As I said before, William was not their ruler, nor was he their prince, he was just the captain of their mercenaries. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoSo of course, William used the "Mercenary Captain" method to do this.

He split the White Army. Divide one into two. He swept away the degenerate, useless fellows, and the officers who had had enough of it, or wanted to stand on their own. Only the loyal, stupid, indifferent, and tendonous ones were left...... Fools. At the same time, he resigned from the post of commander of the White Corps and, at a meeting of the Corps, easily said:

"From now on, you are free. "That's the case.

After William said this, everyone present had mixed thoughts. Even those "geniuses" who want to set up another mountain, who are the most pretentious, and feel that "even without William, I can do well on my own", feel very uncomfortable in their hearts.

- Yes, such guys have been around since William first set out to build the White Legion - they are not veterans from the Duchy of Mystya and officers who graduated from the Circassian Military Academy, that is, William's direct officers. They are Polotskers. These are the guys who are not his subjects, as William said.

The White Army was originally about revenge on Novgorod. At that time, both soldiers and officers were more or less pure in their thoughts. Their hearts for William are also pure.

Soon, however, after the defeat of Novgorod by the White Army, a part of the Polotsk population became dissatisfied.

Because the greatest benefits have been received by the Hereford family. The entire Novgorod, Holmgard kingdom was annexed by the Hereford family. All those lands and people became the possession of the Hereford family. As for the Polotsks, these mercenaries only received some loot, as well as commissions and bonuses.

This disappointed the Polotsks, who thought they could become nobles with these exploits.

In this state, the White Legion began a private tandem within itself. Some of the soldiers' representatives, some of the junior officers, began to unite together. Their slogans, they believe, or they declare that the White Regiments are the army of the Polotsks. They can't be allowed to fight to the death of these Polotsks, and in the end all the benefits are taken away by these Wends of the Hereford family.

They want to fight for more benefits, fight for more benefits. They want a piece of the spoils of the White Legion.

This situation became more and more evident in the New World War. In the New World War, William gained millions of square kilometers of territory, a large amount of people and money. This benefit was greater than the previous capture of Novgorod and Kholmgard. And these coalitions of Polotsks, too, are more jealous, more crazy, more coveted.

Under their influence, the entire White Army became unstable - before that, William's reason for preparing a new army in the New World was not only because of the need for war, but also for another reason, that is, to stabilize and contain the White Army.

The influence of this group of guys is growing. What's worse is that their reasons are bright. To make matters worse, the White Legion, as they say, was indeed an army of Polotsks......

In this case, William also had no way to take them. Despite the enormity of his prestige. His status is exalted. But in the face of "interests", prestige, identity, status and so on do not seem to be so important.

Once again, William suppressed the group. But William also knew that this was the last time he would suppress this group of guys. It's no more than three. The next time this happens, it will be the beginning of the mutiny of the White Legion, the betrayal.

In this case, William chose the simplest, most direct and most effective tactic.

That is to abandon the White Army.

Since they think they're great, they think they're amazing, they think they deserve more, they feel like William is suppressing them, then it's better to let these guys make ****** a lot of money on their own. William was open-minded on this point. Hello everyone, just get together and disperse. He wished everyone the best for the future.

That's it, the White Legion was peacefully disbanded. The army, which totaled nearly 10,000 people, eventually left less than 2,000 men. Among them were a corps of about two hundred officers, the vast majority of whom were Mestia and Russian Kingdom officers who were directly under the orders of William. They certainly wouldn't betray William.

Then, the three chasseur companies that William was most concerned about, as well as the cavalry regiment, as well as the artillery unit, also remained. The former is because of the high salary, as well as the high benefits. The latter was due to the difference in origin and ethnicity - the vast majority of these cavalrymen were not Polotsk. They are the descendants of nomadic herders who live in large border areas. If you don't care about it, it will naturally be difficult to betray. The artillery units were similar to the officers, and the vast majority of them came from the Mystian army, and only a small number were hired Mestian artillerymen. So this time, the vast majority of them also followed William.

