Warlords of the witcher world

Chapter 72 Eastern reinforcements and the founder of the Griffon
Herme's becoming Lord Protector didn't change much of everyone's life, everything was still the same as before.

Everyone is busy for life and for war, and it is still the same as before.

All places also expressed their obedience to the political changes in Wengerburg. No one expressed any objection, and everything was as usual as it was when King Demawi was still alive.

But the difference does exist there, and everyone knows that some things have really changed.

In the past, various orders were often issued "in the name of His Majesty King Demawi III", and the first sentence of those publicity notices often began with this sentence.

But now, they are all "in the name of His Majesty King Baldwin and Lord Protector Herme."

Although the name of the little king is in the front, many times, everyone will ignore the name of the little king, and the focus is on Herme, the protector of the country.

Noun changes are subtle, but the impact is often far-reaching, and some seeds have already been planted.

In the future, it will take root and sprout.

Today's Aedian government is known by the world as the "Government of the Lord Protector". Since it is the first time for Herme's new title to appear in the north, everyone calls Herme and Herme's subordinates and government this way.

For this government, the outside world has shown strong concern.

On the day Baldwin I was crowned and Herme was announced as Lord Protector of Aedirn, Temeria, Redania, and Kaedwin all sent credentials, expressing their approval of Herme's position, and Praise for his feat in defeating the Nilfgaardians.

In peacetime, if Herme, a person of such low birth, took over the power of a country, it would definitely cause a lot of opposition, but now is the time of war.

Now that Nilfgaard is invading, it can be said that all the northern countries are in a precarious situation. Who cares about such things.

The kings of all walks of life don't want to get entangled in minutiae issues, and now is not the time to bring such issues to the table for discussion.

In peacetime, it's okay to use this kind of nonsense. The so-called making cards out of thin air doesn't always start from this direction.

Interestingly, even the Duke of Nilfgaard, Adar Aip Darcy, who caused a lot of carnage in Aedirn, sent congratulations.

It's just that his letters are full of various cumbersome words from the city of the golden tower, riddles among the nobles of Nilfgaard, and all kinds of yin and yang.

For a letter like this, one more glance wins the Nilfgaardian who wrote it.

Of course, he did not forget to reply, and Herme asked a dwarf craftsman in the army to write a letter, all written in the most "kind" dwarf words.

This was specifically requested by Herme, to ensure that the eccentric duke would be "surprised" after reading it, and then he asked the messenger Nilfgaard to send the letter back.

Looking at the expression of the Nilfgaardian, he probably thought that he was going to die when he came to deliver the letter, but he didn't expect that the northern barbarians not only did nothing to him, but also sent him back with a reply.

It's just that, seeing this reply letter, that guy Adal will definitely be very unhappy, and if he doesn't make it right, he will even vent his anger on the messenger.

In the letters of credence of the northern countries, they also expressed various temptations to Heme, wanting to know what Heme, the new ruler of Aedirn, was thinking.

For these temptations, Herme naturally used diplomatic language to perfunctory them.

His opinions and tendencies are actually a bargaining chip in the exchanges between countries. How could he express it like this? At least he had to sell it for a good price first.

Heme also dared not to express his position like this. The biggest consensus in the north now is to fight against the Nilfgaardians who are going north. Under this consensus, he did not say that his tendency and attitude towards the political situation in the north is not a problem at all.

Now all countries are wondering what kind of idea this rising general of Aden is thinking, and want to know what he plans to do in the future.

Now the king on the throne of Aedirn is but a baby, and everyone knows who is the master of the country.

What's more, in this era where infant deaths can be seen everywhere, the death of infants is extremely common. When the "King" of Aedirn disappears, no one will feel so strange.

It will be interesting to see where Herme's power will go at that time.

Hemei knew that the northern countries would be very interested in him, so he also strengthened Aden's counter-espionage work, nominally to guard against Nilfgaardian spies, and the northern allies were also within the scope of this counter-espionage work—— To be precise, the most important thing is to target them.

