstaffing state suddenly returned to the original strength of 1,500 people. Now Lion City's barracks are enough...
Ulrich At that time, I felt that I might go bankrupt... How much pension would this cost?
And Bahad Khan Kadan's Dexia army suffered even more heavy casualties, and they didn't get any benefits. So Kadan quickly withdrew the remaining soldiers to the Dexia territory, even giving up the wounded.
Dexian people, with a full cavalry, is capable of running away, and can even take away most of the horses that have lost their owners.
Therefore, although Lionheart Kingdom seemed to have won the battle, he basically did not get any valuable loot and suffered considerable losses.
As for Dexia, Kadan sent troops this time with all his loyal confidants who supported him. Now that his strength has been greatly depleted, God knows if his position as 'Bahad Khan' will be stable after returning to Dexia...
You must know that Duchy of Dexia was actually a semi-hereditary and semi-electoral country before the rule of Kadan. 'Bahad Khan', the 'messenger of God in the world', was originally elected by various tribes.
Just like the title 'Caliph', which in Desha means 'successor of the divine messenger', it was originally elected by various tribes. The caliph is one of the candidates for the next Bahad Khan, usually there are three to four.
"Bai" originally refers to "the person who assists the envoys to lead the way for the people". He is a local governor who combines military, politics and religion, similar to a general or a city lord, and is also the person in charge of local religion. It can also be seen from the meaning of this title that he was originally a leader elected by the local people.
Most of the khan positions in each tribe are hereditary. But in fact, more than two hundred years ago, even the khan position was held by the most prestigious person elected within each tribe. To this day, there are still some small tribes that elect their khan through recommendation.
But after Kadan came to power, he completely changed the system.
In other words, he became Bahadur because he changed the system - he used the hereditary system to make promises to powerful tribal leaders, promising that the tribal leaders who supported him would become hereditary 'caliphs' or 'bai's, so that their descendants could control greater power.
So in the election of various tribes, Kadan, who was young at the time, was successfully elected as Bahad.
Subsequently, Kadan fulfilled his promise. He took the new authorities who became caliphs and bais because they supported him, and used force and violence to forcefully change Duchy of Dexia's election system into a hereditary system, and adopted feudal autonomy similar to that of various kingdoms.
In other words, Kadan directly and fully corresponds to the religious-related titles such as 'Bahad', 'Caliph' and 'Bay' to the titles of 'King', 'Duke', 'Baron' and other titles of the Lionheart Kingdom.
Each title can be passed on to its own heir, and unless one family dies, it will no longer be recommended.
After a great purge full of blood and violence, Kadan created a permanent group of high-ranking nobles in Dexia.
This comprehensive transformation from the electoral system to the hereditary system has indeed quickly stabilized Kadan's rule in a very short period of time. Of course, those who have gained power want to maintain it permanently, so they must support Kadan's approach.
This has nothing to do with the country's religious beliefs and culture. Who doesn't want future generations to always be a higher ruling class?
Moreover, after Kadan used force to purge the disobedient tribal leaders, the entire Dexia was indeed unified. Dexia was no longer a loose tribal alliance. Civil wars between tribes rarely occurred, and the national strength was indeed improved a lot.
As a result, Dexia has never implemented an election system in the past twenty years. Now it is more like a dynasty. Except for the difference in religion and culture, it is essentially the same as other kingdoms.
But just like the reform of Emperor Marius, changes in the political system of any country will always cause conflicts.
In the past twenty years, those who have benefited from the hereditary system have been the tribal leaders who once supported Kadan, which naturally allowed Kadan to firmly occupy the position of Bahadur.
But now, many tribal leaders who originally supported Kadan are old and dead, and their descendants have inherited their status, but these young new Khans are not very familiar with Kadan.
Besides, most high-ranking people have more than one child, and there is only one high-level title. Children who fail to inherit the title will naturally have other ideas.
For example, Kadan himself can use force to force the hereditary system and create a group of high-level aristocrats to support him in becoming a Bahadur. This actually points out a clear path for these young people - as long as there are enough people and troops to support him, anyone can become a Bahadur in this way...
