Mount & Blade: Wind of War

When the rich peasant arrived with more than a hundred peasants, the only task left for him was to clean up the battlefield.

There were also some old people and children among the orcs. After they were pulled out, the orcs hiding in the corners of the castle who were resisting stubbornly came out and knelt down to surrender.

Surprisingly, the one who led these orcs to rebel was actually a female orc. At this moment, she was tied up tightly with ropes and pressed in front of Rhodes. There was a bloody wound on her forehead.

Although Rhodes didn't remember it clearly, he was sure that it was caused by his hammer.

"Why betray, why kill your master?"

Asking this question was just a routine matter. In any case, slaves rebelling and killing their masters is a capital crime in any country.

What's more, they were killed in an extremely cruel way.

"That demon made us pay taxes four times a year and made us do heavy labor. Not only that, he also secretly killed my uncle's family with despicable means, and allowed his men to cripple them..."

As if she knew that this would be her last chance to speak in her life, the female orc leader was not stubborn, but she was not afraid at all.

"We work all year round, but we can't even eat a bite of meat until we die. After we die, our bodies will be skinned and sold by those greedy human nobles. Even with such hard work, we still can't get a better life for our children. We killed those dirty and disgusting human nobles, and we just took back what we deserved!"

"We drank wine and ate meat, we don't care, just kill us!"

The next moment, her head was chopped off. Because of her bravery, Rhodes did not torture her.

"You have your reasons, and we have our rules. Even if the Steve family is not innocent, you are not innocent either. Kill them all, but don't let anyone torture them."

"Yes."

The adjutant of the Dark Armored Cavalry beside him, Yannick, quickly went down to execute the order.

"As for you, you will be rewarded and maybe get an official position, but you have to take care of everything here and hand it over to the person in charge who will come next."

Rhodes said this to the rich farmer while riding on horseback. The other party nodded in agreement.

This incident was just a small episode in the journey, but it allowed Rhodes to glimpse that there was a problem with the foundation of the entire empire.

There were too many people and too little land, and the foundation was shaken. The more conscientious nobles intended to squeeze slaves to maintain their own operating expenses.

However, the slaves, who already had little surplus value, would reach the limit of their endurance one day if they were further tortured and exploited, just like what the female orc said just now:

We drank wine and ate meat, we don't care...

They also knew that they would not survive if they rebelled, so they didn't run far away at all, but stayed in the castle and closed the gates for two days of happiness, and then their lives would be enough.

"When they are no longer afraid of death, how can we still threaten them with death?"

Riding on the way back, Cress seemed a little depressed and confused because of the previous killings. This was also because Rhode had improved her intelligence too much and taught her too much knowledge. If it was the old Cress, she would only be excited at this moment.

"Master, I don't know why, but I suddenly feel that those orcs didn't do anything wrong. If Steve is really like what she said, I think if it were me, I would hang him if I had the chance. But I will prioritize my own safety. If I can't escape after killing him, I will choose to escape first instead of killing him for revenge."

"Cress, a race is like a person. There are very few pure good and bad people in this world. Most of them are ordinary people with half good and half evil. Under the current situation, some people will sympathize with orcs, and some people will kill orcs. There are relatively few people who can do the latter, so we have to be the latter. There is never a lack of cheap kindness in this world. If a race is mostly left with only sympathetic people, rather than killing people, then the next people to be killed and enslaved will be people of this race."

In every race, there are all kinds of people. Some people are really born saints, some people are really generous to others, some people are extremely nationalistic, and some people are uncertain about their positions.

For this race and this nation, the truly beneficial composition is of course the real natural saints, but most people can hardly do it, so the relatively beneficial ones are the extremists. At least their position is more firm, slightly stronger than the second and fourth ones.

When Rhodes and Cress returned to the team with the dark armored cavalry, Anna happily ran out of the carriage and wanted to run to the two of them.

However, she was stopped and hugged by Katie. Anna was too young to feel it, but Katie could feel the bloody breath left on the two.

What's more, the corners of the mouths of the dark armored cavalry of the two were still slightly outlined, and there were still some mottled blood spots on their bodies.

The journey to the capital continued. On the way, they met Sir Steve, who had a very good reputation among the peasants but was regarded as a demon by the orcs, and another lord who was united by the people of the territory to resist because of the accumulated public anger.

However, the closer we get to the capital Fastel, such situations become less common.

The fighting and bloodshed decrease, and a prosperous scene begins to appear in the field of vision.

There is no more barren land, and pedestrians are crisscrossing in the city. Most of them have full muscles and clear eyes. This is also natural. The closer we get to the big city, the stronger the country's administrative control ability becomes. Although this kind of national support cannot make people's living standards high, it can maintain a certain minimum.

After all, the real foundation of the country lies in the people. No country can be composed entirely of nobles and big businessmen. Without the support of a large number of people, the nobles are no longer nobles, and even the royal family is the same. In a sense, the royal family is just a more powerful noble.

Moreover, after arriving at the inland city, there began to be invitations from nobles, the little princess Anna's visit, and the accompanying protection of the dispatched troops.

Although this kind of local protection will not follow too far, it also strengthens the momentum.

Finally, after a long journey of nearly half a year, the army of Lonely Mountain Castle arrived at Fastel, the capital of the Styak Empire.