Why did the lord rebel

Chapter 203 Chapter [-] Self-cultivation of the slave owner
Most of the time, when people are in the rivers and lakes, they just cannot help themselves.

For example, Xia Houyan wanted to go to the arcane spire defense line at the southernmost tip of the empire, but he still had to calm down and deal with some immediate affairs——

——That is, the eradication of bandits.

When the defensive battle of the Phoenix Terrace was drawing to a close and the bandit coalition's defeat was evident, the lord who was on the rooftop of the Horned Eagle Manor read two lines of poetry on the spot:

It is called "It is better to chase the poor with the remaining courage, not to be famous and learn to be the overlord".

Therefore, even after the lord was attacked by Begrade, who does not speak magic, Karen Leperg and Sean Mountbatten, who temporarily assumed the command responsibility, faithfully followed the instructions of the lord, and sent troops to chase after him. wipe out the enemy;
However, this process was not as smooth as the defense battle in front of the Phoenix Terrace;
First of all, the position of the massive bandit coalition forces is very scattered. Apart from a few teams behind the siege towers, there are also many garrisons staying in the camp to the east;
And the scattered positions of the bandit coalition forces just prevented them from collapsing like dominoes:
While the coalition troops at the main entrance of the Phoenix Terrace were dispersed by the Igor Pioneering Army's stormtroopers, due to the barriers of flames and smoke, the troops behind the two siege towers on the edge didn't actually know what happened, except that they were busy fighting the fire. Besides, there was no great panic;
Not to mention the garrisons in the bandit camp, who were still in a daze and didn't know what happened.

As a result, Karen had to curb the frenzied attack of the stormtroopers and let them finish off the bandits who hadn't broken up from the flanks before they could really set foot on the wasteland and start the pursuit;

And a large number of bandits who broke up, after fleeing to their own camp, even united with the garrison troops to organize a wave of moderate resistance to the pioneering army's assault team that had chased here all the way-of course, the bandits who had lost their morale They didn't cause much damage at all, they just lost some time.

When the lord's soul was sent back by Big Brother, the Pioneering Army stormtrooper had just driven the bandits out of the camp, burned the temporary fortifications, and continued to pursue eastward.

However, the Pioneer Army who played triumphant songs all the way from the entrance of Phoenix Terrace to kill the bandit camp still ran into trouble.

The paradox of the matter is that the bandit coalition army is not a uniform regular army, but a combination of soldiers from many cottages in all directions:
If it is the former, even if the soldiers are defeated, they will generally form gangs, generally retreat in a general direction, and even reorganize under the orders of the remaining command system, which makes it easier for the victors to pursue all the way;
But after the bandit coalition army broke up, the mob really went back to each house to find their own mothers——

——After the bandit camp was captured, the remaining bandits exploded into a firework of human flesh scattered in all directions on the wasteland of the Land of Cracking Souls. What direction did they run north, south, east, and west? There are all of them, and it truly deduces what is called "gathering is a bunch of shit, scattered is full of shit".

And Karen Leperg and Sean Mountbatten really didn't dare to let the stormtroopers disperse with each other and pursue them in small groups.

The sharp offensive of the Igor Pioneering Army's assault team was largely achieved by the highly trained formation and the heavy equipment advantage of the front team. I will definitely be able to deal with the bandits who have been in the wasteland for decades——

——What if the bandits squat down and hit the sap in a wave?
So Karen could only endure his helplessness, and ordered the pioneering army to maintain their formation, and pursue them in the east direction where the largest number of people were scattered—this direction happened to be the location of the two main villages of Gorefiend Village and Blade's Edge Mountain, so Be regarded as a way to survive by quite a few bandits;
As for the bandits running in other directions, they can only be let go like this:
After all, the ultimate goal of the cold weapon war is to defeat. Even if you have the ability to pursue it, complete annihilation is an unrealistic dream.

Sean Mountbatten is commanding the highly mobile Frost Maple Ridge Cavalry, trying to get some more oil and water back, but they have only just dealt with three small groups of bandit routs. The overused Phoenix Terrace warhorse has already shown a tendency to be overtired;

In addition, the pioneering army had chased and killed several miles, and if they continued to advance, they would be far away from Shuangfeng Ridge, and the risk was too great. Therefore, Mountbatten and Karen had to withdraw their troops together.

"The pursuit of the bandit alliance has to come to an end," Mountbatten said in his post-battle report to the lord.

At this time, the hall of the Horned Eagle Manor was already much empty, and the senior members of the Igor family went to deal with their own affairs;
Only An Jie and a few newly recruited maids were left, cleaning up the dust left behind by the crowd.

