Vals didn't think there was anything wrong with this, he thought it was a sign of everyone's support for him, so at the urging of the officers, he planned a follow-up plan to continue the attack on the Giant Patrol.

This time, he kicked the iron plate.

After several defeats in the battle, the giants had already raised their vigilance. They arranged several spies to contact and join the guerrillas, and found out the rules of movement, as well as the usual retreat routes and other information...... Just yesterday, the ambush planned by Valls turned into an anti-ambush. More than 600 giant warriors, together with more than 4,000 Zhiwei troops, preset an ambush circle based on intelligence, and the guerrillas were almost completely annihilated, and Vals escaped with the protection of a few cronies.

He was furious and filled with a desire for revenge. Valls and his men did not go far, and they took advantage of the darkness to sneak around to the back of the battlefield, which was the starting point of the giants' army. There, Vals found a makeshift field medical facility. He rushed in and shot two wounded giants, as well as more than a dozen wounded soldiers.

This was like stabbing a hornet's nest, and immediately provoked the wrath of the giant commander.

Casting a net all the way to search, Vals and the others, who were panicked, fled into Naivaud City. There was a logistical supply point for the guerrillas, and Vals found a liaison stationed there.

Naivod City is safe, and the Liaison's family respects the venerable guerrilla. They entertain their heroes with their cellars of fine wine, the finest white breads and cheeses, bacon and fresh vegetables on the table.

The giants entered the city, along with as many as 20,000 Zhiwei troops.

Although the city of Naivod is under the jurisdiction of Evansonshire, it surrendered two months ago, and is currently under the command of the Southern Theater of Empire, and the standing army set up here is only 700 Zhiwei troops.

The Giant Commander ordered the whole city to be closed, and the Zhiwei Army searched from house to house in small teams———— which was not untargeted, and the information received from all sides showed that the guerrilla leader Vals and others had fled into Naivod City, where they were and where they could not go.

"Dig three feet into the ground, and you have to find people for me!" This is the order of the commander of the giants.

"Don't worry, it's safe here. They can't find you. When the liaison took his family to the square to gather, he hurriedly sent Vals and the others into the basement and piled up various disguises at the entrance.

His house is located on an elevated level, and the vents in the basement are located exactly on the slope of the hillside, and from this direction there is a panoramic view of the city square in the distance.

The manhunt, which lasted all morning, failed to catch the target, and the angry Titan commander ordered the entire city to be brought to the square to be able to concentrate. Confirming that nothing had been missed, he gave the order to kill with a sneer.

"Very well, you showed me the courage and determination of being a Saxon. You've hidden the man I want...... This is very good. You obviously don't know what the price will be paid for this. His Majesty the Emperor has been merciful to you, but you have seen this as a form of weakness. In that case, don't blame me for being unkind. Now, with your lives and blood, prove your courage to do what you are committed to! ”

The Zhiwei army formed a standard three-row horizontal formation, and continued to advance with diagonal fire from the front and left and right, slowly pressing the civilians gathered in the middle of the square towards the east of the city. There were a thousand Imperial Marines armed to the teeth, forming a strong wall that no white man could cross.

The civilians in the front row fell one after another, and the high-speed flying lead bullets drilled into their bodies, making a muffled "poof" sound. Killing men, women, and children, it is useless to cry out for mercy.

The tragedy lasted until nightfall.

Naiward has become a dead city.

Valls and the others stayed in the basement until more than two hours after the Imperial troops left, and after making sure that there was no sound outside, they pushed away the camouflage pressed on the entrance cover and came to the square that exuded strong blood.

The corpses in front of me were piled up, and there were faint cries from below the piles of people and in different corners.

There are more than a dozen survivors.

Valls wanted to help them, wanted these people to follow him and join the partisans, but was rejected on the spot.

