Chapter 553: The Momentum of the Prairie Fire
When Margao was nailed to the wooden spikes, he still couldn't believe that the city of Lightning, which he had worked so hard to run for many years, had fallen in an instant. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Not only is he unable to imagine even the city lords of other fallen cities, but the city that is obviously impregnable will definitely be able to hold on under normal circumstances.
But how could it be that the lowly townspeople not only did not fight to the death with them, but welcomed the peasants.
There are also those hateful soldiers, who usually go to the place to loot the people's fat and ointment, and they don't know how hard they work, but once the war really starts.
One by one, they all fled, which can simply make those lords angry to death, and they spent money to raise anything to help, and it is useless.
"If it is an invasion by a foreign enemy, whether it is the elven army from the Blue Frost Kingdom in the north or the federal army from the Dermok Federation in the south, the people in the empire will inevitably put aside their contradictions and resist to the death, and try their last drop of blood to stop the enemy's advance, the situation will definitely not be as easy as it is now. ”
Lin Ye watched the farmers pouring into the city from the street, the long harsh winter was not over, and the clothes on these farmers were still very thin.
They were armed with rudimentary farm tools and the occasional rusty axe, which was already considered sophisticated.
They entered the city with the old and the young, and smoke rose from the top of several mansions in the city, and it was the peasants who were besieging the nobles who had not had time to evacuate.
The inhabitants of the city watched with trepidation from their upstairs windows, unsure of where they were headed.
However, these peasants did not plunder the city except to besiege the nobles, and now they were all restrained to a certain extent.
"But now it is not an invasion from outside, but an intensification of internal contradictions, with farmers who cannot survive attacking their lords, and a declining sense of belonging in the face of severe damage to the order of the Empire, coupled with the lack of a strong central coordinator, making it difficult to resist effectively. ”
Lin Ye continued to talk with his hands behind his back, he put on his hood, and witnessed and participated in the fall of Lightning City to a certain extent.
After all, it is true that poorly equipped farmers alone cannot break through the well-defended walls, but if it is from the inside, it is a different matter.
In the past few years since Wynne arrived in Blitzkrieg, he introduced a beer sales line in the name of smuggling, and has accumulated a large number of contacts in Blitzkrieg.
His mission as a spy was not only to find out information, but for more than three years he not only bought off the gangsters in the city.
Even the officers guarding the city gate were bribed a lot by him, after all, the current empire is declining, and it is no longer the peak situation.
Except for a very small number of hard bones, as long as there is a suitable price, the vast majority of people can be bought, and the Margao brothers are certainly rich.
But in order to be able to rise step by step, their financial resources have been contributed to the royal capital, and compared with the wealthy Far East, it is not worth mentioning after all.
"Aren't you going to show up, sir, it's all because you led the army to the heart of the empire, and opened the griffon fortress to contain the main force of the imperial army, so that they didn't dare to attack, so that the surrounding provinces ushered in a huge change with a devastating momentum, as long as you appeared......"
Crouff didn't quite understand what the Duke was doing, and from what he had seen along the way, the Far Eastern Duke's reputation was growing stronger.
Although the royal capital and the major nobles scolded him bloody, saying that he was a chaotic minister and thief who caused chaos in the world, but public opinion was different.
If it weren't for the appearance of this young duke, they would still be suffering from the heavy exploitation of those hateful nobles, and many of them would not have survived.
He became a savior-like being, and even in the lightning city of the Thunder Province, these farmers were amazed.
"Can we finally have a full meal? I thought we wouldn't survive this long winter, it seems that we haven't been abandoned by the gods yet!"
"What did those bastards of the church do other than seize the land and make us pay the gods?"
"Yes, when we were suffering, we didn't see the gods come to save us, and we didn't believe in the so-called gods anymore. ”
"Thanks to Duke Lin Ye, if he hadn't swept away those vampires, we wouldn't have had a chance to resist, it's all his credit!"
The peasants sat on the ground, and after they had conquered Lightning City, they opened the warehouse, and they were already hungry and sat in the snow and ate their meals.
Heaven has given them enough trials and taken enough from them.
Now they only have their families left, and if they want to take away even this last belonging, then they can only stand up and resist, resist!
"As soon as I show up, I can gather tens of thousands of farmers together and form a powerful army, and then use them as the vanguard to break through the royal capital and pull Rhaegar down from the throne, and then I will replace him, right?"
Lin Ye looked at Kluff, he knew what he was thinking, not only Kluff, but now this voice accounted for the vast majority in the Far East Army.
After all, the empire has gradually declined since Raymond did not ask about government affairs more than ten years ago, and the civil war of several princes in recent years has consumed a lot of national strength.
Now there were only three elite forces left, one of which continued the civil war with Leighton in the south, one of which was difficult for the Arch Guard to attack, and one that was routed.
In this case, the foundations of the empire had been completely shaken, and the Far East had risen rapidly in the space of several years.
Both industry and commerce are thriving, and countless ships dock at Blackwater Harbor every day, and no one knows how much wealth has been amassed.
The development of the army was also orderly, and after the reorganization of a number of foreign armies, the regular corps of the Far Eastern Army was maintained at the size of four corps.
This does not include the reserve army of the five legions that can be temporarily recruited for military training, both in terms of individual combat ability and equipment, which are absolutely first-class, not to mention that the Far East also has a unique advantage, that is, this is a gathering area for orcs.
Moreover, the orcs have begun to enter the human territory and begin to live together with humans, and they have also entered the factory to learn technology and start working.
100,000 orcs in the Far East, 100,000 can form an army, which is a powerful force that can shake the world.
In this way, whether it is the economic base, military strength, or the desire of the people, the Duke of the Far East, Lin Ye, has a strong appeal.
In addition, the Rose family in the south and the snake demon family in the north will be the backing of the Far East, and in this case, Lin Ye already has the strength to compete in the world.
His subordinates began to think otherwise, and it was a matter of course.