Not sure if you realize the implication of what happens if you arm a bunch of mercenaries and then fire them and turn your backs on them.
The breakaway hostile fork is now worth 2 percent of the original work.
So..nothing?
Anyway I don’t think reality is as simple as your last comment suggests. There was a lot going on at the time including a lot of misinformation.
Not sure if you realize the implication of what happens if you arm a bunch of mercenaries and then fire them and turn your backs on them.