Volume 7 The Ferryman of the River Styx Chapter 16 My name is Kane
The withdrawal was proceeding in an orderly manner, but among the three countries, all kinds of rumors not only did not subside, but became more and more serious. Some say that in order to withdraw the troops, the king gave all the grain that the peasants had worked hard to cultivate and surrendered to those countries as a thank-you gift, while others say that the allied forces carried out massacres in retaliation against these countries along the way of the withdrawal, and even set fire to all the fertile farmland for hundreds of miles. In short, wherever the coalition forces went, none of the local residents looked at them with good eyes. Whenever they passed, the inhabitants hid their food and guarded them like thieves.
"Let them know that only the people's war is the most difficult war to resist, and if they kill everyone, then they will have to farm the land themselves. ”
Wang Wei wiped the soil on his face, looked at the army that was leaving in the distance, and said to the people on the side.
"That's right, these damn Hugo dogs!"
A farmer chimed in.
Wang Wei has been infiltrating the territory of the Three Kingdoms for a long time, and he has been busy here since he didn't need to worry about the affairs of his family. There is no need to doubt that so many rumors came from his old man's single-handedly concocted, framed, and used very easily. And the bloody massacre of the peasants was a good show performed by some Isaac regular troops who had infiltrated the territory of the three countries under his direction. The peasants who narrowly escaped were none other than Isaac's spies! Isaac and the Three Kingdoms were originally neighbors, and the long border made the people in the border areas more or less have some Isaac accents, coupled with the scars and angry expressions that were enough to make it real, and no excited peasant suspected that this was actually Isaac's conspiracy.
Everything was as I thought, the coalition forces were forced to withdraw under international pressure, and although they may have some small reconnaissance units in their necks, they were essentially insignificant.
Now Wang Wei is in the Imperial City of Rabelais, the outskirts of Xinong City, compared with Imperial Cities such as Isaac City, Xinong City is only a small town at most, Yuan is not as prosperous as those big countries, but the scene of fields and villages is also very pleasant. Wang Wei carried a bag of grain into the city, and the city defense army didn't even interrogate him. Because the peasants have recently been very dissatisfied with the state and some people wearing military uniforms, there have been many peasant disturbances, and in line with the idea that more things are better than less, the city defense army generally rarely cares about the peasants' dress. After entering the city, Wang Wei came to a hotel to wash up a little, and then, according to the prior arrangement, followed a vegetable shop owner to deliver a cart of vegetables into the palace.
The owner of the vegetable shop is an Isaac ancestor, and after coming here to do business, he got married and had children and settled here. However, according to the inside information that Wang Wei learned, this boss is actually an insider who is planted here, specializing in providing necessary help to Isaac at important times.
And now is the time.
A large wooden cart of vegetables and meat was pulled into the palace by a mule, and being able to have a mule to pull the cart in this country shows that the boss is not bad. At least the attitude of the palace guards towards him is evidenced by this, Wang Wei, who entered as the boss's nephew, disappeared into the vegetable cellar after helping the boss unload the goods. The owner of the vegetable shop summoned his own contract creature, and a shapeshifter took the form of Wang Wei and followed the boss out of the city.
The reason why Wang Wei chose to come here on such a day naturally has his intentions. For it was the day when the kings of Rabelais, Pascal and Molière met to discuss the future of the country and to reassure the people.
But for the most part, the kings of all three countries expressed concern about the future direction of their countries.
Isaac's intentions were clear, and even though they had withdrawn now, they would never make such a suspicious move for no reason. On the other hand, the Quad Alliance, led by Hugo and Verne, has decided to fight Isaac to the end. The extent to which they were able to do was not something that the three kings could grasp. Most importantly, what happens to the three countries that are sandwiched between these countries?
