I was regarded as a demon god by a witch

Chapter 474 Capture of Alsace
On the seventh day after Ivita left the church, Oyo III was in the temporary camp of Walnut City in the Principality of Hussite. In the emperor's tent studded with gorgeous jewels, he learned that Geron had stabilized the situation in Alsace. very happy.

King Oyo III said to his younger brother Count Popkov: "It seems that I underestimated the young man Geron. I originally thought that after the commander of the imperial army and his father fell one after another, he was no longer able to unite the people in his country. business."

"Haha... He gave me a surprise. I like him very much. He was dragged down by his father before, but now he can finally show off his tricks."

"That boy Ivita has already sent his zombie to attack the Kingdom of Alsace through Burgundy, Barburg, and Franconia."

"They have started fighting. I now order the Marquis of Salz in the empire to lead his own army to support the Kingdom of Alsace. I want to bring order to the chaos."

Oyo III straightened his back and his eyes were dark. "I have been the emperor for decades. In these decades, ordinary people should have stabilized my position long ago. But now there are still people who dare to question me! Shouldn't they respect the imperial power? What are these rebellious officials and traitors? It’s time to die.”

"I'm furious."

King Oyo III frowned deeply when he heard the sound of artillery in the war, the meteors summoned by the witch groups on both sides, the sound of earthquakes, and the sound of horse hooves charging knights.

In his eyes, Ivita was a traitor and the Hussites outside were also traitors.

These days, rebellious ministers and traitors seem to pop up every year, and they are endlessly killed. Oyo III himself does not know what is going on.

His brother Count Popkov said: "I think time will bring legitimacy to the throne."

"Please don't worry."

There was a trace of pride on the corner of Oyo III's mouth. Yes, even if you are still dissatisfied, time will always make everyone convinced.

He is now sitting on the throne of the emperor, so he is the legitimate emperor.

Earl Popkov hesitated for a moment and said to Oyo III: "Brother, I heard that although that Geron made most of the land nobles in the country swear an oath to him, there is a big problem."

"He convened a national meeting of nobles in the capital, but privately mobilized troops into the royal capital and threatened the members of the parliament with force."

"Those great nobles agreed to be loyal to him."

"But there are rumors that after the big nobles left the meeting place, they went to find the Metropolitan of Alsace. Under his witness, they proved that the previous oaths were all forced. The Metropolitan wrote it for them. Get a supporting document.”

The oaths taken by the king and the great nobles will have legal effect once they involve the law and the God of all things, but the certification document in the hands of the Archbishop of Alsace can cancel their previous oaths.

This means that there are huge hidden problems in Geron's regime, and if you are not careful, the world will be turned upside down.

But Oyo III didn't care. He only needed Geron to be able to withstand Ivita's attack for the time being. After he resolved the war with the Hussite Principality, he would be free to deal with Ivita.

Oyo III noticed the jealousy of his younger brother Count Popkov. He was obviously jealous of Geron. Also, such a young man became the king just because of his father. In comparison, his The younger brother is already a middle-aged man, but he is still just a count.

The imperial power was declining, and his younger brother was not very powerful.

King Oyo III said to Count Popkov: "Geron will definitely not be able to stabilize Alsace. He is like a man drowning now, struggling to his death. Unless he can cut through the knot quickly and defeat Ivita, otherwise he will die." It’s decided, even if we defeat Ivita in the end.”

Oyo III had an insight into the overall situation and knew the real situation of Geron now. He patted his brother on the shoulder and said: "Don't worry, maybe the Kingdom of Alsace can be in your hands."

"You are my brother after all."

The princes of the empire are not suitable to help the emperor rule the Kingdom of Alsace, because the nobles in the Kingdom of Alsace will think about whether the empire wants to annex the Kingdom of Alsace.

The corners of Count Popkov's lips curled up. "Brother, I have already done that for you. German Kunis has been poisoned to death by me. He sent a letter to Ivita before he died, but unfortunately I did not intercept it."

