Leaving Nanchuan, Oster inspected several smaller camps, and the next stop was the Xishan stronghold.

It is close to the Black Mountain Range, with abundant water and grass, and is a place where people who have fled from the severely affected areas of exhaustion and disease gather and camp.

Previously, this area was an ownerless wasteland due to inconvenient transportation. The victims of the disaster have set up camp here, reclaimed the barren mountains, planted vegetables and fruits, hunted and chopped firewood, and settled down temporarily.

Seeing that many people who did not have a hukou, did not pay taxes or served in the military began to provide for themselves, the local government saw it in its eyes and was anxious in its heart;

Don't get me wrong, of course, they are anxious that so many two-legged animals can't peel and rub oil, and they can't sleep at night, and they are uncomfortable.

As a result, at the suggestion of smart and wealthy businessmen, the officials and businessmen soon became embarrassed, set up clever projects, and made internal bids to transfer large areas of unowned mountains and forests into private land at a very low price.

When the victims woke up, they found that the barren mountains they had been chopping wood for water and picking fruits for hunting had become private property. Not to mention going forward to reclaim, even taking a step is counted as infringing on other people's assets.

If you want to continue living here, you will have to pay a very high rent. Many of the victims were heavily indebted and their last bit of property was looted. Those who fail to meet the deadline will be captured by the officers and soldiers and sold into slavery in the mines and farms of the knights.

Fortunately, the rebels later moved to this place, drove away the officers and soldiers, cut down those who should be cut down, hung what should be hanged, destroyed all the title deeds, and a large number of prisoners and slaves were also freed.

The rescued victims warmly welcomed and enthusiastically helped the rebels build a stronghold, and relying on this, they continued to reclaim the land nearby, and large and small village settlements were soon established. Xichuan has now become the largest number of people and arable land among the strongholds, and is the granary and reserve source of the rebel army.

Oster actually didn't want to come here, because he had already heard that some of the refugees and serfs he had rescued in the Knight Territory in the north had also come to the vicinity of Montenegro. After the reputation of the red-haired villain spread, these people who had seen Oster were not to be outdone, and praised him everywhere for his deeds of killing the paladins without being harmed;

Now Oster is a waste, vain fame, and the greater his prestige, the faster he will die, and he doesn't want to cause trouble at all. Along the way, I repeatedly warned myself that I must keep a low profile.

When I arrived at the gate of the Xichuan stronghold, I found that this place was guarding the mountain pass, and I couldn't get around. In desperation, I had to sneak in through the side door.

As a result, as soon as he entered the gate of the camp, the people he had saved were already waiting, and a large number of hula knelt down in front of him, shouting that the saints had arrived. Auster's scalp was numb, and he made people kneel wherever he went; This is a farewell, it is clearly a royal tour.

When Skar saw this, he didn't know what kind of misunderstanding he would have. Not to mention leaving quietly, it is difficult to continue to stay in the gang in a low-key manner.

After that, Oster pretended to inspect Nishikawa for a day, and after getting the debriefing report of Captain Price, he prepared to take his leave.

Before leaving, Price kept him, saying that there were some farewell gifts for the hall master to bring. Oster waved his hand again and again, "If you're like this, I'll write bad content in your evaluation." ”

Price laughed and said, "That's what I told them, but I can't stop them." ”

At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps behind him. When I turned around, I saw a large group of people rushing up, including men, women, and children, holding melons, fruits, eggs, goat's milk and other local products in their hands, surrounding Oster, and saying;

"Nothing is a first-class product, it is a piece of our heart, please accept it with a smile."

"Without the hall master and the rebels, we would have starved to death and froze to death."

"Even if they don't die, they will be ruined by the officers and soldiers and the church."

"You are our great benefactor, take it, hall master!"

"Please take it!" ……

The eyes of the people twinkled, and they tugged at the horns of Oster's coat and stuffed the souvenirs into his hands; Faced with this situation, even hard-hearted people can't be indifferent.

