Chapter 404: Too Much Deception
"Madame, how's it going?" Seeing that Lan Xian'er had returned safely, Mevo breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly stepped forward to ask.
"How can it be so easy?" Lan Xian'er smiled, "Give them time to discuss and discuss, I don't believe that they can withstand the pressure and temptation!" ”
"Hahaha, Madame finally threw the hot potato to them!" Maevo smiled, "If they die to save face, not only will they lose everything, but they will also have to bear all the consequences and infamy caused by the occupation of Lobit City by our army, I don't believe it, they won't be unaware of the powerful relationship inside!" ”
"Hehe, that's how people are!" Lan Xian'er smiled, "Of course, the scene should be said beautifully, but I believe they will calm down!" General Mewo, from today onwards, we will be able to insist on attacking the city, and at the same time, we can also start preparing for the westward expedition to Samp! ”
"Yes, ma'am!" General Mevo was overjoyed.
"Sister, thank you!" Noah held back for a long time and only said this sentence.
"I went to the city to negotiate peace, not for you, but for more people to survive!" Lan Xian'er smiled, "Also for the sake of the Fifth Legion and Fuxing City, what are you thanking me for?" ”
"I'm not thanking you for myself!" Noah smiled, "Thank you for all those who have been saved from this disaster!" ”
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After the peace talks, there has been no news in the city! Four days later, Higg and Thomas, leading more than 20,000 cavalry vanguards and heroic magicians of the Fifth Legion, were the first to return to the base camp under the city of Lobit.
"The main forces of SMS and Lufasi will be here in two days!" Higg said, "What's the news from Fuxing City? ”
"Daniel and Rogerson mostly report good news and bad news!" Lan Xian'er said, "This is what I'm most worried about, except for the first good news more than twenty days ago, the others are all war reports. Although Fuxing City has a hilly barrier to the north, but Sampu's third theater elite are all there, and the army of Fuxing City has been negligent in the war for too long, and the real regular army is only 50,000, 180,000 reserves, Daniel must be very difficult to hold on to until now! We can't put any more pressure on them, Sampu probably already understands the situation on our side, he has no way to retreat, he can only fight Fuxing City with all his strength to survive, we are now roasting Fuxing City on the fire! ”
"Marshal, madam, the city has sent someone to see the marshal and his wife!" The messenger came to report.
"Let him in!" Lan Xian'er was overjoyed and said. In the past few days, he has been waiting for a reply from the city, but there has been no information, which makes her anxious, and now it is estimated that after Higg's vanguard cavalry returned, he felt the pressure and had to react in time.
"Earl, Marshal, Madame!" The envoy came in and saluted and said, "I, the lieutenant colonel under the account of Deputy Marshal Elva, have been ordered by Deputy Marshal Elva to inform Marshal Hig and his wife that the conditions proposed by Madame will be discussed carefully by the lieutenant marshal and the generals in the army, as well as the officials at all levels in the city, but the time is urgent, and I hope that the marshal and his wife will have a few more days!" ”
"Discuss?" Higg said angrily, "Ben Shuai's Fifth Legion has already given you enough face, Madame personally went to give you the stairs, but you sent a small lieutenant colonel to perfunctory Ben Shuai!" Go back and tell Deputy Marshal Elva that Ben Shuai has no time to grind with him, and that the deadline for the siege of the city will be in two days, and if he is not sincere, he will immediately strengthen the city defense and wait for Ben Shuai to attack the city! If Ben Shuai can't take Lobit City in one day, he is willing to withdraw to the Luojia River Plain and withdraw all the territory of the Third War Zone, and since then he will see the people of the Third War Zone and take a detour! ”
"Lord Marshal, Madam, listen to my explanation......"
"There's nothing to explain, what Elva is thinking, we know it very well!" Lan Xian'er said coldly, "The conditions proposed by Mrs. Ben are not for you to bargain! Your Excellency, please go back and tell Elva that the time of our siege will not change, and the Fifth Legion will spend tens of thousands of lives again, and will not waste time and words with him here, this is an ultimatum, please come back, Your Excellency! ”
"This ...... Yes, Marshal, Madam! The messenger was sweating profusely and withdrew in despair.
"You really shouldn't say take Lobit City in one day!" Lan Xian'er smiled, "If Elva feels that he has an opportunity to hold on for a day and really fight with us, it will really be a waste of his previous efforts!" ”
Higg laughed, "So I'm going to go into the city to join Wicks, and I'm going to put a little pressure on them!" ”
"You want to start in advance and startle the snake?" Blue Fairy exclaimed, "If this is the case, wouldn't it be dangerous for Wix and a hundred Heroic Magic Envoy warriors to be in the city?" ”
"It's up to you to negotiate!" Higg didn't care about the danger that Blue Fairy said, and said with a smile, "If we don't prove to Elva that we have the ability to capture Lobit City in one day, even if he surrenders or remains neutral, he dares to make small moves behind his back, I do this to make him clear that we have the ability to restrain him at any time and save him from acting rashly!" I don't want to have a poisoned arrow pointed at us all the time behind our backs! Also, you must make it clear to Elva that if he only remains neutral and does not surrender, although my Fifth Legion admits it, it does not mean that the forces of other legions will admit it, and if it is wiped out by other legions or forces one day, it is no wonder that we don't help! ”
"Hmph, you don't want to suffer at all!" Blue Fairy said, "It's good to be neutral, step by step, boil the frogs in warm water, as long as they can maintain a wait-and-see attitude, when we eliminate Samp, they won't be able to do it!" How do you get into town and how do you contact Wicks? ”
"Hehe, a wall can't stop me!" Higg laughed, "The source of the magic is in Wicks' hands, and you're still worried that I won't find him?" ”
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"Oh no, lieutenant!" The staff officer of the Chinese army arrived at Elva's marshal's mansion early in the morning and said to Elva in a panic.
