Chapter 127 Chaos (Seeking Subscription, Monthly Ticket)
Grand Duke Borg's injury has been kept under wraps, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that he is dying, which can be seen from the reactions of his two heirs.
Lord Baron Patlem, led the army stationed in Bastille, rushed back to Solo City in the starry night, and announced to the outside world on the third day that Grand Duke Borg appointed him as the interim supreme commander of the Man Yu Army Commander, who has the authority to dispatch the Man Yu Army Commander. The power of the army, all the lords and nobles in the territory should obey its dispatch, appoint General Christopher as the commander, gather the army, and encircle and suppress the slave rebel army.
What Patram did was obviously talking to himself, and there were very few nobles who were willing to listen to him.
Compared with the sophisticated Grand Duke Borg, Patrem was too young after all, and was not taken seriously before. He was stationed in Bastille in the past year, with tens of thousands of troops in his hand, directly controlling the trade with the Eternal Night Army, and pulling for himself. After getting a little contact, they are all unreliable contacts.
At the critical moment of standing in line, each of them pretended to be crazy and foolish, preparing to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and wait until the first heir in honor of Man Yu's army leader returned to the territory.
Fortunately, the alliance between Angel Bena and him is sincere, and there is no discount at all. The four major legions of the Phelan family controlled by General Christopher are on his side.
When Patlem knew that the most loyal old dog of Grand Duke Borg, General Christopher, turned out to be Angel Bena's man, his expression at that moment was as wonderful as it could be.
Because not long ago, he had been planning with his number one think tank, Conrad, to sell Angel Bena in exchange for the allegiance of General Christopher, and he had already revealed to him.
Undoubtedly, the news had reached Angel Bella, and they didn't know how they laughed at him behind his back.
During alliance talks with Angel Bella, Patlem felt like he had committed a cancer of embarrassment.
Fortunately, Shameless is the first magic skill that the lords and nobles started to practice after they became sensible. Patrem is not considered a great achievement, but also has a small foundation. It is right to pretend that there is no such thing, but how can he be furious at Kondra afterwards? It is unknown to outsiders, anyway, since then, the relationship between the two is far less intimate than before.
The combined strength of Patrem and Angel Bena is quite impressive. The direct line alone has more than 30,000 troops, plus miscellaneous auxiliary troops and some private troops of small nobles who tend to be in power. Run up, recruit some farmers, and make up an army of 100,000 is not a problem.
It's just that Patraim's behavior style is far less majestic than Grand Duke Borg's. From the inside to the outside, there is a sense of pettiness. Half of the 100,000 troops are kept in Solo City, in the name of preventing slave rebels from attacking.
The slave rebel army rushed out from here, and those who can harm them have almost harmed them, and those who can rebel with them have already joined them. If they fight back, there is no profit at all, unless they are already strong enough, they can Occupy here permanently.
Although the slave rebel army is unprecedentedly strong, it is also relative, and it is far from reaching this level. Besides, Starbuck and Di Kelong are not fools, and they will not easily make their team a target.
Although Solo City can't be said to be the city that the slave rebel army is least likely to attack, the probability of attacking him is relatively low.
Throwing 50,000 troops here is pure waste.
The remaining 50,000 troops did not take the initiative to fight against the slave rebels. Instead, they scattered around Solo City to fight the autumn wind, looking for troubles from those wandering soldiers. It was very clean.
Those petty citizens and farmers didn't have such long-term knowledge, they only knew that they were safe, and they praised Patraim one by one, and the public opinion in a small area skyrocketed, which greatly satisfied Patraim's exuberant vanity.
If it weren't for the shocking news about his elder brother, Viscount Philip, Patlem's grand duke dream would not have come true.
The first-in-line heir to the long-distance Man Yu military leader, the way he returned was amazing.
Philip led the famous golden camel heavy cavalry led by the Man Yu army. In less than two weeks, he galloped 1,500 kilometers and appeared behind the slave rebel army that was attacking a viscount castle in the posture of a divine soldier.
