Gernas. In the spring of this year, he ushered in his forty-seventh birthday, and every birthday in the past five years has been spent alone by himself. If you count the people who spy on him, it's barely too lonely.

Born into the Earl's family, the four sons galloped on the battlefield since they became adults, and made great achievements in the war against Arubania, and finally became one of the generals in their twenties, which was one of the few exceptions in the Yaji army. He is cautious and experienced in his use of soldiers, and he is a victorious general in the Yaki army. It's a pity that because he is too upright, he is dissatisfied with the shortcomings of Yaji's political situation, and as a result, the more people he offends, and he is gradually marginalized by court politics. In the following ten years, he was rarely sent to the battlefield again, and he lost the opportunity to be promoted. At this time, his only son died in battle, and his wife died of excessive grief, leaving him almost devastated. Frustrated, he proposed to return to his hometown, but the king refused. So he made a few drinking friends, including the former clerk who staged the coup d'état, and he was also involved in the coup, ruining the merits he had established in the first half of his life and being sent back to his hometown and placed under residential surveillance. Feeling that his life was hopeless, he had become more and more emaciated in the past five years, so he was not yet fifty years old, his hair was all white, wrinkles crawled all over his face, and at first glance he looked like a seventy-year-old man, and if it were not for his strong muscles honed on the battlefield, no one would have known his real age.

On this day, Gernas was feeding the chickens in the courtyard, and a group of messengers came to the house for some reason, explaining that they had come to ask him to go out of the mountains and lead the army to recruit the local bandits. Gernas, who had been completely isolated from the outside world for several years, heard that he didn't understand, and then he was put into the car by the messengers and went straight to Kadum City.

Sitting in the reception hall of Kadum City, Gernas looked around at the luxurious mansion. Although this is not the most luxurious place he has ever seen, but he really did not have the luxury of having the opportunity to enter this kind of occasion, the war created the glory of the first half of his life, and now the war has given him another chance, although the departure of his family makes him no longer want to use this opportunity to regain his strength, but he knows in his heart that he has no right to refuse, and victory is the only way out. At this moment, the feeling in his heart was tumbling like boiling water.

"Welcome, Lord Gernas." The words brought back the tide of Gernas's thoughts, and he followed the voice to see that there were already two more people in the living room. One of them he still has some impressions of is the lord of Horur City, Noyuda, and the other nobleman must be the lord of Kadum City, Jakbu, who invited him to come.

Gurnas hurriedly bowed and said, "Sinner Gurnas, see the two great men. ”

Jacob waved his hand and said, "Lord Gernas doesn't need to be polite, you can invite adults to come, but you have something important to entrust." They've probably told you about it on the road. ”

Gurnas lowered his head and said: "I have heard a little about it, but I don't know it too well, and I hope the two adults can explain it in detail." ”

Jacob and Noyuda looked at each other, then asked Gurnas to sit down first, and then gave a detailed account of the situation in the past six months or so on on Mount Tiles. Gernas listened carefully until the two of them were finished. Gernas pondered for a moment, and then spoke: "According to what the two adults said, this thief army seems to have a quite good commander, but in the next view, it may not be the thief leader Chail, there are some details in it, I want to ask the Lord Dara who escaped by luck, is it not possible to do it?" ”

Jacob frowned. After Dara fled back on his own, he was imprisoned, on the one hand, because as the general of the defeated army, he left the army and fled back alone; On the other hand, because Jakbu asked him to assist his brother-in-law Irenzar, as a result, Irenzar died on the battlefield and he returned safely, which made him very annoyed. However, since Gernas said so, he could not stop it, so he immediately ordered someone to go to the prison and bring Dara over.

Months in prison made Darla's otherwise vicious face even more ugly. Although Jacob did not execute him, nor did he intend to abuse him, those who took care of him had already read the disgust for Dara from Jacob's expression, so Dara suffered a lot during this time, malnutrition made him lose weight, but the days without sunlight made his skin a lot whiter.

Seeing Dara kneeling there, Grunas couldn't help but think back to himself five years ago, and he hurriedly pulled a chair for Dara to sit down, and then began to ask questions of the commander of the thief army.

Of course, Dara knew this once famous adult, but he couldn't imagine that five years of life had tortured him into what he was now. The two of them can be said to have the same disease, and immediately said: "If you go back to your lordship, there is indeed a capable commander in the thief army, but I am not very sure that the thief general I have seen is that commander, although this possibility is very high." ”

Gernas said, "Lord Dara might as well tell me about it. ”

"Yes, this person's name is Li Tianhao. In my opinion, he should not be from our Yaqi country, this person is very strong in martial arts. I have played against him in the next time, and I have to admit that he is no match for him at all. He also had a subordinate named Muller, who was also equal in martial arts, and it was because the two of them attacked the formation from two points at the same time, and they took care of one and the other, which caused Lord Irenzar to die at the hands of Muller. ”

At the mention of Irenzar, Jacob's face sank. Gritted his teeth and said: "These two damn thieves, you must break them into pieces and avenge my brother-in-law!" ”

Unmoved, Gernus continued to ask, "How did the Daladas judge that this man was the commander of the thief army?" ”

Dara replied: "The first setback of our army was that it was deceived by a child, who was lured into the enemy's ambush circle, and fought with that kid in the next, and he couldn't take him down in dozens of rounds, and this child's swordsmanship is the same as Li Tianhao's. And then at the time of the decisive battle, the leader of the thief army who attacked from the rear of our army was also a subordinate of this Li Tianhao. Therefore, I felt that these two battle plans were from this person's hand. ”

After hearing this, Gernas stroked his beard, which was already completely pale: "In this way, it is indeed possible. Master Jacob, I would like to ask you to immediately send intelligence personnel to investigate all the circumstances of this Li Tianhao, the more detailed the better. ”

"Okay, I'll send someone to do this right away." Jacob said yes.

Gernas thanked him and said, "There is another reluctant invitation below. This Lord Dara is the only high-ranking general who has fought against the thief army, and I want to seconded this person from my lord as my staff officer, I wonder if my lord can approve it? ”

Jacob's face changed, and then he returned to normal. Now is the time to employ people, and Darra's ability is still useful. What's more, Dara and his personal grudge arose for the thief army after all, if he could destroy the thief army to avenge his brother-in-law, he didn't have to be too careful. Immediately, he said: "As long as the thief army can be eliminated, the talents of the entire Dils Mountains will be dispatched by Lord Gernas. ”

Gurnas bowed deeply and said, "Thank you, my lordship, for making it happen." Then let's invite all the generals here and discuss the dispatch of troops together. ”