Although the composition of the Southern Allied Army in Avenella is the same as that of the Northern Army, they are all militias composed of Avenella's knight sergeants and farmers. But even without looking at the numerous noble coats of arms that are so complex that ordinary people cannot understand them, you can clearly detect the fundamental differences between the two armies.
Compared to the Northern Army, which was only focused on fighting for the future of Avenella, although its clothing and armor were exactly the same, they were extremely luxurious even during the march due to their hedonism and disdain for the civilians under their command. Composed of a group of southern aristocrats and civilians who were unwillingly recruited to die, the spirit of the entire Southern Allied Army was completely different from that of the Northern Army.
——It needs to be mentioned that the Northern Army’s attack on the captured supplies did not affect the nobles of the Southern Army in a real sense. This may seem incomprehensible if you think about it in the usual way, but if you apply the thoughts of these typical West Coast nobles, everything becomes natural to a certain extent.
Where did the lord's wealth come from? --people. And who will be hungry when the lord is short of supplies? Of course it will be the people.
Unlike the Northern Army, the Southern Allied Army did not have truly reliable logistics from the beginning. The improvised army was more like a large group of individuals than a complete army. They have no effective systematic distribution management. What the 80,000 to 90,000 militiamen eat today depends entirely on what they can find or what they carry with them. The soldiers' tableware is shared. If you want to eat, you must first spend a few dollars on your own. He spent hours searching for it in the Nela Forest and then cooked it by himself. Even the fire had to be carried by himself, and he had to collect firewood and light the fire by himself.
When the Northern Army was defeated and those supplies were captured, the happiest people were the lords and nobles. Only a handful of flatterers among the militia felt they could get a share of the pie, and what happened in the end was of course the same as before - - "Even you yourself belong to the lord, so what qualifications do you have to ask for the lord's things?" Such words deeply reflect the deep-rooted ideas in the minds of these nobles in the country's more closed-minded and conservative south. Therefore, when When the supplies were obtained, even though they were in large quantities and could be supplied to the entire army for more than a month, the lords kept them for themselves and were wary of their own militiamen, allowing only knights who were also nobles and trustworthy sergeants to guard them. This long, slow-moving series of "trophies."
It is almost a matter of course for nobles to eat alone when there are benefits. But on weekdays, the peasants, who could tolerate all this, looked at the nobles eating and drinking and enjoying themselves while they were starving. It was impossible not to accumulate resentment in their hearts. After the Northern Army captured the Southern Allied Forces and only sent noble cavalry to guard it, a huge and bloated long logistics team defended the empty gap and attacked, successfully seizing back many rations and burning the remaining supplies, the problem It really got out of hand.
How can the noble lords be hungry? When the scarred Otolo heavy infantry retreated from the depths of the Nela Forest to the corridor of the Nela Forest, what they saw was this scene - the lords and knights would know clearly. The losses caused by their own selfishness were all blamed on the militiamen's failure to warn those around them. However, the farmers in the south did not have any war experience and were hungry, and they were chaotic in commanding the militiamen. It was just a mess and huddled together without any real management. To be honest, even if the Northern Army militiamen, who were dressed similarly and all spoke a dialect of Avenella, walked towards them, no one would be able to notice them.
But they can still endure the blame and insults. There is a lack of food and the failure to transport it effectively from the rear. According to the thinking of the traditional aristocrats of Avenella, this price must ultimately be borne by the farmers. So the heavily armed knights and sergeants rushed into the militia array and asked them to hand over the dry rations they carried and the food they collected. They used the rations that several people could barely eat for several days to satisfy a noble master's sumptuous meal - - Even this was not enough. After plundering the food and dry food that the farmers had worked hard to collect, they still thought that these things were not exquisite and delicious enough. After just one taste, they poured pots and pots of food directly into the soil outside. on the ground.
