Black Iron’s Glory

Chapter 558: What Happened to the Kingdom of Menbamak

After the rainy season in March, the ocean cruise transport fleet of the Overseas Autonomous Territory transported two Hicks Return Regiments, dressed in the same uniform as General Thunder Regiment, into the already prepared barracks. The area around the barracks is heavily guarded and it is strictly forbidden for locals and pedestrians to approach. It has been declared that this is a reserve division of overseas autonomous military districts. The reason for coming to the northern bay is for the autonomous military districts to hold a grand military exercise on the Kanas prairie...

There is no way, the King is very concerned about Claude's whereabouts and the mobilization of troops in the Autonomous Leadership Zone. Even if Claude had already stated to Prime Minister Blanchard in White Deer City that his purpose in returning to the kingdom was to reorganize the Thunder Legion and attack the Kingdom of the Hicks by the way, Wang Du's side would remain half-hearted. Perhaps inspired by the Autonomous Territory, King Frederick I announced that the Royal Ministry of the Army would soon form two standing field corps...

Colonel Boquer arrived at the northern bay with the two Hicks Return Regiments, low profile, undressed and dressed like a boat-boarding merchant. He had originally implemented a wildfire programme on the western coast of the Nubian continent, but at present, due to the increased surveillance and control of colonies and indigenous peoples by the countries of the western coast, so little progress had been made in his current liaison with indigenous peoples that he had to report to Claude after being ordered to do so.

Three days later, Colonel Boquer took three of his men, dressed as traders of the Principality of Rigliolo in the southern part of the continent, aboard a merchant boat to the Kingdom of the Hicks before turning to the Kingdom of Breot. The current land route to the Kingdom of Breot has long been interrupted by the rampage of bandits along the border between the Kingdom of Menbamak and the Nasserli region, and small dealers like them are the favourite targets of banditry. For security reasons, only the sea can be diverted from the Kingdom of Hicks.

Twenty more days later, at the end of April, Colonel Boquer sent his first report, and he had already contacted Avettelli I of the Kingdom of Breot, currently a trusted royal purchasing merchant of His Majesty the Avettelli I. According to the report, several bandits active along the border between the Kingdom of Menbamak and Nasri are the Republican Army of the Kingdom of Nasri and the Principality of Kanas, financed by the Kingdom of Hicks behind their backs.

“You can have a feast with the Duke of Red Dragon and the Marquis of the Lizard. They're coming.” Claude threw the report from Colonel Bock-All in his hand on the table in front of General Scully, who picked it up and looked at it and laughed: “If they knew that the purpose of your banquet was to declare war on the kingdom of Membamak, they wouldn't regret coming to our banquet...”

The Duke of Red Dragon refers to the former Marshal of the Kingdom, the actual master of the Red Dragon Corps, Elvison, the father-in-law of Sterling XI, who died as a result of the mutiny. Duke of Siegfried. And the Marquis of the Lizard, the former head of the Legion of the Lizard, was Admiral Jarees of the Kingdom. Marquis Ho Hadro. Both of them are representatives of the kingdom's old noble family. After His Majesty's decree, they reached an agreement with Frederie I to withdraw their forces from the Royal Army, receive compensation and return to the enclosed territory.

“The Duke of Sigfitt has almost the entire county of Grassom, and the Marquis of Hadrow is no less powerful, with most of Wilinkedshire under his control. It's just that both counties are connected to Frontier County, Bismunk County, and Bismunk County doesn't talk to the people because of the bandits from the kingdom of Menbamak.

Interestingly, both the Duke of Sigfitt and the Marquis of Hadrow wanted to take control of the land trade route leading to the Kingdom of Menbamak, and to place their own subordinate aristocratic forces in the county, but they lost so much money because of these bandits, not to mention, they couldn't even keep their own subordinate forces, and people were killed and looted in both territories... "

Claude looked at the documents in his possession and said that the information had been gathered by General Skerry: "The Duke of Red Dragon has now formed a guard regiment stationed in Bismunk County, and the Marquis of the Lions has set up two guard camps in his client territory, except that they have all taken defensive tactics and set up defensive positions to keep the bandits away from the towns where they guard them.

