222. Phased victory
The knights left, leaving behind a little food instead of anything with them, a gesture that gave them hope. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Mooncreek Town...... For people like them, who can only feed on wild fruits and wild stems, it may be a good choice to try.
After a period of time, the figure of Yuexi Town is vivid, and the scale of this group of people is much larger, most of them are people who have heard about this and plan to come to try their luck, and most of them are because they heard that the kingdom is going to cross the sea to fight something, so they fled directly.
From afar, you can see the people of Yuexi Town, ant-like humans shuttling back and forth in the town, most of them are ragged, and what attracts them is the large cauldron of smoke, which is full of relief food.
Those knights weren't lying! The refugees looked at each other happily, so many refugees, these people could not be free people, there must be someone like them who belonged to someone else's property.
Unable to withstand the torment of an empty stomach any longer, they rushed forward and were stopped by the soldiers who controlled the order and asked to line up to receive food.
Refugee groups like theirs could join at any time, and the scattered knights had almost all of the Wild West, and most of the refugees had been notified, and although there were still skeptical ones who hadn't tried, it was the largest number they could gather.
"That's enough." Grian, who was watching from the town hall, said, "Go, gather everyone, it's time for our next plan." ”
"Yes." The servant replied listlessly, he didn't know what Grian was trying to do with so many people, he only saw his master distribute food to a useless group of refugees, a waste that was incomprehensible to him.
Soon, the bell of the town rang, and when they heard that it was Grian, the lord of the relief society, was going to give a speech, the somewhat flustered refugees finally calmed down, and they were full of gratitude to this merciful lord for the relief of these days.
But soon they were not calm again, because with them were Grian's People's Army, which was neatly lined up on the other side, and was clearly distinguishable from the refugees.
"Sons of Light! Welcome to Mooncreek Town! Please put aside your doubts and listen carefully. Magic spread through his voice, and the old Grian's voice was hoarse and deep, giving people an inexplicable sense of reassurance.
"Before I begin, I want to ask you, is your family still standing by your side?" The sudden question made the people below stunned for a while.
Family...... What a sacred word, but now......
Seeing that everyone was in mourning mode, Grian continued to speak.
"I have understood, so now please continue to listen to me, all this time, you have been farming on other people's land, paying a lot of taxes, and the owner of the land has promised to protect your safety, but has he done it!? Look at how you look now, thin, dirty, like a bunch of beggars, no! Worse than a beggar! At least the beggars can still beg on the bustling streets, and you don't even dare to go where there are more people, like rats in the sewers. ”
Grian's words angered many of the refugees who still had self-esteem, and there was an instant muttering from below, but because of the neat people's army, they didn't dare to make a noise.
"Haven't you thought about it! Who is responsible for all this? Who made you rats and ruined your family? One sentence silenced the people below.
Who? Who else, isn't it just the damned orcs and the undead? If it weren't for those wars, how could they be in such a situation?
"You'd think it's orcs and undead, but I'll tell you, it's not! The guys who forced you until your wives were separated and you left your homeland are the nobles on your heads! ”
"I know they will tell you that it was the war that forced them to increase taxes, and the army needed food, equipment, and men, so all this had to be borne by the people of the kingdom, and I bah! I tell you that they are only asking you for ill-gotten wealth in the name of war, look at us! Look at the town of Moon Creek! The war weighs on us as well, but we still have enough food to help you, and my people are doing well! Our army is also good enough! So the wealth you turned over actually went into the pockets of the nobles! ”
The pain of exile, properly channeled, exploded like a thunderclap through the crowd.
The angry scolding instantly became the dominant tone here.
Grian watched it all with satisfaction, and it was good, he was one step closer to his goal.
"Quiet! Please be quiet! Sensing that the time was almost up, Grian began to take control, and it wasn't long before all eyes were on him again.
"I can understand your anger when you are persecuted by the nobles who promised to protect you, I want to know, knowing the truth, what do you want to do?"
"Kill them! I'm going to avenge my family! "It's a no-brainer, one-tendon speech.
"Please do justice to us!" Most of the women who say this are weak women.
"We want to make you king! Replace the decaying aristocracy for us! "It's smarter, knowing that Grian must have a plan to gather everyone here, and combined with what they just said, they thought they had guessed Grian's plan.
