Chapter 472 New Territory Division

Because of the large number of magic crystal cannons, magic airships, and energy projection weapons, the combat effectiveness of Harland's army is extremely strong. But this brings another problem. Harland's army is extremely dependent on logistics for combat.

Every time the magic crystal cannon is fired and the magic airship flies every day, a large amount of magic crystals are consumed. Although Harland has mastered the magic crystal charging technology, large-scale wars will seriously consume inventory.

In fact, after nearly three months of fighting, Harland's army has consumed more than 80,000 magic crystals.

80,000 magic crystals are equivalent to about 60% of the inventory.

The decline in magic crystal reserves will actually seriously affect combat operations. Because of this problem, Richard carefully weighed it in his heart and decided to stop while he was ahead to avoid being involved in a larger-scale war.

Richard had the intention to avoid fighting. The grassroots officers and soldiers had lost their fighting spirit because they had seized a large amount of spoils. Although this army still had the strength to fight to the end, some of the soldiers were blunt.

As the war situation develops to this point, the East Coast United Kingdom has lost most of its territory and can only rely on the capital Kanas Castle for support.

The coalition forces of the four marquises and three earls of the Grant Kingdom, despite their large number of people, have poor attack capabilities and have been unable to capture Kanas Castle for a month and a half.

Seeing that the Grant Kingdom has won another great victory, the governor of the East Coast United Kingdom wrote a letter to Rosen, the special envoy of the Holy Glorious Empire, hoping that the Holy Glorious Empire would mediate.

Although the news of the East Coast sending envoys was very secretive, the intelligence coincidentally fell into the ears of the intelligence department of Harland Territory.

The intelligence system of Harland Territory has penetrated deeply into the East Coast. The East Coast United Kingdom Intelligence Station alone has more than a thousand intelligence officers.

The external intelligence system is not only responsible for intelligence work, but also manages and controls the smuggling department. It not only has administrative grants from superiors, but also smuggled goods and profits from operating industries.

Harland Territory has the magical plant Dream Tree. After getting the Dream Tree, Richard immediately took the leaves of the Dream Tree and asked the stationmasters of the intelligence stations of the Foreign Intelligence Bureau to take them. Richard had left a mark on the Dream Tree, and could rely on the Dream Tree to enter the dreams of the stationmasters of the intelligence stations and communicate with them subconsciously.

Using the power of the Dream Tree, the backbone intelligence officers can transmit intelligence back to the headquarters in their dreams.

With the help of this peculiar magic radio station, the intelligence department of Harland Territory does not need to establish a complex intelligence transmission system and does not need to cross the strictly inspected border.

In recent years, although the counterintelligence department of the East Coast United Kingdom has captured some intelligence personnel of Harland Territory, they are all peripheral members. It did not cause too much loss, and the intelligence department did not leave many loopholes for the enemy.

With the help of the legendary magic plant Dream Tree, the intelligence department of Harland Territory has become more powerful, and the transmission of intelligence is not only secret but also very convenient.

Although Richard was leading troops outside and could not communicate with the backbone intelligence officers through the Dream Tree, there were still three people who could leave marks on the Dream Tree. When Richard and Sophia entered the Red Moon Plane, Undine had already left her mark and replaced Richard in the intelligence system.

The intelligence chief of Harland Territory on the East Coast is named Stevens Hogan. He is a very capable and ambitious man. He has aristocratic blood and is also a native of the East Coast Kingdom. Over the years, the relationship that Hogan has managed has been rooted in the East Coast United Kingdom and has almost penetrated into the core of the East Coast.

In particular, the four mercenary leaders from the East Coast, Rand, Gutman, Hagenting, and Hoffman, who were successfully knighted in Harland Territory, have made use of their family relationships to penetrate deeper into the East Coast intelligence system.

The four Rands all have aristocratic blood, although they are distant members and their status cannot be equal to that of the direct descendants who inherited the title.

But now Harland Territory is in its heyday, and the East Coast United Kingdom is in a life-and-death crisis.

In order to keep their hereditary titles, wealth and glory, the main families of the four Rands desperately grasped every straw, and actually secretly surrendered to the Harland Territory and fell into the control of Stevens.

The guards of the envoys sent by the governor of the East Coast United Kingdom happened to be people from the Earl of Berleni's family. Through this line, Hogan immediately informed Undine of the news. Undine quickly delivered the information to Richard through the Lion Duck Cavalry.

Richard knew that the Holy Glorious Empire was a stick to stir up trouble in order to maintain the balance policy of the eastern countries.

