Christina came to Ding Ran's side and said, "If you can wake up, you'll be fine, I'll treat you again, and it will be fine in a few days." ”

"Christina, is Liana okay, where is she?" asked Liana Ding Ran nervously.

"Sister is fine, she has been taking care of you for the past two days, you don't know how worried she is about you during this time. It's no wonder that if someone is desperately trying to protect me, I will be tempted, hehehe. Christina tilted her head and smiled simply.

Ding Ran listened to the sweetness in his heart, this feeling should be the taste of love.

Ray recruited thirty mercenaries to serve as escorts on the Winter Throne, not because he was afraid of robbery, but because he needed to be transported by hand. With his current strength, any nearby settlement would be self-defeating if he dared to make an idea.

The convoy traveled westward, passing through several settlements without anyone daring to embarrass them, and the trucks with the Eun family logo were like passes.

An Zifeng has been staying in the Northwest Fortress, and Diona has not summoned him for the past few days, indicating that she does not accept her proposal.

Finally waited for the agreed time with Lei, he went outside the city early in the morning to wait for Lei's arrival, and finally heard the dull engine sound of the truck.

An Zifeng jumped to the top of the tallest tree in two nimble leaps, and a convoy appeared and disappeared between the distant hillsides, while Lei rode Xiaobai to follow the convoy, and he jumped down to meet the convoy.

Lei jumped off Xiaobai and asked, "Crazy, how are things going?"

An Zifeng shook his head helplessly and said, "Head, this girl seems to have a bit of a big appetite, and the conditions we gave can't win the support of the Northwest Highlands, what should I do?" By the way, she said that she wants to meet with you and talk to you again." ”

"Don't worry, she hasn't rejected you yet, it means that she still has ideas, talking to me is nothing more than adding weight, let's listen to what she has to say first, huh?

Lei wisely analyzed Diona's psychology, but the reaction arc to some things was a bit long, if it was Ding Ran, he would definitely be the first to ask Diona if she was beautiful or not.

An Zifeng told Lei everything he knew, and the gate of the Northwest Fortress was also in sight.

"Meet her first, there's still plenty of time before we negotiate the siege time. Ray made up his mind to enter the city, and when he found a column of troops marching out neatly on both sides of the road.

Diona dressed up in a white dress, her slightly curly golden hair was still casually shawled, and her noble temperament was as beautiful as a fairy out of the dust, almost comparable to Christina.

An Zifeng actually looked distracted, and Lei coughed lightly before he reacted, "I'm sorry, this is Miss Diona, the leader of the Northwest Fortress, and this is Lei, the head of the Shadow." ”

"Hello Ray, welcome to the Northwest Fortress, let's talk inside. Diona gracefully gestured to invite.

Lei nodded, but turned to the accompanying mercenaries and said, "Everyone, if you have been wronged to stay in the northwest fortress for a period of time, I will pay 5 times the honorarium as compensation, and the daily food and accommodation will be counted in my name." ”

A group of people suddenly jumped up with a smile, this kind of treatment is already a great gift for the mercenaries who are struggling to make ends meet, and someone who cares about eating and controlling the fool will refuse it.

In the living room, Diona raised her glass and said, "Cheers to our acquaintance." ”

Lei and An Zifeng also raised their wine glasses together and drank them all.

"Miss Diona, let's get straight to the point, what conditions do you want to cooperate with me?" asked Ray directly.

"I want the Winter Throne, because it belongs to me, and as long as you promise this, we will be friends, and I will be on your side no matter what happens. Diona looked at Ray expectantly, nervous for fear of hearing Ray's refusal.

Ray didn't say anything right away, he looked at Diona with a calm face and said, "I've heard about your past, and it's reasonable to say that the Winter Throne belongs to you, but there's nothing to say who it has always belonged to, it's just that you once had it." ”

"What do you mean ?...?" she couldn't guess at Lei's ambiguous reply.

"Let's assume so, what will I get in return if I give up the Winter Throne?"

Diona said, "I am willing to join the Shadow to serve you, the Throne of Winter is still your inheritance, I only want the full jurisdiction of the Throne of Winter, if you promise this, the Northwest Fortress will be the Shadow from now on." ”

Lei habitually tapped his fingers to think, An Zifeng just quietly tasted the sweetness of the aged red wine, as if all this had nothing to do with him, only Diona anxiously waiting for Lei's reply.