"What are you doing in a panic?" Elva was eating breakfast and shouted angrily, "Early in the morning, what's the matter? ”
"I got up early this morning, changed the guard at the city gate, and found that the east gate and the south gate were open!" Although the staff officer was reprimanded, his frightened expression did not change at all.
"Who opened the gates? What about the guards of the city gates? Elva asked in surprise as she paused.
"All the guards at the gates have slept to death!" The staff officer said, "We didn't wake them up until the changing of the guard went, and we suspected that they had been hypnotized by the enemy!" ”
"There are dozens of guards at each city gate, and there are military camps around it, so isn't there any sound of fighting?" Elva said angrily, "These people are derelict in their duties, and Ben Shuai will never spare them!" ”
"Vice-marshal, it's not good!" The quartermaster walked into the marshal's mansion and said to Elva in a panic, "The doors of four warehouses in the city were opened for no reason last night, but it seems that no supplies were lost!" ”
"The warehouse is heavily guarded, how can people open the warehouse door?" Elva said angrily, "What about the people who guarded the warehouse last night? ”
"Lieutenant Marshal, they are all safe and sound, but no one knows why the warehouse door is open!" The quartermaster said in horror, "It's a dereliction of duty, please punish the lieutenant!" ”
"Lieutenant Marshal!" The commander of the Chinese Guards Battalion also walked in in a panic, saw that there was someone around Elva, and did not speak immediately.
"Say, is there something wrong with the barracks?" Elva shouted angrily.
"It's this, a total of ten, inserted everywhere in the barracks of the Chinese Guards Barracks!" The legion commander took the ten small military flags of the Fifth Legion in his hand, handed them to Elva, and said, "The subordinates are puzzled how these flags were quietly planted in the heavily guarded Chinese Guards Battalion barracks!" ”
The angry Elva shook his hand, dropped all the flags in the hands of the legion commander, and said angrily, "Everyone has gone to the barracks to plant military flags, and you don't even know it, if you really kill it, you will be in a different place a long time ago!" ”
"Your Excellency!" A handmaiden came in in a panic, handed Elva a small military flag, and said, "This is what the slaves and maidservants found in the middle of the inner courtyard, and it was planted on the top of the rockery!" Madame asked the slave to give it to the adult! ”
As soon as Elva snatched the flag and found that it was also the flag of the Fifth Legion, he was so frightened that he could barely stand on his feet, and the staff officer and the corps commander immediately stepped forward to help him back to his seat.
"Hmph, the Fifth Legion is simply too insulting!" The legion commander roared angrily, "I know that I am engaged in these little things of stealing chickens and dogs, the deputy commander does not have to worry, if they really dare to come in, we will definitely teach them a good lesson!" ”
"Lessons?" Elva laughed self-deprecatingly, "If someone did come in last night, would we still be alive?" Hehe, the city defense that we think is impregnable is just a big joke for others! Poor we still want to stall and see how things develop before making a decision! Higg was right yesterday, if they want to take Lobit City, it won't take a day at all, you say they are arrogant, they say that people are ridiculous, but people have arrogant capital, and it is we who are ridiculous! ”
The corps commander hurriedly asked, "Marshal, are we just unconditionally agreeing to their request?" ”
"What if you don't say yes?" Elva sneered, "Are people's demands excessive? Everyone's position remains the same, the power remains the same, and as long as we make a promise, they can protect Lobit City and everything we have, it's just a change of flag! ”
The staff officer hurriedly said: "However, if the flag is changed, if the Fifth Army is defeated in the future, Your Majesty will settle the score, and we will not be able to escape the fate of the guillotine!" It's better for us to pretend to agree to their conditions first, stay neutral first, and then wait and see the situation, and move forward! ”
"Hmph, this kind of behavior of seeing the wind and making the rudder is not Ben Shuai's style!" Elva said, "Are you a fool to be a man of the Fifth Legion? If people dare to give you such conditions, there is no way to restrain us? To save the lives of the families of all the soldiers in the Third War Zone, we are also worthy of the Third War Zone! I decided, and on the terms they proposed, we surrendered! ”
"Surrender?" The staff officer was taken aback and said, "Why surrender, isn't there still a neutral condition?" Even if we are powerless against the Fifth Legion, can't we learn from the Habaisa of the Kuba Fortress? ”