In Bradley's tent, Avi and Eggsy both stood straight, all of them watching the Grand Prince with bated breath, waiting for his decision.

"Since the queen herself is hosting a banquet, I still need to go," Bradley's poison had healed, but the palm of his left hand was still bandaged with gauze, and he had lost two fingers, "but we must also be prepared for anything, this may be an opportunity." ”

In addition to the three subordinates that Avi knew, there were three other people standing in the tent that Avi was not very familiar with. One of the three came from the west with reinforcements, his name was Marcelo, and he was an enthusiastic and heroic middle-aged man, but he seemed to like to drink a lot, and he had a strong smell of alcohol. One was the logistics officer at Bradley Barracks, his name was William, a short young man, he acted steadily, nodding his head every time he met Avi, but never talking about things in depth. There is also a female knight named Lola, who seems to have a close relationship with Gadia, and is a close subordinate of Princess Winlith, who is responsible for commanding and controlling the armies that are delivered to the eldest prince.

"Eldest Prince, with all due respect, we should make a decision and be ready to catch the queen faction and the third prince before the banquet, this is a rare opportunity, and success can solve everything in one fell swoop. "The muscular knight Lola is dressed in crimson plate armor, her light yellow hair is tied into a ponytail, and she looks a bit like Miranda from behind, but her appearance is much worse than Miranda's, especially her big mouth can speak very wide.

Lola's words were nodded in agreement by most of his subordinates, only William shook his head, but William did not say his opinion, this tight-mouthed logistics officer is also responsible for handling the affairs of the mercenary group, and is busier than most of his subordinates.

Eggesy said: "Prince Amsoil has been safely delivered to Salt Harbor, reinforcements have arrived, we have no worries, whether we participate in this banquet or not, we must preemptively seize the initiative!"

Seeing that Bradley didn't say anything, Fenrir immediately chimed in: "Maybe Rosemande, Guronos and the others have already set up a trap to kill us when we attend the banquet! That discussion outside the palace revealed such intentions, they can't tolerate you, Your Royal Highness! Can't wait any longer!"

Avi is a new subordinate, he feels that he has no right to speak, and several other generals who have spoken out have spoken out of Avi's heart - if this banquet is really a chance, then he can preemptively arrest all those who are threatening.

"Fame and etiquette are not things I care about, and I will not be blinded by the temporary peace of the present. I am not hesitant to strike first, because the queen has already made a preemptive strike, and the invitation she sent to the banquet has already doomed her to the initiative," Bradley's words made Fenrir and the others happy in their hearts, and they were dissatisfied with the current state of détente, "If I don't go, it will only make the hostility obvious, and if I participate in the banquet, there will also be a danger of being ambushed, and the danger level is comparable to that of a direct siege." ”

All the generals fell into deep thought, Bradley obviously thought more deeply, perhaps he had already thought of a preemptive strike before the banquet invitation was delivered, or perhaps because the time had not come, Bradley did not act. Avi remembered the "Blood Banquet Incident" that happened in Evon City before, and that kind of thing would definitely make everyone at the banquet wary of each other, even if no one said anything, everyone would be afraid that this banquet would be fraudulent.

"But are our enemies all of them, or are they only the Queen's faction?"

Marcelo, who was full of alcohol, said loudly: "Even if it is King Byron... The king will have to deal with it too!"

"I propose to divide the army into two places, one side to monitor Walter's army of sixty thousand, and the other to watch over Mallot. And we will select the best soldiers to follow His Royal Highness the Prince to the banquet, and then contact the funeral mercenary group..."

As soon as he heard the name of the funeral mercenary group, Bradley interrupted, "Owen has left the barracks and taken a lot of money with him, if we hire them again, we will not have enough funds, and besides, I don't think they will be needed this time." "Avi doesn't know how much the funeral mercenary group is paid, but it must be a lot of money. Avi also wanted to ask a little more about the funeral mercenary group, but everyone else was secretive about this mercenary group.

"Indeed, we don't need any funeral mercenary groups, those guys should be our enemies!" Fenrir shook his head with his eyes closed, "When we calm the current chaos, they will be our first target." ”

Bradley did not respond to Fenrir's words, he continued: "Just according to Gadia's proposal to divide the army into two places, Laura you command 30,000 soldiers to monitor Walter's army, and if they make any changes, find a way to contain them. I don't want to be an enemy of Walter, but it's hard to guess what Brother Wang thinks. ”

"Understood. ”

"Fenrir, you command the remaining soldiers and mercenaries to keep them close to the Black and White River, and be sure to take care of concealment and not act rashly. If it goes well, neither of you needs to do anything. ”

Fenrir frowned and said, "Your Royal Highness, I want to follow you!"

