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Ludwig, who had very sharp ears, was pricking up his ears to listen for the footsteps outside the tent, and only when he was sure that only one person was waiting outside the tent did Ludwig let them into his tent. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Lord Governor, one of our Einsatzgruppen has been attacked by enemy mercenaries, and this is the fourth time in three days that this has happened! The city near the Black Swamp may not be able to wait for our reinforcements to appear!" "The person who brought the urgent information to Ludwig was a subordinate that Ludwig had always trusted, but now Ludwig no longer dared to trust the people around him easily, because he almost died at the hands of his own people.

Ever since Ludwig had taken over a large area of land in the northern part of the Duchy of Mageny, King Adam had sent envoys. The envoy not only brought King Adam's encouragement, but also brought the Winter magnates to act against Ludwig. A group of nobles led by the Marquis of Ampwör did not want to see Ludwig achieve greater achievements, and the civilian officials who were already very relied on by Adam had become a thorn in their side, especially Ludwig, who was the best in it. There are spy reports that the Winter magnates have bought off Ludwig's people and ordered them to let Ludwig die quietly, and to blame Ludwig's death on the East Oguna Empire, so that they can continue to attack the war in the east.

At a lunch two days earlier, Ludwig's food had been tested for poison. Ludwig, who had lived with wild animals since childhood, not only had a keen sense of hearing, but also a sense of taste and smell, so it was difficult for Ludwig to notice anything else in his food. Moreover, after the blood banquet incident, the important people of the entire continent carried the corresponding antidote to that poison with them, and no one wanted to see their seven holes bleeding.

"How many people are there in that Einsatzgruppen?"

"One thousand, plus the other three, we have lost a total of three thousand five hundred," Ludwig's general couldn't help but yawn, he was also obviously woken up by urgent intelligence, "According to the information coming from the front, this is all the work of a mysterious mercenary group, and their cavalry is very powerful. ”

"Are they the three mercenary groups of the Mercenary Guild?"

"Probably not, those three mercenary groups are not cavalry-based mercenary groups, and the latest intelligence shows that those three mercenary groups have entered the western territory of the Mageni Principality and are approaching Black Marsh City, and it is not known what their purpose is for the time being. ”

Ludwig had already fallen asleep, not only from the sound of his footsteps approaching his tent, but also from the predicament he was facing. As the empty governor of the Sunrise Plateau, he commanded more than 100,000 troops, and he could have sent people to negotiate peace with the Duchy of Mageni, and led the victorious army back to the capital Cosephoti to receive the merit, but now he is like a man.

The reason for this is that the nobles who are eyeing themselves inside the Winter Kingdom now have the power of the army, but the environment they are in has become dangerous. If the squad returns to the dynasty now and returns to the military power, perhaps the danger he faces will be even greater. No matter how much King Adam wanted to protect himself, the nobles who ruled the land would look at him with red eyes and gritted teeth, and do everything they could to eradicate themselves. Such a situation is not a pessimistic and negative illusion, but a real threat, and the "lord of the snow leopard", who grew up with the beast, will not be unaware of the smell of danger.

However, at that time, Ludwig had already thought of a countermeasure - to deliberately slow down the pace of his own march, first, to guard against the Imperial Army of East Oguna that might be in contact immediately, second, to arrange his own forces on the land of the Duchy of Mageni, and third, to delay the time to return home. It's a pity that such a plan suddenly changed in variables, the regular army of the Principality of Mageni put all its combat power into the battlefield to resist the Winter Army, and even the mercenary groups hired by the Principality of Mageni are united, especially the horseback mercenaries who have suddenly appeared in recent days, these guys have disrupted Ludwig's rhythm, and the city that has just been taken may be immediately recaptured by the Duchy of Mageni Army because of the loss of reinforcements.

"Give the order to the defenders of that city to abandon the city, and at the same time send three special forces of no more than five hundred men to meet the withdrawal, and prepare now. ”

The general was stunned for a moment before asking, "There is a lot of grain waiting to be harvested around that city, and we have given it up, which may make us..."

"The supply of food is still very sufficient, and the attrition will hurt the morale of our army. Now that the morale of our army is high, the strategic abandonment of the city is also convenient for us to rearrange the war against the Duchy of Magini, and we must not lose control of the situation for the sake of a small profit in the near future. ”

"So what should we do with that elusive mercenary group?"

