Chapter 104: Reversal

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Moritin begins with this sentence instead of asking Mel what he wants. He did this in order to seize the initiative in the negotiations, to put himself in the high position of the benefactor, and to the morale of the other party.

"But you must guarantee that your men will withdraw from Saktin City within three days and settle in the place I have arranged, and I can give you a certain amount of autonomy."

Literally, Moritin seems to want the Theological Society to establish an autonomous region. But in reality this is just a blank check, once the Theological Society withdraws from the city of Saktin and settles in the place designated by Moritin, it is not up to the Theological Society to decide whether it is an autonomous region or not.

However, the Theological Research Society cannot say that Moritin has broken the contract, because Moritin promised a "certain degree of autonomy", and Moritin did not say exactly what this "certainty" is. If the Theological Research Society insists on self-government, it will become an unreasonable party and will be seized by others.

When Maier heard the ambiguous phrase "a certain degree of autonomy", he knew that Moritin might be playing tricks, so he did not agree to Moritdin's request.

"My lord, can we choose our own place to settle down?"

As soon as Moridin heard this, he immediately raised his vigilance. He felt that the Theological Society might not be a small organization that only developed in the city of Sakkin, and if that were the case, it would not be so simple.

"Yes, but only outside the borders."

In fact, Maier wanted to remove the Theological Seminarians from the territory of his members, knowing that it would still be unsafe to do so and would make Moritin even more eager to get rid of the Theological Seminar. After weighing the pros and cons, Maier felt that Moridin was likely to carry out a nationwide purge of heresy next, in which case the Theological Society would not be safe as long as it was within the borders of the Bright Wizards' Guild - or rather, as long as it was under the control of the Lighting Wizards' Guild.

Do you really want to evacuate abroad?

Maier immediately thought of his territory, but his territory was still under construction, and the population pressure was already great. In addition, the city of Sakdin is too far away from Byronsburg, and they have to pass through many lords' territories along the way, which may have friction with these territories for various reasons. If someone else's territory is attacked, the consequences are unimaginable. Thinking of this, Maier retreated.

Moritin wanted to drive the Theological Society out of the country for the simple reason that he was sure that Maier would not dare to take these people abroad. From the city of Shackin to the nearest border, it takes two days and one night to walk without sleep on a fast horse. If Maier wanted to leave the border with a few thousand people, even if Moridin didn't make a small move, the process would be big enough for Maier.

Moreover, on the other side of the border, which was closest to the city of Sackin, was also the country of the Letines, and it was impossible for them to receive people from the Theological Society. If the Theological Research Society wants to break through, it can also wear down the combat power of neighboring countries, which is naturally a good thing for the Bright Wizards Association.

Just as Mel pondered how to get the Theological Society to sneak out of Saktin and take refuge in the territory of the members, Larzi, who had never spoken up, spoke.

"Yes." Ralzi looked at him firmly and said, "We can leave the Bright Wizards Guild. ā€

While the others in the inner room of the study were surprised by Larzi's words, Burton, who had also never spoken, also spoke.

"But it's not just the members of Sakin City who are leaving the Bright Wizards' Guild, but also those outside Sakin City, and all those within the borders who are willing to walk with us."

While discussing countermeasures, Maier inadvertently told them about his territory, and told the two of them the general location of Byronsburg. At that time, Larzi and Bolton were obsessed with this sentence and wanted to move their headquarters, and indeed the entire Theological Seminar, to Byrensburg.

At present, there are more than 40,000 members of the Theological Society, and if you count their families, as well as other believers of the God of Light and their families, the total number of people evacuated from the Bright Wizards Society will exceed 500,000. The total population of the Bright Wizards Guild is about 12 million (including the foreign population), which means that this evacuation will cause the Bright Wizards Guild to lose more than four percent of its population, and the loss of its own population will be even higher.

