"Jacqueline, Eleanor, long time no see." Roland took the initiative to say hello.

The half-elf girl's eyes widened in surprise: "Do you remember us?" ”

Roland smiled and pointed to her pointed ears, "You have to be careful, I'm very vindictive." ”

Jacqueline smiled embarrassedly: "Don't scare me, I know you're not the kind of person who is cautious, besides, Mira is my best friend, you can't watch my senior sister being bullied by her man?" ”

"Not necessarily!" Lyudmila said angrily. It's a rare opportunity to be alone with Roland, and these two girls just ran to spoil the scenery, which made her very unhappy.

"You guys talk slowly, I'll get busy first." The three women got together like a hundred ducks, and the chatter made Roland's headache and quickly pulled out his legs.

"Young Master Roland, please wait." Eleanor, who was a little shy, followed up and said embarrassedly, "Actually, we shouldn't have bothered you and Mira, but we were entrusted with something to say to you." ”

"Whatever you say." Roland's language is gentle.

Eleanor stroked her chest to calm her nerves, "That's right, do you remember that Priest Pero who escaped from the Ciatonement with us yesterday?" His name was Werther, and he was a student of Archbishop Philip. ”

Roland remembered the young pastor with clear eyebrows, and nodded: "Pastor Werther has something to find me?" ”

"He wants to rescue Philip, but he can't do anything about it, so he asked us to ask for your help." Eleanor said.

Roland smiled and crossed his arms over his chest: "Eleanor, to be honest, this is not very helpful." ”

Eleanor seemed to be afraid of being misunderstood by him, and hurriedly said: "I also know that this matter is very troublesome, and I didn't want to speak for Werther, but he later said something to me, which sounds like some truth......"

"What did he say to you?" Roland asked with interest.

"Witte said that General Rudolph has now won a decisive victory, and it is not a problem to take the fort, the question is how to attack the city, if the fort is stormed, it will inevitably injure the inhabitants of the city, and secondly, it is possible to force the desperate Krautz to release Archbishop Philip and ask him to come forward to rebuke our army for their treachery, and there are many people in the city who support the archbishop, which will put our army in a morally passive situation, in order to avoid this happening, It was necessary to rescue Archbishop Philip before Klautz changed his attitude. ”

Eleanor's stammering words were hard to grasp, but Roland understood, and the smile on his face faded.

Werther's words made him aware of an overlooked link: there were no permanent enemies, and that Krautz was now a caged bird with no way out, and that he was more likely to release Philip and convince them to cooperate with him than to surrender to the Kolath Legion. Judging from Philip's previous performances, I am afraid that he does not want the Kolas father and son to become the standard-bearers of the revolution in the Far East, otherwise the Church of Perot will be replaced by the Sindra Church after the victory of the revolution and lose its living space in the Far East, and as the Archbishop of the Far East, this is the last thing he wants to see.

Based on the above mentality, if Krautz takes the initiative to bow his head, Philip may not give up his previous suspicions to cooperate with him. Compared to Krautz, who was widely resented for his repression of the people, Philip had a much better reputation in the city, and he almost became a leader of public opinion at the beginning, and his appeal should not be underestimated.

Roland had to consider the worst-case scenario: if Philip, in his capacity as the rightful governor of the Far Eastern provinces, openly criticized Rudolph's rebellion, it would inevitably put great pressure on his own side, and even if his father succeeded in seizing power, he would be left unjustifiable.

As the saying goes, "only names and instruments cannot be dummies", the vacillation of the "Club of the Awakened" is a lesson from the past, there are still many people in the city who are swaying from side to side, they are all potential supporters of Philip, Roland does not want Philip, a demagogue under the banner of "reform", to appear in the political arena again.

"I need some time to think about the problem that Pastor Witte pointed out, you ask him to be patient, and I will inform him when the result is available." Roland quietly explained a few words to Eleanor, and then left.

Whether or not to rescue Philip is not up to Roland to decide, he must first convince his father to agree with his concerns. As Rudolph invited the senior generals of the legion to lunch to discuss the next battle plan, Roland decided to bring the issue up at the dinner table.

"In last night's battle, our army completely annihilated the enemy's vulture horse cavalry battalion, completely smashed Krautz's 'Dawn Operation', and achieved a great victory, which is inseparable from your brave battle, I salute everyone, hard work!" Rudolph raised his glass to take the lead in celebrating the victory, and then his face became serious again, "It's a pity that we couldn't completely annihilate Klautz's knights last night and let him escape back to the Fort of Atonement, and there will inevitably be a tough battle next." ”

"The walls of the Fort of Atonement will never be stronger than those of Dragon City, not to mention that this city does not even have a 'Lost Lock', and if we push out our train cannons, we can destroy the walls in two or three strokes." Jack said with a grin.

"It's not a good idea to bombard the Fort of Atonement." Pastor Boris had a gloomy face, "There are still a million inhabitants in the city, and a cannon bombardment will inevitably affect them, and even taking the Fort of Atonement will damage our reputation." ”

"I also don't agree with the tactics of using train artillery to siege the city, but Jack was right about one thing just now, the Fort of Atonement does not have a 'lost lock', and it is easy to infiltrate the city, and the inside and outside should open the city gate to enlarge the army into the city." Master Merlin said slowly.

"I agree with Mr. Merlin's proposal, form an elite team to infiltrate the city to wreak havoc, this kind of thing we have done several times in the Northland, what war fortress, what giant demon island coral palace, all won like this, definitely an expert!" Lyudmila was both excited and a little regretful, but unfortunately Nikita, Bloom, Vigraf, and Veronica were not around, and she and Roland were the only ones left in the famous "Shining Gold" team.

Evgenia glanced at her daughter, with a hint of resentment in her eyes, and turned to Rudolph and said: "Just now the Reverend Denis came to me and asked us to try to rescue Archbishop Philip who was imprisoned by Krautz, and ask him to come forward to stabilize the situation in the city, which is conducive to our smooth takeover of the Fort of Atonement. ”

Rudolph smiled: "It's a bit whimsical, it's too risky to do this, in case the rescue fails, it will endanger the life of the archbishop, and the gain really outweighs the loss." Of course, this was an excuse, and the real reason was that he did not want to give Philip a chance to appear in public. Now that he is the leader of the revolution in the Far East, how can he let Philip jump to the fore and steal the limelight.

"I think this needs to be carefully considered." Roland spoke suddenly.