Warhammer

From the other party's sudden attitude of looking for trouble, the "People's Sword and Shield" who served in both the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the army keenly smelled something unusual.

Some people did not welcome their arrival.

Combined with the identities of these people, it is obvious what they represent...

Aiur's rise was too short, and he had not expected to conquer Tyrell so smoothly, so the main activities of the Sixth Legion and the Ministry of the Interior were basically limited to the south. At most, they made some infiltrations into the New World, Bretonnia and other places, and their connections with the border areas and the mountain kingdoms were only based on trade in the past.

At Haimen Pass, because it is the sphere of influence of the dwarves, the Alliance's attention here is very limited, but there are some basic situations.

For example, the immigrant groups here are mainly divided into three parts:

The largest number of immigrants came from the Empire, followed by the South (the Twin Kingdoms), and then others.

Although these immigrants have left their homeland, it is difficult to say what their attitude is towards a "tyrant" and his army who "conquered" their homeland.

Because the colonies needed to rely on the mainland's commodity output, manpower support and all aspects of the mainland's jurisdiction, even after El came to power, the old Estalia colony did not openly express dissatisfaction. At most, there were only undercurrents in private.

After he had secured his throne, such incidents became less frequent.

But immigrant groups are not among them.

At least according to the intelligence obtained by the Ministry of the Interior, the traitorous organization "National Salvation Association" that had been disbanded once and then reorganized in Araby, received its funds from private "donations" from old kingdom factions who opposed the Al and Five India Churches, as well as part of its funding from these immigrant groups scattered around the country.

This situation will soon be sent back to the country and reported to the Lord of the Alliance.

......

After the Norns argued and even threatened, "This is a war of the dwarves, friends of the dwarves. If the Foreign Affairs Committee wants to keep them out, then I will have to ask the garrison at Seagate to vacate the camp for the Alliance soldiers to live in," this team of bureaucrats, mainly Tyrells, who came with ill intentions, had no choice but to retreat.

Nothing much happened afterwards. The dwarves of the Bronzebeard clan happily took representatives of the Alliance expeditionary force to the "inner city", the Old Sea Gate, to meet the ruler of the place.

Haimenguan Dwarf Clan Meeting.

The Clan Assembly of Seagate is now basically controlled by the descendants of the Dragon Hammer Clan, but after the establishment of the High Court, the status of each dwarf fortress is not as independent as before, so no one can call himself the "King of Seagate" unless Bonos himself returns.

The legendary Bonos Dragonhammer, the king of Seagate before the Great War, lived until after the war and is now said to be living in seclusion somewhere. Some people also said that they saw a dwarf with a metal leg (Bonos had one leg bitten off by a dark elf sea dragon) fighting the enemy in a mountain somewhere, and he slaughtered a large group of greenskins alone.

"Don't worry, my friend from the Alliance."

Norn slowly retreated to the side of the team and started talking to the man with the blue armband who had been deliberately standing on the edge of the team.

"Ok?"

The man looked over, and the eloquent dwarf patted his breastplate.

"This is the kingdom of dwarves. I don't deny that there may be some people in the East and West Cities who have some past 'grudges' with you and are therefore hostile to you."

"But they can't influence anything. Haimenguan is an inclusive city. The dwarves and other races have worked together to develop it to this day. But it is undeniable that they came here for the protection of the dwarves."

The old dwarf Gladin glanced back, and Norn noticed it sharply and met the latter's gaze, and couldn't help but shrink back.

But the old dwarf just continued to lead the team forward without saying anything, so Norn continued to talk to the Ministry of Internal Affairs officer.

"The Alliance is our friend and ally. We will soon fight side by side on the same battlefield. Those guys have no right to comment on our friendship. Otherwise, I think the Clan Assembly will definitely expel them."

Norn tried to comfort the man. Although he was not clear about the responsibilities and significance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Alliance, he could sense that the man's identity was somewhat unusual.

He was not responsible for the liaison with the dwarves, but he was present at almost all the affairs of the expeditionary force during this period, and he seemed to be overseeing the overall situation.