The rise and fall of the eastern countries in the past thousand years have been hidden in the shadow of the Holy Glorious Empire. Once the news is passed to the special envoy Rosen, the Holy Glorious Empire will definitely come to mediate.

Once Rosen speaks on behalf of the Holy Glorious Empire, the Roger Kingdom will inevitably be unable to withstand the pressure, give up part of its interests, and accept the mediation of the Holy Glorious Empire.

Richard is unwilling to accept such a situation.

After receiving the intelligence sent by Undine, Richard immediately wrote to Sutton, asking Sutton to lead the Harland Navy to help the noble coalition attack Kanas Castle.

Although Kanas Castle is not a port city, it is very close to the coastline. Fifty kilometers upstream along the Maya River, the Harland Navy can use the power of the magic crystal cannon to attack Kanas City.

After receiving Richard's order, Sutton led the magic fleet and relied on the power of the magic crystal cannon to attack Kanas Castle for six days, finally blowing down the city wall and destroying the city defense fortifications.

Seeing the collapse of the city wall, Marquis Allen led the Grant Kingdom noble coalition to break through Venus Castle in one fell swoop, and destroyed the East Coast United Kingdom before the Holy Glorious Empire intervened.

After the destruction of the East Coast Kingdom, the battle line of the Delong Kingdom stabilized.

This war took three months, and the Grant Kingdom won a decisive victory, destroyed the East Coast United Kingdom, and annexed more than 1.1 million square kilometers of land. In addition, it also seized nearly 30,000 square kilometers of land from Delong and Ryan, which can be said to be a glorious victory recorded in epics.

After winning such a crucial battle, the top priority is to reward merits and divide the spoils.

The Harland family is already the core family of the Grant Kingdom, and its power can almost compete with the royal family. Especially in this war, Harland played the most critical role.

The Western War relied on Harland's 80,000 troops to block the Ryan Kingdom's heavy troops. The Eastern Front battlefield relied on Harland's navy to break the balance and annihilate the East Coast Marine Front.

The final battle was also based on the navy commanded by Sutton to destroy the defense of Kanas Castle and successfully capture the East Coast capital.

Because they played the most critical role, the Harland family must of course share the spoils first.

Richard took the map and directly marked off the most essential territory of the East Coast United Kingdom, naming it the Duke of Rex.

This territory covers an area of ​​about 280,000 square kilometers. It is the real fertile land of the East Coast United Kingdom. The capital Kanas Castle is also in this territory. The total population of this territory is about 12 million, accounting for 40% of the total population of the East Coast.

The only disadvantage of the Duke of Rex is that it is located in the southern part of the East Coast, bordering the Kingdom of Sith, and is in the border area, which requires heavy troops to be stationed.

The Grant Kingdom has been fighting wars for more than ten years. Although a large amount of land has been expanded and the power of the great noble class has been greatly expanded, the national strength has been severely depleted, the people are tired of war, and the army is somewhat exhausted.

The major nobles are not very willing to seal the territory at the border, which is also an important reason why Richard's proposal was not opposed. In today's Grant Kingdom, the Harland family does need to take responsibility.

The Dukedom of Rex was not enough to reward the Harland family for their great contributions. After this battle, William's title was promoted and his territory expanded to a dukedom.

Forty thousand square kilometers of land west of the Gut River were included in William's dukedom, and Earl Zakley's original territory was also incorporated into William's dukedom. After being promoted to duke, William's territory had already reached 90,000 square kilometers, but because it was located on the front line of the war between the two armies, the population escaped very seriously, with only 800,000 to 900,000 people in total.

Earl Zakley also gained a lot from this battle. He handed over his original territory to William and was allocated 36,000 square kilometers of land in the coastal area on the south bank of the Mara River. Although his title was not promoted to duke, he successfully married the Roger Kingdom after the war and was granted the title of marquis.

All the original four marquises in the east were promoted after this battle.

After conquering Kanas Castle, Roger Kingdom promoted the four eastern marquises to four dukes, and their territories were also sealed in the western and southern borders of the former East Coast United Kingdom, bordering the three countries of Delon, Maya, and Sis.

Among the four newly promoted dukedoms, the Dukedom of Allen has the largest area, located in the southwest of the former East Coast United Kingdom, bordering the three kingdoms, with a total area of ​​150,000 square kilometers

The areas of the three newly promoted dukedoms of Klein, Vicia, and Guevara are roughly the same, all over 100,000 square kilometers, slightly larger than the Dukedom of William, and the population is between 2 and 3 million.

The original fiefs of the four newly promoted dukes were taken back by the Grant royal family, and a new central bank province was established.

