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Rick looked at the slender font on the edict, and suddenly felt a trace of goodwill and sympathy for the queen who hurriedly drove him out of Bo Ying, and reluctantly straightened his spirits, and said, "So, what do the commanders and staff elders want to do?" To be honest, I'm not very good at this, when will the enemy legions come to the fortress? ’
Sha Huoman suddenly stood up and said: "My idea is very simple, as long as we catch these spies and arrest all the relevant personnel, the Shenfeng Fortress will be restored to the previous unity, so many enemies are not our opponents, when Wei Mang was still serving in the Shenfeng Fortress, we did not use 5,000 people to withstand the attack of the enemy's 50,000 troops for 20 consecutive days, so please give an order to immediately detain all the spies." The two battle-hardened 10,000 horsemen stood up and agreed with the thunderous method proposed by Sha Huoman.
'No, it won't work!' Capri said excitedly: "We don't know how many people are spies now, and there is no reason to detain all the commanders in one go, and it is easy to arouse the suspicion of the ordinary sergeants below, besides, the enemy may pass through Xiangcheng at any time to attack the fortress, now we really can't do such a stupid thing, this is undoubtedly asking for trouble for ourselves, and now the spies want to stir up contradictions between the people and our garrison, and it is precisely because they want us to do such a thing." Therefore, I think it is better to be still, and to wait quietly until they show their tails themselves, and then we will have a great reason to hunt them down, and it will not be difficult to keep out the troops who have come from afar. As long as we get all the spies out. It shouldn't be a problem. ’
Rick stretched out his hand. After stopping the argument between the two, after pondering for a while, he asked, "Is there any problem on the sergeant's side?" ’
One of the Captains of the Ten Thousand Horsemen, named Dark, replied, "Except for one of the Captains of the Thousand Horsemen who was a spy, the others were very reliable men." ’
Rick breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's good, as long as there is no problem on the sergeant's side, everything is easy to do, I have a plan now." But before I talk about this plan, I have to ask you a few questions. ’
Including Wei Mang, everyone looked at Rick, not knowing what good ideas he would have, but based on politeness and the obedience of subordinates to superiors, several people did not write their doubts on their faces, and of course nodded at Rick's question almost at the same time.
As long as we figure out a few problems, we can wipe out all the enemies and all the spies, and the most important thing is that we don't have to exert too much effort. Rick said with a smile..' First question. Have you all been to Xiangcheng? ’
Wei Mang glanced at the four people who were not good at talking, and replied considerately, "I must have been there." The middle-level officials in the Shenfeng Fortress must have been to Xiangcheng, because now Xiangcheng can be regarded as a semi-neutral city, and it is many times more prosperous than the Shenfeng Fortress. ’
'That's good! Rick said: "Actually, we can do this, because the enemy's legions have to pass through Xiangcheng before they can reach the fortress, so we can provoke panic in Xiangcheng, so that all the people in Xiangcheng know that there is a mysterious legion approaching Xiangcheng, and they plan to rob Xiangcheng, after doing so, although the four major mercenary groups in Xiangcheng will come out to explain, but for ordinary merchants who seek safety, they would rather believe it than believe it." At this time, we opened the gates of the fortress and openly accepted all merchants from Xiangcheng. ’
What's the use of that? Wei Mang asked suspiciously, of course, it was not only Wei Mang who had doubts, but also the faces of the other four people had doubts written on them.
"Of course it works," Rick said confidently, "As long as we have the right strategy, Xiangcheng will soon have problems, and of course the four mercenary groups will be suspicious of each other about who leaked the news out of the clouds, so our opportunity has come." ’
'Opportunity? What chances? Capri suddenly thought that this seemed like a good idea, and immediately asked.
