Chapter 453 Diffusion

  When Duanmuhuai followed Qierdi to the square, he could see dozens of ox carts parked in the square, and there were many guys dressed like adventurers beside them.

   "This is what we caught on patrol today."

  Qildi also reported to Duanmuhuai very seriously.

"Today we followed the patrol route and found that a suspicious caravan deliberately walked the mountain path, so we went forward to check, and the other party attacked us. After defeating them, we found out that they were slave traders. Slaves were transported elsewhere."

   "Well, good work."

Duanmuhuai nodded. Prohibition of the slave trade is one of the teachings of the Inquisition. Not to mention the various harms that the slave trade may bring, even the slaves themselves may pose potential threats—after all, you are not sure about these slaves. Whether it will be taken to do hard labor, a whore, or a sacrifice to some evil god.

Of course, based on the experience of the Judgment Chamber, the latter is the majority of the demand. But if you travel between the stars and find slave transportation, you can find one or a few people who believe in evil gods in all likelihood. order...

  By the way, under the leadership of Duanmuhuai, Seth and Lisas have now classified the slave trade as an illegal transaction and started arresting it. In fact, this is also very normal. Seth needs to recover his strength now, and of course he cannot allow his own citizens to be trafficked. As for Lisas—well, even if Duanmuhuai asked Leah to give him the country, I am afraid the latter would not hesitate .

   "Take a few leaders down to interrogate and check the buyer."

"clear."

  Duanmuhuai gave a casual order, and then came to the front of the bullock cart. At this moment, the slaves had also got out of the cart. Among them, there were men and women, tremblingly gathered together, watching the surrounding soldiers and night guards anxiously.

   This is also normal. After all, he was just taken away and then brought here again. In addition, he was surrounded by terrifying soldiers, so it is not surprising that he would feel uneasy.

   "Ah, Mr. Knight!"

   Lorena, who was registering those refugees, saw Duan Muhuai appear, and hurried over.

"How about it?"

   "Yes, they were all slaves caught by slave traders in Hermann, and some children were even trafficked..."

   Speaking of this, Lorena's expression is not very good-looking, after all, there is no such thing in the holy city.

   "Ask them about their plans. If you want to go home, you can leave. If you need travel expenses, you can share some of them directly from the slave traders—they don't need them anyway."

"yes."

  Lorena nodded, then turned back to the group of slaves, said a few words to them, and then saw the slaves cheering excitedly, and many of them even hugged each other and wept. Then they saluted Duanmuhuai and Lorena respectfully, then turned and left.

   But not everyone seems to be yearning for freedom.

"Um?"

  Duanmu Huai saw not far away, a young girl was standing there blankly with several little girls. He frowned, then walked over.

   "Boom...boom...boom..."

  Hearing the sound of footsteps, the girl turned her head to look and saw Duanmu Huai. She also turned pale with fright, her legs went limp, and she sat down on the ground. And the little girls beside her hurriedly hid behind the girl, looking anxiously at the giant walking towards them.

   Duanmu Huai was already used to this kind of reaction. He walked up to the girl and stared at her.

   "Why, aren't you planning to leave?"

   "This... I..."

  Looking at Duanmuhuai, the girl looked quite nervous, she lowered her head, her voice was as low as a mosquito.

"say."

  Seeing the other party's timid look, Duanmuhuai frowned and scolded. And when she heard Duanmu Huai's scolding, the girl trembled in fright.

   "Yes, yes, sorry... I... I don't know where I should go..."

   Don't know where to go?

   "Don't you have a place to go back to?"

  “…………”

  The girl was silent for a moment, then shook her head.

   "Where are your relatives?"

  “…………”

  The girl still didn't speak.

   "This is a bit troublesome."

  Looking at the girl in front of him, Duanmuhuai sighed helplessly, and at this moment, Kirti gave a suggestion.

   "Since this is the case, why not assign her to the logistics force for the time being?"

   "That's it."

  Duanmuhuai didn't pay too much attention to it either. The main task of the logistics force was to be responsible for chores like laundry and cooking, basically anyone could do it. Since this girl has nowhere to go, it would be good to simply send her to the logistics force.

   After making a decision, Duanmu Huai turned around and left, while the girl looked at Duanmu Huai's figure with a look of uneasiness in her eyes.

   At the same time, the First Army stronghold.

  Standing on the city wall, looking at the scenery in the distance, General Kryolev of the First Army had a serious expression on his face.