Although they are allies, many things still need to be settled separately.

Charon happily accepted this task. In his opinion, it was really too simple. On weekdays, what he did most was to confront his colleagues in the north, and he was already familiar with it.

For Hemei herself, after becoming the Protector, her life has not changed much. As a result, her workload has increased a lot, and her pressure has greatly increased.

Right now he is the Lord Protector, God knows how many people are watching him.

Now he can say that he has truly carried the whole of Aden on his shoulders and governed the country.

Although it was said that he was carrying it before, Herme thought that all of this was just temporary. The king could return at any time, and he could let go of these responsibilities at any time.

Now it's really all on the shoulders.

Although Herme also enjoyed the pleasure of being in power, the pressure was really great.

For Herme now, the only time to relax is to read the letter from Sazarburg.

Even the writing of the book was left behind by him, because he was too busy now.

At the moment, in the hall of Wengerburg Palace, Herme, who was sitting next to the throne, was reading a letter from Sazarburg.

This seat is usually not set up, and it will only be moved out when the monarch of Adian is in the state of regency, which means that the kingship is now delegated.

Speaking of which, this seat has a long history, with a history of 300 years, dating back to the founding of the Kingdom of Aden.

Things that have gone through such a long time are antiques and should not be sat on, but thanks to the magical restoration, the chair is still in good condition.

However, Herme still felt pain in her buttocks when she sat on it, so she asked someone to make a cushion, which made her feel much more comfortable.

The royal palace of Wengerburg is very gorgeous, and no one will forget it as long as they have visited this place.

Exquisite painted decorations can be said to be everywhere, exquisite marble statues can be seen everywhere, and the flag of the Aedirn heraldry is hung on the roof.

This royal palace was made by dwarves, and its biggest feature is its sturdiness. It can also be said to be a strong fortress, the last place the Wenger Castle defenders can rely on.

Originally, the palace was very simple, and the things built by the dwarves could not be too gorgeous, which did not conform to their aesthetics, but King Demavi repaired the palace and made it look like it is now.

King Demawi's aesthetic level is still very good. While making the palace look gorgeous, it still maintains the original majesty, and even strengthens it on the original basis.

Now the various overly complicated decorations of the palace have been removed, and Herme has replaced his subordinates and township party members as guards of the palace. The old guards have been transferred by him to serve as officers in the expanding army.

At the end of today's meeting, our Lord Protector did not leave immediately, but asked Viato to bring the letters from Fort Sazar and read them.

What he was holding now was a letter from Katya.

"Herme, I heard about your victory in Aden. To be honest, when I heard the victory, I even thought it was a fake. I didn't expect you to defeat the army in black so quickly. I probably hope to be with you." You stand together and enjoy the victory."

Seeing this, Herme couldn't help showing a smile on her face. Katya still likes war so much, the regret between the lines is obvious.

"And when I knew that you became the Lord Protector, I was both happy and worried. You are standing too high now. It reminded me of the situation my father faced after my grandfather died. But I know that you have enough Strength is enough for you to face all this, but I still want to ask you, be careful, if something happens to you on the battlefield, our child will definitely become the focus of attention, I don't want my child to go through a turbulent childhood, and I don’t want this little guy to lose his father before he was born.”

In Katya's words, Herme saw a strong worry, and he sighed.

There is no way, he knows that walking on this road is very difficult, but right now he has no choice but to go on.

Herme continued to read, and the following content mainly introduced the situation of Fort Sazar and the grassland, which was much easier.

"The current situation in Sazaburg is very good. Since everything is as stable as before, and there is Dunwa to govern the city, I have nothing to do. However, due to the war, many caravans have not come, and the trade has been affected by this. The impact is not small, but everyone said that it can be tolerated. A lot of refugees have come, and they have brought a lot of vigor and vitality. Fort Saza is still so busy and prosperous. Under the rule, the land of the Cossacks is still so peaceful, while the Hackland Grassland is still in the melee, and nothing has changed from before."

