Chapter 147: Diverting trouble to the east
Moralich looked at the map in front of him and frowned.

Everything was going well. The elves cut off their support for the resistance, and the church tacitly allowed him to deal with the abandoned crusaders.

The only unexpected thing was the resistance.

After losing the support of the elves, those resistance fighters were not a real threat in Morarichi's eyes, as the two sides were not on the same level in terms of the resources they could mobilize.

Morarich's Principality Army easily blocked those resistance fighters in the forest where they were hiding. These resistance fighters were no match for Morarich in a head-on confrontation. As long as those troops took a little time and advanced steadily, those resistance fighters would eventually lose all room for maneuver and be eventually wiped out.

But now, on the map, several gaps have appeared in the originally perfect blockade line.

"They suddenly increased the intensity of their harassment, causing some casualties to our frontline troops, and tried to outflank some troops that went too deep. To be on the safe side, we rotated some of the severely damaged troops on the front line."

The staff officer beside him pointed to several points on the map, which happened to be the points where the blockade line was broken through by the resistance.

"We just thought they were dying."

The staff made such a judgment for a reason. From the map, as long as the Principality's troops continued to advance at the original speed, a new blockade would be formed in the forest, and at that time, those who resisted would have to fight head-on with the Principality's troops.

This is a situation they will do everything they can to avoid.

"But you didn't realize that the purpose of increasing the intensity of the harassment was to force you to carry out this rotation?"

The staff officer lowered his head in shame.

According to their intelligence, most of these resistance fighters were just hunters and farmers, a bunch of mud-legged people, and Lysabel, who organized them, was just a mascot placed by the original Windwhispering Kingdom in the Church of the God of Nature.

The knowledge she had learned in the Church of the God of Nature was more about forest fire prevention and crop pest control. She had no access to anything related to military warfare.

However, the Principality's troops suffered a setback in front of this group of people.

"Then, when the troops were rotating, there was a brief confusion in the handover of defense zones, which gave these resistance fighters the opportunity to seize the weak point."

The staff officers in the room dared not make a sound.

"The resistance fighters have been scattered, and it seems difficult for them to gather together and cause real chaos."

A staff officer whispered, but before he could finish a few words, he was glared back by Morari.

"But it also makes it harder for us to catch them and catch them all."

Moralich shook his head and continued.

"Folinsol, who was in charge of commanding this attack, was transferred to Solinborg, where there happened to be a deputy position for logistics management. Then..."

Moralichi glanced around the room and quickly found a candidate.

"Commodore Thain, you will take over his position."

A burly middle-aged man walked out.

"I will obey your orders and completely annihilate those who resist."

However, Moralich shook his head, waved his hand, and asked Sean to come to his side. Then, he drew a line on the map.

"I want you to maintain this line now. Don't let these resistance fighters infiltrate into the heart of the principality. On this basis, it's best to drive them in that direction." Morari drew an arrow on the map. Sean looked in the direction of the arrow and squinted.

"Understood. I'll have them turn in that direction."

The direction in which Morarichi's arrow pointed was the territory of some surrendered nobles of the former Wind Whisper Kingdom.

After introducing the Cult of the Sun God into the current Windwhisper Principality, under their activities, the authority of many nobles who originally surrendered from the Windwhisper Kingdom in their territories is rapidly dissipating.

Their management of the territory was very rough. Compared with them, the church established by the Sun God Cult in their territory was better able to organize the ordinary people to produce and work. Apart from the legal title, the nobles were gradually losing control over the territory.

Many of the nobles had not yet realized this fact, and they even thought it was a good thing to have the Sun God Cult help them do these dirty jobs. After all, since the Sun God Cult entered, fewer and fewer peasants came to them to seek justice and help.

These nobles were very happy to see this. If it weren't for their duties as lords, they would not want to deal with those lowly peasants at all. Not to mention that they had to solve the problems faced by those peasants, most of which cost money.

And now, the church has done all of this work for him, and because of the increased production capacity, these nobles can even collect more taxes.

These nobles have not yet realized the problem. Morarichi only needs to wait a little longer until those lords completely lose control of their territories. Then, the little legal title they have left can be resolved with a little work on legal documents.

At that time, these territories will return to the hands of the principality, and some direct descendants loyal to the kingdom will take over these territories.

However, Morarić's plan encountered a small problem.

That's where Thane will drive the resisters this time.

There, some surrendered noble territories were connected together, and they were not so insect-like and knew where their rights came from.

They refused the entry of the Sun God Cult and still retained control over the most basic people in their territory.

These nobles were the biggest obstacle for Moralich to completely destroy the original Wind Whisper Kingdom. It was difficult for Moralich to project his power into this area.

But now, these resisters may be able to change the situation.

Although Sean looks like a brainless burly man, he is actually one of the few people under Moralich who has the most acute perception of the situation in the principality. He knows very well how to deal with these nobles.

"Sir, the pursuers behind us have stopped outside the forest."

A resistance fighter came up to Lisabel and reported.

They experienced several battles along the way and finally rushed into this small forest. Lisabel looked around and saw that there were only about two hundred people around her.

"Count our men and supplies, and send some men to the edge of the forest to see in which direction the enemy is directed."

These two hundred people are already very tired and need some rest.

"Sir, are we leaving this forest?"

It seems that many resistance fighters want to stay in the forest to resist. The previous breakout caused heavy casualties to the resistance fighters. They are now eager to settle down, and this forest seems to be a good choice.

Lysabel shook her head.

"This forest is not big. Staying here is just a slow death. We have to move."

(End of this chapter)