This game is too real.

Chapter 783

The blazing flames climbed up the wooden eaves, illuminating the blank and stunned faces.

The rising black smoke was like a homeless ghost, and the crackling and howling were particularly conspicuous in the silence of the crowd.

This is the southwest corner of Mammoth State, a small village called "Stone Village"...or so it used to be called.

Most of the people who live here are free citizens of the empire.

But the Empire is the other way around from the rest of the wasteland, and the free folk here are nothing to be proud of.

Since most of the fertile land along the river is in the hands of the nobles, most free folk live in poverty even if they have land to cultivate.

If the average serf had to eat six meals a week of red clay, then the freemen might have to eat seven or eight meals a week, basically maintaining a half-dead state.

Of course, except for those who can survive in the settlement or on the edge of the settlement.

The same is true for Shitou Village. Since it is far away from the Tasang River and there are no small rivers or lakes nearby, the land is not easy to grow, and most of the villagers just fool around with food and clothing.

This kind of guy who lives like weeds really can't squeeze out any oil and water, and the empire generally doesn't bother to pay attention to them. Apart from collecting taxes, they usually let them fend for themselves.

Of course, the tolerance of this gift is limited to normal times.

Walking five or six miles south from Stone Village, you can see the boundary marker of Mazhou, but it was just five or six miles away that caused the fire of "solid walls and clear fields" to burn here...

At the gate of Shitou Village, an old man over half a century old sat slumped on the ground, looking up at the tall centurion, crying with snot and tears.

"My lord, we have lived here for many years, you set this place on fire, me, where do we live..."

The centurion looked at him expressionlessly and said coldly.

"Next door is Mazhou, and further south is Huzhou. The legs are as long as your body. As long as you don't go north, you can go wherever you like."

The old man begged bitterly.

"But, but... how can we live without land."

"How do you live?" The centurion sneered, looked down at the old thing lying on the ground, and said sarcastically, "Just find a manor and sell yourself... don't cry so much, you old man Things are getting old, and it’s time to go to the ground.”

Seeing the old man staring at him blankly, the centurion thought that he was really not very particular about what he said, so he softened his tone slightly.

"Okay, there's banditry here, it's for your own good to let you go, don't be so ignorant. I'll give you time to pack your things, get out if you're fine."

"Bandit trouble?! But, but, those Moon Clan people didn't care about us..."

Seeing that the centurion was about to leave, the stunned old man suddenly became anxious, and he couldn't choose what to say for a while, but he forgot the identity of the military master in front of him, let alone the significance of the Moon Clan to the empire. What.

The centurion stopped when he heard the words, squinted his eyes and looked up and down the old man's eyes, his eyes became slightly unkind.

"Have they been here?"

Not only the centurion squinted at the old man, but the soldiers on the side also put their hands on the Ripper rifle.

Feeling that the atmosphere was not right, the old man was also frightened and stuttered for a while.

"I……"

The centurion stared at him.

"Why didn't you report to the nearby outpost?"

"What, what outpost?"

Beads of sweat oozed from the old man's forehead, and before he could explain, the centurion waved his hand at the soldiers beside him.

"Take it back for trial."

Two soldiers strode forward, each grabbed the old man by one shoulder, ignored the latter's screams like killing a pig, and carried him onto the cart like carrying an animal.

The young men in the village wanted to go up to stop them, but they were too scared to move forward by the murderous gaze. They could only watch helplessly as the elders in the village were taken away...

Similar scenes not only happened in Stone Village, but also happened in other places.

Even more than that.

More than [-] gray wolves marched into Mammoth State occupied by the rebels like a rainbow, and they were planning to avenge their shame from top to bottom.

While sending out scouts to detect the movement of the resistance army, Alayan steadily laid out the battle line, and at the same time sent a small group of troops along the border to advance his strategy of fortifying the wall and clearing the country.

It wasn't just the old man who was suspected of being in contact with the Resistance Army who was taken away.

There were also men, women, children, and animals in barns who had no idea what was going on.

These imperial soldiers didn't even spare the eggs laid by the hen.

Of course, not all villages are so docile and obedient. After all, with the ecological situation of Borneo Province, it takes some skills to hold back the nobles' land annexation.

Some young men filled with righteous indignation brought out dung forks, bows and arrows, bird guns and even earthen cannons, trying to confront the gray wolf army of the empire.

However, instead of scaring off the gray wolves of the empire, their righteous indignation brought disaster on themselves and their families.