"Even if I dump it, I won't give it back to you, bah." After some young and energetic farmers held an angry protest, a maid from the lord's house mocked with disdain. This was quite peaceful, but when this After the news was conveyed to the upper-level lords, they directly sent out heavily armed troops to arrest the mastermind of the trouble and a large group of people who were innocent and no one knew who just happened to get together at that time, and then beat them to death with sticks in public. Seriously injured to make the farmers understand the difference between each other.
"You are born to be ruled." - The traditional Avenella southern nobles who pursue this theory and do not understand that rights must be accompanied by obligations can make everything develop stably. In the north, Edward ignited the "people" After the ignition of "War", when the people began to stir up their hearts, they still did not realize how wrong their actions for two centuries were.
They are so used to all this.
Since birth, he has enjoyed superior rights as a matter of course. He has imposed his thoughts and desires on civilians, blocking their path to a better life. Not to mention, even the existing stable life has been destroyed by nobles from time to time. Broken - and the other party is not aware of this, thinking that this is nothing more normal under the sun.
The biggest difference between the southern aristocrats and the northern aristocrats is not their combat ability, experience, or wealth, but the definition of the concept of nobility in their minds and their thoughts about the future of this country.
But let's get back to where we are - the Confederate nobles may have been terrible things to farmers, but that didn't mean they were all complete idiots. After all, they are people who have received a Sivalier-style education. Even if some older nobles have no experience in large-scale wars, they have fought many small-scale battles. In addition, they have gained a grasp of people's hearts accumulated over the years. The movements of the army were noticed, and after losing supplies, they tried to obtain them from the surrounding southern villages and towns but were always shied away by various reasons. Even the leadership of the Southern Allied Forces, which was as slow as the Southern Allied Forces, also noticed that these local farmers had a relationship with Edward and the others. colluded facts.
—and their supreme leader, Ahibern II, who wore a helmet with a golden crown, reacted as a king of Avenella should.
He was extremely angry.
First, his favorite son, the next generation of King Avenella, betrayed him and the plan he had arranged. Then, he was inexplicably lost in two places in a row, which made him lose face. In the process, he had to He commanded the southern nobles who didn't really buy into his king's account because of their deep roots, and directed the militiamen who were always in chaos and got wrong orders to move forward and mediate the troubles in the army. A series of complicated and entangled matters have long since reached the limit of Ahiburn II's patience. Now he learned that the peasants who were clearly at the center of his power and should be obedient to his orders were being cheated. His anger reached its peak when he helped the rebels in the north.
"Unfilial heir! Unfilial heir! Unfilial heir!" All the anger was ultimately attributed to Edward. If he had not resisted with troops, none of this would have happened. His Majesty the King of Avenella turned red with anger. He directly opened the table in the entire conference room. The wooden chess pieces on it were scattered everywhere, and the three remaining Grand Dukes in the South except Duke Duran The old men named Duke Norier and Duke Dehart respectively stood beside them. The expression on the face of Grand Duke Dehart was a little helpless, while the expression on Grand Duke Norier's face was as dark as water, but there was a hint of anger in his narrowed eyes. The meaning of schadenfreude.
"Your Majesty, please calm down." A southern noble next to him said this, but Ashbern II's experience allowed him to understand that the other party was just talking politely. Except for Chester and several other small provinces that have always existed as royal territories, the Sulfaga family actually does not have many nobles in the south who sincerely support it. He turned around and glared at the person who spoke. , and the earl had no choice but to retreat angrily with his hot face against his cold butt.
The southern nobles with their own evil intentions are very much like their relatives in Sivalier. When they think of these people's various non-cooperation and excuses during this period, they don't take him as the king seriously at all. The second generation was even more angry. He thought about it, if Edward were in front of him at this moment, the king would definitely impose the harshest punishment he could think of on this unfilial son, but Edward was not here, and someone needed to bear the king's anger.