"It's okay, the New Knights of the Iron Wall will follow me into Mallot, even if they think I'm sending sheep into the tiger's mouth, I'm still confident that I can take them down in one fell swoop. ”

Eggsy patted his chest, "Rest assured that the new Knights of the Iron Wall will be handed it over, the greater the risk, the greater the reward, and my sword will be enough to cut through their trap!"

Bradley looked at Avi, "Avi, what do you think?"

Avi was startled, and the other subordinates also looked at Avi, "I... I think the Queen's faction would have guessed that we were prepared, and so did Prince Walter. I heard that those border nobles also came with two of them, and if they want to join forces..."

William: "According to our intelligence, the border nobles and the queen's faction do not have any friendship, and they all come alone, and the nobles who do not bring the army are not a problem. ”

"Walter and Rosemand will not be united, they have different positions, but they both aim for the throne, and we need to beware of Walter more than Queen Rosemund, who is a hypocrite with a lot of aristocratic support behind him. "Winlith's knightess, Lola, clearly has a prejudice against Walter.

Although the rest of Bradley's subordinates were very optimistic about the plan this time, and they were not afraid of the possible pitfalls, Avi was still very worried, and Avi always felt that the people on the Prince's side had become the most obvious targets, and as long as the queen's faction had the intention to plot against them, they would suffer a big loss.

Bradley stood up and walked up to Avi with a smile, "Avi, you have to understand, I don't want the Kingdom of Sallins to continue to lose its future due to the struggle for power, even if Queen Rosemand does not propose this banquet, I will find a way to change the status quo as soon as possible, instead of waiting for my father's condition to improve." Walter and the ambitious frontier nobles aside, the Queen's faction must be my enemies, they control everything around my father, and I must find an opportunity to eradicate them. ”

"Even if you know it's dangerous... Do you have to do it in this banquet?" Avi was the only one who was still hesitating, and the eyes of the other subordinates had already shown their determination, and no one chose to retreat.

"This may not be the best chance, but it is the quickest opportunity," said the Queen's feast three days later, "and it is impossible for our army and Walter's army to face each other for too long, which will only increase the chances of victory for the Queen's faction, and give other nations a chance to take advantage of it." So I believe in you, and I trust you to help me with my plan. ”

Bradley's earnest words finally convinced Avi that all those in the tent were determined to put an end to the strife in the capital three nights later, and to put an end to the confusion of power caused by the king's serious illness.

Everyone received their own tasks, and Avi had only one mission, which was to be by Bradley's side. Avi was joined by the Knights of the New Iron Wall and Gadia, who had never been to Mallot, and the unknown Marcelo, disguised as a merchant and tasked with sneaking into the city first. Since there were no spies in the capital, all the information about the city could only be collected in the next few days. Avi was also allowed to enter the city, but Avi decided to stay in the barracks for the rest of the day, not to tell the innocent Fan and the red-haired girl who had done so much for herself.

"Actually, I don't have a bottom in my heart," Fenrir said after blowing out the candle, "As His Royal Highness the Prince said, we are sending sheep into the tiger's mouth, and the others such as Rosemund, Gronos and others will definitely not let go of this opportunity, and are ready to ambush us, we are in the light, they are in the dark, no matter how heroic the New Knights of the Iron Wall are, our chances are not great." ”

Fenrir, who seemed to be the most determined, would say such a thing, and Avi, who had been feeling a little sleepy, immediately woke up.

"In that case, why did His Royal Highness the Prince and we insist on betting on this one after three days?!"

"There's a lot of things you don't know, Avi, and that's Bradley's ambitions. ”

"I..."

"Yes, you're just a new recruit to our faction. Let me tell you directly, Bradley has only one ideal, and that is to revitalize the kingdom of Sahlins. As for not being a prince or not, it doesn't matter to him whether he is a king or not, as long as the person who holds the power can lead the kingdom of Sahlins to strength. I can say with certainty that Bradley has never been a selfish person, including everything. ”

Avi realized his narrow-mindedness, he only hoped that Prince Bradley could ascend to the throne, but the eldest prince himself had a more ambitious ideal - in front of the individual and the country, most people will claim that "the interests of the country are above all else", but there are very few people who can really do this, and those who can do it often do not talk about this kind of thing.

"It's like tonight, Bradley did something else. "Fenrir addresses the Great Prince like a friend.

"Isn't His Royal Highness the Prince asleep tonight?"

"No, he went to meet Walter, and he went to the other party's barracks unsuspectingly, without any escort, and only by himself. ”

Avi was completely stunned, cold sweat broke out from his forehead, and a feeling of suffocation also appeared in his chest.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, he..."

"He made it a condition to give up the throne in the hope of getting the opportunity to join forces with Walter. ”