Geographically, the Three Kingdoms and Isaac are only separated by a river, and the living habits and folk customs of the residents of the two countries are very similar, so they should have been a good ally. But only the three kings themselves clearly knew that they were able to become kings because of Hugo's help. Although they also knew that Hugo was only doing this to control a granary that could produce food steadily, and at the same time to curb Isaac's development. For so many years, Hugo has never helped the development of these three countries, but only asked them to work hard to cultivate land and produce food, and the people of the three countries have complained, but the kings who know that their throne is not stable are helpless.
"Why don't we go and secretly send a gift to Isaac, and at the same time hand over a credential to declare that we have no intention of confronting Isaac?"
The king of Pascal frowned and said that Pascal had suffered the most of the incident, and that the rumoured massacres and rapes had taken place in Pascal's territory. Pascal's grievances were also the highest.
"Are you surrendering to our enemies?"
The host of the meeting, King Rabelais, asked loudly.
"Isaac is not our enemy, he is our neighbor, there is no conflict between us, we are not doing what Hugo commands. The struggle between their big countries uses us as a springboard, sandwiching us in the middle, and when they leave, what they leave us with is a mess all over the ground, which is not something that a small country like us should bear, and we don't need to participate in the game between big countries!"
King Pascal had clearly been under tremendous pressure in the past, and now he had put all his anger here.
"It makes a lot of sense, I also think that if this kind of thing happens like this again, our country will become their battlefield sooner or later, and no matter which side wins, we will leave anything, but now our lifeblood is in the hands of Hugo, and we have no say at all. ”
King Molière also agreed with King Pascal's opinion, he is the only coastal country among the three countries, Wang Wei's "Pan-ocean Resources Development Cooperation and Exchange Organization" made King Molière quite excited, although the land area is not large, but Molière with a long and narrow border has a vast maritime territory. And in these territories, there have always been only some fishermen who catch some small fish and shrimp in the offshore waters, and there has been no way to make higher profits. And this so-called "Pan-Ocean Resources Development Cooperation and Exchange Organization" gave Molière a glimmer of light, they could not afford expensive steel warships, and advanced steel fishing boats were what they wanted most.
"So, you seem to be leaning more towards Isaac. ”
The face of the king of Rabelais is gloomy, among several countries, only Rabelais is a hardcore Hugo supporter, and it seems that there are rumors recently that the emperor of Rabelais is actually a nail planted by Hugo in the Three Kingdoms, once there is a wind and grass, Hugo can quickly know the movements of the Three Kingdoms.
Although people didn't believe it before, it seems that there is some truth in the rumors.
Just as the other two kings were about to say something, the heavy gate seemed to be struck by some battering ram, and with a heavy thud, the huge latch snapped, and the gate was smashed into a crack by brute force. The guards on either side of them panicked, unaware of what was happening. And the emperors who were in a meeting were even more inexplicable, and they watched together in panic as the gate was smashed by an unknown force, and the thick iron plate was bent and broken under brute force.
Eventually, the two gates were completely scrapped, and thick stakes were pulled out of the stone walls on either side of them.
"Well, excuse me, the villain has come to bring your Majesties dinner to you. ”
Wang Wei dragged a large metal tray into the conference room.
It's just under twelve o'clock now, lunch has been postponed due to meetings, where is dinner?
"Damn it! Guards!"
Emperor Rabelais shouted.
"They are asleep outside, and the noise is too loud to wake them up, my Imperial Majesty, you know, it is not good to disturb the rest of others. ”
Wang Wei walked all the way to the large conference table and placed the cloth-covered tray on the table.
"Rest in peace?"
Emperor Rabelais felt his eyes flutter. This room has only two doors, one large door and one secret door. But the only place where the guards could enter was the main entrance, and since this guy had come in through the main entrance, didn't that mean that he had killed everyone?
"That's right, rest in peace. ”
Wang Wei slapped the table with his hand with a smile on his face, adjusting everyone's attention.
"Forget about the meaningless things, I have come this time to give you a gift for Your Majesty, and before I do that, I will introduce myself, my name is Kane. ”