Chapter 410 Territory Division

Richard won a brilliant victory, and the four earls in the south of the Kingdom of Grant also seized the opportunity to advance more than 100 kilometers to the south, extending their tentacles to the north of the Andal Mountains.

After the Battle of Esha Castle, the East Coast United Kingdom retreated across the board, and more than 130,000 square kilometers of land in the south of the Andal Mountains, the west of the Gut River, and the south of the Mara River belonged to the Kingdom of Grant.

In this Three Kingdoms War, although the Eastern Front Army led by Richard did not expand the land the most, its merits ranked first among the four battlefields, because Harland led the main force of the East Coast United Kingdom with strong combat effectiveness.

Compared with King Roger and the four marquises in the east, Richard's opponents were also nine East Coast United Kingdom legions.

The Grant Kingdom had about 160,000 troops on the northern line, but they barely maintained a situation of neither winning nor losing.

In the Battle of Esha Castle, Richard defeated the 220,000 coalition forces of the East Coast United Kingdom from the front, annihilated more than 140,000 enemies, and completely determined the victory and defeat, beheaded the legendary second-level knight Mark Dean, and severely damaged the East Coast United Kingdom.

The merits of this battle can almost be compared with the battle of the Dragon Canyon of Duke Brener. Richard's merits are enough to be praised in the Kingdom of Grant for many years, and will also be recorded in the history books written by the nobles.

After the defeat of the East Coast United Kingdom, it immediately withdrew its troops from the Kingdom of Grant and began to mobilize troops to the front line, and the two sides also formed a new border.

In the battle of Esha Castle, although Harland's army had a great reputation, the casualties of this battle were also very tragic.

At the beginning of the war, Harland won three battles and three victories, with very minor losses, killing more than 60,000 enemies and only 700 casualties.

But then the battle with the main force of the East Coast United Kingdom suddenly increased the casualties.

The rearguard troops led by Levin and Sox suffered the most casualties, with nearly 4,000 dead and missing, and the few remaining prisoners were also ordered to be executed by Mark Dean.

The next attack on the southern defense line of the Duke of Hubble was a tough nut to crack. The large and small battles added up to about 3,500 casualties.

In addition to the casualties caused by diseases in the battle, this battle caused a total of 8,500 casualties, including a large number of deaths, which added up to more than 5,600.

The huge number of casualties is almost more than last year's Samba River Battle.

In the last battle, Harland led the army mainly for defense, and this war was mainly for attacking, not to mention that the rearguard troops were almost wiped out by Mark Dean's troops. Compared with defense, the casualties of attacking are naturally greater.

Nearly one-fifth of the casualties, morale has slackened a lot. Although Richard indulged the soldiers to burn, kill and loot after the war, most of the soldiers did not want to fight because they had grabbed rich spoils.

After the East Coast United Kingdom was quelled, the Delong Kingdom was insufficient and could only admit defeat.

More than a thousand years ago, the Delong Kingdom was originally a powerful country in the continent of the Dawn Plane, with a territory of more than two million, a population of more than 60 million, and more than one million elite armored soldiers, but in the past few hundred years it has become a weakling.

First, it was defeated by the Kingdom of Ryan and lost a large area of ​​land. Then, the two dukes of Gis and Duran rebelled and joined the Kingdom of Grant with their territories.

Five years ago, during the first war of the three kingdoms, the Kingdom of Delong had only 1.6 million square kilometers of land left.

In the last war of the three kingdoms, the Kingdom of Delong first ceded 80,000 square kilometers of land to the East Coast United Kingdom, and after the war, the Kingdom of Grant ceded 150,000 square kilometers of land.

Before this war, the Kingdom of Delong still had 1.37 million square kilometers of land. In this war of the three kingdoms, the Kingdom of Delong suffered more serious losses, and the battle line was basically demarcated by the Mara River. The directly affiliated territories alone lost 340,000, and the four dukes of Isaac, Hubble, East, and Orlando were also lost.

In this war, the Kingdom of Delong lost a total of 510,000 territories.

Up to now, the Kingdom of Delong has only 860,000 square kilometers of land left, which is only slightly stronger than the Grand Duchy.

As the winner, the Kingdom of Grant has expanded its land by 640,000 square kilometers and increased its population by more than 16 million.

The Kingdom of Grant originally had only 1.2 million square kilometers of land. In recent years, the Duke of Harland has expanded 200,000 square kilometers of land to the north, and 790,000 square kilometers of land from the Kingdom of Delong and the East Coast United Kingdom. Despite the loss of the Earl of Silver Moon Island, the territory of the Grant royal family has reached 2.18 million square kilometers.

