New Sea Moon

Chapter 321 - 321 14 Ambition_2


321: Chapter 14, Ambition_2 321: Chapter 14, Ambition_2 Hudson had little interest in the plotting against the Hollis Family.


Regardless of how much Fengyun Province might change, it wouldn’t be his turn to get a share of the pie.


Even ignoring the difficulties in location, the Koslow Family lacked the ability to expand in Fengyun Province.


Of course, they could potentially plot for one or two knight’s territories, that was still possible.


But it was meaningless, as any piece of land was precious during peacetime.


During the war period, it was different as there was land without a master born almost every day.


Besides admiration, the only other thing Hudson felt for them was surprise.


He had seen profligates before, but never one that was as extravagant as this.


Before this war, the head of the Flowing Wind Family held not insignificant prestige within the Kingdom.


As one of the few families among the fief nobles who had managed to earn a ducal title, the Flowing Wind Family had always been the backbone of the kingdom.


“Respected Viscount Orlan, has something gone wrong at the frontlines?


Under normal circumstances, the losses of the aristocratic military officers defending the city shouldn’t be this heavy!”


Hudson asked in doubt.


To have lost tens of thousands of soldiers so quickly, Hudson considered the current Duke Liufeng to be a “genius”.


Even if a pig were to lead, as defenders of a city, they wouldn’t suffer such severe casualties all at once.


Not only were the losses of the soldiers devastating, but even the aristocratic military officers had suddenly lost thousands.


This was not simply being a “genius” – this was clearly a “once-in-a-lifetime prodigy”.


“Hmph!”


“Other than overestimating his capabilities and attacking first, and being severely beaten by the elite Orc forces, can you think of any other way they could have lost so many troops in such a short amount of time?”


Viscount Orlan said with a disdainful look on his face.


The Kingdom does not advocate active offenses.


It is not that they can’t do it, but the prerequisite is that they must win, or at the very least, achieve a draw.


This Duke Liufeng obviously served as a negative example.


Somehow, he had led his troops out of the city to engage in open warfare with the Orcs.


Luckily, the Flowing Wind Family had strong strength.


After suffering defeat, they still managed to maintain the defensive line with the provincial nobles.


Otherwise, they wouldn’t even need to wait for the internal settling of accounts among the aristocrats after the war.


The Kingdom would have already held him accountable for his unauthorized attack.


“Viscount, did the nobles of Fengyun Province not try to prevent this?


Did they just stand by and watch Duke Liufeng make a mistake?”


Hudson asked curiously.


Normally, everyone should be extremely resistant to such kind of suicide missions.


If it were in the Southeastern Province, if the governor dared to issue such ridiculous orders, he could probably only lead his own loyalists into battle.


The rest of the nobles would not even pay him any attention.


The administrative authority cannot change the fact that the fief nobles are independent local lords.


Even a governor has limited control over the nobles.


Obeying orders is based on the rules, and it cannot harm everyone’s core interests.


A “suicide mission” is obviously beyond everyone’s tolerance, and it is considered a “reckless order”.


The King’s “reckless order” could possibly be rejected, let alone the “reckless order” of a governor.


“The situation in Fengyun Province is different from ours in Southeastern Province.


Over the past few years, the Flowing Wind Family has expanded aggressively, occupying over forty percent of the entire province.


More than half of the prefectural governors are from the Flowing Wind Family, they’re the only dominant family in the province.


Before this battle, Duke Liufeng had performed quite well.


In terms of personal prestige, he is far superior to our Earl Piers.


Most of the prefectural governors are his loyalists and his word is law in Fengyun Province.


Even if others noticed any issues, they wouldn’t dare to go against him.


As for his daring to initiate an attack, Duke Liufeng didn’t completely mess around.


The overall quality of the army in Fengyun Province is deficient, but there are still quite a few elite forces.


Under normal circumstances, it shouldn’t be that tragic even if they encounter the Orc Army.


Unfortunately, their luck was extremely bad.


Just after dealing with a Ratman Tribe’s forces, they encountered a Bimon Army Corps.


Even with a numerical advantage, they couldn’t make up for the gap in strength.


Faced with the Bimon Army Corps, the Nobles’ Allied Forces in Fengyun Province quickly suffered heavy losses.


I know your military abilities are not bad, Hudson.


But you must always keep the bloody lesson of the Flowing Wind Family in mind.


Unless absolutely necessary, do not confront the Bimon Army Corps head-on.


Even the most elite troops of the Kingdom need to amass several times their number to dare to challenge them.


Luckily, the Bimon Tribe has a limited population.


The chance of encountering their main force is small, otherwise we couldn’t even fight this war.”


Seeing the still shaken Viscount Orlan, Hudson immediately let go of his anxiety.


It’s good to know fear, the real fear is those who are obviously incompetent but still arrogantly think they are awesome.


The Kingdom forbids unauthorized attacks, maybe it’s due to these arrogant nobles.


One Duke Liufeng had dug a hole for Fengyun Province; if several more appeared, the Alpha Kingdom would be devastated.


“Viscount, with such heavy losses in Fengyun Province, they must have achieved some victories, right?”


Hudson asked tentatively.


Although he didn’t hold much hope, he still wished for a miracle.


If they were able to inflict heavy losses on the Bimon Army Corps, these sacrifices wouldn’t be a loss for the Kingdom.


“Stop dreaming!


The casualties of the Bimon Army Corps didn’t even reach four digits, and the casualties were even fewer.


If they could have killed a few thousand Bimon, then this battle would have been a stirring victory for the human race in repelling the invasion of the Orcs.”