After the two sides had sat down, Leo spoke first, "I have met with His Excellency the Consul on behalf of His Excellency Saxon, and I thank you for providing us with such important information. His Excellency Sassen has also entrusted me with my sincere gratitude to Elder Lucas, if it weren't for your discovery of the trolls' plot, we in Blackwater would have suffered a great loss. ”

Bai Qi smiled: "Even without my information, I think the wise Lord Sasen may also be alert from the recent movements of the fish-men, right?" ”

Leo nodded and said: "That's right, the situation of the fishmen has been very strange recently, and Blackwater City is indeed ready to deal with it, but we didn't expect that there were trolls involved, since the old chief of Karn was inexplicably overthrown, and the Aka family was expelled from Blackwater Lake, we and the golden-scaled fishmen have been cut off from the internal news, and we can't penetrate for a while to understand its internal situation." ”

After a pause, Leo continued: "After reading the information sent back by Holmen, Lord Tsarsen praised His Excellency Lucas, and very much agreed with your strategy of using the fish-people to contain the fish-people, the Acre family has ruled the Golden Scale Clan in the Blackwater Lake for hundreds of years, and its influence in the Fish-Man Clan is by no means completely wiped out by a coup, if Prince Kaka can sneak back to the Fish-Man Peninsula, he will definitely be able to take away a large number of fish-people who have finally reached the Acre family, which can not only strengthen the fish-people who are willing to interact with our humans, but also weaken the power of the Golden Scale Kingdom." If Prince Kaka's reconstituted tribe is strong enough, it can even retake the Fish-Man Peninsula with our help. ”

Bai Qi nodded and said, "That's right, that's exactly what I thought." ”

Leo took out a sheepskin roll from his bosom and spread it on the table, saying, "Your Excellency Lucas, you see, this is a map of the Blackwater Swamp. ”

Bai Qi looked down and saw that it was indeed a rudimentary map, with two zigzag hyperbolas representing the wide Suluo River at the top of the map, and limestone mountains running north-south on the right side of the map.

Leo pointed to the triangle where the Suluo River and the Limestone Mountains meet on the map and said: "In the entire Blackwater Marsh, this triangle bordering the Suluo River in the north and the Limestone Mountain in the east is actually a more suitable place for the fish-people to live than the Fish-Man Peninsula in the Blackwater Lake. ”

"Back then, this golden-scaled tribe crossed the Arare River valley and entered human territory, and it was the first to land in this place, but because this place guards the southern bank of the Arare River valley, the strategic position is very important, you Leoni people built a 'gray fortress' at the foot of the limestone mountain near the river, due to the importance of this fortress, it is impossible for the Leoni military to allow a dangerous creature like a fish-man to settle nearby, and keep sweeping, so the golden-scaled fish-man tribe will move south along the swamp all the way to the south, and finally arrive at the shore of the Blackwater Lake."

"There is a vast swamp between the Blackwater Lake and the Grey Fortress, and for humans, this is an insurmountable curse, but for the Fishmen, this is a smooth road, and we believe that the real purpose behind the trolls' interest in this Fish-Man clan is probably the Grey Fortress."

"Because the junction of the Suluo River and the limestone mountain is all deep-water swamps, the gray fortress can only be built on a relatively gentle stone slope at the foot of the limestone mountain, and the stone slope area is not large, so the scale of the gray fortress is not large, the land part is only a stone fort that can accommodate two thousand soldiers, and the port part can only accommodate seven or eight assault warships, or a dozen or so pirate ships."

"As far as we know, orcs can only build simple canoes, but the trolls who live in the humid forests of the south have mastered certain shipbuilding skills, and although they are not as good as us humans, they have no problem building ships that can cross the valley of the Arare River."

"Your Excellency, you might as well imagine what a terrible thing it would be if tens of thousands of fish-man warriors suddenly burst out of the swamp behind the Grey Fortress while our warship was fighting with the Troll Clan's warships at the mouth of the Arare River!"

"And once the gray fortress is occupied by the fishmen, the trolls allied with the fishmen will be led by the fish-man guides, easily through the blackwater swamp and enter the blackwater lake, once the blackwater city is taken by the other party, let the trolls take root in the forest south of the blackwater lake, the forest of the vast desert on the south bank of the Suluo River will become the world of trolls, and the human city-state on the south bank of the Suluo River will be as dangerous as undefended bread for the trolls."

I have to say that Captain Leo's eloquence is very outstanding, and Bai Qi's hairs stand on end when he says it.

Looking at Bai Qi's expression, Captain Leo seemed to be very satisfied with the effect of his words, he cleared his throat and continued: "Fortunately, the news brought by you, Your Excellency, has made us see through the troll's conspiracy, I have already made a proposal to Your Excellency the Archon, why don't we simply hand over the large swamp next to the Gray Fortress to the Aka family as a base camp, let them build a nest nearby, and rebel against the golden-scaled fishmen who are still loyal to the Acre family from the Blackwater Lake Fishman Peninsula, and rebuild the Acre clan, As long as Prince Kaka can take enough Fishmen from the Fish-Man Peninsula, we in Blackwater City can unite with the Acre Clan and retake the Fish-Man Peninsula! ”

Captain Leo's construction was indeed an excellent solution to the Golden Scale Kingdom now, but it made Bai Qi have a trace of doubt.

The strategic position of the Grey Fortress is too important, and the human defense line on the north bank of the Sara River is indispensable, and there is no room for a mistake, after all, the fish-people are aliens, and it seems a little inappropriate to hand over such an important place to a group of aliens.

