The Count’s Youngest Son Is A Player - Chapter 151

Episode 151

No matter how much it was a territorial war, it was still a war. A real war where each lord fights with his own troops.

Whether you win or lose, it was natural that the kingdom’s national power would decline, and in some cases, political chaos could occur.

But in this chaotic time, all territory wars were approved?

‘I can see what they’re planning.’

Due to this Gate incident, the royal family’s control over the country was being questioned.

Aside from the fact that the royal palace was directly attacked and set on fire, the damage to the Royal Knights and Guards was severe.

And the situation where the last shield of the royal family called Cardenas was lost.

What should be done to regain leadership in a situation where the royal family’s power has declined?

The simplest way is to lower the power of the nobles.

Territory warfare is the easiest way to do that.

There was no reason for the royal family to object to the idea that noble families would undermine each other’s power.

But Raoul clicked his tongue inwardly.

‘3 Prince You made a foolish choice.’

If you think about it simply, it may be a correct idea, but the reality is different from the theory.

If all the Yeongjijeon applications for Jung-gu heating are approved, will the royal family be able to control it?

Until now, when a moderate amount of fighting was fought and a winner was determined, the territorial war ended with the loser paying compensation or transferring the interest through the mediation of a royal witness.

But what if you don’t accept the intervention of a royal witness?

What if the winner completely swallows the loser’s territory?

This rarely happened when the royal family was very powerful, but does the royal family have any power left to control local lords now?

‘I don’t know who it was, but they laid it out very well.’

A family that claimed to be close to the three princes must have created this situation.

There was a high probability that it was from a prestigious or powerful family.

They may have applied for a territory war directly or through their subordinate lords, and may be planning to use this opportunity to secretly expand their territory.

And on the other hand, it could have been a ploy to keep Raoul and the Ashton family in check.

Since he accepted all the territory wars anyway, the fact that six barons attacked Raoul at the same time will be buried.

‘Is this the karma and misfortune that the system warned me about?’

On the surface, it appears that six baronies are surrounding Raoul’s four scattered territories.

Moreover, since the application for a territorial war was approved at the same time, he might have to go to war with six baronies at once.

In some ways, Raoul was in a desperate situation.

“Kkkkk fuhahaha!”

I laughed coolly.

‘Is it possible for things to work out like this?’

Raoul barely stopped bursting out laughing and asked Kane.

“what do you think about it?”

“Well, it was a good try, but they are idiots. “I don’t know who was behind it, but they did something I was very thankful for.”

“That’s right. “It would have been a shame if I had just jumped at it as if I was looking at it sparingly.”

Despite having to deal with six baronies at the same time, Raoul and Kane’s faces were full of composure.

“Convene a strategy meeting and proceed with Plan A. “We will issue an official notice to each guild branch and switch to an exhibition system.”

“Yes Master.”

After Kane left, Raoul went out to the terrace and looked at the estate and smiled.

‘As expected, letting Viscount Jayden go was the right answer.’

If Viscount Jayden had wiped out his forces when he came, this territory war would not have been successful.

Even if they had a background other than that of Viscount Jayden, they wouldn’t have been fools to mess with Raoul’s domain with the Count Ashton on their backs.

The reason they attacked without fear was because the knights and troops of the Earl of Ashton were in a standoff with Viscount Jayden’s side.

Raoul, who does not receive support from his family, may have thought it was no big deal.

‘If you don’t know, you should be right.’

They didn’t really know who they had touched.

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_ Hoping to open it…

Raoul threw the lengthy scroll he had written on the conference room table.

Jake picked it up, read it, and shook his head.

There were five more scrolls rolling around on the table, the only difference being the writing style, but the content was almost the same.

“They really have thick faces. “You’re giving this reason because you don’t have an excuse…”

The basis for the territory war they put forward.

That was the unreasonable claim of the existing lords.

When the Gate incident occurred, the lords who could not protect their territory on their own fled to the capital with only their families and a few vassals.

Naturally, the territory was in shambles and the castle was in a bleak state, either collapsed or on the verge of collapse.

Raoul purchased the territory from those lords and personally led his troops to subdue the monsters and take over the territory.

The newly acquired territory was Frannois Louisin Terne, and he owned a total of four territories, including the Calypse estate, which was granted to him as his share from the count’s family.

However, the restoration is now nearing completion after regaining the castle, uniting the scattered residents, and receiving immigrants, but the existing feudal lords raised objections.

It is said that they were deceived by Raoul and their territory was taken away at a low price.

Then they say they will return the money and ask for their territory back. Does that make sense?

The transaction has already been completed through legal procedures and royal approval has been received, but now they are making an unreasonable claim that the transaction is invalid. Who would accept this?

And the surrounding baronies waged a territorial war, claiming that the claims of the existing lords were correct.

“It’s so outrageous. Among the lords who lost their territory due to this Gate incident, the only ones who handed over their territory for a proper price were those who made a deal with us, right? “There are people who were kicked out without even receiving a single penny, so you are committing such an ungrateful act!”

Bernard, who was in charge of the transaction directly, seemed to be so excited that he spoke in an unusually aggressive tone than usual.

“The royal family’s attitude is also a problem. They clearly notarized the transaction, and now that they don’t know who is right, they are going to go to Yeongjijeon and decide right and wrong? “Isn’t this like tarnishing the royal family’s own face?”

Philip expressed his dissatisfaction as if he did not understand the royal family’s attitude.

