Lord Harland

After the territory was divided, Richard began to take over the governance of the Dukedom of Ricks.

After the war, the Dukedom of Rex was still in quite a state of chaos. Some broken troops from the east coast were still running around in the territory, participating in plunder. The Grant noble coalition commanded by Duke Allen also kidnapped and robbed people everywhere in the Dukedom of Ricks.

After the discussion in the Parliament of Nobles, Grant's coalition of nobles disbanded. The great nobles brought their vassals back with their harvests.

Richard's direct military strength was 65,000, including 20,000 regular troops, 12,000 vassal and noble coalition forces under his command, and more than 30,000 surrendered troops.

In this war, Haaland led the army and did not experience a bitter battle. Relying on the advantages of magic crystal cannon and other equipment, it is very easy to win.

However, with the victory of this war, the magic crystal cannon has become famous all over the world, appearing in front of the nobles of several nearby countries. As long as magic civilization develops to a certain level, it is not too difficult to make a magic crystal cannon.

As long as you are willing to invest in the magic alloy formula, it is not too difficult to conquer this technology. In fact, most of the dozen or so magic alloys mastered by Harland can be used to cast magic crystal cannons. On the contrary, the art of casting cannons takes a long time to master.

As long as the magic civilization passes the level, it doesn't take long to master the launch runes.

Harland's greatest advantage is the alchemy bomb.

Harland has been manufacturing alchemy bombs for more than 20 years and has established an advanced production line. The alchemy bombs produced are not only low-cost, but have now moved away from manual workshop production and developed towards industrialization and large-scale development.

In addition, it is also difficult to master artillery technology. It requires a high level of mathematics and proficiency in parabolic calculations, which is considered a high threshold. With underdeveloped education, it will be very difficult to build excellent artillery.

In a short period of time, the surrounding kingdoms could not catch up with the development of Harland Territory. On the contrary, the Holy Glory Empire relies on its huge size and can find a large number of talents to form an artillery force. It should not take too long.

Richard repatriated the coalition of nobles, and then based on the Second Army, he incorporated 20,000 captive soldiers to reorganize the Ninth Army. This newly formed army, together with the Second Army, became the garrison of the Dukedom of Rex.

In this war, Haaland took the lead and captured more than 100,000 enemy troops. In the previous battles, Richard carefully selected 30,000 prisoners of war to serve as auxiliary troops. This auxiliary force was carefully selected from prisoners on the east coast. In fact, its quality was not inferior. After being incorporated into Harland's officers and equipped with new weapons, it performed very well and played an important role in the battle. In the later siege battles, the auxiliary soldiers performed even more feats.

Now, 20,000 auxiliary soldiers have been integrated into the main force, and the remaining 10,000 have been converted into the Duke of Rikers security force.

Incorporating 30,000 captive soldiers who speak different languages ​​and have different beliefs will not affect Harland's leadership in fighting.

The Harland Territory is a new territory with a history of less than thirty years. Although the total local population has increased to more than 14 million, in fact, more than half are not natives of Northern Xinjiang. The population from the Delong Kingdom is about five million, and the population from the east coast is also 27.8 million.

The entry of 27.8 million people from the east coast into the Harland Territory will inevitably affect the culture and language of the Harland Territory. Zooming into the army, there are also a large number of soldiers and officers who can communicate with prisoners without barriers.

Based on these officers and soldiers from the east coast, it is not too troublesome to command 30,000 auxiliary troops.

Because there are a large number of East Coasters in the army, it is relatively easy for the captured soldiers to integrate into Haaland's army.

After the war, the fifth and sixth legions returned to the Harland Territory. The garrison in Earl Philip was reduced to one main legion, plus 20,000 auxiliary troops, for a total strength of 40,000.

Although Harland now has 250,000 troops, it is actually facing a four-front battle.

The first is the Red Moon Plane. The Seventh and Eighth Legions were newly established last year. Half of the soldiers in these two legions are from the Dawn Plane. They are all the elite backbones of the Harland Territory. The new recruits from the Red Moon Plane have also passed through. After two or three years of training, the combat effectiveness has been very impressive.

Then there is the Earldom of Philip, which is located in the southwest of the Kingdom of Grant and is on the front line bordering the Kingdom of Lane. After many wars, the territory has expanded to 46,000 square kilometers, with a population of more than 1.6 million. Because Earl Philip is the focus of the Lion Kingdom's attack, Harland Territory has been heavily garrisoned here, with a total of 40,000 troops.

