April 16, early in the morning.

In response to Lomin's call, all the nobles involved in the Covenant arrived in person, and some nobles who did not join the Alliance also sent messengers, including the messenger of the Earl of Conle Hill, his grandson-in-law, Baron Durand of Landingburgh.

Although Luo Ming slapped Durand in the face before, but later they also fought on the same front and defeated the powerful evil together, plus Luo Ming later reached a reconciliation with the Earl and even signed a contract, so the relationship was not too Jiangjiang.

The appearance of Durand here actually represents a willingness of the Earl to get closer.

In addition to these nobles in the county of Vanchy, more than a dozen tribes, large and small, sent emissaries.

After all, Luo Ming has completely controlled the ape headquarters, so its network of relationships and so on have all been inherited.

The ape is one of the more powerful tribes in the Kallo Mountains, and it also has a little bit of the technology of smelting copper, although it is relatively primitive from the perspective of the Grand Duchy of Lothar, but it is already considered excellent in this wild state of the mountains, and it is not at all worried about finding a buyer, so it has a connection with more than half of the tribes in the mountains.

Except for some tribes that were too far away to be contacted in time, or who had migrated to other places and could not be found for the time being, the rest of the tribes at least sent observers, and even some tribes rushed over directly with some guards to see Luo Ming and his practices with their own eyes.

In the letter, he wrote directly - "The Three Ape First killed the assistant priest I sent, and then attacked my messenger, as the master of the Ape Ministry, I will impose the most severe sanctions on the Three Ape Ministry!"

As the master of the ape tribe, other tribes have nothing to refute, so they can only send people to observe the situation silently, and will not arouse too much resistance from them "outsiders come to kill people in the mountains".

After all, the ape tribe has some control over the sub-tribes below, and no one can deny this, and rebelling against the new master of the ape tribe is completely rebellious. And dealing with rebellion is basically equivalent to a family matter, and outsiders can't be ignored.

As for the opinions of the Three Ape Tribes, no one cares about them - if they can shout slogans like "drive out the captives" or "clear the gods of the apes", they may attract a little attention, and even attract the use, investment and support of people with intentions, but where can the natives in this mountain have this level of politics?

As for the mastermind behind the scenes, it seems that he has no such intentions.

Although Luo Ming is in the light, and the imaginary mastermind behind the scenes is in the dark, he is not afraid at all.

No matter how strong the calculation is, it needs hard power to support it, and the strength of the Three Ape Division, even if Luo Ming's side didn't find them at all, and they hit a wave of surprise attacks, it was impossible to really be defeated, at most, it was just a loss of dozens of soldiers.

If you bring in external strength - it is impossible to ignore the approach of a large army, if it is a few elites who come by surprise, Luo Ming can completely pull out the Heavenly Power Sword, kill one by one, and cut one row at a time.

After the battle with the Bishop, his power has swelled a lot, and he can now swing four swords in a row with all his might...... No, if you overdraft it a little, the fifth sword can be squeezed out.

Although he didn't have the confidence to use the sword of the princes again, even if it was a sword that was superficial, after that first accidental use of it, Luo Ming's control over the Heavenly Power Sword became more skillful.

Even if there is another genuine great sword master, he dares to have a hard time with the other party, of course, unless the other party eats a few shells without knowing anything, it will be difficult for Luo Ming to leave the other party.

Luo Ming also sent people to reconnoiter the surrounding environment, ruling out the possibility of dangers such as landslides, mudslides or floods.

The general strategy is nothing more than a sneak attack, a disturbance, a leak, or a natural disaster.

Luo Ming's military law is strict, and the complete plan is only known in the most core circle, and the implementation of the plan also relies on hard power rather than strategy, plus he has made such preliminary preparations, almost completely eradicating the soil used by the enemy.

Next, it's time for Lomin to show with his army.

Even if the Three Ape tribes knew that they were in trouble, they had no way to move away easily—although they were very backward mountain people, they would not really drink blood like hairy primitive people.

If you don't bring all kinds of daily necessities, such as tents and copper pots, you will have to find a place to relocate, and there will be a large number of non-combat attrition.

Moreover, there was simply not a large enough place nearby to accommodate a tribe - if there was such a place, the Three Ape tribes or other tribes would have occupied it before, and it would not have been left to the present.

Moreover, if Luo Ming is discovered on the way to migrate, and sends elite soldiers to attack, the end will only be worse - if you encounter a sudden attack while on the way, you will definitely fall into chaos, and ten percent of your strength may not be able to make one or two percent.

According to the report of the sentinels, in the past two days, the three apes have not made any more moves except for a little reinforcement of their defenses, and it seems that they are determined to resist stubbornly.

That's right—as a weak side, unable to escape, and cutting off the possibility of surrender on its own, now only the option of defensive warfare remains.

Generally speaking, with the geographical advantage, defensive warfare is always slightly more advantageous.

In such a small-scale battle today, there is no depth, no logistics line, and no safe rear that can retreat, which reflects the advantages of defensive warfare.

Not to mention that a considerable number of Luo Ming's soldiers are wearing Zongpi armor (that is, paper armor), even if he changes all the soldiers with iron armor in the future, he will not want the soldiers to rush up stupidly to fight in such a battle.

It would be a fool's decision to leave a weapon for long-range attack and let a soldier go up for hand-to-hand combat.

Although gunpowder is not cheap, the big bat cave that Luo Ming cleaned and disinfected last time has been able to solve the gunpowder problem within a few years.

In comparison, it is clear that the lives of Luo Ming's soldiers are more expensive.

And, in addition to this consideration, which resembles the economics of war, there is also considerable benefit to this approach in another way: diplomatically.

"The enemy is full of corpses, but not a single casualty of our army" - what a loud slogan, even "win a hundred battles" and "defeat the strong with the weak" are not as domineering as this statement.

For allies, it can strengthen their hearts to move closer to Luo Ming, and for the nobles of the Wall Riding Sect, it can also make them have a little more respect for Luo Ming, even if they don't get closer to Luo Ming, they will not have the courage to easily become enemies with him.

This is especially true for the emissaries sent by the tribes of the mountains.