In a bright and spacious meeting room, maps of the southern and central parts of the Galinthea Continent were hung on the wall. There were not many people in the meeting room. Loriste, Fatty Shi, Director Spear, and Director Kordan, who had just replaced Director Hansk in charge of the renovation and construction of the roads and transportation facilities in the North. Redi, Schwald, and Genolio were also present as well.
Tagger and his two assistants were sorting out some documents. After a while, Tagger stood in front of a map with a slender wooden stick in his hand.
"Since the Glass War, the Ford Commercial Union has swallowed nine countries including the Kingdom of Telimbo, not including the Duchy of Lulm and the Duchy of Mobia. In other words, the Commercial Union has become the largest country in the Galinthea Continent. At the same time, the relationship with the countries in the central and southern parts of the continent has deteriorated. The trade routes have been cut off, and the borders have been sealed. The neighboring countries are wary of the Commercial Union that has become a giant.
Four years ago, the seven giants of the Commercial Union integrated the newly expanded Commercial Union, re-established the law and business order, alleviated the internal conflicts, and once again turned their attention to the countries in the central and southern parts. They hope to eliminate the hostility of the surrounding countries, ease the relationship, lift the border blockade, and restore trade routes and trade. But the reaction of the surrounding countries is still doubt and doubt, because the Commercial Union has become a huge threat no less than the former Crisen Empire. At the same time, they don't believe the promises of the merchants. "
Tagger pointed at the map of the Galinthea Continent hanging on the wall. "For more than three hundred years, the central and southern parts of the continent have been independent. Although the thirty-four countries in the central and southern parts have their own disputes, they can unite against foreign enemies. This is also the reason why they can fight against the former Crisen Empire, the Romon Empire, and the Havestan Khaganate.
Geographically, the Kingdom of Khelia and the Chigda Kingdom are the main countries fighting against the Romon Empire and the Havestan Khaganate in the south. But the Chigda Kingdom has the Malev Mountain Range as a natural barrier to the Romon Empire and the Madres Pass, so they can sit back and relax. In fact, the important task of fighting against the two powerful enemies, the Romon Empire and the Havestan Khaganate, rests on the Kingdom of Khelia.
The former Kingdom of Khelia had the Storm Sword Saint, who was good at maintaining a delicate balance between the two powerful enemies. At the same time, they also received support from the surrounding seven countries, which helped them achieve thirty years of peace. The two enemies, the Romon Empire and the Havestan Khaganate, could not sit back and watch their enemies take over the Kingdom of Khelia. If Khelia fell, their enemies would have the chance to take over the other rich kingdoms and duchies in the central and southern parts. would be excluded. With their strength rising and falling, the consequences were unimaginable.
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This was the truth behind the fall of the Kingdom of Khelia. The Romon Empire and the Havestan Khaganate had a tacit agreement to divide the Kingdom of Khelia. The war between the two countries has been going on for three years. Both sides are exhausted, and the Romon Empire has a slight advantage. But, according to the report from the spy who went to the Romon Empire, most of the nobles in the Romon Empire have started to ask the Emperor, Romon XI, to stop the war with the Havestan Khaganate.
Because of the fall of the Kingdom of Khelia, the Chigda Kingdom became the hope of resisting the Romon Empire and the Havestan Khaganate. The 34 countries in the central and southern parts of the Kingdom of Khelia were a very loose alliance. They could be divided into four or five factions.
For example, in the north, there was the Merchant Alliance and more than ten countries fighting against the Crisen Empire. In the south, there was the Kingdom of Khelia fighting against the Romon Empire and the Havestan Khaganate. In the middle, there were two or three different countries allied with each other. They intermarried with each other, and their relationships were very complicated. In order to resist foreign invasions, they could help each other with all their forces. At the same time, for the ownership of a river or a hill, they would fight with the neighboring countries.
In the past, the Crisen Empire fought against the Merchant Alliance for more than a hundred years in order to conquer the Mana Hill Plain. In fact, the Crisen Empire was not only fighting against the Forde Merchant Alliance, but also the 34 countries in the central and southern parts of the Kingdom of Khelia. This was the real reason why the Crisen Empire could not make the Merchant Alliance surrender.
But with the decline of the Crisen Empire and the outbreak of civil war, the Merchant Alliance finally eliminated the threat from the north. A glass war caused the Merchant Alliance and their former allies to fall out, especially when the Merchant Alliance brazenly annexed nine countries in the central and southern parts of the continent. In the eyes of the remaining 24 countries in the central and southern parts of the continent, the Merchant Alliance has become another Crisen Empire full of ambition to conquer the countries in the central and southern parts of the continent. "
Tagger took a document from an assistant and opened it. It was a Morunt Weekly newspaper from three years ago. The title was, "The Central and Southern Kingdoms Coalition Army Brazenly Invaded, 300 Garrison Soldiers Sacrificed Their Lives!"
