Chapter Eleven Artoria on the Sea
After saying goodbye to her lover, Queen Artoria fell into extreme excitement. Although the time spent with Egil was also very interesting - in fact, Artoria felt that the time spent with Egil was the most fulfilling, meaningful and happiest time she had. Whether it was war, massacre, or burying alive, it was so fresh and interesting.
There seemed to be countless exciting ideas in her lover's head, as if they were tortured by a noble family (centralization), how many whip to steal a sheep (strategic law), and a variety of harsh and miscellaneous taxes (salt iron and iron, erre waterway traffic tax, commercial tax, punishment tariffs...).
However, just like he is a nickname, if he has too much mi sugar, he will feel tired of it. Although it has not reached that level yet - Artoria has begun to prepare for the future. Perhaps if the two parties don’t meet for a while, their relationship will improve.
At least, this is what the book says.
Artoria thought so.
But soon, Artoria realized that she was wrong. After leaving Egil for less than a day, she felt that "a period of time" had been long enough. The battlefield she had originally expected and the joy of directly commanding tens of thousands of troops to fight against powerful enemies had disappeared.
"I really want to see him again. But this is impossible." It was not until this time that Artoria suddenly realized that she seemed to be unable to live without the man who smiled evilly. It was like some kind of drug that was extremely dependent on Xing, and she could not quit in this life. Until she died.
"But if you order the warship to turn around like this, you will definitely be laughed at to death by him, right?" Artoria thought so. So despite being extremely reluctant, she still made up her mind to continue moving forward.
Artoria's mood became extremely bad. Especially when she was holding on General Carter's fleet - although the improved crossbow warship was twenty meters long and had a displacement of more than eight hundred tons, it was already a rare warship at that time. However, for the Celtic Queen, who was used to galloping on the vast land, this kind of place was too narrow. It was as depressing as a prison cell.
When Her Majesty is so depressed, the others on the boat will be in trouble. Anything that happens to be caught by Her Majesty will be destined to die. Finally, they are locked up in a small dark room and treated the slaves and oarsmen.
In this way, Her Majesty the Queen made the whole ship uneasy to vent her depression. General Carter, as the commander of the fleet, felt that he was going crazy. He almost couldn't help but draw his sword to duel with Her Majesty the Queen several times. Of course, in the end, General Carter still held back. This was not because of how much respect he had for the Celtic Queen. But before leaving, a letter from his own king was sent by Fei Ge.
"If the queen has any problems, you won't have to live - don't worry, there will be a sea burial."
That's it.
General Carter was still extremely obedient to the orders of his lord. It was a mixed feeling of admiration, admiration and fear. This man, who was over thirty, was very awe-inspiring and obedient to the young man who was half younger than him.
"However, this is not a solution."
When the warship passed through the Ore Waterway, General Carter's flagship was already messed up by the energetic and extremely irritable Artoria. There were about two hundred people on the entire ship, from Carter himself to the paddling slaves. None of them had not been tortured by Her Majesty the Queen. It was not even rare to cause death - there were several slaves before, because Her Majesty the Queen "wanted to see how fast this ship could be", so she was forced to paddle hard and step on the waterwheel, and eventually she died of strength.
Although such things often happen during formal combat - but now they are on the march. They are simply a waste of combat power. Although the lives of slaves are indeed worthless, they can attack any city and village, and then arrest people with suitable age and physical strength, but there is no place to replenish them in the sea. In addition, His Majesty is so fond of playing. He cannot say that after England, his ship will be reduced by more than half.
So General Carter thought for a moment and decided to dock, land, and robbery after driving for a while - even if he fills his boat with some paddling slaves, he also wants the queen to see the combat effectiveness of his navy. He will make that guy afraid and stop playing too outrageous things.
That's why, after passing through the Orle Waterway and passing a small piece of territory of the Saxon Elector of the Holy Roman Empire, it was General Carter's destination, the territory of the Duchy of Burgundy.
