Chapter 2821

With the failure of the New World in front of us, independents in other colonies dare not easily launch revolutions, and the current imperialist colonial system will turn from the brink of collapse to safety, and it will not be a problem to survive for decades. Do not wander in the dark, looking for a new way out.

In Midgard in early August, the rainy weather was just like the mood of General Benedict Laval.

Bad news continued to come from the south, and more shocking details were also disclosed by newspapers and cloud networks.

Now people already know that the chief culprit for the fall of Port of Prince's was General Hook, who defected to the enemy. When the city of Leiden Port was destroyed, the residents in the city were ravaged.

All kinds of brutal acts show that the rebels led by Hook are eager to prove their loyalty and value to Feizhen's new master. To put it mildly, this is called "converter fanaticism", and to put it bluntly, this is "the second devil is even more brutal"!

Today, the independents in the New World hate Isaac Hooker the "two devils" the most, and they are also worried that there will be more Isaac Hooker-style defectors.

Driven by this mentality, when the news of the cooperation between the "Conquering Order" and the Feizhen Invading Army was exposed, all the generals in the Continental Army who had an ambiguous relationship with the Conquering Order were immediately labeled as suspicious.

Everyone knows that besides Isaac Hooker, there is also a senior general in the Continental Army who has used the power of conquering religious orders in previous wars, and even has a guard composed of demons. People have reason to doubt that Man is a secret member of the Order of Conquest, even higher than Isaac Hook in this cult.

This person is the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army, General Benedict Laval.

Since the fall of Prince Port, the hidden danger of military generals colluding with cults began to ferment. At first, it was only discussed in the newspapers. Later, the Continental Congress also sent an official letter asking General Vasa to investigate the matter.

The letter also requested the commander-in-chief to launch a "big cleansing" within the army as soon as possible, to encourage lower-level soldiers to report and expose, and to remove all officers suspected of colluding with cults from their active duty posts, and strictly examine them one by one. Never miss it!

In fact, George Vassar did not want to carry out any "cleansing" campaign in the army with great fanfare. He was worried that in this terrorist atmosphere of mutual reporting and exposing, the unity within the army would be damaged, and morale would be hit, which would make the Continental Army's already difficult situation To add insult to injury, if the situation gets out of control, the Continental Army itself will be destroyed by internal strife and division before Master Fei comes over.

All for unity, unity is everything.

Adhering to this purpose, General Vasa had to play a trick of "obeying the public and violating the secret".

In his reply letter to the Continental Congress, he patted his chest and pledged that he would eliminate hidden dangers in the army as soon as possible, and never let a cultist go.

In fact, it was raised high and lowered gently, just to convey the instructions of the Continental Congress verbally, and then nothing happened.

It is a pity that things backfired. The more General Vasa wanted to maintain unity, the more ruthlessly the unity left him.

When the time came to July 1627, the city of Leiden was captured by the Fiend, and the Continental Congress fled to Galti Island for refuge. The situation of the Continental Army became more and more precarious.

Facing a series of heavy blows, two opposing voices appeared inside the Forging Valley.

One of the parties believes that Isaac Hooker's betrayal in Port Prince and the atrocities of looting in Leiden City have sounded the alarm for our army. We must implement the instructions of the Continental Congress as soon as possible and thoroughly investigate the cult background in the army. Otherwise, sooner or later, another Isaac Hook will appear in Forge Valley and stab us in the back!

On the other side, that is, military officers who are considered to have a cult background, faced with people's questioning sights and public or private accusations, they felt like sitting on pins and needles, and were forced to huddle together to keep warm and consider retreating.

In fact, as early as two months ago, "The Wood Destroyer" Dolan Teresis sent a magical text message to the believers and collaborators in the Continental Army in the name of the Pope, indicating that the order of conquest had changed to Supporting the position of Fierce Master Fei to suppress the independent revolution, instructing the recipient to change the family as soon as possible in order to order or persuade, so as to avoid being suppressed and retaliated.

Since General Vasa did not strictly implement the counter-revolutionary order issued by the Continental Congress, the officers who received the letter from Tracys were not under much pressure at first, but rather hesitant, and did not leave the army immediately.

Later, the situation took a turn for the worse, and the voices demanding the eradication of counter-revolutionaries gained the upper hand. Every day, there were snowflakes of complaint letters piled up on the desk of the headquarters. It is embarrassing.

The atmosphere inside the army became increasingly tense. Those officers who were reported were actually aware of it, trembling and restless, fearing that one day they would be arrested by the military police and sent to a military court for trial.

Of course, the military officers suspected of colluding with the cult did not want to sit still. They discussed it in private, and finally wrote a joint letter and secretly submitted it to General Laval, requesting the general to lead them to escape from Forge Valley overnight.

Whether it is disarmed and returned to the fields, or whether it is a matter of defecting to Master Fei, the brothers all obey the general's orders.

When Laval received the petition, he was in a dilemma.

He has long been seen as the face of the Conquering Order in the Valley of the Forge, but that's not entirely true.

He did cooperate with the conquest order many times, and he also accepted a gift from Pope Dolan Teresis, which was the magic ring that summoned the demon guard on his hand, but he was different from Isaac Hu Ke is not a formal member of the Order of Conquest, nor does he fully agree with the purpose of the Order, but an ally with a combination of interests.

Forced by the current situation, Laval has to make a decision, whether to completely fall to the conquest of the cult, or to make a clean break with this cult group and draw a clear line?

Looking at the joint letters from many of his officers, Laval really had a hard time making a choice, so he had to write back to express his position that he had no intention of participating in their escape, but he would not expose them, and finally wished them good luck.

On July 17, 1627, that is, the night when General Laval’s reply was received, there were a total of forty-one officers at all levels of the Continental Army who were suspected of colluding with the cult. A total of more than 2,000 people escaped from Forge Valley in the dark, and never returned.

This defection incident cast another layer of gloom on the already cloudy Continental Army and sounded the alarm.

George Vassar originally wanted to deal with it in a low-key manner and reduce the major incident to a minor one, but the generals under his command were enthusiastic and strongly demanded a thorough investigation to prevent future troubles!