Seeing this, Herme nodded again and again. For him, there was nothing better than the news that the east of the Blue Mountain was still as usual.

If something happened to Lanshan, he would be in serious trouble.

As for what Katya mentioned next, Herme attached great importance to it.

"During the time you passed, Cossacks continued to gather under Fort Sazar. They all came for the war, and after the news came that you won a big victory and became the Lord Protector of Aedir, even more Many Cossack war gangs have also joined it, and his father has also contributed to it. He is very happy to see the atamans find work for themselves instead of idling on their own territory all day long. In addition, recently some Hakland The tribe also came to Sazaburg. They are all losers in the grassland struggle. It seems that the war in the Haklan grassland has entered a fierce battle period. They need to find some ways to support themselves here. These nomadic soldiers are happy to fight for you. Fight, I left them all behind."

"At present, the army assembled under Fort Sazar has reached a full 1 people. Hemei, I have decided to send them here. You should be ready to meet them."

This was a complete surprise for Herme. There were more than 1 supplementary soldiers. This number was really scary.

But right now, Herme needs such an army, which is what he can only wish for.

At present, all the combat-capable troops in Herme's hands are only 3 people.

Although more soldiers are being recruited and are undergoing crazy training every day, it will take time for these soldiers to become combat effectiveness.

In contrast, the Nilfgaardians on the opposite side still have a combat effectiveness of more than 7 people.

If he hadn't defeated the Central Army of the Eastern Army, which completely disrupted the strategic plan of the Eastern Army, made all the deployments of the Eastern Army messy, and triggered a series of chain reactions, he would not be so relaxed now.

Now the Nilfgaardians have to distribute a large amount of force to suppress the occupied area to maintain stability and maintain a stable logistics line, which prevents them from putting all their forces on the front line.

These guerrillas have all received material support from Heme, and the difficulty for the Nilfgaardians to destroy them has also increased a lot.

The United Kingdom of Leiria and Livia is even more unstable. The Nilfgaardians took this kingdom with a coup and conspiracy.

In fact, there are still a large number of resistance forces in this kingdom. Most of the rebels are Queen Mi Wei's loyalists and people who are very dissatisfied with the status quo. The power of these people is still very terrifying.

Now with the defeat of the Eastern Army Group, these forces are also ready to move. In order to maintain deterrence, the Nilfgaardians can only transfer many troops back to Livia to maintain stability.

At present, the discipline of this Hackland army is basically lacking, but at least the arrival of troops with combat experience is timely. At least Herme can rest assured that they will go to the front line.

And because of the mobility of the nomads, Herme can use these guys to do some things, such as a quick raid on the Nilfgaardians.

Taking advantage of this characteristic of the nomad army, Herme is confident that he will cause a lot of trouble for the arrogant commander of the Eastern Army Group, and see if he can maintain that arrogant attitude when the time comes.

"Marondo, Marondo, come in, you quickly lead an army to the Blue Mountain Tunnel, choose some elite troops, there is a large army coming over there, I want you to restrain these people and bring them to Wenger Fort."

Herme called in her captain of the guard and asked him to take charge of picking up the army.

Whether they are Cossacks or nomads, these people are very restless and need someone to watch them, lest they do a big job.

"Yes, Lord Protector, I understand, I will set off right away, and I will take the Xieqi Cossack with me."

Now the people below have all changed their titles to Hemei, and they have all become Duke Protectors.

After all, before Herme wanted to be called Commander more than his title, it would appear that his position was greater, and everyone already knew how to cater to Herme.

And Herme is also very useful, such a title makes him feel a sense of power.

For Marondo's choice of the Sechi Cossacks, Heme agreed. The management of the Cossacks is indeed to let these professional Cossacks go better, and they are also very good at dealing with the Haklans, knowing how to deal with these nomads .

After the captain of the guard left, Herme got up from his seat, and it was time to do other work.

