Chapter 1593: Behind the Conspiracy (Ⅱ)
Joan sighed, and under the silent watch of three friends, Mr. Adams, and Sir Custis, continued to analyze the overall plan of the primitive church.
"As the 'Green King' Ofen himself said frankly, this is not a conspiracy, but an open conspiracy. Last winter, he practiced this idea in the south and colluded with the sea blue people to invade my hometown, Yalfheim. , and now cooperate with the Fizen colonists in Jotunheim in the north to assist the Fizen military in capturing Linyuan Castle, which is also in line with the purpose of the primitive religious order of 'pull one faction to fight another faction', it can be said that the thinking is clear and the purpose is clear."
"Audrey, you just asked, why did the Primitive Order target the Ashanian colony?"
"Actually, the reason is very simple."
"The east coast of Wilnoa, where foreign immigrants are most dense, can be divided into three spheres of influence from north to south. They are the Jotunheim colony belonging to the Kingdom of Feizhen, and the Mead colony belonging to the Holy Ashean Empire. Gard Colony and Alfheim Colony, as well as the Muspelheim Colony belonging to the Ocean Blue Kingdom."
"Of the four colonies, the Ashan Empire owns two of them, and they are all fertile land with a suitable climate. The Jotunheim Glacier in the north is too cold, and the Muspelheim Gobi in the south is too hot and dry. , In fact, they are not very suitable for foreign immigrants to open up wasteland.”
"Because we colonists from the Ashan Empire and their descendants occupy the most extensive and fertile land in the New World, have the largest population, have a stronger desire to open up wasteland and reclaim land, and have the most intense conflicts with the aborigines, it is only natural that we become primitive religions. The most hated thorn in the side of the regiment, they will of course unite with the relatively weak Fizen colonists and Seablue colonists in the New World to try their best to curb our expansion momentum."
In the end, Joan relayed what "Green King" Orphen had confessed to him.
"Actually, Hailan people and Master Fei are very aware of the evil plans in the stomachs of the primitive believers, but they all have a tacit understanding not to tell the truth. They are nothing more than greedy for immediate interests and using each other with the primitive religious groups. However, they don't know. , This mentality of eager for quick success and instant benefits just fell into the trap of the cult, and there will always be a day in the future, when they find themselves in a deep quagmire, it will be too late to get out of it."
After hesitating for a moment, Qiao An swallowed the second half of the words.
What kind of consequences will the Feiren people and the Hailan people who seek the tiger's skin suffer in the end?
Joan actually didn't care.
He was more worried about another possibility.
The two colonies of the Ashan Empire in the New World, Midgard and Alfheim, are constantly being attacked by the Phi and Sealan people, and they are likely to decline rapidly.
The fall of Linyuan Castle is a dangerous signal.
But as far as the interests of the primitive religious order are concerned, no matter how much they hate the imperial colonists, they don't want the imperial colonists to be completely defeated in a short period of time. After the colonization, the next step is to attack the aborigines living on this land and the primitive religious groups that have lost their use value, which is tantamount to "shooting yourself in the foot."
If there is such a day in the future, the territory of Midgard and Alfheim will be completely eaten away by invaders from the north and the south, and the residents of the two places will face the crisis of survival, but they will not receive assistance from the mother country. At a critical juncture, if the Primitive Order suddenly changed its position and took the initiative to throw out an olive branch, claiming that it intends to assist the imperial colonists in fighting against the Feiren and Hailan, will the people of Midgard and Alfheim accept it?
Even if they knew that this group of cultists had no good intentions, even if they guessed that this was a poisonous plan to drive tigers and wolves away, how many people would rather bear the price of losing their homes and properties, losing face, and fleeing back to the old world in desperation, and refused to accept the original religion? The sugar-coated poison pill that Tuan handed over?
Joan was worried that most people would not refuse.
Even if a few insightful people see that the primitive religious group has evil intentions, they are still unable to awaken the masses who are greedy for immediate interests. In the end, I am afraid that they will not be able to escape the coercion of the majority and fall into the insidious trap of those cultists.
Joan doesn't want his concerns to become reality one day, but the atmosphere in the living room is already dull enough, it's useless for him not to say those frustrating words that won't help resolve the current crisis.
"Joan's interpretation of the intention of the primitive believers to collude with the real Fior is very convincing, but just now Mr. Adams mentioned that the troops that attacked Linyuan Fort included 1,000 real regular troops and a mercenary group of 300 people. The primitive religious group seems to be No one was sent to participate in this battle?"
Audrey cast a consulting look at Adams.
"Judging from the information collected so far by our association, the Primitive Church did not directly participate in the battle that captured Linyuan Castle the night before yesterday."
Adams responded in the affirmative.
"This is a little strange. Although Sir Laval took away half of the troops in the Fortress, there are still more than 2,000 troops staying in the fortress. The defenders still have the advantage of the terrain, and they are more sensitive to the environment inside and outside the fortress than the enemy army. Familiar, although there is a certain gap in the level of weapons and equipment between the two sides, it is not so big. Why is the defender of the fortress, which has a huge advantage, defeated by an enemy army that is not as strong as its own, and even lost its hometown? It’s weird to lose a battle.”
"It's indeed a bit unreasonable. Even if you are caught off guard, you won't lose so badly."
Holden agrees with the doubts raised by his sister.
"When we were on military duty at Barron Hill last year, we all served for a while under the command of Henry James, who was still a major at the time and served as the commander of the elite unit of the 'Blue Lancers'."
"I don't have a good impression of Lieutenant Colonel Henry James, but that's just a difference of opinion. As for his military command ability, I have nothing to criticize. At least he is a competent general who has experienced great storms, not the kind Relying on family background and background, you can only talk about it, an embroidered pillow that lacks actual combat command experience."
"In the battle of Linyuanbao, the side stationed in the fortress had the advantage in terms of terrain and strength. If the commander did not make any serious mistakes, but ended up abandoning the city and fleeing, I can only suspect that there are ghosts in the fortress. The earth helped Master Fei to open the city gate, and he cooperated inside and outside during the battle to assassinate his own officers, otherwise Linyuan Castle would not be so easy to fall."
Holden's guess sounded reasonable, but Adams shook his head with a wry smile.
"I dare not say that among the garrison of Linyuan Castle, there must be no traitors bribed by Reverend Fei, but from the information I know, even if there were traitors, they did not play a key role in the battle that night."