Remove these five or six hundred people. There were less than 1,500 Polotsks who really remained with William. These soldiers swore allegiance to William based on his charisma. William made the same promise to them. They will move their families to Russia or the Mystia region. They are then given the corresponding nationality.

After that, these guys have nothing to do with Polotsk.

Also worth mentioning is artillery. In the course of the New World War, the number of artillery pieces under the command of the White Army once exceeded 500. After the war, part of these guns were left in the New World to equip the Neo-Gothic Colonial Corps. Part of it was ransomed and returned to Visigoths and Asturias. After this, the White Army still had almost 300 guns.

In this separation, these artillery pieces are also a top priority. William's opponents believed that the guns belonged to the common property of the White Regiment. So it was only natural to stay in the White Army. William, for his part, said that the artillery that was used as trophies needed to be divided equally. He, as the former commander of the legion, wants to take half of it.

The original artillery was purchased entirely by him, and belonged entirely to his personal assets, and had nothing to do with the White Army.

Under pressure from William, the Polotsks succumbed. They agreed that William would take the original guns with him. But at the same time, they want to keep all the loot. William thought about it for a moment, and finally agreed to them.

In this way, William left the White Legion with an army of less than 3,000 men, with the best regiments of the legion, the chasseurs, the cavalry and the artillery. William had his own plans, and after returning to Russia with these troops, he would use them as the backbone to build a new Praetorian Guard of his own.

More than six thousand remained in the White Legion. The shelves of the five infantry regiments are all there. They watched as William left the White Legion's barracks under complicated eyes. They then set up camp again in the opposite direction of the city of Rotterdam. Then he couldn't help himself and cheered loudly.

These guys saw William's departure as a huge victory. They believed that even without William. They can also do well. For the next few days, William and the officers were completely free. The white legion became even more depraved and decadent. Some low-ranking officers and soldiers' representatives even took the initiative to allow those petty traders and even skilled women to enter the barracks.

The entire barracks was in a miasma. At the same time, the Legion's wealth is being lost at the fastest rate......

At the same time, the junior officers and the representatives of the soldiers, those who thought they had accomplished something great, began to compete with each other - they wanted to elect a new commander of the White Legion.

They argue with each other, calculate with each other, woo each other, gang up and fall into the well or something. This has been going on for nearly a month, but nothing has happened.

Because they found out that one of the most terrible things was that none of the men in the group had the prestige and seniority to be the commander of the regiment - the highest-ranking fellow of them was only a second lieutenant and company commander. In one breath, he crossed several levels of deputy battalion commander, battalion commander, deputy regiment commander, regiment commander, deputy corps commander, and served as a corps commander or something, which is unimaginable.

In this case, the second division of the corps, as a matter of course, began. A few underqualified fellows who felt they didn't have a chance to be the captain of the Legion anyway made the decision - they banded up, then pulled thousands of people out of the White Legion, and then created a new mercenary group.

This almost caused an internal fire in the White Army. Representatives of officers and soldiers have long regarded everything of the White Legion as their own private property. Naturally, they would not be happy to see them take away these soldiers.

But there is nothing they can do.

They did not have the courage to start a war and did not have the prestige to force these people behind. In the end, I could only watch these guys leave.

After this, the rest of the people who remained in the White Army also grew their hearts.

The smartest men began to move from wooing the other officers to wooing the soldiers. As a result, the White Army soon perished in name only. It has become a dozen independent mercenary collectives with the name of the legion.

After that, the battle for the Legion Commander continued, but no one had the luxury of expecting to win the title of Legion Commander and raise the banner of the White Legion again. The mercenaries who accept the reality go their separate ways. Some have formed their own mercenary groups, while others have joined other mercenary groups. The White Legion was now completely wiped out. It's surprisingly fast.