Although Norn was unhappy, he did not want this little incident to affect the image of the dwarves in the Alliance.

The officer from the Ministry of Internal Affairs nodded to show that he understood, and the group then had a smooth journey. After two identity checks, they entered the old city which was protected by numerous passes, gates, and towers.

This was the first official connection between the Alliance and the Mountain Kingdom.

Representatives of the Alliance Expeditionary Force were led into the venue of the Clan Assembly along with a team of Bronzebeard Dwarves.

"Welcome! Friends from the south! Welcome to Barak~Haimen~!!!"

The fully armed and heavily armored dwarf guards shouted loudly and hammered their weapons rhythmically on the ground. The crisp metal sounds of the halberd handles and the ground immediately added a sense of solemnity and military power to the meeting.

Chapter 113: Southern Immigrants

"Immigration?" Al put down the documents in his hand and pinched his nose.

Hera, who was squatting on a chair next to him and counting the hairs on his tail, immediately jumped off the chair, flashed to the little father, and helped him massage his shoulders.

The eldest daughter, who had just stopped her work, had a dim look in her eyes.

A step too late...

"Go and give your sister a massage."

While Al was enjoying his daughter's thoughtfulness, he couldn't favor one over the other, so after a brief experience, he let the wolf girl go to give warmth to Niu Niu.

The fourth one's tail was wagging, and he seemed to be in a good mood - another war was about to start, and this time Al planned to divide his troops and advance in two directions. Hera would finally be able to lead an army and fight alone.

During the Southern War, El sent Hera and Alia each to lead an army to capture cities and sweep the local area. Hera performed well, neither being reckless nor greedy for war. After this test, El was more reassured about her.

Hera was finally allowed to lead the troops into battle alone. Before, he had always been worried that his fourth daughter was too warlike and might encounter unexpected events if she led the troops alone. Therefore, he would bring Hera with him in any important battle, or arrange for her to be accompanied by personal guards and let her attack places where the enemy's defenses were not so strict.

Being recognized this time was a very happy thing for Hera, but the silly girl had a very low threshold for happiness. She could be happy for a long time over a small thing. She was the one who showed her emotions most clearly on her face among all her children.

If Al is not around, she might stick to her brothers, especially the "brothers" who rank ahead of her, like the pony Alia and the bunny sisters, who are considered "little brothers" in Hera's eyes. She will try to establish the persona of an "older brother" in Nada, but it will never last long before she turns into a mad big dog.

Recently, Al likes to put Misha and Hera together, so that when Niu Niu pulls him and says, "Dad, there is still a lot of work to do and you can't rest yet," he can throw Hera out and use Erha to affect Niu Niu's state so that he can take a break.

After receiving her father's instructions, Hera immediately came over and looked at her "eldest brother" eagerly. Niu Niu sighed, put down his work as if resigned to his fate, and leaned back.

"Thank you."

"Ow!"

Hera pounced on him immediately.

Sometimes he massaged Misha's legs, sometimes he kneaded her shoulders, and sometimes he tried to help his eldest daughter maintain her horns. Hera seemed to have become addicted to the feeling of giving massages to her young father and brothers recently. It seemed that because she was massaged very comfortably by El, and after enjoying it for so long, she suddenly had an idea and wanted to "give back to the family" by working harder.

And Al continued to think about the information he had just read.

Ah, as expected, he was not considered an "orthodox monarch" under the old concept. In the eyes of outsiders, he was considered to be "following public opinion" at best, but most people saw him as a "warlord in power."

After all, from the Supreme King to the ruler of the Phoenix Court, the ruler of the empire, the Tsar, the descendants of the dragons of Zhendan...

Which ones are elected through "popular elections"?

What public opinion can decide is extremely limited. Most people do not take it seriously, or even realize that it exists.

If public opinion is really taken seriously, the old peasants of the empire would probably prefer Sister Helen to the throne rather than accepting His Majesty who is "blessed by Sigmar".

Therefore, he has to bear some negative effects.

For example, this situation right now.

The original immigrants opposed their "motherland" being occupied by "warlords, tyrants, and foreign kings."