Oyo III thought for a moment. "It's just a letter written by a dead man."

"Ever since Ivita launched the attack on Alsace, German Kunis also wanted to usurp the throne. Fortunately, I placed my men among his guards, otherwise he would have rebelled against me. These people, always They think that blood is everything, but in fact there is no legitimate emperor or legitimate king. What is an emperor? He who has strong soldiers and horses is the emperor."

"All other legal principles and laws are just decorations. German Kunis is a very good young man. I was originally hesitant about whether to divorce my son-in-law and my daughter and then marry my daughter to him." , just make sure that he never gives birth to a child and becomes a heavenly eunuch. But since he wants to die, then I have no choice but to take action."

Oyo III personally ordered the death of a legitimate emperor promised by Innocent II, and he was filled with sadness.

……

When he learned of the death of German Kunis, Ivita was at the border of the Kingdom of Alsace. He watched the Tomb King win consecutive battles with the morale of his army and clever tactics.

The army that Ivita gathered this time was relatively messy. After all, he did not have time to train an army by himself, but the total number of people totaled more than 8000, of which more than 2000 were recruited professionals of various types.

In addition, with the support of the three major republics, the total number of troops is more than [-], which does not include almost the same number of reserve troops.

After all, no one can compare with the three major republics in terms of money.

As for the Kingdom of Alsace, on its southwest border, it stands to reason that there would be more than two legions, as well as a legion stationed in the south on the Burgundy-Alsace defense line, ready to support everywhere.

The full strength of the regiment is 4990 men.

However, Alsace is highly corrupt. Often, if there is only one soldier on staff, he can report that there are four or five soldiers here and use them to get paid. Therefore, Ivita and his coalition faced Alsace with less than 5000 people. Sri Lanka's Fifth Army and Sixth Army.

The two legions still had little morale. After all, the old king was dead, and the new king hadn't even had time to issue gold coins with his image engraved on them.

At the call of the legitimate king of Ivita, these soldiers surrendered and were collected with little ability to resist.

Ivita's army swept into four counties in Alsace, including Tynewell, the West Midlands, and Zarathuho.

There are a total of 74 counties in Alsace, and now four counties are suddenly missing. This is definitely a heavy blow and will further weaken the confidence of the nobles in the king and the royal capital.

Another reason why the Tomb King can dominate Alsace is that the high-end professionals in Alsace who absolutely sided with the king were killed by Ivita, so there are no high-level professionals to fight against the Tomb King. The Tomb King can naturally kill everyone.

But when Ivita and the Tomb King went to the surrendered governor's house in the West Midlands to negotiate with the nobles of the West Midlands, Ivita received a message from a messenger Urgent report.

First, his eldest cousin German Kunis died.

According to his own words in the letter, he had foreseen this scene and wanted to resist this fate in advance, but he didn't know whether he could succeed. Now it seems he failed.

German Kunis died under a glass of poisoned wine at a banquet before his engagement to the eldest daughter of Oyo III. He died worthless.

In the letter, German Kunis said that he fought for Ivita with the Pope and said a lot of good things.

He expressed his envy that Ivita could move freely, and asked Ivita to avenge him and be careful about Oyo III.

Because Ivita herself is also very close to the inheritance of the empire.

If he takes control of the Kingdom of Alsace, he will almost certainly become hostile to Oyo III.

How can I allow others to covet me on the side of my bed?

Ivita sighed at this, and he thought of the first time he met German Kunis, which seemed to be in the garden of Governor Belisarius's residence.

The Hearthstone Witch's eyes were shining. "Oyo III is so stupid. He got rid of one of the biggest obstacles under the auspices of the Crown Prince."

"If I were him, I would never do this. This move by Oyo III has no other benefit except to help pave the way for you."

Ivita was silent.

He was really a little sad.

