"Death to the reckless! Raise your hands and kneel to the ground without killing! ”

The murderous roars of the soldiers sounded, and another group of displaced people gave up their resistance, obediently raised their hands, and fell to their knees.

Under the watchful eyes of a large number of soldiers around them, dozens of soldiers in charge of identifying them began to carefully examine the hands and faces of the victims one by one, screening the peripheral members of the Brotherhood of Defia.

The members of the Brotherhood of Defia are no longer the stonemasons and workers who defected to Stormwind in the first place.

Although Queen Tiffin died at the hands of Van Cleve, Varian soon after-ordered an amnesty for the stonemasons and workers involved in the riots, and in this case, a large part of the stonemasons and workers were unwilling to continue to follow Van Cleve's ideas, and returned to Stormwind to receive their wages and live a stable life, most notably Barons Alexton, Claudia's neighbor, a former friend of Van Cleeff's and current chief designer of Stormwind City.

In the course of the Brotherhood of Defia's troubles in the Wild West for several years, a large number of scoundrels, thieves, and robbers in the entire Stormwind Kingdom poured into the Wild West, joined and became low-level members of the Brotherhood of Defia.

Under the instructions of the Brotherhood of Defia, these low-level members mixed in with groups of displaced people after the outbreak of the civil unrest, leading the displaced people to sweep the past with a purpose, and most of the results of the Varian Rebellion were also these low-level members, when they were driven away by the cavalry of the counterinsurgency, the thieves of the high-level of the Brotherhood could run away, and it was difficult for these peripheral members of Defia to escape.

The method of screening the peripheral members of Defiya is not difficult, first look at the hands, the calluses on the hands of the perennial weapons and farm tools are completely different, and then look at the faces, the real victims are hungry and have to make a mess, and the faces are dished, while the peripheral members of the fraternity are at least not a problem to eat enough, and their faces are similar to normal people.

From these two points, you can quickly see what is suspicious, and then you can take this kind of person out separately for a simple questioning.

There are two possibilities for the suspicious person to be brought out, under normal circumstances, it will be a member of the periphery of Defia, or it may be a soldier who originally fled south from Lordaeron, but it is very difficult for a member of the Brotherhood to pretend to be a Lordaeron soldier, and the alliance army has its own set of rules and regulations, and only a simple question can be used to identify whether it is a real soldier.

From time to time, members of the Brotherhood were identified and beheaded in front of the victims, in fact, according to the laws of the kingdom, many peripheral members of the Brotherhood of Defia were not guilty of death, but Varian's counterinsurgency was intended to deter, as long as it was found that it might be related to the members of the Brotherhood, he would be immediately executed in public, and he would never be merciful.

"Fight with them, they're going to kill us all!"

A member of the fraternity who was screened out knew that he would die, and tried to escape while trying to incite the victims, but none of the victims dared to listen to the instigation of that person, the soldiers around him were all dressed in iron armor, strong and fierce, and there might be a way to survive when they knelt on the ground, and if they resisted, they would definitely die, and that person did not run away in the end, he had just run a few steps away when he was stabbed to the ground by the outer soldiers who surrounded him, and then the man was dragged to the victims by the soldiers, and the soldiers in charge of the execution announced loudly to the surroundings:

"This is what happens to the laws of the kingdom!"

The words fell, the big axe waved, the person's head fell into the basket, and blood spurted out from the broken neck, and many of the victims who witnessed this scene were trembling with their teeth, for fear that they would also be dragged over and beheaded, and the scene just now was deeply imprinted in their hearts.

"Stand up, line up in two rows, obey the order of the kingdom, and receive the food that the king has given you."

After screening the bandits, the soldiers around them were educated with sticks and whips and the temptation of black bread, and after swearing to obey the laws of the kingdom, they received half a piece of black bread, although this food did not taste very good, but it was already a supreme delicacy for the hungry victims, and after the victims received the food, a small number of soldiers would lead them to their destination to settle down.

On the high ground in the distance, Varian watched the whole process, turned around and left with his entourage, at this time he did not have many retinues around him, Duke Grayson, Bishop Fasien and other professionals had already returned to Stormwind City in advance, and the remaining part of the professionals, most of the royal knights and troops were also sent by Varian under the leadership of the generals to quell the chaos and restore order, at this time Varian had less than twenty retinues with him to accompany him to tour the Western Wilderness.

It has been a week since Varian landed in the Western Wilderness to quell the chaos, and the process of quelling the chaos was smoother than expected, many homeless people directly lost the mind of resistance after seeing the regular army, most of them often surrendered directly after hearing that they knelt on the ground to avoid death, and occasionally a small number of bandits who wanted to resist would also be killed on the spot, often a reorganized company of hundreds of soldiers could subdue thousands of homeless people, and behead the bandits among the homeless people to show the public.

The Fourth Army Corps, which was transferred by the Grand Duke of Berval to quell the rebellion, and some supplies had also arrived, and with sufficient troops, the chaos in the western wilderness was quickly quelled.

