William had no choice but to collect all kinds of old junk everywhere. otbnkotgt After testing, the lethality of this forged shotgun made of scrap copper and iron was surprisingly good.
For targets without armor protection, it can basically kill with one hit.
Moreover, the trumpet-shaped barrel criticized by William also indirectly expanded the killing range and area.
As long as it is loaded with enough scrap copper and black powder propellant, this small copper cannon can cause damage to all targets within a fan range of 30 meters away and an arc length of 15 meters.
Of course, William didn't think it would be of much use to units wearing heavy armor.
"But if you think about it, you can see how it is possible for refugees to have heavy armor.
Hahahahaha, that would be too ridiculous," William thought in his heart.
In this way, William and Shalumi made every effort they could.
The entire Earl of Chersk completed initial mobilization.
There are two hundred private soldiers with reasonable equipment and training, and more than three hundred peasant soldiers who can distance themselves at any time.
There are also two thousand to three thousand poorly armed peasant soldiers and town guards throughout the territory.
The defense work of Chersk Castle has been completed.
At the same time, William also inspected the strength of the castle.
The Chersk Castle is surrounded by water on three sides.
The only thing that needs attention is its front.
In contrast, the wall on the front of the castle is eighty centimeters thick, which is enough to withstand the attacks of most enemies.
Even more than ten years ago, during the Great Border War, those centaurs and regular troops of the Tartariya Khanate did not take advantage when they attacked the front of the Chersk Castle.
In the end, with the help of warships, the elite human heavy infantry troops were transported to the beaches on three sides of the water.
Then they besieged them on all sides and exhausted the castle's food reserves.
Only then did they manage to knock down the castle.
The autumn harvest had just happened a few days ago, and there was enough food stored in the castle.
Surrounded by water on three sides, the Vistula River has sufficient water to provide a water source.
William really couldn't think of any reason why this castle couldn't hold on.
"This way, you don't have to be afraid of refugees or anything like that."
William, who had been busy for several days, felt that he could finally relax for a while.
However, when he saw the new news sent by the rangers, After that, that little bit of relaxed and happy mood disappeared again.
In the surrounding territories, nobles were also assassinated.
Some of them succeeded and some of them failed.
However, both success and failure heightened tensions in the Grand Duchy of Mazovia.
The nobles watched warily among themselves, their neighbors and their ministers.
And of course there was chaos in the territories of the nobles who died.
What is surprising is that all these nobles who died lacked suitable heirs and had some problems with inheritance.
After these people died, their territories were taken for granted, and there were various fights over inheritance rights.
At the same time, this kind of fighting also attracted the covetousness of the surrounding neighbors.
Some have entanglements with the deceased and are somewhat vague about their territory.
Or the nobles who thought they were qualified to inherit those territories, after getting the news, mobilized their troops and prepared to go all out for a big fight.
A mixture of natural and man-made disasters has made the chaos in the Grand Duchy of Mazovia even more serious.
"I'm afraid someone is really behind this.
He wants to disrupt the principality.
So what is his purpose for doing this?"
After William got the news, he began to think like this.
There are now a large number of Slavians under his command.
There are three forces.
One of these was the Kingdom of Ruthenia, located northeast of Mazovia.
One is the Kingdom of Holmgard in the north of the Kingdom of Ruthenia.
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The third one is the Tartariya Khanate that surrounds Mazovia from the east and southeast.
The Khanate owned two vassal states, Perm and Volga Bulgaria, and their kings were all Slavis.
The Kingdom of Holmgard has no territorial borders with Mazovia.
At the same time, William knew that the commercial and cultural atmosphere of this kingdom was relatively strong.
In contrast, they are not very interested in military affairs and expansion.
They have no reason to attack Mazovia.
Whether it is the Ruthenians or the centaurs of Tartaria, they all have reasons to attack us.
The Mazovians fought with both countries more than once.
However, William felt that the Tartariya Khanate was more likely to do this.
