Chapter 185 Right to Freedom

With the successful completion of the first conquest, the land under Roland's control expanded four or five times.

Although Roland only captured two cities, compared to the old Qi which had few subordinate towns and villages, these two cities had a lot of subordinate towns and villages, so the radiation control area was also larger.

It was precisely because there were so many villages and towns to support them that food was still sufficient. Therefore, compared to the famine-stricken and almost completely collapsed Old Qi before Roland came, these two cities were able to barely maintain normal order.

Although Roland's conquest caused some turmoil, the newly ruled lands were better than the original old ones anyway.

After recruiting a large number of officials from the old Qi, Roland quickly established his rule in the newly conquered lands.

While the officials were working hard, the army, having just completed a major battle, did not rest immediately.

Although it was somewhat surprising that Roland could use a small city in Jiuqi as a base and easily crush and swallow up a force that was four or five times larger than his, Roland's neighbors were still ready to make a move.

Even though Roland's army did not suffer serious losses and they did not dare to confront him head-on, they still dared to take advantage of the chaos and secretly rob a few villages and towns on the border.

Therefore, Roland had no choice but to quickly recruit all the horses in the controlled area to improve the mobility of the army, disperse them, and quickly rush to various border villages and towns to kill all the enemy troops who tried to sneak back.

Roland had only one attitude towards these invading enemy forces: do not take any prisoners, but kill them all until they dare not come.

Thanks to this tough attitude and the rule that Roland gradually established in the newly conquered lands, although several villages were massacred, the invading soldiers were basically retained. Therefore, they could not gain much advantage, and even the various forces that were in trouble withdrew their gazes as if nothing had happened.

Although this was only Roland's first expansion, after owning three cities and a large number of towns and villages, Roland did not plan to continue expanding in the rear.

Although the separatist rule of the warlords in the rear is an established fact, it does not mean that the separatist forces can expand wantonly in the rear. Occasional small-scale fighting is fine, but if they continue to expand, they will always point their swords at each other in the rear, rather than the green tide on the front line.

Then, the coalition forces would smash down with their fists and crush Roland to pieces with one blow.

Although Roland didn't think the coalition forces could crush him with one punch, there was no need for Roland to go against the coalition forces now, as the Green Tide was watching.

After building up a sufficient base and gaining fame, Roland no longer planned to continue fighting internally.

Although the enemies in the rear are a bunch of weaklings and can be easily expanded, there are still certain risks due to Roland's special ruling policy.

It is okay to kill the nobles and knights of these small cities. It is okay to kill two or three cities, and you can find an excuse to cover it up. After all, other forces will do the same.

But if he keeps doing this, Roland will be beaten up sooner or later.

Therefore, in Roland's plan, the expansion in the rear was only used to accumulate original capital. After having a basic logistics base and a suitable population, Roland would attack the Green Tide to the east.

In the current coalition, fighting the Green Wave is undoubtedly the current version of the answer and political correctness.

As long as they can defeat the Green Tide and hold on to the lands they have seized, all of these lands will belong to the conquerors, who can do whatever they want without any restrictions from the coalition forces.

If the occupied land is large enough, even if he wants to confer the title of earl, grand duke or something like that on himself, the coalition forces will dare to recognize it and give it to him.

It is easier to draw on the white paper snatched from the Green Tide than to scheme with others in the back and paint over a piece of black paper white.

In Old Qi City, Roland sat in front of a chair in a simple room in the town hall. Opposite him, a fully armed knight was arguing with Roland.

This is the knight sent by Locke.

After all, when Roland joined the United Army before, he did not join the United Army directly, but chose to join the Locke Resistance within the United Army. Therefore, Roland’s current direct superior is Locke.

The taxes and troops he had to pay were also directly handed over to the Locke Resistance.

Therefore, after Roland annexed new lands and cities, Locke also sent people to negotiate with Roland about the taxation of these newly conquered lands.

At the beginning, Locke threw Old Qi directly to Roland as a negative asset, and therefore added a condition that Old Qi City would not have to pay taxes for ten years. However, Roland had to pay taxes on the newly conquered land.

The two men negotiated the tax payment contract very smoothly and soon reached terms that were acceptable to both parties.

Locke wants more food, while Roland hopes to reduce spending on the conscripted population.

The two parties hit it off and two new feudal contracts were signed on the spot.

However, after discussing the tax payment agreement, some disagreements arose regarding Roland's request to independently attack the Green Tide.

The representative knight sent by Locke was naturally happy to see Roland willing to invest his strength to fight against the Green Tide. However, he did not agree with Roland fighting the Green Tide independently.

The Locke resistance was also quite aware of the separatist situation of the Green Tide warlords. Therefore, the Locke resistance's strategy against the Green Tide was to concentrate its forces to encircle and suppress one warlord, while the other warlords remained on the defensive and tried to avoid provoking multiple warlords as much as possible.

Therefore, it is impossible for Locke to agree to Roland fighting independently. What if Roland provokes other warlords and destroys their strategy?
Therefore, the two sides argued endlessly on this issue.

Although Roland made a promise, no means no, no matter how much he said.

After arguing peacefully for a while, both sides took a step back.

"It is impossible to fight independently. The most I can do is to help you apply for a certain degree of freedom and allow you to move within a certain range."

The knight representing Locke was the first to give in.

Although in his opinion, Roland's view on the Green Tide was too naive, thinking that he could fight against the Green Tide with his own ability, but no matter how naive Roland was, he was better than those parasites who were scheming in the rear and unwilling to go out at all. Roland was willing to send troops anyway.

Considering the situation on the front line, he thought that it was acceptable to make some concessions in order to win Roland's support.

Although he was not very satisfied, Roland could understand it. After all, he did not have much military record, and it was still a bit difficult for him to have the right to fight independently.

Roland was just giving it a try, and it was good enough to get a certain degree of freedom.

Therefore, Roland nodded, agreed with him, and said in a calm tone.

"Okay, if the freedom right can be applied for, then I will send troops to support the front line within two months."

(End of this chapter)