Warhammer Throne

After sending away the Supreme King's messenger, everyone in the king's tent began to express their opinions.

Obviously, whether it is the enlightened knight aristocracy represented by François, the traditional knight aristocracy represented by Karad, or the church power represented by Alfred, the new guard represented by Bertrand, the commander of the old guards. The aristocratic forces of the Jin army, and even the sanctuary witch Veronica, who had a rest for a while, barely came out to discuss matters. Everyone lacked interest in garrisoning in the badlands. After the supply, everyone’s opinion is still inclined to try it. After all, there are more dwarves for money, but there is no population. Since these dwarves are willing to pay to help the Bretons raise the army, then everything is easy to say .

After a lot of discussion, most of them dispersed. Only Ryan, François, Calade, Veronica and others were left. Among them, Veronica immediately signaled Catherine to serve the tea and the Witch Garland directly Sitting on a comfortable and soft chair with a wide back, she said to her apprentice: "Catherine, are there any more coffee beans?"

"Yes, mentor, I still have a lot left over there." Although Catherine has been promoted to the legendary witch, she still has to rely on her mentor. At least for now, she is not independent because of unstable realm and lack of hard power and financial resources. The capital, and Veronica's personal apprenticeship is actually good. The relationship between the master and the apprentice is good, and there is no conflict in interest.

"Then get me a cup of Hazelnut Vanilla Almond Garland Super Dessert, Caramel Sauce, Mocha Sauce, and Starbucks Frappuccino." Veronica leaned back on the chair lazily with flushing on her face and waved Catherine to go. arrange.

"Okay." Catherine and Karad looked at each other. Karad opened his mouth. Count Garmente immediately felt Ryan's jokes. His face blushed and he was about to say something, and Catherine immediately gave it to him. Karad gave a wink, then bowed respectfully, and went to make Veronica a hazelnut vanilla almond garland super dessert, caramel sauce, mocha sauce mixed with Starbucks frappuccino.

François and Calade are no strangers to Veronica’s character, and even from a certain perspective, the knights and nobles on the expedition to Bafeng Mountain headed by Calade have even recognized Veronica. Very high, only one step away from Queen Suria.

Ryan knew exactly why this happened. This was a side effect of the Great Expedition. Since Veronica contributed a lot in this Great Expedition, and always had a high sense of presence, even the knight masters were right. She has greatly improved, especially the knight nobles of the northern faction highly approve of Veronica's status.

The Knight King could feel that his backyard was about to be turbulent again, and Ryan would definitely not be able to personally interfere with this kind of thing. It depends on the follow-up, because Veronica and Olica have already used it. His performance conquered the knight nobles and established his own prestige.

When he goes back, Ryan can take advantage of the situation to entrust Veronica with important tasks.

"Ryan, how many people do you plan to keep?" François is actually not very interested in the so-called Bafeng Mountain, the Duke of Winford cares more about when to withdraw his troops and return to the country, sharing the huge wealth of the dwarves.

"Leave Durant and his Breton Independence Group first." Ryan said in a deep voice, and the Knight King also felt a little bit painful for the dwarves to offer such generous conditions: "It seems that we don't want to keep some. People are not good here anymore. It happens that there are more than 3,000 swords in the Britzka Principality left by Black Heart Repp. Just let Durant move all the population to Bafeng Mountain. It’s better than green skin here. , Beastmen, Chaos Shoe Cultists, and various bandits, robbers, murderers, and border princes who are leading the way."

"Yeah." Francois nodded slowly.

Is the place led by the prince of the border a good place?

Don’t be funny, the frontier prince is a real haunt of monsters, ghosts and snakes. There are all kinds of bandits, robbers and murderers who have been expelled and exiled by the empire, Bretania, and the southern countries, and all kinds of chaos sects are rampant. He was always harassed by the greenskins and wild orcs. In addition, the war within the border princes never stopped.

It is naturally Tamuk Khan who has brought disasters to the princes of the border recently. Today, many years have passed, and those chaotic war gangs are still hiding in the forests and mountains, coming out to harm the residents here from time to time.