"Send the knights towards those villages to investigate who cooperates with the Northern Army. Anyone who cooperates will be killed without mercy!!" The words almost roared convicted the farmers who still had no idea about all this at this moment. , but as the lord of the area near the Nella Forest, Grand Duke Daihat is not willing to have such a massacre happen in his territory - he is a relatively sensible person among the Southern Allied Forces, and at least he understands that if the farmers blindly bully His words would definitely lead to resistance, but the opinion that Dazhong made openly to Ashbourne II at this moment made him directly hit the muzzle of the gun.
"Your Majesty, doing this will make us lose the support of the people! You are forcing them to side with the Northern Army." He has the gentlest temperament among the three southern Grand Dukes, and some people even privately mocked him as an old fool and a meek sheep. The Duke said this, but in the ears of the furious Ashberon II, his words became a mockery that he could not succeed, so the furious King of Avenella said word by word: "On behalf of Sir Hart, wouldn’t it be great if we completely defeat the Northern Army and regain control of this area, or do you think I can’t defeat that unfilial heir?”
"Do you have so little confidence in me? People's hearts? Do we need that kind of thing?"
"The nobles of Avenella are born nobles, and the people should be ruled. Only the people should consider the preferences of the nobles and cater to the nobles. As a noble, you are actually mentioning the absurd theory put forward by the unfilial heir. On behalf of Lord Hart, do you want to defect to the north?" Ashbern II's behavior was obviously to express his anger. All the nobles in the Southern Allied Forces Conference Room looked at the old and confused Duke as if they were watching a good show. All the firepower was used, but what they didn't realize was that Ashbern II also secretly observed their reactions.
The anger in his heart became more and more intense, and his hatred for these nobles Ashberon II, who acted independently and did not pay much attention to his instructions, was even more than that of Edward. On the other hand, he realized that the king at this moment was determined. Unable to listen to his own words, Archduke Dehat tried to explain by saying "No, I don't mean that, Your Majesty, I just--" and then stopped the next words and said " Alas—" He said, then turned around.
"Where do you want to go, Sir Daihat." His behavior was like adding fuel to the fire. Many of the faces of the southern nobles who were still watching the show became serious. They prayed for something to happen. Don't let it turn into the worst situation, but maybe you are really confused. Grand Duke Daihat turned his head and said righteously to Ashbern II.
"Your Majesty, this is my territory. I will not prevent your Majesty from exercising his power, but for murdering people, please get your hands dirty!" He said to Ashbern II: "The Duke of Dehat will not take action against his own people. The result of doing so can only be self-destruction. If His Majesty insists on doing this, then I will have no choice but to lead the troops and leave!"
"——" The expression of Duke Nourier, who was squinting next to him, changed. The other southern nobles who realized what was about to happen also turned pale, and the furious Ashbourne II was worried that no one was there. Come to vent for yourself, the old and foolish Archduke Daihat bumped into him.
"Come here, arrest Duke Dehat, in the name of rebellion——" Yaxi, who has always been extremely dissatisfied with these nobles in the south, and of course those who did not obey his orders, including Grand Duke Dehat Bourne II was in a rage again. He yelled out those four words angrily before others could dissuade him. Archduke Daihat, who still looked dull, was summoned by the royal family under such circumstances. The bodyguard grabbed him and pinned him to the ground.
"Executed on the spot!"
Blood splattered everywhere, and with the death of the Duke, the cavalry under his command were naturally included in the direct jurisdiction of Ashbern II. He directly ordered them to clear out the nearby villages with an edict. The instructions were clearly written in black and white. :
"Any adultery will not be left alive!"
Black smoke from the burning village rose across the land of Avenella.
And with their appearance, this war also entered a tragic situation that our Mr. Sage and Edward least wanted to see.
When His Highness the Prince learned that the villages that assisted them were burned and destroyed by the Confederate Allied Forces, and that all men, women, and children were killed, most of his blond hair turned gray almost overnight. This incident was like an approaching death knell, a warning. They must fight quickly to prevent Avenella from being severely damaged and unable to recover.
