"What?" Murphy's eyes widened and he looked at Alsace in shock, "A rebellion broke out in Fort Al Legoga in the north, and it swept through one county, four states, and fifty-seven counties within a month?!"

"Yes, Your Highness, I just got the news, and I wanted to talk about it when I entered the house just now, but considering the importance of the city's internal affairs, I only said it a little later. Arthas's face flushed, he didn't expect that His Royal Highness the Prince would take such a distant matter so seriously.

"Tell me about it!" what does Hillendy's letter say?" Murphy was a little anxious.

The rebellion broke out in Canas County, on the side of the Louise Plains in the northern Ersor Mountains, not far from the state of Vicondise, Auckland, where Remlos Fort was located, and it was separated by two counties and three counties in the state, spanning a third of the northern border, and it could not be reached for a while.

However, the expatriate knight Brundy still sent back a warning, which shows that even the Archduchess Morina was a little overwhelmed by the development of the situation for a while.

"Knight Brundy said in his letter that, after his investigation, the cause of the incident was the wanton murder of serfs by a local viscount lord, which aroused the anger of everyone, and the serfs suddenly rose up and killed the lord, cutting off his head and hanging it on the flagpole of the castle, and the headless body was hung on the city wall.

"The rebellious serfs were enveloped by the local freedmen and low-level soldiers and the transcendents who were willing to defect to them, and the flag was hung high, and they attacked the upper layer of Elledeg County, and the number of mobs increased more and more, until the official attack on Elledigh County, the number of mobs reached more than 16,000 people, and they easily took Elledigh County, and then expanded the scale, I heard that some of the mobs also used arquebuses, and from time to time two gunshots rang out in the ranks, and many transcendents were overshadowed on the arquebus. ”

Arthas picked up the glass of water, took a light sip, soothed his throat, and then moved on to the aftermath.

"After taking El Deeg, many transcendents such as the City Guard also rebelled and joined the rebel team, which brought great trouble to the Grand Duke's anti-bandit army, and even helped the bandits to annihilate a Grand Duke's army, which brought a great blow to the morale of the Grand Duke's army.

"The mob grew in number and attacked faster, and by the time Knight Brundy sent back the letter, the mob had already swept through the nearby county, four states, and fifty-seven counties. With that, Arthas took another sip of water, and then looked at Murphy, who was silent.

"So, did he say where the mob was attacking, and did they kill innocents indiscriminately?" asked Murphy, after a moment of deep thought.

"As for the direction of attack, Brandy didn't say, but I look at the order of their attack, which is to attack in the northwest direction, go straight to Wolf Castle, burn, kill and loot along the way, destroy everywhere, countless villages are urbanized into ruins, and countless peasants and civilians are forced to join the mob.

"The most important thing is that the spring ploughing over there is almost here, but there are no farmers to farm, hundreds of thousands of hectares of fertile land have been wasted, I am afraid that not only the people of Kanas County will be hungry, but we may also be short of food, most of our food is purchased from Kanas County. Arthas sighed, leaned back on the couch, and fell into deep thought.

"Arthas, do you have any sense that there are many doubts about this rebellion. Murphy got up from the couch and paced around the room.

"Your Highness, have you noticed it? Yes, there are indeed many doubts, not to mention how the mob captured the entire territory of Kannas, and even the fact that the viscount was killed. Arthas crossed his legs and half-leaned on the armrests of the couch.

"That's right, a viscount, even if he is a viscount he has just inherited, he must at least have a first-level extraordinary ability, how can he be killed by a dozen serfs with hoes and straw forks?" Murphy spread his hands and questioned.

You must know that a first-level transcendent who has just obtained extraordinary abilities can fight at least six or seven ordinary people, and under the siege of more than a dozen serfs, even if he can't beat it, he can dodge, how can he be directly killed?

"Moreover, according to Brundy's letter, the viscount is an old nobleman, a stable third-level mage, and it stands to reason that he will never be easily killed by a dozen serfs. Arthas added.

"Third-level mage, the strength is one level stronger than mine, even with my current strength, even if those dozen ordinary people are wearing heavy armor and holding long axes, I can dodge even if I can't fight, it doesn't make sense that he can't dodge?" Murphy compared the strength gap between himself and the viscount, and became more and more puzzled.

"I suspect that this rebellion may not be so simple, I am afraid that there is a mastermind behind the scenes. Arthas knocked on the coffee table and said what he thought.

"You say, which force is most beneficial to the outbreak of rebellion in our kingdom of Wallaine, especially in the north, or which force may be behind it?" Murphy paused, stopped, and turned to look at Arthas, the two of them looked at each other, and the answer was about to come out.

"It's a Theban!"

The two of them shouted at the same time, discussing possible countermeasures.

Most of the standing army in the north is stationed in Jackdaw Fortress, and now that a rebellion has broken out in Kanas County, there are only three options given to the Grand Duke of Morina, one is to draw some of the soldiers and horses from Jackdaw Fortress back to Kanas County, one is to ask for help from the Archduke of the Rhine in the middle and use the military strength of Rhine City to quell the rebellion, and the other is to call on all the nobles in the north to gather troops to encircle and suppress the mob.

Whichever one is a huge problem, and if you draw the strength of Jackdaw Fortress, no one is sure whether the Kingdom of Thebes will suddenly attack, attack the fortress, or harass the border, causing huge casualties.

If you ask for help from the Grand Duke of the Rhine, it will take at least three to four months to bring in enough troops, and the spring ploughing in the middle of the border has already begun, and if the Grand Duke of Morina wants to move the Grand Duke of the Rhine to send troops, it may have to pay a great price.

There is also the ability to summon the nobles of the north to participate in the suppression of bandits, which is probably the lightest and fastest method in comparison, although it will also affect spring ploughing, but it is better not to be stolen by the Thebans.

According to the standard of ten people brought out by each knight, the seven dukes of the north together can send a heavily armed army of more than 100,000 people to deal with a mob of fifty or sixty thousand ragged and rarely heavily armored soldiers, and if nothing happens, it is simply easy.

Even if the nobles were unwilling to exert their all, sending a team of tens of thousands of people would be enough to quell the rebellion.

The two have discussed so far, and the Grand Duke's response measures have been basically determined.

Then we waited for the Grand Duke's orders.