Lieutenant Colonel Erwin seemed frightened by Krautz's madness, and hesitated for a moment before reluctantly agreeing: "If you insist on it, I will do it." ”

Krautz dropped the communication stone and sat down in his armchair, unbuttoning his collar and gasping for air, like a dying buffalo. After a long time, he barely cheered up and took out a pen and paper to write a letter for help to the emperor's ** department.

At this moment there was a sound of slapping outside the door, and the guards came in and reported: "General, Mr. Anthony Fogel asks to see you." ”

Anthony Fogel ...... That kid is still in the city, what is the idea of fighting? Clautz frowned and muttered to himself, "Let him in!" ”

Two minutes later, the young tax commissioner walked into his study and took a seat on the sofa across from Cluz.

"Lord Knight, your face doesn't look good."

"Don't go around in circles, I don't have the heart to say polite words now, what's the matter with you coming to me?" Klautz asked impatiently.

Anthony smiled awkwardly and said carefully, "I just picked up a flyer, and if it wasn't all a lie, the Knights didn't seem to be in a good situation......"

Klautz snorted and said angrily: "It's not good, it's not good to fall into such a field, and you have the credit for falling into such a field, if you don't come to the Far East, there will be no tax rebellion in the city, and Rudolph's party will not have a chance to start a rebellion." ”

"You think too highly of me when you say that, I'm just a petty civil servant who is ordered to go on a business trip, and even if it weren't for me Anthony Fogel, the cabinet would have sent someone else to the Far East to collect taxes, and the result would be no different." Anthony pleaded aggrievedly.

"Whether it is because of you or not, the reality is that the Far East has now become a paradise for traitors and careerists, and the Fort of Atonement may fall at any time, if you, the rich young master, don't you hurry up and flee back to the Holy City, do you want to stay here and wait for death?" Krautz said coldly.

Anthony scratched his head awkwardly and whispered, "I don't think the situation at Forte Atonement has deteriorated to the point of no return. ”

"Huh?" Krautz rolled his eyelids and glanced at the young tax collector, "What do you mean by that?" ”

"Knight, it is frankly impossible for you to hold the Fort of Atonement with the strength of the Knights alone, and in order to fight the rebels outside the city, it is necessary to fight for all possible forces."

"Who else in the city can cooperate with but mobs who are damned heretics?" Krautz asked, confused.

Anthony smiled slightly, "Of course, the Bishop imprisoned in the dungeon. ”

Krautz's face sank, "You also persuaded me to release Philip...... Who commanded you to say these things? ”

"Don't get me wrong, I have come to this conclusion based on my own analysis of the current situation." Anthony patiently persuaded Krautz, "You see, now your main enemy is the rebels outside the city, it is Rudolf Kolas, in contrast, your contradiction with Philip is not so sharp, and Archbishop Philip is also jealous of Rudolph's betrayal, and does not want to see the Far East break away from the control of the church and become a cult country, you and Philip have a consensus on this issue, and Rudolph is your common enemy." ”

Krautz's face gradually softened as Anthony spoke, and he nodded, "Go on." ”

Anthony breathed a sigh of relief, and continued: "If you can reconcile with Archbishop Philip, you can use his influence to stabilize the people of the city, ask him to come forward and criticize the so-called 'revolutionaries' who are indiscriminately violent, publicly rebuke Rudolf Koras for rebellion, and order him to immediately disband the rebels and go to the city for an audience——"

"It can't be!" Klautz interrupted him, "Rudolph is not an idiot, how could he accept such an order. ”

Anthony smiled: "After all, Philip is the legitimate governor and archbishop of the Far Eastern Province, unless Rudolph openly raises the banner of treason and independence, he can't turn a deaf ear to Philip's orders, and although most of the people in the city have no good impression of the imperial authorities and resist the imperial Far East policy represented by 'tithes', there are not many people who are determined to commit treason and make independence, after all, the Far Eastern Province has been the administrative region of the empire since ancient times, and the traitor will be under great moral pressure, and he will risk losing the possibility of peaceful settlement of disputes,?" Angered by the imperial authorities, the suppression of the revolution in the Far East by force, the arrival of the counterinsurgency army, the fear that the Fort of Atonement would be reduced to ruins in the war, and the people of the city would also be buried by Rudolph and his party, such an outcome was certainly not what most Far Easterners wanted. ”

Klautz's eyes lit up when he heard this: "You're right, don't look at the mob in the city, that's because they think I'm alone and don't have the energy to repair them, but it's another matter when the imperial army arrives, I don't believe that those mobs are all afraid of death, not to mention that they still have wives and children, the so-called' The revolution is only a moment of fanaticism, after which people will be more nostalgic for the peaceful and quiet days of the past, and following Rudolph will set them on the road of no return, pushing them completely against the imperial army, pulling them along with their destruction...... If people realize the above facts and Rudolph wants to forcibly attack the city, then he will automatically stand in the hostile position of the inhabitants of the whole city, and transform from a so-called national hero into a careerist and executioner who is spurned by all people! ”

"That's what happened, but it's a pity that the mob in the city is just a group of short-sighted rabble, who can't see the current situation clearly, and will only blindly follow the baton of careerists, and be incited to serve as pathetic cannon fodder." Anthony sighed, as if sympathizing with the people at the bottom who were being used by Rudolph, "So someone needs to stand up and explain these things to the people, to persuade people not to be used by careerists, considering the relationship between the knight and the people...... I was a little nervous, but I thought that only Archbishop Philip was fit to play the role of awakening the people, and I believe that most people would accept his enlightenment and repent and give up supporting Rudolph's betrayal. ”

Klautz glanced at Anthony deeply: "It is worthy of the little young master of the Fogel family, your words are very convincing, but there is still a difficult problem to solve, I have a deep grudge with Philip, he is probably cursing me in the most vicious language now, it is difficult for me to persuade him to put aside his personal grudges and take care of the overall situation." ”

Anthony smiled understandingly, "I have no personal grudge or conflict of interest with Archbishop Philip, our Fogel family has a little bit of fame in the upper class of the Empire, I believe Archbishop Philip doesn't mind rewarding me with a little face, listen to me talk about the superficial truth that cooperation is beneficial to both sides, and division is harmful to both." ”

"Then please, Mr. Fogel!" Clotz stood up, took Anthony's hand across the desk, and said earnestly: "The survival of the Fort of Atonement is all on you, and I look forward to you bringing me good news!" ”