"Why didn't you come forward then? What the giants want is you...... If it weren't for the fact that you killed the giant's wounded soldiers without following the rules, they wouldn't have slaughtered the city. ”

"Naiward is a peaceful city, and we never wanted to rebel. If the tax rate is high, it will be high, and at least there will be a bite to eat. But now you see...... My wife, son, daughter, and two grandchildren are all dead, and it's all because of you! ”

"Let's join the partisans...... I didn't expect you to have the face to say such a thing...... , leave Naiward and never come back, or I'll report it to the giants and even kill you with my own hands! ”

All the survivors were blaming, they were gnashing their teeth in tears. Valls was stunned, and then his heart erupted with rage: "Are you crazy? It was the northern giants who killed your family, not me! ”

"They...... They die because of you! An old man with white hair stained with blood trembled and said, "Why did you come to Naivod?" Why can't you go anywhere else? ”

"We are ruled by giants, and they treat us like slaves. Do you understand, slave...... O slave who has no human right (harmony) to speak of! Vals roared, hoarse.

"I don't think we're slaves." An old woman struggling to get up from the pile of corpses cried: "I admit that the giants did take a lot of things that belonged to me, but they are very disciplined, and as long as they have paid enough taxes, they will not ask for them under any kind of excuse." The previous lords would not do this at all, saying that it was a 30 percent tax, but they had to pay at least 50 percent every year, or even better. And the men below the lords, who every time they came down to collect their taxes, asked me to make them apple pie, and drank my wine, but never gave me a penny. ”

"Get out of Naivod." A middle-aged man with a numb expression stared at Vals, his eyes full of bloodshot and hatred: "Don't force me to do it." Leave now, I don't want to see you again. ”

"It's not my fault!" Vals reached the peak of his rage, he strode up to the middle-aged man, and without saying a word, he suddenly pulled out his dagger and stabbed him in the chest, twisting the hilt vigorously while defending himself in a tone full of justice and strength: "You cowards, we must unite to drive out the giants. They are invaders, they have taken over our homeland and robbed us of our wealth, why are you still standing on the side of the giants and speaking for them? ”

Valls had four retinues by his side, all of whom were armed. In contrast, a dozen unarmed survivors were no match at all. They were killed in just a few minutes. At this point, Naiward has completely become a dead city.

It's all cronies, and they do whatever the guerrilla leaders do.

Under the waning moon, Vals, whose eyes were red, pulled out his knife from the chest of the deceased, wiped the blood splattered on his face with the back of his hand, gasped for breath, and gave vicious orders.

"Separate and leave Naiward. Get the word out...... Whew...... You know what I mean? Get the word out as soon as possible and let everyone know what's going on here. ”

Anyone who can follow Vals is not stupid. The leader glanced at the pile of corpses in the distance, turned his head and asked cautiously, "Say that all this was done by giants?" ”

Valls nodded vigorously: "Only in this way can we pull more people to work with us!" The dead do not speak, and those who hear the news only attribute it all to the cruelty and sin of giants. The king and the nobility were rubbish, and they lost several counties in succession, Levine, and London...... We must awaken the populace and let them join the guerrillas, only then will we become strong and fight to the death against the giants! ”

Ideas cannot be said to be wrong, and grief and pain can indeed arouse the anger of the broadest masses of the people.

However, things didn't go the way Valls had hoped.

He later found out that the inhabitants of Naivod City had not died on this cruel bloody night, and that there must have been a few people who had survived, seen and heard everything.

The "Naivod Massacre" spread like the wind, and all whites who heard it were stunned and ensued with anger. But they soon discovered that things were not as simple as the partisans had claimed. Almost at the same time, the command of the Giant Occupation Forces issued a circular detailing the relationship between the Naiward massacre and the Wallis partisans.

The bulletin recounts the siege of the guerrillas, including the killing of wounded soldiers and the absconding of Wallis and others. The search force was stationed in the city of Naiward, and in order to confirm their identity, a city-wide manhunt was launched, and then twelve conspirators who had been identified as having close ties to the guerrillas were publicly executed.