The Tomb King said in a deep voice: "With the death of German Kunis, Oyo III can also put an end to the thoughts of some nobles in his own country."

Ivita snorted coldly. “Oyo III’s side is the Usurper Alliance.”

"let's go."

"Oyo III and all his heirs will soon pay the price."

They soon came to a villa in the suburbs. This beautiful villa had a unique architectural style. There were many gold carvings and gold foil wallpapers on the outside of the villa.

This is a style developed by Alsace's recent aristocratic luxury.

The county guard had already been guarding the door in advance, personally greeting Ivita and welcoming her off the horse. When he saw Ivita's face clearly, his body was trembling even more, because he almost saw the former king. "The real king is finally back. King, do you know what kind of harm the kingdom has suffered from those evil people during your absence?"

The Sheriff is an old man. He once experienced the era of Ivita's father's rule. Later, he experienced the rule of Henry VII. During those years, he thought he could not look back. It was devastated. The price of peace was to attack the enemy step by step. To give in, he felt that the country was like someone else's chopping block, but what could he do alone?

If in a country even the king is rotten and all the palace advisers are rotten, then the people who will be squeezed out in this country are the smart and knowledgeable people.

The Sheriff looked at Ivita with great kindness. "You are finally back, Alsace has hope, and everyone will have hope again."

Ivita looked at him somewhat coldly. "If that's the case, then when my army and I first arrived in this county, why didn't you, as the county governor, call on all the places to surrender?"

The Sheriff of the West Midlands had tears streaming down his face. "In my position, I will do my best. As a county guard, I cannot give up my responsibilities."

"Besides, that rebellious minister Jielong imprisoned all my family members, including my sons, my granddaughters, and my wife. He knew that people's hearts were broken now, so he wanted to use my family to threaten me. "

"You can kill me. Anyway, I already know that there is hope for the future of this country. I am so lucky. What difficulty does life and death have for me?"

Only then did Ivita's eyes change when she looked at him. He sighed and said: "People are not afraid of death, so why should they be afraid of death?"

"I won't kill you. Let's go. You are right. As a county guard, you must bear the responsibilities of a county guard. You cannot allow strange troops to enter the kingdom because of personal emotions. You have done nothing wrong. Let's go in. .”

He helped the West Midlands Sheriff up, who was extremely flattered.

In the governor's house, all the nobles of the county have come.

These great nobles had the same problem as him, which was that Geron had kidnapped their families and was trying to get them to resist Ivita.

But this trick can also easily cause resentment.

With the help of the county guard, Ivita quickly gained the trust of all the nobles present. The nobles looked at Ivita, who was standing in the house, as if everything was under control. Abandon Jaylon completely.

Compared with Ivita, Geron doesn't look like a monarch at all. He is just a general who can only lead troops to fight.

Moreover, his method of kidnapping the families of nobles has caused the nobles across the country to fear him.

All the nobles had a sense of resentment in their hearts.

As long as someone arouses this resentment, it will explode immediately and completely exceed everyone's control.

A big noble with a big belly and a haggard look stood up, knelt down to Ivita first and said: "My King, my wife, daughter and son are all imprisoned in the royal capital by the demon Jeron. Am I going to help someone who hurt me? Am I going to be intimidated by a robber? Will that robber really give up hurting my relatives just because I am obedient? "

"Your Majesty Ivita, please protect my relatives. I want to entrust my life and the lives of my family to you. No matter what happens, I will not regret it."

"My lord."

All other nobles present followed his move.

Ivita suddenly smiled. At the critical moment, Geron made a very big mistake. He misjudged human nature, and now is when his consequences will come.

It was not these nobles who were forced to panic.

Iveta clasped her hands behind her back and said indifferently: "I have already found out the location of your family members. They are all being detained in a Notre Dame monastery. The branch church there took the initiative to reveal the news to me. I will meet you soon. Take a trip there.”

(End of this chapter)