Chapter 16: After the War
With the support of Icewind Castle and the Eye of Time, Erosa's army, which already had an absolute advantage in military strength, quickly grasped the situation.
Fei Wenli, who was in charge of the Chinese army, didn't even make a move the whole time, just gave the command, and the constant good news from the front line buried her happily.
The high-level forces and military strength have absolute superiority, not to mention a commander with high military talent like Fei Wenli who commands the battle, even if he is replaced by a half-baked person like Charlotte, he can easily defeat the enemy army.
Three hours later, the gates were broken and the head of the city was occupied by Erosa's forces. The battle turned into street fighting, and the rebels and the Church Alliance, who had no way to go to heaven and no way to enter the earth, chose to fight to the death, and they frantically planned to destroy the entire city, so that the inhabitants of the city would be buried with the soldiers who entered the city. But their thoughts were seen through by the well-informed Nancy, who led the elite of the Phantom Forest to destroy the magical nodes in the city, thwarting the church's plans.
In the final stage, Charlotte and Ramsay also led the Eye of Time into the city to suppress the desperate church forces, and as sunset approached, the resistance in the city was completely cleared, and when Vivien Leigh entered the city, the former foreign secretary, who was the leader of the rebels, was escorted to Vivien Lima.
As for the church, the three parties of Icewind Castle, Eye of Time, and Phantom Forest all tacitly did not leave any living mouth, even if they knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, it was useless, and they were all ruthlessly eliminated by the three major mage forces.
Now, they are leading their subordinates to destroy the temples and altars in the city, and they are ruthlessly bloodied when they meet the fanatics of Erosa who want to protect the holy land.
The way the three major mage forces accepted captives was not based on whether they participated in the rebellion, but on whether they believed in the warring church as the criterion for accepting captives.
For example, they will accept rebel soldiers of no faith and shallow faith, but they will also take action against fanatical civilians who prevent them from destroying temples and altars.
At this time, Vivien Leigh did not know that the three major mage organizations had attacked the civilians who obstructed them in the process of destroying the temple, and neither Charlotte nor Nancy tacitly explained to Vivien Leigh their strategy for dealing with the church.
Fei Wenli was immediately looking at the culprit kneeling on the ground at this time, and after she defeated the palace minister a while ago, she learned that it was the former foreign minister who was fanning the flames and leading the palace minister to make a big mistake that she couldn't regret.
Because of this man's ambition, Erosa's Southern Army was almost completely wiped out, and the originally powerful Erosa turned from prosperity to decline and fell into the vortex of civil strife. During the most difficult period of these two years, Erosa was even on the verge of extinction.
"Treason, you are guilty!" Fei Wenli did not even want to call him by his name and title, even if she looked at him, she could not hide the oiliness and disgust from the bottom of her heart.
"Sin?" the Viscount looked up, his eyes were red, his hair was scattered, he had completely lost his graceful demeanor in the past, he was now like a demon, like an outlaw gambler who gambled in the casino to the point of bankruptcy, "It's just a matter of winning and losing! Why can you Clayderman rule the North and dominate us? If it weren't for Charlotte's support from Icewind Castle, it is unknown who will win and who will lose!"
"Bastard!" Fei Wenli turned red with anger, "In your eyes, the throne is more important than the people!? Have you ever carefully considered how much damage and disaster Erosa has suffered in the past two years? Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians of the Southern Army have perished because of your own selfishness! Erosa's countless farmlands are barren because of your selfish desires! The official roads are overgrown with weeds, and every family is clothed in linen and filial piety, for the sake of your ambition, can you betray your comrades and do such evil deeds? You simply make me feel disgusting!"
Vivien Leigh's cheeks were hot and trembling.
But in response to Fei Wenli's accusation, the viscount just sneered, "In that case, then why don't you abdicate and make way for Xian, so that the civil war can end as soon as possible?"
Vivien Lily was so angry that she was so angry that the king, who had always been clumsy, was choked and speechless.