Today's Principality of Burgundy has become more and more powerful under the control of Charles Daring. At the same time, it has two concepts of the vassal of the King of Dharma and the Emperor of Godrod, which has also made him have a good time between the two major European countries. In recent times, after annexing the Burgundy Kingdom in the south, and Switzerland, the strength of the Burgundy Principality has increased significantly. The fertile land in the heart of France in the south and the strong source of Swiss military power, after obtaining these two territories, Charles Daring's courage has become a little more courageous.
In short, I wanted to establish a kingdom and declare the title of a king.
This is different from Egil - at that time, he had occupied the entire Norway. It was a foregone conclusion that even the title of King Norway was the King of Norway, he was only promoted one level.
However, Charles is different. Part of the territory he owns comes from the Kingdom of France and part of it from the Holy Roman Empire. Switzerland is also a territory with extreme independence. In such a complex form, it is easy to imagine how difficult it is to integrate the territory under oneself and establish a new country.
If that is the case, it would be like the division of France at the same time. The territory of the two powerful countries of the Holy Roman Empire will inevitably be unanimously opposed by these two powerful countries. Charlie was very puzzled by this. In the end, he also came up with some solutions.
In the public, Charlie has maintained high military expenditures, maintaining the extremely elite Golden Wool Knights he formed, and a standing army of more than 20,000 people. At the same time, he tried his best to downplay the French lottery within the country and establish a grand court to replace the French Supreme Court. In addition, he also tried his best to win over Swiss mountain citizens and hire Swiss mercenaries at high prices. He tried his best to minimize the number of people who might rebel in Switzerland.
On the outside, Charlie once once watched the title of emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. However, he gave up after being beaten by Otto I of Saxony. From then on, he tried his best to please Otto I, hoping to win over the Holy Roman Empire to support him in establishing an independent kingdom. Moreover, Charlie also promised that if he could do what he wanted, the entire kingdom would still be the territory of the Holy Roman Empire, and he would still be a vassal of the Holy Roman Empire. However, the relationship between the kingdom and France was completely cut off.
So, France - yes, while Charles was pleased with the Holy Roman Empire, he took tough measures against the weak French king. He always looked for opportunities to attack the prestige of the French king. He also connected with other princes in France, hoping to gain their support - it would be best if everyone added the title of a king and split France directly.
In this way, although this time, Burgundy and France seemed to have united nearly 100,000 troops, in fact, there were many internal conflicts between them and they were on guard against each other. General Carter even felt that if there was a little provocation, these two highly concentrated armies would fight first...
However, General Carter did not count. General Carter also abides by his duties: he is a naval general, and his mission is to naval battles, block the enemy's ports, and plunder coastal cities.
Not politics, not diplomacy.
This time, the task assigned to him was to escort the queen to England, and then transport at least 20,000 reinforcements from England to Normandy. Since that is the case, then he would complete the task well. In other aspects, the Lord naturally arranged it.
It was as if now, although it was something he used to to plunder the enemy's coastal land. However, because the Lord did not issue similar orders before, General Carter felt a little uneasy and a little regretful. However, it was too late to regret it now.
"However, it shouldn't be a big deal. The other party could not pre-calculate us to come here. Moreover, according to the map, there is no city here, just a small town and several villages."
But General Carter soon understood where his previous uneasiness came from.
"Oh... the boat stopped... have we arrived at the place?" Artoria, who was still drinking in her room, was drunk and shook her head, trying to make herself more awake, and walked out like this. She asked General Carter.
"This... should be about half the way to get to England," General Carter replied.
"Then why did the ship stop?" Artoria's eyes flashed, but it made General Carter feel like he was stared at by a big cat.
"This is Burgundy territory. It is hostile to our country. Therefore, my subordinates think that they can go to the coast to rob, and they must always make the enemy suffer." General Carter replied carefully.
Chapter completed!