Lux's Farewell

Chapter 740 [0729] The Supreme Majesty Laxana Arrived Today in His Faithful Capital

The scale of the surrender ceremony was not grand. After all, after such a long battle, the soldiers on both sides were exhausted, so it would be boring to organize the ceremony.

Under the watchful eyes of the soldiers of the two armies, Jarvan IV handed over his dragon gun to Lux, and then the other legions also disarmed.

So far, the Demacian Fearless Pioneer, Garrison Legion, Ranger Legion, Plains Mobile Legion, Swamp Fighter Legion and other main legions have officially become prisoners of the Northwalker. From Lithos to Xiongdu, there are almost no more Formed into an organized guard army.

At this time, it is not too much to say that it is decided to send troops to the south.

However, contrary to everyone's expectations, Lux did not immediately rush to march south.

After the surrender ceremony, she organized the transportation of the captives to the rear, while steadily advancing the front line, completely losing the momentum of the army marching hundreds of miles a day when the troops were raised.

However, what remains the same as when she raised the army is that she is still presiding over the trial of nobles and the distribution of land during the process of going south.

As the news spread to Xiongdu, Lacus was not in a hurry, but the aristocratic council, which had been sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai before, was in a hurry.

In fact, when the news of the capture of Jarvan IV and the surrender of the Xiongdu front army came, although the nobles of Xiongdu were shocked for a while, they quickly settled down after a short while.

For the noble council, welcoming a king who is not from the Lightshield family—oh, the emperor—is a very difficult thing, and it can even be regarded as the first of its kind.

However, considering that Earl Laxana has always been known as a noble model in the past, this difficulty can also be understood under certain conditions.

Even when many nobles heard the news, they were secretly pleased. After all, Jarvan IV had always been strict with the nobles. The most prominent thing was that he monopolized power. The noble council had long been dissatisfied, but Jarvan IV held With heavy troops, dissatisfaction can only compromise.

But now that the aristocratic model comes to power, does that mean... the era of co-government by the aristocrats is back?
In their view, after Laxana rebelled and defeated the Xiongdu Front Army, what she needed now was a legitimacy and a title.

So, in Demacia, who is qualified to give Laxana legitimacy?

The answer is naturally the noble council. After all, in theory, the noble council is the highest authority in Demacia!

And if you want the noble council to give a legal claim, shouldn't Miss Noble Model show some sincerity?

We all know that politics is the art of compromise.

If Miss Laxana can properly adopt some artistic political means, specifically, to give the nobles more power and convenience as she did when she established the Art Support Association in Xiongdu, then the noble council will definitely not refuse Add a legitimate title to the Northwalker's rise.

Well, for example, "accept the secret agreement of the noble council and correct the extreme mistakes of Jarvan IV", this is a good reason.

Does it sound much more pleasing to the ear than "the noble model raised troops and rebelled"?

Even following this line of thought, Lan Fu's disappearance could be interpreted as "secret transmission of news". Even if this is purely false, at least it puts a legal coat on this rebellion!

You see, you have obtained the title, the stability of the situation in Demacia, and you can receive the private fiefdom of the Lightshield family in the future, and the noble council has regained some of the rights that Jarvan IV took away in the past.

Hello everyone, hello, you are still a model of nobles, the light of the light of Demacia; the noble council has restored the status of the highest authority in Demacia, which can be said to be a win-win situation.

After several meetings, the noble council quickly reached a consensus on this point of view. In the eyes of many nobles, this is the only choice for Laksana at present. Cooperation will be the best choice.

And once Laxana expressed her sincerity, the noble council also discussed the sincerity of the nobles.

In order to avoid Laksanna, who has a large army, they are even willing to give up their claim on the territory of the Light Shield family, and only want to get back the military power and grassroots administrative power in their noble fief - I heard that what is the Sun Sect and the Bright Moon Sect? He is not a good person, and the Illuminati is naturally not a thing, so those grassroots missionaries placed by Jarvan IV before should also pack their bags and leave!
During the frequent internal meetings, the noble council finally listed a lengthy and detailed memorandum, intending to make a political deal with Laxana, agree with her rule, and take the opportunity to criticize Jarvan IV's past centralization of power. Policy counter-offensive.

However, after an internal agreement was reached and a memorandum was drawn up, the envoys from the northern border did not come for a long time.

Ok?
Is this reserved, or a posturing?
Waiting for Tanshihu pulp?
Seeing that Laxana was indifferent, the noble council simply sent Barrett as an envoy to go north to contact Laxana.