"I have my own way. ”

Early the next morning, Ludwig personally put on his armor and brought his own guard regiment to disguise himself as one of the three reinforcements he had planned. The 500-strong "elite" Einsatzgruppen led by Ludwig himself chose the least indestructible and most rugged road to approach the besieged town, and he also had a cavalry force of about 800 on standby in the far rear, ready to rescue his own troops.

The practice of using himself as a decoy made many generals oppose, but Ludwig believed that the mercenary group that had been sneaking up on them must be eliminated, and he was obviously very confident in his personal guard group, even if it was mainly cavalry, it was impossible to defeat the personal guard led by Ludwig himself.

As Ludwig walked through a forest with low trees and a wide range, some mercenaries appeared. The place was obviously not suitable for cavalry attacks, but Ludwig had already sensed the enemy's aura, and he immediately scattered his men, ready to defend themselves at any time.

However, Ludwig and the elite guards beside him did not wait for the cavalry to attack them, but took Fidel, who had only a dozen cavalry.

"I didn't expect that we would meet again here," Ludwig waved his hand and asked his men to lower their bows and swords, "Commander Fidel, I knew we would meet again, and I also know that you are highly regarded by the Duchy of Mageni, but I didn't expect that it was the cavalry you sent to harass our army." ”

Fidel and several captains rode on the best horses, and if Fidel wanted to turn around and run away, Ludwig's guards would definitely not be able to catch up, "Governor Ludwig, I don't want to be your enemy. ”

"Oh, what you're saying now is exactly the opposite of what you're really doing," Ludwig glanced at the man behind Fed, "if you hadn't ambushed your men in this grove, you might have been surrounded by troops ready to support me." ”

Vittorio immediately whispered something to Fiddle, and Fidel continued to respond aloud: "Governor Ludwig, this is what I want to say to you, I believe you will consider it in detail. With that, Fidel glanced over the woods, and an arrow without an iron arrow suddenly shot down from a tree, directly at Ludwig's horse. However, the arrow was so light that it did not penetrate the armor draped in the warhorse, and its effect only startled the guards around Ludwig.

Ludwig noticed a letter tied to the arrow, but he was not surprised at this, but at the fact that he had grown up with the beast and had not noticed that anyone was hiding in the trees.

Ayana jumped from the tree and got on Winotki's horse, and Feder said after Ludwig had the wooden arrow picked up, "We have no ill will. With that, Fidel quickly withdrew from the grove with more than a dozen of his men, and Ludwig did not let his men pursue, he just held the secret letter wrapped in the arrow in his hand.

When Fide joined up with the squadron of more than a thousand cavalry waiting for him on the outskirts of the woods, Fidel asked Vittorio, "Can a letter convince the commander-in-chief of the Winter Army of our sincerity?"

Vittorio, riding the shortest of horses, could only hold his head high as he looked at Fidel, "If Ludwig is really in a 'belly and back' situation, as we expected, then he will definitely consider making further contact with us." If he doesn't have any worries, then our plan basically doesn't have any chance of success. It's like a business, and both parties have needs to work together successfully. ”

Luca said: "The reward we offer is half of the territory of the Duchy of Magnie, and such a tempting temptation is not something that ordinary people can resist, and this fellow named Ludwig will never let go of such an opportunity if he has the slightest ambition, and he can even proclaim himself king in this land." ”

The words "self-proclaimed king" did not appear in the secret letter, at least in the letter written by Vittorio himself, and the advice of all the captains did not have the slightest meaning. For Fidel thought that Ludwig was a man loyal to King Adam, otherwise he would not have accepted an empty official position and had been entrusted with a position by the young king, who was ill and weak.

Ludwig's Einsatzgruppen succeeded in picking up the defenders of the lonely city, and he had a new plan after seeing the letter that Fidel had sent to him.

"We want to do a collaboration with you. These are the first sentences at the beginning of the letter. The letter was not very straightforward, but Ludwig could still read the meaning - the Duchy of Mageni did not want to continue to face attacks from the Kingdom of Cosey and the Empire of Eastern Oguna, and he wanted to enlist the Kingdom of Cosey as a friend against the Empire of Eastern Oguna, which was hostile to both countries.

This kind of plan of losing self-esteem and choosing to cooperate with the enemy is unacceptable to ordinary people, but Ludwig saw in the letter the face of a businessman, mercenary and uninhibited. Ludwig didn't know who had come up with this strategy, but it was certainly not the mercenary leader Fidel whom he knew. But what touched Ludwig the most about this letter was not the return, but the red eye behind Ludwig. The person who wrote the letter apparently guessed Ludwig's current predicament, but also knew that Ludwig urgently needed allies with common interests, not more enemies.