Rise of Rurik

It seems that there is nothing to do in winter, just stay at home and wait until spring.

Compared to other years, Poitiers is particularly lively this winter.

The local Earl Bernard should have stayed in the city and waited calmly until winter. In winter, he would continue to observe the declining situation of the empire, and also get some outside information from priests and servants, and then deduce the current situation and determine whether he should take action. , when to take action.

If Reglaf hadn't been so arrogant as to actually take out three hundred pounds of silver coins of good quality, he would not have assembled his own men in the winter for the first time and organized a huge grain transport team from Auvergne to Pois. Teal moves.

Although the order from the Earl was hasty, Bernard's men still seized the time to start this huge food transportation work. This move was so counter-intuitive that most of his subordinates believed that Aquitaine would finally send out all its troops to join the war.

The subordinates' speculations instantly became reality.

Bernard not only had to start the food transportation work, but also issued military mobilization orders for the nobles of all sizes under his command. Through messengers running wildly on the Roman roads, his orders were not only quickly implemented to his immediate subordinates, but also to those allies.

Bernard is the leader of the large Guillaume Heimedes family. This Frankish family has branches and branches. The family members, large and small, have long been integrated with the Aquitaine Gaulish environment where they live. In terms of emotions, Generally speaking, although everyone still has the identity of "Franks", they are more like Gaulish nobles.

Today's Aquitaine is a split Little Aquitaine. Charlemagne carried out a series of dismantlings of the empire while he was still alive.

Not only did he split the conquered Saxony, Burgundy, Lombardy and Flanders by force, but the emperor also split the loyal noble territories in the core territory of the empire.

For some great nobles, it was painful to accept such a split.

But for more members of the nobility, he readily accepted the emperor's favor. A group of new barons and earls suddenly appeared. Men who once lacked inheritance rights in their old families received a fiefdom each under the emperor's order. , and a prestigious title.

Even though some counts have titles, their strength is not worthy of the title of military commander of a large area.

The Roman Empire built a city called Augtou in the middle of the Second Avenue of Agrippa, but the local Gauls used to call it Auvergne.

Another castle was built in this city, which was the royal residence of Bernard's direct family. The name of the castle was simple and crude, called "Mount Clermont", which means "a fortress standing like a mountain."

Thousands of years later, the city was renamed Clermont-Ferrand, and the entire huge area was renamed Auvergne.

The road distance between the city of Poitiers and the city of Auvergne is an astonishing three hundred kilometers! But the roads between each other are almost straight lines. Even if the stone slabs of the Roman Avenue have been weathered into gravel by the wear and tear of time, its foundation is solid rammed earth. The horse-drawn grain transport team is moving forward on a flat road with almost no ruts. , they could also pass through Limoges, a crossroads city managed by priests, so the team didn’t need to worry about getting into trouble on the way, so they

Their marching speed was extremely astonishing.

As for what could delay their action, it was the initial waste of time in moving the grain from the warehouse to the truck.

Aquitaine was once a very large area, but now it is divided into Aquitaine and Toulouse.

Almost all the nobles south of the County of Auvergne are considered to be from the Toulouse area.

Toupillon of the County of Angoulême, Guillaume of the County of Agen, and Ackfred of the County of Toulouse. The three local Earls of Toulouse have different strengths. The most powerful one is naturally the Earl of Toulouse. Ackfred.

The three are relatives of each other. Due to complicated marriages, they also have a certain blood relationship with Bernard, Count of Poitiers-Auvergne.

Naturally, these three people were all distantly related to King Charles, Emperor Lothair, and Duke Ludwig of Bavaria.

In the face of real interests, blood ties and in-laws are only something that can be argued when necessary. Nobles will not betray their own interests!

At first, these three nobles were loyal to Pepin II. Although they could not bear to see this great nobleman losing power, they had to declare their allegiance to another great nobleman, Charles "The Bald", to avoid military attacks on themselves.