Oh, I have to write a reply letter to Katya later, order some things, and express some of my feelings in the letter by the way.

Herme is not planning to let Katya come to Blue Mountain, the war is still full of uncertainties, let his wife and the heir in her stomach stay in Hakland.

Ah, there is still a lot of work, I really don't know when I can relax.

In the end, Herme thought of this, and then turned around and continued to work. If she didn't work now, things would pile up more and more.

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Compared with normal days, the biggest difference between Wengerburg during the war was the large number of people.

Wengerburg is a city with a population of nearly 2. It is already a big city, and it is a rare big city in the north.

But now, there are almost equal numbers of soldiers and refugees here.

Although the Nilfgaardians had been repelled and Wengerburg was no longer the front line, it was still not far from the front line.

If the Nilfgaardians launch another surprise attack, they will surely be able to come to the vicinity of Wenger Castle again soon.

Fort Wenger is also the largest material supply center of the army, where a large amount of military rations are stored.

It was only here that Herme dared to gather so many supplies.

He still has sufficient confidence in the city wall with the crystallization of dwarf engineering technology.

So this place is full of soldiers, and refugees continue to gather here. Fort Wenger is indeed one of the safest places now.

And if the refugees want to go further north, it is undoubtedly correct to go to Wengerburg first.

Now on the streets of Wengerburg, there are either soldiers with weapons and having fun on the street, or refugees who are doing nothing on the street, or are worried about the future. The whole street looks very mixed and chaotic.

The large amount of food brought by Heme played a huge role in stabilizing the situation in the capital, which shows how correct his choice was at the time.

Now in Wengerburg, both citizens and refugees can receive a ration.

However, this ration can only ensure that they will not starve to death, so if they want their families or themselves to live better, they still have to find a job.

And the most popular right now is undoubtedly to join the army, which has no threshold.

Now Lord Protector is frantically recruiting people, and now it has become the level that as long as the limbs are intact, even if there is a problem with the brain.

So the recruiting office can always see people queuing up, basically someone wants it.

But if it doesn't work, then send it to carry the bag, that is, to be a servant, responsible for the logistics of the army.

Although it is said that the Adenians are fighting on the mainland, and the logistical pressure is much lighter than that of the Nilfgaardians, but the bag-carriers are still needed.

As for those who are unwilling to join the army and have no skills, except for a small number of people who receive subsidies to survive in Wengerburg, most of them continue to go north, where there is always a job and a stable life they want.

For these people, the government of the Lord Protector will also issue some subsidies, and even send troops to each other, so that they can go north better.

The Protectorate government still hopes that there will be fewer and fewer people in Wengerburg. It is not good to have too many civilians crowded in such a fortress. If the Nilfgaardian army comes to the city, these people will all become burdens. .

Now, Cohn, a witcher disguised as a soldier, is walking the streets of Vengerburg, watching the city change.

Looking at the refugees and soldiers everywhere on the street, he was quite emotional.

As a volunteer army, coupled with the swordsmanship that everyone relies on, his degree of freedom is much higher than that of ordinary soldiers, so he can wander around the streets at will.

He remembered a time when the city had prospered, the jewel of Aedirn, with its leafy lanes of streets like no other in the North.

The ground is neatly paved with stone slabs, exquisite fountains can be seen everywhere, and there is almost the best public garden in the north, with vegetation decoration everywhere.

On weekdays, wealthy citizens would admire these decorations and be proud of their city when they walked down the street.

But now, those green decorations are gone, most of them were set on fire by refugees.

The fountains are always full of refugees, people are everywhere, the pool is always polluted, and there have even been cats, dogs and even human corpses.

As for the park, everything that was once beautiful is gone, save for refugee shacks and worried crowds.

Posters of resistance and recruitment are ubiquitous, with notices posted everywhere telling people to persevere in resistance or recruiting men and women to join the military.