This kind of thing actually happened before. Aiur had also experienced this when dealing with Tyrell, Baator, and even the Empire.

In addition, he exiled a lot of opponents. In addition to going to the New World, it was also common for these people to go to neighboring countries. After all, it was close and there was no need to take risks by crossing the ocean. Once they arrived at the place, it was normal for their powerful people to take the lead and form a foreign opposition against El.

This situation was exacerbated after his conquest of Tyrell.

After all, when he was conquering the east and the south, not everyone stayed in the city or stayed on the land, waiting for the outcome to be decided on a large scale. Many people with the ability to take action had another way besides resistance - to survive!

A large number of refugees who were afraid of the two-headed eagle migrated southward and eastward to escape the army of Aiel. Nine out of ten of those who fled abroad went to the border prince's territory. After all, the two places were directly connected by land and there was a plain that could be easily crossed even on foot.

Their first stop is almost always Algaris, the most southwestern city in the Border Prince Territory. However, due to the fear of being pursued by a powerful enemy and the desire for a better life, most of these war refugees will not stay in this city for too long. They will either go north by boat across the fjord to Mirmiden, or go further and go directly to Zorak... Of course, there are also many who will simply come to Haimen Pass. After all, there are a large number of immigrants from the Southern Kingdom here, the economy is developed, there is no shortage of opportunities to make money, and the living standard is relatively good.

......

Al had never paid much attention to the immigrant group before. After all, the people who went abroad did have limited resources. This was not the era decades before he was born. People with assets and abilities were more likely to live more comfortably in their own country than immigrants. For example, the two southern countries even had a stupid "pride" in the past: "If you are mistaken for a person from another country, a life-and-death duel will be initiated." Al couldn't describe it with any other words except "a brain-twitch".

You guys are all fucking identical. Your cultural traditions and festivals are all based on the same template. The difference between the two countries isn't even as big as the fishermen in the Imperial Nord Territory and the woodland folk in the Talabek Territory, and you still hate being mistaken for one another.

Just hang a sign for yourself and write your nationality on it!

Otherwise, God knows how you can identify your sensitive spots. You will be so scared that you will die if they are poked.

Although there is a long-standing feud between the two countries and a "friendly history" of each competing to be the other's father, it can also be seen from this that the world today still attaches great importance to things like region and origin, and has not yet developed to the level of "globalization" and "diversity."

He could arbitrarily deal with the genuine exile opposition, and he was too lazy to pay attention to a group of immigrants who had no roots in the country.

But unexpectedly, this time, the first external obstacle encountered in the process of forming an alliance with the dwarves (although it was not that serious, as Norn fought back with a few words) was actually these inconspicuous old immigrants.

Thinking back to the past, those immigrants had organized donations of money and materials to the exiles, and there were even radical immigrant patriots who brought their own dry food to join the National Salvation Association...

Frankly speaking, Al could understand and respect this behavior.

But when this matter was causing him trouble, he could only:

Zhilan is in power and has to be eliminated.

Haimenguan is a big city with a population of over a million...among which there are at least a hundred thousand immigrants from the south.

But they cannot be viewed as a unified group. For example, the "Southern Kingdom", which is basically a region in the eyes of outsiders, is obviously divided into two factions: Tyrell and Estalia. When facing an enemy that threatens everyone at the same time, they will most likely dislike each other on a daily basis and continue the hostility of their homeland towards each other.

Among these southern immigrants, the old Estalia immigrants have actually become relatively well-behaved now. They rarely clamor for "restoring the country" and "fighting against the enemy" or organize "patriotic donations".

Probably the reason was because Aiel led the Estalia people to beat up Tyrell.

Not only did they beat them, they even annexed them - to put it nicely, it was called the "co-leadership alliance", but in the eyes of most people, it was no different from annexation.

After all, no matter how shameless Al is, he has already given himself enough platitudes about his background.

To the Beastmen, he was the son of God (this was true), the savior of the world; to the Estalia people, he made up rumors about himself such as "the orphan of Estalia, the returned king" to eliminate domestic resistance.

