Liu Xing and the others looked at Zhang Jingxu. Wild Sand Literature Network

Zhang Jingxu nodded and said to Liu Xing and the others: "You wait here for me to come back, I think it shouldn't take long." ”

Then, Zhang Jingxu followed the maid and left.

Liu Xing sighed and said, "It seems that we still don't have any status in Louie's eyes, and he still directly ignores us." ”

"This is also expected by us, after all, we knew before we came to Mud City that this Louie is not the kind of corporal who treats everyone equally, but it also makes me more sure that Louis does not have many supporters in the kingdom of Skaven." Zhang Wenbing said with a smile.

At this time, Shen Aotian on the side suddenly said: "Then again, why was Covance directly imprisoned in the Bastille prison by Louis?" Is the road easy planning to take the Cowens sacrifice flag? ”

Ding Kun touched his chin, nodded and said: "There is indeed such a possibility, because judging from the current situation, Louis must not be able to command this army like an arm, because this army is inherently complex, and those lords who lead the troops are definitely more inclined to obey Bonaparte's orders than to obey Louis, after all, Bonaparte's reputation among these lords is much higher than Louis, so Louis now urgently needs to make an example of the chickens and monkeys, and give these lords with different minds a dismount. If Louis really cuts Covance's title to the end this time, and then puts Covance in the Bastille prison, then Louis doesn't have to worry about what the lords will do in a short time. ”

For Louis, who was already lacking in prestige, killing the chickens and monkeys was indeed the best way to put him in command of the army.

Liu Xing can be sure that if Louis does nothing before the army goes out, then Louis is likely to be subtly seized by Bonaparte on the way, after all, many lords are willing to obey Bonaparte's orders.

The most important thing is that if this happens, then it will be difficult for Louis to regain the command of the army from Bonaparte, because Bonaparte will not give up the command to others, and Bonaparte may take the opportunity to make trouble and soften Louis in disguise!

In the military, a lot of things depend on who has the bigger fist.

I believe that Louis also understood this, so he suddenly attacked Cowens, because Covance is a good "chicken", and it is best to kill these "monkeys" of Bonaparte.

"Covens's title is a marquis, and he belongs to the top nobles in the Skaven Kingdom, and Covance's reputation in the Skaven Kingdom is also high, so Louie's punishment of Covens can indeed play a role in killing chickens and monkeys, and there is no need to worry about too many negative effects, after all, Covance is a commoner after all, and his family is supported by him alone, so it doesn't take too much effort for Louis to uproot the Covens family; And because of his own origin, Covance is definitely not the same as those hereditary nobles, so Louis doesn't need to worry about those hereditary nobles asking for Covance at any cost. Yin En said helplessly: "It seems that Cowens is in danger this time." ”

Liu Xing nodded, feeling that what Yin En said was very reasonable, now Covance is indeed the most suitable lord in Louie's eyes, it seems that if his group chose to assist Covance at that time, they would have to run around to rescue Covance now.

It's no wonder that Cowens' difficulty would be difficult.

Because Liu Xing and the others felt that it was difficult for Zhang Jingxu to persuade Louis to let Covance go, Liu Xing and the others began to chat, such as whether to go to the tavern in Mud City tomorrow.

After all, the tavern is the easiest place to collect newspapers in Dragon Quest games.

But it didn't take long for Liu Xing and the others to see Zhang Jingxu with a normal face.

Liu Xing raised his eyebrows, and said with some surprise: "Zhang Jingxu, did Louie agree to release Cowens?" ”

Zhang Jingxu nodded and said: "It seems that Chen Zixuan mentioned us when he met Louie today, so Louis finally gave us, or a face for the empire, and has promised to release Covens from the Bastille prison, but Covins's title will change from a marquis to an earl, and he will also hand over his military power." ”

Unexpected, reasonable.