According to the viscount who was rescued from danger, when the defense of the castle was in jeopardy and would be breached at any time, and when he was in a state of doom, Viscount Philip led his golden camel on his back, carrying the sunset on the west mountain, like a The golden torrent is unstoppable.
The seemingly endless slave rebel army fell under their scimitars like wheat under a farmer's sickle.
When the setting sun had completely set, the slave rebel army, which had been so arrogant to the sky, was routed and scurried around in the field like ants on a hot pot.
Philip led his golden camel heavy cavalry, and chased after the victory, like chasing pigs, driving them for tens of miles, killing the enemy was useless. The damaged golden camel weighs no more than a few dozen riders.
The old Viscount said frankly that if he was a young girl, he would definitely fall in love with Viscount Philip at that moment.
Although it was only a branch of the slave rebel army with only 10,000 people that was defeated by Viscount Philip, it was not the main force led by Starbuck and Dixon.
However, under the circumstances of the overall decline and defeat, this glorious victory brought by Viscount Philip, with more victories and fewer victories, was like a shot in the arm, which excited the nobles and nobles.
Some people who originally looked down upon Viscount Philip's strong personality like his father have also changed their views and rhetoric.
"The Manyu army leader is in a crisis that has never happened in a century, and needs a leader who is responsible and capable, like a young and strong lion. Viscount Philip is undoubtedly such a person, and only he will become the new Grand Duke Manyu , can lead us to defeat these lowly slaves, restore the stability of the Manyu army leader, and lead us to a new glory."
"Viscount Philip is the orthodox and legal first-in-line heir of the Manyu Army. Before he comes back, it is understandable for Baron Patlem to serve as the interim supreme commander. Now the real legal heir of the Manyu Army. He has already returned, and Patrem should abdicate to make way for the virtuous, gather the powerful forces of the Man Yu army under the same banner, maintain the safety and rights of all the nobles, and wipe out the slave rebel army as the top priority."
"The title of Baron Patlem's interim Supreme Commander is not justified. They want to elect a noble and respected nobleman to meet with Grand Duke Borg in person to discuss the successor. If Baron Patlem continues to obstruct , they will question Baron Patlem's intentions."
All of a sudden, Viscount Philip's reputation in the Man Yu Army Commander was in full swing, especially among those despondent nobles, he was even touted as the savior of the Man Yu Army Commander. Only in this way can the entire army be saved from fire and water.
"Look, look at what these old bastards have said? A trivial victory, they are almost bragging to the sky, isn't he called the young lion of Manyu? Isn't the golden camel he led by the famous Is Man Yu the first rider? Why don't you attack the main force led by Starbuck and Di Kelong? If he can break the main force, I will give up the throne of the Grand Duke immediately without saying a word. This insidious guy, those who advocate His bastards are all connected with him."
The new owner of Faerun Castle, Baron Patlem, was furious. His face, which was originally fair and feminine, was now even more black with a hint of green.
Faerun Castle seems to have a magical power, and every owner of it will become irritable and moody after staying in it.
The only difference is that this effect can be fast or slow.
It took twenty years to influence Grand Duke Borg, but it took less than two weeks to change Patraim. The character flaws of Grand Duke Borg in the later period were transferred to him intact and intensified.
Patram has several more negative emotions than Archduke Borg - lack of self-confidence, paranoia, mental weakness.
This is directly related to the fact that he is not in the right position now, coupled with his not-so-strong psychological quality, it is only normal to have such emotions.
And all these invisibly contributed to the growth of negative emotions in his heart. In just two weeks, five maids and waiters were dragged out with cold bodies, and the frequency was more than ten times that of Grand Duke Borg.
Now in Faerun Castle, everyone seems to have a death scythe hanging above their heads, each one is like a turtledove in the autumn wind, curled up in a ball, wishing to disappear from Patraim's sight forever, there is a slight movement, each one is like a frightened rabbit, Run as far as you can.
The strong return of Viscount Philip made Baron Patram even more upset.
Among ten people, there will be one genius, one idiot, and eight ordinary people.
Viscount Philip is the genius among these ten people, and he is also the top kind. The young people in the entire Manyu Army lead live under his shadow.
At the age of fourteen, he had already become a knight.
