Black Iron’s Glory

Chapter 409 Migration Flows and Kingdom Civil War

“... Prince Widreck has set August 10 as his boarding day, and he is unwilling to delay it any longer. He is said to have finally granted Grand Prince Hansburg the condition that the territory of the former Principality of Eskirin and the former Principality of Rimodra be merged into a crown of princes in exchange for his consent to Prince Widrec's becoming Sterling XI. ”

This is the latest news from Mr. Viberon to the King, and of course, when it reached several generals on the Nubian mainland, it was believed that Prince Hansburg over there had already responded. This condition is already very elegant, speaking, and also breaks the decree that the Kingdom left behind by Sterling IX no longer grants aristocratic territories.

But Prince Hansburg is not a nobleman, he is a great prince, and if Prince Widreck were to be a king, he would be a prince. It's all Sterling's last name. Meat is also rotten in the pot. I'm sure there will be legal experts out there to explain that it's not against the order or anything...

It is said that countless people who had gone to persuade Prince Hansburg had touched a gray face, most of them not even the face of the great prince. The Duke of Duncan, the Prime Minister of the Kingdom, also went there. He had a big face and met with Prince Hansburg for two hours. After coming out, he only laughed bitterly and went back to the King without saying a word.

Prince Widreckon, on the other hand, can't wait to come to power. After discussing it with the kings of power, he has given a deadline. Whether or not Grand Prince Hansburg agrees to disagree with this final condition, he is ready to enter the throne on August 10. After all, the kingdom has been empty for more than six months. You can't stay out of the throne for fear of the great prince. Many important things in the kingdom have been delayed.

Claude and several generals in the war zone have decided that even if the two princes in the mainland of the kingdom start to fall in love, they will simply stay in the battle zone of the overseas territories of the mainland of Nubian to watch the noise and never fit into this vortex. Anyway, all you have to do is show loyalty to the king. As for the two princes who become kings, it depends on their own abilities...

Only before May arrived, several generals of theatre command received an urgent request for assistance from Castle Wickham, under Cromwell administration, which was said to have been overwhelmed by officers in charge of the Logistics Department verifying immigration access and distributing land displacements for personal property at Castle Wickham. In addition, Castle Wickham requires emergency rear transportation of large quantities of grass tents and other supplies in order to keep the families of the officers and soldiers out of the field.

Claude did find it strange that he stayed in Lake Lang town and didn't see how many immigrants went to Cromwell and Bering Ghana. Why did he call Wickham Castle so bitter all of a sudden? However, since the letter of request had been received, Claude and General Bolognick, as well as General Skerry, had left with their guards for Wickham Castle.

When we got to Wickham Castle, all three generals fainted. Because the vicinity of Wickham Castle used to be a sea of people, countless immigrants carrying large bags looked like refugees, leaving the waters around Wickham Castle impenetrable.

“Why are there so many people?” General Bolognick said.

Yeah, why so many people? Claude asked a lieutenant in military uniform, who recognized Claude, hurried to salute him and answered Claude's question. Originally, these officers knew that immigration eligibility and personal property land replacement would need to be registered at Wickham Castle under the Cromwick administration, so they were not prepared to walk there after disembarking from Tyrsim Harbor, which was too far away for at least a month. So simply find a joint chartered vessel, those offshore flat bottom carriers, to land along the coastline in an abandoned fishing village near Cromwell, saving half the time...

The three generals suddenly realized that it was no wonder that there were not many immigrants on the road in Lanhu Town. But now, where do so many people come from around Wickham Castle, there were no more than 230,000 people in the past.

After entering the castle of Wickham, it became more crowded and it was difficult to reach the Immigration Registration Office. The person in charge saw the arrival of the three generals almost crying. The three men, whether it be Claude or General Bolonik or General Skerry, were all foolish to give an introduction with a dull voice.

“Did he, did they move the whole family?” Looking at the registration book in hand, Claude was really stunned. Uncle and uncle put up with something. What the hell is this uncle's third cousin? Is this a relative too...

General Skerry was quite calm and quickly understood what was going on: “This is indeed our negligence, and we forgot to remind them that immigration access is granted only to immediate family members. Almost all of their relatives were brought here. First, to avoid the scourge, the Second Prince of the Great Prince was likely to fight for a fight. They did not want their relatives to be forced to do cannonball. Second, I hope that when we recruit new recruits to the Thunder Legion and the Rock Legion, we will give their relatives a chance to recruit, so that their relatives can have an industry here too..."