Having half a million people move from the Bright Wizards' Guild to Byronsburg would seem like a crazy plan to anyone. If they took the nearest route, the total population of some of the small forces they passed along the way would not necessarily exceed half a million, how dare they let these people pass through their territory?

As for the problem of transit, Larzi and Burton's solution is simple and crude, that is, "breaking". If the intruders are only a few thousand, or tens of thousands, some big forces may even send troops to meet them. If it's hundreds of thousands of people, they have to see if their mouths are big enough if they want to fight. Even if they can defeat this invader, what will happen after the battle? Kill all the captives?

If they did, the captives would have risen up together to fight to the death if one of them had taken the lead. That's hundreds of thousands, even if the number of adult men accounts for only one-tenth, that's tens of thousands, not to mention that under normal circumstances, the proportion of adult men in the population can't be so low, once these people rise up to resist, the rebels in the country will definitely take the opportunity to start a rebellion, and then the situation will be out of control.

Even a leader as tough as Moritdin would not dare to attack hundreds of thousands of immigrants in the face of them. He will definitely send people to negotiate first, and then send troops to monitor them around the clock to find a way to get them out of their country's borders in the shortest possible time.

The problem of transit was solved, but the next problem came again.

The daily consumption of food and water for half a million people is an absolutely astronomical amount, and it takes about four months to walk from the city of Saktin to Byronsburg. These 500,000 people had nothing but to travel and rest every day, and all they had left was to eat, drink, and lazar. In other words, the Theological Seminary had to withstand the consumption of 500,000 people without any income during these four months.

Is this possible? The answer is yes.

Unlike the Truth Society, which only strikes the poor, the rich and the middle class are overrepresented in its membership. After decades of development, the literacy rate of the members of the Theological Study Society has reached an astonishing 100 percent, and the literacy rate of catechumens has exceeded 80 percent. Literacy meant access to more advanced jobs, and the Theological Society also taught arithmetic, so members and catechumens alike could find more decent work.

There are nearly 2,000 full-time teachers in the Theological Society. They have completely taken off their jobs and devoted themselves to education and missionary work. Members and catechumens voluntarily donated funds to support these full-time teachers. More than 100,000 people spontaneously supported 2,000 people, which was a very easy thing. In addition, everyone was very enthusiastic when donating, so there was an excessive surplus of funds in all branches.

When Gray asked the Theological Institute to form a combat unit, they easily completed the task of purchasing equipment and training ground with the funds they had saved on weekdays. Those who were not selected for the fighting units also spontaneously purchased weapons and equipment, so that the rate of possession of weapons and equipment for male members reached 100 percent, and the rate of weapons and equipment for male catechumens also reached an astonishing 70 percent, and some female members and catechumens also purchased weapons and equipment on their own.

In other words, the Theological Research Society can pull out an army of more than 100,000 people at any time, and even if it is just a militia, its combat effectiveness is quite considerable.

Larzi and Bolton knew all too well about the theological seminar's origins, so they felt that the plan was highly feasible. As long as Moritdin did not make trouble, and by the time the personnel and supplies had been assembled, the plan to move to Byronsburg was half the battle. As long as there are no major surprises on the way, they will be able to reach Byrensburg.

Thinking of this, Larzi and Bolton began to boil with enthusiasm - they wanted to establish the first Leitinian nation to worship the god of light after the cataclysm in Byronsburg. They did not do this to dominate the world, nor to make a name for themselves, but simply to establish a free kingdom under theocracy.

Maier, who didn't know the inside story, almost popped out of his eyes when he heard this. It seemed to him that it would be a problem to take thousands of people out of the country, where did Larzi and Bolton get the confidence to want to take all the members and catechumens of the country with them?

However, while Mel was glaring, Larzi and Bolton had already made a rough plan for moving in their minds. They decided to divide the personnel into a dozen teams, led by members of the lordship, and follow them in the prescribed order. Larzi and Bolton would personally lead a group of men to the front, leading the team behind.

