Why did the lord rebel

"William Hyde?" Xia Houyan blinked, "Who is this?"

From the corner of his vision, he noticed that after Grand Duke Rosario proposed the name, the Frost Maple Ridge staff in the tent remained calm and did not seem curious—obviously, this name was "William Hyde" The people of Sean Mountbatten and the staff have already registered in the hearts of Sean Mountbatten and the staff, and have done related investigations and research.

This feeling of "I am the only one in the world who didn't understand the situation" made the lord a little upset.

"William Hyde is 24 years old this year. Six years ago, he passed the exam and entered the Intelligence Department of the Imperial Military Academy. He is the junior of Mr. Karim Lodge from the Frost Maple Ridge Military Statistics Bureau." Grand Duke Rosario gently Leaning on the back of the chair, he was very familiar with William Hyde's life, "Three years ago, he was expelled from the Imperial Military Academy for publishing a comment critical of His Majesty Basil III in the "Empire Observer" magazine."

"This guy actually dares to attack our great, glorious and correct Emperor?!" Xia Houyan looked loyal and upright, "Mother Xipi! This kind of traitor, rebel, bastard, let alone fired, even killed A thousand knives are not too much!"

Grand Duke Rosario looked at the lord with deep eyes:

"At that time, the reason why William Hyde wanted to write that article was to accuse His Majesty Basil III of being incompetent and cruel to Zhongliang in the case of Vincent Igor's rebellion, and executed the Western Eagle for no reason without sufficient evidence. Duke of Rest, Vincent Igor."

"It's really a blessing for the country to have such a loyal minister who speaks uprightly and upholds integrity!" Xia Houyan slapped the table.

Grand Duke Rosario ignored the lord's face-changing in Sichuan opera, and said with a wry smile:

"After being expelled from the Imperial Military Academy, Mr. William Hyde packed his bags and returned to his hometown, Shanchagang in the east. There, he was elected by the people and appointed as the mayor of the town of Shanchagang. Alas, Shanchagang... ...Shan Chagang..."

"Then what is your goal?" Xia Houyan asked sideways.

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"According to the information collected by Rose City Whitehall in the occupied area, William Hyde's former imperial military academy background and mayor status almost immediately attracted the attention of the federal orcs." , Grand Duke Rosario's expression became more natural, "Shortly after he surrendered to the enemy, the supreme commander of the Federation in the East, Adolf Black-Eyed Warlord, officially awarded Hyde the post of 'Frontline Tax Officer' and ordered him to Collect food and pay for the federal army in the occupied area."

"The wealth collected by William Hyde on behalf of the orcs in the occupied areas far exceeds the federal military expenditure. I guess the gold coins he has worked so hard to collect are still piled up in a vault under Hyde's hands." Rosa Grand Duke Leo hesitated for a moment, and said, "Eliott, if we can successfully regain the Eastern Territory and get the people's fat and people's ointment from the Federation... let alone pay the final payment, the Imperial Army can even pay you twice the price—— Uh, pay the 'Frost Maple Ridge Second Machinery Industry Group' for the 'Flame Candy' and other military supplies."

Therefore, Xia Houyan was more concerned about why Duke Rosario singled out William Hyde among the thousands of defectors in the Eastern Territory.

He himself is also a commander who has experienced dozens of battles. From a tactical point of view, he can fully understand what the Duke of Rosario and the Eastern Army did at the time: everyone knows the power of the ice demon mammoth. These epic behemoths slowed down, and the Eastern Army, which had lost its position, would not even have time to continue to retreat westward, and would be crushed into powder by the mammoth hooves chasing after the victory.

Xia Houyan smacked his lips aside.

Xia Houyan fell silent when he heard the words.

"William Hyde was initially in charge of collecting taxes only in the Shan Chagang area, but soon, his outstanding work ability and the tax collection far exceeded his peers, and he was further recognized by the federal government." Rosario Archbishop , "Just three months later, he was first promoted by the federal army to be the 'Governor of Taxation in the Occupied Area', in charge of taxation, finance, and population issues in the Occupied Eastern Region.

To be honest, this story is not new to Xiahou officials: war is a big reshuffle of fate for all the creatures involved, and he can guess with his ass, in the vast east In the occupied areas, there must be a leading party who betrayed the empire and joined the demons;

"None of that matters to me."