Although the Gray Wolf Army was almost drowned by the Alliance in the Yongliu River when they were outside the Golden Gallon Port City, it was no problem for them to take care of a group of poor people in poor clothes.It was just a charge, and all the soldiers killed this group of wild weeds, and blood flowed into rivers.

And once the bayonet saw red, things would not end so well.

What's more, today's Gray Wolf Army has been corrupted by the Tiger Army and Black Panther Army. Both the will to fight and the discipline are far worse than half a year ago... Although they were not much better half a year ago. .

After venting their beasts on the weak ones who survived, a group of gray wolves who had had enough fun lifted up their pants, rewarded the "captives" with a happy, threw their heads on the cart, and took them back to the camp as the heads of the rebels. Invite credit to go.

Just on the hundreds of kilometers border between the Mammoth State and the Maryland State, the burning flames were like a long snake crawling, engulfing one village after another.

That beast-like behavior was like the howling of wolves on Shifeng Mountain.

Not even more...

"...these bastards!"

At the edge of the dark forest, Ackerman stared at the soldiers leaving from the ruins, with raging anger burning in his eyes.

When the long-haired woman was dragged into the cowshed, he thought of his mother...

The same goes for the soldiers beside him, all of them clutching the rifles in their hands, wishing they could rush up and devour the centurion alive.

Especially the boy named Udi, if he hadn't been pulled by his companions, he might have rushed up.

"They have too many people... We only have ten people, not their opponents."

Taking a deep breath and calming down, Ackerman said in a deep voice.

"Lacy told us that in order to defeat an opponent who is much stronger than us, we must not only have the ruthlessness that is not afraid of death, but also learn to use our brains."

A tall teenager with freckles looked at him and asked in a low voice.

"what should we do?"

"You took Udi, and you, you..."

Ackerman counted out five local recruits and handed them over to the veteran who had killed all the way from Huzhou. He lowered his voice and continued to ask, "Go north and tell the villagers what happened here, and say that the people from the empire are here. If you see anyone, kill them, and if you don’t want to die, run north.”

"It's no use if they go there," Udi interjected, whispering, "It's flooded there..."

"It's just temporarily flooded. The flood season has passed, and it will be winter soon... When spring arrives, the flooded land will be the most fertile. Lord Laxi will distribute the land of the nobles to them for planting." Said without hesitation.

The land along the Tasang River that originally belonged to the nobles has been annexed and can be used to resettle these displaced villagers once the flood season is over.

Those lands are far more fertile than here, and Lassi said that some will be given to the locals.Now the Mammoth State is already the territory of the Resistance Army, and they have to manage this land well.

Hearing the division of land, the eyes of the two boys lit up, including Udi.

His village is outside Mammoth City, which is the domain of nobles.His father and mother had planted land for the nobles all their lives, and they didn't have a piece of land of their own. Now someone was willing to give them the manor and plantation of the nobles, and they were so excited that they wanted to cheer for a moment.

Only a few veterans from Huzhou smiled at their innocence.

farming?

There's no way out of that thing.

They had suffered enough farming in the valleys of Huzhou, and they had to carry guns to live a good life.

The freckled face frowned slightly, looked at Ackerman and asked.

"Why do those villagers believe us?"

"Go there and pick up some things and bring them to them. Believe it or not, we only save what we can."

Ackerman pointed to the ruins of the village not far away, motioned him to pick up some physical evidence there, and then continued in a low voice.

"These villages should be here today. Gray wolves don't dare to walk at night, but it's hard to tell after dawn. You'd better move quickly and finish everything before dawn... Remember, you must All villages within half a day's walking distance will be notified!"

The six young men nodded solemnly, sneaked into the bushes beside them and carefully touched the village, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

As for Ackerman, he took the remaining three people and followed the retreating gray wolf army centurion, trying to find their "regiment headquarters".

If you are lucky, you may find a chance to shoot them a few times!

At the same time, on the other side, at the headquarters of the Gray Wolf Army, General Aryan looked at the sand table expressionlessly, his thoughts unconsciously drifting away with the chess pieces on the sand table.

I still remember that at the beginning of the year, he was still the god of war admired by thousands of people.

And in just half a year, those who admired him regarded him as a disgrace to the empire, and stepped hard into the sewer.

How high those people praised him at the time was how hard they threw him down later.But it was precisely because of that incident that he completely woke up——

These troublemakers are not worthy of his sympathy.

He shouldn't treat them as adults, although he didn't care about them much before.