In terms of national strength alone, the Centaur Khanate is much stronger than Mazovia and Ruthenia combined.
And the centaurs have been working hard to expand their territory.
Furthermore, William had only experienced the Centaur kidnapping of Princess Elise half a year ago.
So I have a more intuitive feeling about the centaur's ambition.
Compared with the declining power of the country, the territory is half smaller than in its heyday.
Sandwiched between Holmgard and Tartariya to the north and south, Ruthenia is like a bun.
The domineering and ambitious Centaur Khanate is naturally more likely to plan a big conspiracy against Mazovia.
"In other words, the other party may invade Mazovia this winter."
William was shocked by this idea.
Then he immediately found Shalumi and told her all his speculations.
Although he is much higher than William in terms of status.
But of course Shalumi still didn't know what to do about this matter.
Hearing what William said was so scary, Chalumi panicked at that time.
"What should we do?"
Charlotte asked.
"During the Great Border War that year, the Wende Kingdom at its peak could barely draw a tie with Tartaria.
If it weren't for the subsequent reinforcements from the Gothic Empire that continued to enter.
Then the later stages of the war would have been It is very possible for the Tartariya Khanate to make a comeback.
Now, the situation is completely different.
The emperor-electing system, which William slandered, made it impossible for the Ostrogothic Empire to always exist as a whole political entity.
The overly strong separatist tendencies within the empire and the overpowering feudal lords have meant that the current emperor of the empire, His Majesty King Karl IV from Franconia, can currently control only the two kingdoms of Franconia and Lombardy.
Other imperial territories were either semi-independent or controlled by foreign monarchs The entire empire was in such a state of disintegration.
There is no longer the ability to gather all the strength, organize all the troops, and fight to the death with the Tartariya Khanate.
It seems impossible to rely on the power of the Gothic Empire.
Correspondingly, the power of the Kingdom of Wende was also unable to be fully unleashed.
As mentioned before, in addition to the many kingdoms within the empire that obeyed the emperor, were in an independent state, and were controlled by foreign monarchs, there was also a third situation, and the Kingdom of Wende fell into this category.
The "third situation" is "falling apart".
Worse than other kingdoms.
The Kingdom of Wende does not even have a king who can unify the power of the entire kingdom.
The kingdom is currently divided into four grand duchies: Mazovia, Shilonsk, Turov and Livonia.
They are hostile to each other.
It is also extremely difficult to get them to unite and fight against Tartaria.
"That is to say, we are very likely to fight alone.
And we are very likely to be defeated by the centaurs of Tartaria.
After all, they have a unified and huge empire, but we only have a fragmented kingdom.
Even Mazovia We may not be able to fully mobilize the forces within the Principality."
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This is what William said to Chalumi.
He is pessimistic about the future, which is likely to be a war with the centaurs.
He believed the war was likely to fail.
In other words, it is very likely to fail.
"So, what should we do?"
After hearing what William said was so scary, Charlotte was naturally scared.
"Do what you can, and then be mentally prepared."
William replied: "I checked the information.
Under the rule of Tartaria, the lives of human nobles actually did not change much.
It is even said that " At this point, William wisely shut his mouth.
"What to even say" "It can even be said that nothing happened.
As long as we are smart enough and tactful enough."
William thought for a moment, then slightly changed the next half of the sentence, and then said this.
He didn't act like some idiot and said, "Nothing."
After letting the news slip, he said, "Nothing."
Because this would only have the opposite effect.
And adding a specious sentence like this can actually have an excellent concealing effect.
Sure enough, after Shaloumi said "Oh" with a vague understanding, she stopped asking about the matter.
William was relieved.
Then he said: "Then next, I will write a letter to my father.
In addition, use your tone to write directly to His Excellency the Grand Duke, telling him all the things we know and analyze.
Then After that, it depends on His Excellency the Grand Duke’s determination and methods.” 160420oshow7: