At first, the Americans were really shocked by the priest. But then someone shouted from behind: "Father, you can't shelter sinners! You get out of the way, we don't want to attack you!"

With the shouting, a US military lieutenant with dark skin and a long scar on his face came over. He stood in front of Father Thom, put one hand on the revolver hanging around his waist, staring at Father Thom with red eyes and said, "Father, many murderers and many sinners have escaped into your church. The sacred church should not be used to shelter them. Please hand them over and hand them over to us."

But Father Thom still stood there and smiled and said, "My child, the holy church will not protect the real sinners. But my child, religiously speaking, the power to judge who is a sinner is in the hands of God; from a secular perspective, you are a warrior, but not a judicial officer, and you have no right to conduct any law enforcement actions.

In addition, Lieutenant, I am not blind. I have not seen what you do after entering the city. Lieutenant, look around and tell me, what have you seen? The whole city is burning! Don’t tell me that these fires are naturally ignited, or are burned by Canadians themselves! Now I will hand over the people who hide in the sacred church to you, what terrible things will happen, do you think I don’t know? Lieutenant, go back, and ask you and your people to retreat in front of the temple of God!”

"Father, this is war, it is a concomitant injury. Moreover, burning the city is not the first thing we have started. To burn the city, when the British were burning our city, priest, have you stood up and stopped it?" The US military lieutenant obviously did not intend to retreat.

"Second Lieutenant, have you seen such a flag behind me? Have we stood up to stop it? Decades ago, when you were bullied by the British, we French stood up and fought side by side with you, and you could win independence. We French made great efforts in this war, when the British did those things that were angry and resentful, we French also stood up for the sake of God's justice. Second Lieutenant, if we did not stand up, the current front line is still in New York!" Father Thom replied righteously.

The U.S. military lieutenant didn't know how to answer for a moment. He didn't know that Father Thom used a typical sophistry technique here - to change the concept. The lieutenant said clearly, "Have you ever stood up and stopped it?", but the priest replaced it with "Has the French ever stood up and stopped it." Of course, even if the lieutenant discovered this, it was useless. Because the priest had already used such a move to make the Americans feel that they were at a disadvantage under the tricolor flag, and their momentum had been suppressed. As long as the priest controls the subsequent things properly, don't make the Americans angry.

In addition, missionaries and other things have been working on their entire lives, a small slave owner in the southern United States and a second lieutenant of the US military, what should I talk to a missionary? So, don’t challenge other people’s professions with hobbies, it will definitely not be good to do so. Just like in another time and space, Pushkin, the father of Russian literature, proposed a duel with a pistol to the Tsar’s guard officer Dantes.

Now the second lieutenant regrets it. If he had ordered the two soldiers to peacefully control the priests, and then go in and catch all the Canadians, it would have been a matter. What? Temple refuge? Sorry, I am a farmer, I don't understand; what is the French flag? Sorry, I have bad eyes and I didn't see it. Wouldn't it be nice to leave the remaining quarrels to those professionals to do?

But now it is not possible. His previous actions have clearly shown that he knows that this is a church and that he also knows that the French flag is on it. So if he does this again, it will be difficult for those diplomats who are professionally wiping their butts. Therefore, the second lieutenant is already in a difficult position now.

But the lieutenant did not want to give in, so he said, "Father, but our people did see British soldiers fleeing into your church. These soldiers did not surrender, and even if they surrender, they should be locked up in a prisoner of war camp instead of staying in your church. So, at least we should take these soldiers away."

"Second Lieutenant, where are you going to take these soldiers?" asked Father Thom.

"Of course I'll take it to the prisoner-of-war camp." The lieutenant replied.

"Then lieutenant, dare you put your hands on the Bible, and with the assurance of your soul, they will be sent to the prisoner-of-war camp, rather than being killed directly by you on the corner of the street?" asked Father Thom.

"Father...I..." The second lieutenant's voice was low. After all, the guys in the southern United States are generally very pious. It's okay to lie normally. Put your hands on the Bible and lie at the cost of the salvation of the soul. This is really stressful for the Southern Hero who really believes in God.

"Lieutenant, can you tell me where your prisoner-of-war camp is? I think this should not be a military secret now. I hope to go there and see if your prisoner-of-war camp is really humane, in accordance with the humanitarian spirit of the Joint Declaration of the Vatican and the French Republic. Then I can feel at ease to let these poor people enter your prisoner-of-war camp. Well, my child, tell me, can I go to your prisoner-of-war camp?" Father Thom said again.