"So these bandits have escaped a lot?" Xia Houyan asked with his brows pinched.

"Less, not less." Mountbatten said generously, "Our troops are at an absolute disadvantage. Judging from the number of kills and prisoners we obtained after the war, we in Shuangfengling are already very satisfied. As for the other escapees It fell... There is really no way."

"Go and discuss with Commander Le Pegue. Within three days, come up with an attack plan for the major bandit villages in the Land of Cracked Souls." Xia Houyan pondered for a moment and ordered, "Two months Time, I will send troops to completely pull these bastards out of the wasteland!"

Mountbatten stood at attention, gave a military salute, and left with a military report in his arms.

Mayor Joel, who was busy collecting women and children during the war, and who had been busy all day, was sitting at the table at this time, chatting with Katerina while making up for today's lunch.

Seeing the lord approaching, Old Joel hurriedly raised his sleeves to wipe his mouth, got up and said:

"My lord, about the captives..."

"This is a troublesome matter..." Xia Houyan pinched the center of his brows, "How many prisoners are there now?"

"Nearly 700 people." Mayor Joel quickly reported, obviously already familiar with the situation, "Now they are all tied up at the Bronze Sparrow Terrace... With Master Laurie's spiritual magic in charge, there shouldn't be any troubles , but we have to deal with it quickly—there are so many bandit captives, and the food alone can consume a lot..."

Xia Houyan pondered for a moment, then patted Mayor Joel on the shoulder:

"Mayor Joel, I still have to trouble you...you go to the director of the political department, Tom Lawrence, and Welf, the three of you hurry up and sort out this group of prisoners: strong laborers who are willing to accept revolutionary transformation, After passing the organizational test, they can be included in the team and stay in Shuangfengling; those who can read and write can be sent directly to the studio to write novels; the rest... follow the normal way of handling captives and slaves, and sell them to the towns on the left bank. "

Mayor Joel nodded quickly.

"Also, now that we have a large production population, it is best not to keep too many prisoners around Fenghuang Terrace and Tongque Terrace." Xia Houyan thought for a while and said, "Go and ask Master Donald when he is free. Build a training ground and a prison in the Frost Maple Woodland—by the way, the writer’s studio should also be placed in the prison, it’s just right! It’s close to Dragon Bone Peak, it’s very cool, I’ve chosen the name , called 'East Bingku'..."

Mayor Joel hastily took orders.

Xia Houyan didn't expect the old man to leave so resolutely and quickly, so he hurriedly asked An Jie to add some hot dishes to Mayor Joel's unfinished lunch, put them in a food box and send them to the old man's tent.

Then, the lord sat down in the chair Mayor Joel had been sitting on, and sighed in relief.

Katerina smiled softly, got up and walked over, reaching out her hand to squeeze her brother's shoulder.

"Are you tired?" the eldest lady asked.

"Fortunately..." Xia Houyan sighed, "Actually, the real work was done by Karen, Mountbatten, Master Laurie, Mr. Joel, and Juan Clement... How can you say you're tired?"

Katerina smiled and squeezed her younger brother's face:
"You are the lord, without you, everything is empty talk?"

"My lord..." Xia Houyan smiled wryly, "Hey, I didn't work for someone else, no, the big brother sent me another difficult job, damn it..."

Old... Big Brother?
Katerina blinked in confusion: This title doesn't sound like calling His Majesty the Emperor, nor does it sound like calling Grand Duke Rosario?
Good brother, who are you talking about?

"All in all, I'll sleep for a while..." Xia Houyan shifted his body on the chair, closed his eyes and smiled wryly, "I made Lina miserable in this battle today, and this chick will definitely ask me for a raise, maybe tonight busy……"

Katerina blushed and spat.

……

The next morning.

The Igor Pioneering Army escorting the captive team lined up outside the gate of the Phoenix Terrace.

When Master Laurie saw the lord riding a white horse "Meteor" approaching, he was almost not startled:
The master felt that he looked at the lord's tired and haggard face, as if Ya was the captive who had been abused.

"You...you need to pay attention to rest?" Master Laurie tentatively poked the Lord Lord's shoulder.

"I can't help myself..." Xia Houyan waved his hands weakly.

"Don't kill anyone..." Master Laurie weighed his words carefully, "You are a nobleman, and this kind of thing is very serious."

"The lord has a lot of lives in his hands." Xia Houyan waved his hand indifferently.

Master Laurie was speechless.

