Why did the lord rebel

Chapter 215
After solving the anti-rape mission assigned by Rosario, everyone in Frost Maple Ridge stayed at the "Pillar of Eternal Sleep" arcane spire outpost for two days before being sent home impatiently by Commander Paulus:
It's not that the bald commander Paulus is caring and friendly, knowing that the lord has a lot of affairs and daily affairs;
It was the scum of the Frost Maple Ridge Tour Group who had been relying on their "merits in countering the rebellion" to eat and drink cards around the outpost, which made Commander Paulus really unable to bear it anymore.

Paulus had always thought that the border he was guarding was a backcountry where not a single blade of grass grew. Even if a special envoy from the empire or a delegation from another country visited, there would be no oil or water on this barren land——Paulus himself I think that there is no need to worry about these bribes and gifts like other army commanders;

But who knows, the bastards in Shuangfengling seem to have been specially trained for corruption in Qincheng University!
In just two days, several corrupt elements from Phoenix Terrace, led by a lord with a crooked upper beam and a crooked lower beam, searched tons of "souvenirs" and "special products" from the "Pillar of Eternal Sleep" outpost. "!"
These "souvenirs" that claim to be "brought back to the Phoenix Terrace and let the folks see the scenery of the country" mainly come from the exploitation of caravans by soldiers at the pass and the inventory of the Southern Army, including but not limited to fancy crystal ornaments of the Demon Race, Spirits brewed from the devil's specialty "Ghost Fruit", cactus juice from the southernmost tip of the empire, Paulus's privately kept standard sword...

There were even a few well-known bums from the Igor family who obtained piles of "consumption vouchers" from the brothel of the outpost...

At that time, the brothel owners were all stupid: you are all fucking leaving, what's the use of taking vouchers from me?

As a result, the scumbags in Shuangfengling actually replied: It must be used for the next time!
Regarding the behavior of the Frost Maple Ridge Tour Group, Paulus initially maintained a laissez-faire attitude of turning a blind eye:

After all, Frost Maple Ridge spent a lot of effort to help the Confederate Army eradicate spies, and even the lord used the resurrection technique to save Paulus' life - there is nothing else that can give back to the Frost Maple Ridge Confederate Army, let the other party bring some soil for free It is also reasonable to go home with special products.

However, when the lord ended the two-day "harvest" and enthusiastically proposed to "go to other minarets and then go around", Paulus finally couldn't hold back.

When resolutely seeing off the guests, the original words of the southern army commander were:
"Please forgive me, but the military family has no food left..."

Therefore, Xia Houyan led a group of scoundrels from Shuangfengling to take several carts of "local specialties" and embarked on the journey back to the north. They were so proud that they looked like monkey grandchildren who had just flown out of the Dragon Palace with a golden cudgel.

——It is worth mentioning that Paulus's expression when seeing off the guests also resembles the aggrieved old dragon king.

——What's more worth mentioning is that the lord's housekeeping weapon is even an iron rod, well, the world is really small.

The group of Shuangfengling left the "Pillar of Eternal Sleep" outpost and traveled all the way north until the white body of the steeple and the arcane glow on the top of the tower disappeared in the morning mist on the horizon. He knocked on the mahogany box next to him:
"Damn, how did we come back with so much wool?"

Master Laurie shrugged helplessly:

"My lord, didn't we act separately, and we didn't have a unified plan. We asked for a little here and a little there, and the Southern Army was embarrassed not to give it. We got too much when we came and went..."

"Fuck! Speaking of this, I get angry, and Commander Paulus has sued me!" The lord aggressively knocked on the wooden box, "You said you got some weapons from the Southern Army, Food, it can be considered that Fenghuang Terrace and Tongque Terrace are useful and can contribute to the territory; what the hell are you doing with a bunch of demon ornaments?! You still think that there are not enough elf crafts that can’t be sold on Phoenix Terrace many?!"

"That..." Master Laurie hurriedly talked to Mui, "Maybe you can use it as a gift to pick up girls in the future, and everyone is thinking of you..."

