One reason Henry condoned the looting was that he was out of money. Without pay, he couldn't keep his soldiers in line.
These soldiers had little sense of duty or responsibility. Who would be willing to die for you if you didn't pay them?
Fang Zhen disapproved of the soldiers' complete lack of discipline.
He didn't just want to absorb Henry's Army; he intended to reform them and win their willing, wholehearted submission.
"Sir, we haven't received our pay for three months. The Count told us we'd get paid after arriving in the Ashton Territory, but we still haven't seen a thing."
"Yeah, Sir, we're all dirt poor."
"I became a soldier to earn money to buy my woman bread and clothes, and to fix up the house. If I don't bring money home soon, my woman probably won't be my woman anymore."
At the mere mention of their overdue pay, the soldiers immediately grew agitated.
