Chapter 569: Turning Point for the Kingdom of Bolun
Rand fully understood the difficulty of capturing such a city.
It can be said to be impossible when the enemy fleet still has an advantage in strength.
Even after several years of siege, it may not be possible to break through.
But Rand was in no hurry.
The ones who were obviously anxious were the great nobles and royal family of the Kingdom of Borun, who didn't seem to have to worry about the royal city being captured immediately at this time.
There is no doubt that the royal capital of the Kingdom of Borun is a magnificent city.
The gray-white granite walls are soaked with salt frost. The main entrance facing the outside, the "Emerald Gate", is made of 300 sea-eroded bronze plates. The lintel is inlaid with a glazed painting of the founding monarch beheading a mermaid - the mermaid's scales are polished with real mermaid scales, and a fishy and sweet mist will seep out on rainy days.
The parade ground outside the east wall of the palace was paved with broken basalt, and the dull sound of blunt swords colliding echoed in the morning mist. The trainee knights, wearing linen shirts soaked with sweat, left furrows of footprints in the sand.
The Kingdom of Bollen has never been considered a weak country. Since its founding, the people of Bollen have conquered the sea and the land with courage.
To this day, the knights of the Kingdom of Borun are still brave and good at fighting, and the sailors of the Kingdom of Borun are also brave and brave soldiers.
At least in today's situation, there will always be knights practicing martial arts in the training grounds.
In the center of this royal city standing in the salt frost and fertile soil, the royal palace - Wave Ripple Palace, the atmosphere is extremely depressing.
Of course, it was impossible for the old king to resign and take a rest. All the nobles, ministers and royal members with a say in the Kingdom of Bollen came.
Now the Kingdom of Bolun is facing a life-and-death situation.
The old king and the new king sat at the head of the throne.
Some of the nobles sat in the seats in the meeting room, while others stood slightly behind.
There were still many empty seats at the main conference table, but no one was sitting there.
As for why this seat is empty, it is naturally because the nobles and ministers who were supposed to sit here are obviously no longer able to come here for the meeting.
It all happened so suddenly.
If Marcus, the White Country, the Takagi Kingdom and other allies of Rand were just shocked and surprised by the situation of the war.
Then for the Kingdom of Bolun, that is the real shadow of death.
"It's all your fault for wanting to go and deal with Rand. You wanted to assassinate Marcus!" Some nobles were already panicking and talking without thinking.
Although this sentence was not directed at the king, it was actually an accusation against the new king.
The nobleman spoke a few more words and was immediately dragged out by the guards.
There are indeed some nobles who cannot bear the current losses and the upcoming fate, and blame the king and the nobles for their decisions in their hearts.
But overall, there was no accusation against the king by the nobles.
One reason was that the new king did not really act on his own in the true sense, and the decision was made by everyone together.
Another reason is naturally because there is no choice but to fight to the death.
Judging from the state of the Frost Moon Kingdom, it is obvious that it has had ideas about the Bolun Kingdom for some time.
As Rand gained a large population from the north and the Frost Moon Kingdom became increasingly powerful.
It is only a matter of time before we launch an attack on the Kingdom of Bolen. If we don’t make some attempts now, we will still have to face it in the future.
At least this time the assassination attempt on the King of Frost Moon Kingdom was successful. However, the fact that Frost Moon Kingdom did not fall into chaos was completely beyond the expectations of the Kingdom of Bolun.
If the Frost Moon Kingdom fell into chaos because of the death of its king, then the Bolen Kingdom might be able to avenge its previous defeat and reverse the gap between itself and the Frost Moon Kingdom.
There was nothing wrong with the decision itself, it was just that the development of the situation was beyond everyone's expectations.
In fact, theoretically, even if the assassination failed and the Frost Moon Kingdom and the Borun Kingdom went to war, if the Borun Kingdom chose a conservative strategy, it would be impossible for all its defenses to be breached in this way.
When time goes on and the Frost Moon Kingdom runs out of food and supplies and retreats, the Boren Kingdom will not suffer much loss and may even be able to defend and counterattack.
But the development of things once again exceeded everyone's expectations.
This was not only beyond the expectations of the people of the Kingdom of Bolen, but everyone who knew about it was shocked.
"Why was our defense breached so quickly?" the new king asked, suppressing his discomfort.
He was extremely disgusted with this country.