The Dukedom of Ricks is the new territory assigned this time. This territory is vast, with a total area of ​​280,000 square kilometers. Although there is no detailed statistics on the population, it is roughly 12 million. In order to effectively control this territory, Richard established the Ninth Legion.

The Dukedom of Ricks currently has a total of 50,000 troops stationed in the area, consisting of the second and ninth regular regiments, plus 10,000 security forces. According to long-term planning, Richard plans to expand the Duke of Ricks' security force, city defense force and other auxiliary troops to 20,000. However, Richard will no longer select from the prisoners for the remaining quota, nor will he recruit Duke Rex's troops.

Among the garrison of the Dukedom of Rex, there are 30,000 captive soldiers from the east coast. If these people were gathered into a group, it would be very troublesome to deal with them.

Of the 16,000 new recruits trained locally this year, Richard plans to transfer 5,000 to the Duke of Rex by the end of the year. After a few years, the auxiliary quota of the Duke of Rex will be fully replenished, and then through internal transfers , diluting the number of captives on the east coast and breaking up the hidden danger of clumping together on the hilltop.

The Harland Territory has the first, third, fifth and sixth legions, 30,000 auxiliary troops, 7,000 navy troops, 3,000 gryphon knights, bipedal dragon knights, magician support brigades and other special units. The total strength is roughly 120,000.

In addition, there are new recruits training in four recruit camps. When the new recruits enter the camp at the end of the year, the number of people led by Haaland will increase by 16,000.

Although the number of troops continued to expand, the four-front battle still scattered Haaland's forces. However, the external situation is difficult to change for a while, and Richard can only hope to change this situation through the development of the territory.

Richard also wanted to gather the territories together and did not even have the intention to enter the red moon plane. However, the external situation forced him to divide his troops and enter the red moon plane. The exchange of the three territories could not be completed in a short time.

After the war stopped, two months passed in a flash, and almost in the blink of an eye, it was already the autumn harvest season.

In the past two months, Richard has been in the Dukedom of Fox, busy straightening out relationships, placing officials, and personally leading troops to suppress several rebellions.

After the capture of Kanas Castle, the soldiers commanded by Duke Allen entered the city and looted the city. The old nobles on the east coast suffered heavy casualties, and most of those who stayed in Venus were killed or injured. Only a few nobles who had defected to Harland's territory early were spared.

But the surviving Earl of Beleni also lost his territory. These landless nobles who were on the right side were basically demoted by Richard, and their territory was adjusted to the border to keep company with Duke Fox's son.

As losers in the national competition, it was not easy for them to retain their status as hereditary nobility, and there was not much resistance to adjustment. As for the nobles whose team failed, they were all defeated by the Grant Kingdom.

Nobles who lost their fiefdoms and honors were all risks of instability. In particular, the five major ducal families on the east coast were unwilling to accept the fate of losers. They secretly challenged the Harland Territory many times. They assassinated officials, created turmoil, provoked rebellion, and fought with the Harland Territory garrison for more than two months. Security war.

Faced with this endless security war, Richard was not panicked. On the one hand, he ordered a severe suppression of the rebellion, and the key members must be killed. On the other hand, he strengthened immigration and adopted a strategy of removing fuel from the bottom to move part of the population in the troubled areas to the north.

In less than two months after the war, the Harland Territory transferred hundreds of thousands of people to the mainland.

Under the protection of the magic fleet, the east coast baggage ships captured from Silver Moon Island were also put into operation, serving as transport ships for migrating populations.

The distance from Kanas Castle to Xinghui Castle is about 2,800 kilometers. It is very far by land, but it only takes six or seven days by sea. Now railway technology has just begun to develop. The speed of steam trains is about twenty kilometers per hour. Magic ships and steam ships can travel faster than railways on the sea most of the time.

Since the capture of Kanas Castle, this maritime transportation line has become prosperous.

The fleet commanded by Sutton was also divided into two. Two magic ships and three steam ships headed south to Hawkins Castle to continue to replenish the backbone of the Red Moon Plane and transport various resources. Most of the remaining fleet sailed upstream along the Maya River and docked at Kanas Castle.

After picking up the population, the fleet turned around and headed north, traveling for four days to reach Silver Moon Island, then rested for one day on Silver Moon Island, and continued sailing for two days into the coastal area of ​​Harland Territory.