After defeating the coalition forces of the Kingdom of Delong and the East Coast United Kingdom, the momentum of the Kingdom of Grant in the East Coast region of the Central Continent has been comparable to that of the two major powers, Ryan and Stark.

This battle conquered 640,000 square kilometers of land. How to divide the spoils is a test for the great nobles. If the spoils are not evenly divided, the cohesion of the kingdom will be weakened in the future, and it may split when encountering internal problems.

First of all, the four southern earls who have made the least contribution. Before the war started, the four southern earls only stabilized the defense line. The only commendable contribution was to contain the two major legions of the East Coast United Kingdom.

It was not until Richard won the Battle of Esha Castle and the East Coast United Kingdom was forced to retreat that the four southern earls beat the fallen dog, seized part of the territory, and made some military exploits.

Because of their small contributions and insufficient power, their demands were relatively simple.

After discussing with several other dukes, King Roger divided a part of the territory north of the Andal Mountains and distributed it to the four earls. Each of the four earls in the south was given a viscountship, with an area of ​​about 4,000 to 5,000 square kilometers.

This year, the land was expanded by 640,000 square kilometers, and the four earls in the south only received 20,000 square kilometers in total.

The same is true for the four marquises in the east, because their territory was invaded by the East Coast United Kingdom, and many serfs were killed and injured under the order to move to the sea. This war was very miserable. After all, five legions of the East Coast United Kingdom were tied up, and the navy mainly fought against the four marquises in the east. But their merits were basically unremarkable, and they could only get one viscount territory.

The four marquises in the east were close ministers of the royal family, and the area of ​​their territory was slightly larger. The four viscount territories added up to 30,000 square kilometers.

Earl Steven and the southern noble coalition were more miserable. This army was almost wiped out. There were not many merits before the defeat, so naturally they could not be ennobled. They only received some supplies and gold coins.

Earl Steven's territory did not expand, nor did it reduce its title.

Although Earl Steven was very brave and maintained the honor of the nobles, after all, the earl was defeated and caused the retreat of Harland's army to be cut off. If Richard's army was wiped out and the outcome of the Three Kingdoms War was affected, Earl Steven would be held accountable, become a scapegoat, and his territory would be stripped of its title.

Although there is no proverb in the Dawn Plane that the victor is not condemned, in actual operation, no one cares about the interests of the loser. If Richard had not led his troops to a decisive victory, Steven and the small nobles in the south would probably be held accountable and their territories would be stripped of their titles.

Next, the royal family and several dukes would divide the fat, starting with Duke Jonathan. Duke Jonathan basically did not participate in this battle, but only provided some logistical resources, which was considered a sum of money. After the war, the title was only given to the Jonathan family as a baron, which was equivalent to a consolation prize.

Although the two dukes of York and Loran sent soldiers, they basically did not go to the front line. They mainly undertook tasks such as protecting the grain route and transporting supplies. Their contributions were not as good as those of the earl of the south and the marquis of the east.

However, the influence of the duke was greater than that of the earl and marquis. Although the contributions were not much, the two families of York and Loran still obtained a viscount territory in the south to help the family expand. However, the two viscounts' territories are not large, only two to three thousand square kilometers, less than half the area of ​​the earls and marquises' territories.

At the level of dukes, they are already rule makers and have a lot of room for maneuver. In addition, this war swallowed up 640,000 square kilometers of land in the south, equivalent to half a kingdom, and the royal family and several dukes were a little more generous in dividing the territories below. Even if the two dukes of York and Loran did not have much merit, they could still get a piece of fat meat, and their treatment was far better than that of the viscounts and barons who fought bravely below.

The four dukes of Edward, Fox, Guise, and Duran all participated in the war with all their strength.

Among the four great nobles, Duke Edward had the fewest soldiers, but he was very brave and good at fighting, and he made many merits. The Western Front where they were also conquered the most territory.

Each of the four great nobles obtained an earldom, and the territory was also very large, roughly between 30,000 and 40,000 square kilometers.

William, the commander-in-chief of the Western Army, and Zachli, the commander-in-chief of the Central Army, were also granted the title of earl in this battle and promoted to the noble class. However, the territories they were granted were slightly smaller, only a little more than 20,000 square kilometers. After all, the two fought with the Royal Central Corps. Although they were commanders of the front army, their treatment was not as good as that of the four dukes.

In the past five years, with Steven, William, and Zachli successively being granted the title of earl, the southern region has also restored seven earls.

After William and Zachli were promoted to nobles, they had to retire from the Royal Central Corps according to convention and enter their own fiefdoms for development.

