Xiao Chen and Caterina came to the back of the march and found Wang Jiyuan in a magic crystal van, who was having a meeting with Shi Hao and several other officers.

Xiao Chen and Caterina handed over their horses to the orderlies on the side and turned over into the magic crystal truck.

As soon as Xiao Chen's feet stepped on the cargo bed, the truck started and drove into a dirt pit on the ground, and the body with poor shock absorption system shook suddenly, almost knocking Xiao Chen out of the car, but fortunately, Wang Jiyuan was quick and stretched out his hand to pull it, so he didn't let him fall.

"Be careful, this car sits like a massage chair and loosens bones. Wang Jiyuan quipped.

"Riding a horse hurts in the butt, and it's good to be able to change the taste. Xiao Chen thanked Wang Jiyuan with a smile and asked Caterina to sit down with him to report the situation.

"The Marquis of Bardini in Ciudad Suero, I've dealt with before. In addition, Robert, the former steward of Baron Goya's house, is now one of our agents here. The Ministry of Commerce has long since taken over the trade routes under the original Baron Goya, so our infiltration of Suero is sufficient. Because I was involved in all these things in the early stage, Peng Ziyi from the Intelligence Department entrusted me to assist Caterina in investigating intelligence. Xiao Chen was very clear when he got down to business, "This time, she has been in contact with all parties, and she has mainly collected information on three aspects, one is the movement of the nobles in the city and nearby, the defensive strategy of the city guards, and the reaction of the merchants to our imminent takeover of Suero. ”

Caterina said, "We are moving faster than Count Carlos this time. Therefore, the nobles in the city were a little sluggish. However, before I returned, quite a few nobles were ready to evacuate. You must know that after the previous war with the Duke of Greenwood, especially the handling of the town of Arano, we have a bad reputation in the nobility circle. Many nobles feel that we are targeting the entire aristocratic force. ”

"Hehe, they feel right. If we don't sweep these people away, how can we be worthy of us coming here from such a distant place?" Wang Jiyuan said with a smile.

Caterina obviously didn't have a good impression of the nobles either, and she didn't care too much about Wang Jiyuan's words: "Yesterday they had already started to sort out the things they were preparing to evacuate, but in the past two days, they also expected that it might not be safe outside, so several nobles and big businessmen in the inner city made an appointment to prepare to escape together this afternoon." ”

"What about the Marquis of Bardini?" asked Wang Jiyuan.

"The Marquis of Bardini is now hiring mercenaries, recruiting slaves, and reorganizing the city guards. Two days ago, I tried to contact the commander of the city guard, Baron Gregory, who already had the intention of taking refuge in us, and could open the gates for us directly. But I didn't expect that while we were talking, the baron's mansion was raided by the marquis's personal guards, the marquis's personal guards were very strong, there were actually several mid-level warriors, I immediately escaped with a random teleportation scroll, but Baron Gregory failed to escape, and later I learned that he was killed by the marquis's personal guards on the spot that day. ”

"I didn't expect the situation you encountered to be so dangerous, Peng Ziyi didn't let you rebel at first. How dangerous it is for you to make your own decisions!" Xiao Chen didn't know about this before, but he was a little angry when he heard this.

"I have scrolls, they can't catch me, besides, how can it be absolutely safe to get information. If you were really afraid of death, you wouldn't do it. "When I went out of the city this morning, I saw Baron Gregory's head stuck in the wall. ”

"Kill the chickens and make an example of the monkeys. Shi Hao said, "It seems that the Marquis of Bardini is determined to defend Suero." ”

"And not only Baron Gregory, but also the baron's cronies in the city guard, the merchants in the city who have the idea of surrendering and making meritorious contributions, and a few guys who usually don't deal with the marquis, were all taken out and beheaded. ”

Xiao Chen frowned and said, "Could it be that he has other ideas and just makes a gesture?"

"He's all armed and fighting like that, will it still be a gesture?" Shi Hao asked rhetorically.

"Not necessarily, if we come here and encounter a city that can be broken at the first poke, will we care about Bardini's attitude? As for the rectification of his subordinates, it is also necessary, he has not yet made a bid, and his younger brother will come out to sell it first, and maybe he will use his head as a step into the body. Is it tolerable or intolerable?"

Shi Hao was stunned by what he said, but after thinking about it, he found that it was not unreasonable: "You people have a lot of crooked thoughts, how can you think of this kind of place after two turns!"

"Then you mean that Bardini is still worth touching?" asked Wang Jiyuan.

"I think it's worth a try, because last time Baron Goya happened, I saw him a few times under the recommendation of Master Icasa. Speaking of which, there was still a commercial cooperation between us, and some of Baron Goya's estates were eventually ceded to him. I thought I might be able to talk to him. ”

Wang Jiyuan did not reply to Xiao Chen directly, but continued to ask Katarina: "How is the defense of the city guards?"

Caterina took out a small notebook with a drawing of the walls of the city of Suero, and many numbers were marked on the walls and houses: "The city guards of Suero originally only numbered more than 1,000 people, and only about 500 people were stationed in the city in normal times, and most of the rest were used to manage the order of the outer city. This time, after the purge of the Marquis of Bardini, there were less than a thousand people left. But the Marquis also hired four large mercenary groups. There were about a thousand of them, and he also requisitioned more than eight hundred from the slave camps. Including his own personal guards, there were about three thousand people.

In addition, he asked the nobles to requisition some of the guards. I don't have time to inquire about the number of these people. I have only heard that all the nobles and merchants who are going to evacuate have been forced by him to leave a considerable part of the guards and supplies down, otherwise they would not want to leave. In addition, there are not a few nobles who are willing to stay and fight, and the status of nobles is originally earned by military merits, and this time may not be an opportunity to earn military merits in the eyes of many people. ”

Shi Hao sneered: "Then you have to have a life." These speculative guys, aren't they afraid of being mixed in with the rabble and finally being killed by us?"

Xiao Chen said: "That's not necessarily, staying is a gesture, even if the battle is not defeated and the teleportation is evacuated, then it will resist, right? As long as the kingdom doesn't want to fall, it can't treat these heroes badly." ”

"It's all a routine!" Shi Hao snorted disdainfully.

Wang Jiyuan said: "No matter what, the enemy's strength is still very considerable, and everyone can't underestimate the enemy!"