By drawing blood from the Duke of Rex, you can quickly promote the development of the east coast province.

In just two months, the population of the East Coast Province increased by 380,000, almost achieving leapfrog development.

Fortunately, the Harland Territory Railway has been built to the east coast province, and it is only 80 kilometers away from Xinghui Castle, which can easily mobilize resources in the territory.

One train could transport 200 tons of grain in one day, enough to feed a thousand indentured servants for a year. Coupled with the help of water transportation, nearly 400,000 immigrants can be settled in the East Coast Province.

As time went by, snow crystal fish began to return to spawn in August, and shipping on the Heihe River was forced to stop, and immigrant transportation lines were interrupted.

A combination of repression and immigration suppressed the rebellion in the Dukedom of Rex.

In this kingdom on the east coast, the power of the great nobles is relatively dispersed, and the strength of the five major duke families is far behind that of the Harland family. Although it stirred up some local turmoil, it did not have enough power to overthrow the rule of the Haaland family. Even facing Richard's 50,000 garrison, there was no means of direct confrontation.

If a professional from the five major families is promoted to a legendary mage, I am afraid that like the Venus family, it will cause a lot of trouble for the Harland leader.

After capturing Kanas Castle, Harland took control of the East Coast Magic Academy.

Although the United Kingdom of the East Coast has been destroyed, the development of magic power in this country is very average. Because of the failure of the war, many middle and low-level magicians were killed and injured on the east coast. High-level magicians either hid in the dark or fled to the Holy Radiance Empire, and the Southwest Magic Kingdom developed. But the magical population on the east coast still exceeds 10,000. The number of official magicians has reached 1,600, which is still higher than that of Grant Kingdom.

Leader Harland annihilated heavy military groups on the east coast several times during the war. After conquering Kanas Castle, he took control of the Magic Academy and captured nearly 6,800 magic apprentices and 900 official mages.

After this war is over, the Mage Association will usher in leaps and bounds of development.

It's a pity that the members of the East Coast Magic Academy all have noble blood. Because of the war, many families lost their noble titles and had grudges with Harland.

To successfully recruit these people will require careful work and a long time.

In the past two months, the Harland Mage Association has been registering files to identify the identities of these magicians and magic apprentices. All core members of the nobility who cannot resolve their hatred with the Harland leader will basically be eradicated to eliminate hidden dangers.

Richard would tolerate members of small and medium-sized aristocrats and branches of large aristocrats. They were asked to sign a ten-year service contract. As long as there was no open rebellion, Lord Harland would not continue to cause trouble for their family.

On the contrary, Lord Harland will also support the disgraced nobles on the east coast to form mercenary groups and develop towards the northern region of Priland.

In the past two years, many people have been knighted in the northern area of ​​Pulilan. Many mercenary captains who were of average strength in the early days were finally successfully knighted after seven years of accumulation.

Several stronger barons obtained the second territory. Rand Belayni, the most powerful one, has achieved great achievements and is not far away from being promoted to Viscount.

As of September 3280 in the Dawn Calendar, a total of 21 people in the Pulilan area had been promoted to hereditary barons. The total strength of the aristocratic coalition in this area reached 10,000. The number of mercenaries active in the Puliland area is several times that of the noble coalition, with a total number exceeding 50,000. Coupled with the regular regiments stationed in Puliland, the density of troops stationed in this area is extremely high. Even the living space of the kobold tribe is severely squeezed, and they can only be forced to develop to the west of Puliland.

September is the autumn harvest season. This year, during the spring plowing, a war broke out. It's just that the Dukedom of Rex, as the rear area on the east coast, did not experience war during spring plowing.

After the spring plowing, the war spread to the south, affecting food production. Before the autumn harvest, there was already a certain degree of food shortage. Relying on the support of 300,000 tons of grain from the Harland Territory, the country managed to overcome the difficulties.

Fortunately, the Dukedom of Rex is close to the coast, and the Harland Territory also has a powerful naval fleet and has captured a large number of transport ships, which can transport large quantities of resources by sea. Otherwise, even if the Harland Territory has food, there will be no way to maintain nearly 3,000 kilometers of transportation lines to transport large amounts of food to the south.

Without the 300,000 tons of grain supported by the Harland Territory, there would be no harvest before the autumn harvest, and a large number of people would inevitably starve to death. This would not only affect the prestige of the Harland Territory's rule, but also affect economic development.

After all, population is the most important resource of a territory, and it takes twenty years to raise one person.