Faced with such a dire situation, the Feudal Lord of the Land of Wind not only failed to take effective measures, but instead squeezed the common people even harder for his own pleasure.
His judgment of the situation often relied on reports from his subordinate officials, but to avoid punishment, those officials frequently concealed the truth. Even when faced with large-scale uprisings, they continued reporting only good news and hiding the bad.
At first, the Feudal Lord sent troops to various places to suppress the resistance, but those suppression campaigns often ended in crushing defeat.
The reason was not merely that the suppressing forces were insufficient. More importantly, the scale and armament of the uprisings grew increasingly formidable over time, especially with the widespread use of firearms.
Firearms, spread by the Dawn Organization of the Land of Whirlpools, had come into widespread use among the rebels of the Land of Wind.
Ordinary people could master such weapons with simple training, giving them considerable combat strength when facing the lords' armies.
As the rebel forces gradually rose, the Feudal Lord of the Land of Wind began to feel helpless. His punishments grew increasingly severe, and officials and lords who failed to suppress the uprisings were dismissed, punished, or even executed.
These punishments only made the officials even more afraid to report the true situation, leaving the Feudal Lord completely ignorant of the state of his own country.
Meanwhile, resistance forces from various regions gathered together and formed organized rebel armies.
By looting the lords' supplies and armories, they continuously strengthened their armed forces, and more and more commoners joined them.
Yet the Feudal Lord of the Land of Wind remained immersed in the luxury and pleasures of his court, utterly unaware that the rebel army had already drawn near the capital.