However, the trio never paid direct allegiance to Emperor Lothair.

However, all three of them also knew that the expelled Pepin II had now transformed into the little king of Provence.

Pepin II must follow his uncle Emperor Lothair. Only when his uncle successfully suppresses the rebellion can he regain his power in Aquitaine and Toulouse.

The former subordinates were forced to oppose their former monarch due to reality. Although the three men in Toulouse had complaints, they faced

In reality, they can only obey the orders of the new monarch. Even if "Bald" Charles ordered himself to raise his troops to attack Provence, they would still have to join the battle.

Because there is no essential difference between being loyal to Charles or to Pepin II, but to the north of the three is Bernard, who has integrated two large areas and gained absolute power. Bernard controls almost all of Aquitaine (a smaller version), and this guy also directly takes in King Charles. If he does something and is found guilty, who can guarantee that the cavalry from the north will not go directly south along the Roman Avenue?

Angoulême, Agen and Toulouse are all located on the Roman Avenue, which means that the three parties can quickly mobilize soldiers to move north, and it also means that the northern army can easily move south.

The area south of Paris was undefeated, and the smooth Roman road led directly to the foot of the Pyrenees.

The three southernmost Earls of Toulouse received a "situation explanation" from Poitier's messenger. Although Bernard's tone in the letter was calm, he faked the king's order and asked the southern nobles to start military mobilization in winter. It was pointed out that the date of the military operation was planned to be March 844, and the date would be no later than the end of April.

"At last, Aquitaine is joining the war."

The three nobles had already anticipated the arrival of this day, and the long wait and see ended here.

They were unhappy that the letter had arrived on the order of Count Poitier. Where was King Charles's official edict? Is it Bernard who is the King of Aquitaine, or is Charles the Bald, whom everyone recommends and recognizes, the King of Aquitaine?

In any case, the mobilization operation must begin...

If the Aquitaine-Toulouse coalition forces directly followed the Avenue of Aquitaine to its south

At the end of the route (near Montpellier and Marseille), you can walk directly along the coast to Provence. Find the bookstore www.zhaoshuyuan.com. This will be a sneak attack on the Burgundians from behind.

Although the plan is indeed to attack Burgundy, the method of war is not aimed at destroying all the power of the Burgundian forces. Those nobles of Burgundian origin will continue to retain their power, and they can continue to live in In the new Frankish Kingdom, they continued to be their hereditary nobles.

"Bald" Charles and Bernard, and even Robert of Tours, had never thought of destroying Burgundy, let alone had the strength to do so.

Even Charles hopes to win over the Burgundians when conditions are ripe. He believes that they are a group of smart guys. After beating them with a single blow, they will force a peace. He does not want to win over them to form a friendly army and defect to Lothair, but at least force the Burgundians to join Lothair. The Gundians withdraw from the war, and that's all.

Then the plan to stab the Burgundians in the back is impossible. Instead, the Burgundian forces must be defeated on the frontal battlefield, especially Conrad, Count of Auxerre, who is actually in power. The problem is probably solved.

The first battle of the war will be led by the new Count Regrave of Anjou. If this kid loses, it will be bad luck for him. In the end, Aquitaine suffered no substantial military losses, but the boy's actions must have made the Burgundians like wounded beasts, and Aquitaine would surely win easily if it sent troops to attack again.

Bernard's secret plan, he was sure that the clever Regraf could figure it out. Even so, the boy must lead his troops and rush forward without hesitation to risk his life.

As for the three guys in Toulouse, Bernard would never tell them such an inside story.

One and a half stars.

The three of them only learned that during Christmas, King Charles created a new Count of Anjou, giving the vacant territory an owner. As for the identity and specific strength of the new earl, they didn't bother to ask. As a result, the three of them didn't even know that the Count of Anjou was actually the exiled King of Mercia, and that his power was rapidly expanding.