No matter how shameless he was, Ai'er would not be embarrassed to make up a story for himself that he was actually a Tyrell orphan who was picked up by beastmen in the Withered Swamp and then brought all the way to the Pina Forest through the Inara Mountains, right?

Or something like "Dad is Estalia, Mom is Tyrell" which is just to fool fools.

In the eyes of the Estalia immigrants, this was "at least the king of our own people" who led the invincible Estalia Phalanx Army, beat up the Tyrells who took the initiative to provoke trouble, and annexed the other side, allowing himself, an Estalia, to become the king of Tyrell.

Feel proud!

It’s so satisfying!

Same joke as the one about Poland wanting Seris to invade them.

Because in this way, during the Celestial Empire's westward expedition, Russia could be taken back and forth twice.

Chapter 114: Demonstration

Because of these reasons, the former Tyrell immigrants living abroad today are generally hostile to the "Alliance" that was formed after the annexation of their motherland.

Immigrant groups, joined by large numbers of war refugees, were generally opposed to the behemoth that had replaced their homeland, Eyre's Yugoslavia.

This is a problem that Al must solve.

He didn't want the relationship between the Alliance and its allies to be damaged because of a bunch of "Malekis" causing trouble.

However, those in the New World and Araby are easier to deal with, as they are far away and there is not much interest in the alliance there, but Haimenguan......

"After all, that is the territory of the dwarves. It is not easy for us to interfere." Al thought, tapping the desk subconsciously with his index finger.

Normally, he would call the bunny sisters over for this kind of thing. When encountering external enemies on the battlefield, El would usually use weapons to deal with them, and use the Ministry of Internal Affairs to deal with internal enemies.

But it is obviously impossible for him to send people to Haimen Pass to physically shut up the opinion leaders of the opposition alliance. If that happens, a friendly country will probably be surprised.

But at the same time, he didn't want to leave these guys alone, so the problem was a bit difficult.

"But because of this, the dwarves will not sit idly by and watch those who oppose us act recklessly." Misha rubbed the wolf girl's head, looked at her father and said, "If we reach a formal alliance with the dwarves, then at least they will not let a group of exiles act recklessly against us."

"We can do the same as what happened with Vizia. We can first ask them to do something that will displease the dwarves. Then, after the Eternal Peak reaches a formal agreement with us, we can send a diplomatic note and propose that the Sea Gate Pass prohibit the southern exiles from carrying out opposition activities."

The method suggested by the eldest daughter was feasible. Al thought about it and decided to do so.

"How many of those we control are still out there?"

He was asking about the spies that the Ministry of Internal Affairs had previously known about and who had infiltrated various traditional factions, the Eighth Generation Prince faction, and so on, collectively known as the Anti-El faction.

"There are 127 people directly under our control, and there are seven people operating in Haimen Pass."

"This number is about the same, so let's let them move." Al made the final decision and emphasized, "The movements must not be too obvious. It doesn't have to be ineffective, but they must be steady. Don't let our dwarf friends notice who is behind this."

Misha nodded, indicating that she had taken note of Al's instructions.

After a short rest, Al and his eldest daughter continued to handle official business, while Hera seemed tired from playing, so she simply pulled a small bed from the side and curled up on it, with her tail placed in the gap between Al's back and the chair to "cushion" Al's back.

During Barbatos's time in Vizia, through two traitors who acted more "patriotic", "supporting tradition" and "fanatic" than anyone else, and through a "terrorist attack" at the city entry ceremony, Ai'er easily made Vizia, the last pure land of the Kingdom of Estalia in the Greenskin War, fall to his side. The reputation of the Salvation Association (radicals) became notorious in Vizia.

As a Hammer player, and with countless experiences from his ancestors, Al knew:

Many times, the damage caused by "teammates" is much greater than that of the enemy.

The most feared thing for the weak opposition is trying to take the path of adventurism and opportunism. At the same time, they must not resort to terrorist attacks, assassination, or sabotage to try to achieve their political goals. Once innocent people are accidentally injured or the situation escalates, it is easy to cause resentment from neutral groups that could have been won over, causing them to turn to the opposite side.