The law and order on the street is also very bad. Citizens basically don't go out except when necessary. Wengerburg guards come and go on the street every day, looking for all possible unstable factors, and also to deter those who want to commit crimes. guy.

It's just that, if something really happens, basically you can't rely on these guys, they will only show off their power on the street with weapons, and it is estimated that only those cases that alarm the big shots can make them move.

In the shadows of the streets, a black market grows unknowingly.

After all, there are so many impoverished people crowded here, there are always people who are willing to sell everything, so all kinds of transactions are born.

As for these places, the higher authorities turned a blind eye. Allowing the existence of such a black market is also beneficial to the operation of the city to a certain extent, and it can also allow the government of the Protectorate to sell things that are inconvenient to sell directly.

But the premise is that they don't go too far. If they go too far, the Duke Protector's government will have to hit them hard.

Fortunately, the local gangsters have already been purged once, either because they were executed for being involved in the rebellion or were sent to the battlefield. They survived and knew exactly what kind of order they wanted in the government of the Protectorate, and they were extremely cooperative.

Cohen looked at the door of the black market for a while, and then went straight in. He was looking for someone.

And according to the information he obtained, that person is here.

No one stopped him. As a demon hunter who bleeds on the tip of his knife, he has often been in this kind of black market on weekdays. His temperament is enough for the gangsters who manage this place to know that he is "one of his own".

When he came to Wengerburg, Cohen met the wolf demon hunter Escal. Although he looks ugly and fits the image of "ugly monster killer" in people's minds, he is actually a very reliable demon hunter. .

At that time, this man was preparing to leave Wengerburg, away from this place of right and wrong, and the two met before leaving.

Escal recognized Cohen's true identity at a glance, and the two then exchanged information with each other. Cohen obtained some information about monster activities in this area from Escal, and Escal learned about Wen's identity from Cohen. Which areas north of Geborg are relatively stable.

Escal also told Cohen that there was an old witcher living in seclusion in the black market of Wengerburg.

Escal discovered this by accident, and he has received a lot of education and help from this old man.

This news made Cohen very concerned. In his previous conversation with George, he learned that George had confirmed that Elan, the founder of the Griffin School, lived in seclusion in Aden.

But I don't know exactly where he lived in seclusion. George searched for a long time but couldn't find it.

So this news naturally caught Cohen's attention, he had to go and see whether that person was Elan or not.

Passing through the mixed crowd of fish and dragons in the black market, and knocking back the hands reaching for his wallet, George soon came to the store Escal mentioned.

It was a store called "Black Blade", which was very inconspicuous in this black market, and the signboard was also very old, obviously it had gone through many years.

And Cohen walked in directly, and what came into view were some exhibition cabinets, which were wiped clean, and various weapons were placed on them, ranging from daggers to swords.

There are also all kinds of small "props" that gangsters like, props that are convenient for fighting in a narrow environment, some of which are made very deftly, enough to see the craftsmanship of the maker.

"welcome."

The owner of this shop was sitting behind the cabinet, dressed very ordinary, wearing a gray robe, at first glance he looked like an ordinary shop owner.

He also wears a pair of glasses that make it difficult to see his eyes clearly.

And at the first sight of this person, Cohen knew that he had found the right person.

Although compared with the noble knight in the painting of the school, the face of the person in front of me has many more wrinkles, and the hair and beard have all turned white, but the aristocratic temperament and the largely unchanged face all show that his identity.

"I salute you, Lord Elan."

For this sentence, the owner, or Elan, did not show any surprise.

He just took off his glasses, revealing his vertical witcher eyes, which were still clear without any cloudiness from age.

"Hello, young Griffin, I didn't expect that you would come to the door so quickly."

Elan's voice was steady and deep, and he didn't react much to seeing the younger generation.

This is very much in line with Cohen's vision of the master. In his opinion, the founder of their school should be so full of style.

Cohen is very excited now, the legend is standing in front of his eyes, this is the founder of their school, this is a demon hunter who was cultivated by Arzu himself!
(End of this chapter)