MTL - Black Iron’s Glory-Chapter 528 Bandit and news

Chapter 528 Bandits and News

Claude thought he had grown accustomed to the barbaric behavior of people in this world, but now he found out what is ignorance and true barbarism ...

"... Mr. Marshal, the inventory is complete, and there are more than 1,300 items belonging to the town of Macharin that were searched from this tribe. Many of the registered and robbed items still have blood on them. We Even the public goods that were stolen from the town hall were also engraved with the nightingale pattern of Macharin. As for those of Macharin who were taken away by horse bandits, we also found their whereabouts, but......"

Lieutenant Colonel Mason Hughes paused, some sentimentally: "The women are still alive, and the men in the tribe need to vent their **** on them so that they can have more children for the tribe. But the men, young and strong still A few were alive, and they were treated as slaves. Older ones, as well as those who were caught, were killed a few days before they came to the tribe, because the tribe needed to use their skulls to make drinking head bowls. ... "

A few days ago, a small town called Macharin around the Likumada hilly area of ​​Kanas area was ransacked by horse bandits. After the Thunder Corps troops who received the news arrived, the horse bandits had left. The town of Machalin has fallen into ruins. Less than half of the survivors of the original town with a population of more than 3,000, and killed by horse bandits, count more than 400 people missing. No doubt, it must have been taken away by the bandits.

Claude was furious. How could this be the case? Immediately dispatched capable personnel for tracing, and spent more than half a month searching and searching, and quickly found this medium-sized tribe with a population of nearly 10,000. After a less fierce battle, and paid the price of three dead and nearly 100 people injured, a regiment of light cavalry captured the tribe's temporary camp.

When Claude got the list of missing persons in Macharin, that is, the people who were taken away, it felt strange. Why was there a 50- or 60-year-old man on the list of missing persons? Did he deliberately **** the old man back to support him? Now listening to the report of Lieutenant Colonel Mason Hughes, my lieutenant, I understand that the purpose of the robbers to rob these elderly people is to do something about them ...

"I remember that in the Beibu Gulf area, there are many merchants and hawkers selling daily commodities. This tribe can use wool and cattle and sheep to exchange these copper bowls and wooden bowls. The prices are not expensive and they look exquisite. Why do they want Doing such a cruel thing, using the skull of an old man as a head bowl? "Asked a senior staff officer of the legion's command very puzzled.

"I questioned some of the captives, and they replied that this is a tribal tradition." Colonel Mason Hughes replied, "Nomadic tribes on the Kansas Prairie have always believed that the older a person is, the more intelligent he is, so they Will kill the dying old people in the tribe, use their skulls to make bowls for drinking. They think that if this is done, the wisdom of the old people will be poured into their stomachs with the liquor, making themselves more and more Come smarter until you fully inherit the wisdom of the old man.

It's just that there can't be so many old people in their tribe waiting to be killed, so these prairie nomadic tribes like to go to other cities and towns to rob old people. And when making the human head bowl, these old people still need to be alive. They think that the pain of the old man's skull can only condense the wisdom of the old man's life on the skull ... "

"Nauseous cruel and ignorant barbarous customs. Do they think that they don't need to learn knowledge to gain the wisdom and insights of others without any effort? It's disgusting!" Another stood by. The senior operations staff rebuked in anger.

"In fact, nomadic tribes on the Kansas steppe all have such cruel traditional customs. Like the Kemiduo tribes, they were the earliest enlightened. They occupied the commercial districts of Beibu Gulf, Likumada Hills and Mineral Resources, and Bo. The most basic elementary education has been established in the agricultural plantation area of ​​the Grand Duchy of Marris, and some semi-civilized settled grassland tribes have abandoned these ignorant and ancient traditions ...

Only this kind of grassland tribe that has kept nomadic customs will adhere to this disgusting traditional custom. They believe that the settled prairie tribes are the rebellion of the wolf god, and the prairie wolf should wander around, and only the watch dog will stay in one place. Therefore, they never regard these settled prairie tribes as their compatriots, but instead as enemies, they should start when they should, and they will not relent. "Major Hughes, who read a lot of information, explained.

Claude stood up, stepped out of the tent, and smiled at the senior officers who were by his side: "The chief of Jamie Ador Dorbadji Kermiteau of the Quemiduo tribe was because of his youth. After traveling with the caravan, I traveled half of the Valeya continent and gained knowledge. Therefore, after returning to the tribe to become the chief, we carried out vigorous reforms to make the Kermitau tribe the largest tribe in the Nasseri region.

At the same time, it took the three generations of Archduke Kanners sixty years to cultivate the people of the Kermitau tribe into a civilized man like us, no longer a steppe barbarian. And we are now the new conquerors and occupiers of this area, but we do n’t have 60 years to educate and cultivate these prairie barbarians, so we can only show respect and understanding to the traditional customs of these primitive people. Mason Hughes! "

"Hello Marshal, I'm here, please indicate!"

