Blue Sword

"I'm afraid the enemy is not just Wolf." Ludwig said worriedly, "Father has gone to the Principality of Franconia, you know, right?"

"The Duke of Franconia has no heirs and only one daughter. What can an old man like him do?" Henry curled his lips disdainfully, "Ambitious?"

"The news at 5 o'clock today, it is said that the negotiations between father and the Duke are not going well." Ludwig whispered, "The Holy See has made a price that the Duke of Franconia cannot refuse."

"What's the price?"

"Give him an heir."

"Is this possible?" Henry almost cried out.

Ludwig shook his head, "The technology of the Holy See is unimaginable."

"That would be bad." Henry immediately became anxious. "How to continue the Hohenstaufen family has almost become the Duke of Franconia's concern. Now that the Holy See has thrown out this bait..."

"The Duke will most likely take the bait." Ludwig looked gloomy, "And if the Principality of Franconia switches sides and chooses to side with the Wolf family..."

"Then our connection with the Principality of Lorraine will be cut off, and Bavaria will need to deal with military threats from Lombardy and Franconia at the same time." Henry's brows almost gathered together.

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Since there are many principalities and families within the Holy Solomon Empire, the names are particularly difficult to remember. In order to facilitate everyone's understanding, here is a brief description of the five major families of the empire:

His Majesty the Emperor's House of Saxony (whose coat of arms is the dragon) controls the Duchy of Lorraine in the northwest.

Eleanor was born into the Weisbach family (whose coat of arms is a swan), which owned the Duchy of Bavaria in the southeast.

The Wolf family (their coat of arms is the Timber Wolf), the instigator of the rebellion in this civil war, controls the Duchy of Burgundy in the southwest and indirectly controls the Lombardy Territory.

The Hohenstaufen family (whose coat of arms is the griffon) holds the principality of Franconia in the center of the empire and the neighboring Swabia to the south.

The Wetting family (their coat of arms is a bear), which originated in Thuringia in the north of the empire, is currently the smallest in its territory.

For details, please see the map of the pinned post in the book review area. In the future, the five major families involved will be referred to by animals as much as possible to facilitate memory.

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"The Duke of Carinthia is a staunch royalist, but on the Bohemian side..." Ludwig said solemnly. "It's hard to say, but the Luxemburg family is dealing with the rebellious Hussites, a group of local separatists. It seems to have become a climate."

"If there is another turmoil in Bohemia, then we will be attacked from three sides." Henry took a breath of air, "God, the Duke of Franconia...didn't he think about it? We and Wolfe's group If a wolf cub has a feud, he will definitely side with the royal family. The Big Bear of Thuringia and the Principality of Saxony, as a branch of the royal family, will definitely support His Majesty the Emperor. Once he chooses to defect, Franconia will be the first to be besieged! "

"Conrad is desperate!" Ludwig said in a deep voice, "The noble war has been going on for so many years. Don't you know it? Even if you lose, no one will die, only the territory and title will be lost!"

"However, the Griffin family is single and has no heirs. If he does nothing, after his soul returns to heaven, all the family's property, fiefdoms and people will fall into the hands of others. What is the difference between being completely defeated in the war? Change it. It's you, would you rather wait for death and let the family be destroyed, or take a chance on a possible heir?"

"This... this is so crazy." Henry was confused, "By the way, what about the Sauron family?"

(The Sauron family, whose coat of arms is the falcon, has its fiefdom located in Hechingen in the Principality of Swabia)

"They married Conrad's only daughter and were about to inherit the entire legacy of the Griffin family. Suddenly they discovered that the old Griffin had an heir out of thin air. They would never give up!"

"Father is already in contact with them." Ludwig shook his head. "They are willing to join the war. However, just in Hessingen, I am afraid that if they just raise an army today, they will be defeated by griffins and wolf cubs tomorrow. The army was surrounded."

"We can make an agreement with them." Henry said quickly, "The Northern Alliance forces enter Franconia and first hold back the Griffin family's army; we hold back the Wolf Cub's army, and then the Falcon family takes advantage of the opportunity to raise troops from Hessingen!"

"As long as they can successfully conquer the entire Principality of Swabia, it will be equivalent to cutting off Franconia's military ties with Lombardy and Burgundy! Then we can calmly encircle Franconia and then go south to kill them. The Wolf family!”

"Sounds very feasible. But Henry, do you know what this means?" Ludwig smiled bitterly, "According to this military strategy, before His Majesty's Northern Alliance forces penetrate the Principality of Franconia, we need to face the wolf alone. Let’s fight to the death with their army funded by the Holy See!”

Henry also shut his mouth.

As mentioned before, in this era of noble wars, losing is not terrible (as a noble, even if you are captured, you will not be killed and can be redeemed). What is terrible is the loss of the fiefdom and the people.

Once the attack of the Northern Allied Forces was contained by the Griffin Family, Weisbach could only fight alone in the south to deal with the full-scale invasion of the Wolf Clan army from Swabia and Lombardy.

After the people of the territory were killed and robbed, the factories were destroyed, and the wealth was plundered, even if the Northern Allied Forces penetrated Franconia and wiped out the group of wolf cubs, what benefit would it have to the Weisbach family?

Will Your Majesty compensate you with the property of the Wolfe family? No, after His Majesty has consolidated the forces at hand, he will go south through Lombardy and attack the Holy See head-on!

At that time, apart from the wolf cubs and griffins that were destroyed, the one that would really suffer heavy losses and be unable to recover from the fall would be the Principality of Bavaria in Weisbach?

"You are right." Henry tore off the collar of his clothes and said, "We cannot in turn bury the interests of our family in order to defend the interests of the venerable Emperor. We should wait until father comes back to discuss it... …Brother, is there wine in the study?”

"Hey, haven't you become a 'blade warrior' and taken potions?" Ludwig asked in surprise.

According to the Frankish practice, the guards officers of the Shinra Emperor would take magic potion according to the blood line of "Emperor's Guard", and the first bottle of potion was "Justice X".

If Henry had already taken the "Justice

"No." Henry opened his father's bookcase and took out a bottle of Bavarian beer. "Oh my God, beer! How could my father like to drink such low-class wine..."

He skillfully bit open the lid with his teeth, drank a few mouthfuls, and said: "Your Majesty, because I have no heirs, specially asked me to come back first to get married and have children, and then become a blade warrior after I have an heir."

"I see." Ludwig pondered for a moment, then suddenly said worriedly, "Henry."

"Um?"

"I suspect that Eleanor... is already a transcendent."

"What?" Henry's eyes widened immediately, "She? A transcendent? You mean... she ran away from home for a few years and became a transcendent?"

"Yes." Ludwig said, "Her strength and spear skills are obviously far superior to ordinary people."

"Then what will she do? I mean...she won't get married anymore? After becoming a transcendent, she will definitely not be able to enter the monastery!" Henry suddenly became confused.

"She seems to already have someone she likes." Ludwig frowned and said, "He is the leader of a mercenary group, and he seems to be a transcendent."

"Head of the mercenary group? Ha, my father will definitely not agree." Henry sneered, "But he is also a transcendent? Then there is still room for maneuver. If my guess is correct..."

"I have made him my knight," Ludwig said.

"Then, let's use the next war to help him achieve military success and climb up the ranks." Henry also understood immediately, "Wait until he has enough qualifications, and then he will enter his father's field of vision."

"Only my father could agree to Eleanor marrying her," Ludwig concluded.

"Well, our little sister has grown up after all." Henry said with emotion, "Do you remember? When she was only that big, she was a complete follower. She saw what we were doing. , all want to come in and take part.”

"When she saw me reading, she wanted to read too, but she couldn't read." Ludwig smiled nostalgically, took the beer bottle in Henry's hand and took a sip, "When I saw you practicing swordsmanship in the courtyard, She also clamored to learn."

"Then he was hit on the nose by the hilt of the sword." Henry laughed.

The two aristocratic men drank beer happily and shared interesting stories from their childhood with each other, and gradually they could no longer talk.

Somewhat uncomfortable.

"Damn!" Henry suddenly put down the bottle and scolded. "Where is the leader of the mercenary regiment? I'm going to beat him! Actually cheated our so cute little girl!"