Raff's slap was heavier, and the soldier who fanned him crooked his body and almost broke his neck.

The soldier spat out a mouthful of bloody phlegm, glared at Raff viciously, and scolded: "If you are a man, you will kill me!"

Raff smiled disdainfully, moved his shoulders, grabbed the soldier's hair, and smiled, "Hey, what did you just say? There may be something wrong with my ears, just now it seems to hear you say that King Lionheart is a dog?

The soldier commander who was bound by Shangguan Xiaoyao's soul was obviously a little angry by Raff's sarcasm, and his soul began to be restless under Shangguan Xiaoyao's shackles, and Shangguan Xiaoyao strengthened the shackles of his divine sense, which controlled the soldier commander.

Shangguan glanced at Raff and signaled him not to deliberately provoke the other party, and quickly asked the point.

Raff coughed lightly and asked, "Tell me quickly, what are you stationed here for?"

The soldier commander endured the pain of his soul being pinched and exploded, and snorted for a long time, and said with difficulty: "We are separated from the team...... Just a temporary break here. ”

"Which team are you with?" Shangguan Xiaoyao asked.

"Lord Jobb's procession...... We were a squad of eleven people...... There was a blizzard, we got separated, we didn't know where we went, so we were temporarily stationed here. ”

"Are you three separated from the group?" Raff asked.

"No, six people, and three of them went in search of food last night and haven't come back...... "The Soldier Commander said.

Shangguan Xiaoyao exchanged glances with Raff.

It turned out that the three soldiers of the Imperial Army killed last night belonged to a squad with the soldier in front of him. And their captain, or the leader of the group, the man named Yob, was separated from them at this moment.

"Why did you come to the edge of the North, this is a neutral place, as far as I know, the Imperial Army has no dominion over this place. Shangguan Xiaoyao said: "And it's just a team of you eleven people, coming here, I say something unpleasant, you are here to die, right?"

Raff and Kevin were also amused by Shangguan's remark.

The Imperial Army team composed of eleven people came to a neutral place, not to mention that it was full of civilians, and there were many rebels in secret, plus the civilians had a very good impression of the rebels, if there was a real conflict, these eleven people would probably have to die in the snow and melt together with the soil.

"Either the eleven of you really have the courage, or you have some mission here. Shangguan Xiaoyao continued: "If my guess is correct, you are here to sign a cooperation contract with the city lord of Aika City, right?"

The soldier's eyes flickered, but he still admitted, "Yes." ”

"Since we can guess your mission, why don't you just say it. Shangguan sat on the ground, looked at the soldier commander with a smile, and said, "Tell us the purpose of your mission." ”

The soldier commander gritted his teeth, unable to withstand the impact of Shangguan Yaoyao's divine consciousness on his soul, and thought that he had already admitted that they had come with a mission, so he had no choice but to say: "Okay, then I will tell you, with my personality, I will not be mixed with any lies, please believe me!

Hearing this, Raff drew his sledgehammer, slammed it on the ground, and snorted, "How could the great rebels let any Imperial dog go!"

Shangguan glanced at Raff, signaled him not to be impulsive, and said: "I can let you go, but there is no guarantee that they will meet you in the future, and you will still survive, after all, you are from the empire, I think you should also be a nobleman, and they are commoners, you know what you nobles are like in the eyes of commoners." ”

The soldier's eyes darkened slightly, and then he continued: "Well, then I still thank you. In that case, you should listen to me, okay?"

Seeing that Shangguan was free and the three of them didn't say anything, the soldier commander continued: "A few days ago, there was a conflict between the Empire and the rebels in Gem City, which ended in a complete defeat of the Empire. ”

"Lionheart is very angry, but the resources of the empire have been depleted, and the replenishment of supplies has begun to seem a little powerless, because of this, many nobles and high-ranking officials of the empire, as well as the Lionheart King, began to set their sights on the three neutral places. ”

"These three neutral places, because there is no rule of the empire, there is no need to pay taxes and levies, and they are far away from the war, so they are relatively rich in resources, and Lionheart also took a fancy to this after careful consideration. ”

Shangguan Xiaoyao heard this, nodded silently, he touched his chin, thought for a while, and always felt that there was something wrong with what the soldier commander said, and asked: "Of the three neutral places, if you say that the resources are the richest, it should still be Gem City, right? Why did you come to such a remote northern border? Aika City shouldn't have many resources, right?"