Yes, you read that right, the Imperial army killed only a dozen people, and not a mass massacre.

The benefits of the propaganda machine were immediately apparent, with the flood of leaflets and the Provisional Control Committee established during the occupation blaming the Wallis guerrillas. All kinds of evidence suggest that Wallis instigated the massacre, and there are even dozens of previously captured guerrillas who have come forward to confess their involvement in the Naivaud massacre, openly claiming that it was "a plan that Wallis had developed as early as half a year ago." ”

"You think I'm lying? I swear to the Lord that all this is true. ”

"The reason Wallis wanted to kill so many citizens was to get more people to join the guerrillas. Formerly his aide-de-camp, Wallis believed that mass murder was necessary in order to expand the guerrillas. Death is the best synergistic for inducing hatred, because all believe that there is no cannibalism among fellow citizens, and only giants kill white people. ”

"All he needs is 40,000 corpses in Naivod City. Understand, as long as corpses, not living people. This is not difficult to understand, no matter how hard the guerrillas try to promote in Naiward, they can only recruit a few hundred members there at most. It was ridiculous that everyone in the city would join the guerrillas, and 40,000 men was more than the current limit for Wallis. He needed supplies, food, weapons and ammunition. Without support from elsewhere, his guerrilla force would not have been able to sustain itself. ”

"The death of 40,000 people would provoke anger on all fronts. When the time comes, everyone will think that this is the work of giants, and Wallis will naturally become a hero. More people will take the initiative to join the guerrillas, and he will receive strong support from various counties. Do you think I'm talking nonsense? In fact, if you use your brain a little, you will find out that all this is true. ”

"There is no reason for the giants to cause the Naivod massacre. From Suolong Pass to Shenwei Fortress, from Morientashire to London, they captured millions of our troops and 200 million civilians in the northern occupation zone. But neither in the Northern War nor now, there has been no record of mass killings. I admit that the giants treat us as slaves, and we are their property. Would you voluntarily throw gold pounds in your pocket down the drain? It's the kind of thing that only brainless fools can do. ”

The overwhelming power of propaganda and the evidence from all sides turned the Naiward massacre upside down in an instant, and all public opinion turned against the guerrillas.

Two weeks later, in a small town in the southern region, Wallis was captured by local townspeople.

It was not part of the Empire's sphere of influence, and was more than two hundred kilometers away from Evansonshire.

One of the leading townsmen chained Wallis to a stake, circled him several times around his body, and finally punched him in the cheek, knocking Wallis to the point that his eyes were full of gold, and his broken teeth mixed with saliva and blood flowed from the corners of his mouth.

"This is for my sister. She married Naivaud when I was twelve. You killed her...... You certainly won't know her name. With that, the townsfolk punched him again, this time in the stomach, and Wallis tried to curl up, feeling like his intestines were about to break.

More than 2,000 angry people gathered around, all locals.

"Burn him!"

"Butcher, there is no such scumbag as you in the Saxons."

"Gouge out his eyes, so that even if he goes to hell, he will only wander by the river, and never get on Caron's boat."

Wallis was so frightened that he struggled and begged, "Trust me, I didn't do that." It's all a conspiracy of giants, and it was they who created the Naivod massacre...... Not me...... It's really not me! ”

No amount of explanation is useless. Compared to the Empire's powerful propaganda machine, a few guerrillas drowning in a sea of people could not make waves.

What's more, this matter was a plan made by the young emperor himself.

It was a plan that had been completed long before the Northern War, with the southern countries as imaginary enemies, and the occupation of enemy territory by the giant army that was still a dragon clan at the time, and the popular resistance was fierce, resulting in guerrillas and other resistance groups.

"Completely crush them psychologically and physically. In the occupied territories, the policy of softness and draconian laws were applied at the same time. Let a part of the white people become our people. These are Tianhao's original words on the text of the plan.