As a result... it never came back.

Barrett didn't come back, but the lord of Pinara did, and brought back a piece of news that stunned the nobles.

The walkers in the north are slowly heading south, and during this process, they have always insisted on what they did in Miyin City - judging nobles and allocating land.

At this time, the noble council of Xiongdu finally realized that something was wrong.

Laxana... you can't play it for real, can you?

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Of course Lacus is playing for real.

She has been preparing for this at Forsbarrow for 15 years.

15 years enough time to do?
It is enough to establish a sound household registration system and conduct three detailed population censuses.

Enough to improve the community and trade union dual-track parallel, reliable grassroots organization system.

Magic is normalized and routine, and compulsory education is popularized on a large scale.

It is enough to make the spring speech and winter speech deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and it is enough for the whole northern border to unite.

It can form a large number of industry standards in the north, and industry and trade are fully compatible.

Three new promotion paths have been recognized to replace the old system in the past.

It is enough to achieve ideological unity among the clerks, courtiers and northerners.

15 years is very short for the Immortal, as if it was just a blink of an eye.

But 15 years can also be a long time, enough to completely change the appearance of a world.

15 years is enough for the Longji larch on the shore of the artificial lake to grow into a dense pine forest, making pine nuts a brand new special product of Forsbarrow.

Fifteen years is enough for the water network to stretch across the plateau in the north, making water transportation a blood vessel for trade and nourishing this once barren and remote place.

Fifteen years was enough to transform Fossbarrow from a frontier fortress into a gold merchant land with two cities, one port and three towns, and the people of Fossbarrow completely got rid of hunger.

Fifteen years was enough time for the first Forsbarrow local Archon, Chief Valor, to take over the banner of the previous generation of Archon and become the representative of the new generation of Archon.

15 years is enough to make Fossbarrow a trading point that cannot be ignored on the map of merchants, and let the special products of the northern border enter thousands of households and combine with more industries.

Fifteen years is enough for Fossbairo Haina Baichuan to absorb immigrants many times, and accumulate a lot of governance experience on how to expand its rule from top to bottom.

Fifteen years is enough for people in the north, whether they are businessmen, farmers, craftsmen, court clerks, clerks or walkers in the north, to build up strong self-confidence.

When the nobles of Xiongdu thought that Lux would compromise with them in order to maintain the rule, Lux, Fossbarrow, and the northern border had already achieved great feats and were ready to swallow the world.

Jarvan IV didn't dare to break the skin with the nobles, and Lux ​​dared.

Supporting her, in addition to the northern border walker and the imperial court, there is also a large team of clerks, as well as a steady stream of graduates one after another.

Even after many times of rectification and ideological study, the clerk team is not so pure, nor can it be said that they all have ideals, but they have at least passed the basic ability, can write and calculate, and have basic administrative experience.

With these clerks, the nobles who used to rely on to maintain their rule can finally be completely swept into the trash can.

16 years ago, she left Xiongdu as a model aristocrat, but after making great contributions, she took the initiative to defend the kingdom, leaving only a loyal back.

And 16 years later, she came back.

This time, she didn't need to pass the call to decide.

There is no need to play the art of politics with the noble council.

Because Lux's ultimate goal is not to replace Jarvan IV.

Instead, it's completely... a change of heaven and earth.

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Realizing that something was wrong, the noble council tried to counter it.

It was the first time that they were united in such a sincere manner. They worked hard to mobilize manpower in their respective territories, took out their own food from the bottom of the box, and formed an aristocratic coalition army.

However, due to Jarvan IV's consistent weakening policy, the level of this coalition of nobles is quite poor.

The nobles of Xiongdu quickly discovered this problem. It seemed that the noble coalition army they formed had a great posture, but the specific combat power belonged to the kind that laymen could see that something was wrong.

This can't be done!
Although in Lux's view, the nobles of the noble council are a group of insects, but objectively speaking, the nobles of Demacia are considered very good among the feudal military nobles. After discovering the problem, they worked very hard to unite , and began to win over the Tobysia Legion and the Green Fang Peak Legion in the name of the Noble Council.

These two legions responsible for border defense are already the only combat-capable military forces they can win over.

The noble council promised a lot of benefits. While Lux was fighting steadily and was not in a hurry to go south, he hoped that the Tobythian Army and the Green Tooth Peak Army would maintain the defense of Xiongdu and train the new army.