Tagger waved the newspaper and said, "This is the beginning of the war between the Commerce Alliance and the South-Central Kingdom's allied forces three years ago. Just like what this newspaper claims, it was indeed the South-Central Kingdom's allied forces that invaded and looted one of the Commerce Alliance's garrison camps. At that time, we didn't think much of it. The Merchant Alliance had gathered 140,000 troops to confront the Central and Southern Kingdoms Coalition Army for more than a year. Peace talks could not continue, and war broke out because of such border conflicts.
But this time, when I went to Morunt City, I learned some new information from some insiders. There was a saying that three years ago, the Central and Southern Kingdoms Coalition Army was not ready for war with the Merchant Alliance. They gathered the Coalition Army only to protect themselves. Because at that time, the Merchant Alliance had become a behemoth that they did not dare to offend. They gathered 200,000 troops just to fight for their interests in the negotiations. Under such circumstances, how could the Central and Southern Kingdoms Coalition Army make a move on the Merchant Alliance first, and then be defeated?
Interestingly, I found out that the first troop to make a move on the Merchant Alliance was sent by the Chigda Kingdom. After the war broke out, the Chigda Kingdom's troops used the excuse that they were the first to make a move and retreated back to the country in anger. There were a few very interesting points that were worth paying attention to. The first was that the Storm Sword Saint left the Khelia Kingdom to join the Merchant Alliance. Immediately after, the Khelia Kingdom was divided equally by the Romon Empire and the Havestan Khaganate.
The second was that the Romon Empire and the Havestan Khaganate immediately started fighting after the Khelia Kingdom was destroyed. It seemed that they wanted to determine a winner before making a move on the wealthier Central and Southern Kingdoms.
The third was that after the Khelia Kingdom was destroyed, the Chigda Kingdom should have taken on the heavy responsibility of resisting the Romon Empire and the Havestan Khaganate, becoming the new leader of the surrounding kingdoms. The strange thing was that the Chigda Kingdom didn't care about the threat of the other two kingdoms that had caused a sea of blood and mountains of corpses. Instead, they sent their troops thousands of miles to the frontline to confront the Merchant Alliance. They even provoked the war between the Central and Southern Kingdoms Coalition Army and the Merchant Alliance. Afterwards, they retreated their troops and watched as the Merchant Alliance's army counterattacked and defeated the Central and Southern Kingdoms Coalition Army.
The fourth was that the Chigda Kingdom was the staunchest pro-war faction of the 24 Southern Kingdoms against the Merchant Alliance. However, they were all bark and no bite. Apart from sending a troop to provoke the war with the Merchant Alliance, they didn't provide any substantial support to the frontline. When the Merchant Alliance's army defeated the Central and Southern Kingdoms Coalition Army, the Chigda Kingdom kept criticizing the commander of the Coalition Army for their incompetence and miscalculation.
Therefore, a dozen countries around the Chigda Kingdom elected Grand Duke Fausta of the Chigda Kingdom as the commander-in-chief and rebuilt the 200,000-strong coalition army. This was equivalent to splitting the alliance when the twenty-four countries in the central and southern region were facing the Commerce Union. I personally believe that the damage caused by the Chigda Kingdom to the 24 Southern Kingdoms was greater than the attack launched by the Merchant Alliance.
The fifth point worth paying attention to was that Duke Fausta had been biding his time after rebuilding the 200,000 troops Coalition Army. Not only did he turn a blind eye to the territory of the Chigda Merchant Alliance, which was the former Ulubaha Principality, but he also used the excuse that he hadn't negotiated with the Southern and Southern Kingdoms Coalition Army that was fighting the Merchant Alliance's army to refuse to send troops to support the frontline …
From the map, we could clearly see that the territory of the Chigda Merchant Alliance was outside of the Merchant Alliance's sphere of influence. Between them and the Merchant Alliance was the Titanic Mountain Range that was occupied by the Dwarf Kingdom. There was only a kingdom and a Grand Duchy between them and the Chigda Kingdom. Duke Fausta could have occupied the entire territory of the Chigda Merchant Alliance, but he didn't do anything.
Whenever someone asked him about it, Duke Fausta would sigh. He would say that the Coalition Army hadn't been reorganized, that their combat power hadn't been strengthened, and that there were wolves in the front and tigers in the back. He would then think of the threat that the Romon Empire and the Havestan Khaganate posed to the Central and Southern Kingdoms. In short, he wasn't willing to attack the territory of the Chigda Merchant Alliance. The best way was to deal with the changes by remaining unchanging. These were all published in the newspapers.
