Why did the lord rebel

When the territorial condolences team arrived, the "Frontline Cultural Festival" in Fort Elm was in full swing.

Most of the people who made a special trip to Elm Castle to listen to music and watch a play on this day were international friends from the Federation who came from the opposite side of Burning Crystal Canyon.

Perhaps it is because the cultural performances of Frost Maple Ridge really have the unique charm of cross-region and cross-ethnicity. The detailed talk of the Crow Language special envoy made the federal high-level have some special views on him...

All in all, in the past few days, the orcs on the opposite side of the canyon have fought mercilessly at other imperial fortifications including the civil fort, but they just let this Elm Fort be ignored, even the scouts and harassment raiders None sent here.

What made the populists of the empire feel sad is that just yesterday, the federal army on the opposite side of the canyon even sent a special delegation over, saying that they wanted to participate in the "Fort Elm Frontline Cultural Festival" and performances...

Should it be said that the lord of Shuangfengling is really magnanimous? He actually chanted slogans such as "Speak up and let go" and approved the Federation delegation to participate in the "Fort Elm Frontline Cultural Festival" with a swipe of a pen...

So, on the southern front line, while the main forces of the two races were fighting in the dark, the delegation from the Federation actually competed with the actors from Frost Maple Ridge at Elm Castle. "The Song of the Great Commander Breaking the Battle" and a series of traditional sub-orc programs;
Most of these cultural performances from the Federation won unanimous praise from the audience in Shuangfengling and the Federation soldiers. Only the stage play "Tauren Will Never Be a Slave" performed by the Federation Tauren was driven off the stage by the audience in unison.

On the front line of the bloody Burning Crystal Canyon, in the imperial war that determined the life and death of the two clans, a small Elm Castle turned out to be like an isolated island standing still in the stormy waves, staged the story of a small town of prosperity, good neighborliness and friendship, and the great unity of the Haiwen people. spring.

Regarding this situation, the imperial regular army far away on the southern front was not without complaints.

According to the internal report set up by the Frost Maple Ridge Military Statistics Bureau in Civil Fort, the Marquis of Lane Grant was furious when he heard the strategy of "no war, no peace, no defense, no surrender, no death" implemented by the lord in Elm Castle. In front of all the senior officers of the army, he cursed Elliott Igor as "a complete little bastard and a traitor to the letter".

But the problem is that it was the Marquis of Lane Grant who drove the people of Frost Maple Ridge to Elm Castle...

Now that the sky is high and the emperor is far away, no matter how unhappy the regular army of the empire who is steadfastly defending the Tumu Fort, they have nothing to do with the officials of Xiahou. They can only strictly prohibit any regular army soldiers from visiting the "Frontline Cultural Festival" in Yushu Fort.

The only thing that makes human patriots feel a little relieved is that the Lord of Frost Maple Ridge does not seem to have any intention of treason—at least not for the time being.

While tolerantly accepting the delegation and audience of the Federation, Xia Houyan also ordered Bob Brook, the "first pen in the land of broken souls", to write several diplomatic documents in a row, and sent them to all parts of the mainland with winter embracing pigeons, announcing world.

In these diplomatic documents, the great, glorious, and correct "President of the Empire Southern Military Affairs, Duke of Frost Maple Ridge, Eternal Guardian of the Land of Cracked Souls, Supreme Guardian of the Wasteland, Lord of the Lionheart River Basin, Most Devout of the Supreme Holy Spirit Believers" Master Elliot Igor, is telling Haven all over the world and all major planes:

The people of Shuangfengling have always believed that peace and development are the theme of the times. All intelligent creatures with faith and conscience must go towards each other and unswervingly seek peace for the people of the empire, development for the people of the mainland, and for the people of the void. People of all planes in the black domain seek happiness!

Therefore, Elliot Igor, the Duke of Frost Maple Ridge, appeals to all the forces currently at war. All parties must immediately stop the exchange of fire, advance the negotiation process, and seek peaceful solutions for all conflicts and disputes!The Glorious Federation's occupation of the empire's territory and its enslavement of the people of the empire have seriously hurt the feelings of the people of the two countries, seriously threatened the peace and stability of the Haven continent, and seriously offended the basic beliefs of the gods on the mainland!
If the orcs refuse to rein in the precipice, continue to be obsessed with obsession, and sink deeper and deeper into the quagmire of war, they will surely play with fire and set themselves on fire in the future, and suffer the consequences of themselves!
Don't say it is unpredictable!

