Chapter 2868 Southern Beacon
Thinking of Metatron, Joan remembered that he had made an agreement with her a few days ago that he would exchange "advanced metamorphosis" for her ninth-level ability "advanced mind exchange".
Having just suffered a disastrous defeat, the spiritual princess seemed to be in a bad mood, Joan felt that it was not appropriate to disturb her now. In a few days, when her mood improves and she has mastered the "advanced metamorphosis", she will go back to Odis and ask her to complete the deal.
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In the next few days, in addition to studying magic and psychic powers, Joan also spared more energy to pay attention to the progress of the war in the south of the New World.
Regarding the "War of Independence" that was raging in the New World, Joan felt that the two warring parties could not be defined by the standard of good or evil.
The revolutionaries called for getting rid of the colonial oppression from the suzerain country and fighting for independence and freedom. It is indeed just. Feizhen announced the abolition of the slavery system in the New World and encouraged black slaves to escape from the plantations and go to freedom. Isn’t it just a good deed?
Both sides have a righteous side and an unrighteous side, and when the two conflict, which side to choose is more in line with the principle of justice?
Is "justice" a quantifiable indicator?
Is there a general algorithm to quantify the degree of good and evil of all words and deeds in the world, positive numbers represent goodness, negative numbers represent evil, and then sum all the indicators to get a positive number, which is "justice" in the statistical sense, Is it "unjust" in the statistical sense to get a negative number?
It's a pity that this ideal model for studying social issues is not yet practical. A standard is needed to evaluate the good and evil of behaviors, and this standard itself needs to be evaluated first to ensure its absolute fairness, which is obvious , which becomes a paradox of trying to fly to the sky by the hair.
Taking a step back, even if a set of absolutely objective and fair value standards can be derived, who can guarantee that the value judgments based on this set of standards will still be applicable in the future? It is not uncommon for current acts of kindness based on good intentions to do more harm than good in the long run.
If it is admitted that there is no absolutely just standard of good and evil, people can only temporarily put aside those unrealistic ideals and return to the perspective of realism to look at the world. The surviving people have only two choices.
A negative attitude is to stay out of the matter and not help each other.
If I take a positive stand, I will help whoever treats me well.
Despite his unwillingness, Joan could only take this slightly vulgar and philistine standpoint to look at the War of Independence.
His principle is that unless his own vital interests or the safety of relatives and friends are threatened, try not to interfere.
In the past two years, Joan has been adhering to the above principles. However, when the time came to the end of September 1627, even his self-proclaimed calm and restrained rationalist could not hold back a little, and his mentality was really about to collapse!
No way, since the Feizhen army went south to expedition to Alfheim this spring, Joan couldn't help worrying about the safety of his hometown.
Initially, he counted on his old classmate Edward's father, General Charles Gates, to reproduce the brilliant victory of the "Baden Victory" in Port Prince and crush Earl Winthrop's ambition to invade the south.
The result disappointed him greatly. In the Battle of Port of Princes, General Gates' heroic aura faded and he suffered a crushing defeat.
After that, Qiao An comforted himself to keep calm, winning or losing is a common matter in military affairs, and a temporary loss will instead arouse the sense of resistance of the compatriots in his hometown.
It doesn't matter if Prince Harbor falls, we still have Leiden City, the capital of the south, and we can also defend against the enemy outside the city gates and clear the country.
As long as the leaders of the Continental Congress stand up and call on the militias everywhere to launch guerrilla warfare and force the aggressors to fall into the vast ocean of people's war, one day the enemy will be dragged down and get out of Alfheim in despair.
The ideal is full, but the reality is very skinny.
The defense of Leiden City was not as good as that of Port of Princes. The chairman of the city council, Mr. Jefferson, only wanted to escape for his own life, and did not lead the military and civilian organizations to resist at all. The Feizhen army took Leiden City without any effort.
After hearing the bad news, Qiao An could barely comfort himself to maintain a normal mind.
The situation in the south is indeed very difficult, but looking at the overall situation of the battlefield from another angle, the greater the pressure on the south, the less pressure the Continental Army faces in the north, and the easier it is to find opportunities to launch a counterattack?
Taking advantage of Earl Winthrop's main force to the south to fight, and the northern defense is empty, George Vasa, who led his troops stationed in Forge Valley, should take the initiative to attack and besiege the Clinton Corps guarding Freeport, forcing Earl Winthrop to return. Teacher rescue, and then help the southern compatriots relieve the pressure.
The tactics that Joan could think of, of course, the professional officers in the Continental Army Command also thought of them.
In fact, at that time, General Vasa did have such a battle plan on his desk, but it was a pity that before it could be implemented, there was another disturbance in Forge Valley.
First, a wave of anti-revolutionary campaigns was launched to report and expose the cultists inside the army, making everyone feel insecure.
Afterwards, many officers defected. What is even more shocking is that Benedict Laval, the chief of staff of the Continental Army and a famous Midgard general, was also involved. George Vassar finally embarked on the road of no return to defection and defection to the enemy.
After all this tossing, the strength of the Continental Army was severely injured. What's more, it missed the best time to launch a counterattack, so it had to continue to hide in the valley and passively defend. At the same time, the situation in the south had deteriorated to a precarious situation.
In early July 1627, General Green led his troops back to his hometown of Yalfheim. The most urgent task at the moment was to get in touch with various towns and villages in the south, recruit new soldiers, raise supplies, and rebuild the Continental Army Southern Corps.
Initially, General Green's job was not going well.
At that time, the city of Leiden had just fallen, and the people of Alfheim were hit hard. Everyone was in danger, and the talk of surrender was rampant. Many gentry, celebrities and owners of large estates joined the royalist party in private, or passed the royalist party. The relatives and friends of Feizhen show their favor to the rich and powerful, and prepare a way out for themselves and their families.
In this atmosphere, General Green, who insisted on fighting against the invaders, became a dangerous person in the eyes of many relatives and old friends. A guy who "ignored the current affairs" was afraid of getting involved with Green and angering Master Fei, so how could he be willing to pay? Help him rebuild his army.
During the first two weeks back in Alfheim, General Green struggled. In a letter to his old friend and boss, General Vasa, he couldn't help complaining about the selfishness and short-sightedness of his compatriots in his hometown.
General Vasa himself was born in the south, and he sympathized with General Green's cold reception in his hometown, but he could do nothing but encourage his old friend to persevere until the goddess of fate took pity on him and led him out of the predicament.
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