Chapter 850: Prince Zion's Mistakes
Singold's death did not put an end to the failed Everglades expedition. On the contrary, the nobles whose children died in the Great Swamp began to trace who made this unreliable suggestion in the first place.
Soon, they found the source of the news.
Broadly, this argument has two origins.
One source is the chat of a certain noble young master at the banquet. At that time, the young master drank a little wine. I don’t know if it was because of his drunkenness that he was inspired, or if he was talking nonsense while he was drinking—anyway, he persuaded several of his companions. , everyone thinks this method is very reliable.
Another source is a private letter written by Prince Zion to a friend. At that time, he said in the letter: "For so many years, we have to wait until the autumn harvest is over and the food and grass are abundant before launching the attack on the Great Swamp while the farm is slack. But Think about it carefully, when we are busy with the autumn harvest, the guys in the big swamp are also busy with the autumn harvest. And because the resources of the big swamp are relatively scarce, they pay more attention to the autumn harvest than us. So if we take advantage of their autumn harvest time Is it possible to have an unexpected advantage by doing it? Although this method may be useful for the first time, it is not bad to be able to use it once."
Prince Zion's words were told to more friends by his friend, and then spread. It happened that there was another chat with the noble young master when he was drunk, and the two sides joined together, so the proposal quickly swept the entire capital.
This matter is not complicated, and it is easy to find out, but after it is found out, the follow-up things are really complicated.
The aristocratic young master who was drunk and eloquent was already dead. He died in that terrifying night. His body was found on the roadside not far from the camp. From the autopsy results, it should have stumbled when he fled in a hurry. Fallen to death.
The deceased is dead, he opened his mouth, and finally buried his life, no one can say anything - he may have a bad idea, but in fact, before the accident, everyone didn't think it was a bad idea. What's more, he himself died because of this idea, how can others be held accountable?
But on Prince Zion's side, it's a little troublesome.
The Prince was another who came up with the plan, but he didn't join the Everglades Expedition. This can't help but make people feel doubtful, and even generate some unwanted thoughts.
In this regard, the prince is also very helpless.
"I wanted to go!" He and the friends of the great noble children emphasized, "My father and sister stopped me. They said that it was useless for me to take credit. There are risks, even if you don’t encounter monsters, who can guarantee that there will be no danger in battle?”
Prince Zion said helplessly: "Although this war was lost, the losses were not big - only 30% of the hands were lost in total, which is nothing for the defeat. Why do you all feel that the matter is very serious? It's just a lost battle! In fact, even if this battle is won, at the critical stage of withstood the counterattack of the swamp residents, the expeditionary force will also face extremely fierce battles, and will also have to make a lot of sacrifices— - The loss of 30% is not much at all!"
Of course what he said made sense, but after thinking about it carefully, he knew that he didn't say everything and avoided a very important question.
If the battle is as planned, no matter how serious the losses are, it is unlikely that the nobles who are officers will die in battle, and their subordinates will be completely lost. This is generally the case. Soldiers suffered heavy losses, but nobles tended not to suffer much.
However, this time, due to an accident, the entire expedition force fell into panic, and as a result, many noble disciples died on the way to escape. The "30% loss" this time was not only the loss of the soldiers, but also the loss of the noble children.
That's why the problem is so serious - if it's just the loss of soldiers, even if the dead are veterans, it's very distressing, and it's nothing more than distressing. For the nobles, soldiers are only consumables, and they are part of their wealth, and that's it.
Because of this expedition, about forty noble disciples died. None of these people belonged to a small aristocratic family-because no one would give the opportunity to take advantage of the victory to others, so the aristocratic leaders of a total of 120 or 30 people were all from the big nobles, and the lowest Both are sons of the Earl's family.
Therefore, this number is really a bit huge - to give an actual example, in the civil war in Thrace a few years ago, the army of hundreds of thousands of Thrace was almost wiped out, but the children of the great nobles who died were not even This number!
It is precisely because of the noble and sensitive identities of these people that their deaths must be explained by someone!
It didn't take long for the great nobles to attack. At a meeting of the great nobles chaired by the king, an earl whose eldest son had died mentioned the failed expedition, and then he said: "My son's death can only be regarded as bad luck and no one else. But through this We can see that His Royal Highness is still not thoughtful enough about things, and his character is still not stable enough - and IMHO, it is not something that a king should do if he avoids important things. Perhaps, Your Majesty, you should consider letting the princess inherit the throne. ."
This was said quite bluntly, with no disguise at all. The king was so dismayed at this that he immediately retorted loudly, but then more nobles supported the earl's opinion.
"That's right! We can accept a king who is mediocre, but we can't accept a king who is flippant!"
"Ruling a country is a serious matter, how can it be a child's play!"
"That's right, the king should have the courage to take responsibility! No one can blame the king, only the king himself can blame the king. So if the king makes a mistake, but he doesn't even want to blame himself, there is still a possibility of correction. ?"
"His Royal Highness, the eldest princess, has a much more reliable personality. At least she will never be behind and let others charge!"
"I don't approve of the king going to the battlefield, but Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess will definitely not shirk responsibility when she makes a mistake, and she will not play the game of confusing concepts!"
For a time, the crowd was enthusiastic. The great nobles with dead children attacked one after another.
The king was not a strong character in the first place. In such a situation, he panicked and didn't know what to do. Fortunately, Duke Harret even opened his mouth and relieved him.
Everyone still respects Singold's father-in-law. Seeing the face of Singold, the great nobles who did not have dead children persuaded them, and finally brought the situation under control.
But after this, everyone knows that Prince Zion's original right of succession has a serious problem!