No matter how chaotic the royal family’s situation is, if they cannot find their center, who will believe in the royal family and move forward?

“This won’t be a big threat to us anyway, but the future is a problem. No matter how justified we are and how many procedures we follow, what good is it if we carry out administration in such a reckless manner? “Maybe the royal family is trying to vote for us.”

Even Pierce, who usually didn’t say much, expressed his dissatisfaction, showing how absurd this situation was.

For a while, the conference room was noisy with the words of executives expressing their dissatisfaction with the territory war and their distrust of the royal family.

“stop.”

Raoul calmed down the crowd as if enough was enough.

“It happened anyway. There is no need to discuss the process anymore. We will discuss future issues again after handling this matter first. “Please brief me on Kane’s battle situation.”

“Yes Master.”

Kane went up to the podium and reported the situation by displaying relevant information on the magic screen.

“Currently, there are a total of nine families that have declared war on us. In addition to the existing lord, Baron Frannois Terne Louisine, Baron Brox Josef Allen Jaier Dawson Brennan has joined. And…”

A map appeared on the screen.

The approximate number of families and troops stationed in the surrounding baronies around Raoul’s four fiefdoms was displayed.

The total number of troops from the 9 families is approximately 25,000. The number of knights was estimated to be approximately 250.

In contrast, Raoul’s troops consisted of 2,000 Calypses, 1,500 Bates, 1,500 Frannois, and 1,500 Louisins. A

total of 6,500 landed soldiers and 5,000 mercenaries totaled about 11,500.

Of course, including the 3,000 elite cavalrymen of the guild directly under Raoul and the troops deployed to each branch, the number would exceed 15,000, but that was the number of troops known to the outside world.

In conclusion, they had an overwhelming numerical superiority with more than twice the number of troops and twice the number of knights.

In addition, since the battlefield was spread out over four locations, it was the Baron Alliance that had the advantage.

However, the executives present in the conference room did not seem to think so at all.

“It looks like they really underestimated us, attacking us with only that many troops.”

Jake snorted and Philip caught up.

“Well, it won’t be easy to closely examine the situation of our territory at the level of a baron.”

Although the number of troops is important, it is their skills that ultimately determine the outcome of a battle.

“Kane, out of the 25,000, how many do you think are regular soldiers?”

“Not even 5,000. “There are less than 2,000 mercenaries.”

In the end, about 18,000 people were conscripts. And that was the typical troop formation size of this era.

In the first place, maintaining regular soldiers (regular soldiers) costs a lot of money.

In a situation where there was no special enemy, regular soldiers were like decorations with little productivity.

Therefore, it was natural for lords to maintain a minimum number of regular soldiers to maintain public order and authority.

Although the number of regular soldiers was increased due to the Gate incident, there was a limit to the number of troops the Baron could maintain.

The result was a clumsy corps made up of a small number of regular soldiers and conscripts.

On the other hand, what is Raoul’s military like?

They were the elite of the elite who had constantly gained practical experience fighting monsters after the Gate incident.

He had already undergone intensive training and practical combat experience for over 6 months, and was wearing expensive weapons and armor, so his level was different from that of an ordinary baron’s retinue soldier.

In addition, the 5,000 mercenaries were D-class or higher elites carefully selected by Raoul, so it was not strange at all for the executives to be confident of victory.

“They designated separate battlefields for each of the six territory wars. And it has been suggested that we have a battle on the battlefield on May 20th. What should we do?”

They have proposed, in a cruel way, to wage a territorial war on six dispersed battlefields on the same day and at the same time.

It was a shallow move to achieve a landslide victory by dispersing the forces of this side, even though they were already ahead in numbers.

‘Otherwise, it means that it doesn’t matter if we only win some of the six battlefields.’

After all, if their goal was to weaken Raoul’s power and ruin the Count’s family, there was no need to win in every battlefield.

This is because there is a difference in risk that if they lose in a territory battle, they only have to pay compensation, but if Raoul is defeated, he may have to return the territory.

‘Of course, that’s just their calculation.’

They may have been fighting the Territory War with a light heart, thinking, “If it’s okay, it’s okay, but Raoul had no intention of ending the Territory War so hastily.”

“Is there any reason why we should follow their suggestions?”

As Raoul spoke with a grin, the executives in the conference room all raised their eyebrows.

“Is there any need to show courtesy to these day robbers? “Let’s just sweep it away now!”

“Just because they started it doesn’t mean we have to follow!”

As Jake shouted energetically, voices of agreement came from all over.

bang.

Raoul said, hitting the map with his baton.

“Now that war has already been declared, the war has begun. Tell them to give up the Yeongjijeon tradition, which is like a children’s play house! Royal initiate? arbitration? There is no need to worry about such useless things! Prepare to compete immediately. When you’re ready!”

Raoul struck six baronies with his baton.

“We attack these six places at the same time!”

“Yes Master!”

The knights and commanders responded bravely and bowed their heads.

“Don’t forget that this Yeongjijeon will be attended by very special guests. We must achieve an overwhelming victory with overwhelming power! Everyone to location!”

Those attending the meeting put their fists to their chests to express their respect and quickly left the operation room.

Raoul saw them off with a slightly stiff expression and looked down at the map.

‘You guys have crossed the line. Don’t think it will end easily.’

The wooden baton that Raoul was holding turned into powder with a crunching sound and flew into the conference room.

(Continued in the next part)