At the age of sixteen, he became a captain of the Golden Camel Heavy Cavalry.
At the age of eighteen, he led the Golden Camel Heavy Cavalry to suppress the rebellion, and the horse stepped on a company battalion, and defeated a regiment of rebels with a team of Golden Camel Heavy Cavalry.
At the age of twenty, he became a great knight and became one of the heads of the Golden Camel Heavy Cavalry. Known for his iron-fisted style, he has earned the reputation of being the Cub of Manyur.
At the age of twenty-three, he became the head of the Knights of the Golden Camel Cavalry, and led three thousand golden camel heavy cavalry to assist in the defense of Broken Blood Castle.
Since then, every year, there will be great and small achievements reported back to the leader of Man Yu's army, or when the Odin orcs went south to fight the autumn wind, they defended in a bloody battle, or took the initiative to destroy the Odin orc tribe, beheading hundreds of levels.
His viscount was not awarded by the Manyu army leader, but by the Lancelot royal family based on his military exploits. The viscount fiefdom was not in the Manyu army leader, but in the Ulas Basin in the Asia Minor Plain. It covers an area of tens of square kilometers.
However, over the years, the Lancelot royal family has become more and more strict with land reward cards, especially under the iron-fisted rule of Princess Regent Sophielina, who have recovered and collected land rights through various means, and rewards are even rarer.
It is also centralized, and the regent princess Sophielina is much gentler and wiser than Grand Duke Borg. She does not directly seize land from the nobles, but through the exchange of interests such as minerals and special management rights. in exchange for land.
Those lords and nobles not only won't suffer losses, but even earn cheaply.
But from the perspective of a country, the immediate interests are far less beneficial than holding the land in their own hands.
Not to mention that Baron Philip is still the first in line heir of other grand dukes, it is even more difficult to get such a reward, which proves in disguise how much credit he has made in Broken Blood Castle.
That is to say, Philip is a viscount of the royal family and a baron of the Manyu army, and he has a relatively rare double title.
During the five years of assisting in the defense of Broken Blood Fort, Philip rarely returned to the Man Yu army, but as the honor was passed back, his reputation also increased, and his title as the first heir has never been shaken.
Although Grand Duke Borg didn't express it publicly, he is quite satisfied with this eldest son who has earned a lot of face for himself.
In comparison, Patrem is one of the eight ordinary people among the ten people, who has neither excellent cultivation talent, nor the strategic vision to control the overall situation, nor rich experience.
Being able to take power is also a matter of the last year. It is not purely relying on one's own ability. A pig bearing the surname of Phelan can also sit in that position.
In other words, if he didn't bear the name of the Faerun family, he would be lost to everyone.
Since childhood, not only Patlem, but also several other heirs of the Phelan family have lived in Philip's shadow, and some have completely given up, such as the third heir Celt and the fourth heir Heir Bartley.
When they were a little sensible at the age of twelve or thirteen, they knew that they had no hope of winning over Philip, so they indulged themselves, mixed with a group of dudes, played tricks, and sensualized.
At the age of sixteen, the third heir, Celt, was accidentally stabbed to death by a sword in a duel with a lord's son in order to win the favor of a beauty.
The fourth in line heir, Bartley, wanted to play the hunter game on a whim, and threw his life in the mountains.
Now there is only Patraim left to compete with Philip.
In the eyes of outsiders, Patrem used to be a person who lived in the romantic world and had no desire for power. It wasn't until he had an ambitious young man Conrad beside him, and he was bewitched by him. A little bit aroused Patraim's heart to fight for power and profit.
Is this really the case?
Maybe it was before, but after gaining a certain amount of power and tasting the taste of standing at the pinnacle of power, is Patraim's state of mind still the same as before?
I'm afraid it's not inevitable, because people are the most fickle creatures in the world, and power, money and beauty are often the biggest incentives.
How can a person like Patraim not be strong enough to resist?
It is precisely because of caring that you will worry about gains and losses.
"Don't stop, just let it mess you up." Angie Bella, who is petite, has a mature and sophisticated face that doesn't match her immature face. ?”