The Department of War Zone Logistics already had very detailed regulations in place, with clear provisions for immigration eligibility and land replacement for individual industries. Upon arrival at Wickham Castle with their relatives, the registered retired grass-roots officers were able to acquire their property, divide it into fields or farms, and then go with their relatives to build houses, refurbish fields and start planting grazing or something.

I just didn't expect them to bring so many relatives, exhausted the Immigration Registration Office during this time, did nothing else, busy registering the status of the three cousins of these immigrants. Fortunately, they were also led by retired grassroots officers, who maintained basic order in the vicinity of Wickham Castle despite the crowd surge. But in order to serve the diet of so many immigrant relatives, the food reserves at Wickham Castle are consuming quickly...

The three generals could only meet immediately to discuss a response, and General Bolognick immediately drove back to the battlefield headquarters in Langhu town to mobilize grass and additional personnel from the rear administration. Claude is here to reorganize the Thunder Legion and maintain order. As far as General Skerry is concerned, he is responsible for the entire immigration entitlement and the distribution of personal property here immediately, distributing the land to retired officers at the grass-roots level in accordance with the regulations, so that they can take their relatives away first.

Immediately thereafter, General Skerry decided to open a recruitment office, recruit relatives of immigrants to repair water reserves, reclaim communal fields and use people instead of leaving them idle for nothing. In this way, the war zone suddenly becomes financially strained, and the use of so much labour to build public facilities is not a small sum of money. The food side had been supplied, but the funds had to be diverted from military expenditures.

Fortunately, May is coming, and the annual buffalo migration on the Alberto Plains is about to begin again. Claude sent two Light Mounted Field Regiments of the Legion of Thunder to hunt buffalo, led by Berklin and Muried, to supplement food consumption with beef on the one hand, and to trade outside in buffalo leather on the other, in exchange for funds to finance development.

Beginning in mid-April of 591 Holy Light, relatives of officers and soldiers of two regiments in theatre arrived continuously as immigrants in the Cromwell and Beringana jurisdictions until the end of March of 592 Holy Light, the largest wave of immigration in the Kingdom of Orvillas in nearly a year. Nearly two million relatives of soldiers and soldiers migrated to the overseas direct jurisdiction of the Nubian mainland in order to acquire a personal and family property and to escape the civil war in the mainland of the Kingdom.

In the aftermath, it was estimated that an average of one Thunder Corps or Rock Corps officer and soldier had essentially relocated nearly 23 of their own relatives. This is not only a patrilineal family, but also a mother and wife, which creates enormous demographic pressure and financial strain on theatre commands. Needless to say, the toll subsidy benefits alone almost made General Skerry regret his intestines, as the war zone would have to spend more than 200,000 gold kroner on this...

Claude was almost skinny and had a lot of problems. Finally, Claude almost invited Mr. Shazorak, who had been demobilized to his land, out as a semi-invited semi-kidnapper, and gave him a patrol chief to assume policing and order duties in both Cromwell and Bering Ghana, which made him a little more relaxed.

By late October, everything was finally on track, and Claude had time to go home and get the latest news from the kingdom itself. Unsurprisingly, a civil war broke out when the kingdom fought over two kings.

According to information brought by Mr. Viberon, the conditions imposed by Prince Widreck were ridiculed by Grand Prince Hamsburg, who, furiously, questioned the veracity of the will even though several elders with blood ties to the Sterling royal family had gone to persuade the Grand Prince to respect the choice of successor to the late King Sterling X. Because the great prince did not see the dying side of Sterling X, he was forbidden from entering and leaving the court, and even the will to let Prince Widreck inherit the throne popped up somewhere. He never heard of the legacy of Wang Sterling X...

So Grand Prince Hansburg always suspected that there was a conspiracy, and it was simple, that if Sterling X had not chosen him as his successor to the throne, he would not have kept him in charge of the government. Knowing that Sterling X could not sleep for more than eight years, it was the duty of the Grand Prince of Hansburg to represent the King, to work with the Prime Minister, the Duke of Duncan, on matters of kingdom and size, so that the administrative officials of the kingdom regarded the Grand Prince as the king of Regent and heir to the new throne.

Then Sterling X died and left a will to succeed Prince Weedleck. How is it possible that Prince Er, who has no experience in power, is a dude who is famous for his king? How could he jump over Prince Hansburg and become his successor? If Sterling X chooses the Second Prince, then the Second Prince should have been relieved of his duties sooner rather than later, and the Second Prince should have gained some experience in power first, rather than having the Great Prince's proxy in power until the end...