The sixth point was a coincidence. The Merchant Alliance seemed to be very cooperative with the Chigda Kingdom's actions. After occupying a kingdom and two duchies, the Merchant Alliance's army stopped their victorious pursuit. They only set up a simple line of defense. Then, they moved their army to the territory of the Chigda Merchant Alliance by sea. It seemed that they wanted to defeat the newly formed Southern Kingdom Coalition Army that was led by Duke Fausta.
The Merchant Alliance's army frequently attacked from the territory of the Chigda Merchant Alliance. They swept through the five countries around the Chigda Kingdom. Duke Fausta didn't disappoint them. He defeated the Merchant Alliance's army at the most dangerous moment, forcing the enemy to retreat to the territory of the Chigda Merchant Alliance. However, in the process of the fierce battle, people who didn't know what was going on had forgotten a simple fact.
The current war situation was that the Chigda Kingdom had already occupied the surrounding five kingdoms. The royal families and successors of these kingdoms and duchies had either died in battle or gone missing due to the surprise attack of the Commerce Alliance's army. In reality, these five kingdoms had already become the Chigda Kingdom's trusteeship. After the war, the biggest possibility was that they would merge into the Chigda Kingdom.
The Merchant Alliance had also lost a lot of troops in these battles. This was also the reason why the Chigda Kingdom and the Coalition Army's commander, Duke Fausta, were not suspected. However, when I investigated in Moronte City, I found out that the troops that were lost were not the main forces of the Seven Giants of the Merchant Alliance. They were basically the troops formed by the second-tier Merchant Alliance and some mercenary groups that participated in the war. It was said that the Merchant Alliance's army would always assign the territory to these second-tier troops after occupying a kingdom. After they retreated, the Coalition Army led by Duke Fausta would immediately come to recover the lost territory … "
Tagger used a small wooden stick to point at the battlefield map of the Merchant Alliance and the Southern Kingdom's Coalition Army. "Because of these six points, we suspect that this war is very likely to be a two-man show performed by the Merchant Alliance and the Chigda Kingdom. Their goal is to annex the rest of the countries in the central and southern part of the continent. Maybe after the war, the Chigda Kingdom will also become a country with a huge territory like the Merchant Alliance. By then, the Chigda Kingdom, which has also become a big country, won't have to be afraid of the two big threats, the Romon Empire and the Havestan Khaganate. "
This was the big conspiracy that Tagger suspected. Everyone in the conference room looked at each other as if they had heard a fantasy. This was a little too unbelievable. If this was true, it meant that the situation in Galinte Continent would change greatly. There would be a few big countries in the central and southern part. After the integration of those kingdoms and duchies, there would be a situation where several big countries would compete for hegemony. It would no longer be the Warring States Period.
"Are the kings and duchies of those kingdoms in the central and southern part all idiots and dead people? None of them suspected anything? "Spear, the director, asked Tagger.
"There should be, but I'm not sure. After all, it's too far away from our family. Wallibell's influence can't reach those countries in the central and southern part of the continent, so he can't get accurate information. However, according to what we know, those kings and archdukes are more interested in personal benefits, intending to obtain benefits for themselves in this war. They have no idea that they might be the next target to be swallowed up.
We are outsiders, so we have doubts about such a strange war situation, so we collect information and analyze it to come to a conclusion. However, there are some clear-headed people among the 24 countries in the central and southern part of the continent. This time, when I went to Moronte City, I specially went to the frontline and got to know the eldest prince of the Jerkano Kingdom through the introduction of Knight Lemmond. This prince is a very smart man. He also has doubts about the war and the Chigda Kingdom. He was captured by the Merchant Alliance and was seriously injured because he was chasing a clue. Fortunately, he was saved by Knight Lemmond.
Before I came back, the eldest prince of the Jerkano Kingdom was ready to form an alliance with a few other countries to protect themselves. They want to break away from the coalition of the Central and Southern Kingdoms led by Grand Duke Fausta and form their own armed defense against the Merchant Alliance and the Chigda Kingdom. Maybe they will also be forced to merge into a big force to fight against the Merchant Alliance. The only pity is that they don't have a trade route with us in the North. They really need the armaments and living supplies produced by our family … "Tagger replied.
Loriste stood up. "That's all for today. Everyone has learned about the situation in the central and southern part of the continent through Tagger's report. The war between the Merchant Alliance and the Central and Southern Kingdoms is too far away from us in the North. Even if it's a big conspiracy like what Tagger reported, it's still far away whether or not it will affect our family. I've always believed that as long as our family is strong, no storm can affect us … "
"Yes, Your Highness."
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