At first, the Americans were really taken aback by the priest. But then someone shouted from behind, "Father, you can't shelter sinners!" Get out of the way, we don't want to do anything to you! ”

With a shout, an American second lieutenant with dark skin and a long scar on his face walked over. He stood in front of Father Tom, put one hand on the revolver hanging from his waist, stared at Father Tom with red eyes, and said, "Father, many murderers, many sinners have fled into your church, and the holy church should not be used to shield them. Please hand them over and leave them to us. ”

But Father Tom still stood there, smiling and saying, "My child, the Holy Church does not defend true sinners. But my child, religiously speaking, the power to judge who is a sinner is in the hands of God; From a secular point of view, you are a warrior, but you are not a judicial officer, and you do not have the right to carry out any law enforcement actions.

Besides, ensign, I'm not blind, and I'm not unaware of your actions after entering the city. Ensign, look around and tell me, what do you see? The whole city is burning! Don't tell me that these fires were naturally ignited, or that the Canadians burned them themselves! Now that I hand over to you the people who have taken refuge in the holy church, what terrible thing will happen, do you think I don't know? Go back, lieutenant, and before the temple of God, and retreat with your men. ”

"Father, this is war, it's collateral damage. And the burning of cities is not our first priority. When it comes to burning cities, when the British are burning our cities, have you stood up to stop it, Father? "The U.S. second lieutenant clearly has no intention of retreating.

"Second Lieutenant, do you see the flag behind me? Did we stand up to stop it? Decades ago, when you were oppressed by the British, it was the French who stood up and fought side by side with you, and we French were able to win your independence. And in this war, when the British did those things that angered the heavens, for the sake of God's justice, we French also stood up. Second Lieutenant, if we hadn't stepped forward, the current front would still be in New York! Father Thom replied sternly.

The American second lieutenant didn't know how to answer for a while. Unbeknownst to him, Father Tom used a typical sophistry technique here – stealing concepts. The second lieutenant said "Have you stood up to stop it", but the priest replaced it with "Have the French stood up to stop it?" Of course, even if the second lieutenant found out about this, it would not really be of much use. Because the priest has already made the Americans feel that they are at a disadvantage under the tricolor flag, and their momentum has been suppressed. As long as the priest controls the rest of the matter properly and does not make the Americans angry.

In addition, a missionary or something, a lifetime of hard work on one mouth, a small slave owner in the South of the United States, a second lieutenant in the American army, what to take to talk to a missionary? Therefore, don't use your hobbies to challenge other people's careers, it's definitely not good. It's as if in another time and space, Pushkin, the father of Russian literature, proposed a pistol duel to Dantes, an officer of the Tsar's Guards.

Now the second lieutenant regretted it, if just now, he directly ordered the two soldiers to control the priest peacefully, and then go in and arrest those Canadians, it would have been a problem. What the? Temple refuge? I'm sorry, I'm a farmer, I don't understand; What French flag? I'm sorry, I don't see it because I don't have good eyes. Wouldn't it be nice to leave the rest of the to those professionals?

But not anymore, his previous actions have made it clear that he knows that this is a church, and he also knows that there is a French flag on it. So if he does it again now, it will be very difficult for those diplomats who professionally wipe their asses. So, the second lieutenant is now in a difficult situation.

But the second lieutenant did not want to give in like this, so he said, "Father, our men did see British soldiers fleeing into your church. The soldier did not surrender, and even if he did, he should have been put in a prisoner of war camp instead of staying in your church. So, at least let us take these soldiers away. ”

"Ensign, where are you going to take these soldiers?" Father Tom asked.

"Take it to the prisoner of war camp, of course." The lieutenant replied.

"Then ensign, you dare to put your hands on the Bible, and with the assurance of the salvation of your souls, they will be sent to a prisoner of war camp, and not killed directly by you on the street corner?" Father Tom asked.

"Father ...... I ......" the second lieutenant's voice lowered. After all, the guys in the American South are still generally very religious. Lying in general, putting your hand on the Bible and lying at the cost of the salvation of your soul is really stressful for Southerners who really believe in God.

"Ensign, can you tell me where your POW camp is? I guess this shouldn't be a military secret now. I would like to go there and see if your prisoner-of-war camps are truly humane, in the spirit of humanitarianism in line with the Joint Declaration of the Holy See and the French Republic. Then I can safely let these poor people into your prisoner of war camps. Well, my child, tell me, can I go to your prisoner of war camps? Father Tom continued.

