The mountain people's rebellion had actually been foreshadowed for a long time.
It is different from the Sequoia natives who think that the empire is nothing more than a big tribe and the battle between the two sides is essentially an inter-tribal conquest.
Because the mountain people have a larger number and have been unified under the belief of the Dragon God in the past, there has always been a call for "independence and founding of a country" internally. [2]
These mountain people believe that the proud people of the Dragon God should never become vassals of the empire. Even if they cannot be independent, they should build an empire similar to the frozen fortresses.
A large mountain people autonomous region is headed by the strongest among the mountain people.
They refused to pay taxes to the empire and lived scattered among the forests in the Baisen Mountains. They followed ancient traditions and lived an independent life.
Because the products in the area where they live are poor, the empire has never been interested in eradicating them. Even if there are good things occasionally, it is nothing more than relying on autonomous regions and several colonies.
They used grain, salt, iron and various tools to trade with these rebellious mountain people.
The most important thing is that the empire deprived the mountain people of the inheritance to become the third or even fourth level. The rebellious mountain people have always existed, but they do not have the corresponding power foundation to change anything.
What?
In contrast, although the empire deprived the mountain people of their third and fourth level inheritance, it did not discriminate against the mountain people.
Among the Cangyun Knights, there is even a third-level mountain knight who serves as a law enforcement officer and has a very high status.
But this mountain man's self-identity is that of a 'mountain people clan under the empire', not as a subject of the Baisen Dragon God.
This is not surprising either. After all, the Baisen Dragon God has been away for too long. No matter how strong the ancient faith is, it will fade away and eventually turn into myths and legends, stories one by one. 1]
Many people have long looked past this.
Elder Jinya is one of them.
Although it sounds a bit strange, Ian can tell from his conversation with Elder Manya that although this old mountain man talks about the belief in Dragon God, he is actually more
Pursue power.
He believes that the Empire is a more advanced form of civilization, and there is nothing wrong with joining the other party. He wants to recover the Book of Silver Glory, essentially wanting to obtain a bloodline that is not restricted by the Empire.
The True Form inheritance is also to allow the tribe that I belong to to gain more benefits from the Dragon Worship Cult. Jen 1
Of course, Ian also believed that Elder Manya had the idea of 'borrowing the Book of Silver Glory to benefit the mountain people'. He wanted to bring the now fragmented mountain tribes under the Dragon God's orthodoxy
Reunified under the light.
But this is not the same as the purpose of rebellious mountain people to establish an independent country.
The purpose of Elder Jinya is to gather the mountain people and become one of the important political forces in Nanling, thereby influencing the political decision-making of Nanling.
Therefore, the rebellion was definitely not the group of mountain people from Elder Manya, Ian could be sure of this.
But in this way, how did the rebellious mountain people, who had neither the third level nor sufficient resources and organizational power, let the situation in Nanling deteriorate to this point? 1
"It's the Flying Flame Land." 3]
Captain Piman said with determination, answering Ian's doubts: "It's the Flying Flame Land that gave those rebellious mountain people resources and weapons. They even had alchemy artillery and skilled firepower."
The gun team and the militiamen in the autonomous region are no match at all. Only Wansling knows how long they have been planning. "Jen 3]
This is the same as the way to support the Sequoia natives.
Ian thought of the gun-wielding natives he had killed around Harrison Port. He nodded and said: "The timing of the uprising was also very clever. The general and Captain Cangyun both went to the imperial capital. This incident
There had never been any hint before that there must be a traitor in the Governor's Mansion.
"Congratulations, sir!" Piman said with admiration, "The colonel also said so, so we are pursuing various clues!" 4
The colonel refers to the son of the Marquis of Baton-Henriel, Mayowa-Henriel, the deputy commander of the Nineteenth Legion, who took charge of matters related to the South Ridge after the Marquis of Baton went to the imperial capital.
"Tracing the master who made pastries and whose father died at the hands of the Flying Flames?" Ian glanced at him and said calmly: "This is not your job, and don't do it.
Taishanggang is online. Where are the other patrol knights?
"This Piman obviously cannot answer this question. How could he know the movements of other patrol knights?
Ian believes that this is related to the truth that the rebellious mountain people dare to rebel - there is no fourth energy level, even with the support of Fei Yandi, who provides weapons and equipment, those rebellious mountain people
It will definitely not be able to block the attack of the knights and patrol knights under the Marquis of Barton.
Not to mention that the Nanling Dragon Worship Cult is still an ally of the empire, and the Mountain King also hates Feiyandi deeply because of what happened to Xiou.
“Take me to the Governor’s Palace.
With thoughts flashing in his mind, Ian raised his head and signaled the guard knight to leave: "I have something to report to the colonel."
Since there were instructions from superiors, Piman certainly would not insist on continuing to pester the manager of the pastry shop - it was originally the task from above. They followed the instructions and pursued the matter in a matter-of-fact manner.
already.
The manager of the pastry shop watched in shock as the team of escorting knights led the team away obediently under Ian's scolding. In fact, he also knew that his source of raw materials had some magical powers.