He had anticipated the stupidity of both the nobles and the lower classes of the country.
He didn't expect that he would be so stupid as to allow Rand, an equally stupid man, to break through his defense so easily.
Even if tens of thousands of pigs were deployed to defend the line, it would not be breached so quickly.
Calling those soldiers mud is not enough to describe their stupidity and weakness.
He was extremely disappointed in his father. He never expected that his father would allow the country to become so stupid. By the time he took over, even if he was a genius, he was already powerless to save the country.
How to fight this situation?
So wisely and secretly he gathered his allies and successfully assassinated the enemy king.
And considering the stupidity of his own nobles, he did not adopt an overly radical offensive method, but chose to conservatively defend the defense line to make other countries realize the greed and cruelty of the Frost Moon Kingdom, so as to gain more support from allies to resist the evil invasion of the Frost Moon Kingdom.
But the result turned out to be what it is now.
"Many of our defense lines are not working, and the enemy did not attack us along the routes we expected." The person who reported was not the former Minister of War, but a commander who escaped from the front line.
As for the former Minister of War, he was sitting in his seat without saying a word.
He was probably the one who knew the military situation of the Kingdom of Bolen and Rand's military capabilities best among all the nobles present, but it was obvious that the new king did not care much about his voice.
He didn't know what the new king was thinking, but it seemed that the new king didn't want anyone to question his decisions.
And the old king... Although the old king also has such arrogance, he is generally willing to listen to advice.
But the old king now seems to have lost all his spirit. If it were not for this critical moment when the country is about to perish, he might have stayed in the palace or on the ocean doing his own things and would not have come out.
The Minister of War also almost understood the reason for this failure.
The enemy's elite troops are extremely powerful, far exceeding normal elite corps. The enemy's army's fighting will is also terrifying. They forced their way through a place where it is theoretically impossible to march and went around to their own rear.
Coupled with the incredible ability to sustain combat, the failure to dispatch reinforcements in time and the command chaos caused by the assassination of many commanders have led to the current result.
"Stupid!" The new king did not say this out loud.
How could the enemy attack us according to our planned direction? It was obvious that the people below did not consider it carefully enough, which led to a loophole in the defense.
"Forget it, let's think about these things later." The new king looked at his father, "Father, do you have any judgment on what will happen next?"
The new king actually did not want to listen to the opinions of his father who was more brave than intelligent, but he could not show any discord between him and his father now. There were still many nobles in the Kingdom of Bolen who were in favor of his father.
I really don’t know what these people are thinking. Their father is so stupid, yet there are still people willing to be loyal to him.
The old king's hair was now streaked with white hair. His body was still strong and majestic, but the fatigue on his face could no longer be concealed. "I don't have any opinion."
As the previous king of the Kingdom of Bollen, the old king has suffered countless open and hidden losses at the hands of Rand.
He felt that his son and successor, although intelligent and opinionated, was generally on track.
Ever since Rand began to gain a large population, the relationship between the Kingdom of Bolen and Rand has been one of life and death. Now it has just been brought forward.
Fortunately, there is still a chance.
The royal city of the Kingdom of Borun is not an isolated city. The Kingdom of Borun controls several islands in the sea. The navy of the Kingdom of Borun still has a huge advantage over the navy of the Kingdom of Frost Moon. There is no need to worry about insufficient supplies in the short term. As long as there are no more outrageous situations, there is still hope of defending the royal city.
In fact, if Rand had not taken just over a month to advance from the border of the Kingdom of Bollen to outside the royal city, the old king would even want to say that the royal city of the Kingdom of Bollen was indestructible and could never be breached.
"My opinion is to let this..." The old king looked at the former Minister of War who was sitting at the conference table but remained silent, "Let our former Minister of War guard the city."
The new king had no opinion on this matter. He certainly thought that the former Minister of Military Affairs was a fool. But now it seemed that all the people in the Kingdom of Bolen were fools except himself, and no one was a little smarter. So it didn't matter who would guard the city.
He decided to spend some time and energy to take care of the defense of the city. He had originally planned to hand over some matters to his subordinates, but now it seems that he will have to work harder, otherwise the royal city will not be able to be defended.
Fortunately, the Bolun Kingdom is still strong enough to have a chance to turn things around...
"So what do you think?" The new king looked at the nobles in the dejected meeting room.
