In Lakeside Town, in front of the gate of Duke Solomon's castle, a human kneeled here, and because he had been kneeling for many days, he now looked haggard, and some unbearable civilians next to him wanted to bring him some food and drink, but he couldn't bear it, as if he wanted to prove his determination by torturing himself.

He's an officer, Pumilo, and it's been almost a week since he'd come to Lakeside to ask for backup, but it seems clear that he's not succeeding.

Since separating from Zhang Li and them, he was lucky to get rid of his pursuers.

Speaking of which, he was able to escape from his pursuers thanks to the Defia bandits, who had a hidden stronghold near the town of Shining Gold, where Pumilo happened to pass by, and the robbers of the stronghold were immediately frightened when they saw a large group of cavalry rushing towards them.

After all, the quality of the robbers was not high, and they could not calm down at the critical moment, so they began to flee in all directions, and Pumilo saw the opportunity to jump off his horse and blend into the crowd, and in this way got rid of the pursuit.

However, although he was able to make it to Lakeside Town, it was of little use, and his friendship with Duke Solomon was not worth the risk for him.

Duke Solomon and Duke Eberlock basically have the same attitude, unless the odds are very high, they can sit back and watch the tiger fight, after all, no matter who wins, he will not be good, but one side may give him some benefits in order to gain his support after victory.

As a result, Pumilo knelt here for a long time, praying to impress the Duke a little, but they let you kneel and didn't care at all.

There were people coming and going in front of the castle gate, and most people would choose to ignore him when they saw him, until a soldier dressed as a guard came out of it, and when he saw Pumilo, he sighed slightly, and then walked up to him and said, "General, give up, we have the latest news, the Eberlock family has now joined the council, and now they have a better chance of winning." ”

"What!?" the mentally depressed Pumilo originally had a dilated look, but when he heard this, he was instantly shocked, and muttered: "What...... How can it be...... Did that guy betray him? But Marcus was with him......"

Seeing him like this, the soldier sighed helplessly and said: "That man named Stephen Zhang was given to the councillor by Eberlock as a gift, his hands and feet were broken, his tongue was cut off, and his ears were punctured, and he has completely become a wasted person, as for General Marcus, there is no news for the time being, but General Marcus is a nobleman after all, and he should not be treated inhumanely." ”

Listening to this series of cruel words, Pumilo was stunned for a while, and then suddenly laughed nervously: "Hahaha! Hahahaha! It's over, it's all over!"

"Yes, General, it's over, don't torture yourself anymore, with your relationship with the Duke, he will definitely find a way to protect your family. The soldier tried to persuade him, but Pumilo didn't listen to him.

"It's all over!The Stormwind Kingdom is over!Do you think the kingdom will be better when the black dragon leaves?Don't dream!The black dragon just stirs up their greed, and they are the real sinners!" Pumilo shouted like crazy, "The Stormwind Kingdom will go to the abyss, and the names of all of us will be written in the history books that day...... We are all sinners...... O sinners!"

After yelling, Pumilo suddenly fell into a trance and collapsed directly to the ground, and the soldiers hurriedly supported him.

"Heavenly Reason...... Where is the reason...... "He muttered these two sentences, and the person fainted.

"Quick! Come! General Pumilo has fainted! Call the priest!"

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It had been two days since Zhang Li came to Lakeside Town, and after he was freed, he had turned into a bird and flown all the way here.

Duke Solomon's attitude was crucial in his plan, and he guessed that Pumilo would not be able to convince people at all, and the truth was just as he thought.

So at noon that day, a very large owl suddenly flew in front of Duke Solomon's castle and became a human under the watchful eyes of a large crowd.

"I have important business to ask the Duke. ”

So under the watchful eye of numerous guards, he was brought before Duke Solomon.

"...... are you?" Unlike Duke Eberlock, Duke Solomon, who was in the prime of life, looked extraordinarily imposing.

"You may have heard my name, but Honorable Duke, Stephen Chang Lee, salutes you. ”

"Stephen Chang!?you!you're not ......"

"It's rumored that I've been deposed, right? But the truth is in front of you, and it's all just a ploy on our ......."

The Solomon family is also a great lord no less than the Eberlock family, if they are divided at least one level with Riptide Castle, and their situation is much better than the twilight forest, only the orcs are harassing them (in fact, there are also jackals and merfolk people or something, but there are basically jackals everywhere in the Stormwind Kingdom, and this kind of enemy they are used to is not counted).

Although the number of people in his territory has not returned to the subversive period it once was, it is not much worse, and in order to maintain his army that has been fighting with orcs for many years, most of his income will be invested in army building, this army is afraid that there are no less than 10,000 people, and this is only the number of regular troops.

In order to fight guerrilla warfare with orcs in ravines and forests, there are not a few mercenaries composed of adventurers, after all, when it comes to guerrilla warfare, adventurers are more slippery than regular troops.

Therefore, Zhang Li, Marcus and others expected him to send at least 7,000 men to participate in the war, but it was not so easy to convince him.

He and Duke Eberlock were not optimistic that they would win, and both of them belonged to the role of sitting firmly in the Diaoyutai platform, so why should they take the risk?

"I brought news from the Eberlock family. "Don't talk nonsense with Duke Solomon, Zhang Li directly began to explain the matter.

As he spoke, Duke Solomon's face gradually became surprised.

"This!

Looking at his surprised expression, Zhang Li smiled quite confidently: " That's right, as mentioned above, the Eberlock family is just pretending to surrender, the purpose is to divide the enemy's army and penetrate into the enemy's interior, and now the councillors have sent 7,000 people to Nighttown to fight against the troops of the Watchtower, at this time, as long as you are willing to send troops to attack Blackwell, after you surround Blackwell, the 3,000 Nightshade troops stationed inside will immediately mutiny, and you will win easily, and at the same time as you start fighting, the 7,000 councilors in Nighttown will also collapse under the combination of Duke Eberlock and the Watchberg army, and then the Watchberg troops will march to Blackwell to join youIn this way, we have at least 15,000 soldiers and horses, plus 10,000 horses of the Duke of Berval, 25,000 against 40,000, and we may not have no chance of winning. ”