Mage Joan

Bannister Winthrop's army, including some blacks in the uniforms of the Feijin Dragoons, were all liberated slaves.

One of them, Qiao Ann, looked very familiar, and remembered after a moment of reflection that this person was a black slave at Mount Vernon.

When Qiao Ann was studying in Leiden Harbor many years ago, he would go to Mount Vernon every weekend as a guest. He vaguely remembered that on a hot afternoon in the late summer and early autumn, he rode across the fields and saw many black slaves bare-chested harvesting corn in the farmland. , The dark skin was exploded by the sun, and on the skinny spine, large patches of gray and mottled salt appeared-that was the trace left by sweat after it dried up in the hot sun.

Similar scenes can be seen everywhere in the vast and fertile plantations of Alfheim, and once became the subject of enthusiastic depiction by southern landscape painters. Qiao Anri was much more common, and he did not care about it at the time.

These trivial old events come to mind again because the familiar black soldier under the command of Little Winthrop was originally the many black slaves who inadvertently glimpsed the corn when Qiao Ann passed by the side of the ridge on horseback. One of them.

At that time, in addition to the white sweat stains on his back, there were also **** scars left by the whiplash, which attracted the white teenagers who passed by on horseback to take a look, leaving him with a slightly deeper impression than other black slaves. .

Maybe Qiao An was touched by the scene he saw when he was passing by, and he pityed the black slave who was carrying the whip marks for a few seconds, and after a while, he left him behind.

That's it.

Now that black slave appeared in front of Qiao An again, the scars on his back were concealed by the fiery red Fijian military uniform. After getting rid of the shackles, he gained freedom and the dignity of being a human being. The tragic image of the scorching sun's work formed a strong contrast, which deeply touched the heart of the young mage.

At this moment, Qiao Ann suddenly remembered the words that Mrs. Martha, Rebecca and General Vassar often said on their lips:

"If you plant a good cause, there will be good rewards; if you plant an evil cause, you will eventually get evil results."

Qiao An doesn't agree with the rigid dogma of karma, but in this situation, he would rather believe that good and evil really have retribution.

The man Fei who invaded Alfheim was also the liberator of the slaves.

Among the Alfheim people who defended their homeland were slave owners.

Alfheim is the home of some people, but also the prison of others.

If the former has reasons to defend their homeland, the latter also have good reasons to break the shackles, rush out of prison, and fight for freedom.

Everyone is a biological person. Why are some people forcibly deprived of their qualifications when it comes to "people are born free and equal"?

In this so-called war for "independence and freedom", who is more just than whom on both sides of the war?

If I kill Bannister Winthrop and his liberated slaves now, will I be included in the righteous side in future history books, or will I be included in the unrighteous trial?

Qiao An could not give clear answers to these questions.

Because of this, he didn't want to get involved in this war too much.

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Thanks to Joan’s protection, Mount Vernon survived the invaders’ iron hooves. However, on the evening of the same day, the Port of Leiden ushered in the "darkest moment" since the city was founded.

Long before Feizhen's army approached the city, most of the residents of the city evacuated to remote villages for refuge.

Also under the threat of war, Leiden College announced the suspension of classes two weeks ago. The school advises teachers and students to leave the city as soon as possible to take shelter, and when the situation stabilizes, try to inform everyone when classes will resume.

The vast majority of students and faculty and staff, out of consideration for their own safety, responded to the school’s call to follow the flow of refugees and flee the war.

But there are still a small number of students and teachers who, for different reasons, stayed at the school until the end.

The ideas of these left-behind people can be roughly divided into three categories.

The first category is represented by the three student leaders of the Austrian Law School, Edward Gates, Thomas Chap, and Alan Davis, who are either from an officer’s family, or heir to a large plantation owner, or a republic of faith The revolutionary young people feel that they have an obligation to stay in their hometown and defend their homeland and alma mater.

The second category, represented by Robert Rawls, the mentor of Edward, Thomas, and Allen, belongs to traditional scholars who "close their ears to nothing outside the window". They neither mix with social movements nor have any clear political opinions. The independents or the royalists, it doesn't matter who will rule Leiden, as long as they don't interfere with their learning.

Master Rawls and his bookish colleagues, although they are quite old, they live in the small circle of campus for most of their lives. They are mostly incomprehensible with the world, their thinking is relatively simple, and even a little naive.

They feel that they have never been involved in political activities. They teach and learn in their duty, and have not offended anyone on weekdays. Even if the real Fei captures Leiden, they will not be attacked by their honest and poor teachers for no reason. So there is no need to flee away from home and save trouble.

The last type of people is simply the "Guardian Party". The Feizhen flag has been embroidered, and they are just waiting to welcome the royal master into the city.

Of course, this kind of people don't consider fleeing. In private, they still plan to take the initiative to serve the king and gain prosperity and wealth!

This is not wishful thinking, there are long precedents to follow.

When the city of Midgard fell, the fifty royal guards in the city jointly formed a "committee to support the royal division". On the one hand, they opened up the city and confessed to the city, and on the other hand, they mediated and protected the residents of the city from invading troops. Ravaged, because of his effective mediation, he was honored as the "Fifty Righteous".

The royalists in Leiden planned to follow the prescriptions and set up a southern version of the “committee for supporting the royal teachers.” Several professors at Leiden College who were politically inclined to the royalists were the initiators of the committee and determined themselves. Will be entrusted by Master Wang with the important task of meeting the source on the day the city is broken, mediating in the middle, and also achieving a "righteous man" story, it is not beautiful!

However, the evolution of the situation soon surpassed the expectations of the above three factions, and they were greatly astonished.

The young republican fighters did not expect their resistance to be so weak. Counting from the start of the siege by the enemy, they were declared lost in less than half a day. The troops defending the city were shattered, and those who wanted to resist were also trapped. Powerless in the torrent of defeated troops.

Gentlemen of the neutral faction think that if you close your door and stay away from politics, you won't get into trouble.

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