You should all know, right? Xiangcheng and its surrounding areas should actually be regarded as the territory of the Blue Moon Empire. Rick asked instead of answering, and everyone looked at Rick with strange eyes, not knowing what Rick was trying to say. Rick looked at them proudly and said, "Actually, before I came to the Divine Seal Fortress, Her Majesty the Queen had already rewarded me with all the lands except the Divine Seal Fortress, including Xiangcheng, as my personal territory. ’
'How is this possible?' Capri said excitedly, "Her Majesty has never given a title to any nobleman until now. ’
Rick smirked and said, "I can show you the edict tomorrow, but the plan I'm going to talk about now has a lot to do with that." ’
'What does the Marquis want to do?' 'Sha Huoman is obviously just a general and not a qualified commander, Rick looked at the unknown Sha Huoman and Wei Mang, who had a flash of doubt in his eyes, but was a little excited, and said: "My idea is that when something goes wrong in Xiangcheng and many people in Xiangcheng flow to the Shenfeng Fortress, I will bring some people to receive Xiangcheng in the name of Her Majesty the Queen!" Although there are four mercenary corps in Xiangcheng now, with the strength of our garrison, it should be very easy to suppress these four mercenaries, not to mention that there seems to be a mercenary army that has a good relationship with Wei Mang. Or, directly let me take some people to Xiangcheng, and then we will spread such a news ourselves, and wait until the hearts of the people in Xiangcheng are fluctuating, and then come forward to receive Xiangcheng. In short, I want to make the people of Xiangcheng scared to death first, and then find a big hope, so that the impact on the mood, plus now there is no proper manager in Xiangcheng, it should be successful, the key issue is just how to negotiate with the four mercenary legions. ’
That's true, but what's the use? Sha Huoman asked: "Before this, Xiangcheng was indeed under the management of the Divine Seal Fortress, but in the end, an isolated Xiangcheng, we had no way to resist the continuous attacks of several countries, and in the end we still had to retreat to the fortress. ’
Rick laughed, laughing and saying, "Our goal now is not to take back Xiangcheng, but just to create such an atmosphere, so that everyone, including the two deputy commanders and the two staff members, think that the empire is going to expand outward, so that the mysterious legion that wants to attack the fortress will definitely think that this is a good opportunity to fall from the sky, and then take advantage of the fortress when it is in chaos, bypass Xiangcheng to attack the fortress, and when we are prepared, such a legion will fall into a situation where the enemy is on both sides, It is difficult to cross the fortress when we enter, and there is Xiangcheng in the way when we retreat, as long as we cooperate properly, we can completely annihilate these enemies. ’
After a pause, Rick saw the doubt in Sha Huoman's eyes, and continued: "Of course, if this legion plans to attack Xiangcheng, we can't ask for it, because if we do this, the four mercenary groups of Xiangcheng will inevitably unite to defend against foreign enemies, and I can take advantage of it, as long as Xiangcheng closes the city gate, with its current strength, it is not a big problem to resist for a month or two, and because of the special situation of Xiangcheng now, they want to attack Xiangcheng, and they will encounter public opinion pressure between countries, and we can spread rumors at that time, What Karinkel Empire wants to swallow Xiangcheng, what Shuka Kingdom wants to turn Xiangcheng into its own territory, no matter how ridiculous the rumors are, there will definitely be people who believe it, at that time, the Divine Fortress Legion can take the initiative to attack, the fortress is only fifty miles to Xiangcheng, and it is bound to become a horn, and it is not a problem to work or defend! ’
Capri suddenly said: "The strategy is very good, and with our justifiable reception of Xiangcheng, when the northern countries contain each other, it is not impossible to recover Xiangcheng, but now the fortress legion is less than half of the establishment, more than 20,000 people, if the spies are eliminated, it may only be a little more than 20,000, and we don't know how many people there are in the enemy's mysterious legion, if we divide the troops rashly, I am afraid that we will miss at both ends at that time, after all, Xiangcheng is also a big city." ’
Rick smiled mysteriously and said, "Regarding these two aspects, the chief of staff can rest assured, I have my own way, basically I don't need to use the garrison of the fortress, as long as I put a name, with only the three hundred sergeants under my command, I can completely take over Xiangcheng." ’
'How is this possible?' 'The other of the two Ten Thousand Cavalry Commanders, the Ten Thousand Cavalry Commander Kluji said in a lost voice, "The four mercenary groups in Xiangcheng, any one of them has a scale of more than five thousand people, how can it be possible to receive Xiangcheng with only three hundred soldiers?" ’
Rick smiled slightly, and said, "Don't worry, my lords, after two days and when I'm ready, I'll leave for Xiangcheng, and the commander and my chief of staff will be in charge of the affairs in the fortress, remember that as long as you secretly monitor their every move, you can catch them at any time, and we still need them to transmit the situation to the outside world." ’
After exchanging glances with Shahuman for a moment, Capri said, "Since the Marquis has said so, we will naturally do as we are told." ’
When Rick led Wei Mang away, the remaining four senior officers of the fortress did not leave, but continued to discuss the next move.
Kluji first said: "I think this little guy is too good at bragging, he wants to take Xiangcheng with only three hundred people, and he has to bear the task of intercepting the rear of the enemy's legion, it's just a joke, even if these three hundred people are all warriors with phantom beasts, it is impossible to do it, and when will the regular army attacking the fortress be less than 50,000 people?" Three hundred against fifty thousand, I'm afraid that even a knight's charge can't resist it. ’
'Sounds impossible! Capri said calmly, "But I had a gut feeling that this Earl was no ordinary man, and that there was an irrefutable confidence in what he said." But it doesn't matter if it can't be realized, as long as we find out all the spies, the fortress is still impregnable. (To be continued......)