Jacques' fainting and waking up were just a trivial matter for the end of the water cold that was busy rectifying Skull Island.

By interrogating the prisoners, Shui Hanjin discovered that the problems encountered by the fleet in the west were not only recruiting a group of unplanned prisoners and obtaining a fortune, but also needed to divide the troops and send these harvests back to the Kingdom of God.

The even more headache was that they had been wasting too much time on the sea, and the war had already started on the west coast, so that the main force led by Heishu had attracted almost all the troops in the Stuart colony to the Western Front.

On the one hand, when formulating the strategy, Heishuo underestimated the speed of the newly formed "Yin Zhongwei" advancement, and on the other hand, the westbound fleet was indeed about ten days later than expected.

Therefore, when the westbound fleet attacked Skull Island, Yin Zhongwei's forwards had already occupied the town of Iligra, which was less than two hundred miles away from Tavare, the core city of the Stuart colony.

At this time, it had only been twenty days since "Yin Zhongwei" landed on the west coast.

In this way, even if the city guards and colonial regiments reacted slowly, they had already completed the assembly. The Governor's Office deployed tens of thousands of troops in the city of Candrak, the major traffic route west of Tavare, hoping to stop the "light dog" suddenly appearing on the west coast.

The two sides confront each other from a narrow passage between the town of Iligra and Candrak. This passage happens to be a river valley between a large rainforest. It was reclaimed by the indigenous peoples of the Western Continent thousands of years ago and was their traditional home.

The north and south sides of the valley are dense rainforests, which are home to strange beasts. Even well-equipped and experienced adventurers dare not go deeper. The armies of both sides dare not rashly pass through the rainforest and have no way to go.

The "Yin Zhongwei" was almost all infantry, with slow movements and numerous supplies. Although the vanguard attacked very quickly, the occupied areas in the rear still needed to be rectified and cleared. So when he learned that the colonial army had gathered in the city of Candrak opposite the valley, he felt at ease to station in the town of Iligra, and in turn guarded the road along the valley from east to west, dividing the Stuart colony into two.

On the other hand, the colonial army was also glad that the "Bright Dog" stopped moving eastward. They just need to defend the valley and prevent their opponents from continuing to move forward. As for regaining the lost land, they have to wait for Rendynum to send troops to come.

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Stuart's army in the colony was really a "security army" with no combat power. The colonial group could only be regarded as militias, and they usually do the job of farmers, adventurers and mercenaries. The ones who are in armor all year round are probably only guards responsible for installing storefronts in the town. The city guards responsible for urban security are even more unbearable. Most of them are gang members and idle gangsters, and what they do is to maintain the city's public security.

In the Stuart colony, it was truly considered professional soldiers. On the contrary, the guards of the few major lords on the eastern coast were at least full-time soldiers, and they were all trained in joint attack skills and combat skills all year round. However, not only were this group of people very small, but the primary task was to guard the territory of the major lords and they did not accept the recruitment of the colonial governor's palace at all.

In the early days of colonial development, Stuart also learned the lord system of the southern neighbor Castia colony. According to the feudal system, he recognized the legitimacy of the individual's occupation of land, as long as the lord paid the corresponding land tax to the principality.

This kind of copying and copying that does not consider the local situation soon arises.

In the colony of Castia, due to the organization and coordination of Earl Lee Baptist, it mainly redeems redemption and rarely uses military occupation. In addition, the southern part of the New World is vast and sparsely populated, and there are fewer conflicts between colonists and indigenous peoples, and even helps the development of indigenous tribes, which has achieved a win-win situation.

In addition, Castia only recognizes lords of aristocratic blood. The so-called occupation means that each noble family sends its own children to lead the family's private soldiers to establish a foundation in the area that had been agreed in advance. The nearby lords can still help each other. Maybe they are all relatives who are circling around.

When Stuart's colony occupied it, it seemed to be very eager for quick success and instant benefits, which also led to the root of the conflict later on.

Because the expedition fleet funded by Lee Baptiste sailed along the eastern coast of the New World, they not only brought back news of the discovery of the New World, but also provided basic information about the New World that they asked about it from the Aboriginal people.

According to the expedition, the narrow strip of the southern New World is a barren and backward wilderness compared to the north.

Therefore, at the imperial capital conference discussing the distribution of interests in the new world, the Grand Duke of Castia proposed that Castia would only divide the land in the south of the Kurdo Mountains, give up all the profits from other regions, and not participate in the expedition organized by Prince Anthony.

The other parties immediately agreed and happily excluded Castia from the expeditionary force.

At that time, the Grand Duke of Stuart sent more than 10,000 legion soldiers to participate in the expeditionary force under the banner of joint occupation and joint development. On the other hand, he mobilized various forces in the public to form their own expedition teams, setting the target to the north of the Hurdor Mountains, areas that the expeditionary force had no time to take into account for at the moment.

