Chapter 127: Coming Pretty Fast
However, it was said that after Dulles had met with the Marquis of Lee Kerster, he hurried back to his house and summoned Fielding, the commander of the city defense army.
It was Fielding's habit to walk around the gates every morning after waking up and before going to bed at night, so that he could do anything else with peace of mind. At this time, he was finishing his patrol and planning to go home to rest, but he knew that he was suddenly called by Dulles, and he felt a little strange in his heart.
As soon as Fielding entered the city mansion, Dulles immediately greeted him, compared to when he met the Marquis of Lee Kerst before, Dulles was much calmer, but there was still a trace of anxiety and panic between his behavior, and Fielding, who had never seen Dulles like this, was a little surprised.
At this moment, Dulles had already spoken, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he ordered Fielding to bring 3,000 city defense troops to kill Situ Jin and his men!
As soon as this order came out, it scared Fielding!
At this time, Dulles didn't hide anything from Fielding, and directly told Fielding about Situ Jin's discovery of the Purple Mother Cave.
Fielding came from a small aristocratic family, and it was not easy to achieve the position of city defense commander. Don't look at his whole person, he usually looks five big and three thick, but in fact, Fielding is a person who is thick on the outside and thin on the inside. In the eyes of outsiders, Fielding and Dulles are people who stand on the same line, and Fielding is Dulles's right-hand man.
But in fact, Fielding has always deliberately kept a certain distance from Dulles. Fielding knew more or less about what Dulles and the Marquis of Lee Kerst were secretly doing, but he never got involved. Not only that, but he also hinted at Dulles for a long time, persuading him to stop as soon as possible.
But Dulles not only did not stop, but intensified, and gradually became estranged from Fielding. This made Fielding often lament that he had failed to report Dulles's behavior as soon as possible, so that things had developed to this point, not only could Dulles not let go, but even he faintly became Dulles's accomplice.
The purple mother ore transported from the mine was made and processed by several weapons workshops under the Marquis of Li Kester, and became a piece of exquisite and sharp weapons, and every once in a while, a large number of weapons would be transported out of Tias and shipped to other countries, and the Marquis of Li Kester and Dulles also made huge profits.
When Fielding found out that these weapons transported out of the country actually contained the precious metal mineral Purple Mother, the same weapons had been transported from Tias City, and he thought that if this matter was exposed, his own city defense commander who defended the city would also be implicated, so Fielding thought about slowly persuading Dulles to stop.
Unexpectedly, his hesitation made things develop to the point where they are now. Now, he knows that even if he takes the initiative to report Dulles, he will definitely die, but Fielding is different from Dulles after all, he is an authentic soldier with his family and country in his heart and his own bottom line.
In the past few days, when Fielding learned that a large number of weapons would soon be transported out of Tias, he secretly made up his mind to prevent these weapons from leaving the city, even if he didn't want his own life.
Unexpectedly, this incident would appear again today.
Fielding secretly scolded Situ Jin in his heart, a good noble young master didn't do it, he had to come to Tias to stir up such a puddle of troubled waters, originally he put Situ Jin and [13 Battalion] aside and ignored it, just because he was afraid that they would know too much and come out and do bad things. Fortunately, now Situ Jin accidentally discovered the secret of Dulles and the Marquis of Lee Kerster, and his life may be left in Tias.
But having said that, since Fielding had already intended to stop Dulles's behavior, he certainly wouldn't make a mistake again and again to kill Stuart at this juncture. But in order not to arouse Dulles's suspicions, Fielding still took the order.
As soon as Fielding walked on his front foot, Dulles's eyes narrowed slightly. In Dulles's opinion, Fielding was already in the same boat as him, although Fielding had been pretending to keep his distance from him, but Dulles did not believe that Fielding would disobey his orders at this time.
However, to be on the safe side, Dulles made another preparation. I saw Dulles suddenly stretch out his hands and slap them three times in mid-air, and soon, a middle-aged man walked in from the back of the hall.
If Fielding saw this middle-aged man, he would be astonished, and this person was none other than his adjutant Bowman.
Bowman walked out of the hall and saluted Dulles.
Dulles said, "Bowman, you follow Fielding, and if he behaves unusually, you will," Dulles said as he reached out and made a neck wiping gesture.
Bowman's lieutenant, named Fielding, was actually the man Dulles had planted around Fielding to spy on Fielding. In the past few days, sensing Fielding's abnormal mood, Dulles is looking for an opportunity to get rid of Fielding, and then help Bowman to take the position, so that no one in Tias City can oppose him in the future.
Don't look at the rank of the city defense commander is below the city division, but it can also form a lot of restraining effect on the city division in peacetime. If such an important position can be completely held in the hands of his own people, Dulles will be able to sit back and relax.
But Dulles didn't expect that before he could make a move on Fielding, Situ Jin jumped out first, and at this time, he could only let Fielding go first.
Bowman received Dulles' order, nodded, and walked out of the castle mansion.
Two flowers, one on each table.
But said that Fielding, after going out from the city secretary's mansion, he went straight to the city defense army camp and ordered 3,000 soldiers and horses, but seeing that Bowman was late, Fielding did not have any suspicion of Bowman, and immediately ordered Bowman to take 1,000 men and horses to the manor where Situ Jin lived now, and surrounded everyone in the manor, while he took 2,000 men and horses to the mine to see if he could catch Situ Jin.
Everything was ready to stop, and before leaving, Fielding suddenly asked Bowman that if he saw Situ Jin in the manor, he would arrest him first, and not kill him.
Hearing Fielding's words, Bowman's eyes flashed, and he finally nodded yes, and then led the people away.
Fielding, with two thousand city defenders, made a rapid advance to the southwest of the town, and after about a quarter of an hour, finally reached his destination.
When he saw a dense crowd of people standing at the entrance of the cave from afar, Fielding was shocked.
He hurried forward, ran forward more than a hundred meters, and found Situ Jin standing in front of those people, looking at him fixedly, those calm eyes without a hint of color made Fielding feel a chill down his spine.
Then he saw a cold smile on the corner of Situ Jin's mouth: "Hmph! It's coming quite fast!"