The viscount glanced at Cynthia beside Vivien Leigh again, and scolded, "Hmph, the dignified Erosa is actually the third woman in power. Fevien Leigh, you listened to Cynthia's slander, and took the land for yourself by suppressing the aristocratic forces by countering the rebellion, and gave the land to those mud legs. Not only that, but you also restrict the faith of the people and hinder the development of the major churches! Do you think you are a virtuous ruler comparable to Lawrence? Sooner or later, if you lose the support of the nobles, you will be overthrown to the earth, and my today will be your tomorrow!"
After the rebellion was put down, the lands of the nobles would naturally be returned to Clayderman's name. According to the tradition of Valcam, after conquering a new territory, the king will crown meritorious nobles and promote some brave civilians as knights. This is also known as the aristocratic feudal system.
But Cynthia and Vivien Leigh have experienced civil wars in their homeland, and have suffered greatly from the powerful and ambitious feudal aristocracy.
Therefore, Cynthia suggested that the process of counterinsurgency should be gradually strengthened, and the land should be distributed to the brave soldiers according to their military merits, and the rewards for the nobles should be mostly replaced by money, and if this is not possible, enclaves should be given, so that the nobles would not be too powerful. In this way, the soldiers who were given the land must have fought valiantly, and they had to support the rule of Vivien Leigh in order to protect their land. After grasping such popular support, firstly, the central power can be greatly strengthened, and secondly, those heroic soldiers and their families will not be easily brainwashed by the major churches. Only in this way can Vivien Leigh have a stable foundation in the future.
This suggestion was greatly appreciated by Rebecca, and Vivien Leigh took Cynthia's suggestion as she could. It was also since then that Rebecca gradually faded out of politics, and her wariness of Cynthia was greatly reduced.
At this time, the rebel viscount attacked the national policy proposed by Cynthia.
Cynthia only smiled contemptuously at the viscount's insult, "Stupid." Archduke, I propose that the sinners who split Erosa be divided into five horses, as an example!"
As soon as the words fell, the Praetorian Guards guarding Fei Wenli all advised, "Please let the Grand Duke divide the five horses of the sinner into corpses to set an example!"
This group of people were all warriors who had been given land over the years, and were naturally supporters of Vivien Leigh's New Deal. The so-called cutting off people's wealth is like killing parents, hearing the viscount unashamedly criticize the new policy, they all want to sew up his broken mouth, but they are humble and dare not speak their hearts easily.
At this moment, hearing the advice of the high-ranking Cynthia, the blood-stained warriors in armor were in a loud and outrageous voice.
The viscount, who thought that he would be given a dignified death in the way of nobility, changed his face drastically, and he scolded, "Cheap people!
Originally, Fei Wenli was still hesitating to give the viscount death in the way of the nobility, but when she saw that the viscount was not only unrepentant, but also scolded her trusted sister-in-law. His face suddenly sank, and he ordered, "Come on! Bring five healthy horses and kill this fang!"
The Janissaries swarmed up, tied the frightened man to his hands, bound his feet, and finally pulled the hemp rope around his neck. As the five sergeants galloped on horseback, the leader of the rebels was pulled by five hemp ropes, and the whole person was reduced to six deformed pieces of flesh and blood in the miserable howl. At this time, he had not yet lost his breath, and the six pieces of corpse struggled and squirmed on the ground for a moment before they gradually fell silent.
Vivien Leigh looked at the prisoner's head and listened to the sergeant's cheers, and rubbed her brow tiredly.
At this time, a knight of the Knights of the Rose came to report the news, and was stunned at first when he saw the six bloody corpses on the ground, then shook his head, and knelt on one knee when he approached Vivien Leigh.
"Grand Duke, something is wrong!"
Fei Wenli was shocked and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?"
"Allies destroy temples and altars, and those who stand in their way will be killed. I wanted to stop them from killing civilians, but I couldn't do it. Grand Duke, please come forward to dissuade the Grand Duke of Icewind Castle and the others!"
"W-what!?You read that right?How could it be...... What the hell is Charlotte thinking? That's the citizens of Erosa!"
Cynthia, on the side, pursed her lips and cast an unpleasant glance at the Rose Knight covertly. Although she admired, she was sometimes really annoyed by the stubbornness of this group of knights. (https:)
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