With its equipment advantages, the number of extraordinary people, and the powerful combat power of synergistic energy skills, Stuart's expedition quickly defeated the indigenous countries and achieved de facto occupation of the land in the area north of the Hurdor Mountains and south of the Brand River.

Although Prince Anthony, who organized the expeditionary force, had no time to take care of it. Later, all the expeditionary forces disappeared into the western jungle, and no one had any objections to the Duchy of Stuart to take the central part of the New World as its colony.

At that time, in order to quickly occupy the land, Stuart's army directly adopted the strategy of suppressing the indigenous people by force and relied on bloody means to control millions of indigenous people living in the local area.

The extraordinary people who participated in the occupation discovered that the Castia colonists in the south had gained practical benefits through the lord system and obtained land that could be passed on to their descendants. So they collectively demanded the implementation of the same policies as the Castia colony.

The Grand Duchy was originally a community of interests formed by the union of many nobles. Grand Duke Stuart could not go against the will of the public, so he held a meeting and simply divided the land in the occupied area.

On the surface, the Grand Duke of Stuart, who was in fact ill-intentioned, divided the land very little, and almost everyone who participated in the expedition received a piece of territory.

Every extraordinary person who participated in the war of conquest was divided into land, ranging from a few hundred acres to a few thousand acres, but most of them were not able to cultivate such a large area of ​​land.

At that time, there were very few immigrants to the New World. Out of fear of unfamiliar areas, few ordinary people were willing to leave their hometowns and go to the New World to make a living. Even if they went to the New World to try their luck, they only stayed on the beach with convenient transportation and rarely went deep into the inland.

There was a joke at that time, and he shouted on the streets of Tavare: "Lord Lord!"

Eight out of ten people will turn back and agree.

In the absence of labor, the colonists set their sights on the natives who had just been defeated by them.

So, the "lords" who were extraordinary people attacked everywhere, captured the indigenous people who were driven out of the traditional living areas and hid in the deep mountains and dense forests, and forced them to work in their newly established manors.

Therefore, the conflict between the colonists and the indigenous people became even more intense. In the following decades, there were constant skirmishes between the two sides, and large-scale protests initiated by the indigenous people also occurred several times.

Later, due to years of conflict between the Stuart colonists and the indigenous people, many small lords in inland areas died and no one inherited the land. The land that was occupied by force was about to be taken back by the indigenous people.

Could another large-scale war be launched to cleanse the indigenous people?

It is difficult for Stuart's national strength to organize another large-scale war.

At this time, some smart people invented the "colonial group system". Since the extraordinary people who came to the New World to clear the land were unable to fight against the indigenous people who were several times more than their own, then the alliance of dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of extraordinary people should be fine.

Dozens or hundreds of colonists gathered to form a small town, jointly developed the surrounding land, managed the indigenous slaves, and distributed the income together.

The colonial group system was successful, and the unionized extraordinary people easily suppressed the indigenous people. There were too few extraordinary people among the indigenous people, and it was difficult to fight against the colonial group.

Since then, only the eastern coastal areas, due to the convenience of exchanges with the empire, immigrants have poured in. In addition, they were originally established by some powerful nobles and had the strength to protect themselves, so that the lord's territory was preserved. Most of the other small territories disappeared in the turbulent era and later became the foundation of the colonial group.

Although it was able to suppress the indigenous people, the loose militia organization such as the colonial regiment could not resist the army of the Kingdom of Light. When the town was divided and surrounded, these militia were defeated in one battle, but had nowhere to flee, so they had to be all captured.

However, Heishuo was also kind to deal with these prisoners and their families, allowing the surrendered people to choose to evacuate the territory controlled by the Kingdom of Light to the north or south.

Most of the surrenders chose to cross the Brand River north to flee to the northern part of the New World controlled by the royal family, rather than crossing the Hurdo Pass south to enter the southern part of the New World.

The new conqueror only allowed each Imperial man who put down his weapons and chose to leave to take a cart of supplies, and the houses and supplies they left behind were distributed to the Aboriginal people.

Although the Stuart colonies declared slavery illegal after the war thirty years ago, the "smart" colonists continued to hire the natives to work in the land in the form of contract labor.

With the lessons of the Stuart colonists, Heishu naturally would not intensify the conflict with the indigenous peoples, and chose the same policy of gentleness as the Castians, intending to share the fruits of victory with the indigenous peoples.

The effect was significant. Just over ten days after the first time the colonists' property was distributed to the indigenous people, thousands of indigenous people voluntarily joined the civilian team to help the "Yin Zhongwei" ahead transport supplies.

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The news that Shui Hanjin got was one-sided. He only knew that the two sides were confronting the river valley. The leader of the Mirror Group was just recruited to Candrak City a few days ago.