Oster couldn't help but look away and wiped his moist eyes. The sound of the carriage came, and Price had already arrived at a carriage, and there was no reason to refuse.

Getting into the carriage and carrying a cart full of things, Oster whipped away. The people ran after the wagons, refusing to disperse for a long distance.

Oster thought uneasily, what would they think of him if they knew that he was actually a cowardly mouse, who had no real skills, and who was pretending to be a waste of wood and straw with the prestige of Goldfinger?

In the following week, he inspected the remaining camps one after another. Oster reminded himself once again to be cautious in what he said and did, and not to add a flag to his head again. Somehow, however, the more cautious he became, the more things went in the direction he least wanted them to;

The masses are always willing to discover and associate for no reason. In the end, just by keeping a straight face, he is considered to be insightful, looking around is considered to be looking for evidence, going to the toilet is considered to be using ancient magic, and not saying a word is considered to be waiting for someone to confess and be lenient.

Not to mention, so he really caught a lot of typical disciplinary violations, which made his name even louder. Under the encouragement of various people, Oster was described as a fierce general who was ridiculously powerful, a wise man who knew little, and a ruthless man who could not rub sand in his eyes;

Everyone disagreed on whether Oster's profession was a paladin, a sword saint, or an archmage, and even formed multiple rice circles to quarrel with each other. After his departure, these rumors were caught by the world's dedicated media reporters and spread to a wider area through developed journalism.

Unbeknownst to him, Oster arrived at his last stop, the Northridge stronghold. This place has crossed the border of the kingdom and county, covering the territory of the knights' realm to the north.

Oster already knew that due to historical reasons, the kingdom of Stormwind was divided into states, and the territory to which the Pope belonged was no less than that of the king. The ecclesiastical territories not only had independent financial and judicial powers, but also maintained their own armaments, and were completely independent and small states. Due to the lack of mutual trust between the kingdom and the kingdom, the lords who were divided into feudal towns and guarded various places were all high-level paladins with considerable ability and prestige.

In the area of activity, the rebels not only attacked the power of the kingdom and county, but also took over the hypocritical and cunning local churches. Chase away the priests, open the Holy Warehouse, and distribute the vast amount of food and magical supplies stored in them to the victims or use them as military supplies. A large number of serfs fled after hearing the news and came to join the rebels.

Randis Tomand, who Oster killed here before, is the captain of the cathar army under the command of the lord of this place, Garris Visak. To tell the truth, that Landis is quite strong, if he had let the guards join the battle at the beginning, or just run away to bring the rescuers, Oster would not have been able to resist it. He lost because of his conceit and lack of correct judgment of the situation, and he was completely consumed by the golden finger;

The captain of the guard was already so difficult to deal with, and he couldn't imagine what strength a stronger lord would have. Even if Sashu is charged in the future, it will be better to go around these knights and lead it away.

Auster was vaguely uneasy about the rebels' rash provocation of church power. In the world line he was well aware, revolution and any resistance movement should not be rushed, and the consequences of an overnight success were often counterproductive. In the initial stage, it is necessary to maximize the scope of unity and reduce the number of enemies.

In its current form, it is clear that the Storm Royalty, as the ruler, is directly responsible for the natural disasters, wars, and economic collapse of the country, and that clerical power is a matter of history, as well as a matter of the royal family itself. Although there were times of rebellion, the church and the kingdom were on guard against each other for a longer period of time, and when one was in trouble, the other was morally high enough not to take advantage of the fire.

Now, Skar may have been so eager to rescue all those who suffered that he had abandoned part of his previous guerrilla strategy. Although the rebels were powerful, they were not strong enough to contend with both the kingdom and the church in terms of economy, population, and military strength. The rash division of troops to garrison so many strongholds actually gave the opponent a chance to break through.

He had written all of these concerns into a report to Headquarters, but he couldn't say anything more. After all, it is true that so many people have been rescued, and no one can turn a blind eye, and the life of serfs is much more miserable than that of hired peasants.