The two were still sitting side by side on the horseback, looking at each other silently, and Tom Lawrence had already rode the horse and walked over.

Compared with the exhausted lord and the bent old mage, this undead man, who even the author forgot to die several times, was the most energetic and energetic guy present.

"Report Lord Lord!" The director of the Political Department of the Pioneering Army reported loudly, "The Pioneering Army's escort team is ready! There are a total of 430 bandit prisoners here. They are all class enemies who resist reform, and there is no mistake!"

"Very good." Xia Houyan waved his hand, "Assemble the team and set off... Target: the town on the left bank."

"T-order!" Lawrence responded with a rather exaggerated sound, and rode back to the front of the team.

As a result, the high-spirited pioneer troops, as well as the sleepy-looking and tied-up captives, slowly drove northward like a locomotive that had just started.

"My lord, are you going to sell so many captives to the towns on the left bank?" Master Laurie asked in a low voice, "Chairman Faulkner can really eat so many people? What if he doesn't buy them?"

"Then I will make a condition that he cannot refuse." Xia Houyan said indifferently, "Igor's pioneering army will go there together, not just to escort the prisoners."

Master Laurie gave a thumbs up.

The yellow sand is long and the day is high.

When the group approached Huafang Town, the scouts sent by Faulkner had already come to test the purpose of this group of troops.

After half a minute of communication, the scout resolutely joined Shuangfengling with two aquamarine crystals in his hand.

So, when the mighty Shuangfengling army arrived at the entrance of the town hall of Huafang Town, the former mayor and now the chairman of the Left Bank Alliance, Faulkner, hurried out to greet them without even putting on his shoes.

Then, the old fox fell into a momentary loss of speech in the face of the Phoenix Terrace army full of murderous aura.

"Y-Master Igor, you are..." Faulkner stammered.

"Isn't it a joy to have friends coming from afar?" Xia Houyan got off his horse with a smile, and wrote a sentence in the old imperial saying.

Faulkner's face, don't mention how far it is from the word "le".

"To tell you the truth, Mayor Faulkner, I'm here to do business..." Xia Houyan smiled and said, "I have a deal, I guess you must be interested."

goods?Faulkner looked suspiciously at Lord Frost Maple Ridge.

"Slave!" Xia Houyan stepped aside and saluted gracefully, "A trade item exclusive to our civilized people!"

Only then did Faulkner see the hard-working captives in the Shuangfengling team who were connected by thick hemp ropes.

What shocked him was that among this group of people, there were many old faces he had seen when he was the village owner.

"This..." Faulkner opened his mouth.

Although he is well-informed and has heard a little about the bandit coalition attacking Shuangfengling, but in this era of highly underdeveloped media, the battle report from Phoenix TV has obviously not spread to Huafang Town.

Faulkner only found it incredible:
When they left the town on the left bank with the Igor family dozens of days ago, these people were just fools wandering around the wasteland;

Why didn't I see you for a few days, and the lord brought a group of elite soldiers over to show off his might?

Moreover, how did his mother tie up hundreds of bandits and capture a small Shuangfengling?

To be honest, before Faulkner allowed Shuangfengling to recruit soldiers on the left bank, he actually bet his treasure on the new nobles of the wasteland. But in his opinion, even if Shuangfengling can defeat the bandit alliance, it should be a battle. It is right to win miserably;
But now it seems that you guys have won a lot of money!

Faulkner suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart: I have been walking the rivers and lakes for decades, and I will not be here. I did the stupid thing of raising tigers, right?

Then, the Lord Lord's words made Faulkner's nightmare come true:

"Mayor Faulkner, I don't ask much for these slaves, ten gold coins per head! How about it, you took them all?"

Faulkner almost wanted to curse.

If it's a young woman or a commoner with a family, ten gold coins is actually just a slightly higher ransom - but you're not delivering captives, you're selling slaves, or you're a bunch of bandits who only eat shit ...

Ten gold coins? !They deserve it too? !
——Faulkner originally wanted to scold like this;

But there are too many people in the pioneering army.

Faulkner has figured it out, co-authoring the Igor family's visit this time, they want to buy and sell by force to rip off!

"That..." Faulkner hurriedly pulled Xia Houyan's sleeve and took a few steps away, "...My lord, our left bank town really can't afford these slaves... We are all friends..."

"Oh?" Xia Houyan raised his eyebrows indifferently, "Friend? Mayor Faulkner, let me be frank, you never wanted my friendship..."

A bean-sized bead of sweat rolled down from Faulkner's forehead.

(End of this chapter)