On the 25th day of the fourth month of the year 1787, the Norton Family, who had raided and occupied the capital of Felix during the winter, dispatched the Flying Tiger Legion to sweep through the province of Podoorg. At the end of the same month, the Monolith Legion set out to attack the province of Campona.
The province of Campona was a strategic location in the territory of the former Crimson Empire. It was a transportation hub connecting the province of Podoorg, the two provinces in the southwest, the northwest, and the province of Marivia. The hills and mountains throughout the province and the Morisan River, which originated from the Broken Cloud Mountains, made the province of Campona a place that was easy to defend and difficult to attack. It could be said that controlling the province of Campona would form a clear strategic advantage over the surrounding five provinces.
However, before the Redelis Kingdom established by the eldest prince fell, the eldest prince was defeated by the second prince, who was still in power in the Andinac Kingdom at that time. He sent 300,000 troops to attack the Andinac Kingdom, but the second prince set up a trap at Flowing Water River. The entire army was annihilated, and the eldest prince only managed to escape with a few attendants. Then the second prince led the army to the capital of Felix, forcing the eldest prince to cede the two provinces in the southwest to the second prince. Only then did the two kingdoms stop the war.
The peace agreement signed by the eldest prince and the second prince was only valid for five years. When the eldest prince, who was scared out of his wits by the second prince, heard that the second prince had begun to prepare for war, he did not dare to slack off. However, he did not dare to compete with the second prince on the battlefield. Instead, he adopted the strategy of self-preservation. He spent a lot of manpower, material resources, and financial resources. It took more than three years to build more than a hundred castles and fortresses in various dangerous places in the province of Campona. He was also equipped with nearly 70,000 garrisons to build Campona into a defensive barrier of the province of Podoorg.
When Campona became a heavily armed hedgehog, the eldest prince finally felt relieved. He proudly declared that even if the second prince led 300,000 troops to attack Campona, it would be impossible to pass through Campona without paying a huge price of more than 200,000 casualties. If the second prince really attacked Campona, then he would not have any spare forces to attack Podoorg. At that time, the eldest prince could send troops to counterattack and recover the lost land.
At the same time, in order to strengthen the determination of the 70,000 garrison troops in Campona province to resist to the end, the eldest prince also thoughtfully gathered the family members of the 70,000 garrison troops in the capital city of Felicia. Nominally, he was personally responsible for taking care of the family members of these loyal and brave subordinates, eliminating their worries. In fact, everyone knew in their hearts that these families were hostages.
The eldest prince's plan was very good, but things didn't go as he wished. Everyone knew what happened next. In the harsh winter, the second prince crossed the frozen Egret Lake Swamp, braved the violent snowstorm, and paid the price of more than 20,000 people freezing to death and frostbite, crossed the Broken Cloud Mountains and the Great Snow Mountain, and launched a surprise attack on the capital city of Fedeli. The first prince abandoned the city and fled without a trace.
Thanks to the families of the Campona garrison officers who gathered in the capital. The 70,000 garrisons of Campona had surrendered without a fight. The defense system that the eldest prince had painstakingly built at a great cost was not put to any use and became a big joke. Although the eldest prince disappeared and his whereabouts were unknown, he did not appear again for the next two years, and the Redelis Kingdom perished.
The second prince, who occupied the capital of Felix, was arrogant and conceited on one hand. On the other hand, he was muddle-headed due to his illness and entrusted himself to the wrong person. In a good situation, he fell out with the nobles of the Andwolf province and dragged himself into the quagmire. In the provinces of Andwolf and Magick, he fought against the rebel coalition of the lords for two years. At the same time, he angered the four central duchies. As a result, the Visia Chamber of Commerce, which was watching from the side, found a good opportunity and sent troops to occupy Campona, giving the second prince a fatal blow.
After the surrender of the 70,000 garrison troops in the province of Cambona, the second prince transferred them to the province of Andvorov as the army to suppress the rebellion. The garrison of the province of Cambona was thus abandoned. Many castles and fortresses were either unguarded or guarded by the local garrison teams composed of old, weak, and disabled people. Perhaps the second prince thought that Campona was already the rear and did not pay much attention to it.
The Visia Chamber of Commerce took this opportunity to occupy Campona in one fell swoop by means of bribery and sneak attacks. They cut off the food and logistical supply line of the more than 300,000 troops of the second prince at the frontline, so that the second prince had no way to get reinforcements and food supplies. In the end, the second prince was defeated and returned to the capital.
The second prince led more than 6,000 trusted troops to break out of the encirclement and absconded. On the way back, he encountered the eldest prince and his son who lived in seclusion in a small remote territory in the Broken Cloud Mountains. The two sides fought a bloody battle. The eldest prince and his son died, and the second prince was killed. Without a reliable force as a guarantee, the second prince could not return to fight for the throne with the usurped Queen Kerry. He had to go into exile in the north to gain the support of Laurist. Finally, with the help of the Norton Armed Forces, he became the king of the Andenac Kingdom again.
