Of course, regarding the chaos in the Northern Netherlands, the New Kingdom army was initially invited by the local princes to enter on the pretext of mediating the war and restoring order. But now that he has been excommunicated by the Holy See of Rome, he has been declared a heinous heretic, the incarnation of the devil crawling out of hell.
Although it will not be possible to go directly to the city of Rome for a while and invite the Holy See to come over for a good Bible analysis and exorcism; but it does not prevent the Royal Army from taking the name of the Holy See/Universal Church in the next time. The three major bishop states located in the Netherlands operated under the subordinate authority.
So just three days later, Roermont, the capital of the Diocese of Gelderland and a city with a population of 80,000, was surrounded by a sea of smiling golden sun flags and blue-shirted soldiers; and tsunamis erupted from time to time. The sound trembled and trembled, like a crumbling island.
In fact, when the First Legion entered the Bishopric of Lower Gelderland/Country, Generaliti, as a member of the "Three Bishops' Alliance", and the Bishopric of Lower Gelderland and Utrecht were still further away. The Friesland princes, who were at war far away, all sent diplomatic envoys to negotiate.
However, the New Kingdom Army, which intervened relatively strongly, had different demands. Therefore, two days later, in the city of Breda on the border between the Bishopric of Udairecht and the Bishopric of Generaliti, the First Army encountered the allied forces of the Bishopric that had returned in a hurry and a multi-party battle broke out.
The First Legion, which had an overall advantage in terms of the number of soldiers, equipment, training and morale, almost overwhelmingly defeated the allied forces of the Patriarchate that rushed back; while the fanaticism and sacrifice inspired by religious beliefs were strengthened by muskets, cannons and There are no miracles in front of the grenade.
As the power of steel and gunpowder completely tore and destroyed the part of the body that was always shouting the name of God and the Holy See, the most crazy and desperate part of the body, the remaining soldiers of the Theocracy were forced to quickly The situation "cooled down" and turned into a full-blown chaos.
The only possible consolation highlight and episode are the hundreds of knights from the three bishoprics; at the last moment when the coalition army was in disarray, they inspired the power of their blood in order to protect their patriarchs, facing the cannons and muskets, A desperate charge without hesitation.
Therefore, after defeating half of the members one after another, Jiang Tian could not help but be moved and ordered to stop the artillery bombardment; instead, he dispatched the special attack knights and vanguard knights of the New Kingdom Army, bringing capture equipment and equipment, and tried to capture the remaining soldiers as much as possible. All the knights below may be captured.
Because, based on the experience of conquest and transformation in the kingdom, most of the knights trained by this local church from childhood are undoubtedly hard-headed devout people and fanatical believers. But once someone refutes it with doctrines and principles, it is easy to turn into a firm and fearless loyalist to the kingdom.
As the Battle of Breda came to an end quickly, the chaotic Northern Netherlands also regained its long-lost peace. But under this general peace, it was accompanied by a series of liquidations and inspections, as well as territorial divisions, replacements and annexations, forming a new order led by the kingdom.
As the losers, the three bishop states also had different fates. Bishop Gelderland, who lost his territory and army, fled the battlefield and went into exile directly. The Bishop of Udairecht, who resisted the most resolutely, returned to his territory and tried to gather a crowd to fight again, but died unexpectedly.
Bishop Generaliti, whose territory remained relatively intact, suddenly announced the surrender of Kaicheng after escaping back to Hertogenbosch, the capital of the territory, and accepted any treatment from the royal army. Therefore, the Generalitti Patriarchate was also preserved and became a vassal of the kingdom at a certain cost.
Even after the current Bishop Generalitti announced his abdication and entered the local monastery, the New Kingdom Army then selected a respected elder from a monastery among the clergy of the local church and monastery to replace Generalitti. Duties and Authority of the Bishop.
But then, the other two bishoprics did not have such "good luck". After Bishop Gelderland went into exile, the upper echelons of the church in his territory were almost collectively exiled by the kingdom. Instead, the joint meeting of the kingdom's bishops elected a new bishop and led his team to take over.
As for the Bishopric of Utrecht, which had the most resistance and turmoil in the end, the five cities bordering the County of Friesland were divided into a viscounty; and Sofonte, the younger brother of Dutch, the current Count of Friesland , and together they swore to become vassals and vassals of the kingdom.
According to the Brussels Treaty signed between the Royal Government and the Dutch princes in the Principality of Brabant, the Kingdom of Zealand will uniformly carry out long-term garrisoning, construction of forts, declaration of war, and armed passage in the territories of these vassals/senior vassals. A range of military and diplomatic powers.
It also has the right to operate free trade, mining and construction workshops in the above-mentioned areas without tariffs; to build roads, establish inns and post offices, and have convenient transportation and communication; and the priority of some judicial trials, mainly for major rebellions and aliens. Related pieces.
The remaining territory of the Bishopric of Utrecht is designated as the Northern Special Military District/Province of the Kingdom of Zealand; it consists of many redemption companies that follow the First Army, as well as young supplementary companies from the Netherlands recruited along the way. and a joint regiment composed of part of the African cavalry.
