Juan's mouth grew so long that he could see even the innermost wisdom teeth of his mouth, and he glared at Prince Iscario in disbelief, his eyes as if they were about to pop out. Although the other dukes were not as out of shape as him, their expressions were somewhat exaggerated.

"What are you kidding, the Great Chief of the White Lands betrayed himself?" Cried out Scripps VII, though he should be the one who most wanted to hear the news now, he couldn't believe his ears, "The Wind Caller family waited thirty years for the time to reunite the tribe, would they bury this hard-won opportunity themselves?"

"You're right, it took thirty years for the Wind Caller family to once again gain the status of Great Chief, and they are well aware of the hard-won status. Prince Iscario said calmly, "Therefore, they also do not want to lose this position." ”

Scripps VII was stunned and looked at Prince Iscario suspiciously.

"What do you mean......" Arnold understood, "the Wind Caller family doesn't want the position of Grand Chief to remain in a state of circulation between several clans, and intend to let this power over all the tribes of the White Lands be hereditary within their own bloodline?"

"The empire of the White Ground people. Prince Iscario nodded earnestly at Arnold, agreeing with the other party's conjecture, "This Great Chief is more ambitious than we have seen, and at the same time, she knows how to use wisdom better. ”

"She?" Michelia noticed the word, "the Great Chief of the White Lands is a woman?"

"A female Dragonborn. Scripps VII replied sullenly to Michelia's question, "A woman who can tear apart her enemies with a mere roar is a disgrace, but the army of the Cassiyer family is vulnerable to her. ”

Wollaston lowered his eyes, not sure what he was thinking.

"Your Highness, I still have some doubts about this information. Duke Heslett was the calmest of the dukes, and even when he heard this shocking news, he was only surprised for a few seconds before regaining his composure, "How do you know that it was the Wind Caller family who helped the Marquis of Stewart, and how can you be sure that this information is true?"

Iscario smiled slightly, not surprised by Heslet's question. He had known for a long time that there would be such a question, and that it would definitely be raised by the Duke of Heslet.

"Of course, the Wind Caller family won't tell us directly that they are making a move in the shadows, and they won't leave this level of leverage. But they are also hinting, hinting at us without leaving a trace. ”

Iscario turned around and tried to say something to Francisco, but found that the other party looked completely stunned, so he pushed his brother.

"Go get the map. ”

Francisco, who came back to his senses, didn't care at all about this order that should be handed over to his subordinates, and simply got up to get the map.

The map was spread out on the round table, and several dukes who were far away, such as Arnold, had to get up and walk over to Prince Iscario to look at the map.

"To the south of the city of Cassiyah is the Lisa, a tributary of the Tiamat River, and the Marquis of Stewart and their breakthrough from this direction are theoretically the most dangerous, and the White Lands may at any time pursue them when the Marquis of Stewart crosses the river. Even if the river froze in winter, it would take a long time for 15,000 men to cross the river in full, not to mention the fact that the whitelands had so many cavalry adept at running in the snow that they were much more likely to catch up with Marquis Stewart than to let him go. ”

Scripps VII nodded with a strange expression, the Tiamat were originally white people, but after so many years of defection to the empire, they have long lost the instinct to run in the cold and in the ice and snow.

"Marquis Stewart's troops, after crossing the Lisa, marched south down Mount Tag into the territory of the Mirror Lake Realm. Marquis Stewart traveled south along Stagg Mountain, on the one hand, to avoid the main road blocked by the enemy, and to sneak into the Mirror Lake Territory from the mountains, and on the other hand, because this path was the least guarded by the enemy, and there were hardly any White Army guards. ”

This shows that Marquis Stewart's escape path was successfully planned. Duke Wollaston shrugged, not too concerned, "What does this have to do with the Windcaller family? You don't mean to say that this path was told to Marquis Stewart by the Windcaller family, right?"

"Of course not. Prince Iscario still smiled, "As I said earlier, Marquis Stewart defeated the Fire-Eye Clan and lifted part of the siege of Cassia by the White Lands. And on the retreat route of the Marquis of Stewart, he also defeated several clans of the White People, although these clans were not strong and did not cause much trouble to the Marquis of Stewart, but the Marquis found one thing - so the enemies he defeated did not seem to know the size of his enemies of fifteen thousand, including the Fireeye Clan. They were poorly prepared for battle, and although they were excellent in combat, they appeared to be in a hurry when engaged, so the Marquis suspected that these clans had been careless because they had received the wrong information. ”

"Are you saying that the Grand Chief of the Wind Caller family gave his subordinates the wrong information and deliberately frustrated them and spared Marquis Stewart?" Marquis Wollaston still looked very unimpressed, "The Grand Chief was elected by the clans of the White People, and her authority is supreme, but it is not unquestionable, if the Grand Chief really gave the wrong information, then the clan that suffered as a result can impeach the Grand Chief for this matter, and she will lose the trust of the tribe." If you guess that your enemies are doing this to fight their opponents, then I can tell you plainly that you guessed wrong. ”

Duke Heslett also nodded cautiously, agreeing with Duke Wollaston's idea. It seems that because Prince Iscario's conjecture is too bold, there are not many people in the chamber who agree with him.