In the process of quelling the chaos, although a large number of Defia's peripheral members were screened and killed, their senior members seemed to have disappeared and did not move, but this is also expected, Van Cleef's consistent strategy is not to confront the regular army, in fact, even if he wants to fight him, he will definitely not be able to fight, otherwise with his hatred of the kingdom, he would have raised an army to attack Stormwind City in the open.

At Varian's side, Claudia was riding her new warhorse, Ormont, with her head bowed down, feeling a little bad after witnessing the devastation of the Wild West and the hunger of the victims, and she hated the Brotherhood of Defia.

Varian noticed the girl's depressed mood, in fact, he was not in a better mood to go there, Varian had seen how prosperous the Wild West was many years ago, even if he had prepared for the situation in the Wild West beforehand, he was still shocked by the devastation of the land and the displacement of the people in the past few days, which made Varian, who had a strong sense of mission, feel a little guilty now.

If the father-killer of Alsace is willing to stay with Lordaeron, perhaps I should wait until the Wild West recovers before going on the Northern Expedition.

A thought came to Warri's mind, and he could no longer linger on it, for the turmoil in the western wilderness had taught him a profound lesson, and that he was not going to lead his army again for a few years until the country had been completely settled.

While the officers and soldiers had rushed to the Wild West to quell the chaos and restore order these days, Varian had only brought a small entourage to inspect the troubled areas of the Wild West, check on the progress of the rebellion, meet with the nobles of the loyal kingdom, and reward some of the meritorious heroes, and now he was on his way to meet Baron Ackerman and a distinguished paladin.

Paladin Grian Stallman, who was a paladin affiliated with Lordaeron like Claudia, in this turmoil in the western wilderness, he not only sent the news of the turmoil to Stormwind City under the interception of the Difia bandits, but also organized some militia to protect the farm villages in the eastern part of the western wilderness in the later stage, which can be called the most dazzling existence in this civil unrest.

Thinking of the paladin, Varian turned to the girl and asked, "Claudia, how much do you know about Grian Stallman?" ”

Claudia pondered for a moment before replying, "I remember that Brother Glion had been serving as a garrison officer in the Silverpine Forest, but I didn't know much about him, only met a few times, and it seems that the last time we met was when I inherited the title. ”

Although they are all Silver Hand Paladins of Lordaeron, the members of the Silver Hand Knights are scattered all over Lordaeron, and they are not necessarily familiar with each other, Grian has been holding an official position in the Silver Pines Forest, and Claudia spends most of her time staying with Mentor Maxwell in the Grand Abbey, among the Silver Hand Paladins, the ones who are really close to her are Bridge and Marlan, who are also female paladins.

I don't know how Lordaeron's mentor and the other siblings are doing, but hopefully I'll get some new news from Grian.

The girl secretly looked forward to it.

Although Claudia didn't answer much, it was enough to make Varian interested enough in the paladin: "I didn't expect that he also served as a regional garrison officer for many years, and I look forward to meeting this paladin later." ”

The garrison officer is the highest military commander of a region, and the garrison officer of the Silver Pine Forest is actually equivalent to the commander of the garrison in the Silver Pine Forest area, so at this time, Varian is also looking forward to the meeting.

Soon after, Varian met the paladin, and the old Greon and Claudia remembered not much change, with gray hair, a majestic and resolute face, meticulously dressed, and a standard veteran appearance, which was obviously very much in Varian's temper.

In the ensuing private chat, Glian did not disappoint the king, the elder Grian is fifty-five years old this year, in addition to serving as a garrison officer for ten years, he also served as a sheriff, and has served in the army for many years, has a wealth of military and administrative experience, and has many opinions on how to calm the chaos in the western wilderness, and many opinions coincide with Varian's plan, the two have a good conversation, and finally Varian asks the other party to take the position of garrison of the western wilderness, responsible for the formation of the militia and the cantonment of fields.

Faced with the king's invitation, Grian immediately fell to his knees and swore allegiance, the western wilderness was his homeland, and he had a deep affection for this land, and it was only natural that he could do his best for his hometown.

After the two finished talking about business, Varian also called Claudia in with a smile: "Grian, Claudia has also been serving the kingdom, she said before that you know each other, I won't introduce you, you can catch up." ”

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Brother Grian." Claudia saluted Grian according to the standard etiquette of the Silver Hand.

"I'm glad to meet you, Sister Claudia, too."

Old Greon also returned the salute, and the sight of the old man who also belonged to the Paladin of Lordaeron in the Western Wilderness obviously evoked a lot of memories for him, and he sighed: "People are not things, I remember the last time I met you was when I was in Fenrisburg more than a year ago......"

Speaking of this, Old Grian suddenly felt that he had said the wrong thing, and hurriedly apologized: "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have mentioned it, I'm sorry about what happened to your fiancé, Count Fenris." ”

When!

Varian accidentally touched the cup in his hand to the ground.