Chapter 74, Dilemma
"Why didn't anyone stop them?"
Mondok, who was in the outer city, guarding the gate and sitting in the army, had just been awakened. When he heard the news, he was already very frightened.
After the Governor's troops arrived yesterday, although the nephew who was sent out did not come back, the Governor's troops actually stopped outside and did not move. This made him quite satisfied. His tough attitude had achieved results. The next thing to do was to consider how to talk to the Governor.
But who could have thought that he would hear such shocking news early this morning!
The Governor, escorted by seven Space Marines and eleven Battle Sisters, marched through his army and was walking on the road towards the inner city.
During the whole process, the relationship between his army and the governor's guards seemed very "peaceful".
It is said that an officer who was blocking the road died, his head was crushed by a punch.
But other than that, not a single shot was fired.
His soldiers, leaving the 'enemy' behind, walked over.
why is that?
Have all my troops rebelled?
This is the source of Mondok's panic.
Because it's not impossible.
He is a general and a commander, but nominally he is a subordinate of the governor, who is the supreme commander. Ordinary soldiers don't know so many twists and turns, and they won't easily identify the governor as an enemy.
To a certain extent, if the soldiers really "rebelled", what could he do?
Mondok couldn't even help but look around, fearing that the next moment, before the governor's men arrived, his own soldiers would tie him up and shout something like "borrow your head for once".
But fortunately, this did not happen. His personal guards were still loyally guarding outside.
The adjutant who came to report the news answered his previous question: "Indeed, no one stopped them. I asked around and they said that you might have allowed the Governor's troops to pass, so the soldiers did not dare to stop them or open fire..."
Not to mention others, even he himself thought so.
"Bullshit!" Mondok was furious!
"Uh... you didn't give such an order?"
Faced with this question, Mondok calmed down.
He calmed himself down and quickly analyzed the current situation in his mind.
The situation shouldn't be as bad as he just imagined.
The soldiers are now just confused, bewildered and at a loss, but they have no intention of mutiny.
The prestige that Mondok established in the army still exists, and the soldiers still regard him as the supreme commander of the army.
What’s more important is that the propaganda they have been carrying out among the alliance authorities, the troops, and even the entire city for a long time is still effective.
Only six years had passed since the brutal rule of the second generation of the governor, and people still remembered it vividly, and no one wanted to go back to that time. And it was precisely with the help of this public opinion that they, on the one hand, puppeted the governor, making it impossible for his orders to leave his office, let alone affect the wider land outside of Fuxing City; on the other hand, they also secretly blamed the governor for many of their own bad deeds.
On Angry Owl Star and in Times City, after the baptism of the past twelve years, although some people still remember the revival of the governor, people nowadays do not have much good feelings towards the governor sent by the empire.
I can't really say I hate him, because he's new here and hasn't had time to do anything bad yet. But the fear and resentment he left behind are no less.
After Gu Hang arrived, he actually jumped out of Fuxing City and ran out to mess around. This was something the top leaders of the alliance had not expected, but they were happy to see.
If you want to play any construction game, go ahead and play it. No one believed that he could survive the imperial tax in two years just by building something from scratch. Two years later, the governor was executed, and the alliance leaders introduced some scapegoats, saying that they were members of the governor's government, and they would all be finished together, and then they would just wait for the next governor to come, and survive another two years.
It is also because of this that they have recently relaxed their smear campaign against the new governor.
Not to mention, among them there was a traitor like old Hodgson!
Intentionally or unintentionally, the news that the new governor was doing very well outside had spread among the poor outside Fuxing City.
Until recently, they realized that the problem was serious. Not only did they kill Hodgson, but they also made it clear that they wanted to confront the Governor. Under such circumstances, they started a new round of urgent propaganda work, trying to make Gu Hang a new "second-generation Governor", saying that he would come back to seize power and arrest half of the people in Fuxing City to pay as imperial taxes, saying how miserable it would be to be paid as human taxes...
But in fact, if the poor were really taxed as human beings... it might not be a bad thing. Being a slave on a starship might be better than being a poor person on the Wrathful Owl Star.
Of course, there is also a chance of being sent to the Astra Militarum as a slave laborer, cannon fodder, or a front-line logistics transport team... That might be a little bit bad. Although you can still eat enough, the average lifespan is a bit lower, measured in hours.
But when they promote, they don't talk about having enough to eat, or about glory or honor, they only promote the fact that people won't live long.
Their propaganda does have a certain effect.
Previously, Gu Hang had been very successful in the construction outside and had absorbed many refugees. Henry and Hodgson also did a lot of publicity for him, which made him have a very good reputation.
Now, speaking ill of Gu Hang would have limited effect. But at least it diluted his good reputation, reminding people of the fear of being ruled by the governor, and their already inclined attitude became hesitant again.
Thinking back to this, Mondok had to be thankful that it was a good move. Otherwise, he might really face a situation where the governor raised his arm and the soldiers defected.
After analyzing the situation clearly, Mondok roughly knew what he should do.
He needed to show up in person and use his own prestige to strengthen the will of the soldiers, so that they could clearly understand the situation and who was the "enemy" and who was the commander.
Even at the critical moment, he needed to further maintain his tough stance and let the Royal Guard Battalion, under his encouragement, clearly stop Gu Hang from moving forward, so as to drive the entire army.
But thinking of this, he hesitated again.
Intellectually, this is fine; but what about actually having to face the Space Marines in person?
If the governor really disregards the consequences and orders an attack, can the hundreds of people in his own guard battalion stop them?
I'm afraid that my head will be chopped off before the army has time to react and the heavy artillery has time to mobilize.
Mondoc was in a dilemma.
(End of this chapter)
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