The soldier's eyes flickered again, obviously he knew something, but he didn't dare to say it.

Raff slapped him again and shouted angrily, "Your personality can't stand up to scrutiny, lackey!

"No, I didn't lie to you!" said the Captain of Soldiers, "I'm telling the truth—yes, it's a list!

"But I don't know what the list is about. The Soldier Captain shook his head and continued, "Whether it's Rose City, Eka City, or Gem City, all three cities will return to the Empire, because Lionheart has a list of people whose names are recorded by the name of every member of the Resistance in these three cities. ”

"But I really don't know who the names are, I swear, I definitely didn't lie to you!"

"What else?" Shangguan Xiaoyao asked, "In addition to the list, what is the cooperation contract you signed?"

After hearing the words asked by Shangguan Xiaoyao, the soldier's eyes instantly became frightened, his lips trembled, and he shook his head again and again: "No! I don't know! I can't say this, I can't say this!"

"King Lionheart will kill us!" the soldier seemed to remember something terrible, and forced himself to bite off his tongue, and then blew up his soul.

This move surprised Shangguan Xiaoyao, and Raff and Kevin were also stunned.

"The clue is broken?" he hasn't finished yet. Kevin hesitated.

"They haven't even been asked where they entered Aika City from, and where they got separated!" Raff slammed his fist.

Shangguan thought about it freely, trying to sort out the words that came out of the soldier's mouth when he questioned the soldier commander just now.

The first is the clash between the Empire and the Resistance, which takes place in Gem City.

It is highly likely that Lionheart had wanted to retake the three neutral cities before the conflict, and the same rebels wanted to protect them, so this conflict occurred.

It was clear that Lionheart was ill-prepared and was defeated by the rebels in this conflict.

But even so, it was only right that the Lionheart should have sent a stronger army back to attack Gem City, so why send a team to a remote area like Ekka City?

Shangguan Xiaoyao thought about this for a long time, but he really couldn't figure out the Lionheart King's thoughts.

Secondly, there is Rose City, a small city located in the southeast, although it is only a small city, but the resources of Rose City are much higher than that of Aika City, if Shangguan is allowed to choose, even if he does not attack the defense line of Jewel City, he must first retake Rose City.

What's more, the leader of the rebel army is stationed in Terry City, which is relatively far away from Gem City and Rose City, but the Imperial Army is different, they have many strongholds, and they have secretly planted blockade lines in each city, and the Empire should have more opportunities.

Why don't you fight for it? Shangguan said in his heart.

As if he suddenly thought of some important question, Shangguan Xiaoyao hurriedly asked Raff beside him: "Raff, where is Terry City?"

"Terry City is just three hundred kilometers outside of Ekka. The closest city to Aika is where our rebel leader, Ivan Ivan, is stationed, and is the base of our rebels. Raff replied.

Shangguan nodded carelessly, now he figured it out.

Lionheart's ambition is really not ordinary.

If you first buy off the city lord of Aika City, and then secretly clean up the rebels' forces in Aika City according to the names on the list, the rebels will lose the intelligence clues of Aika City, which is equivalent to losing a strong defense guarantee.

Secondly, at this time, Lionheart began to counterattack and attack, breaking through to Terry City, cutting off all blockade lines, and interrupting the Resistance's ability to break through, the Rebels had only one way to retreat.

And if you retreat, you can only retreat to Aika City, because Aika City is the closest to Terry City, and there is Panta Snow Mountain in the depths of Aika City, whether it is the Resistance Army or the Imperial Army, if you really enter the Panta Snow Mountain to fight, no one can guarantee what accidents will happen at that time, after all, no matter how strong a person is, even if it is a person with god-level strength, it will not be stronger than the power of nature after all.

The Lionheart King must have considered this as well, so he planned to take Aika City first and directly cut off the retreat of Terry City.

Without the city of Aika as a defensive guarantee, Terry City can only fight alone, unable to retreat or seek support.

At this time, it would be easy for the Lionheart King to completely wipe out the rebel army.

Whether it is the so-called resources or the anger of the Lionheart, this is all false news, the purpose is to make the rebels feel the power of hope, so that they lose the ability to think in pride, just like a frog in warm water, being eaten away little by little, until the danger of death is discovered, and at that time, the rebels can no longer resist.

That's a big move.