To this day, he still won't forget the grievance he suffered in Port Gingeron. The group of poor people who crawled around killed his scouts for a few silver coins, sold his information, and deliberately used the trench as a grave in the Digging, digging, his soldiers raised their hands above their heads and couldn't reach the trench.

There are also reeds on the edge of the Yongliu River.

Those guys would rather be shot and be drowned than be the dogs of the alliance, but they don't want to stay in the empire and be a good person.

He knows better than anyone else that if he gives such a firm and clear order, the people under him will definitely use "their own way" to mess around.

But so what?

Instead of keeping these pigs behind on the front line and deliberately doing bad things to help, it is better to use their blood to deter those who dare to oppose the empire.

At this time, the officer in charge of clearing the walls and clearing the fields walked into the tent, looked at General Arayan who was standing in front of the map and saluted respectfully, and reported.

"My lord, the Moon Clan's Resistance Army has probably been here before."

"They will definitely come, there's nothing strange about it. You can check later, whoever has relatives in the Resistance Army, no matter distant relatives or close relatives, take them out and form a separate team. I will keep them for use."

Staring at the Mammoth City on the map, Arayan continued to speak expressionlessly.

"That Lacy is an officer trained by the alliance, and the people who left Golden Gallon Port with him were also trained by the alliance. What these people are best at is interspersing, infiltrating, breaking up parts, and using less to fight more... in Luoxia line In the provinces and river valley provinces, those people used these tricks to make the Willanters suffer a lot."

The officer's expression froze, and he said in a low voice.

"If this is the case, I am afraid this battle will not be easy."

"I'm afraid?" Alayan laughed, and continued, "Don't expect a quick battle. It will take at least three or four months to completely wipe them out. If they want to fight guerrillas, let them go." , we set up our formation—”

Before his words fell, there was an explosion sound from a distance.

The two people in the tent were stunned, and Alayyan's expression changed first, and he rushed out of the tent and looked in the direction where the voice came from.

The officer followed him out of the tent, and then heard the second explosion sounded from far away.

His face changed slightly, and the officer trembled.

"155mm!"

Union's 155!

The impression that thing left on him was too deep-rooted, and he would never forget the buzzing feeling in his brain for the rest of his life.

"You don't need to talk nonsense..." Alayan cursed, took off the walkie-talkie hanging on his shoulder, and roared.

The first few shells were just "school shots"!
There must be guerrilla scouts and communication stations reporting the impact points near the shelled troops!
The facts are indeed as Aryan thought.

Soon the boiling cannons exploded on the position of the 1th team belonging to the 7000th team, giving the Gray Wolf Army a blow to the head.

Due to the inadequate excavation of the artillery fortifications, the entire 6000-man team suffered heavy casualties. Only [-]% escaped from the position and were rescued by the [-]th team who rushed to reinforce.

The first confrontation between the Gray Wolf Army and the Moon Clan Resistance Army ended with a small victory for the latter, but the victory or defeat of just one battle was not enough to reverse the latter's disadvantage.

The disparity in strength between the two sides is still huge.

Alayan has a full [-] army in his hands, and it is also an elite division equipped with Willante equipment, and its chief instructor is the famous general of the Eastern Army, McLenne.

As for Laxi, although the local army of the Mammoth State was wiped out with a clever trick of "flooding the army", so that the resistance army could face the attack of the gray wolf army in an intact state, but even so, the troops he could use The total is only a little over [-], and more than half of them are recruits.

Although the residents of Gold Gallon Port and even Potato Chips Port have donated tens of millions of silver coins to the Lunar Resistance Army, if the latter cannot win on the battlefield, all ideals will be empty talk in the end...

……

Jin Gallon Port, the waiting hall of the passenger terminal, Qian Duo from Dawn City was flipping through the "Daily Survivor" in his hand with great interest.

The Survivor Daily here is completely different from the version in Dawn City. It mainly reports some news that the locals are interested in. As for the war situation in Haiya Province and the things in River Valley Province, there are only a few mentions.

As for today.

Almost all newspapers in Port Gum Gallon focused on the Mammoth State front.

[...The witnesses and material evidence are all there!Shameless executioner Arayan! 】

[Roger, the secretary-general of the Port of Gold Galleon Federation, strongly condemned the barbaric actions of the Imperial Gray Wolf Army. One hundred thousand survivors raised placards to protest against the deportation of prisoners of war by the authorities! 】

[Governor Secretary-General Yodu, who has always refused to express opinions on empire-related affairs, rarely spoke out to denounce the crimes of the empire, "It is not just Stone Village that has tragedies, there are so many places we can't see!"]