Now that Louis knows that he is going to make an example, then Louis will be more aware of the importance of the imperial mercenaries to him, or whether Bonaparte dares to launch a mutiny on the march depends to a large extent on the attitude of the imperial mercenaries.

The Imperial mercenaries can be said to be the only variable in this counterinsurgency army, because the Imperial mercenaries represent the attitude of the Empire, so Bonaparte is not willing to offend the Imperial mercenaries casually.

Therefore, instead of killing chickens and monkeys, it may be that Louis feels that it will be more beneficial for him to hold the thighs of the empire.

It's a pity that Louis didn't know that the empire was ready to let him "abdicate and make way for Xian".

In addition, Liu Xing estimated that Zhang Jingxu should have been a big success when he persuaded Louie, otherwise Louie would not have released Covance so soon.

"Since Covance now has no military power, will he return to Golden Peak City directly?" Ding Kun asked.

Zhang Jingxu shook his head and said: "Louis is ready to make Covance guilty and meritorious, so Covance will serve as a vanguard officer in a legion directly under Louie, and the two Covin brothers will also serve as Cowens's deputies, as for those recruits recruited by Covance, they will be scattered and join the armies of other lords." ”

Liu Xing frowned, it seems that this Louis is still smart.

For Cowens, who is already old and frail, the vanguard officer is definitely a fatal position, after all, the vanguard officer must be the first to fight on the front line.

And to put it mildly, the next battle is basically a siege battle, and the vanguard sent by the besieging side is cannon fodder, which is used to consume the defender's arrows and various defense props, such as rolling wood and stones.

So if Covance wants to avoid being punished by Louis for "ineffective offense", then Covance must fight on the front line and have to play some results.

But the sword has no eyes on the battlefield, and Covance will die on the battlefield if he is not careful.

So for Cowens, it's just a suspended execution.

In addition, Louie scattered all the recruits recruited by Covance and distributed them to other lords, which also made the other lords suspicious of Cowens, thinking that Covance might have defected to Louis and deliberately put on a good show in front of them, in order to let those "spies" called recruits infiltrate their troops.

In Liu Xing's view, Louie's move can be described as killing three birds with one stone, one is to give Zhang Jingxu and the imperial mercenaries a face, the other is to make the other lords suspicious of Covance, and the third is to be able to continue to threaten Covance.

If nothing else, Liu Xing estimates that Louis may have to recruit Covins, because under Louie's prestige, Covens now has only two ways to go: either accept Louie's solicitation and become Louie's dog, or find an opportunity to turn his face!

Liu Xing thinks Covance should choose the latter.

Now the drama in the back will be fun.

Over the next few days, Liu Xing and the others wandered around the mud city under Louie's watch, during which they had a meal with Cowens, who had just been released from the Bastille prison.

Because Covance is still guilty, Louis sent a few guards to protect Covance, so at the dinner table, Covance only thanked Liu Xing and the others a few words, and then everyone chatted about family life.

Then, on a sunny morning, after an hour of Louis's speech, the 100,000-strong counterinsurgency army finally set out for Ruszia.

To be honest, Liu Xing, who was in the carriage, looked at the dense crowd of human heads around him, and suddenly felt that he seemed to be about to have a phobia.

It's really full of people.

For the convenience of chatting, Liu Xing's carriage also sat Yin En and the three of them.

"I used to think that 100,000 people were not much, but now I realize that I really thought wrong." Yin En said with some sighs.

Ding Kun shrugged his shoulders and said: "Actually, as long as you go to the major railway stations during the transportation period, you can feel what it means to be crowded, but this army of 100,000 people in armor and knives looks very shocking. ”

"Of course, the next battle will be even more shocking, I didn't expect that we could experience a cold weapon battle in the Cthulhu Run game lobby." Zhang Wenbing sighed and said, "But we have to be prepared to lose the san value, and we may have to fight soy sauce in the next battle." ”

Again, in such a large-scale battle, there is too much limit to what one person can do.