However, the Americans did not prepare prisoner of war camps at all, not even the extremely rudimentary prisoner of war camps like the Rhine camp in later generations - what do you want prisoner of war camps for? Caught the British, asked, have you been to the American South. If you said it, you would have shot him directly; If you haven't been there, you must be lying, and you can just shoot it. What do you want to do in a prisoner of war camp?

So, the second lieutenant hesitated, not knowing how to answer.

Seeing that the second lieutenant hesitated, Father Tom took the opportunity to say, "Second lieutenant, if this matter is not easy to handle, you can go and ask your superiors." ”

When the American lieutenant heard this, he nodded and said, "That's good...... But Father, there is chaos in the city right now, and many British people are still resisting and shooting indiscriminately. You'd better not run around. ”

Then the second lieutenant said to the soldiers next to him: "You protect this place and don't let those dangerous criminals escape in." ”

The soldiers saluted him, and the second lieutenant returned the salute and turned away.

With the second lieutenant gone, Father Tom breathed a sigh of relief. He looked at the American soldiers next to him and began to preach to them. Of course, it's all about forgiveness, salvation, and things like that.

Just as he preached, Father Tom was still looking out at the road with his eyes.

After a while, the sound of horses' hooves was heard on the other side of the road, and a troop of cavalry galloped towards them with French flags. Father Thom couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief as he looked at the French cavalry rushing towards him.

At this time, the French basically left only a symbolic army in the siege, and the main force of it was this cavalry battalion. But this cavalry battalion was on a mission. That is, when the city defense collapsed, quickly rushed to this church and met with Father Tom here. As for Father Tom, in addition to being a priest, he also receives two allowances from the Ministry of Truth and the Ministry of Public Security.

Now Father Tom, and the French cavalry of this battalion, the most important task is to save as many Canadians as possible, so as to prepare for future propaganda.

And this preparation for public opinion propaganda, the main thing is to describe both the Americans and the British as savages. And then go one step further and reduce the Anglo-Saxons to uncivilized barbarians. So in the French cavalry battalion that remained, in addition to a lot of medical personnel, there were also a lot of reporters.

And to be honest, Americans in this era are still very simple, yes, very simple. They don't yet know the effects of manipulating world opinion. This effect can even directly tear the entire United States apart.

In this war, the contradictions between the North and the South of the United States have already been revealed, and even intensified. The southerners felt that the losses in the war were the heaviest and the most sacrificed were the southerners, but the little benefits that were in fact went to the north, and they already felt that it was very unfair. The northerners, on the other hand, felt that if it were not for the paranoia of the southerners, the war would have ended long ago. And if it weren't for the paranoia of the southerners, most of the most important and best territories would not have been occupied by the French in the later stages of the war. If they were willing to give the British who surrendered a way to live, how could those people face the United States, resist desperately, and immediately raise their hands to surrender when they saw the tricolor?

Generally speaking, southerners think that the northerners are too treacherous, and they take all the benefits, take advantage of them, and sell them well, and they have to pretend to be virgins. It's okay for the French to pretend to be the Virgin, you and we are the same country, and you don't want to help us take revenge, but you follow the French to pretend to be the Virgin, it's really bad. And the northerners think that the southerners can't open their minds, which is too stupid. In short, one thinks the other party is bad, and the other thinks the other party is stupid.

Then, the French came running and inserting a pole. Over the years, the French media have also infiltrated the United States. Of course, many newspapers and other newspapers are nominally the Americans themselves, but in reality, they often have a French financier behind them. Under their manipulation, this contradiction became more and more obvious.

Of course, you can't provoke overtly, so the French tend to do this. When the newspapers in the south reported on the war, they first emphasized the critical situation, and then sang the praises of the southern soldiers, who fought bravely and once again saved the north and saved the north. After such propaganda, the guys in the south were very happy to see it, and at the same time they faintly formed a stereotype of the guys in the north - the guys in the north are afraid of death when they fight, and they love to play tricks, and they all rely on us to support them, otherwise they would have surrendered a long time ago.

As for the newspapers in the north, when reporting the stories of the armies in the north fighting bravely, they always like to describe the simplicity of their minds. Only known as a brutal, paranoid and arrogant, always strategically troublesome Southerners.

This kind of report, just looking at any one, seems to be praising the people of their hometown, and it seems that mentioning the North or the South is not the main thing, just a comparison. But as soon as there were so many such reports, such stereotypes were generally accepted by both sides, and the seeds of division were unwittingly planted in the hearts of Americans.