Chapter 2803 Free Corps

The northern coast of Atlantis is the Fizen colony, which has always been used as a place of exile for exiled criminals, so much so that the gentlemen in the upper class of Fizen call it a "human garbage dump" and a "robber's paradise".

The vast desert area in the middle of Atlantis is the territory of the "Arkham Sultanate", where there are psionic nomads who worship the living "God King"—in fact, the demigod who has mastered the "source of divine power" Ethnic Arkham.

The prisoners of war escorted to the island were divided into two categories: those who were too old or of ordinary appearance, and those who were half sold and half given away were handed over to the white manor owners in the colony; more than 3,000 good-looking young men were selected and sold to Akka after castration. The lords of the Sultanate of Mu were slaves.

Such white eunuchs were very popular among the aristocracy of the Arkham Sultanate, and the average value of each eunuch was equivalent to 10 prisoners of war sold to fellow colonists.

In the Battle of Prince Port, in addition to prisoners of war, Earl Winthrop also seized tens of thousands of rifles, half of which were distributed to soldiers who passed the lie test, and there were nearly 5,000 rifles left. It would be a waste to rust in the warehouse. How can we make full use of it?

General Isaac Hooker, who led his troops to surrender, made an imaginative proposal to the Governor:

"The rebels retreating to Port Layton lack guns and ammunition. We can find an agent to sell these rifles to the rebels on the black market. When our army captures Port Layton in the future, we can seize these weapons back..."

The idea of ​​"fishing law enforcement" and "one fish, two meals" is indeed very creative. General Hooker has been operating in Alfheim for many years, and he has been the "Emperor of the Land" for half his life. Wouldn't it be great to make this deal?

As for the enemy's acquisition of these rifles and arming them, will it cause big trouble for their own side in the future confrontation between the two armies? This kind of problem is not worth worrying about at all.

Judging from the current situation, the main force of the Southern Continental Army has been completely destroyed in the Battle of Prince Port, and the defense force of Leiden Port, which is dominated by militias, is powerless to stop the crushing of the Feizhen army even if it is armed to the teeth. What's more, the militia has not been fully mobilized so far, and it is completely scattered.

Now that the fall of the colonial capital of Yalfheim has entered the countdown, why not let the doomed rebel party play some residual heat and use this batch of arms as a bait to squeeze out the military expenses raised by the "Continental Congress" in the Far East by issuing bonds. This money is also wasted in the hands of trash.

Earl Winthrop and General Hooker calculated very well. In order to close the deal, they not only kept the price of these rifles down, but also instructed their agents to bribe the dignitaries of the Continental Congress with generous kickbacks.

The "Continental Congress" is a loose organization with mixed good and bad, and there are indeed many moths that harm public welfare and private interests.

The deal was about to be completed, but it was a pity that it fell short. At the critical moment, the details of the seller's agent were exposed by the three ace reporters of the "Leiden Post". Boiling.

Faced with the angry crowd blocking the door and protesting, the "Continental Congress" hastily issued a statement to disregard the relationship with those few "worms", and this ridiculous deal ended in a farce.

This plan failed, and Earl Winthrop made another plan.

In the past two years, Master Fei has gained the upper hand in the battlefield of the New World, but in another battlefield of public opinion where there is no gunpowder smoke, he always suffers losses and is beaten, and is completely at a disadvantage.

Since the start of the war, starting with the high-sounding "Declaration of Independence", righteousness has been firmly in the hands of the Continental Congress and the Continental Army, and has won widespread sympathy from the international community and even Fiji.

Earl Winthrop has been brooding about this for a long time, and decided to learn the lessons of being beaten up by pens of the "Continental Congress" in the field of public opinion propaganda in the past, and use the period of rest and reorganization of the garrison in Port Prince to strive for a place in the battlefield of public opinion. Play a beautiful "turnaround"!

In fact, Earl Winthrop did find an excellent entry point, which can not only expose the hypocrisy of the "revolutionary righteous men" represented by the "Continental Congress", hit them where they hurt, but also make a big impact on international public opinion. Occupy an invincible position, while mocking a wave of "Continental Congress" allies - Far Easterners and Canaanites.

This precise entry point is to "liberate the black slaves"!

On May 21, 1627, Governor Winthrop issued a proclamation, announcing that "everyone (in the name of the rebel) indentured servants, black slaves and others, who will take up arms and join His Majesty's troops, will immediately receive free"!

Long before the announcement was officially released, Earl Winthrop instructed his generals to incite slaves to escape and join the army in Alfheim, planning to form an army dominated by black slaves.

The "Liberation Proclamation" officially released on May 21 is destined to become an important document recorded in history, like a huge stone thrown into the lake, it aroused extensive and intense repercussions on the land of Yalfheim!

Thousands of black slaves who had been oppressed and tortured rejoiced, and finally hoped for the dawn of freedom.

The implementation of the abolition of slavery went more smoothly than Earl Winthrop expected. Less than a month after the "Emancipation Proclamation" was released, more than 3,000 black slaves fled from various parts of Alfheim to Port-Prince, and went to the Fizen regiments, fighting for their freedom with rifles, full of rage, desperate for vengeance on their mistreating masters of the past.

This also means that there are more black slaves throughout the southern colonies who have received news about the "Emancipation Proclamation", either have escaped from the master's manor, are on the way to Port Prince, and defected to the "Liberated Area", or are planning to flee or even riot plan.

Earl Winthrop commissioned General Hooker and General Cornwallis to recruit these fugitive slaves, named them "Freedom Corps", and armed these freed slaves with rifles seized from General Gates.

These black soldiers wore Fizen uniforms and uniform badges with the inscription "Give Slaves Freedom"—a slogan that undoubtedly horrified the white slave owners who advocated "freedom"!

Among these black soldiers were individual slaves who had escaped from the estates of leading figures in the Continental Congress and the Continental Army.

Twenty of them came from the Monticello estate of Alexander Jefferson, the drafter of the Declaration of Independence.

Fifteen others came from the plantation of Patrick Henry, the Continental Congress elder—the venerable gentleman who pioneered the resounding revolutionary slogan "Give me liberty or give me death."

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