——These eloquent "Letters to the People of All Nationalities in Haiwen" fully demonstrate the moral confidence of a great country in the diplomatic field, and demonstrate the firm belief that the Shuangfengling regime will never let people talk about it. The plundered and impoverished people of the empire saw the dawn of victory in this great game of chess.

The result of Frost Maple Ridge's propaganda offensive is that although Elm Castle, where Duke Igor himself sits, is still a scene of feasting and luxury, but facing the plausible words of the people of Frost Maple Ridge, "We are relatives in the Peaceful Evolution Federation." Imperial forces, creating an opportunity for ceasefire negotiations", but there are really few imperial people who dare to openly claim that Lord Elliott Igor intends to treason.

And it was in this weird atmosphere that Elm Castle, in the eye of the storm of war, finally ushered in the last day of [-] in the Imperial Calendar.

At the northern end of Burning Crystal Canyon in deep winter, the weather is getting colder and colder, and even the stone bricks on the castle wall are covered with a layer of morning frost.

After sunrise today, the sky has been overcast and foggy, and sometimes there will be a few flakes of small snowflakes.

Despite the bad weather, Xia Houyan got up early as usual.

Several sub-orc maidservants newly recruited from the other side of the canyon dressed the lord in a bearskin military cap and a mink coat, plus those gorgeous ribbons and badges, making him look very northern warlord.

After getting dressed, Xia Houyan went straight to the central school field of Elm Castle.

Generally speaking, most of the cultural performances of the "Fort Elm Frontline Cultural Festival" reach their climax in the afternoon and evening. People in Fengling are mostly eating breakfast.

After briefly expressing condolences to the territorial soldiers who had meals around the pot in the castle grounds, Xiahou officials hurried to the "Temporary Secretariat of the Shuangfengling Labor Art Troupe" set up in the southwest tower of the castle and led by Bob Brook—these For the past few days, he has been supervising Bob and the territorial clerks, writing a new set of front-line political education courses, "This Is the Empire."

As a result, before entering the tower, Xia Houyan bumped into Master Victor Laurie head-on.

The elderly don't get much sleep. During the days when they lived in Elm Castle, Master Laurie was basically the first one to wake up in the castle.The chief mage of the Igor family and the head of the "Northern Blizzard Mage Group" is busy exchanging pornographic novels with international friends from all over the world every day, and hooking up with actresses who perform shows when he has time. He is really happy.

Master Laurie's idleness is in stark contrast to the always modest and prudent Calvino Spiritual Master, and Master Molière who has just shown his skills in Tumubao. Xia Houyan was also considering whether to deduct half of the old bum's monthly salary of one gold coin.

Therefore, after seeing Master Laurie, the lord directly cursed, "Don't get in the way", and wanted to kick, but Master Laurie hurriedly waved his hand to block it.

"What are you doing?" Xia Houyan looked at Master Laurie unkindly, "Don't tell me that you lost money with someone again, and then you are going to ask the territory's finances to advance your salary for the sixth time this year! ——I don't know. I warn you, you have already advanced your salary to [-] in the Imperial Calendar, and it is estimated that you will not be able to finish it until you die, so I have to resurrect you as a lich after you burp and continue working to pay off the debt!"

Master Laurie said with a bitter face:

"Don't always look at people with old eyes! I don't gamble anymore! This junior magister has learned from the pain, and now I have found a reliable way to get rich-using magic to fry 'virtual gold coins'!"

Xia Houyan pinched his eyebrows in pain.

"Forget it, let me tell you something..." Master Laurie cleared his throat, tugged on the boss's sleeve and said, "...you don't know, Miss Katerina sent a 'territorial condolences' from Shuangfengling Come here, the team is led by that old man Nicholson, and now they have arrived at the gate of Castle Elm..."

"Territory condolence group?" Xia Houyan looked puzzled, "This place is a hundred and eight thousand miles away from the territory, what is Katerina doing with this stuff? This condolence group came from the Land of Broken Soul and trekked across mountains and rivers. What about bandits and unscrupulous lords who collect tolls?"

Master Laurie said with a mournful face:

"I don't know what Miss Katerina is planning! Besides, she is not your sister, Lord Lord, you should be the one who knows her well..."

