On January 17, 1446 in the Holy Calendar, the Castel family declared war on the Bold family in the name of independence and the recovery of legal territory.
On January 18, the Bold family also declared war on Castel on the grounds of suppressing the rebellion and legally depriving them of their titles.
The Castres-Bold War officially breaks out.
At the same time, the third prince Philip also assured the Northland nobles as the Duke of Bold that this counter-rebellion was only aimed at the Castel family.
As long as the nobles of the North remain neutral, they can avoid the spread of war and retain their titles and territories.
Those who pledge allegiance to Bold will receive many preferential conditions, including a reduction in vassal contract taxes.
The Boulder-Violet coalition forces, which had reached the border between Violet and Castres, marched into the territory of Castres in a mighty manner after declaring war. They claimed to have an army of 50,000 and a standing reserve of 30,000.
At the same time, the principality's combined fleet, consisting of five heavy Carrick three-masted battleships, twelve brigs, and twenty-three galley battleships, totaling thirty-eight battleships loaded with stone cannons, It also sailed away from the northernmost port of Violet and sailed along the Xingyue Strait towards the North Port.
On land, after the coalition forces of the two principalities entered Castres, they were unstoppable.
Except for several Northland baron families, including the Valais family, who resisted for a while using their own castles as strongholds, the coalition encountered almost no other effective resistance along the way.
Wherever they went, the nobles of the North almost all declared neutrality or simply surrendered after seeing the mighty army.
However, the coalition forces of the two principalities did not stop at the villages, towns and castles they passed.
After leaving some soldiers and noble officers as temporary controllers to ensure the normal operation of the supply line, the main force continued to move north aggressively, heading straight for North Port, Castells' direct territory.
On the other hand, unlike the army, which was going unstoppable, Boulder-Violet's navy encountered some troubles.
After entering the Star-Moon Strait, the combined fleet was ambushed by the Castel fleet headed by the Roman-Fol family...
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Xingyue Strait, Zeen Island waters.
The roaring sound of artillery fire resounded across the sky, and dozens of warships were divided into two camps, swimming and firing in the north and south directions.
Waves of white smoke spread along the hull of the ship, and magic stone bullets were fired from the muzzle of the stone cannon on the side of the ship.
From time to time, you can see a faint light bursting out from above the battleship. It is the magic shield activated by the mage accompanying the ship.
However, the effect of magic shield is obviously limited.
After the initial battle exhausted their magic power, the fleets of both sides entered an undefended hot battle mode.
From time to time, it can be seen that after a series of bombardments, a battleship was hit by a powder magazine and ignited a fire, or its mast was directly smashed and lost mobility, or it was beaten into a sieve, and then continued to attack. Slowly sinking amid the roar.
"Full right rudder! Full right rudder!"
"The ammunition hand is loading! The other side is about to turn around!"
"Fire!"
On board the "Black Order", the flagship of the Romain-Fol family.
The first mate, who was a pirate, commanded the crew and barked orders to attack.
At the bow of the ship, the commander-in-chief of the fleet, Viscount Romain Faure, held a telescope and looked solemnly at the battle situation on the sea.
Roaring cannons sounded one after another, and from time to time, ships could be seen being destroyed and sunk in a series of gunfire, and the entire sea was gradually shrouded in the white smoke of gunpowder.
And if you look carefully, you will see that most of the sunk warships are flying flags from the Principality of Violet and the Principality of Bold.
It is different from the combined fleet of principalities with powerful firepower.
Although the Castel fleet has only a small number of ships, only three Carrick three-masted battleships and eighteen galleys, they are far superior in speed and flexibility because they incorporate a lot of elven shipbuilding technology. Higher than the combined fleets of the two principalities.
The gunfire of the principality's warships often missed, but as long as Castor's fleet seized the opportunity, it could always cause damage to the combined fleet.
However, although his own fleet had achieved more fruitful results, Viscount Romain Foul's face was extremely serious.
"Captain! The Hyacinth has been sunk! The White Oak and the Purple Cuckoo have sent signals, and the ammunition is almost running out!"
The ship's flag bearer shouted at him.
After hearing what the other party said, the old Viscount sighed secretly.
Although the Castel fleet was known for its fast speed and flexibility, it was ultimately too small in number and had limited ammunition.
Although the fleet of the Romain-Fol family is strong, they are pirates and are not suitable for such head-to-head naval battles.
In the final analysis, Castres is a county after all. It has no demand in the past and has never built a large-scale regular naval fleet.
Facing the combined fleets of the two principalities, this ambush was impossible to win.
"Send semaphores to all warships to retreat."
After glancing at the direction of the combined fleet, the old viscount finally gave the order.
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The ambush on the sea lasted only half a day.
After sinking a Carrick three-masted battleship, two brigs and three galley battleships of the Principality's combined fleet, and paying the price of sinking four galley battleships, the fleet led by the Romain-For family arrived in time Break away from the battle and retreat in the direction of Beigang relying on their speed advantage.
The combined fleet, whose strength had not been severely damaged, also continued to move forward, also heading in the direction of North Port.
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Northport, Earls Court.
In the chamber where a meeting of territorial nobles was convened.
News of the naval battle has not yet been reported back, but news of the battle on the road has reached Beigang one after another.
Charlotte, who led the main force of the army back to North Port, fell into deep thought while looking at the battle reports sent from the south.
In the hall, the nobles who participated in the counter-rebellion had already exploded.
"Shame! This is the shame of the North! Lord Earl, these southern nobles are so stupid. They still believe the promises made by people like the third prince. It is simply self-destruction!"
A Northland noble waved his fist and said angrily.
"Your Excellency, your family territory is in the central part of the country. The war has not burned your family territory. You can naturally say it easily. Bold and Violet have sent a total of 50,000 troops, with 30,000 standing troops. With such a powerful army, you can let the south How can each family resist?"
A noble whose home was obviously in the south retorted.
"Even if you can't resist, won't you evacuate temporarily? Why surrender?"
"Evacuate? Do you mean to ask our family to give up its territory and people?"
"Didn't this also happen during the Star-Moon War? At that time, there were even many nobles fighting to the last moment for the kingdom. Why did you go back as long as you lived?"
"Am I not fighting for Castel now? My family is far away in the south. I don't know what happened there. I will deal with the traitors after the war is over, but now, shouldn't we discuss how to do it? Can we defeat the enemy?"
In the hall, the nobles were noisy and noisy, it looked like a vegetable market.
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