"Yes, William Hyde was still the leader of the town when the 'Samille Hill Massacre' occurred," Grand Duke Rosario sighed. The brutal atrocities committed, so soon after the arrival of the orc pursuers, he abandoned his oath to the Human Empire and swore allegiance to the Glorious Federation instead."

"Secondly, in the process of collecting taxes and compiling household registration, he continued to divide the human residents in the occupied areas, selected those who were willing to surrender to the orcs, and formed a local security force 'Shancha Brigade' that obeyed his personal orders. , while strengthening the control of the occupied area, it also liberated a large number of orc troops that should have been used to suppress the resistance in the occupied area—the reason why we are so tight in the Burning Crystal Canyon is William Hyde's "credit" exist.

"So far, William Hyde has become the first spokesperson of the Federation Blood Council in the occupied eastern region, and the 'special military advisor' personally appointed by the Chief of the Glorious Federation—in other words, the supreme chief executive of the entire occupied region."

"You, Frost Maple Ridge, must have made some money..." Grand Duke Rosario smiled wryly, "Of course, no matter how this game develops, the millions of human residents in the Eastern Territory are bound to be losers. Everyone is rational As an adult, I cannot deny this brutal fact."

——However, this strategy will undoubtedly sacrifice the human residents who were still living in those towns at that time: the orc army will certainly not show any mercy to the enemy civilians when they rush in, and the terrifying ice demon mammoths After entering the urban area, it will be like a wild boar breaking into a porcelain shop, bringing incalculable civilian casualties.

And human towns like Shanchagang, located on the Great Plains of the East, can be the best speed bumps:

"Thirdly, William Hyde successfully exploited the fear of the human residents in the occupied area to squeeze out an unimaginable amount of gold coins, silver coins, and copper coins—he skillfully dealt with the orc army and the human residents in the occupied area, and quite Many orc generals have established a close relationship. It is because of the acquiescence of the orcs that William Hyde now holds the privilege of executing humans in the occupied areas at will. Under the shadow of death, the small merchants, handicraftsmen and farmers who stayed in the occupied areas In order to survive, he had to dedicate all his decades of savings to Hyde.

"At that time, apart from the main force of the Eastern Army under me, there were also some temporary armed forces recruited from the local area stationed on the bloody front. After the bloody front fell, these recruiting troops with relatively loose military discipline also retreated westward with us." Luo Grand Duke Sario sighed, reluctantly looking back on the darkest years of his life, "Although the current official statement of the empire is that the 'Shanchagang massacre' was purely done by the federal orcs--but at least I know in my heart: The one who waved the butcher's knife at the people of Shan Chagang was precisely the imperial conscript army who passed through Shan Chagang during their retreat. After losing the bloody battle line, not only was their organization broken up, but they also fell into despair and madness, so they retreated On the way, he reached out to the women and wealth of the town..."

"Hey!" Xia Houyan curled his lips, "It turns out that this guy betrayed the revolution and became a 'traitor'!"

"I'm sorry to bother you so late, Elliott, our imperial army will only pay half of the cost of the 'flaming candies' first, so it's a deal. Go back and discuss the territorial affairs with Countess Isa Sandria" 'Come on. Mountbatten, you have done a good job in Frost Maple Ridge for the past two years - I was very optimistic about you when you were in the military academy, please continue to work hard." Grand Duke Rosario pointed at Xia Houyan and Xiao En He nodded, then put on his military cap, stood up, and walked out of the tent.

"Yes. 'Samurai Massacre', 'Blood Stained Camellia', 'Camellia Tribulation'... Well, there are many names for that battle, and each of them will bring me pain." Grand Duke Rosario shook his face darkly. Shaking his head, "The situation at the time was that the Ice Demon Mammoth of the Federation had just appeared on the scene. My troops were caught off guard and lost the bloody battle line that was once impregnable overnight. In order to buy time for the army to retreat westward and reorganize the defense line, we had to Find a way to stop those crazy mammoths..."

"I want to end this senseless war." Grand Duke Rosario said solemnly.