[A Chinese teacher from the southern sea area, who did not want to be named, expressed shock in an interview: "Shame! I will write to my relatives and friends on the roundabout, and I will go to the representative meeting to petition! The survivors in the southern sea area are absolutely Do not cooperate with cannibals!"]

"Burn more than a hundred villages, expel hundreds of thousands of survivors, and countless people died during the migration... Tsk tsk, these Xilan people are cruel enough to their own people."

Looking at the shocking photo, Qian Duo clicked his tongue involuntarily, but he just clicked his tongue and turned to a new page.

Mammoth State is where he will be going later, and he is waiting for a flight there in an hour.But to be honest, seeing the dire situation of the battle here, his heart was somewhat beating.

10 people...

How many people are there in Dawn City now?

30?
Or 50 million?
If the floating population is included, it may be really difficult to calculate.

Han Long sitting next to him raised his eyelids and said casually.

"Is it because the Bonechewers are not ruthless, or the mutants in Jinchuan Province are not ruthless... It's more rare than strange."

"Haha, that's true...but then again, if the alliance doesn't plan to make a move against [-] regular troops against [-] stragglers, I think this Laxi will probably be doomed." In contrast, Qian Duo said casually with a smile.

"If the alliance makes a move, the legion may have to end, um...it's really not easy to handle." Han Long answered thoughtfully.

At this moment, a strange voice suddenly came from beside him.

"He's going to be fucked."

Han Long ignored him, but Qian Duo looked at the person who interrupted the topic with great interest, and he saw that he was a gentle, refined and easy-going man.

He looks like a man of high status, but his clothes are not very valuable.There was a suitcase at his feet, and it looked quite big, probably because he was about to go out a long way.

Curious about the views of the locals, Qian Duo asked curiously.

"Oh? Do you think he can win even if the alliance doesn't make a move?"

Zaid smiled lightly and said in a soft voice.

"It depends on how you define winning or losing. If the goal is to defeat Alyan, it is no problem for him. But if the goal is to aim at the program proposed by the federation, he has no chance of winning."

Qian Duoha laughed.

"It's interesting what you said, but my opinion is the opposite of yours. If the Gray Wolf Army loses again, the empire will never be able to turn the tables. It's only a matter of time before it collapses."

Zaid shook his head and said clearly.

"Our views are not actually in conflict, but 'the collapse of the empire' and 'the realization of the program of the Federation' are two different things."

Qian Duo became more and more interested in this guy, and said with a smile.

"You mean that Laxi wants to be the emperor? But I don't think it's necessarily a bad thing. Even if it's a bit of feudalism here? At least it's much more civilized than the current state of ruthlessness... Sorry for being a little blunt , but it does seem so to me, an outsider."

After all, they are gods who can compete with things that have been buried in the soil like the Bone Chewing Tribe. The place where the birds don't shit in Honghe Town may be much more advanced than them.

Zaid was not angry, but just smiled and said.

"Everyone can see that Lacy wants to be emperor, and not only you can see it. But unfortunately he didn't have this chance. The survivors in Borneo don't need an emperor, or the people here never need an emperor. Emperor, it’s just that the final result allowed them to get His Majesty... Of course, what they need is not equality, but someone who can 'make decisions for me'."

Qian Duo raised his eyebrows with interest.

Before coming here, he has done sufficient market research, especially repeatedly read the survey report of Ms. Han Mingyue.

What this guy said is completely different from the research results of the Alliance Scientific Research Team, although it is not completely opposite.

"You don't think Lacie is the one?"

Zaid shook his head.

"Obviously not."

Qian Duo asked curiously.

"Because he was born a slave?"

Zaid shook his head again.

"of course not."

Qian Duo asked again.

"Then why?"

Zaid looked at the ceiling and thought for a moment.

"Because...he wants to be a good emperor."

Qian Duo couldn't help laughing.

"Is there anything wrong with that?"

Zaid smiled lightly, but did not answer the question directly.

"There is a logical paradox in this land, let me call it...'theorem that a mouse can't turn into a man', or 'rat man theorem' for short. Those who want to be good generals must not be good generals, but those who want to be good The emperor's people must not be a good emperor, even if they only want to be a good person. Whether it is Laxi or Wu Tuo, whether it is a boy from the Federation or an old nobleman from Wu Tuo, the harder they work, the more they struggle. The more it runs counter to your own ideals.”

This looks like a theory he made up now. After all, he has been thinking about the name of this broken theory for a while.