Guang Guang, but never thought that this would actually be related to the spies from Feiyandi.
But this is actually the norm in Nanling. The elusive Feiyandi spies and spies have greatly disrupted normal production and work in the surrounding areas of Nauman City. Although it sounds like
It's a bit ridiculous, but they really destroyed water mills, castrated bulls, dug canals, and poured salt on important planting lands.
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As for shaking egg yolks, splitting earthworms vertically, and teaching them to passing children - naturally they would not do this kind of thing, but it has basically become a standard feature of folk tales.
"Why is there no news of the mountain people's rebellion in the imperial capital? I didn't even hear it in the golden field.
Ian asked on the way to the Governor's Mansion. He didn't intend to get an answer. After all, for escort knights like Piman, if they don't know, they don't know. Anyway, they just
Follow the instructions above.
Who knew that this knight actually had the answer: "Of course it's because of the big meeting. Sir, you are still young and very talented, so you probably don't know these things, right?"
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"How could it be possible to report this kind of news to the outside world and above during a meeting in the imperial capital? What's more, it didn't affect the Agate Stone Plain. It's not a big deal." 1
“When the general comes back, these things will definitely stop——
This - too realistic.
Blinking, Ian felt an overly realistic absurdity in his heart - he didn't expect that Terra actually had a tradition of not having any major events during the national conference, and things like mountain people's rebellion could happen.
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Whose idea was it to ensure that there are no problems around the Agate Stone Plain?
Ian didn't want to know the answer to this question.
Piman and other knights led the way, and pedestrians entered Naumann City unimpeded.
Because of Ian's status and reputation, some people in Nauman City knew him.
In particular, Marquis Barton would occasionally mention Ian. Everyone knew that there was a White People alchemist whom Marquis Barton was very optimistic about under his command, and even asked him to join the Inspector Knights at a young age of less than 20 years old. .
Nowadays, the sky is dark, and there are more pedestrians on the streets. Now that food has become more expensive, and the price of alcohol has also increased, there are more seafood restaurants mainly selling shells and fish on the streets of Nauman City.
Fresh food stalls have occupied the market. This kind of thing is difficult to find in Nauman City. It can be regarded as filling the current market gap. Jen 2]
There were a lot of knights patrolling the streets, and their armors were also extremely elite, using a laminated armor design. Ian even saw two at the bridge guard in the upper city.
The armor is still brand new.
Obviously, the all-out confrontation with Feiyandi put a lot of pressure on Nanling. Nauman City almost took out all the equipment at the bottom of the box -
When the road came to the Governor's Mansion, Piman and others resigned, as they did not have permission to enter it.
Ian waited for the guard to send a message to the Governor's Mansion, and the officer guarding the gate couldn't help but express surprise when he saw that the Inspector Knight being summoned was actually such a handsome young man from the White People.
Strange look.
"Please wait.
After confirming Ian's Order of Inspector Knight and the letter of appointment as lord personally signed by the Marquis of Barton and His Highness Mikael, he said respectfully: "I will report it now.
A few minutes later, Ian received a reply: "Please come in, the colonel is waiting for you."
After all, he had already been here once, and there was a map in the silver chip, so Ian still had time to observe some people in the Governor's Mansion when he was led to the Governor's Office.
Unlike when the Marquis of Barton was there, there are no more than a dozen people in the Governor's Mansion today who monitor every area from various angles. There are not even the number of knights.
There are many, and the manpower is extremely empty.
And just by looking at it, Ian saw a bright red target directly in the office area on the first floor, representing hostility. Jen 1]
Ian thought to himself: "A spy works in the Governor's Palace so blatantly? He is really not afraid of death, and without the Marquis of Barton and his group of elite knights, the remaining
What kind of stinking fish and shrimps are these? You can't even find such an obvious target?" 7.11
This was one of the reasons he wanted to come to the Governor's Mansion. After Ian deduced that there were spies inside the Governor's Mansion, he planned to use his psychic powers to see if he could find any clues.
I didn't even think about it. I just opened my eyes and found it directly. It was as easy as bending down to pick up money.
That's what he said, but others didn't have precognitive vision, so who could hide from the prophet? But Ian looked carefully and found the clue: "Wait a minute.
Not a flesh-and-blood shapeshifter?
"It turns out that it parasitized an employee? It seems that I wrongly blamed the Governor's Mansion. This kind of monster has a very strong disguise and replacement ability. I didn't expect" Feiyandi has now used it.
superior.
The Flesh Shapeshifter is a monster that Ian encountered in the subspace maze of Avak Territory. With its extremely powerful parasitic ability, it killed two members of the Huaiguang Rescue Team.
member.
This kind of shape-shifting monster can read the brain memories of low-level sublimated people and then simulate it perfectly. Apart from the abnormality in weight, it has no shortcomings.
Ian made up his mind to tell Colonel Mayowa this problem when he met him later.
It seems that Feiyandi has gained nothing in the Awak Territory. Some of the information may have been sent back before the dead king was born.
With all kinds of thoughts in his heart, Ian came to the office of the Governor's Mansion.