After the Visia Chamber of Commerce defeated the second prince, they incorporated the provinces of Campona, Podoorg, and Andvov into the territory of the trade union. Podoorg became the territory of the Visia Chamber of Commerce. At the same time, after the Andenac Kingdom ceded the provinces of the southwest and Hunstermoss, they signed a peace agreement with the usurped Queen Kerry. They also supported the United Duchy of Bullitt and the Hunstermoss province in the southwest and the Duchy of Zturam in the northwest, using these two duchies as a buffer state between the trade union and the Andenac Kingdom.
However, the Visia Chamber of Commerce did not expect that the second prince would receive the support of Laurist. The Norton Armed Forces launched a land invasion and destroyed the Duchy of Madras. After that, they directly sent troops to the border of the Andenac Kingdom to attack the usurped Queen Kerry and put the second prince on the throne again. Then they swept through the two provinces in the southwest and destroyed the United Duchy of Bullitt. Their vanguard turned to the Duchy of Zturam.
Grand Duke Zturam did not dare to resist. He withdrew his troops to the northwest and handed over the Hunstermoss province. This allowed the Norton Armed Forces to complete the agreement with the second prince without any effort. The second prince became the king of the Andenac Kingdom again and recovered the two provinces in the southwest and the Hunstermoss province. This was a huge piece of bad news for the Visia Chamber of Commerce. At the same time, it also meant that the peace agreement signed with Queen Kerry was useless. In fact, the trade union and the Andenac Kingdom were already in a state of hostility. They just did not declare war on each other.
In order to prevent the second prince from directly sending troops into the Cambona province and cutting off the connection between the trade union and the Podorg province, the Visia Chamber of Commerce had to provide strong support to the nobles in the Cambona province. They relied on the power of one of the seven giants of the trade union and the fortress defense system left by the eldest prince to integrate a reliable joint defense force of the Cambona province to deal with the second prince who had gathered troops in the two provinces in the southwest and covetous eyes on the Cambona province. They also had to guard against possible surprise attacks.
In fact, the second prince was strong in appearance but weak in reality. Although he said that he wanted to recover the lost land and restore the glory of the Crimson Empire, he secretly forbade the White Lion Legion stationed in the two provinces in the southwest not to invade the border of the Cambona province. Even their patrols had to be further away from the border to prevent the trade union from taking the opportunity to attack the Andenac Kingdom.
The second prince, who had just regained the throne, knew that his side was just a paper tiger. They looked strong on the outside but had no real strength on the inside. Fortunately, the Visia Chamber of Commerce and the trade union were intimidated by the powerful strength of the four northern families led by the Norton family. They raided the Madras Principality, wiped out the Andenac Kingdom, and then destroyed the United Duchy of Bullitt. After returning, they defeated the famous Crimson Empire's God of War, Duke Fisablon, and the allied forces of the four central duchies. In a short period of time, the family armed forces of the four northern families became the most powerful and important military pillar of the Andenac Kingdom.
There was an idiom called the fox assuming the tiger's might. The Visia Chamber of Commerce did not know the real relationship between the second prince and the four northern families, nor did they know that the second prince was the fox. The second prince also needed time to reorganize his army, so in the next few years, the border between the two provinces in the southwest and the Cambona province was peaceful. When the trade union and the allied forces of the Southern and Southern Kingdoms went to war, the Visia Chamber of Commerce was worried that the second prince would take advantage of the situation. They did not expect the second prince to be so obedient.
After another year or so, the second prince transferred the White Lion Legion from the two provinces in the southwest to attack the four central duchies. The Visia Chamber of Commerce was relieved, thinking that the second prince would not dare to offend the trade union. After all, the trade union was now the biggest country on the Galinthia continent, and not the small local power that the Crimson Empire had rubbed against a hundred years ago. They thought that the second prince must have acquiesced to the trade union and the new territory of the Andenac Kingdom, and no longer had the sweet dream of unifying the former Crimson Empire and restoring the glory of the empire.
Sure enough, after the four central duchies were destroyed, the second prince did not invade the Andworf province again. He consciously stayed outside the borders of the trade union's territory. At the same time, he conferred Grand Duke Handra and Grand Duke Sabaji as the new dukes of the two provinces in the southwest. This series of actions finally put the Visia Chamber of Commerce at ease, thinking that the second prince would no longer be a threat to the trade union.
Of course, the Visia Chamber of Commerce was not just making wild guesses. The army of the trade union had defeated the allied forces of the Southern and Southern Kingdoms, and the Chigda Kingdom and the trade union had secretly colluded, causing the kingdoms and duchies in the central and southern regions to be disgraced. The war was nearing its end, and the trade union had once again expanded its territory. Most importantly, the trade union now had a Guardian Sword Sage. Under such circumstances, how would the Andenac Kingdom and the second prince dare to have any ideas about the trade union?
