After Fielder agreed to become Stanley's lieutenant yesterday, the Potato Mercenaries were allowed to enter the camp south of Doret City. After a day of rectification, Fei De took his men to the camp today, and found that it was already full of soldiers and mercenaries, and the camp stretched for more than ten kilometers.

Fed and the squadron leaders followed Stanley, the chief of staff of the Theoguna Empire, to the camp, and along the way, they could see groups of soldiers and mercenaries sitting together. Most of them didn't bother to look up at Field, many were throwing dice and gambling, others were sleeping, and some were even stripped naked, pouring wine down their throats and munching on pieces of meat.

And when Fielder passed by the camp's granary, he found that it was full of sacks of grain. It stands to reason that the Theoguna Empire, which should be short of food, is now full of wealth, could it be that Count Debaro really let his maiden family in the Kingdom of Sallins bring a lot of food?

Marcus said loudly to Stanley, "You have so much grain here, if we knew this, we wouldn't have to work hard to bring grain from the north!"

Stanley glanced back at the one-eyed squadron leader, he pointed to the grain in the granaries and said, "Those are the grain that has just arrived, all of them were sent by Byron, the king of the Kingdom of Salins, as a gesture of friendship, this batch of grain is indeed a lot, but the quality is not very good, many of them are stored for many years, and they are not as good as the ones you have shipped." The food you have sent is enough to feed the garrisons in Doret for half a month, and now they are all transported to the city and eaten in an emergency. ”

As soon as the chief of the General Staff explained this, the hearts of Fidel's subordinates were a little more balanced. You must know that they were almost killed by thousands of horse thieves for this batch of food, and if they hadn't been arranged to transport the grain here, they might not have come to the territory of the Western Ancient Empire to participate in the Empire's civil war.

Except for the soldiers and mercenaries who were eating and drinking, the atmosphere in the entire camp was a little dreary, but it was better to lie here than to guard the line in Yiwang City. Just as Fed promised Stanley and then gathered his mercenaries to set off in this direction, bad news came from the defense line of Righteous King City in the south - the holy daughter Golia had been confirmed that she had not gone to Righteous King City, and that the person pretending to be Golia was just an ordinary peasant woman. This news immediately spread throughout the entire defense line of the Righteous King City, and the Holy Maiden Golia only brought more than 30,000 soldiers to reinforce there, all of whom were soldiers and mercenaries of small nobles and small lords, and that little force was simply not enough to maintain the defense of the entire large defense line. And in the face of increasing popular disobedience, nobles, lords, and soldiers defected one after another, this amount of troops could not make up for the original vacancy at all.

It is rumored that a nobleman was very dissatisfied with the Holy Maiden Golia, believing that she was a scourge to the Empire of Theoguna. While he was talking to the Virgin Golia, he suddenly took out a dagger and stabbed the other party, only to stab a peasant woman to death. Although the man was immediately beheaded for plotting treachery, the news that Virgen Golia did not appear on the front line spread far and wide, causing the morale of the defenders of the entire line to be further and lower.

"Ludwig is already in the tent, waiting for you and me. Stanley quickened his pace, and Feld and the other squadron leaders had to keep up with him.

After entering the tent, the envoy of the Kingdom of Kosai, dressed in white animal skin armor, was already sitting on the side, and behind him were the four subordinates, all of whom were staring at the people who had entered the tent, they held the hilt of their swords, ready to pull them out at any time.

"Great, we can meet again," Ludwig stood up, and he shook hands with the squadron leaders behind Fed, such as Patrick, Marcus, Matthews, and Luca, who had been transferred to the cavalry squadron, but Ayana did not shake hands with the other party, "Your Excellency really didn't leave this place, so our chances of victory are a few points higher." This kind of compliment made Marcus and the others quite useful, although Marcus and they only listened to Field's brief talk about the things in the defense meeting, but they didn't expect that the cold and eccentric person in Field's mouth would be so enthusiastic about their captains.