"William Hyde's method of managing the Eastern Occupied Area is very clever. First, he established the so-called 'Ten Households Sitting System', which organizes every ten adjacent human families into a group. , If you join a resistance organization, all ten households must be executed together. This system successfully curbed the refugee flow in the occupied areas at the beginning of the war, and it also greatly increased the difficulty for us to establish resistance organizations underground.

"Your Excellency Grand Duke Rosario, if my memory is correct... Shan Chagang is the place where the famous massacre took place during the retreat of your Imperial Eastern Army two years ago... right?"

The huge and clumsy Ice Demon Mammoth is difficult to move in the narrow streets and alleys. As long as the defeated army under the command of Duke Rosario retreats through the towns on the plain, the Ice Demon Mammoth can be forced to enter the building during the pursuit. Dense areas, thus winning the golden time to reorganize the defense line in the rear.

"And the 'blocking method' chosen by your Eastern Army at that time..." Sean Mountbatten frowned, "...is it Shan Cha Gang?"

Mountbatten lifted the coffee pot from the table, refilled the coffee for Grand Duke Rosario, raised his eyebrows and asked:
"You said just now that after William Hyde returned to his hometown, he was chosen as the mayor of this Shanchagang town?"

Sean Mountbatten, who had been standing by the side, suddenly said solemnly:

"And after the withdrawal of the imperial conscript army, the advance of the federal orcs brought a second disaster to this cursed town." Grand Duke Rosario picked up his coffee cup and took a sip, "According to the intelligence department According to estimates, after the entire Eastern Occupied Area has changed hands, there may not be a single household in this group of towns represented by Shanchagang.”

"So, this Mr. Hyde is a smart and successful traitor leader." Xia Houyan applauded.

"Shancha Hill, and the seven towns other than Shancha Hill." Grand Duke Rosario sighed, "To be precise, this is not the choice of our Eastern Army - we did not have the right to choose at that time. The Bloody Front After throwing it away, the entire Eastern Territory was exposed in front of the Orc Legion. This is a large plain that is completely defenseless. Only by using these imperial towns with many buildings on the plain as obstacles, can the indomitable Ice Demon Mammoth Slow down."

In view of the traits of the human empire, which has always been perverse and indifferent to human affairs, Xia Houyan even has some sympathy for those humans who surrendered to the orcs - at least based on what he has seen and heard since traveling, he feels that the orcs on the Haven continent are doing more human affairs than humans A lot.

Sean Mountbatten folded his arms silently, while Xia Houyan shrugged.

Before going out, Grand Duke Rosario seemed to have remembered something, and looked back at the lord.

Grand Duke Rosario shook his head:

"What about you, Grim Rosario?" Xia Houyan pondered for a moment, then smiled playfully, "If we can regain the lost ground, then you can also get rid of the shame and restore your reputation, can't you?"

Xia Houyan felt that the strategy of the Great Warlord Adolf Black-Eyed was very wise: letting a former imperial human who surrendered to the Federation go door-to-door to collect money would surely stabilize the hearts of the people in the occupied area more than letting a group of green-skinned soldiers go up and smash the door.

"What do you mean by that, is that our Shuangfengling and your regular imperial army have the same interests now?" Xia Houyan laughed dumbly, "Defend the Burning Crystal Canyon and fight back to the bloody front together. By then, everyone will have something to earn?"

Xia Houyan responded with a questioning look.

"Eliott, pay more attention to this William Hyde." Grand Duke Rosario stood in front of the door, lowered his head and pondered his words, and slowly reminded, "You came to the East to make a fortune for you, Frost Maple Ridge. I want to end this disaster, Commander Lane Grant wants to make a mark so that I can be trampled underfoot - but William Hyde is not like us. Elliott, don't know if you have seen those in the winter Hungry wolves—they'll bite down on anything in sight to fill their stomachs..."

Grand Duke Rosario paused and said:
"William Hyde, whoever he was, is a hungry wolf now—and it was we who brought the bitter cold of winter to him. Be careful not to get bitten by him, Ai. Liott."

Xia Houyan smiled like a flower: "Don't worry, I can assure you in the name of the Holy Spirit that in the next month, the only one who can bite me is Miss Isa Sandria."

Grand Duke Rosario deeply suspected that this was the only truth that the Duke of Frost Maple Ridge uttered tonight.