"It is said that when the prairie nomadic tribes conquered, after the annexation of the weak tribes, they would kill all the elderly and men above the wheel, and take away only young women and children. Is there such a custom?" Crowd narrowed his eyes. Looking at the temporary camp village of the steppe nomad tribe not far away, he asked that the battle had ended there. You can see that the light cavalry of the Thunder Legion was driving the captives together, and someone dismounted to make up the enemy dead on the ground ... ...

"Yes, Lord Marshal. The prairie nomadic tribes have such a custom. They only capture those who are useful to them. Young women will give birth to their children. When the children grow up, they will become loyal slave soldiers of their tribe, because They are less than the height of the wheel, and will not remember the hatred of the extermination. And the children above the wheel will remember the extermination of the extermination and the killing of the father and the mother. Adopting them is tantamount to planting the scourge of the rebellion for the future of the tribe, so they still kill. Clean ... "Lieutenant Mason Hughes quickly explained, these were recorded in the literature.

"Very well, as a newcomer to this prairie, we must respect the traditional customs of these nomadic tribes. When the order is passed, the captives of this tribe will be disposed of in accordance with their traditional customs. Men above the wheel will beheaded. , Shot, this also makes us more civilized. As for the remaining young women and children, take them back to the victims of Macharin as compensation for their misfortunes ... " Issued a brutal order.

"Oh ... Honest Marshal, I ..." Colonel Mason Hughes seemed to want to say something, but suddenly he realized that Crowd's face was awake: "Observe!"

The atmosphere at the scene was a bit stiff. After all, Claude had just issued a brutal order, which was really incredible to these senior officers in the autonomous region. Because Claude always advocates treating prisoners kindly. During the colonial war, Claude once said that it is the duty of soldiers to fight for your life in battle. But after the battle, as winners, we should be tolerant of the losers, and they are just doing their duty as soldiers.

But think about the large number of skull skull bowls found in the camp reported by Colonel Mason Hughes just now. The senior officers present also understood the reason for Claude's order. Quite simply, to deal with brutality and ignorance, you have to behave more fiercely and cruelly than they can in order to make these grassland nomads feel fear and fear. Otherwise your tolerance will only be regarded as weak by them, they will never remember your magnanimity, and will only treat you as an object that is easy to bully and coax ...

"I wonder why the prairie nomads came here and attacked the town of Macharin. According to the survivors in the town of Macharin, they have not been ransacked by horse bandits for more than 30 years. No precaution ... "asked a senior staff member in confusion.

Claude turned his head: "I can answer this question. If you look at the map, you can see that the terrain of the Kanas prairie is on the map of the eastern part of the mainland, like a big green scar on the upper right corner. It The area is actually not much smaller than the kingdom of Nasseri.

The reason why the Duchy of Kannas is a duchy rather than a kingdom is that the Grand Duchy of Kannas really controlled only the coastal area and the narrow and narrow area in the upper right corner of the prairie. He did not control the depth and interior of the entire prairie.

Inside and deep on the prairie, there are numerous prairie nomadic tribes wandering. The Grand Duke Kanners and their trade is to organize a caravan every year to trade with these prairie nomads, and to trade all necessary necessities, and these prairie nomads guarantee that they will not attack the area governed by the grand duke .

Only after the Grand Duke Kannas ran, the agreement was annulled. It is for this reason that the tribe called this came to this area. They thought that it was Archduke Kannas who violated the promise of the transaction, so he ransacked the town of Machalin as revenge against Archduke Kannas.

It seems that we will strengthen the monitoring and guarding around the area under our jurisdiction in the future. I believe that there will be more nomadic tribes like this coming out from the depths of the steppe and approaching us. If they were not educated fiercely and let these barbarians learn awe and lessons, then they would never let go of their sabers. Only by making these prairie barbarians feel scared and heartbroken, they will ask us for a deal and negotiation with a white flag ... "

"But, Marshal, the horse bandits we are facing are not just one of these grassland nomadic tribes. What is more troublesome is the old ministry left by Archduke Kanners. They are hiding in the people and attacking our soldiers. And we couldn't find the gangsters hidden in the shadows ... "said another senior staff officer.

"Things have to come one by one," said Claude. "That's another battlefield, and it's not suitable for us soldiers. Although these grassland nomads are more difficult to deal with than the bandits hiding in the shadows. , But it does n’t mean that we ca n’t help it. During this time, our Thunder Army reorganized the army in the Beibu Gulf area and strengthened law and order and traffic control. You see, reports of small horse bandit attacks were not all at once. ?

The reason is actually very simple. First, because we have strengthened traffic and public security controls, we cannot send information, and outside bandits can only continue to lurk without news. The second is that these small bands of horse bandits are afraid that we are strong and strong, and they dare not carry out attacks. And we are ignoring these small bandits for the time being, mainly because they are aimed at our garrisons, not ordinary people, and we can just sit and wait for them to be automatically delivered to the door and use them to train ...