In this battle, Count Marcel made more contributions, and his territory expanded by more than 10,000 square kilometers. Like Count Zakli, he married the royal family after the war, wore the marquis' ribbon, and his title was slightly promoted. The other four earls had less merits, and only got a baronial territory, which was enough to reward their merits.

The three dukes of York, Loran and Duran played a great role in the war, helping the two families of Harland and Jonathan to block the army of the Kingdom of Ryan. The three dukes of Fox, Edward and Guise pinned down the 200,000 troops of the Kingdom of Delon, but they did not win the battle on the Western Front after all, and were only granted a viscountship.

The new fiefs of the six dukes on the Western Front were all sealed in the newly promoted dukedoms on the East Coast.

Richard directly demarcated 3,000 square kilometers of land from the Dukedom of Rex and sealed the third son of Duke Fox on the border with the Kingdom of Sis. The new fief of the Edward family was sealed in the Dukedom of William.

As for the Jonathan family, it has now become independent and is considered an ally of the Kingdom of Grant.

The Western Front did not gain much advantage in this battle, and the Jonathan family did not have much territory to divide. However, several direct members of the Jonathan family married with close branches of the Grant royal family and received a viscountship and four baronies from the royal territory.

In addition to the above nobles, the Silver Moon Family also took back their territory and restored their noble status with the support of King Roger.

Silver Moon Island is too close to the core territory of the Grant Kingdom. If it falls into Richard's control, it is equivalent to directly blocking the door to the sea for the Grant Kingdom.

King Roger was unwilling to hand over such a deadly place to Richard. After the two sides reached an exchange of interests, this territory was left to the original owner.

The Grant family's new legendary knight Heaton also completed the transformation of his identity and was promoted to the noble class.

The Earldom of Heaton is located in the east of the Dukedom of William, with an area of ​​nearly 30,000 square kilometers. Like the Dukedom of William, it suffered from war and there are not many people.

On the Western Front, Wilde seized the opportunity of the withdrawal of the Kingdom of Ryan and led his troops across the Kampa River, taking control of about 12,000 square kilometers west of the Kampa River and north of the Mara River. This territory was naturally incorporated into the Earldom of Philip.

The remaining 100,000 square kilometers of land belonged to the Grant royal family. The Roger Kingdom was ready to make this territory independent and give it to the second son Nelson. King Roger's eldest son was also assigned to the Dukedom of Ferdinand.

Although the territory granted by the Grant royal family in this war was not large, it recovered the four marquisates in the east and established four central provinces. In fact, the royal family also got 300,000 square kilometers of land, and the benefits obtained were second only to the number one hero, the Harland family.

In addition to the great nobles on the table, there were also 38 new nobles who ate the leftovers in this feast of division. Their fiefs were scattered in the territories of the superior lords.

For example, Sutton, Romen, Soros, Wilde and others on the Harland side.

Sutton and Sylph are both legends. After years of accumulation, Sutton's merits are enough to be awarded a dukedom.

However, the Sutton family is small, and his ideas are different from ordinary people. Although he is half-elf, he grew up with his mother Sylph and his thoughts are more like elves. A few years ago, Sutton and Sylph exchanged all their merits for the land where the elf puzzle is located. Now all the elf tribes live near the tree of life.

Although Sutton is not keen on land, Richard still wants to give his brother-in-law a duke title after wearing the crown. As long as Sutton's children want to become hereditary lords, Richard will give them a part of the land to reward Sutton and Sylph for their great contributions.

The Sutton family has played a very important role in the development of Harland Territory to this day.

The second among the meritorious officials is Old Romen. The Romen family has a deep foundation. A hundred years ago, they made great contributions to the Kingdom of Grant and won the title of Viscount. After being incorporated into Harland, the Roman family has repeatedly made military achievements and has reached the standard for promotion to the great nobles.

However, Richard has not yet worn the crown, so he cannot legitimately confer the title of noble above the earl. It will take a few more years for the Roman family to be promoted to the great noble class.

Ranked third is uncle Soros, who already has eight baronies under his name, and is relatively close to being promoted to the earl.

Next is brother-in-law Jennings, who has accumulated five baronies under his name, ranking fourth among the meritorious officials.

The fifth is Wilde, although he was slow to make merit and was unlucky in the previous few times and did not catch up with the war merit. But in recent years, he has turned his luck and served as the commander of the front. It is not too difficult to command more than 200,000 troops in battle and accumulate merits. In just a few years, Wilde was promoted to viscount.

In addition to the above five people, the remaining vassals of Harland are still barons, with relatively low influence and have not risen to the decision-making level.