What he didn't know was that the Governor's Office did not place his hope of resisting the army of the Kingdom of Light on Candrak, but instead hoped to defend Tavare and wait for local support.

At this time, in the Governor General's Mansion in Tavare City, Governor Neutra finally learned about the loss of Skull Island.

After learning the details, Neutra locked up in the house alone and drank with wine.

Unlike the master of the Mirror Group who escaped, Neutra knew what weapons the Kingdom of Light was used to attack the port of Skull Island. It was the artillery that had just been equipped with troops. Judging from the situation they described, the artillery of the Kingdom of Light was much more powerful than the kind of artillery he had seen.

Neutra once tried to shoot artillery shipped from the local cannon, but the iron ball fired by the local cannon. Although even the extraordinary will break the bones and tendons after being hit, the attack range is only a little, and the threat is limited.

However, the iron ball shot from the cannons of the Kingdom of Light could explode after hitting the target. In addition to the sputtered iron ball fragments, it would also produce flames that were difficult to extinguish.

Powerful artillery is still a trivial matter. More importantly, with such a fleet guarding the offshore, local reinforcements will definitely be intercepted at sea.

If you have the will to make a mistake but not, you are indeed subject to restraint everywhere.

Count the days and carry letters of help, the fly-cut ship that sends letters of help should arrive in Rendy Neum in these days.

Thinking of this, Neutra forced a smile and tilted her neck to drink another big mouthful of wine.

However, the local reinforcements, which were highly anticipated by Governor Neutra, were impossible to appear even if they did not occupy the fleet outside Skull Island.

The local area is currently out of your way.

...

Five days ago, the information about the attack on the Stuart colony of the Kingdom of Light had not yet arrived in the empire, and the flying mail-cut ship carrying the message was still drifting on the sea.

Because the ocean blocked information and the news of the war did not arrive, it did not affect the calculations of some people. A major event occurred according to the pre-prepared script.

The one presented to Stuart's large office desk in advance was another war declaration of war.

It turned out to be the declaration of war from the Principal of Castia against the Principal of Stuart.

This incident that caused the entire empire to be debated in an endless stream was the bloody incident of the Beijing Office.

The royal family accused the guards of the Duchy of Stuart's liaison office in the imperial capital of attacking the demonstrators, causing hundreds of casualties.

The Principal of Stuart accused the royal family of attacking the liaison office and killing the staff of the liaison office.

Both sides accuse each other on the surface, and the people marched and demonstrated, attacked each other, verbally abused each other, threatened the war in the newspaper.

In fact, it was just a show of verbal advantage and had no intention of taking action.

Unexpectedly, the Principality of Castia, who was supposed to be watching the show, unexpectedly issued a declaration of war on the Principality of Stuart.

There are three reasons for declaring war.

First of all, naturally, the pirates from the Principal of Stuart attacked the northern city of Ilga, causing the death of many nobles and the death of thousands of people. Later, they used gunpowder weapons to kill hundreds of legion soldiers, looted the city and left.

Gunpowder weapons were originally new equipment from the Stuart military and should not appear in the hands of pirates. These pirates must have had some connection with the Stuart military.

In addition, the Stuart pirates often plundered the Castia merchant ships that traveled to and from the New World. The Governor's Office in the colony not only did not send troops to attack, but instead issued private licenses to give official recognition, which further confirmed their official background.

Secondly, it was the royal accusation, attacking the special envoy fleet, attacking the demonstrators, ignoring the majesty of the imperial communist ruler, and repeatedly challenging the bottom lines of various countries.

Finally, we naturally found out the assassination incident of the prime minister Eisingdolph that year, pointing out that the former prime minister died of the explosion of gunpowder weapons, so the Principality of Stuart must have participated in the assassination.

To sum up, it is difficult to calm down without fighting, and it is difficult to maintain the dignity of the royal family without fighting.

This letter of declaration of war was actually transferred to the entire empire through a telegram system. Before Castia's army could be launched, the whole country knew about this major event.

The declaration of war also put the royal family and Grand Duke Stuart on the fire. Both sides scolded each other for more than a month, and the public's emotions were pushed to the highest point.

But in fact, neither side has the intention to start a war. They quarrel around, but they are just gathering internally and showing their strength to the outside world, hoping that the other side will surrender first and win diplomatic victory.

Now the Principality of Castia jumped out to "respond to the king" and clamored to launch a war against Stuart for the royal family, which forced the royal family to announce their participation in the war, otherwise it would not be possible to explain to the people of Gyeonggi and Northern Territory.

The Principality of Stuart has been promoting the threat of Castia to the public in recent years, and its people have long regarded Castia as their archenemy who will eventually fight.

Now that the old enemy jumped out, there was naturally a shout of war in the country.
Chapter completed!