Since the Crusader headquarters in Gadar was terminated by Locke, the new Crusader Grand Commander Renaud simply stopped establishing the headquarters as a staff body, and he took over the command of the Crusaders alone.

At the same time, he appointed Dassault Khan, who had resigned from his position, as his adviser to advise him on all matters within the crusade.

In fact, Renault knew that he could not do without the support of Dassault Khan now. Although he was accused of being a demon by Locke, that accusation had already been debunked at the meeting. And Renault has no better way than to rely on Dassault Khan.

While the rest of the Silver Hand were skeptical that he had killed his father, Farbanks' presence and his continued spread of his father's murder throughout the Tirisfard and Silver Pines Forests caused many to look at him with strange eyes.

After all, those details are so detailed that unless the listener has no brain, they will all be suspicious.

"You can't hesitate, Renault. You must get the Crusaders to control the civilians who leave the Valley of the Hearth. Or let Tylan stop the people who leave," Dassault Khan said with a frown at the expressionless Renault, "If these civilians do leave here, it will create uncontrollable factors." ”

"We don't have enough food, Grand Crusade." Renaud looked at Da Sohan calmly, "Instead of keeping those who have different intentions for us, it is better to let them go to the Tirisfal Glade and cause some trouble for him." ”

Then Renault got up and stood in the command hall on the second floor of the barracks, he looked out the window at the soldiers training and said, "We don't have much food left, and the first thing we have to ensure is the supply of the soldiers." ”

Looking at Renault's figure standing by the window, Banazal couldn't help but be a little annoyed.

The main reason why he chose Renault was that he felt that he was a person who was not strong enough and that he was easily controlled by himself. The facts also proved his judgment, and under his own little bewitchment, he really killed his father.

For the implementation of his follow-up plan, Banazal handed over the power in his hands to Renault. He hopes to stealth behind the scenes to remove the attention of others from him, in order to complete the covert control of Operation Renault.

After all, Banazal knew that he was an imposter paladin, and that he would always show his feet in front of others for a long time. At the last meeting of the Silver Hand, if it weren't for the old paladin who leaned over himself, some of the remaining holy light energy in his body would have been used by himself, and he would have been exposed.

This is one of the main reasons why Banazal wants to hide himself behind the scenes as soon as possible.

However, what he didn't expect was that after he handed over the power to Renault, Renault had the intention of faintly breaking away from his control!

It seems that after he killed his father, he faintly had a sense of repentance. On more than one occasion, Banazal saw Renault kneeling alone in the prayer room late at night praying to the Light.

At first, Banazal didn't care, and it was not surprising that he had seen countless intelligent beings find a spiritual sustenance to justify their actions after committing unforgivable sins.

However, after learning that Locke had taken control of the Tirisphahl, Banazal advised Renault on several occasions to take the Crusader army and attack the Undead Fortress while Locke had not stabilized the Tirisphahl.

However, Renault did not agree!

He rejected Barnazar's offer very simply, for the simple reason that they could not be traitors to Lordaeron!

These words almost choked Banazar to death!

Thinking about it as a demon, Banazal felt that Renault was even more stupid than those demon guards!

You've come to this point, and you still want to turn back?

What a fool, if Locke did that, he would be the first to attack you!

Banazar let out a sigh of relief, and he walked behind Renault to analyze the pros and cons of doing so.

"If only it were that simple, Renault. You seem to have forgotten that Locke and the Northern Silver Pines Forest are supporting him. There are enough resources there for him to place the civilians here in the Tirisfal Glades, and we?! Dassault Khan frowned and said to Renault, "If we lose civilians, our crusaders will have no soldiers, and our ranks will become smaller and smaller!" ”

"And there's another main reason, Locke has already judged us rebels. At this time, the support of the commoners of the Fireplace Valley is undoubtedly the most important! With their support, that resolution is a piece of waste paper! It doesn't hold us back! And there's an upside to that," Dassault Khan said, pointing to a map of the Crusader Zones of the Past on his desk, "and now we have to admit that our strength has been reduced to the limit." Our soldiers! Our zone of control is so much less than Locke's! If Locke wants to attack us, our soldiers can't stop it! ”

"And we're in a very disadvantageous position," Barnazar said, pointing to Renault as he pointed to the large map of the Crusaders' past, pointing to the Hearthvale area and drawing a large circle on the map.

"We're in the position we are in right now to show Locke, understand? Because of our location, we will face all the scourge attacks in the whole of Eastern Lordaeron! ”

After Renault turned to look at the map and thought for a moment, he sneered a few times and said, "That's not bad, at least no one will say that we are traitors, and we are resisting the invasion of natural disasters for the entire kingdom." After a while, the people of Lordaeron will know whether we are traitors or not! ”

Hearing this, Banazar slapped the map angrily, he glared at Renault and said, "Now Locke is the supreme military commander of Lordaeron!" He must have made us his enemies! Do you think he'll let you go for killing your father?!! ”

"Wake up! There is no room for relaxation between us and him! Do as I say! Otherwise, you'll be ruined! ”

Dassault Khan's last words seemed to be squeezed out of his teeth, and Renault looked at him silently, so he turned around and looked out the window without saying a word.