This is why Grand Prince Hansburg doubted that the will was true and false. He believed that he had been framed, that the will had been altered and that his life would be in danger if he stayed in the king. That's why he snuck out of King's Capital with his own personal servants, sneaked to the eastern border, seized the military power of the Blue Feather Corps, and decided to fight for his rightful throne.

On the other hand, the King's side feared that Prince Widreck's succession to the throne would spur the Great Prince of Hansburg, hoping to persuade the Great Prince to abandon his battle for the throne under favourable conditions. So you can postpone boarding only once, you want to negotiate terms with the Grand Prince, and even open up the privileged treatment of the fissile frontier. Only Grand Prince Hansburg had made up his mind to reject the olive branches and armaments handed over by the Kings, and to rebel against two standing regiments in the southern three counties and the Rimodra region.

Prince Widreck finally made it to Sterling XI on August 10. When the news reached the ears of Prince Hansburg, Prince Hansburg set himself up as king on August 18, claiming that Prince Widreck's succession was illegal.

Prince Hamsburg issued a proclamation proclaiming that Prince Widreck had colluded internally and externally with the conspirators of the Royal Court to alter the will of the late King Sterling X. And he, the orthodox heir of the kingdom of Ovilas, will raise his army to clean up the usurper of the king's capital and restore happiness and tranquillity to the people of the kingdom...

The above is bullshit, but the Grand Prince's soldiers went fast and arrived in the former Duchy of Siddins in less than half a month at Fort Ivana. One of the standing regiments stationed here resisted the mutiny for just under an hour or so, and the soldiers opened the gates of the castle, joining the rebels, almost shouting the slogan Long Live Prince Hansburg.

Yes, it was the rebels. When Prince Hansburg raised his army as king, he was convicted as a traitor by the king, and all the troops who followed him became rebels. But now the rebels are on the brink, and the newly occupied territories acquired by the Kingdom during the five years of war in the eastern part of the country have all been occupied by forces under the command of the Great Prince.

But after the attack on the Odin Mountains in September, the army of the Great Prince was dragged to its death by a regiment of vultures urgently sent by the Kingdom. The Lizard Regiment was originally one of the Kingdom's four major Ace Regiments, fighting in the best mountains. First, Prince Hansburg wanted to surrender, and as a result, his messenger was slashed in front of the battle by a regiment of vultures in the name of a traitor. This provoked the great prince to lead two regiments into a fierce attack on the Odin Mountains defensive line.

After half a month of intense fighting, the Grand Prince's side was still unable to take the upper hand and both sides suffered heavy losses, and Grand Prince Hansburg had to lead the army and retreat to Amis City for rest, awaiting the support of the follow-on forces. Wang Du, on his side, also began to assemble local guard units to supplement the expansion of the local second-line corps and dispatch the imprisoned guard corps to the Odin Mountains in preparation for the blockade of Grand Prince Hansback over the Odin Mountains.

Nearly two months have passed since this battle over the Second Kings, and both sides have sufficient strength to temporarily not see who is in the upper hand. From the point of view of military command, the Grand Prince's command and level of command are first-class enough to hang the commanders of the regiments on the Wangdu side. But Wang Du's side, whether it's troops or armaments, is deeper than the Great Prince's side, and can withstand the war of attrition. No one really knows for sure who the deer are.

Just to confuse the generals of the theatre command, all the war reports and news from the king did not mention Marshal Michel, who, as military generals loyal to the great prince, should be with the great prince. It is strange, however, that the names of Marshal Michel were not found on the list of rebel officers who followed the great prince. Because the last news of Marshal Michel was that he was assassinated and seriously injured the previous year, leaving Wang to go back to his hometown to rest and recuperate. It's been two years, and his injuries should be healed. How can there be no news? How can he be one of the three existing Marshals of the Royal Army...

Apart from asking Mr. Viberon and that mining and business association to look into Marshal Michel's whereabouts and news in Wangdu, Claude and others have no choice. Anyway, they can only watch the kingdom's homeland burn hot in the overseas territorial areas of the Nubian mainland, sometimes with sand plates for a few military deductions. The only thing that worries me is what if Marshal Michelle joins the Grand Prince, as a student of Marshal Michelle, it's a big problem!