"Perhaps this kind of evidence is not enough to convince you of my words, but going back in time, you should be more or less aware of the whole incident of the invasion of Tiamat by the White Lands. ”

Despite the skepticism, Prince Iscario is confident.

"How long has it been since the White Lands entered Tiamat's territory? It's been nearly three months, and it's been two months since they besieged the city of Kasyiya, with the fighting power of the White People, is there really no way for them to take a city for such a long time? Although the Kasyier family has been in business for many years, Kasyia City is not a fortress like Vodahara City after all, and the 300,000-strong army has repeatedly attacked the city, not only failed to achieve results, but allowed the Marquis of Stewart to break through with some people, and what is even more suspicious is that with the ability of the White People to fight in the field in winter, they actually let go of Marquis Stewart, is this really the tribe that the empire has always regarded as a big trouble?"

Prince Iscario's questioning was met with the silence of the others, who, as he said, saw something suspicious in the wisdom of the Dukes of Heslett and Wollaston, but their caution did not allow themselves to believe such conjectures without conclusive evidence.

"So you think this is a ploy by the Great Chieftain of the White Lands to drain the strength of the other clans?" Arnold asked, "but it is still the question raised by His Excellency the Duke of Wollaston, it is impossible for the chiefs of the other clans not to notice this, they will be more sensitive to the Great Chieftain's every move than we are, and if the Great Chief really intends to harm their interests, the Chieftains cannot be indifferent." ”

"Yes, I think the Great Chief is having the same troubles as we thought. Prince Iscario smiled and nodded at Arnold, his gaze was a little different, it seemed that Arnold's speech made him look up at the young duke, "Why did Marquis Stewart break through after two months of siege, Lord Scripps, I remember when you came to the imperial capital before, you said that the materials stored in Cassiyer City are enough to last half a year, right?"

"That's right. Scripps VII nodded sullenly, "What the city lacks is not supplies, but troops. ”

"Then the reason for Marquis Stewart to break through can't be that there is a lack of supplies in the city, and fifteen thousand people is not a small number, Marquis Stewart broke through with a force of this size, and the defense in Kasyier City will be weakened a lot, so what can be his reason for breaking through?"

Prince Iscario deliberately asked, but no one answered him, and his question was like an adult trying to show off his wisdom coaxing a child, which made several dukes uncomfortable.

"Didn't he break through the siege because he broke the blockade in the southern part of Kasyier City?" After a moment of silence in the chamber, Michelia took the initiative to speak, "Cassiye City is trying to break the blockade, so this risky operation took place, but because the enemy filled the defense too quickly, Marquis Stewart couldn't return to the city, as you just said." ”

Prince Iscario gave Michelia an admiring look, he was completely in charge of the meeting, and the other dukes didn't seem to have a strong desire to confront him, which gave the second prince room to play to it.

"Yes, but why should he lift such a blockade? In fact, he broke through not to relieve the pressure on Kasyia City, but to allow others to enter Kasyia City. ”

Prince Iscario's words were once again unexpected, and Scripps VII jumped in shock.

"What does this mean, Your Highness, do you suspect that my uncle has betrayed the city of Kasyiya?"

"No, please be uneasy, I didn't mean that. "Actually, I mean that Marquis Stewart took the initiative to break through and defeat the Fireeye Clan and attract the attention of others in order to get someone into Cassiyer City unnoticed. ”

"This 'someone' is from the Wind Caller family, did you confirm it from the Marquis of Stewart?" Duke Heslet asked with a frown, his expression still not quite believing the Second Prince, "You also said earlier that the Wind Caller family would not leave this level of evidence. ”

"Yes, I said that. Moreover, Marquis Stewart had already broken through before that person entered Kasyier City, so he didn't see that person with his own eyes, and we can't confirm whether it was someone from the Wind Caller family. ”

Prince Iscario shrugged, as if he didn't care too much about his reasoning being overturned.

"But that's enough, isn't it? We already know that there is a certain force among the people of the White Land who has a different plan from our compatriots, even if that force is not on our side, but at least now we are in the same camp, as long as we have this level of intelligence, we can be sure that the people of the White Land are not completely the same enemy, there is a rift within them, as long as we grasp this well, the chances of winning the decisive battle are still small?"

The dukes looked at each other a few times, and their eyes were full of contemplation.