Xia Houyan gave Master Laurie a hard look, turned his head quickly, and braved the light snow to walk towards the west gate of Elm Castle.

Although Master Victor Laurie's mouth full of false teeth seldom spoke the truth, but what Ya said this time seemed to be true——from a distance through the snow and fog, Xia Houyan saw a large group of people indistinctly Standing at the gate of the castle, there seemed to be a few carts carrying the flag of the Igor family behind the crowd, and they didn't know what was inside.

Xia Houyan saw at a glance that the person in front of this group was none other than Master Nicholson, the director of the Science and Technology Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Shuangfengling, who was wearing a bloated cotton padded coat and kept breathing in the cold, and the designer of the dragon-hunting weapon. A master of engineering was talking with Sean Mountbatten and others who the lord Lord rushed over to greet him.

However, as soon as he saw the lord approaching, Master Nicholson immediately left Sean behind, waved his hands enthusiastically and shouted:

"My lord! Happy New Year!"

"Oh! It's such a long way, how hard it is for you to come here!" Xia Houyan hurriedly took three steps and two steps, holding Master Nicholson's rough and cold palm tightly, "No, I must I want to reward you with a monthly salary of ten gold coins!"

Master Laurie, who had followed the lord all the way here, suddenly became red-eyed.

"It's not in the way, it's not in the way, and the territory is not rich. We don't need to raise wages, so you can leave the money to those who need it more!" Master Nicholson laughed, his mouth full of white teeth like the "Frost Maple Ridge Five" on his chest. A medal" is as brilliant, "Don't tell me, this time we really strongly requested the eldest lady and took the initiative to follow the condolences group - after all, we are worried about entrusting such important matters to those young people... "

"event"?What "big event" can there be?Xia Houyan was at a loss.

——In his opinion, unless there is a serious incident such as the seizure of power and the usurpation of Kudieta in the territory, it is not worth mobilizing troops and sending another team northward across the empire anyway!
What the hell is Catalina messing with? !

"So..." Xia Houyan raised his eyebrows and looked at a large group of members of the "Territorial Consolation Group" behind Master Nicholson. He found many familiar comrades from Shuangfengling among them, and then fixed his eyes on the few people they brought. A large truck, "...What is going on with this condolence group you brought? I don't remember letting Katerina organize such a thing?"

"A few months ago, after you led the troops...uh, after you brought the 'Cultural Art Troupe' northward, we heard from the Land of Cracking Souls that the battle situation in the Burning Crystal Canyon was quite tense, so Miss Katrina was in Phoenix early in the morning. Taiwan has recruited volunteers, and they are ready to come to support you at any time! Here, these are good guys who volunteered at the time, and I will bring them here this time!" Master Nicholson gestured behind him, and Xia Houyan hurriedly said to them Members of the condolences group waved their hands and shouted, "Comrades have worked hard."

Then, Xia Houyan shrugged and whispered to Master Nicholson:
"But I'm not short of manpower here! Look at this Elm Castle, it looks like it's about to start a war with the orcs!"

Master Nicholson smacked his lips, stretched out his hand suddenly, pulled the lord's sleeve and bent down, whispering mysteriously and furtively:
"...After you listen to our words, you may feel that you need manpower! My lord, the second and most important reason why we led the team to the north this time is that the 'Manhattan Laboratory' recently launched I bought some good stuff, and I guess you might need it on the front line... So, together with Miss Katerina and Brother Alan Hotelling, we decided to take these people and bring the stuff over to us. Have you looked past..."

"A good thing?" Xia Houyan blinked curiously, "How good is it, that I can ask you to escort the car and go there personally? Speaking of 'good things', the one I secretly sent back from the Tumubao before, that's the best thing." It is a real 'good thing', you must study it carefully..."

"You mean the 'Hercules'? Tch!" Unexpectedly, Master Nicholson sneered at the latest scientific research achievements of the empire, "...Let's just tell you like this... Wait for you After seeing what we brought this time, if you are still interested in taking a look at these little toys in Molten Valley, we will write our names upside down in the future!"

Xia Houyan blinked in surprise, then stretched out his hand into Elm Castle with a "snap":

"Words are never proven, seeing is believing! Master Senrkney, bring your 'good things', this way please!"

Maester Nicholson rolled his eyes.