If it weren't for the geographical advantage, the Northwest Highlands would have been wiped out long ago, so the little power in his hands alone would definitely never have a chance to reclaim the Winter Throne.

It was the closest chance she came to success, and she couldn't control her excitement.

Diona's proposal is not too much, that is, Shadow also needs a manager to take the Winter Throne, as if the current laterite mining area is nominally Thunder, but the ruler is still Brian, she just wants to govern more independently.

"It's a good compromise, okay, I promise you. Ray didn't have much difficulty in deciding to settle down.

"You... You decided so quickly, didn't you ask for anything?" Thunder's decisiveness surprised Diona, and he prepared a bunch of reasons to convince him that he didn't expect it to be so easy.

"There's no need for that, I'm sure you'll take care of it, but for now we'll see how we can get your Winter Throne back, and welcome to the Shadows, Diona. Ray reached out and shook Diona.

"Diona and the Northwest Fortress are hereby sent by the Commander. ”

Diona just wanted to bend down and salute, but Ray hurriedly grabbed her and said, "It doesn't have to be like this, we just get along like friends, you can call me by my name in the future, I'm more used to it." ”

"Or call your head like I do. ”

An Zifeng could see that Diona wanted to object to Ray's words, because she felt that it was disrespectful to her boss, which she could not tolerate, and An Zifeng's proposal was quite in line with her identity.

"Well, if you have anything to do in the future, just tell me. ”

Ray simply asked some questions about the Northwest Fortress, how much ammunition stock of fighters could support what scale of confrontation, and so on.

Diona replied to Lei one by one, a total of 563 people in the Northwest Fortress can participate in the battle, and as for the ammunition, it is still very sufficient, even in the face of a thousand people, it can hold on to the consumption for about ten days. The fly in the ointment is that there is a considerable lack of heavy weapons, only a dozen multi-barreled heavy machine guns and two old heavy guns, and there are more than a dozen mortars, but the shells are very lacking, less than a base.

"Head, with the weapons you brought, I can arm up to 650 people, but few of those heavy weapons will be useless. Diona added.

Ray nodded and said, "According to my original plan, you take the personnel of the Northwest Fortress to attack the Winter Throne, and it is best to find a way to lure out his main force, as long as you contain them for two hours, I can take the opportunity to take the Winter Throne, and then form a front and rear attack with you, and they will definitely be defeated by surprise." ”

"It's not a problem to contain them, we are very familiar with this area, let alone two hours or four hours, they can't bargain. Now I just don't know how to get them out?"

"There will be a way, as long as we find their weaknesses, this can't be solved at once, let's first study the distribution of power on the Winter Throne and the interests of the Murphy family. Ray said with a sip of wine.

Diona still couldn't help but ask Ray, "Since you know that the Winter Throne is actually the dark industry of the Murphy family, do you dare to make up your mind?" After that, the Shadow is completely hostile to some forces of the Murphy family. ”

"I can't care about that much, just have Murphy Yard behind me, even if I face a certain branch of the Murphy family in the future, I am not afraid, whoever has a hard fist makes sense, doesn't it?" Ray asked Diona with a calm smile.

What a madman who is not afraid of death, a fearless determination can be seen in Ray's calm smiling face Diona.

After the three of them talked together for a long time, Diona shared some information that outsiders didn't know, his uncle was actually mediocre, at most he had crossed the threshold of the fifth order, and the person behind it was Murphy Cross, and the specific source and which branch was not known. But Diona had fought him once, and almost died at his hands, and at that time she was already at the middle level of the fifth order.

"By the way, head, I have a blueprint of the embryonic design of the Winter Throne, I hope it will help you, and I will find it later. Diona lifted her skirt and trotted away, and then hurried back a moment.

Ray looked closely at the yellowed drawings, and sure enough, they matched many of the buildings he had seen.

According to Diona, the Throne of Winter is the ruins of a small town from the old era, built on the solid architectural foundations of the old era.

Ray pointed to a shaded area on the drawing and asked, "What is this place?"