The daily mission of this joint corps stationed in the northern special province is to, with the cooperation and collaboration of the Dutch princes, clean up all kinds of deformed beasts and aliens that roam the wilds in various places; and even form a crusade to destroy and eradicate today's There are endless anomalies in the Northland.
And in this process of transformation and construction of a new order. Many Dutch nobles, vassals, vassals, and knights who followed the New Kingdom Army also received corresponding titles, titles, territories, fiefs, annuities, and other rewards, and were further bound to the chariot.
With the complete collapse of the Three Bishops' Alliance, and a group of northern Netherlands princes led by the County of Friesland, they also joined the ranks of the kingdom's vassals (states) and vassals (territories); Sealand has experienced hardship and turmoil The kingdom also expanded its territory and authority again many years later.
Next, Jiang Tian took the newly victorious division with high morale, as well as the large military expenditures donated by the princes of the Northern Netherlands, and the relatively sufficient supplies collected and purchased locally; he turned his final attention to the only Ned who was still in the war. In the coastal area of Holland, there are four lowland princes led by the Netherlands.
This time, he even received news that the armies of the three counties of Holland, Zeeland and Flanders were once again defeated in the battle against the British invaders and asked for help. In the defense battle of Antwerp that just broke out, the coalition forces of the princes were defeated separately by the British.
Of course, compared with those in the interior of the Netherlands, most of the territory is cold and barren or covered with mountains and hills, and the so-called highland princes can only rely on mining and logging as their economic pillars; the coastal/lowland princes headed by the Dutch Counties have the ability to Quite a strong commercial atmosphere and characteristics.
Because it is located in the golden waterway between the sea and the land, it is also the North Sea and the Baltic Sea, and it flows into the Atlantic coast and even the traditional ocean currents/robbery routes/trade lines around the Mediterranean; therefore, there is a constant flow of merchants, pirates, and northern plunderers. became the initial foundation.
The origin of the name Holland originally meant "a land of dense forests". Therefore, most of the history of the lowland princes was basically a long process of carving out ports, cities and villages from patches of seaside forests, tidal flats, salt marshes and sandbanks through dike projects.
As the first Dutch Earl, he was also known as the last Viking hundreds of years ago; during the chivalry war between the Silver People (Serlis merchants) and the Holy Kingdom, many parties that re-established the Roman Empire took turns to kill and kill him. Under the crusade, the leader Dirk finally converted to God in order to protect himself.
In the end, some of the Vikings who were forced into desperation and were unwilling to surrender and convert concentrated on plundering ships of all sizes along the coast. Like a tragic epic story, they lit up the drinking halls in all the settlements and sang The ancient songs disappeared into the vast Atlantic Ocean.
The other part of the Vikings fled along the inland waterways opened by their ancestors in history to the Cuman grassland, which was difficult for the countries of the Western Continent to pursue, and eventually merged with the local Slavic indigenous people who were enslaved by the Khazar Khanate. From this, the biggest internal trouble called the Ross tribe was born.
Vikings have completely become a historical term.
And Dilke led the only remaining Viking longship group on the mainland to establish the famous Egmont Monastery in this estuary full of swamps and sandbars and took root for generations. As a bridgehead against invasion, it also became the ancestral home for many lowland princes and their vassal families.
Of course, after peace gradually returned to most parts of the Western Continent, the raiders who ravaged the north gradually receded and transformed into settled tribes/barbarian countries along the Baltic and North Sea coasts. Commercial activities and trade routes on land and sea inevitably became active and prosperous.
As the only remaining descendants of the Vikings on the Western Continent, the lowland princes also quickly forgot the bravery and bloodiness of their ancestors, as well as the piety of their initial conversion to the church, and completed the transformation of their true nature as merchants. This also resulted in the lowland princes' armies inherited from past dynasties being somewhat difficult to describe.
In other words, they have a large and outstanding fleet and sailors, as well as maritime armed forces and river guards that dare to compete with the British Isles or the Norman tribes in the north. But what followed was a highly biased defense force in city-states and towns.
Among them, there are some that are similar to knights' fiefs, with a small but elite armed force of territorial vassals; there are also some weird ones that simply contract out the security and defense tasks of the city to several mercenary groups in turn. This kind of "flexible" system can certainly cope with most situations in daily life.
However, when encountering more powerful and durable enemies, it becomes somewhat inefficient, bloated and slow. It is said that the Counties of Flanders, which has a larger proportion of traditional vassal territory, and the Netherlands and Zeeland, where merchant groups and guilds are stronger, have not even been fully mobilized.
As for the lowland lords, there is another Awatu lordship that has been related to the former royal family for generations. It has simply stayed away from the three lords for a long time; just because the internal opinions of the Zeeland lordship are not unified, some people Refusing to allow Avatu's troops to pass through their territory.
In comparison, those British invaders seemed much more stoic and tough. As an unexpected foreign force, they have persisted in the unfamiliar lands of the Netherlands lowlands/coasts for more than three years, repeatedly defeating the lowland princes and even threatening the capital several times.
