Why did the lord rebel

Chapter 69
When the Igor family's motorcade entered the Land of Soul Splitting, it bypassed Rock Creek City and took the road upstream of the Lionheart River in the east, and did not enter the many towns on the south bank of the Lionheart River;
Therefore, it was not until he entered Huafang Town with Alice and Wilf that Xia Houyan had the first opportunity to observe the local customs.

It has to be said that this remote town rooted in the frontier of the wilderness really has a unique style different from that of the Central Plains.

The two main impressions Huafang Town brought to the lord were poverty and barbarism.

Poverty is because the houses within reach are almost all built with inferior red bricks. Not only are the structures ugly, but the walls are also filled with dull smoke gray;

The road between the houses in Huafang Town is not paved with stone bricks like in a wealthy big city, but a loess road full of animal hoof prints and garbage fragments hidden among the weeds;

If metropolises like the Imperial Capital and Sanshuiwan hide a few slums in some inconspicuous remote corner, then the impoverished and closed Huafang Town is a huge abject poverty without any prosperous areas. , The otherworld version of Hulan River for which no one has written a biography.

Xiahou Yan, who has lived in two generations, has seen many impoverished areas no matter which plane he is in. Therefore, unlike Wilf, who is full of shock, he does not care too much about the depression in Huafang Town——

What really caught his attention was the savagery and agility unique to this wasteland town!
In stark contrast to the beautiful name "Huafang Town", almost every pedestrian in this town is wearing a sharp weapon!
The mercenaries in leather armor, carrying knives and swords, and the brawny men with sullen faces and hand-held axes, let's not forget...

Even the merchants who are harmless to humans and animals and lead the camels will have a bright, even bloody dagger tied around their waists!

This may be the sinister living environment of the Soul Splitting Land, which inevitably affects this group of wasteland residents...

Alice Comstock's royal horse walked beside the Lord Lord, and her beautiful eyes watched with a little vigilance at these Huafang Town residents who had come from mountains, rivers, lakes and seas, but did not forget to hide their sharp blades, faithfully fulfilling their captaincy of guards. responsibilities.

As for Wilf?
The elf slave sat behind Xiahou Yan, hugging the lord's waist tightly, not daring to let go—

Yes, this elf who can't know anything, also can't ride a horse by himself.

So along the way, under Alice's resentful gaze, she cheekily rode with the Lord.

Although in order not to attract attention, the three members of the Igor family wore hooded cloaks to cover their faces tightly;
However, the occasional vicious gazes from passersby still made the timid Wilf huddle behind the lord, trembling.

No way, the sandstorm, robbers and death in the wasteland will naturally sharpen the souls of all residents into sharp blades;
Those who are not strong enough in eyes, posture and appearance have long since become the belly of beasts or other similar food.

However, unlike Alice's vigilance and Wilf's fear, Xia Houyan appreciates the sharp eyes and stern attitude of these residents!

Because he understands that poor mountains and bad waters not only make troublesome people, but also make elite soldiers!

In this era without political commissars and ideological education, to arouse the fighting spirit of soldiers, to a large extent depends on the soldiers' own psychological quality;
And the prosperous and prosperous land, after all, can't raise brave people who give up their lives and forget to die!
Why did Archduke Rosario, with his outstanding military exploits, always refuse to supply troops from other regions, and insist on recruiting troops from the front lines of the war zone in the eastern border?
Because only the natives who were born and raised in the Eastern Territory and saw with their own eyes the Orcs who burned, killed, looted, and invaded their homeland would have deep hatred for the Glorious Federation!Only they would be willing to throw their heads and blood on the eastern battlefield where life expectancy was drastically shortened in order to regain their hometown!

Strategists have similar visions. Grand Duke Rosario's recruiting rules are exactly the exact replica of the policy of "defending Liao soil with Liao people" in the history of China in the late Ming Dynasty!

The source of troops, the source of troops will always be an important factor in determining the combat power of the troops in the age of cold weapons!
In the same way, the people of the wasteland who live in poverty and live with their heads on the waist of their trousers, as long as they undergo a certain standardized military training, their combat effectiveness will be much stronger than the wealthy farmers recruited from the central plains of the empire!
When the small farmers in the Central Plains, who were recruited by the empire as temporary troops, were still thinking about their wives and children on the battlefield, these poor people who lived and worked hard in the wasteland could really sacrifice their lives to seek a road to prosperity. !

Survival guidelines for the wasteland in the wasteland!

Although the territorial construction has just started, Xia Houyan's inner plan is already very long-term:
The number of residents in Frost Maple Ridge cannot always be only a few hundred. If all goes well, the territory will inevitably absorb more population in the process of expansion - especially the military population;

And a wasteland town like Huafang Town can completely become the best talent supply place for the Igor family!
Just when the lord was imagining on horseback and dreaming of his own warlord's dream, there was a sudden noise in front of him. The screams of women and the roar of strong men suddenly tore apart the calm on the streets of the town. ——

Amidst the sound of the lumber being pulled and collapsed, a group of tall horses with jujube fur broke through the fence and jumped out of the stables on the street, bringing with them a swirling patch of grass clippings and wood slag!
Then, a brightly dressed young man with a lute hanging from his back also flew out of the stable with a "swoosh" and slammed his head into the purplish red horse's ass. A total of smoke and dust!
The third one who came out of the stable was a burly black-faced mercenary with a strong body. With a hand axe in his hand, he chopped off the young man's head without hesitation, with a mouth still in his mouth. In roaring more than:

"I've believed you for so long, so you're a fucking bastard!"

Xia Houyan was stunned by this extremely explosive scene - before he could react, the young man known as the "inner ghost" rolled over on the ground, and would evade the hand axe of the mercenary big man. He slashed, and without hesitation, rushed towards Xiahou Yan and the others!
——There is no way, other Huafang Town residents who are accustomed to similar scenes, when they hear that something is wrong, they will long ago dispersed and disappeared without a trace!

——Only the three people from the Igor family, who were new to the scene and were not familiar with the situation, stayed in place stupidly!

And these three people and two horses, in the eyes of the young man, are like a few good flesh and blood shields!
Alice had just pulled out the long sword from her waist, and the young man with the lute on his back, like a slippery loach, passed between her mount and the lord's white horse "Meteor"!
Then he didn't run far, but hid on the other side of the "meteor" like a peek-a-boo, and took the Lord Lord as a human bunker and a scapegoat!
And the big mercenary man who was chasing the "inner ghost" obviously didn't mean to let it go.
Alice Comstock finally can't take it anymore!

A round of dazzling brilliance, along the thousand-year immortal shining edge of the sword "Light of the Firmament", suddenly bloomed in everyone's eyes, just like the rising sun!

(End of this chapter)