Berserk, Total War: Second Son of Nobles

Wyndham, the capital of Midland

"Get out of the way, get out of the way!" A cavalryman was riding his horse at full speed on the road to Windam. When the guards saw that the cavalryman was holding the flag of the Midland royal family, they immediately cleared the people waiting to enter the city at the city gate, and quickly ordered people to report to the guard troops in the royal capital, clearing the road from the city gate to the royal capital, and allowing the cavalry to deliver the letter to the palace as quickly as possible.

Outside the palace, when the guards saw that it was a cavalryman delivering an urgent letter, they quickly opened the city gate and let them pass.

The cavalry entered the city gate, handed the horses to the grooms, and hurried into the palace.

The official in charge of peripheral affairs at the gate of the palace saw it and stepped forward to ask. After the cavalryman finished speaking in his ear, the official asked the cavalryman to wait for a moment, then carefully opened the door of the hall and closed it softly.

Inside the hall, the current King of Midlan was listening to the ministers reporting on events, which were basically events in the capital and nearby areas, and occasionally some events on the border. As for Midlan's current situation, it was nothing more than failures in certain areas, shortages of supplies, and some sporadic tax revenues that could not be collected, and the reasons were varied.

After a minister finished speaking, the official hurried forward and said, "Your Majesty, Count Milo from Barden has a message for you, and the soldier carrying the letter is waiting for your summons outside the hall."

"Well, let him in," King Midlan said expressionlessly.

After getting permission, the official led the cavalry into the hall. The cavalry knelt on one knee and said: "Your Majesty, there is good news from Balden. Count Milo led the Midland army to join forces with King Balden to eliminate the Yoda troops and Balden rebels, and captured Yoda General Adam. Now the Yoda people have been driven out of Balden." Then he handed the letter forward with both hands, and Prime Minister Midland handed it to the king.

As the nobles in the entire hall were shocked, King Mitlan opened the letter. After reading it for a few minutes, King Mitlan passed the letter to the Prime Minister, who read it and explained the situation to the ministers in the hall:

"Count Milo and Governor John led the Mitlan army to repel the Yoda troops in Balden, captured Yoda General Adam, and supported the Grand Prince to inherit the throne of Balden."

After hearing this, some officials were shocked, but they also asked the king: "Your Majesty, wasn't our original goal to support the second prince of the Kingdom of Balden? How come the eldest prince finally succeeded to the throne?"

King Mitlan said: "Count Milo said that the second prince was captured in a battle, and the third prince burned down the palace in the final battle, causing the second prince to fall into the sea of ​​fire."

Another official asked: "Your Majesty, if this is the case, things will get out of control. We supported the second prince because he has lived in Midland for a long time and we know each other well. Now the eldest prince has taken over and we know very little about him. What if he doesn't cooperate again?"

Another official proposed: "I think Count Milo and Governor John should be impeached for their poor performance!" After that, a lot of people agreed.

"Wait a minute!"

As the crowd was denouncing, a burly, middle-aged man with light brown hair came out and spoke loudly, instantly shocking the entire audience.

"Count Yuris, what do you think?" King Midlan looked at him, wanting to see what his brother thought.

"His Majesty!"

Count Juris first saluted the king and then said to the ministers:

"Excuse me, my ministers, why should we mobilize our military to support the second prince to ascend the throne?"

"Of course, it's because the Yodas want to control Barden. If Barden takes control, our battle line will be extended, which is very disadvantageous to us."

A minister said to Count Yuris.

"Well then, now Count Milo and Governor John have driven out the Yoda people and captured the Yoda noble Adam. They fought a good battle, but you are thinking of impeaching them. What are your intentions?"

Count Juris spoke to the ministers in anger.

"Count Yuris, don't worry. I believe that the ministers are just expressing their concerns and they didn't do it on purpose." King Midlan quickly tried to smooth things over.

Then he cleared his throat and said, "The great victory of Count Milo and Governor John in the Kingdom of Barden against Yoda's troops is something that has not happened in the Kingdom of Midland in recent decades. This means that we, the Midlanders, can also attack, not just passively defend. Moreover, the capture of the Yoda noble Adam this time will become the most important bargaining chip in future negotiations with Yoda."

"So, I decided to hold a large banquet in the royal capital to celebrate this victory after signing the treaty with Yoda."

As soon as these words were spoken, all the ministers got the message and it was time to flatter the emperor.

"Yeah, let's really celebrate."

"Count Milo and Governor John are the hope of Midland."

"The most important thing is Governor John, he is young and handsome!"

Another nobleman boasted even more outrageously: "Governor John was able to win such a great victory in a foreign country with a small force against a larger one. It was like God's spear piercing the heart of the enemy."

"Nonsense, Governor John is the god of war of Mitlan, so he should be the Spear of Mitlan."

"Yes, the Spear of Mitlan!"

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Seeing that the atmosphere was quite good, the Kingdom of Midland said, "Well, that's it for today. Let's adjourn the meeting."

King Mitlan exited through the back door of the throne room, followed closely by Count Uris.

"Your Majesty, why can you give the task of governor to the second son of a minor noble who is not yet an adult, has no merits, and has a low status?" Count Yuris asked from behind.

"My brother, please don't use honorifics in this situation." King Mitlan first corrected Count Yuris's address, and then said:

"Currently, there are many factions in the palace, and the parties are attacking each other. I have just ascended the throne and my foothold is not stable, which makes it difficult for me to do many things. If a capable nobleman with no background and no power appears in front of me at this time, I only need to use a little trick to gain his loyalty."

"Then I have even more questions. There are so many minor nobles, why do you insist on choosing the second son of a minor noble?" Count Yuris was puzzled.

"You don't know this. I was handling border affairs at the time and found a letter from General Conseil. He strongly recommended a minor nobleman named John Hohenzollern's second son. General Conseil was a veteran who had fought many battles. I believed he had no problem judging people, so I gave him the position and sent out a signal at the same time."

King Mitlan looked at Count Yuris and said:

"As long as you have talent, you can still make a name for yourself no matter how humble your status is."