Chapter 307: Talent
Sidney Clovis brought her knights to Leo because she knew Emperor Paris's ruthless nature. Sidney, who was born as an orphan www.biquge.info Pen Fun Pavilion, was adopted by the then Grand Duke Paris at an early age, along with thousands of orphans collected from all over the mainland. From the moment of adoption, every day is training, training and training, and even a little free time is instilled with a whole lot of loyalty to Paris.
Because he was already sensible and had his own cognition when he was adopted, Sidney still maintained his sober consciousness in the constant brainwashing. In order not to be eliminated, Sidney gritted his teeth and trained hard like a masochist, and finally stood out from the thousands. His delicate appearance, slender figure, and extraordinary strength made Sidney the goddess of the hearts of thousands of orphans, and also allowed Sidney to enter the ranks of the Archduke Paris's cronies.
In the years that followed, Sidney, who had been studying government and military affairs in the Grand Duke's palace, was finally able to meet Archduke Paris and came to know him: this is a man full of majesty, but also a poor man.
In order to restore the country, he desperately suppressed himself, did not gamble, did not lust, and did not even have any bad habits and entertainment activities, and devoted himself to his great cause of restoring the country like an ascetic. In order to restore the country, he can do whatever it takes to send his knights to pretend to be thieves to attack and harass neighboring countries, buy all the people who can be bought by neighboring countries, and destroy his in-laws Lorraine Kingdom with backhand for the resources of the Dragon Mountain Range. You must know that Archduke Paris was the sister of King Fairman, King of Lorraine, but for his own hegemony, there is nothing that cannot be sacrificed in the eyes of Archduke Paris.
Now, finally, it's your turn. Looking at the towering walls of Linz City and the panicked guards on them, Sidney sat on the trunk of a giant tree that had fallen sideways, shaking his two white thighs, sighing with emotion and his eyes hazy.
The days of wandering, the time when he was trained to cry, the time he was high-spirited to become a legion commander, everything is gone, and now Sidney is just trying to survive.
"What? regret it?" a voice came from behind her. Without looking back, Sidney knew it was Leo, because the voice that had once made Sidney so hated was now compelled to pledge allegiance to him.
"I never regret it!" replied in a soft, slightly hoarse voice, with a firm tone. Sidney did not turn away, still staring blankly at the waning sunset, not so much in answer to Leo as to strengthen his faith.
"I'm sorry, I recommended you to be the commander of the Lorraine Praetorian Guard, but unfortunately the royal family and officials and nobles of Lorraine did not agree, so they had to choose Ney. Leo stammered as Sidney stretched lazily, his mouth a little dry from his slender curves, and he stammered.
"Heh~, it doesn't matter, anyway, it is impossible for those Lorraine people to accept an invader to protect their safety. Besides, I have little interest in protecting the royal family of Lorraine. But ......" Sidney turned and looked at Leo with a smirk on his face, "I do find you amusing." ”
Leo had a capital question mark on his face at this time, and he didn't quite understand the meaning of Sidney's words. Seeing Leo's bewildered look, Sidney's face regained coldness and explained: "Originally, I thought you were a person who had a little training ability and a little martial arts, but he didn't have much ambition himself, and I was worried that I would be busy under you. But looking at your plan with King Fairman a while ago, I underestimated you. ”
Hearing Sidney say this, Leo understood a little, she was referring to her preparation for the establishment of the principality. A slight smile appeared on Leo and said: "What? Don't you think I have no ambitions? Obviously, I can get rid of others and dominate this large territory of Lorraine, but I want to throw myself into the royal family of Lorraine, and I am willing to be a small duke and build such a small principality to live in peace." ”
"Hmph~, I know that many of your subordinates want you to kill the Lorraine royal family and replace them, even those people in Lorraine don't understand your intentions, but ...... I can't hide it. Your trick is relatively smart, Lorraine seems to have been destroyed, but in fact, there are still ashes under the ice and snow, and hundreds of years of magical civilization have made those Lorraine people not know how many wild mages exist. If the three knights of Paris occupied Lorraine, their powerful force would be enough to deter them. But your men, uh...... I really don't know what to say about your men!" Sidney said this, frowning slightly, and there was a look of confusion on her pretty face.
"Your soldiers are very strong alone, but they are chaotic, light infantry, heavy armor soldiers, archers and even some poorly dressed auxiliaries, there will be so many hodgepodge of arms in just a few hundred people, and there is no cooperation between each other, just a combination like yours, I really don't know how I lost in your hands in the first place. Sidney stroked his forehead with his hand, a little helpless.
Leo pouted quietly, and said in his heart This is not what I think, whoever let the Arena of the Gods draw any class will give any class, just because the Vikings, Spartan soldiers, Cossack cavalry, camel cavalry and so on have all been wiped out, otherwise you have to see what a real hodgepodge is.
Sidney seemed to be a little talkative at this time, and quickly continued: "With your strength, even if you have those goblins, it is basically impossible to control the entire territory of Lorraine. Once you disperse your forces, if the Lorraines unite to avenge their royal family, you will surely be driven out by the angry populace. Emperor Paris also knew this, so after the defeat of the three knights, he quickly reduced his forces, so as not to suffer from greed. This situation is an opportunity for you, and it is also an opportunity for the royal family of Lorraine, to be able to take a fief and establish a principality is already the best choice for you, and it will also be the best result for the royal family of Lorraine. ”
As soon as Sidney's words were finished, there were several applause, and Leo applauded and exclaimed, "He is worthy of being the head of the Rose Knights of Paris, and his strategic vision is indeed unusual. ”
"But I don't understand why you don't explain it to your men, and even use their inappropriate methods to help you. Also, Pritz City is an important city designated by Emperor Paris to take, and it is related to the massive resources of the entire Dragon Mountain Range, don't look at the current efforts of the Paris Empire, they are just trying to digest the huge territory they have recently taken, once you touch the scale of Emperor Paris, I don't know how you can deal with Paris's anger?" Sidney said the confusion in his heart in one breath, and then stared at Leo with a pair of beautiful eyes to see how he would react.