The bandits, known as the Republican Army of the Kingdom of Nasri and the Principality of Kanas, reportedly numbered five or six thousand, resorted to small-force assault tactics and kept the guards of the Duke of Red Dragon and the Marquis of the Lions passively beaten. On one occasion, the Duke of Red Dragon set up a trap to exterminate some of the bandits, but in pursuit of the escaped bandits, they were intercepted at the border by the guard forces of the Kingdom of Menbamak and watched as the bandits disappeared into the mountains of the border...

So my proposal to wage war with the Kingdom of Mumbamak is likely to be endorsed by these two nobles, who, after all, need not be our cannon ashes and road pioneers, but simply organize troops to follow behind our Legion of Thunder and keep our logistical supply roads safe. Even their losses can be compensated from the kingdom of Menbamak. All we want is float, but they want everything, manpower, goods, livestock, they can grow their own territory... "

General Skerry asked seriously, "Although the Kingdom of Menbamak is a small kingdom, there are three standing legions. Do you confirm that a thunder legion can defeat a kingdom? ”

Claude laughed: “I am sure that, although the Thunder Corps has been restructured and is made up of small divisions, it has four divisions, half the total strength of the previous double-division regiment. Even with one or two enemies, we can overwhelm them, not to mention the incomplete armaments and low power of the three standing armies of the Kingdom of Menbamak, who are not our rivals at all.

The only concern is whether our declaration of war against the kingdom of Menbamak will cause the King to rebound, and that is why I ask you to invite the Duke of Red Dragon and the Marquis of the Lion Vulture. They were told that they had already reacted to the King, but that the King had sent only one wave of envoys to the Kingdom of Menbamak to protest, that no agreement had been reached, and that even small-scale bandit attacks and clashes in those areas should be resolved by the nobles of the Territory themselves, and that the Kingdom would not need to launch an army if it were not for large-scale incursions.

So I believe we can reach an agreement with the Duke of Red Dragon and the Marquis of the Coyotes, because if they want to expand their power, they can do so only to the Kingdom of Menbamak. I did not demand much from them, forming a coalition of territorial aristocrats to follow behind the Legion of Thunder while guaranteeing the safety of the supply corridor, however they wanted to rob it. I'm sure they'll agree to that, and they'll handle the pressure on Wangdu's side, and we're just hired by them to destroy the bandits. ”

On 7 May 604, General Skerry hosted a banquet in the name of his fiftieth birthday and invited a number of royal nobles to attend. The Duke of Red Dragon and the Marquis of the Lizard also came to the North Bay for their birthday party, after which they had an all-night covert conversation with Claude, General Scully and General Albert Dadan.

On 21 May, in Bismunk County, Nasri district, a horse bandit bearing the banner of the Kanas Furious Army was attacked by local guards in Bismunk County just after looting a village. The outnumbered horse bandits had to abandon their captivity and retreat as they fled to the mountain forests along the border of the Kingdom of Mombamak. The local guards who pursued them died behind them and were stopped at the border by the border guard forces of the Kingdom of Menbamak.

The usual situation was essentially one of verbal abuse by both sides, culminating in the defensive departure of Bismunk County. It was only this time that the two sides were particularly angry, with armed clashes and the use of firearms, which resulted in several casualties. The next day the Duke of Red Dragon issued a statement claiming that the Kingdom of Menbamak was the backstage of those who attacked Bismunk County bandits, and that he was forming a coalition of nobles to declare war on the Kingdom of Menbamak. Lizard Marquis likewise endorsed the formation of a coalition of nobles.

On 23 May, King Menbamak VI of the Kingdom of Menbamak issued a statement accepting the challenge of the coalition of nobles, which would be a shameful failure if they dared to attack the Kingdom of Menbamak. The three main Standing Regiments of the Kingdom have staunched their troops and strictly guarded their borders, confident that they will defeat the invasion of the enemy. Meanwhile, Menbamak VI announced that he would send envoys to Wangdu to state to Frederie I that they were not affiliated with the bandits and did not intend to be enemies of the Kingdom of Auvellas.