In the office, a thin, middle-aged man with curly hair stood up on his own initiative and came to shake hands with Ian with a smile.
"Sure enough, it's better to meet than to be famous."
Colonel Mayowa said softly: "Mr. Ian, you must know who I am, so there is no need to introduce myself. I heard that you left the imperial capital two weeks ago.
Why did you arrive at Nanling now?”
Because of the Marquis of Barton, Ian was very indifferent to his smiling and cordial response, and even thought to himself, "Is this trying to set me up again?"
"Report to the commander." So he replied without missing a beat: "-Partly it is mission-related, -Partly it is to observe the current situation in Nanling and prepare for the next management of the territory.
prepare for. '
He said this, one way to stop the other party from continuing to ask questions, and the other way to bring up the topic later.
However, it seems that Colonel Mayowa's skills are not as deep as his father's. He just nodded slightly and motioned for Ian to sit on the sofa nearby, while he sat back to do the work.
Behind the table: "I can understand. In the six months since you left, things have changed in Nanling, and now the situation is very chaotic. It's really understandable that you want to see the situation with your own eyes."
No
"I guess you didn't come here to see me, but to contact my father. But from your expression, it seems that you have other things to report or ask me?"
Colonel Mayowa spoke surprisingly candidly. It seemed that having a father of the Riddler and the Tempter would not necessarily raise sons of the same kind, but another completely opposite kind of offspring.
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Ian was so happy to talk to such a person. He nodded solemnly and asked: "Yes, sir. My territory, a knight territory in the former Ryan Territory, is now because of
The mountain people rebelled and lost contact. I want to know why the mountain people, who theoretically do not have any high-end military force, dare to show their teeth to the empire.
“Even with the support of Feiyandi, they shouldn’t be so bold when the fourth energy level cannot take action.
"Besides, I have a guess about Feiyan Dijian's conspiracy that I want to report to you."
"Indeed. You came here to inherit the territory, but this happened to you.
Colonel Mayowa was indeed a cheerful man. He knocked on the table with his hand. After thinking for a while, he determined that Ian did meet the conditions for knowing this information, and told him the whole story.
Know.
Nearly three months ago, dragon roars suddenly came from the northwest side of the Baisen Mountains, where they intersect with the Absalom Mountains of the Flying Flame Land.
That was not the voice of the Mountain King, but the voice of another giant dragon. This incident aroused great vigilance in the Governor's Mansion, and the Dragon Worship Cult was also extremely concerned about it.
After that, the beasts in the Baisen Mountains began to become extremely active. It was also at that time that a large-scale biological virus spread, and batches of frenzied monsters rushed in.
The tribes, villages and towns of the mountain people, the imperial colonies and the mountain people's autonomous regions were all severely hit. Jen 2]
The King of the Mountain naturally did not allow this to happen, so he took the initiative to investigate the root cause of these things. As a result, he discovered possible ancient dragon ruins deep in the mountains, and went to explore
He checked, but found that it was an ambush, which was delayed for a long time.
"It's the Steel Winged Dragon."
Colonel Mayowa told the truth: "It was the Steel Pterosaurs in the Absalom Mountains that migrated here, causing all the subsequent evil consequences.
The Steel Winged Dragons in the Absalom Mountains are a powerful group of monsters in the towering mountains between the Flame Land and the Empire. Among them, the Steel Winged Dragon King is the fourth level.
Although the beasts are inferior to real dragons in strength, but unlike real dragons that often travel alone, Steel Winged Dragon itself is a creature that is accustomed to moving in groups. They have always advanced and retreated together.
Feiyandi secretly opened the mountain passage between the empire and itself. Both the empire and other countries believed that Feiyandi must have paid a huge price to eliminate those groups.
An evil beast entrenched in the mountains.
But the actual situation is that Feiyandi made a deal with the dragon group. Feiyandi assisted the Steel Winged Dragon King to transform into a real dragon, at least with part of the true dragon bloodline, and the Steel Winged Dragon group had to serve Feiyandi. .
Reasonable deal.
The chaos in Nanling is essentially due to the group of steel pterosaurs that suddenly migrated here from distant mountains. They carried a large number of biological warfare viruses and insect pests and could easily be attacked.
The mountain people gathering place far away from the center of the southern ridge of the empire was defeated, and with the help of Feiyandi, the strength of the Steel Winged Dragon King became even stronger, even comparable to that of a real dragon.
They migrated to Nanling. 5 3]
This is the truth of the matter - behind the rebellious mountain people in Nanling is not nothing, but a group of extremely powerful Longshan, a fourth-level true dragon-level monster.
The rebellious mountain people call the other party their true object of worship, the new Baisen Dragon God in the future.
Basically, the powerful sublimators in Nanling and the military sublimators have penetrated deep into the Baisen Mountains to help stabilize those autonomous regions that are still resisting and supporting the empire.
Live in condition and order.
This is also the reason why Ian didn't see any patrol knights or Marquis Barton's personal guards along the way.
They all went deep into the mountains to fight against the dragons. Jen 7]