But even so, the intensity of the war faced by the princes of the border is still much smaller than that of the empire. The sparseness of the land and the frequent harassment of various forces are destined to make it impossible for the princes of the border to form a powerful kingdom. The independent regiment moved to August. Fengshan should not have too much difficulty here. After all, Bafengshan is actually very well-defended. You only need to defend the Gate of Titans and the underground network. The eight dangerous peaks that penetrate the sky are enough to block all enemies.

"It's an established matter for Durant and the Independence Group to stay." François nodded slightly at this point, but the Duke of Winford frowned soon: "But if you look at the dwarf's requirements, they Not only hope that our troops will be stationed at Bafeng Mountain, but the dwarves hope to build a new defense system with the help of human power."

"Yeah." Ryan nodded slowly: "Yes, I hope so too. It happens that, taking advantage of Bafeng Mountain's recovery, we can rely on Bafeng Mountain and Haimen Pass to build a mature defense system to ensure that the evil land has When invading on a huge scale, it can delay the pace of Greenskin and prepare the empire and the dwarves."

"But... we don't seem to need to do this." François was still suspicious, and the old man touched his beard: "Ryan, are we going to garrison troops in the badlands? The environment here is really bad. The army is here. It will only be gradually consumed by the harsh weather and severe military pressure. Moreover, our presence here will not benefit Brittania much, right?"

"..." Ryan was silent, and the Knight King thought of something, he was still hesitating.

"Your Majesty, our great expedition has consumed a lot of national power. Although the harvest is extremely rich, new knights need time to acquire their own spurs, new serf infantry also needs time to train, and your old guards also need time to replenish. "Calad also said: "If there are a large number of troops stationed in the evil land, not only we will not be able to bear it, but even the domestic nobles will have a lot of opinions."

"How about recruiting some new troops? We can recruit troops in the country, leaving a small number of veterans and a large number of new recruits, in three to five years rotation." Ryan thought for a while, and finally said his plan: "garrison on the edge of the Northern Badlands. , Is of great significance to the greenskin frenzy in the defense of the badlands. We can bring the empire in, especially the Grand Duke of Ivy and the Elector of Tuscany Marius. I think he must be willing to send an army to assist us. And through this method, we can extend our sphere of influence to the frontier princes, we can dump our goods here, and at the same time we can get a lot of raw materials and cheap labor here."

"Does the prince of the border lead?" François nodded repeatedly after hearing this. The old man thought for a while, and suddenly smiled: "Ryan, don't you want to tell me that you want to annex the prince of the border, open here. Territory expansion, right? I want to remind you that the bigger the country, the better!"

"Hahahahaha! I know I know." Ryan couldn't help laughing after hearing Francois's half-joking warning.

Indeed, many times a country is not as big as possible, because a country’s ability to conquer and control is actually limited.

Before ascending to the throne, Ryan once felt that why the empire should adopt an electoral system instead of a centralized power system, why should the entire empire be divided into many provinces, and the electors should be almost completely autonomous, why not unified deployment, The military aristocrats under the empire are in charge.

After Ryan became king, he realized that it was not impossible, but impossible.

After the land area is huge, the imperial court will face three prominent problems.

First, the border is long, with enemies on all sides, and many forces are targets that cannot be negotiated at all. This leads to great external military pressure. This makes the empire have to station heavy troops on the border to defend against possible invasions, which makes it easy to form an army. Town system.

Second, for the world, the land area is too large. The information exchange and transmission method here determines that the imperial court cannot be controlled remotely. The Nord Kingdom is more than 1,500 kilometers away from the imperial capital of Braunschweig. The Kingdom of Slov is more than two thousand kilometers away from the imperial capital of Braunschweig. Ryan has personally seen the messenger sent from the Nord capital of Winter City. Even if it is an urgent six hundred miles, it will take seven days to reach Braunschweig. When time waits for the capital's permission to attack, Nord can be subjugated, and the mana consumed by long-distance magic communication is extremely amazing.

Under this circumstance, the emperor must allow the localities to organize and order the army independently, so that the electors have independent military power to deal with various emergencies, protect their territory, facilitate the unification of military orders, and maintain the combat effectiveness of the army. Over time, the electors of course did their own things, and no longer paid attention to the emperor's orders.