"So we must leave civilians behind! No matter what method is used! If he's going to go to war with us, he's going to have to think about these civilians in Hearthvale! If there are too many civilian casualties, all the Lordaerons will be dissatisfied with him! ”

"Do you understand? Civilians are now our shield too! Protect our barriers! ”

Renault turned from the window and looked at Dassault Khan, who had hidden most of himself in the shadow of the candlelight, and silently picked up the letter on the table and looked at it.

Banazal was not in a hurry, he patiently waited for Renault's reply. If Renault still doesn't cooperate, he doesn't mind using some special means to get him to succumb.

"What about the food problem?" Renault eventually succumbed, and Banazal's analysis is not unfounded. If the food crisis is solved, he will naturally be able to stay here.

"You are the head of the Knights of the Silver Hand, the Grand Commander of the Crusaders. You can have other Silver Hands come to your aid from somewhere else, or you can have the Crusaders collect taxes on the main roads that run through our entire Eastern Lordaeron region. Dassault Khan's eyes lit up in the shadows, "The Sodoril Bridge is a good place to collect taxes, and merchants traveling to and from the Lordaeron continent pass through it. With these taxes, we can basically guarantee the needs of our soldiers. ”

Renaud didn't speak, pondering the pros and cons of doing so.

The members of the Silver Hand left Hand Valley after the last meeting, and the new leader of the Silver Hand, Renault, who was elected at the meeting, did not have broad support from the other members, and they let Renault take the position more out of recognition of old Mograine.

So, these people don't have a lot of respect for Renault. It's going to be hard to get them to support the Valley of the Hearth. There may be food delivered, but it will never be much.

Then there is only one way to go, to collect taxes.

Collecting taxes was the right of the tax collector, and this right had always been tightly held in the hands of kings and nobles.

The difference was that the king's tax collectors would tax nobles and freedmen, but not directly on nobles. The tax collectors of the nobility would collect taxes from their subjects and would not cross the line.

Of course, most of the above is land taxes.

There were many types of taxes, but if Renault were to collect the merchant tax, it would undoubtedly displease all the aristocracy. And then oppose and compress his living space from all sides.

It's not a question of who you collect taxes, it's because you don't have that right at all! If Renault does this, I'm afraid that the Silver Hand will not support it.

But the truth is that Renault has no choice now!

First of all, it is impossible for him to bow his head to Locke, even if he bows his head, he will not be able to pass the level of killing his father! He will be the object of spurning for all crusaders! The rights he just got will be wiped out in an instant! He will be recorded in history by scholars and will become a negative teaching material for future generations!

He will be remembered for 10,000 years!

Secondly, he won't bow to Locke either! Renault recalled that Locke had snatched his own things before, and it was impossible for him to bow to Locke in this life!

Now there is only one way to go, and that is to collect taxes from merchants!

Thinking of this, Renault raised his head, "Okay, let's collect taxes from merchants to solve our grain and grass problems!" ”

Renault's words made Banazal's expression soften, and he nodded solemnly, "It's a wise choice." But before we can do it, we need to clean up the rats among us again! ”

The mouse in Banazal's mouth, Renault, naturally knew.

In just one day, the resolution of the Council of Nobles spread through the streets of Hearthvale. The whole city was in a panic that day, because they threatened to turn into traitors!

This caught them off guard, Barnazar and Renault were furious, and they had just driven away people like Locke and Tairossos who had other ideas within the Crusaders, and they hadn't taken their breath.

They became traitors in an instant! This disrupted their subsequent deployment!

"Yes, Grand Crusader," Renault nodded knowingly, exasperated, "it's time for us to launch a big screening in the Valley of the Hearth!" ”

"Whether it's a natural disaster or an undead! Or Locke's spies! They're all people to clean up! ”

The first words that Tyran, who had just walked into this hall, heard shocked him greatly! He looked at Renault and Dassault Khan in amazement, and didn't know how to speak for a while!

Shouldn't they be thinking about how to get through this? Why did you collide with Locke again?

"You're just in time, Tyran." Renault stepped forward and calmly said to him, "Our screening operation is not thorough, and this time it is not because of the undead of the natural disaster!" I need your cooperation! ”

Tyran endured the uneasiness in his heart, and he said with some concern, "Renault, most of the people in Hearthdale are people who support our crusaders. If we're going to screen them, they're going to panic because of it, and now what we need in Hearthvale is stability. ”

"The Scourge Undead and Locke's spies are hiding in the city, Tyran, and we have no choice." Dassault Khan persuaded a worried Tyran, "If we don't find them out, sooner or later they will find out what we are doing!" ”

"But the grain.," Tyran sighed helplessly. Civilians flee the Valley of the Hearth in panic, and civilians are very important to us. ”

"I know, but in order to maintain the purity of our crusaders, some necessary losses are acceptable. I've decided to have the Crusader soldiers stop the civilians leaving," Renault said to Tyran with a blank face, "I need your civil servants to help me stabilize the civilians of Hearthvale, and I'll take care of the food problem." ”

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It's going to be a shift again, brothers, there will only be one shift from today onwards. There are many reasons for this, so I won't explain them all, but this book will go on and on. Alas, helpless.