Chapter 2084 Vendetta

Audrey raised her head to meet Joan's gaze, her sapphire eyes filled with tears.

"Joan, I'm sorry, we found out too late."

"Stop going around in circles, what's going on!" Qiao An couldn't help becoming impatient.

"On the night of the tragedy in River Valley Town, Mr. Logan, Haakon and Slude were all far away in Stone Pillar Town and survived."

"What about Madam Ishtar?" Joan heard the voice in his throat so stiff that even he felt strange.

"Unfortunately, the big house of Logan's house was also burned down that night. The pregnant Mrs. Ishta insisted on trying to put out the fire, but was unfortunately discovered by Lieutenant Colonel James, who immediately ordered his cavalry to shoot collectively to prevent her from casting spells to put out the fire. ..."

Miss Paladin finally lost control of her emotions, tears welled up in her eyes, choked up and insisted on finishing the last sentence.

"After a burst of gunfire, Mrs. Ishta fell into a pool of blood. I have pity that there is a little life in her stomach that is about to be born..."

Even though Joan had a premonition, when he heard the sad news of Mrs. Ishta's death from Audrey, he still couldn't help feeling the darkness in front of his eyes, and he almost couldn't restrain the urge to cry.

In a daze, it seemed as if he had returned to three years ago. During his stay in Shizhu Town, his leg was injured. Thanks to Mrs. Ishta's careful care, he felt the warmth of a mother...

Suddenly, I remembered that more than a month ago, I and my friends went to Hegu Town as guests at the invitation of Slude. I saw those cute little clothes and shoes that Mrs. Ishta personally sewed for the baby who was about to be born. They were all burned down by a fire...

The more Joan thought about it, the more his heart ached like a knife. The stronger emotions than grief were anger and self-blame.

If he hadn't escaped reality and hid in Cloud City, but stayed at home, if he had been informed of the attack on Hegu Town as soon as possible, he might still have a chance to prevent this tragedy from happening.

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In the carriage, the sad and depressing atmosphere lasted for a long time, and Joan finally spoke again.

"What happened next?"

Hailar looked at Audrey, who had red eye circles, and took the initiative to pick up Joan's words.

"On the day of the incident, Uncle Logan took Slude and Haakon to Stone Pillar Town to attend the tribal meeting, and accidentally escaped the catastrophe. However, I think...they might have hoped to stay by their loved ones' side at that time... "

"Joan, of course you also know that Uncle Logan is different from those conservative aborigines who hate the colonists. For so many years, he has always been friendly to the colonists and is committed to mediating the conflict between the Asa people and the colonists. I hope the two sides can get along peacefully."

Joan nodded slightly.

That's right, Uncle Logan once revealed to him his dream, in the New World, in this vast and fertile land, to promote the integration of immigrants and aborigines, to eliminate disputes and be like one family.

It was precisely with this dream in mind that Logan resolutely stood up and led an Asa regiment to join the Midgard colonial government in the midgard war two years ago, regardless of the opposition of the clan elders. In the camp of the Degardians, they fought bloody battles on the shores of Lake Aosta, shed blood and died in the Dusk Plain, paying nearly half the price of casualties, and helped the Midgardians repel the invaders from the north and defend their homeland.

However, after the war, what did Uncle Logan and the Asir warriors who shed blood and died for the Midgardians finally get?

The "Treaty of the Holy City" became the menu for the three old world powers to carve up the colonies of the New World, but the interests of the aborigines were completely ignored. The land that was originally promised to be returned to the Volsung tribe was also occupied by the colonists. The same blank paper.

Even though he was betrayed by his allies, Uncle Logan did not give up his ideals. He left his hometown with his family and followers and migrated from the remote Stone Pillar Town to the Vymur Valley. They gave up the traditional life of nomadic fishing and hunting, reclaimed farmland, sowed crops, and opened schools in order to establish a model and try to prove to the colonists that the aborigines, who they regarded as barbaric and backward, could also integrate into civilized society.

However, overnight, a fire destroyed all of Logan Volsunger's hard work, and turned the ideal he had worked so hard for all his life into a cruel joke.

River Valley Town was set ablaze by the troops of Lieutenant Colonel James, and his beloved wife and the little creature in her belly were brutally murdered... This heinous bloody massacre completely changed the concept of Logan Walsunger, prompting the former War heroes who were wounded and bled to defend the colonies inspired a bitter hatred of the colonial garrisons.

The tragedy in River Valley Town was not only a tragedy for the Logan family, but also shocked the entire aboriginal society in the northern part of the New World, awakening the hatred accumulated by the aborigines against the colonists for generations.

The Asa tribe in the Vymur Valley took the lead in responding, and riots broke out in various places. The Asa hunters frantically massacred the colonists and burned the settlements as revenge for the "River Valley Town Massacre".

"Just a week ago, Uncle Logan, who tried his best to restrain the tribe to avoid conflict with the colonists, issued an order to summon the Asa warriors in the Vymur Valley to retaliate against the colonists."

"On the evening of May 2, nearly a hundred Asa hunters, including the three members of Logan's family, raided the immigrant settlement closest to River Valley Town, which is the 'Grizzly Town' where we stopped briefly in early April."

Hailar sighed, and continued: "Even after suffering the pain of losing his wife, Uncle Logan still didn't lose his mind. He ordered the siege of Grizzly Town, but prevented his men from massacring the innocent residents in the town. He just put on a siege gesture , the purpose is to lure the real enemy to come to your door."

"Lieutenant Colonel Henry James, who was stationed in the Vymur Valley, received a distress letter from the sheriff of Grizzly Town, and hurriedly led the cavalry battalion to Grizzly Town for rescue."

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Historical Sources: The Atrocities of the Baron de la Val (An American Story, Bilan)

Baron de la Val, a nobleman, was an iron-fisted leader and a brutal soldier who took part in England's conquest of Ireland.

He applied to the Indians exactly what he had done with the Irish: burn, kill, and rob.

In August 1610, he sent people to attack a tribe in Powhatan, provoking the "First Anglo-Powhatan War" (1610-1614), which lasted four years.

In this attack, they burned Indian homes and cornfields, killed more than 70 people, and captured the wives and children of tribal leaders.

Returning down the river, they threw the children from the boat into the water one by one, shooting them at the same time, taking pleasure in beating them "with their brains out." At Jamestown they plunged their sword into the heart of the tribal chief's wife.

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