Especially so far, Liu Xing and the others have not even met Wellington.

Because Louis announced a long time ago that he would launch a war against the rebels and Ruszia's plague clan, so in order to avoid the rebels and the plague clan from rebelling against the enemy and taking the initiative to attack, Louis had already arranged for Wellington and several other famous generals of the Skaven Kingdom to lead a legion to garrison on the front line, so Liu Xing and the others, as the front army, would not be able to see Wellington until twenty days at the earliest.

However, Liu Xing and the others also got a good news, that is, Gu Gu finally came back after a week of pigeon, and brought back the edict of His Majesty the Emperor, so that Chen Zixuan sent two hundred mercenaries to obey Zhang Jingxu's dispatch.

Of course, when Zhang Jingxu got the command of these mercenaries, Liu Xing and the others temporarily changed from "brave" to "imperial mercenaries", and they would accept Chen Zixuan's leadership before the end of the war.

"If we honestly follow Chen Zixuan, then we should be able to directly join Wellington's forces." Liu Xing opened his mouth and said.

Yin En nodded and said with a smile: "It should be so, after all, we were all part of the Imperial mercenary army before the end of the war, which means that when Wellington raises troops, we will join Wellington." ”

"Not necessarily." Ding Kun said suddenly, "Although this is true in theory, we must be mentally prepared, because we are in the Cthulhu Running Group game hall, so it should be impossible to join the Wellington forces so naturally, so I suspect that the war here should only refer to the counterinsurgency war of the Skaven Kingdom, as long as the Skaven Kingdom succeeds in quelling the rebellion and exterminating the Plague Clan, then we will continue to embark on the journey of crusading against Bahamut, And how the Imperial mercenaries will support Wellington to seize the throne of the Skaven Kingdom after that is not a question for us to consider. ”

Liu Xing frowned, knowing that Ding Kun's guess was likely to be true.

Because for Wellington and Chen Zixuan, their party is not important in the next battle for the throne, after all, they really don't have much effect except for some assassination missions.

What's more, Liu Xing and the others are also a little embarrassed.

Although Liu Xing and others are also part of the imperial mercenaries now, they are still brave in fact, so if Liu Xing and others are only involved in counterinsurgency, no one will say anything, and they will also feel that Liu Xing and others are honest and brave, and they are worthy of being brave.

But if Liu Xing and the others join the Wellington forces, then it will be tantamount to participating in the rebellion of other countries, and the reputation of Liu Xing and the others as brave men can be regarded as stinky.

Therefore, for Chen Zixuan and Wellington, it is the best choice not to let Liu Xing and others participate in the next battle for the throne.

Thinking of this, Liu Xing also said with some worry: "It turns out that the real difficulty in choosing the Wellington forces is here, if we choose other forces to participate in the battle for the throne of the Skaven Kingdom, then we should not be condemned by other countries, because Louis was originally the king of the Skaven Kingdom, and Bonaparte can be regarded as having the inheritance of the Skaven Kingdom, as for Covens, he is also a meritorious general of the Skaven Kingdom, and it is understandable to raise troops under Louis's bī) pressure; But Wellington is different, because as long as the Imperial mercenaries join the Wellington forces, then everyone knows that Wellington is a spy of the Empire, so Wellington is the least qualified to participate in the battle for the throne of the Skaven Kingdom. ”

"Other countries will certainly not dare to ask Wellington to give up the throne against the Empire, but they can vent their anger on us, because if we want to crusade against Bahamut, we must pass through their territory, so they don't need to make it difficult for us, if they only deal with us with an uncooperative attitude, we will have to suffer a lot, and the Empire is not easy to stand up for us, so our task will be difficult to do." Yoon continued.

Everyone in the carriage fell silent.

After a while, Liu Xing couldn't help but ask the KP husky: "KP, what will be the consequences if we don't participate in this battle for the throne?" ”

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