Another reason is that this is not our place. If the capital is going well, the area along the coast of Kanas will become the territory of our overseas nobles and nobles, then the dominion will invest funds in this area. The overall planning and development of the region will be implemented. At that time, we will transfer the patrol police department of the Dominion, and they will be the main force to deal with the secret agents of horse bandits hidden in the people. With their cooperation, those small horse bandits cannot escape. "

When it comes to the ownership of the territory, I saw three horses galloping in the distance, and when a light cavalry jumped off the horse, he handed a small leather bag to the guard who stopped in front of him, and took care of himself. Leading horse and two companions turned to the stables in the back camp together. They need to replenish the horses and clean drinking water for the three war horses on the long journey.

The guard with the small bag checked the contents of the lower bag, and went to Claude. Soon a small leather bag was placed in front of Claude's eyes. Inside were two sealed small silver tubes, and when opened, two eagle owls sent messages.

As soon as Wangdu was mentioned, the news of Wangdu arrived. It's just that Claude is now a bandit on the prairie, three days from Campster City in the North Bay. The eagle eagles from the capital were first delivered to the city of King Polynesia in the Nasseri area, and then the eagles from the king city sent the letter to Campestre. The letter was then sent by Clampster to Claude. The entire delivery process took about four to five days. In other words, the eagle eagle message that Claude now sees has happened four or five days ago.

However, the prairie nomadic tribes who had committed the crime of looting and massaging Macharin town had been traced and annihilated. Then, one day later, they could set off on the return journey, so Claude also easily read the eagle eagle message that had just arrived. . The first letter stated that the Prime Minister Marquis Blanchard had known the demands of the overseas autonomous consuls, military officers and honorary nobles of the kingdom. Speaker Bennett handed over the map of hereditary family lands in the coastal zone of Kannas. Lord Prime Minister.

Claude looked at the date marked at the bottom of the letter, Holy Light, October 28, 6101. Today is November 7th, strangely, how could this eagle eagle message be delayed by four days before it is delivered? However, after opening the second small silver tube and taking out the eagle eagle, Claude understood that it was not the delay of the recipient, but the sender waited until the king and the ministers of the court responded to the territorial requirements submitted by the overseas dominion. The eagle eagle message that was sent later was still linked to the first letter for the eagle eagle to transmit.

The second eagle eagle wrote that King Frederick I and the court ministers finally agreed to the territorial claim of the overseas dominion after three days of closed-door discussions. The northern Gulf business area along the coast of Kanas, the Likumada Hills Mineral Resources area and the agricultural plantation area of ​​the Grand Duchy of Beaumaris, and the part of the connected Kanas steppe are classified as nobles in the Overseas Dominion Kingdom. The hereditary family territories of the Baron officer and members of the autonomous consul.

However, His Majesty the King said that this was a special case and was used to commend the two legions of the autonomous region for their great achievements in unifying the entire eastern part of the kingdom of Valeya. However, in order to punish the members of the Dominion Council for violating the king's order and dividing the hereditary family lands by their own initiative, His Majesty the King decided to impose twice the land selection fee on these hereditary family lands of the overseas dominions ...

Sir Bennett stated in the eagle eagle message that he had decided to have a showdown with His Majesty the King at the Great Dynasty on November 10. Because Her Majesty the King and the Royal Court refused to give overseas dominions preferential treatment and discounts on promotion fees and land selection fees, and even after the calculation of the dominion members found that in order to obtain all the marked hereditary family lands in Kanas, then Overseas dominions need to pay nearly one hundred million kronor as a promotion fee and land selection fee.

None of the Dominion members are willing to bear such a large amount of territorial expenses. They are angry that the so-called promotion fees and land selection fees are the kingdom's extortion and extortion against overseas dominions! Speaker Bennett decided to bring sixty large ironwood boxes full of Kim Krona to the Chaoyang Conference on November 10th, and let the 30 million golden Krona ’s light shine. Eyes of noble officials attending the Dachao ...

Claude was very clear that this should be a helpless decision made by Speaker Bennett that Her Majesty the King and Ministers would not easily compromise on these two costs. The real purpose is actually to fight for the overseas dominion, meaning that we are not without money, but your price is too outrageous, no one can afford such a price, so we do n’t have any territory, and bring the 30 million yuan Cron we show you, we will take it back soon ...

If the price differs by 10 to 20 million kronor, then perhaps the past 30 million kronor can achieve the goal. However, the difference is more than three times, which is indeed too outrageous. Even the Dominion cannot pay this huge sum.

It seems that this hereditary family territory is not worth thinking about. If you want to get to the coastal area of ​​Kanas, it is better to turn your face directly with the kingdom. Anyway, with the current military power of the kingdom, you do n’t dare to turn your face directly with the overseas dominion. And another civil war ...

The only problem is that overseas dominions, whether soldiers or civilians, see themselves as being from the kingdom of Ovilas. Turning your face against the kingdom to fight civil war, no one will be willing in heart, and there may even be soldiers ambushing in the dark, looking for opportunities to shoot themselves a treason ...