However, the Americans did not prepare a prisoner of war camp at all, and even the extremely simple prisoner of war camps in later generations did not have one. What should I do if I wanted a prisoner of war camp? I caught the British and asked, I hadn’t been to the south of the United States. If I had said that, I would just shoot him directly; if I hadn’t been to the past, I would definitely be a lie, and I would just shoot him. What should I do if I wanted a prisoner of war camp?

So the second lieutenant hesitated and didn't know how to answer.

Seeing that the second lieutenant hesitated, Father Thom took the opportunity to say: "Second lieutenant, if this matter is difficult to deal with, you can ask your superiors for instructions."

After hearing this, the US military lieutenant nodded and said, "That's good... But priest, the city is very messy now, and many British people are still resisting and shooting randomly. You'd better not run around."

Then the lieutenant said to the soldiers next to him: "You protect this place and don't let those dangerous criminals run in."

The soldiers all saluted him, the lieutenant returned the salute, and turned around and left.

As the lieutenant left, Father Thom breathed a sigh of relief. He looked at the American soldiers next to him and began to preach to them. Of course, they were all about forgiveness, salvation and other things.

Just as he preached, Father Thom also looked at the road over there with his eyes.

After a while, he heard a sound of horse hooves coming from the other side of the road, and a group of cavalry rushed towards him holding the French flag. Father Thom looked at the rushing French cavalry and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

During the siege, the French basically only left a symbolic army, and the main force was this cavalry battalion. However, this cavalry battalion carried a major task. It was to quickly arrive at this church when the city defense collapsed and meet with Father Thom here. As for Father Thom, in addition to being a priest, he also received two allowances from the Ministry of Truth and the Ministry of Public Security.

Now Father Thom and the French cavalry in this battalion are the most important task of saving some Canadians as much as possible in order to prepare for future public opinion propaganda.

The main thing to prepare for public opinion propaganda is to describe both the Americans and the British as barbarians. Then go further and attribute the Anglo-Saxons to uncivilized barbarians. Therefore, in the French cavalry battalion that was left behind, in addition to many medical staff, there were many journalists.

To be honest, the Americans of this era are still very simple, yes, very simple. They don’t know the effect that can bring about manipulating world public opinion. This effect can even tear the entire United States directly.

In this war, the conflict between the north and south of the United States had already been revealed and even intensified. The southerners felt that the heavy losses in the war were the southerners, and the most sacrificed were the southerners, but the only little benefit actually returned to the north, and they already felt that it was unfair. However, the northerners felt that if it were not for the paranoidness of the southerners, the war would have ended long ago. And if it were not for the paranoidness of the southerners, the most important and best territories would not have been occupied by the French in the late war. If they were willing to give the surrendered British a way out, how could those people face the United States and fight to the death, and once they saw the Tricolor Flag, they would immediately raise their hands to surrender?

Generally speaking, southerners think that the Yankees are too cunning, and they take away all the benefits. They have to act obediently and pretend to be the Virgin when they take advantage of them. It’s okay for the French to pretend to be the Virgin. You and us are from the same country. You don’t want to avenge us, but you follow the French to pretend to be the Virgin. It’s really bad. But northerners think that the Southerners are too stupid to die. In short, one thinks the other is bad, and the other thinks the other is stupid.

Then, the French came to make trouble again. Over the years, the French media has penetrated a lot in the United States. Of course, many newspapers and other newspapers are nominally the Americans themselves, but in fact, they often have a French funder behind them. Under their manipulation, this contradiction becomes more and more obvious.

Of course, we cannot openly provoke it, so the French methods are often like this. When reporting on this war, the newspapers in the south first emphasized the critical situation, then praised the southern soldiers, fought bravely, and once again saved the north. After this publicity, the Southern guys were very happy to see it, and at the same time they vaguely formed a stereotyped impression of the northern guys--the Yankees were afraid of death in wars and liked to play tricks, and they all depended on us to support them, otherwise they would have surrendered long ago.

As for northern newspapers, when reporting stories of the northern army fighting bravely, they always like to describe the southerners who are simple-minded, only know how to act recklessly, paranoid, and always cause strategic trouble.
Chapter completed!