But in order to better understand the market under his feet, Qian Duo continued to listen with interest.

"Sounds like a desperate fate."

"is not that right?"

Zaid glanced at the wall clock on the wall of the waiting hall, and it seemed that there was still some time, so he continued to talk eloquently.

"...An invisible curse entangles everyone in this land, whether it is the Rat Clan or the Moon Clan. Some people are aware of the source of the curse, which is the red soil and the City of Thousand Pillars, but more people just think that I realized that I didn’t understand anything, so I set my eyes on the red soil and the thousand pillars. It’s like picking flowers in the mirror, fishing for the moon in the water, and looking for a horse in the cowshed.”

"The one who can make decisions for the survivors of Borneo Province can only be a perfect 'saint'. They strive for excellence in this point, and are even more devout than the believers in Yinyue Bay, so they finally got their wish. Will... you might say that Rowell died long ago, but isn't Wu Tuo another Rowell?"

"In fact, he never left, and has been cursing the person who buried him in that red soil. Now his children have found a new answer, and it is something that they have never thought of before, which is what you gave them 'equality'."

He lowered his eyebrows and sighed faintly.

"Everything seems to be very good, but unfortunately the curse broke out, or the 'rat man theorem' took effect - a mouse that aspires to be a good person can't even be a good mouse. Unwittingly striving for 'equality', they must end up with the exact opposite."

Qian Duo was stunned for a moment, and said with a joke with a smile.

"If there is such a perfect saint, let alone you, we need it too... You don't have to say that laziness is something unique to you."

Zaid shook his head with a smile and said.

"You don't need it, you are just talking, you are completely different from us. Let me give you the simplest example. If it is in Borneo Province, a group of people seem to be nothing serious, but in general they are People who do something good don't please anyone and go to hell."

"You mean the residents of the refuge?" Qian Duo glanced around, there happened to be a few blue coats nearby, and then said with a smile, "I think the people in Port King Gallon like them too."

Zaid said softly.

"That's because they haven't left yet... Besides, it seems that King Gallen Harbor has been remodeled well, and it seems that it finally got the equality they dreamed of, but they didn't realize it. 'Masters', or the ones on whom their weary souls rest."

It sounds like the survivors in Borneo are idealists, but the "Survivor Daily" in Port Camgallon is materialistic, just like the alliance.

Qian Duo raised his eyebrows with interest, although he totally disagreed with his point of view.

"Your inference is very interesting, but there is no basis... In fact, you might as well follow the example of Ms. Han Mingyue and write your inference into a more organized paper and publish it. We look forward to the debate between you."

Zaid suddenly laughed.

"That kind of thing doesn't make any sense. Would you write the specific steps to make money in the newspaper? And don't forget what I said about the Rat Man Theorem. I don't want to be the first victim of this paradox. I will pay for it." And too many people have died. Time will tell my judgment... My flight is coming, I wish you a pleasant trip."

As he spoke, he got up from the seat with the suitcase in his hand, and suddenly seemed to have thought of something, smiled and looked at Qian Duo, and took off his hat to pay tribute.

"Also, Mammoth State is a really nice place, and I'm also optimistic about the future there."

Leaving the surprised-looking alliance businessman behind, Zaid walked to the security checkpoint.There seemed to be some dispute between him and the people there, but he finally went up.

Qian Duo looked at Han Long at the side and said excitedly.

"Fuck... This guy has something, he actually saw that we were going to Mammoth State for inspection?"

funny guy.

He should have asked his name.

Han Long stared at the man's back for a while, and his electronic eyes swayed left and right.

"I only care about the boss's business... After all, this person doesn't seem to be very optimistic about Laxi? Do we still need to go?"

Qian Duoha laughed and said.

"He doesn't think that's his point of view. There are many people in this world who disagree with us. Don't let a passerby's nonsense affect your judgment. What's more, our views are not all opposite. At least he is optimistic about Mammoth. State, this is the same as me."

If the Lister Group wants to keep up with the trend of the times, it has to expand its overseas business like Baiyue Company and join the new supply chain that is taking shape.

The products of the future alliance will no longer be produced only in the two industrial areas of Dawn City and Boulder City. The invisible logistics network will connect all the backward and advanced productive forces in the sticky body.

However, although business expansion is critical, risk control is even more critical.

And this is why Liszt asked him to go to Mammoth City, but he made his first stop at King Gallon Port.

Only the upstarts only focus on the rate of return.

Before considering the benefits, he had to find a way out.

(End of this chapter)