Chapter 1036 - 529: The Emperor’s Duel
A week and a half later, the number of Black Death infections had increased, but the primary focus of the nations was still on the war provoked by Frank, and the Church, originally in charge of managing the various cathedrals in this regard, gradually shifted its attention to collecting funding and supporting the financial situation of the Empire.
The Great Lord of Black Death wreaked havoc in the Magic Black Forest, creating batch after batch of Beings of Light, but the various nations within the Magic Black Forest were treating it indulgently.
At the same time, Emperor Aoyue III and French Emperor Louis XI conducted three ordinary-scale battles inside the Imperial territory. The Frank Empire won twice, and the Holy Empire coalition forces won the last one.
The military forces of both parties were progressively concentrating.
After determining the stance of the Alsace Kingdom, Frank invested three hundred thousand troops into Imperial territory, while the number of the Imperial coalition forces was also around this figure.
But the Frankish Army and the Imperial Army were incomparable.
The Frankish Army was entirely loyal, they communicated in the same language, and their quality was extremely high, while the Imperial Army was simply a disorderly mob.
If it were not for the battle being in Imperial territory, and also because of Aoyue III’s valiant fighting, they probably wouldn’t have been lucky enough to win that last time.
But a series of defeats had already made the Imperial lords inside the territory panic-stricken. Under the leadership of the Rhein Duchy, at least more than fifty Little Earldoms united, and under the pretense of parliamentary voting and election, formed a Rhine Federation, declared independence from the Empire, and formed an alliance with the Frank Empire.