You must hold on to the capital of Demacia, and firmly hold on, so as to have a bargaining chip in the follow-up negotiations!
There is no problem with the way of thinking of the noble council, and the decision is very correct, but the problem is that the main army of Demacia is finished before, relying on two border defense troops, plus a group of temporarily pulled farmers, can really resist An army of northern walkers?

To be honest, many nobles really don't know about this issue.

It's a pity that the aristocratic council has no choice when it comes to the inheritance and status of the aristocracy.

Under such circumstances, they can only hope that the armed farmers can use their lives to slow down the footsteps of the northerners, forcing Laxana to sit down and negotiate.

With this in mind, the noble coalition forces fought two consecutive large-scale battles in Edessa and Jandale, and the Northlander.

As for the outcome of the battle...

It can only be said that the Battle of Edessa and the Battle of Jandale showed that the gap between professional soldiers and non-professional soldiers cannot be made up by a difference of no more than two orders of magnitude.

Moreover, more importantly, with the steady advancement of the northern border walker front, the news of the trial of nobles and the distribution of farmland quickly spread to the south, which directly led to the temporarily armed peasants facing the pressure of the northern border walker. At that time, there was no fighting power at all, and the slightest headwind would surrender in an organized manner.

The peasants who surrendered on a large scale even affected the Tobysia Legion and the Green Tooth Peak Legion in turn, making their defenses riddled with holes. was passed quickly, resulting in a large number of serious miscalculations.

In addition, due to the collapse of the Flying Wing Legion, although the Green Tooth Peak Legion and the Tobysia Legion also have many dragons and birds, the Northern Air Force has firmly grasped the air supremacy of the battlefield, and can even temporarily cut off the signal. In the true sense, it is possible to prevent the enemy from looking at each other from head to tail.

Under such circumstances, the Green Tooth Peak Legion finally chose to shrink its forces, relying on the advantages of the city's defense, on the head of the capital of Demacia, to fight to the death with the northern border walker.

Today, only the tall city walls of Xiongdu can give them a certain sense of security!

Facing the stalwart defense of the Green Tooth Peak Legion, Lux and the Northwalker continued to move southward along the Meilan River without haste, and cleared the capital of Demacia. The defense of a large area in the east, and finally began to surround Xiongdu City.

The northern border walker army did not carry siege weapons, but they put on an attacking posture. It seemed that they planned to storm the capital of Demacia, and a tragic siege battle was about to be staged.

The nobles who are trapped in the isolated city can only hope that the northern border walkers can't bear the casualties caused by the siege, and finally choose to end the war in a relatively decent way-at this moment, they don't even have any reservations about it anymore. The fief has expectations, they just hope that they will not be judged!
However, the siege of Demacia Xiongdu went in a direction that caught them off guard from the very beginning.

The northern border walkers who deployed troops in the west, south, and north of the city to attack the city were nothing more than a cover.

It is the navy that really undertakes the task of siege.

Seven giant ships sailed into Xiongdu Bay, and stopped steadily less than 30 yards from the sea lock of Xiongdu Port. The sailors opened the closed water door of the gun cabin, tore off the gun cover, and exposed the sideboard. There are more than [-] magic cannons placed on it.

Due to the limitation of the processing level in the northern border, it is difficult to miniaturize this magic cannon. Even if there is an Ernuk cart, it is difficult to support the requirements of land warfare. The weak coastal defense of Xiongdu, the highest-level masterpiece of the northern military industry so far, finally let out its own roar!

Although these cannons refer to certain Hex technology weapons, the ammunition they fire is not Hex crystals, but even more insane... True Ice.

Under the astonished eyes of the port defenders, wherever the shelling went, even the sea was frozen.

Then, when these defenders were still at a loss, the veil of shadow was torn open, and Lacus led the first and seventh sequences of Archons, as well as some elite plain walkers, through the veil of the shadow realm, stepping on On the solid ice, they climbed over the city wall of Xiongdu port.

The weak guards were worth nothing under the joint attack of the three giants in the north, the archon and the elite cover of the north walker. Less than 5 minutes later, the sea gate that closed the port area was twisted open from the inside, and Demacia The port area of ​​Xiongdu completely changed hands.

With a red flag rising, in the impassioned and heroic hymn, the supreme light of Demacia arrived today in its loyal capital of Demacia.

　It's a matter of course, it can only be said that it is a matter of course.

　　The previous foreshadowing is enough, but now it is obviously a long story, I even feel that there is nothing to write, it is very smooth.

　　PS. I seem to be suffering from some serious illness. I don't have any energy during the day, but I look radiant at night.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)