William's earldom did not clearly establish an heir, but everyone with a discerning eye knew that this territory could only be inherited by Richard's descendants. Otherwise, the Harland family would inevitably cause civil strife and fratricide.

Now the power of Richard's lineage has far exceeded that of other brothers. Even if William establishes an heir, as long as he dies, the situation will inevitably turn around.

With the power of the Harland Dukedom today, it is easy to kill other heirs and then get the inheritance right.

Ron and George are not fools, and they can certainly see this. If William leaves them less territory, Richard may not interfere with their development for the sake of brotherhood.

If William gives them this earldom to inherit, even if Richard does not show up, Richard's children will take action to kill their uncles and cousins ​​and snatch the inheritance rights of the territory.

Because the reason why William was conferred the title was Richard's support. Moreover, the strengths and weaknesses between the two sides are extremely obvious. As long as the power of the Harland territory is exerted a little, it can eliminate competitors and get the inheritance rights.

Richard's children have a general relationship with uncles such as Ron and George, and there is almost no family affection. There is no guilt in killing such relatives in interest.

Although the nobles are greedy, they also have a clear understanding of power.

In the rules of the Dawn Plane, extraordinary power controls everything.

Unless one of Ron, George or William's other descendants can be promoted to a legend and have the strength to fight with Richard's lineage, the forces of William Castle may consider the overall situation, obtain some political and economic privileges through negotiations, and give up the inheritance rights of the earldom in the south.

The way of survival among the nobles, although it looks very glamorous on the outside, is always bloody inside, full of conspiracy and backstabbing.

The remaining territory is mainly divided between the Harland family and the royal family.

In this battle, Richard killed Mark Dean and got an earldom. He annihilated five legions on the east coast, and the private soldiers of Dukes Isaac and Hubble were 40,000. He could get about six earldoms.

According to the statistics of the Kingdom of Grant's military exploits, Richard could get about seven earldoms, with a total area of ​​about 200,000 square kilometers.

The Grant royal family dispatched nine regular legions in this battle, with a total force of less than 200,000, and dominated the battle lines of the Central Army and the Northern Army. Although it did not break the deadlock and decide the outcome, it actually fought against more than 500,000 enemies. It was natural to get the most land, and the newly expanded direct territory was about 220,000.

In this battle, Richard got 200,000 square kilometers of land in the south. Many people in Harland were eager to move, and obviously wanted to develop in the south, especially the bureaucrats, industrial and commercial classes in the territory, all of whom wanted to place the territory in the south.

After all, from the perspective of natural environment and geopolitics, the territory in the south is obviously superior. Even some military backbones and hereditary nobles hope that Richard will focus on the south.

"The southern territory has a warm climate, abundant rainfall, and most of it is plains, which is suitable for the development of industry and agriculture. If we focus on industry and agriculture in the future, we should focus on the south.

The northern border territory has more magic resources, whether it is the natural magic well of Snow Crystal Lake or the coordinates of the plane channel, they are all in the north. If you want to have greater development in magic civilization, the focus should be on the north."

Richard weighed the pros and cons and immediately decided to focus on the north. The southern territory can be exchanged with Edward, Fox, the royal family and other great nobles.

After all, the Dawn Plane is an extraordinary world, and extraordinary power is the most core resource. Only by developing extraordinary power can the Harland Territory have greater development.

Not long after Richard made the decision, the two Dukes Fox and Edward sent people to test it. After all, Harland Territory got 200,000 square kilometers of southern territory, and it may not be willing to divide and exchange.

The first to be negotiated was the Duke of Edward. The Edward family still had 60,000 square kilometers of territory in the northern border. Because the southern territory was more valuable than the northern territory, Richard only needed to set aside 40,000 to complete the exchange.

The serfs were also traded together. The 300,000 serfs left by Duke Edward in the northern border were all traded to the Harland family, and Richard exchanged them with southern serfs.

After this battle, Richard controlled nearly 5 million people in the southern territory. Because of the war wealth, Harland not only increased its land area by 200,000 square kilometers, but also controlled a population of nearly 8 million.

However, the population in the southern occupied area has not been effectively utilized, and it has not yet achieved too high benefits. Because of the war, Richard may need to invest some resources in the south.

After negotiating with the Edward family, the two sides began to demarcate the territory.

After the transaction was completed, the Edward family completed the transformation of their identity and became a great noble in the south, concentrating all their power in the south. Their territory in the south is about 75,000 square kilometers, slightly larger than the Duke of Guise's territory five years ago. However, after suffering heavy losses from orcs in the northern border, the Edward family had become the weakest duke in the Kingdom of Grant.