The Visia Chamber of Commerce ignored the second prince's determination and ambition to unify the former Crimson Empire, and was ambushed by the armed forces of the Norton Family, which angered the Laurist Family. As a result, they were uprooted and removed from the seven giants of the trade union. The Monolith Army, armed by the Norton Family, was invincible when they set out for the Cambona Province after the rainy season. One had to know that the fortresses and castles of the Cambona Province defended the Andenac Kingdom in the southwest and the two provinces. No one expected the Monolith Army to attack from behind. The territories were quickly swept clean, and the nobles conferred titles by the trade union either died in battle or became prisoners. Only a few nobles were lucky enough to escape back to Morent City.
When the northwest region was attacked by the army of the Andenac Kingdom, the Turam Duchy was destroyed, the armed forces of the Norton Family raided the Andwerf Province, and occupied the capital of Fedeliga, all the higher-ups of the Visia Chamber of Commerce and their relatives were killed, and the Monolith Army swept through the Cambona Province. When the news spread to the whole continent, the trade union was shocked, and all the countries on the continent were shaken by the news.
The trade union was furious. This was like a slap to the face when the trade union was at its peak. It was a slap to the face! When had the trade union ever suffered such a huge loss, especially those countries that were about to submit to the trade union? Their original stance changed again, and some commercial agreements that were about to be signed were also delayed. It was obvious that they wanted to see how the trade union would deal with the invasion of the Andenac Kingdom …
The trade union was not careless. On one hand, they urgently transferred the main corps of the six magnates from the central and southern parts of the continent, and on the other hand, they recruited nearly 100,000 troops from their territories to Cambona Province to carry out rescue, hoping to stabilize the situation. However, the 100,000 troops were very unlucky. When they first entered Cambona Province, they happened to encounter the three divisions of the Flying Tiger Army, who had completed their mission of cleaning up the nobles in the Podorg Province and were heading to Cambona Province to meet up.
It was said that Ross the Ferocious Tiger was so happy that he could not close his mouth. In his eyes, the 100,000 reinforcements from the trade union were like a piece of fat meat that fell from the sky. The two armies engaged in a field battle on the spot. In the end, the 100,000 troops of the trade union, which had twice the number of troops, were defeated by the Flying Tiger Army, who had less than 50,000 men. More than 20,000 died in battle, and more than 60,000 became captives. Less than 8,000 managed to escape. The Flying Tiger Army took the opportunity to kill their way into the Marivia Province of the former Lulm Duchy. The trade union was once again shocked by the news of their defeat.
On the 23rd of June, Laurist led the guards from the capital of Felix and set off for Cambona Province to meet up with the army of the second prince, as well as the armed forces of the noble dukes. From a psychological point of view, Laurist really looked down on these guys who were really weak in battle. Bofinger reported that after he led the Monolith Army to sweep through the entire Cambona Province, he discovered that the dukes were still gathered at the border of the two provinces in the southwest. They were arguing over whose family's armed forces would be the vanguard to attack Cambona Province …
As for the second prince, well, how should he put it? He led the so-called Blizzard Assault Team to launch a surprise attack on the northwest region during winter, and indeed caught Grand Duke Zturam unprepared. However, the problem was that after Grand Duke Zturam reacted, the second prince did not gain any advantage. Not only did he suffer heavy casualties, but he also managed to pull a catapult to break through the castle where Grand Duke Zturam lived. In the end, the duke brought his family and a few hundred cavalrymen to another small castle on a cliff to defend it.
The second prince led his troops to surround the three sides of the small castle on the cliff so that not even a drop of water could trickle through. The other side of the castle was the river at the bottom of the cliff. He planned to settle the score with Grand Duke Zturam after the rainy season. He had to hang the traitor of the Empire with his own hands. As a result, after surviving the rainy season with great difficulty, the catapults were brought over. Just as they were about to attack the small castle on the cliff, Archduke Zturam, who was besieged in the castle, did something that made the second prince dumbfounded.
Grand Duke Zturam used the wood collected in the castle to make many simple wooden boats. He lowered the wooden boats on the other side of the cliff facing the river and hung rope ladders to send people onto the boats. When the second prince and his troops finally blasted open the gates of the castle, he found that everyone in the castle was gone. They had all squeezed into the boats and escaped. This result made the second prince so angry that his nose and eyes were not his nose. He had destroyed the Duchy of Zturam and conquered the northwest region, but Grand Duke Zturam had left unscathed …
On the 11th day of the seventh month of the 1787 Galinthea Continent calendar, the Andenac Kingdom gathered millions of troops under the command of King Ognesero I in the province of Campona. From the border of the Armenia province of the Commerce Federation to the Marivia province, the camp of the million troops of the Andenac Kingdom stretched for nearly a hundred miles. Their banners fluttered and covered the sky. Everyone in the Commerce Federation was in a state of panic. It was as if they had returned to the era when the Chrison Empire invaded the Mana Hill Plain a hundred years ago.
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