Heart of Empire Chapter 441: Hands to the warlord (2 in 1)
As soon as he was busy with the restructuring of the Governor's Guards Corps, Dane encountered an annoying matter.
That woman, Freya, came to the door again.
The female holy knight, Freya, has been recuperating in Ghost Knife Port for almost a month, and she has just recovered recently.
After her self-cultivation was completed, she remembered her duty again—they still had to clear Cinderella's demons.
Dane can't remember if she doesn't come to look for her. When she came, Dane remembered that he had a debt, and he hadn't settled it with these priests yet.
For a long time, Dane has no time to talk to them, but this does not mean that Dane does not know who was behind the ghost knife when the purification ceremony of the evil god's tentacles was performed in Comilla more than a month ago. Hong Kong fueled the flames.
Besides these priests, who else?
Those who were motivated to do such things, capable of doing such things, and had a relatively deep understanding of intelligence, in Comilla Island at that time, there were no other people except these priests.
The reason why it was not difficult at the time was that, on the one hand, there was no conclusive evidence, and it was not easy for Dane to directly attack the priests of the Holy See, which was well-known throughout the continent; moreover, the purification ceremony was in progress at that time Among them, later his energy was involved in the construction of the dungeon - Chateau Lai, and the restructuring of the Governor's Guards, so he had no time to deal with these people.
And it's fine for Dane to ignore them, but they dare to come to their door?
It's just asking for death.
For this matter, of course Freya refused to admit it to the death. However, in the end, when Dane captured those adventurers who had direct contact with the priest group and were responsible for spreading the news in Ghost Knife Port, Freya had nothing to say.
In the end, this group of priests of the Holy See was 'gifted' out of the territory by Dane—of course, if you say it was expulsion, Dane would never admit it.
Actually, Cinderella Dayne wanted to fight no matter what. If it was before, he wouldn't mind taking this priest group of the Holy See with him. After all, there are more than 60 priests, and the average occupation level is ** level, so it can be regarded as a relatively powerful force, and they are all paladins and priests who use holy power to purify the demons. The effect that can be exerted in the battle should still be great.
But now, Dane has no such idea. The reason is simple. These people were severely damaged after the battle underground on Comilla Island. There were only a dozen or so people who were able to persevere, wait for Dane's support, and leave the underground world alive. Among them, several of them lost most of their combat power forever due to serious injuries.
This kind of team no longer has any combat power, so Dane naturally doesn't value them so much,
What's more, these priests, including Freya, are a group of guys who don't obey orders. If you take them to fight, you have to worry about these people acting without authorization at any time, and it is easy to cause trouble. Moreover, relying on the status of the Holy See, Dane would also find it difficult how to deal with them.
It can't help, but it is very likely to cause trouble. Such people, what is Dane doing with them?
Just blow away and pull down.
However, before blasting them away, Dane still decided to give them a little sweetness.
The so-called sweetness is the news that Cecilia got when she returned from the dark forest about that peaceful land, which has now become a paradise where the Cursed Church is rampant. Dane didn't know whether the Holy See had received this information—he guessed that those fanatics must have known this situation. But he didn't mind at all to continue to exert a little pressure on the Holy See through other channels.
After all, if the Holy See is willing to take action against those **** who cursed the Church, Dane will welcome it with both hands and feet.
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At this moment, the time has come to the midsummer season of Schindler, and at this time, Dane also decided to do something.
The target he wants to attack is the warlord forces in the east and west directions with White Wolf Fort as the coordinate.
Schindler is a paradise for warlords. If so, there are not only big warlords in this land, but also many small warlords.
As for these little warlords, Dane has never taken the time to clean them up, but sooner or later he will get rid of them all.
After all, he is not satisfied with just being a governor of Schindler. He wants to become king, end Schindler's century-old troubled times, and establish a truly unified and centralized system. country, then it is absolutely impossible for him to tolerate all kinds of warlord forces that do not obey orders on his own land.
The first ones to clean up are those guys on the east side.
From White Wolf Castle to the northeast, after more than half a month of normal marching speed, it is Beast Blood Castle. But in fact, there are three small warlord forces on the half a month's journey between White Wolf Fort and Beast Blood Fort, which is nearly 200 kilometers away.
'Evil Eye' Bergen, 'The Executioner' Moloto, and 'Blind Dragon' Ao Dao.
These three small warlords were nominally Dane's allies during the war a year ago. They were sandwiched between White Wolf Castle and Beast Blood Castle, and those who had no suspense had to join him and Ou Ze's front, otherwise, it would have been impossible for them to exist until today.
It's just that that war didn't really threaten their own interests in essence - they were just small warlords, usually only focusing on their own one-acre three-point land, so how could they care about the general situation?
It was precisely because of this that they did not go into battle in person, but under Ou Ze's order or threat, they sent a total of more than 2,000 soldiers to join Ou Ze's army.
It's a total make up. In fact, their troops did not persist until the start of the war. During the fierce battle in the ice cave city at the earliest stage, they were almost consumed as cannon fodder.
When the war was won and Ou Zeyuan left, Dane became the actual Governor Hindler, and they quickly sent envoys to express their intention to surrender to Dane. They regard Dane as Oze in the past, and they don't mind giving part of the territory's production as tribute to Dane, and they don't mind sending troops to assist Dane when he needs it.
In their view, such an expression is enough. But in Dane's eyes, this is far from enough.
Dain's Schindler's future, with no place for warlords. There are only two paths he left for these three people:
Relinquish authority completely, or die.