But after thinking about it, Bai Qi dispelled his doubts again, first of all, he met Prince Kaka, it was definitely an accident that he didn't even expect, and secondly, no matter how evil the black water thieves were, they were all human beings after all, what good could it do them to let orcs and trolls break through the Arare River Valley?

Just as Bai Qi was thinking this, Captain Leo continued: "Although Your Excellency the Wise Archon is very tempted by this proposal of Lord Sassen, he seems to have doubts about handing over the back of the Grey Fortress to the Acre Clan, but I think this plan is definitely the only way to solve the danger of the fish-men, Your Excellency, I have heard that you want to establish a feats like countless human heroes, isn't this a great opportunity?" ”

Seeing that Captain Leo seemed to be in a hurry to convince himself, Bai Qi's doubts that had just been dispelled rose again.

Of course, he would not express such doubts, and swore to Captain Leo that he would do his best to convince His Excellency the Archon to agree on this plan.

Before leaving, Captain Leo took out a bulging money bag and put it on the table, and said: "Your Excellency Lucas, you are the most cunning and daring general I have ever met, I believe that one day you will become a legendary hero, and your private army will also become a great army, these gold coins are my investment in this great army, you must accept it, maybe I will leave a name in history like you." ”

Looking at this money bag, Bai Qi frowned slightly, and then accepted the money bag with a smile on his face.

After sending Captain Leo away, Bai Qi opened the money bag that Leo had left just now, and it was full of a bag of gold coins, I am afraid that there were fifty or sixty pieces.

Bai Qi sat alone in the living room, looking at the gold coins in his hand, and began to carefully recall the whole process of his encounter with Kaka, and carefully recalled every word and expression of Captain Leo just now.

The more he recalled and analyzed, the more confused Bai Qi became, no matter how he thought about it, his encounter with Kaka was just an accident, and it was definitely impossible to be some kind of deliberate arrangement, but Captain Leo's behavior did have many doubts.

First of all, he exaggerated the threat of the Golden Scale Kingdom, if the Blackwater Water Thieves were really willing to cooperate with the human city-states, they only needed to agree to the city-state army to enter the Blackwater City through the city-man city, and the two sides would jointly march into the Fish-Man Peninsula, and the crisis of the Golden Scale Kingdom could be easily solved.

They don't even need to open Blackwater, they just need to build a temporary dock anywhere between Blackwater and the Fish-Man Peninsula for human armies to land, and the problem will be solved.

Or maybe Blackwater City can't trust other city-states and doesn't want the armies of human city-states to enter Blackwater Lake, they can also send their own army to approach the Fish-Man Peninsula by land far from the lakeshore, and they can suppress the Golden Scale Kingdom to do nothing.

There are hundreds of large and small water thieves in Blackwater City, and it is definitely not a problem to gather an army of seven or eight thousand people.

Although the water pirates have no experience in group combat, their individual strength is even stronger than that of most city-states, and only a few city-states such as Leoni and Dwarven City can outperform these water thieves in terms of individual soldiers.

The fishmen are far inferior to the water thieves in terms of discipline and individual strength, and the alliance of seven or eight thousand water thieves is not enough to defeat the Golden Scale Kingdom, but it is enough to drag the entire Golden Scale Kingdom and dare not move.

Also, moving the Acre clan next to the Grey Fortress may seem like a clever plan, but it's actually a bit of a trick.

If Blackwater City is truly cooperating with the human city-state, it only needs to quietly help Prince Kaka transport out the fishmen loyal to the Acre family on the Fish-Man Peninsula, which can greatly weaken the power of the Golden Scale Kingdom, and it is actually very easy to do this.

From the mouth of the priest of Soka, Bai Qi knew that the management within the Golden Scale Clan was very chaotic and loose, and the so-called Golden Scale Kingdom was actually composed of dozens of large and small fish-man tribes, whether it was the king or the chief, they were only the nominal leaders, and the control over other tribes was very weak, and the real power of the Acre family, which had ruled the Fish-Man Peninsula for hundreds of years, was actually only the three thousand people of the Acre tribe.

In fact, it was only three of the more powerful tribes that launched the mutiny to overthrow the rule of the Acre family, and the total population combined was only 5,000.

After hundreds of years of reproduction, the number of golden-scaled fishmen on the Fish-Man Peninsula has actually reached the limit that the peninsula can bear, and the survival conditions of the fish-people are not good.

After the three tribes that jointly overthrew the Acre family came to power, they would inevitably squeeze out the living space of the previous pro-Acre tribe and use it to win over their allies, just as the Acre family had done before.

If Kaka sneaks back to the Fish-Man Peninsula and tells the pro-Arab tribes who have been ostracized and their living conditions are getting worse and worse, there are countless territories waiting for them to occupy outside, and these tribes who already have an incense relationship with Kaka will be easily moved by him.

Not to mention much, as long as Kaka can bring out more than one-third of the number of fishmen on the Fish-Man Peninsula, he can completely use the Aka clan as a striker to counterattack the Fish-Man Peninsula, and there is no need to sacrifice too many water thieves, there is no need to give up such an important strategic position of the Gray Fortress to the Fishmen to fight in the ring, and the killing of the Fishmen by humans is carried out almost every day, and they are already dead to death.

Of course, these suspicions are just Bai Qi's speculation, maybe the water thieves in Blackwater City just can't trust the human city-state and are unwilling to fight the fish-people for the human city-state, so they came up with such a way without their bloodshed, or because there are different voices in Blackwater City, the Blackwater water thieves have no way to form a water thief alliance to fight against the Golden Scale Kingdom, so they came up with such a seemingly reasonable bad idea.

But no matter what, these doubts lingered in Bai Qi's heart. R1152