In the eyes of the kings and ministers of the Kingdom of Menbamak, what the Duke of Red Dragon calls the formation of an aristocratic coalition is nothing more than a slap at them. Even if they formed an aristocratic coalition, they have little strength to attack the Kingdom, and the louder they say, the more they are simply looking for a step down for themselves.

So they also joked about accepting the so-called declaration of war by the Duke of Red Dragon, and immediately sent envoys to Wang Du, to see Frederie I, to explain that they had nothing to do with the bandits, to describe the brutality of the nobility of these territories in the Nasserley region, and to hope that Frederie I would restrain the nobility of these territories. As long as the Kingdom of Ovilas does not declare war, the Kingdom of Menbamak does not care about the coalition of nobles.

Only unexpected things have happened to the kings and ministers of the Kingdom of Menbamak, the envoys have yet to depart, and the border has received news of a massive invasion by the coalition of nobles. A standing army of the kingdom of Menbamak stationed at the border did not last even half a day and was killed by the enemy in the barracks. The enemy rested for only one night, and the next morning they stormed the Royal City of Doombamak, Socrason...

On 30 May, the Roman Musketeer Regiment, a standing field regiment in the Kingdom of Menbamak, fought heavily with the coalition of nobles for one day, and the entire army was destroyed. The panicked Menbamak VI and ministers discovered that the so-called coalition of nobles was not a coalition of nobles claimed by the Duke of Red Dragon, but a Legion of Thunder from the famous Overseas Autonomous Territory of the Kingdom of Ovilas. The thunderous army is less than a day away from Royal City of Socrasson...

On 2 June, the Legion of Thunder besieged the Royal City of Socrasen, and the Special Envoy of Menbamak VI condemned the undeclared battle of the Legion of Overseas Autonomous Territories against the Kingdom of Menbamak and demanded their immediate withdrawal from its territory. As a result, the Special Envoy received the answer that the current Legion of Thunder is part of the noble coalition, because the Duke of Red Dragon hired the Legion of Thunder to join the noble coalition, and the Kingdom of Menbamak accepted the declaration of war by the commander of the noble coalition, the Duke of Red Dragon, so it makes sense that the Legion of Thunder appeared beneath the Royal City of Socrason...

Moreover, the Overseas Autonomous Territories were neutral in this declared war between the Kingdom of Menbamak and the Allied Lords and did not mean hostility to the Kingdom of Menbamak. However, the Legion of Thunder accepted the employment of the Alliance of Nobles, so to do its part, it was to be hoped that Menbamak VI would understand. Just to remind you, the Legion of Thunder will attack the Imperial City in an hour, hoping that His Majesty will surrender sooner, so as not to be offended...

Upon his return, the Special Envoy reported the response of the Thunder Corps to Menbamac VI and the ministers, who were almost immediately exhaled and angry, who claimed to have fought the Thunder Corps to the death. Instead, the sober-minded minister believes that surrender as soon as possible. Neither the noble coalition nor the Legion of Thunder will poison everyone. When the Royal Court of the Kingdom of Ovilas is properly discerning it, Frederick I will not destroy the Kingdom of Menbamak if he wants to face it.

After all, there has always been no animosity or territorial dispute between the two kingdoms. The real reason for this incident is clear to everyone, and it should be blamed on the desire of Menbamak VI, not to greed the wealth sent by the Kingdom of Tucsics, to allow the Nasserly Kingdom and the Duchy of Kanas to operate on the border, which resulted in this catastrophe...

When nearly a hundred artillery guns from the Legion of Thunder fired nearly a thousand explosive shells at the city's head defense facilities in King Socrason, a white flag was raised on the city's head, the gate was opened, and the Kingdom of Dombamak surrendered to the Legion of Thunder, a mercenary force of the coalition of nobles. As the minister had expected, the Legion of Thunder did not allow Bamak VI and his ministers to carry their families and belongings, put them on nearly a hundred carriages to Wangdu, and sent a battalion of light cavalry to escort them to Wangdu.