Fidel also felt that something was wrong, as if Ludwig's personality was constantly changing, sometimes like this, sometimes like that.

After everyone was seated, Stanley suddenly said to the guards guarding the door, "Bring that Assassin in!"

At this moment, a man with his hands tied behind his back was escorted in, and he was still trying to break the hemp rope that bound his wrists, but the two guards behind him had already grabbed his shoulders and held him down.

"This man is an Assassin who had blended in with a group of minor lords and wanted to assassinate the regent Shumo at a dinner party a few days ago, but he wouldn't tell us if there were any other Assassins lurking in Dorret," Stanley said, glancing at Ludwig and Fidel, respectively, "I wonder if there is any way for you to get him to speak?"

But before Fid and Ludwig could speak, the Assassin shouted, "I didn't send it from anyone, you people are doing evil, and you are stealing our food! I will kill you bandits, even if I die!" However, the long sword on Stanley's waist was also pulled out in an instant, cutting the opponent's head in half, and blood splattered on the spot!

Fidel's squadron leaders all frowned, none of them expected this assassin to be so fierce.

"Is what this man says, Lord Stanley?" asked Ludwig.

Stanley took out a handkerchief and gently wiped the blood from his sword, he first ordered the two guards to drag the corpse down, and then slowly replied: "Of course this is fake, those grains were sent by the Kingdom of Salins, how could it be that we went to rob them? ”

Feder looked at the blood stains on the ground, the civilians were indeed innocent, but if what the assassin said was true, then what difference did Stanley and the regent do and his father killed the merchant and robbed them of their wealth?

"I hope the two of you can understand that the rise of our Holy Oguna Empire was to help the majority of civilians regain fairness and justice," Stanley put away his sword and showed a serious and upright expression, "Among them, the regent Lord Shumo and the Holy Maiden Golia are both from commoners, and they know that the rule of the East Oguna Empire is always harsh and unfair to the common people, so they decided to uncover the uprising." The end result is that the new regime in the West has won the support of many people, including some nobles and lords with a sense of justice."

"So that's the case, then why don't you abolish the monarchy and act as a republic like the Marvil Republic?"

Stanley was interrupted by Ludwig, and although he was slightly displeased, the chief of the general staff immediately put away his emotions and continued: "The affairs of the system cannot be changed overnight, and the Republic of Marvill is not necessarily very fair. The Chief of the General Staff deliberately raised his voice when he said this, "The civilians of this land are willing to follow us, and they have come here from the south with their families and families to give us the only food and supplies they have, which is the best proof that they trust us! The two also participated in the defense council, in fact, in addition to the Lord Regent's desire to gather the forces of the nobles to fight against the invading army of the East Oguna Empire, he also wanted to take this opportunity to weaken these self-reliant lords. These lords and nobles were like a grand duke or even a king in their own domains. They were willing to stand on the side of the Theoguna Empire, then they must accept the reforms of the Lord Regent and the Holy Virgin Golia, only in this way can Theoguna become a happy and fair country!"

The Marcus brothers were very impressed when they heard this, although they were powerful mercenaries, but they were always oppressed by the ruling class in various places as civilians. Stanley's words immediately made Marcus look at the Western Oguna Empire differently - it turned out that the Western Oguna Empire was a rational country that upheld justice and fairness!

These impassioned words also reminded Fide of his days in the Kingdom of Salins. Although the politics were fairly enlightened, King Byron was notoriously extravagant. Moreover, although the civilians there are not "held down" by religious and sheriffs, they are not as proud and commendable as the soldiers, no matter what their profession. This also makes the powerful become bullies, while the weak women and children and the elderly are seen as a burden.

"In that case, we really have to win this battle!" Ludwig pretended to admire the other party's point of view.

"What do you think?" said Stanley, who didn't like the sarcasm in his words.

"I have a way to win, but only if you are completely at my command. ”