Isn't it an uprising, they have nothing to lose anyway.
However, this is not the case.
"Nope! I will not be a king, I will not treat people and land as private property like the nobles, the Holy Light will not give anyone such power, it is those nobles who have deceived you, the innate power they preach is all a lie, it is only because human beings are so small, the Holy Light has not punished those scum who slander his name, maybe some of you will ask, Grian, what right do you have to say such things, aren't you also a nobleman? Yes, I am also a nobleman, and I used to be on the road to power, and I did many wrong things to climb higher and farther, but now, I have sincerely repented in front of the Light. As he spoke, Grian pulled out some certificates or something.
"Look at this thing, this is the title deed issued to me by the Stormwind Kingdom, how ridiculous, a piece of paper proves my dominance over the western region, with this paper, I am orthodox in the western wilderness!" As he spoke, he took the torch from the side and lit the title deed under the watchful eyes of the guards behind him.
"Look! How vulnerable! This is what those aristocrats call orthodoxy! The flames quickly burned out the title deed, and then he pulled out the knighthood certificate issued by the Stormwind Council, and the squire behind him saw him take out the thing and immediately rushed up to stop it.
"And this ...... Be...... Something that many people pursue all their lives...... Let me go......" Grian couldn't stand the resistance of several of his attendants, and he struggled to speak, trying to break free.
"Nope! My lord! You're crazy! This thing must not be burned! ”
"Enough!" A fierce burst of holy light erupted from Grian's body, directly sending the guards flying.
"This is the identity certificate issued to me by the Stormwind Kingdom, and it clearly states that I and my descendants enjoy the name of the guardian of the west."
Then, in full view of everyone, he burned it to ashes as well.
"Now, I am like you, and I am not a child of the Light."
The incomparable silence of the scene, many people were moved, whether he was putting on a show or not, his courage to act was already admirable.
"So now, as a human being, as a friend, I would like to ask everyone, if one day, this world no longer needs nobles, this world will be equal, do you want to live in such a world, are you willing to fight for such a world."
Everyone had not yet woken up from the incident of Glian burning paper, and only a young man subconsciously replied: "I, of course I am willing to ......"
But because it was so quiet, his voice actually traveled far and wide.
"Now is the time! The Light has promised us such a world! If you want your children to live in such a world, if you want to take revenge on those fallen nobles! Then join us! Join the Church! Let's cleanse this damn world together. ”
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It is very easy to happen in history that such a thing can happen that thousands of people can slaughter the city, and tens of thousands of people will chase the common people everywhere, obviously dozens or even hundreds of times, but the common people still have no ability to resist in front of the soldiers.
This is actually quite understandable, because civilians are not trained, and in the face of death, in the face of an enemy with weapons, they think more about escaping, and once the strength of these people is aroused, so that they have the courage to fight death, then there is no enemy in the world that they cannot fight.
Once the vast ocean of the people's war floods, it cannot be contained casually.
Grian succeeded in galvanizing the men's resistance and distributing improvised weapons, and the mad people, led by him and his elite People's Army, almost crushed the town of Shining Gold.
This was the last fortress in front of Stormwind, a town in the hinterland like this, and Grian felt that he would be able to take it in less than half a day, but he was determined to settle the battle faster, because the uprising on his side would be in jeopardy, and the members of the Church who were still inside Stormwind would be in jeopardy, and he had to respond to them quickly.
Grian is in good shape here, and Kane is doing well here, and after taking over the dilapidated Night Town, Kane no longer pays attention to the message of the Overwatch, but helps the soldiers rebuild their homes with the Paladins.
They have lost their families and become loners, and some have lost their motivation to survive and have begun to wander aimlessly, so Kane must give them a purpose to live.
And the Heavenly Kingdom of the Holy Light was naturally the ideal rhetoric, so he successfully won the hearts of these people, and after the uprising began, he captured Raven Ridge as soon as possible, so that the rebels here and in the western wilderness had no worries.
Their task was then to occupy the vantage point and prevent the return of the Overwatch army.
As long as Grian connects with the Church forces in Stormwind, as long as the council members and Varian are killed, the Stormwind Kingdom will be a puddle of scattered sand, and there is no evidence.
PS: The state is really bad, I wanted to write more, but in the end it became Rory's wordy.