Third, financial issues, this is even simpler. For example, when the first emperor of the empire of Lain attacked the Xiongnu, one hundred and sixty stones of grain started from the center, and only one stone was left to be delivered to the front line of the war. The transportation loss was as high as 90%. Above nine, similarly, if the imperial court does not allow the electors to be financially autonomous, tax their own taxes and raise their own troops, let alone the front line of the north against chaos, even Ivey leads against the green-skinned black fire pass, one Years of food depletion will bankrupt the empire's finances.

Brother, local finances and taxes have to be collected from the local to the central, and then transferred from the central to the locals. Even if there is no corruption and any supply lines, the loss is very alarming. Do you think it is Alipay transfer? King Nord presses a key here, and the emperor Karl Franz's desk in the capital bangs "Ding~Imperial treasure to the account five~thousand gold marks~".

So why did the empire clearly have the ability to conquer Kislov but let it be independent? Why did Grand Duke Nord dare to claim to be King Nord, and the empire could only turn one eye off. That's why.

When a threshold is exceeded, the country gets bigger and weaker, bigger and weaker. Enemies are waiting for opportunities everywhere on the border, and the empire’s defenders often can only watch destruction happen and are helpless, stretched financial resources, and insufficient numbers of troops. , So that the great empire has no energy and no ability to resist foreign enemies.

So Ryan now recalls what many people clamored in his previous life about drinking horses in the Danube and conquering Madagascar with iron hoofs. He feels very speechless. When the empire was born, he was emotionally positive, optimistic, and enterprising, but it does not mean that it will always be. In this way, it is difficult to conquer, and to rule such a huge empire, it is even more difficult. The Mongol Empire immediately split into the Four Khanates and the Yuan Dynasty after drinking the Danube in just a few years?

So, suppose the emperor wants to centralize power, control the army, control financial power, and be able to remotely micro-control, can it?

Yes, there was a dynasty in the heavenly dynasty. All the elites of the army were concentrated in the center, leaving only the old, weak, sick and disabled to the locals. All local taxes were collected and only the basic maintenance expenses were left. Ling Jian.

This dynasty is called Dasong.

And even if it is a big gift, the empire can't learn it. The reason is very simple. A great man of the ages said that if you want to fight outside, you must first settle down.

Because even the empire is full of dangers, chaotic shoe followers, beasts, green-skinned tribes, and undead and chaotic demons that come and go from time to time. Assuming that the imperial court takes away the local elite troops, only the security system and the militia system are left. What does that place rely on to deal with these enemies that can destroy a civilization?

This is the difference between Ryan and Karl-Franz. Ryan did it. After many years of fighting in the north and south, Bretania has basically solved the problem of Anne. Since the king has the ability to ensure peace within the kingdom, The dukes naturally convinced him and were willing to respond to his call.

But Karl-Franz could not do it, let alone guarantee the security of the entire empire, even his Rick collar, even the blood pine forest only tens of kilometers away from Brunswick, he could not guarantee. In this case, the Emperor Card has tried his best, and the electors do not listen to the announcement, and occasionally come to the capital to hold a meeting, which is enough to give the Emperor Card face.

Thinking about it in his head, Ryan thought to himself that he also has something to learn from, can't give it away, don't we still have a cute?

"My vision is like this. We can station troops in the military depot and Bafeng Mountain. We can set up a military station system, let the defenders cultivate by themselves, and supplement them with supplies. The soldiers rotate every three to five years. As for the city fortress, You can ask the dwarves to assist us in the construction. I think the Supreme King or Bellegar will definitely not object.” Ryan and Pantuo made his own plan: “The main composition of the garrison is a small number of veterans and a large number of new recruits. The number should not be large. Two or three thousand people are one guard. , Let the empire also send troops to participate, we are also leading the recruitment of soldiers at home and border princes, anyway, some dwarves pay for the equipment."

"At the same time, we are looking for a place with mountains and water in front of the Fort Army and Bafeng Mountain, and let the dwarves help us build a new fortress, so that we can build a new line of defense and cordon in the northern badlands. They The goal is not to eliminate and resist a possible Greenskin invasion, but to delay the attack time of the Greenskin army as much as possible, and at the same time report the news to the dwarves and the empire to prepare them for defense."

"These three guards are collectively referred to as the'Evil Land Three Guards'!"