Even if they are not strong enough, they can at least become Caliph or Baiy by supporting another Bahadur - just like how their father supported Kadan.
So today's Dexia is not stable. Kadan is already facing the threat of another challenger - his younger brother Emil Xixis.
In fact, Emil Xixis used the hereditary system created by Kadan to challenge Bahad's position...
Since Kadan established the hereditary Bahadur tradition, he also gave his father the title of Bahad Khan - anyone who ascends to the throne or emperor would do this.
The Dexia tradition is that after the death of the father, the property owned by the father should be divided equally among all the children.
So Emil Xixis claimed that since the father is the 'predecessor Bahad Khan', then the entire Duchy of Dexia should be divided into two halves, so that both children can become Bahadur...
--If you are in a tribe, after the tribe's khan dies, you can indeed let the two children divide the tribe equally.
For example, brothers Kadan and Emil Xixis will be divided into two tribes, the Kadan tribe and the Emir tribe, from their father's tribe. Both of them are Khans.
Since Kadan himself has implemented a hereditary system, it is difficult for him to object to this reason, so his younger brother has been claiming to divide Desha equally, and he has indeed received support from some young tribal leaders-mostly those young people who failed to inherit the title of Caliph or Bayi...
If Desha is still under the recommendation system, then even if Kadan cripples all the troops, his status will not be affected. After all, Bahad is recommended by the tribal leaders themselves, and everyone generally will not slap themselves in the face.
But now, Kadan has used force to forcefully promote the formation of a hereditary system. He understands better than anyone else that the strength in his hands is everything.
He also knows that his case is in front of him, and every Khan in Dexia probably understands this truth...
At the same time, every leader will probably try to copy his way to the top when given the opportunity.
Nowadays, when their own troops suffer huge losses, people like Emil Xixis may not be able to settle down - many people will not settle down.
Therefore, Kadan did not dare to continue fighting. He could only withdraw back to the country with his remaining troops filled with sadness, preparing to face another difficult challenge from within.
Dexian people retreated, Ulrich and Kadan fought a lose-lose situation, and this situation of losing both sides was actually just the beginning.
After all, this is Duchy of Dexia openly launching an attack on the Lionheart Kingdom's capital. In this case, Lionheart Kingdom can only react in one way - Ulrich, who is also filled with sorrow, declares full-scale war on Duchy of Dexia, and regards Duchy of Dexia as the enemy with the highest priority, and will fight until death.
In the king's order issued, Ulrich directly called Duchy of Dexia the "cult bandit in the desert", and Bahad was also called the "brutal cult leader".
After all, Lion City is the capital of the Lionheart Kingdom. If the capital of any country is attacked, this can only be the reaction.
Moreover, Ulrich is extremely angry now, much more angry than when Seven Forks Fortress was captured - this bad war brought him to the verge of bankruptcy!
To be honest, Eric has been busy coordinating the mood of the caravan during this period. This huge caravan just slowly walked from a location dozens of miles east of Seven Forks Fortress to the Sava River moved around, and then was brought back to the original place by Eric and Ryman - just moved back and forth without doing anything, and the situation ended up like this...
After learning about the situation, Li Ang suddenly became more energetic.
Now, a new strategic goal appears in front of the lord--to command the kingdom's army, invade Duchy of Dexia in the name of revenge, and fight a long war in Dexia!
In other words, use force to open up a new market...
Now Li Ang didn't hesitate at all. He quickly mobilized his army and set off again within three days - the efficiency of dispatching troops was as ridiculously fast as ever.
Moreover, he issued a marshal's order to the lords across the country, summoning the troops of each lord to gather directly at Sava Fortress to prepare for a full-scale attack on Duchy of Dexia.
Of course, Seven Forks Fortress's problem also needs to be solved. After all, King Ulrich's requirements are here. The king did not let Li Ang change its strategic goals...
But the lord has no intention of storming Seven Forks Fortress, and this kind of giant bastion is not that easy to capture. Li Ang knows that Bacchus Empire is in a bad situation, so he plans to have a friendly consultation with General Agason to see if this matter can be resolved peacefully.