Shadow King Chronicles: Building a Kingdom From Behind the Scenes
Curtains of War
The Duchess of Petersburg is located not too far from the imperial capital of Moskov, Kiev. And of course, Petersburg is the most strategic region in Moskov. It was because the Petersburg family held control over both the Commercial port as well as the naval base.
Of course there was not only one port in the Moskov Empire. They've got enough ports, at least five. But the port under the authority of the Petersburg family was a port in warm waters. When winter comes, the sea does not freeze.
This made the port of Petersburg, you name it, the only access for merchant ships during the winter.70 percent of imported goods consisting of various luxury furniture belonging to the imperial family, he said, food brought from the northern regions of the empire, and others, were all only accessible in the port of Petersburg.
That was why when the emperor heard that Royal Navy Heinz kingdom had managed to take control of the Petersburg coastal area, he slammed all the objects in front of him. Tables, chairs, papers, etc.
Porcelain fragments were scattered everywhere. His anger peaked when he learned that the reason for the immediate fall of the Petersburg coastal region was not the attack of the Heinz royal navy.
On the contrary, the royal navy of Heinz did not need to swing a single sword to make Petersburg surrender. As soon as Mary's representatives heard from the royal envoy Heinz that Mary had lost, they immediately raised the white flag.
The ships carrying Heinz's royal forces soon pulled over to shore and landed 50,000 heavily armed troops there.
This was clearly a form of humiliation for the emperor Romanov III! In fact, the imperial army that had besieged the Petersburg region was successfully repulsed by the Heinz royal army with an extremely high number of deaths!
A few days later, the price of basic necessities in Kiev rose sharply. Access from the port has been blocked. At the same time, chaos in the chaos-stricken Northern region of the empire disrupted food supplies.
Many merchant convoys were ambushed by rebels who disguised themselves as bandits and seized almost all of the cargo the convoy was carrying.
Once again, Kiev is in crisis. It's not big enough. But if this were to be left for a month, chaos would surely occur directly in the heart of the Moskov empire!
Even if the emperor intended to take back Petersburg via sea, it could not be done. The Moskov Empire was a continent-oriented country. They were busy strengthening the army and raising naval forces.
Perhaps their numbers were large, but even when compared to the Heinz kingdom that had been reforming their navy, the Imperial navy was in their weakest position.
This now. Kiev was locked up by the Heinz kingdom. The emperor did not intend to surrender. In the end he ordered his son, Nicholas, to immediately calm the war there and return to the capital as quickly as they could.
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The main army of the empire had arrived at the frontlines. They occupied several areas of the Nobles adjacent to the alliance of southern nobles.
Prince Nicholas who was holding a fancy banquet got news from a noble. He said that the Lostov region and its allies had fallen to the Heinz kingdom.
The prince was angry. But as the party was going on, he held back a little and just slammed the glass he was holding. If it was in his usual condition, he might have punched the news-bearer's noble until he was satisfied.
Prince Nicholas decided to launch an attack on Heinz's royal position within a week. Thus, he assumed he would reclaim the fallen territories and make them a stepping stone to pierce into the realm of Heinz's kingdom.
And this is, the curtain of the real war has been opened.