Their territories have basically been lost, and Rand will not have time to take over their territories, but if the royal city cannot be defended, it will really be over forever.
"No one in the Southern Kingdom wants to see the complete rise of the Frost Moon Kingdom." The Minister of Foreign Affairs in the conference room said, "When we raided the Frost Moon Kingdom, many of our allies were unwilling to participate. But now, can they sit back and watch the birth of a Frost Moon Kingdom that swallowed up the Bolun Kingdom?"
The new king raised his eyelids to show his approval. Of course, he was the one who arranged what the foreign minister said. Now the Kingdom of Bolen seemed to be in turmoil, but compared to being slowly swallowed up by Rand, there is now a turning point that can change all this.
"The nearby Kingdom of Lensa, the other southern kingdoms in the distance, and even the Lionheart Kingdom that has an alliance with the current Grand Duke of Thorn of the Frost Moon Kingdom, will not want to see the Frost Moon Kingdom become too powerful," the Foreign Minister said firmly.
This is indeed the case. Even many northern countries would not want to see the Frost Moon Kingdom annex the Bolen Kingdom.
They were perfectly willing to see a protracted war between the Frost Moon Kingdom and the Boren Kingdom, with both sides suffering losses.
Or the Frost Moon Kingdom could take advantage. It was acceptable and reasonable to seize a few more territories from the Kingdom of Bolen.
But that is definitely not the case now.
Now the Frost Moon Kingdom seems to have not paid any price for the current result.
If the Frost Moon Kingdom really annexed the Bolen Kingdom, it would inevitably lead to the rapid development of the Frost Moon Kingdom in a short period of time.
A superpower standing in the center of the continent will emerge.
The Kingdom of Bolun also has a water transportation hub. If the Frost Moon Kingdom takes it all away, the Southern Kingdom will definitely be in trouble.
"What the foreign minister said is correct," the new king said slowly. "As long as we defend our royal city during this period of time, other countries will soon come to our aid, and the evil deeds of the Frost Moon Kingdom will be exposed to the world."
Many nobles still had no confidence in this, but some nobles were persuaded and regained some confidence.
"As for defending our royal city... our royal city has never been breached in the 545 years since we built it. We also have a powerful navy to transport supplies for us. We can definitely defend our royal city."
The new king's slow and clear voice echoed in the conference room.
In fact, he had no confidence in this. His subordinates were too stupid. If such an outrageous thing could happen before, it was possible that something more outrageous would happen in the future.
"I have sent letters to other countries, and they will definitely help us," said the new king.
The old king had no objection to this, and the former Minister of Military Affairs had already hurried away to deploy the defense of the royal city.
Outside, there was the sound of huge rocks rolling across the sky. They were the hard stones thrown by Rand's siege equipment.
At this time, Rand, who was outside the city, watched the stubborn rocks bombarding the granite walls of the capital of the Kingdom of Bolen.
The huge stone could only leave a faint white spot on the city wall.
I have to say that this city wall is indeed majestic and solid.
"We discovered and intercepted a number of magical carrier pigeons heading to the outside world." Fenris reported beside Rand.
"No need to intercept. They can also send messages across the ocean. We can't stop them. There's no need to waste our energy." Rand said to Fenris.
Fenris nodded.
Tanr was ordered by Rand to rest, so now it is Fenris who assists Rand in commanding the army.
"Should we try to destroy some of their fleets?" Fenris asked.
Rand looked at the royal city of the Kingdom of Bollen, whose doors were made of bronze.
This city bridge looks really hard to break through. If Rand takes his time, he estimates that the people in the city can fight him for several years.
Theoretically, as long as the fleet of the Kingdom of Borun is eliminated, this city will truly become an isolated city and can be easily conquered.
But now Rand's fleet is not very strong, and it may be too late to summon the fleets of other allies.
It can be expected that many other countries will come to mediate and prevent the Frost Moon Kingdom from further attacking the Bolun Kingdom.
"You can try it." Rand said. Although Rand did not have much confidence in this, it would not hurt to give it a try under the current circumstances.
After Fenris left, Rand found the official in charge of diplomacy and post-war affairs and asked him to arrange a quiet residence for him.
Rand has received the letter that Marcus himself is coming here to find him.
It just so happened that Rand also had a lot of work to assign to him.
(End of this chapter)
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