Less than half a month ago, a kingdom was seized and news broke that the entire Farea continent was shocked. Even King heard of the defeat of the kingdom of Menbamak by the Allied aristocracy and thought it was a joke and a lie. Only when the newspaper written by the Duke of Red Dragon arrived at the Royal Court did Frederick I and Prime Minister Blankett realize that all the Legion of Thunder had done well...

None of the so-called Fugitive Army of the Kingdom of Nasserli and the Principality of Kanas, however, escaped, were besieged by the coalition of nobles in their barracks base, and then came a pot end, with most of the casualties, and the rest surrendered with their hands up and were taken prisoner. From the confessions of these prisoners, a detailed confession was obtained, indeed, that the Kingdom of Hicks was behind the haunts, sending a large quantity of jewellery and gold coins to Menbamak VI, asking him to agree to the activities of the so-called Fugitive Army in their kingdom's territory, to seek trouble exclusively from the nobles of the Nasserley territory and to grant them refuge.

The invasion of a kingdom so quickly is still largely a small part of the Menbamak kingdom, with only nine local counties in the country. After being struck by the Legion of Thunder, he placed high hopes on the main field standing army. Instead of blocking the attack of the Legion of Thunder, the Roman Musketeers was defeated by the whole army. The remaining Imperial City was a defensive army for the ceremonial battle, with little time and no capacity to resist the raids of the Legion of Thunder.

When the white flag was flying over King Socrasen City, Menbamak VI and the ministers of those kingdoms were all networked and sent to Wangdu, the remaining counties of the kingdom of Menbamak were simply unable to resist the sweep of the Legion of Thunder, all the places guarding the armed and territorial nobility, all the local officials were emptied, followed by organized robberies like flipping boxes.

When the Legion of Thunder took away their looted possessions, the alliance of the nobles of the Duke of Red Dragon and the Marquis of the Lion Vulture followed, and they wanted the craftsmen and young labor, as well as the tools of production, the livestock and so on, and almost all the useful goods of the counties of the Kingdom of Menbamak were removed. Believe that even if the kingdom of Menbamak is not doomed, when the kings and ministers return, you will see an empty sight...

Claude was somewhat unsatisfied, and the kingdom of Menbamak, where there had been no war for nearly a hundred years, had scratched less than seven million gold kroner in aggregate, and the country's small wealth, to say the least. Looks like we still have to put the hope of robbery on the Kingdom of the Hicks, believing that the vast and rugged Kingdom of the Hicks will not let itself down.

The kingdom of Breot, adjacent to the kingdom of Menbamak, has entered the preparatory phase for a national battle, and King Avettelli I has been sending envoys to the city of San Hiplian, King of the Kingdom of the Hicks, demanding that Machid III support arms and armaments in order to enable the kingdom of Breot to resist the undeclared battle of the Legion of Thunder.

As an accessory nation to the Kingdom of the Hicks, King McKid III of the Kingdom of the Hicks was overwhelmed by the self-proclaimed courage of the Kingdom of Breot, to whom Avettelli I wrote that the defeat of the Kingdom of Menbamak demonstrated the strength of the Legion of Thunder, the Overseas Autonomous Territory of the Kingdom of Ovilas. But the kingdom of Menbamak is on the plains, and the undeclared battle of the enemy is overwhelmed, which threatens to destroy the country.

Located in mountainous areas, the Breot kingdom is a mountainous country, and it is perfectly possible to build a perfect defensive front using its mountainous topographical advantages to ensure that enemies are exposed to a bloodshed. As an accessory nation to the Kingdom of Hicks, the four standing regiments of the Kingdom of Breot pledge to keep the enemy safe and out of sight as long as armaments, such as weapons and armaments, are in place.

Machid III then decided to provide substantial arms support to the Kingdom of Breot and sent a group of officers and technicians to the Kingdom of Breot to help them build a defensive front and monitor them in turn. In his reply, he assured Avettelli I that if war started, the Kingdom of Hicks would soon be able to send reinforcements to the Kingdom of Breot to help them defend themselves against the invasion by the forces of the Kingdom of Orvilas...