"Fart your mother!" The lord obviously also caught Eldridge's catchphrase, "The lord has always been diligent in government affairs, when have you ever had a girl?!"

——The scoundrels in Shuangfengling are all professionally trained, so they don't know how to laugh.

"Damn, Master Laurie, if you don't mention picking up girls, I still can't remember..." Xia Houyan said angrily, "Be honest! Who the hell went to the brothel of the outpost to ask for a voucher?! Paulus When the commander told me about this, I wished I could find a crack in the ground and sneak in! Do you know that all of you doing this kind of thing are ruining the lord and the reputation of our Igor family?!"

Everyone in the team complained endlessly:
Do you and our Igor family still have such a thing as "honor"? !
Of course, everyone's expression is extremely heartbroken and repentant, highlighting that one pulls up his pants and becomes a Buddha immediately.

"This time, the lord will give you face, so I won't get into the matter of brothel vouchers!" Xia Houyan said seriously, "But I hope that when I return to the territory, I can see them in the mailbox of Horned Eagle Manor one morning ! Such extravagant and corrupt things must be confiscated!"

The horse boys in Shuangfengling rolled their eyes wildly.

After dealing with the bad things about "local specialties", the lord finally started to care about some more practical issues:

"Everyone, this time we went around the defense line of the Arcane Spire, and I would like to ask you a question - what is the strength of the Southern Army of the Empire? In other words, if our Frost Maple Ridge goes to war with the Southern Army, what are our chances of winning? "

This murderous question almost made Master Laurie fall off his horse in fright.

"Leader, my lord..." Master Laurie was walking with Xia Houyan, and he quickly reached out and grabbed the sleeve of the lord, "Don't be joking...we are the territory of the empire, how can we start a war with the regular army of the empire? ?”

"Relax..." Xia Houyan hurriedly patted this timid and lecherous old man, "For now, our Shuangfengling and the Southern Army are still in an alliance; but historical experience tells me that you must always treat the person who guards your back." Understand—we in Frost Maple Ridge must have an understanding of the Arcane Spire defense line and the combat effectiveness of the Confederate Army."

After taking a reassurance, everyone began to seriously think about the Lord Lord's question.

The first to give the answer was Aaron Cousins, the knight commander of the Igor family.

"Very strong." Cousins ​​said earnestly, "My lord, don't look at the smoothness of this anti-rape operation. It seems that the six of us rushed into the tower and killed O'Brien under the siege of thousands of garrisons, but in fact The main reason why our operation was able to go so smoothly was because of Paulus's handbook, and the vast majority of soldiers in the Southern Army also had doubts about O'Brien's sudden ascension."

"Yes. They didn't try their best when they rounded us up." Alice nodded in agreement at the time of the battle, "There are many good soldiers among those Southern Army soldiers, but they didn't participate in the battle. They basically just watched from the sidelines. Let us rush all the way to the body of Commander Paulus, and then you will cast the resurrection spell."

"There are still quite a few loyal people who turn back when they see the handwriting..." Bob Brook added with a mutter.

Cousins ​​sorted out his thoughts and continued:

"My lord, I don't know if you have noticed. When we broke through the square, there were actually griffin air knights of the Southern Army in the air, and their number was about twenty. This kind of air control force is the imperial regular army. Exclusive, not to mention wasteland bandits, even if we Shuangfengling can't get it out..."

"If Messi wakes up, he can be regarded as an air combat force..." Xia Houyan said so, but only God knows how long the Wraith of the Wasteland will be on vacation.

"In addition, the daily operation of the arcane spire defense line actually requires magicians to sit in the command." Master Laurie reminded, "According to the current system of the empire, the magicians under the command of the academy should be selected by the academy to perform compulsory military service. There are no less than three senior magicians on duty in the main tower—in fact, I judged from the magic fluctuations in the air, there was at least one senior magician present!"

"Senior magister?!" Xia Houyan was taken aback, "Isn't that only one step away from the eighth-level archmage?!"

