When the white-robed staff officer stood on the city wall full of doubts, Richard sat in the living room of his mansion, looking at Sauron, who had come to visit alone again, with a somewhat complicated expression.

Why do you say again?

Because it took ten days from the end of the battle in Kasha City, this was the fourth time that Sauron had come.

The first time I barely talked about things, it was understandable.

The second time it was a little strange, saying that it was a visit to the patient.

Visiting the sick is strange!

Richard believed that Sauron was definitely not stupid, and knew that he was just a prevarication when he said that he was unwell, and since the other party agreed, then even if a consensus was reached to a certain extent, there would be a tacit understanding not to expose it.

But the other party didn't, really came to visit the patient.

In desperation, he had no choice but to cooperate with the other party, make a weak appearance, talk to the other party, and send the other party away.

A few days after sending them away, the other party visited for the third time.

During the visit, Richard was pulling Bibi to do a new spell test, and was quite unhappy to be interrupted halfway, but still received the other party, wanting to see what the other party wanted to do.

But the other party did not reveal his tone at all, contrary to the indifference before the battle of Kasha City, and constantly talked about all kinds of trivial matters with friend-like friendliness, but did not talk about military affairs.

After talking, smile goodbye and leave.

Just when he thought it was over for three days and finally over, the other party began to visit for the fourth time.

Fourth visit!

Richard looked at Sauron, who was drinking tea seriously in the living room, and really wanted to ask the other party: General, why are you so idle? Are you so idle, does the Emperor of the Alliance know, and is not afraid that the Emperor will be angry?

General, you are so lazy now, I am very suspicious that you are suspected of collaborating with the enemy, you should not be a Sika spy, right?

After looking at Sauron with a complicated expression for a long time, Richard finally asked, "General, what is the reason for this visit?"

"Actually, it's nothing, just come over to see if His Excellency Richard's condition is getting better. Sauron said lightly.

Richard's face was ruddy, and his face did not change: "I'm afraid that no, because the previous overdraft of vitality has not recovered until now." ”

"That's right...... It looks like your face is very pale indeed. Sauron nodded in agreement, "Then Your Excellency Richard, you better go and rest, you can do other things, you don't need to accompany me here, I will sit by myself for a while and leave directly." ”

"Wouldn't that be rude?"

"If it's all rudeness, wouldn't it be even more rude for me to interrupt so often?" Sauron asked with a smile.

"Okay, then I'll quit first. Richard was not polite, turned his head to look at the servant next to him, and ordered, "Greetings General Sauron." ”

"Yes. ”

Nodding to Sauron, as if it was a farewell, Richard walked out the door without hesitation.

Walking outside the door, he walked in the direction of the garden, and his face showed a look of doubt that could not be concealed.

He was puzzled by what Sauron was trying to do.

Looking at Sauron's appearance and conversation, it was not aimed at him, not so much like the purpose of tricking him into continuing to serve the army, but more like just a disguise.

In other words, the other party's "coming here" is not the goal, "making it look like coming here" is the goal.

But what is the real reason behind this purpose? What exactly is the other side plotting?

Not......

Richard frowned deeply.

After the passage of time, Sauron visited again and again, and Richard heard some rumors outside, although he has only paid attention to his own research, it does not mean that he is completely closed, as a second-in-command of the army, a little attention, he has collected a lot of information.

First of all, after the battle of Kasha, Sauron ordered the army to completely stop the pace of advance, enter a defensive state on the whole front, and constantly repair and train, but not attack. And the reason why Sauron gave this order is said to be the result of discussions with him, that is, to put half of the blame on him.

This caused him, who had already been out of the public eye, to return to the spotlight, making others think that he really had an influence that was not inferior to Sauron, and could determine the direction of the army and the war. Therefore, many people began to try to visit him, but out of the mentality of not wanting trouble, except for Sauron, the "hard stubble" could not refuse, the rest of the people were rejected by him.

In addition, he learned that the war did not completely stop when Sauron ordered the army to defend on all fronts, and the army even had many unexpected results: most of them were the Sika army who couldn't bear to try to counterattack, and were defeated by the suffocating alliance army.

Later, he heard that because of the sudden change in policy of the alliance, Sika had become a little more subtle. Originally, if the alliance pressed step by step, it would inevitably force Sika to squeeze out the last bit of national strength and fight against the alliance, and never die. The alliance's pause relaxed the atmosphere of the war, and many forces in Sika began to make small moves.

First of all, the Sika royal family, there began to be a disagreement between the main battle faction and the main peace faction. The main battle faction naturally insisted on not surrendering and not compromising, and wanted to fight for all forces to beat the alliance's troops back to their hometowns. The main peace faction believes that it is necessary to recognize the reality that the Sika army is inferior to the alliance army, and instead of continuing to struggle and being wiped out, it is better to take advantage of the fact that it still has a certain strength and seize the opportunity to negotiate peace with the alliance. You may lose a lot of profit, but you can survive. Developing silently, it is not without opportunities for revival in the future.

In addition to the official power of the Sika royal family, some suppressed forces are also ready to move, such as the trade unions formed by some wealthy but statusless businessmen, such as the low-level nobles, who believe that they have been losing the war, and the current incompetence of the officials of the Sika Kingdom is very related. If this situation does not change, it will continue to lose. They strongly demanded that the restructuring of the system, the elimination of a group of Sika moth officials, and the emergence of the new forces they represented, would definitely turn the kingdom around.

Some rebel forces are more radical, saying that the reason for the defeat lies in the current mediocrity of the entire royal family, and the entire royal family must be completely cleansed and truly capable people ascend to the throne in order to turn Sika into victory. Among them, the one who shouted the loudest slogan was Jasmine, the blood princess Jasmine, who went on an expedition with Richard and returned to the kingdom of Sika with a large amount of wealth.

To sum it up, it was Sauron who brought the Alliance forces to a halt and hold the line, which led to further confusion on the Sika side.

Could this be Sauron's true purpose, to bring Sika to collapse without a fight?

Richard couldn't help but speculate, but quickly dismissed the idea.