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New Caesar calendar 218, June 17.
Schindler, who had been quiet for half a year, had another disturbance. The Governor of Schindler, Dane the "Wolf", issued an order to the three warlords northeast of White Wolf Castle.
This order was in the form of a letter, signed by Dane himself, and sent a messenger group to deliver it to these three people, and then, in the name of the governor of the whole territory, the decree was publicized in White Wolf Castle .
On the title of the decree, write this line: "Notice of Trial Implementation of Local Government System in Tianshuizhou Region".
The content of this decree is very simple. The so-called Tianshuizhou area is the area from White Wolf Castle to the northeast to Beast Blood Castle. The so-called "local government system" has clearly told the three warlords in Tianshuizhou that they have sent a signal: I want to turn Tianshuizhou into a local government, and you warlords have to give way to me.
Actually, the content of this decree is similar.
All illegal military groups in the Tianshuizhou area are required to disarm within a one-month time limit, waiting for the next arrangement and order; all industries in the Tianshuizhou area are required to conduct their own inventory, and administrative officials sent by the Governor's Office will be sent one month later Check; one month later, the Tianshuizhou County Government will be established, and all administrative affairs in the Tianshuizhou area will be taken over by the local government. All military forces will be under the direct command of the governor.
Dane's decree is no less than a death sentence for the three warlords of 'Evil Eye' Bergen, 'The Executioner' Moloto, and 'Blind Dragon' Aodao.
If the decree is really implemented, doesn't it mean that the three of them are completely finished? Hand over the army within a time limit, hand over administrative power within a time limit, and take stock of property...
The military power, administrative power, and economic property have all been handed over. This is obviously to force the three of them to a dead end.
Dane is also for this purpose.
He would never naively think that if he became the governor of the entire territory of Schindler, he would really be destined to unify the whole country. Warlords will not give up the power in their hands, and they are especially unlikely to give up the army in their hands. Under such circumstances, there is an irreconcilable contradiction between him and the local warlords.
Needless to say anything, as long as Dane asks others to hand over the army, the warlords will definitely not obey.
War is obviously an inevitable thing.
Since this is the case, Dane has no intention of accommodating any administrative laws.
However, Dane gave them a choice.
Actually, after Dane sent the apparent envoy to the three warlords in the Tianshuizhou area with the "Notice", he also gave them a private letter.
The content in the private message will not be as cold as the public administrative decree.
In the private message, Dane explained his thoughts to them, his desire to end the situation of the local warlords in Schindler and to establish peace. Of course, these statements naturally cannot have any influence on the warlords. They are warlords, not idealists, so how could they be willing to hand over their authority amid Dane's empty words?
If you want to convince others, you must have real interests.
At the end of the private message, Dane made a clear promise that as long as they hand over the army and take off their status as warlords, Dane will definitely give them an explanation.
This explanation, in Dane's opinion, is quite generous.
If they are willing, they can join Dane's army and simply serve as a general.
They will have a relatively high starting point, become a senior officer in Dane's military group, take on certain responsibilities according to their respective abilities, and in the future, like others, There will be no bias in the promotion.
If they don't want to continue to join the army, it doesn't matter. Dane can set aside part of the land and let them operate as merchants or landlords. Lots of money.
What's more, no matter which path they choose, whether it's joining the army or disarming and returning to the fields, Dane is also willing to provide some economic and political preferential treatment.
For example, the annuity system, the taxes in the Tianshuizhou area, take a certain percentage within a certain period of time as their personal income. Politically, Dane decided to implement the honorary aristocratic system, giving certain political privileges and preferential treatment.
This is Dane taking their future prospects and guaranteeing their wealth for half their lives in exchange for them surrendering the power of the warlord.
And if they are unwilling, then Dane will not be polite to them at all.
The Governor's Guard Corps, an elite force of 10,000 people, has just completed the restructuring and is ready to prepare.
The actions of the Governor's Guards Corps were not concealed at all, and they were placed on the border of White Wolf Castle near Tianshuizhou area in an open and honest manner.
This legion is like a sharp knife that Dane put on the necks of the three warlords~IndoMTL.com~ And the private letter that was handed over to them was held by Dane in the other hand candy. And his meaning is also very obvious——
"Candy or knife? Choose yourself."
The responses of the three warlords vary.
'Evil Eye' Bergen seemed very hesitant. After being notified, there was not much movement within his sphere of influence. They neither started preparations nor actively responded to Dane's notification, nor did they give any reply to Dane's envoys. According to the news from the eyeliner placed beside him, Bergen, who was a businessman in his early years, is currently in a state of turmoil. He seems to be watching the actions of the other two.
'Blind Dragon' Ao Dao's response was not bad. He communicated with Dane very frequently through Dane's envoys. This old man, who is over sixty years old, wants to know how much he can gain if he surrenders his authority. Judging from his attitude, he should just want to continue bargaining, to treat the power in his hands as a commodity, and to raise the selling price a little higher.
As for Moluoto the Executioner, his reaction was the most intense. He directly detained the envoy to his territory, and publicly executed Dane's envoy a week later, and said cruelly: "That wolf cub thought he was invincible? Shit! Come to Tianshuizhou to try planting that son of a bitch, I will definitely teach him an unforgettable lesson with a tomahawk, and let him know that in the land of Schindler, it is not his **** who has the final say of!"
After reading the information sent back, Dane tore the letter into shreds with a sneer and threw it into the trash can, then said softly:
"Want to die? I will help you."