"Separate attacks and combined attacks" is the basis of the art of war. The so-called "dividing in" does not mean splitting the troops into several formations and letting them advance along different routes, so that the enemy will surely seize the opportunity to break through each one. The correct way to divide the troops is to divide the troops into several units and form a team, so that these teams can maintain a certain formation and advance in an orderly manner under the command of the commander.

"Order" is one of the key factors restricting the speed of the troops, and the fewer the troops, the better the order, so under normal circumstances, a team of ten tens, must go faster than a team of hundreds. But once the level of order of the 100-man team catches up with the 10-man team, its speed will not necessarily be slower than that of the 10-man team.

Of course, there is another key factor that restricts the speed of the troops, and that is the person who walks the slower. Therefore, when necessary, in order to speed up the march, the army will temporarily abandon those soldiers with poor physical strength. These soldiers may lose contact with the army altogether because they get lost or want to desert, which is one of the reasons for the non-combat attrition of the army during forced marches.

The ranks of the Theological Seminary are not armies, and they will not give up on anyone. Fortunately, the number of horse-drawn carriages of the Theological Research Society is very high, and the old, weak, sick and disabled can travel in horse-drawn carriages. In this way, the speed of the carriage determined the speed of the procession, and without incident, Larzi and Bolton were confident that they would reach Byronsburg in one hundred and twenty days.

Larzi and Burton's words made Moritin frown. He also did not know the internal situation of the Theological Research Society, and he had only dealt with the Truth Society, and he felt that the Theological Research Society should be similar to the Truth Society, with fewer rich and poor. At the same time, he also greatly underestimated the number of Light God believers in the country, thinking that they were only tens of thousands at best.

Are these two people connected to foreign forces?

Moritin felt that the Theological Society was most likely supported by foreign forces, and that the foreign forces that supported them were not very far from the Bright Wizards Society.

After much thought, Moriddin locked on two suspects. One is an Ira faction that is separated by a country from the Bright Magician Society, and the other is the Mingji faction that borders this Ira faction.

Now Moritin has a deep distrust of the followers of the God of Light and sees it as the number one destabilizing factor in the country. So in any case, it is a good thing to be able to drive out the heretical forces in the country.

But what if the Theological Society raises an army to rebel after gathering people?

Thinking of this, Moriddin didn't want to let them go. If the Theological Seminary would have raised an army to rebel after gathering men, it would be better to destroy them while they were still scattered.

Larzi and Bolton saw Moritin's misgivings, so they told Moritin the truth about the Theological Society's family as Mel had instructed. The words of the two not only startled Moriddin, but also scared Maier and Pershing enough.

They must be bombing Moriddin, right?

While the two of them were thinking this, Moritin also felt that Larzi and Burton were lying to themselves. But he didn't dare to let these two people show him the facts, in case what they said was true, as soon as these 500,000 people appeared in various places, those who wanted to rebel would do everything possible to win them over. If the Theological Society could not resist the temptation to rebel with them, then the civil strife of the Bright Wizards Association would be inevitable.

After much deliberation, Moritin finally made up his mind. Whether there were tens of thousands or 500,000 followers of the Theological Seminar, he had to drive these instability out of the border. In Moritin's view, the current situation has been completely reversed, and if you don't fight, there will definitely be civil strife, and if you fight, the people of the Theological Research Society may still leave obediently.

However, Moritin forgot one thing, and that was that Larzi and Bolton could not contact anyone outside of the Third District at the moment. As long as he gets rid of the head of the Theological Society, the Theological Society will become a mess. Even if they start a rebellion, they will be easily defeated by the Bright Wizards Guild.

It's a pity that Moritin didn't notice this. In order to prevent the Theological Study Society from making small moves in private, he personally issued an edict for all believers of the God of Light to gather at a designated place by December 30. And the moment he issued the edict, the death of the Theological Society was solved.