Master Laurie smiled wryly:
"My lord, the 'Pillar of Eternal Sleep' is after all the location of the Southern Army Command and the core hub of the entire Arcane Spire defense line! This is still an era of peace. If it really comes to the time of war with the demons, the empire will send a big It’s not too much for a mage to defend the tower! But during our operation, the senior mage should have stayed in the tower without moving the mana core. Otherwise, if he really made a move, ten times as many of us would not be enough for him. sewn!"

Xia Houyan pondered for a moment, then said:
"On the defense line of the Arcane Spire, the strength of the garrison in one tower is already the same. Doesn't the twelve main towers mean that the strength of the southern army is twelve times that of what we have seen with our own eyes? From this comprehensive point of view, our Frost Maple Ridge is right Isn't the chance of winning the Southern Army less than [-]%?"

Bob Brook: "My lord, you should be more confident, you don't have half of it."

"My lord..." Master Laurie persuaded earnestly, "The empire has been withdrawing power to the central government over the years, and the strength of the major legions should not be underestimated. No matter what we say about our Frost Maple Ridge, it is just a southern wilderness It's just a remote territory on the mainland, there's no way to fight against the regular army..."

Xia Houyan rolled his eyes: You go tell the Mamluks in the history of the earth...

Cousins ​​and Master Laurie looked at each other and said solemnly:
"In short, my lord, we should still maintain a friendly relationship with the Southern Army. It is a tiger crawling at the southernmost tip of the empire. We'd better not wake it up."

Xia Houyan was nodding thoughtfully when he suddenly heard a loud objection:

"Fart your mother! What kind of dick Southern Army, in my opinion, is, ah, a native chicken, a dog, and a label to sell the first!"

Everyone turned their attention to Eldridge, who spoke boldly.

The commander of the Eastern Territory seemed to disdain out of discrimination against his counterparts in the south:

"Your eyesight, ah, is really short-sighted! Sad! You just saw the Griffon Knights, ah, didn't you see the fat on their stomachs? They are a bunch of fucking fat boys! The Southern Army is fucking in the Arcane Spire Under the line of defense, ah, I have been a mother for decades, can such a soldier fight?! He is not worthy!"

Xia Houyan raised his eyebrows:

"Details."

"My lord, you haven't seen those troops in our eastern border who are passionately fighting against the federal orcs, ah, that's called sexy!" Eldridge patted his chest and said, "Although these southern troops, ah, the equipment There are a lot of soldiers, but they are all old soldiers raised in a stable environment in the south! Look, ah, just under the "Pillar of Eternal Sleep", how many brothels and taverns have opened, and how many southern army leaders are in brothels travel?"

"Commander Eldridge, you are very familiar with the situation in the brothel..." Bob squeezed out a sentence from the corner of his mouth.

Eldridge didn't change his face:
"My lord, let me be honest, this group of southern troops, ah, are useless! They rely entirely on, ah, those awesome arcane spiers to show off their might, and they will stop when they encounter a serious offensive This is not true, the majestic Southern Army adjutants have all turned into demons, ah, spies?!"

Cousins ​​also squinted his eyes when he heard the words:
"Thinking about it this way... there seems to be something wrong with the military appearance and discipline of the Southern Army..."

Xia Houyan and Master Laurie looked at each other.

"Day..." Xia Houyan gritted his teeth, "Don't tell me, if the demons really come over one day, if this gang of southern army waste can't stand it anymore, it's a trivial matter to lose the defense line of the Arcane Spire, but our Shuangfengling , don’t you want to be the first to meet the soldiers of the Demon Race’s Northern Expedition Army?”

Master Laurie stared at the lord:

"So, we have spare power in the future, should we help the Southern Army defend?"

"Assist in the defense. The most important thing is to establish a good relationship with the demons first, so that it will be convenient for you to be the leader!" Xia Houyan laughed.

The crowd was stunned.

"Just kidding, just kidding!" The lord blinked slyly.

(End of this chapter)