After listening to Sidney's series of questions, Leo did not have any panicked expression, as if everything was expected by him. Sidney doesn't understand what hole cards Leo still hasn't revealed, his foundation in the Varu Empire has been uprooted by Gavin XIII, the Varu Emperor, I'm afraid those goblins are his last support, the situation is obviously very unfavorable to him, but where does he get his confidence?
A man's attraction to women is not only their wealth, knowledge, power, and charm, but sometimes a little bit of mystery will make women involuntarily want to approach and explore. Sidney didn't realize that she cared about Leo far more than a subordinate should have, and Leo's self-confidence and low-key behavior made her want to know more and more.
"Hehe~" Leo hurriedly chuckled twice, under Sidney's sparkling eyes constantly looking at him with an inquiring gaze, Leo couldn't bear the beauty in front of him even if he was calm.
"Actually, there is nothing, I do have my support in my hands, and I can't tell you what it is for the time being. As for why they are left to guess and figure out a way, I just want to see if there are any materials that can be made among these people, after all, compared to pure martial arts, it is even more rare to have a subordinate with strategy and vision. "Leo didn't deliberately sell anything, he said everything he could.
It's a pity that in Sidney's ears, Leo still concealed the most crucial point and did not say it. But Sidney is also a smart man, and pushing too hard, whether it's for the object of his allegiance or on a man, will backfire.
Sidney straightened his nose and snorted softly, obviously not satisfied with Leo's answer, but Leo didn't intend to explain anything more, greeted her and turned away. This appeared and left without a tail, making Sidney a little puzzled what he meant, could it be that his charm had really dropped too much?
In fact, for Leo, this conversation made him gain a lot. Not to mention anything else, at least he knew that Sidney was worthy of being an elite that Emperor Paris had spent more than ten years of hard work and carefully taught, and he saw the current situation more thoroughly than anyone else, not to mention that Ney was now accepting the lessons of the French era, changing his previous reckless impulses, and trying to transform into a calm and witty strategist, but it was still far from Sidney.
Leo was even thinking at the moment that if he really summoned a fully formed legion, he could consider making Sidney the legion leader and bring out what she does best.
The south gate of Linz City has not been repaired since it was destroyed by Master Merlin last time, in fact, those Paris defenders did not have the slightest idea of holding on, and when they saw Leo leading a huge army to the city, in addition to waving the flag and intimidating it, they quickly abandoned the city and fled along the south gate.
Leo was very happy to take the city of Linz with little to no fighting, but he also knew that it was not that he was too good, but that the Paris soldiers had no fighting spirit at all. Later, when I arrived at the city of Lorraine, it was not so easy to get.
After entering the city of Linz, Sidney suddenly turned against his usual style of not caring about himself, and suddenly took the initiative to find Leo and ask to act alone.
"After our Rose Knights captured Swan Castle, the eastern fortress, a group of knights was left behind to garrison Swan Castle. I'm going to take DiCarlos and them to Swan Castle and gather that team of knights to take Swan Castle by the way. Sidney said unceremoniously, her tone firm and non-negotiable. Of course, Sidney's plan made it impossible for Leo to refuse, and it was naturally something that Leo could not ask for to take Swan Castle at the lowest cost.
After Sidney had finished speaking to Leo, he took some of her rose knights and rode away. Looking at her departing figure, Feng Xifan said coldly behind Leo: "This woman is really unruly, I'm afraid it will be difficult for the young master to control her." ”
"No, Master Feng, I'm not worried about her. After all, she has sworn allegiance to me, and I will give her enough trust. Now I can have a talent with such vision and mind as her, but it is extremely rare, and I am not as extravagant as Emperor Paris, so I take the initiative to give up such talents. "Leo finally got a talent, so naturally he won't let go easily.
Feng Xifan glanced at Leo, his mouth moved but he didn't refute it again, Leo is not the kind of person who will be carried away by beauty, Feng Xifan is very clear about this.
After the capture of Linz, there are still many tedious things waiting for Leo. Repairing the city walls, pacifying the people, and arranging equipment all gave Leo a headache. If Leo alone summoned hundreds of legionnaires, it would not be enough to keep the entire city of Linz running, which is one of the reasons why those Parisians have not captured Lorraine so far.
However, Leo still has 10,000 goblin soldiers in his hands, and these green-skinned little guys obviously can't appease the people, and if they don't steal and rob the residents of Linz City, Leo will be disciplined. However, the work of repairing the walls and houses is quite suitable for the goblins, after all, the entire goblin castle was built brick by brick.
Leo waited three days in the city of Linz to wait for the Lorrainians who had returned to their homeland. When the inhabitants who had followed the royal family of Lorraine returned to their own city of Linz, the homecoming was so sure that many people wept.
After Ney commanded and arranged for the Janissaries to accept the defense of Linz City, Leo simply greeted King Pique, and once again led his army to continue south, this time aiming at the Royal City of Lorraine, only by retaking the lost royal city can it truly represent the return of the royal family of Lorraine.