In an extremely ordinary three-story building in Ignaz City, Count Ian was looking at the three black-robed men in front of him with a gloomy face at this time, his brows were furrowed very tightly, and each wrinkle seemed to diffuse a strong anger.

The four of them were silent, and the atmosphere was extremely depressing.

After a while, Earl Ian was the first to speak: "What do I gain and what do I lose by cooperating with you?"

His tone was cold, not like a nobleman at all, but more like a lone wolf.

The black-robed men let out a hoarse and ugly laugh when they heard this, like a crow dying when it was caught and plucked.

After laughing for a moment, the black-robed man in the middle said: "We can give you what you want, strength, power, status, money, women, remember, don't ask these unnutritious questions in the future, after all, God is omnipotent." ”

Count Ian sneered secretly, obviously not believing the other party's words.

The black-robed man seemed to be able to see through people's hearts, and said coldly: "Don't believe it, otherwise I don't mind proving it to you." ”

Earl Ian took a deep breath: "I'll wait and see, now that my territory is besieged by tens of thousands of troops, can you let them withdraw to prove that what they say is true?"

Hearing his words, the black-robed man suddenly fell silent.

Seeing this, Earl Ian sneered, and then got up and walked out the door: "I don't want to end up in the same fate as Earl Needham and Earl Shelley, so I'm going to compromise with Governor Renard." ”

Obviously, Earl Ian, like his ancestor, Earl Haydn, was a man of great knowledge.

However, before he could take two steps, his shoulder was held down, and the feeling of danger suddenly came, and he couldn't help but feel creepy, and was about to open his mouth to call the guards, but before the voice could come out, his throat was directly pierced.

The dignified earl, a legendary-level warrior, actually died in his own territory so easily, and he died under the protection of his own soldiers.

Another black-robed man said disdainfully while wiping the dagger: "What do you have to do with him, it's so simple to directly refine into a puppet." ”

As he spoke, the black-robed man directly cleaned Count Ian, and sighed at his fairly sturdy body: "What a perfect body, he will have the honor of being my most proud work." ”

The tallest black-robed man sneered, "You said the same thing a few days ago. ”

"Oh, is it?" the black-robed man shrugged indifferently: "This is better."

The next one is better. ”

With that, the black-robed man squatted on the ground and took out a few bottles and cans from the spatial ring, which contained liquids or powders of various colors.

He expertly opened the lid, carefully scooped out the powder with a spoon, and evenly applied it to the soles of Earl Ian's feet, knees, lower abdomen, armpits, arms, and neck.

His movements are very careful, his appearance is very serious, and he is even fascinated, like an artist who is painting.

Two hours later, the unusual situation in the house caught the attention of the guards outside, and Earl Ian rarely had such a quiet time.

Just at this moment, a servant brought tea, and the guard took the opportunity to knock on the door: "Lord Count?

Soon, a hoarse response came from inside: "Come in." ”

When the guard heard this, he pushed the door in, and scanned the whole room, which was empty except for a table and a chair, and Earl Ian sat upright, except for the slight paleness of his face.

It's normal to be pale, and any lord will be scared to know that his territory is surrounded by tens of thousands of troops.

The guards withdrew after serving their tea, carefully closed the door, and stood still by the door again, straight as a sculpture.

Looking at the tea on the table, the corners of Earl Ian's mouth hooked up a strange smile, he reached out and gently stroked the rim of the cup, and then took the teacup and drank it down.

Soon, scarlet blood soaked his high-necked aristocratic gown.

If someone picks open Earl Ian's collar, they will find a shocking wound in his throat, and when the Adam's apple rolls, the bones and flesh inside can be faintly seen.

No one knew that Earl Ian was dead, and no one knew that he had become a flesh puppet of the Demon Worshippers.

In mid-March, the follow-up forces of the Earls of Meredith and Duke Duncan arrived late, a little later than expected, but with little impact on the outcome of the battle.

The last to arrive were the baggage troops, who brought not only a large amount of food, but also a lot of siege equipment.

With 40,000 men, it was impossible to enclose the city without water, in fact, the army only surrounded the south, west, and north cities, and deliberately left the east gate for innocents to escape.

Lei Ye is not kind, but he just leaves hope for the defenders and residents, so that they cannot resist to the death, so that the probability of capturing Ignaz City will be greatly increased.

In addition, he was also ready to attack the city of Ignaz, which made a very deep impression on him.

The city is built on a high mountain, although it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but it also depends on how to attack.

Water attacks are certainly impossible, but fire attacks are not.

The flames are going upwards, and as long as a fire can be lit under the city and cannot be extinguished in time, the entire city of Ignaz will become a dazzling torch.

However, until the last resort, Lei Ye did not want to attack the city in this way, after all, there are nearly 150,000 or 60,000 men, women and children living in Ignaz City, how innocent they are.

Renard is a scumbag, a scum, a bastard, and a hooligan, but he also has his own bottom line.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, the military high-ranking officials of the county of Meredith and the Duke of Duncan swirled around the sand table, and from time to time put forward their own siege strategies and suggestions.

In fact, before that, everyone had prepared a plan for the siege of the city, and now it is a matter of brainstorming and filling in the gaps.

Pointing to three points on the outskirts of Ignaz, Ray Dawang said: "I have placed three artillery regiments in these three positions, our artillery is very advanced, and the firing range is 1,400 meters away, and these three positions are just right for shelling the city. ”

Lei Ye nodded when he heard this, and then asked: "What is the range of the enemy's artillery, and our artillery regiment is not within the coverage of the opponent's artillery?"

Ray Dawang explained with a smile: "Judging from the news from the Gestapo, the guns erected at the head of the city are still breech-loading guns from a hundred years ago, and there are even antiques from hundreds of years ago, I don't know if they can be used, but the firing range will never exceed 800 meters." ”

Renard nodded: "As long as we can suppress the fire at the head of the city and let our soldiers climb the city wall, the mission of the artillery regiment will be completed."

Tracy frowned and added, "In addition to the artillery regiment to suppress the enemy's ultra-long-range fire, it is also necessary to mobilize enough musketeers and archers to suppress the defenders on the wall and provide the necessary protection for our siege team." ”

Cleaver sighed helplessly: "I originally wanted to use a trebuchet to send some explosives bags to destroy the city gate or city wall, but it turned out that the gate was made of ten centimeters thick steel plates, and the city wall was ten meters high and ten meters wide. ”

The group discussed until late at night, the siege plan was preliminarily decided, and the county of Meredith had made sufficient preparations for this war for three months, victory was inevitable, and all that had to be considered was how to minimize the losses.