   As a pure Herman soldier, Kriolev enjoys a high reputation in the Herman army. He is tall and strong. Although he is past his prime, he still has an indisputable domineering.

  And the Herman First Army he led, although not the largest among the Herman army, was the army with the most knights. And Herman's First Army is an existence that prides itself on invincibility.

but now………

"grown ups."

  Adjutant Karl appeared behind Kriolev, and when he heard his voice, Kriolev sighed.

   "The commander-in-chief ordered me to lead the first army, the second army, and the fifth army to suppress the rebellion."

   "The goal is to..."

   "The Inquisition and the Fourth Legion."

  In fact, this is also expected. Kriolev's reputation in the Hermann army is unparalleled. If he is not unwilling to work with Prime Minister Stizer, the original commander-in-chief should belong to Kriolev. But it was also because of Kriolev's upright character that the relationship between him and the Council headed by Stiles was extremely bad.

   "That's what I guessed it would be."

  Hearing the chief's answer, the adjutant Karl sneered.

"you know?"

   "Well, I heard that just recently, several guards have defected."

  “………”

  Kriolev remained silent and did not speak. In fact, there has always been a lot of loyal people in Herman. They couldn't tolerate Steether covering the sky with one hand, and even tried to assassinate him several times in a row. However, due to the fact that there was an extremely powerful steel monster as a guard beside Stither, these assassinations failed in the end.

But this does not mean that those soldiers gave up. Therefore, when the Fourth Army rebelled and even played the banner of "Qing Emperor's Side", many soldiers and troops who were originally loyal to the royal family but were suppressed by Stiles directly fled the royal city. Dedicated to the Fourth Army.

  In fact, within the First Army, the generals have discussed similar issues several times. In the past, they were unwilling to rebel because they were loyal to the royal family. But now, the Fourth Army's slogan of "Qing Jun's side" also opened a window for them.

   There is still such an operation!

  That's right, we are not betraying the country, we are trying to clean up the king and punish the ministers!

  The following generals also wrote more than once, asking Kriolev to also learn from the Fourth Army, go directly to the king's city, kill the courtiers, and assist the emperor, but Kriolev refused.

   And now...

   "Obviously, the council wants us to die."

  The strength of the Fourth Army is not to be feared, but the strength of the Tribunal, after investigations over time, is already very clear to everyone. Not to mention anything else, they didn't have the slightest method or means just for that mechanical giant that was taller than a mountain. Although the number of the first army, the second army, and the fifth army combined is quite large, Kriolev still has no idea how to deal with that mechanical giant.

Now for the Council, the First Army is the least trustworthy, and even they are afraid that the First Army will rebel like the Fourth Army, so they simply sent the First Army to attack the Tribunal to avoid causing damage to the royal city. threaten.

   "Are we really going to dispatch?"

"certainly."

   Facing the adjutant's question, Kriolev nodded.

"According to the commander-in-chief's order, the First Army will mobilize 40,000 people, the Second Army will mobilize 50,000 people, and the Fifth Army will mobilize a total of 100,000 people. To form a joint operation, it is necessary to combine the Tribunal and the Fourth Army. The legion is blocking the king's city."

   Stretching out his hand and pointing forward, Kriolev said lightly, and he could understand why the Council was so mad. Right now, the Tribunal and the Fourth Legion have occupied Guzak, and from here to the northwest is the fortress Bonn and the deputy city of the capital, Guland. The Fourth Army came directly under the royal city.

  Although logically speaking, according to intelligence, there are currently only 20,000 people in the Fourth Army, and the total number of troops on the side of the Tribunal seems to be less than 1,000. But the problem is that the mechanical giants of the trial court are too terrifying. If they can't stop them, they might be killed by them directly into the king's city.

   "Does the council think that the other party will make a quick decision?"

"Probably so. After all, the total number of opponents is less than 30,000. In addition, they have the powerful fire support of the Tribunal. In this case, it is the most effective method to attack the royal city directly instead of a steady attack." . On this point, I also agree with the commander-in-chief's conjecture. Therefore, we must complete our efforts and fight a decisive battle with the Fourth Legion and the Inquisition!"

   Having said this, Kriolev clenched his fists.

   Then he looked into the distance of the horizon again, then turned and walked into the fortress without looking back.

  “………”

  Looking at the back of his chief, the adjutant Karl sighed silently.

  As an adjutant, he can only make suggestions, and Kriolev himself makes the decision.

   And he has made a decision... Then, the operation of the First Legion is about to begin.

  (end of this chapter)