Chapter 40: Luring the Serpent Out of the Hole
An hour later.
"Lord, big harvest, the spy who was arrested just now knows a lot of information, do you want to hear about it?"
Chi Yan said excitedly as soon as he entered the door, and then Chi Yan carefully reported the sorted situation to Lu Cheng.
"You didn't cut that person, did you?" Lu Cheng hurriedly asked.
"No, I thought it might be useful, so I didn't cut it." Red Flame said.
"Well done, I have an idea to try, this man called Iron Hook still has a great use, you send someone to watch him well, don't hurt him." Lu Cheng thought for a while and added, "In addition, inform the guards on the periphery that the tongue is gone, don't deliberately put it in and arrest it again." ”
Bandit camp.
"Report to your lordship, the spies who are investigating the enemy have been dispatched."
Kelfer shook the wine glass in his hand and drank the red wine in the high-end crystal glass in one gulp.
"Well, it tastes good, this wine was sent by a lame man?" Kelford asked.
The subordinate who was half-kneeling in front of Kelford immediately replied, "Yes, my lord, Lord Hamilton entrusts the little one to the one." ”
Hamilton is a small bandit leader, managing an insignificant level 1 camp, because his left leg is a little lame so he is called lame, Hamilton often honors Kelford in order to get the opportunity to be promoted, but because of his ordinary ability and did not enter Kelford's eyes, so he has not been promoted for a long time, and after learning that Kelford asked the iron hook to carry out the mission of detecting the enemy's death, Hamilton immediately secretly sent hundreds of gold coins to Kelford, and made a good bottle of red wine. Kelford, who had already intended to train his own team, accepted Hamilton's offer.
"The lame man has worked hard for so long, and it's time to be promoted." Kelford poured some more wine, glanced at his men and asked, "Has the hook returned?" ”
"Report to your lordship, none of the spies who went deep into the enemy's interior have not returned, it may be ......"
"Got it, you can go down." Kelfo waved his hand and let his men retreat, and the result was self-evident.
The next morning.
"My lord, the hook is back."
"yes, got it." Kelford stretched, "What! What did you say? ”
Kelford's men hurriedly repeated: "My lord, it's the Iron Hook back, and he's waiting outside to see you." ”
Kelford frowned, the iron hook guy really has two brushes, and he came back alive unexpectedly, it seems that it will take some effort to get rid of the iron hook: "Let him in." ”
Under the guidance of his subordinates, the wet iron hook walked into the tent.
"My lord, the little one has fulfilled his mission and has figured out the enemy's situation! I have important information to tell you. Iron Hook reported with a blushing face.
Kelfer played with a wine glass in his hand, squinted at the iron hook and asked, "Iron hook, do you remember when I asked you to come back?" ”
"This ......" Iron Hook didn't expect Kelford to start asking for the crime first without asking anything, "After the little one infiltrated the enemy garrison, he discovered important military information, delayed a little time, and hoped that the adult Haihan." ”
"Humph!" Kelford slammed the glass on the table, the crystal glass glass shattered the table, "Iron Hook, do you know that Lord Otis hates his subordinates not obeying orders the most?" You can figure out how to talk to Lord Otis about delaying the military situation! ”
"Your Excellency!" Iron Hook was so frightened that he immediately knelt down, "The little one knows that he is wrong, and the little one came to the adult just to ask the adult to intercede with Lord Otis." ”
"Humph! If Lord Otis is so good at talking, wouldn't those guys who were already more than two meters tall die in vain? ”
Iron hook eyes purred twice, quickly climbed to Kelford's table, and quietly stuffed a cloth bag into Kelford's hand: "I also hope that adults can not remember the villain, help the small, the small must remember the good of the adult, and I am willing to go to the sword mountain and the sea of fire for the adult in the future." ”
Kelfo gently picked open the corner of the cloth bag with his fingers, and the cloth bag was full of golden gold coins, estimated to be more than 100 pieces.
"Iron Hook, you are also a very capable person, it's not that I'm harsh on you, but I have to be careful when doing things under Lord Otis." Kelford put away the money bag and said in a gentle tone, "For the sake of your last meritorious service, I will find a way to intercede with Lord Otis this time." ”
"Thank you, thank you, thank you." The hook slammed its head a few times.
"But remember what you just said." Kelford said.
"Keep the little ones in mind, and I would like to take the heads of adults in the future!"
"Very well, you get up." Kelfo raised his hand, "Tell me about the situation of the enemy army, just now you said there was an important discovery?" ”
Iron Hook stood up and straightened his clothes and said: "Yes, my lord, I have found that the enemy's garrison is insufficient, and I have captured one of the opposing militiamen, and I learned from him that the enemy had withdrawn a large force to the territory yesterday morning, saying that it was to defend against the attack of the kobolds. ”
"There's such a thing? And what about the militia who was caught? Kelford frowned.
"The enemy's vigilance is too strict, and it is inconvenient for the little one to bring him back, so he can only be killed." Iron Hook said with some regret.
"Tell me about the specifics." It was ironic that Kelford had to pay attention, he never expected that the enemy would quietly withdraw the large number of troops back, and they were still too frightened by the few enemies to hide in the camp and dare not come out.
Iron Hook straightened out his thoughts, and told Kelford what he had "seen and heard with his own eyes".
After the hook finished speaking, Kelford didn't speak, and after pondering for a long time, he stared into the hook's eyes and asked, "Are you sure what you said is true?" ”
"The small one didn't dare to deceive the adults, and the small ones delayed the time in order to confirm the authenticity of the situation, but judging from what the small ones saw and heard, the enemy's large army really retreated, and there may only be more than 200 people left, if the enemy army and the kobold are finished, in case the enemy army wins, we will have no chance, so ......" Iron Hook said and looked at Kelford.
"I understand what you mean, but I can't do such a big thing, accompany me to find Lord Otis, if the news is true, you have done a great job." Although Kelford did not give up getting rid of the iron hook, but now the iron hook is still very useful, and he does not dare to do it easily, otherwise once he misses the great opportunity to fight back, he will not be able to hold back the blame of Otis in the future.
Kelford took the hook and went to meet Otis non-stop.
"Iron Hook, is what you said true?" Otis looked at the hook suspiciously, "Didn't you say before that you weren't discovered when you went to the kobold?" ”
The iron hook knelt down with a thud, and said with tears in his eyes: "The adults are angry, and the villain also knows that the enemy has a traitor on the kobold's side, and the enemy knows about our cooperation with the kobold for the first time, so they quickly withdrew their troops, and deliberately left a small number of troops to confuse us and prevent us and the kobold from attacking from both sides." ”
Otis groped his head, and he didn't think about it in this direction.
"Okay, I see, you go down first." Otis waved his hand expressionlessly, and the iron hook hurriedly retreated.
"My lord, I think what the iron hook said is still more credible."
After a moment of silence, Kelford took the initiative to speak.
"Hmph, aren't you afraid of the enemy's tricks?" Otis looked out the door indifferently.
"What the lord said makes sense, and I will send someone to review it immediately." Kelford said quickly.
"Go find out immediately, prepare to gather additional troops, and attack as soon as it is confirmed!" Otis glared, "This time I definitely have to teach this kid a profound lesson!" ”
The robber spies immediately poured out of the nest, dozens of people approached the position of the iron hook from all directions, the spies were cautiously approaching Lu Cheng's station, under the crazy drive of Kelford, the spies frantically forced to break through the peripheral patrol composed of militia and adventurers, and even fought hard without fear of the difference in strength, after paying a heavy price, the few spies dragged their scarred bodies to report the results of the investigation to Otis.
"The enemy really only has a small number of troops left, only about 200!" Kelford said excitedly.
"Good! Very good! Otis stood up suddenly, "Pass my order and allocate 1,000 troops to besiege the enemy!" Let's go! Whoever drops the chain for me this time will be killed! ”
"Yes! My lord! The little leaders were excited, chased by the enemy like rabbits, and even forced back to their lair, and finally were able to be ashamed.
There is a weird smile on the corner of the iron hook's mouth, which makes you happy for a while, and you will cry after a while. He was also tired of the smoky gangsters, it was a wrong choice to choose to be a bandit back then, but fortunately, he now has the opportunity to get rid of this identity.
In a short time, thousands of robbers rushed out of the camp and rushed to the predetermined location in two directions, divided into left and right directions.
Kelford led more than 400 people on the left flank in high spirits, and he was the most trusted person in Otis, so it was only natural that he should lead one of the two troops.
"Iron hook, how far is it?" Kelford asked, turning his head.
"My lord, it's not far away, and you'll be there after this grove!" Iron Hook acts as a guide and Kelford at the front of the line.
"Haha, everyone, look, the enemy was scared away by us!"
A six-man patrol patrolling the edge of the grove stared at the huge team of robbers in amazement, with a look of hell, and then ran away without thinking about it, and in an instant ran a few hundred meters away.
"Hahahaha! Rush me, little ones! ”
Several of the small leaders screamed in excitement, and before Kelford could give orders, they chased after them with dozens of men.
Seeing this, Kelford didn't stop it, the enemy was not far away, and it was quite his liking to let this group of fools rush first.
After a while, the left flank led by Kelfo was the first to find the enemy's position.
"My lord, the enemy is preparing to retreat, we just wanted to go up, but the enemy's long-range firepower is strong, and several brothers have died." Said the little leader who had been chasing the patrol first.
Kelford stood on a high place and watched, as the Iron Hook said, there were only about 200 people in the camp of Notta, and after hearing the news of the robbers, the camp was in a mess, and it seemed that they were in a hurry to run.
"Give it to me! Don't let the enemy go! Kelford's eyes lit up at the chaotic camp in front of him, as if he had seen fat that was almost up to his mouth, and he wanted to swallow it immediately.