Julio listened quietly to his subordinates' reports, nodding his head from time to time, occasionally expressing his opinion, and when he heard that Harris's border had changed, he couldn't help frowning and pondering for a long time. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Loren had already done everything he had ordered him half a month ago, and now he should be accompanying the Copote on the way to the royal capital, and when the owner of the bookstore would leave, or how to deal with it, was not something he could interfere with.

He has already done everything he can, maybe the rest can only wait, but the two good neighbors are still eyeing each other, how can he sleep peacefully?

Fortunately, Gangsas City has been greatly damaged since the big war when Upton was in office, and there has been no large-scale attack after this dispatch, but they continue to send troops every day, it seems that although they are secretly colluding with their neighbors, no one is willing to make the first effort, and they all want the other party to make the first move, and they can reap the benefits of it.

These are not the most troublesome things, what he has never been relieved in his heart is his ally Sheng Xuan, an army of 100,000 elite orcs, who have been on the front line for many days, but there has been no movement, it seems that this ally is also calculating himself, just like he is calculating him.

Julio finally spoke, "Don't worry about him over there in the Dark Canyon, just let them scold, in short, no one is allowed to send troops without authorization, and those who violate the order will be killed." ”

This is the first order, and the generals under him said yes again and again, and then after a little thought, he said the second order, "Send people to conscript, at least 200,000 young people must be recruited, age, two years up and down should be enough." Let all the craftsmen hurry up the production of weapons and equipment, and all the businesses in the principality, the tax will be increased by one cent, and the principality will be fully prepared for war. However, it is important to remember that there must not be too much public resentment, and once there is resistance, appeasement is the first choice. ”

"As for Harris's troop transfer, ignore it for the time being, tell the front-line army to keep an eye on the actions of our allies, and let General Daru try to contact Shengxuan, after all, they are also old acquaintances, and they should be able to find out a little news. As an ally, there is no proper communication, this is obviously not possible, in order to show sincerity, let Daru transfer a batch of grain from neighboring counties, just 200,000 catties, let him send it to Shengxuan as soon as possible, and express my condolences and gratitude to him. ”

As soon as Julio's condolences of food arrived, there were new changes on Shengxuan's side, and after listening to the guards' report, he couldn't help but smile slightly, "Send someone to contact our food grabbing team, let them shrink in the mountainous area, and if necessary, they can withdraw into the mountains." The army is to take a defensive stance and retreat five miles to the southwest, to make a way for Harris to look as if we are afraid of a battle with their army, and then see how they respond. ”

"Lord Divine Envoy, my subordinates don't understand, why do we do this? Our food grabbing team is the elite of the elite, even if it is not a problem to attack one of the enemy's county towns, why do we retreat into the mountains? And after we retreat, didn't we expose the flank of the defenders of the Principality of Julio? The enemy will definitely take the opportunity to attack, and won't we tear our faces with Julio when the time comes?"

Sheng Xuan looked at the guard beside him, and couldn't help but smile again, "You kid has grown up and learned to analyze the situation, but don't forget that the Duchy of Julio has no friendship with us, and we came here to help defend it all for profit, I believe that Julio didn't treat us sincerely, otherwise why didn't he ask us to be stationed with his army? This in itself shows that he lacks trust in us, so why should we be shy to slap him?"

Then he patted the guard on the shoulder, "Go and give the order!" After speaking, he turned around and returned to the tent, the puppet core in the tent had already been completed, and old Louis was doing the final adjustment, looking at the heartbeat rhythm on the shiny metal ball, the surrounding magic energy was bubbling in, and he also had a trace of pride in his heart, after all, he participated in the most critical refining, if it weren't for him, I was afraid that this puppet core would never be so perfect.

However, it will only take a while to successfully refine the new puppet, so it is still impossible to see its power, but from the smile that old Louis has always put on his face, it is not difficult to judge that the new puppet is only a hundred times stronger than the previous one.

Now that Sarkt's murderous soul has been washed of consciousness, but his martial arts and tactics have been retained, for a puppet to use the soul of a warrior, Sheng Xuan didn't know much at first, but with the old Louis's explanation, he understood the wonders.

For the soul that drives the puppet, it must be strong enough, and the murderous soul of Saket definitely meets this, and then the characteristics of the puppet, the puppet of the old Louis not only uses magic, but also fights in close combat, which is incomparable to the soul of a magician, and the magic is through the magic circle, and the soul of the old Louis is divided, so it is far better to choose a warrior soul than the mage's.

Old Louis took the time to glance at Sheng Xuan, who was concentrating on observation, and couldn't help but repeat a question he had asked before, "Why are you so interested in puppet refining, don't you want to refine one yourself, although it is a good thing for young people to be studious, but you don't forget the old saying, called greedy and chewy, you yourself are already a dual cultivator of magic and martial arts, and magic is still the most powerful elemental summoning magic, which of your own magic makes it grow up not stronger than a puppet? Why are you still learning this?"

In order to satisfy Old Louie's curiosity, Sheng Xuan finally revealed his secret, "Isn't it Master Dao, have you ever heard of wizards?" "Wizard?" Old Louis couldn't help but put down the work at hand, "That should have been a long time ago, why are there wizards in this world?"

"Yes, there are not only wizards, but also the most powerful soul witch, and that powerful soul witch happens to be my friend, so I plan to refine a puppet as a gift for her. Saying this, Sheng Xuan's face could not hide a happy expression.

Old Louis is such a thief, he immediately understood the deep meaning, and couldn't help but smile and said, "I'm afraid that you still have a relationship with that soul witch, no wonder you kid work so hard." ”

For Cai'er, the attack is not the strongest, but it is definitely the most terrifying, Soul Gu Ling'er plus the gossamer blade in her hand, I am afraid that few people can resist it, but for defense, she has no skills, wearing bulky armor can only limit her attack, but the gains outweigh the losses, so a strong puppet is the best arm for her defense.

Since he learned from the mouth of the Hodheck brothers that the strange blade in his hand is the essence shell of the monster and the best material for refining puppets, he moved his mind to refine puppets for Cai'er, but he has never met a puppeteer, maybe the appearance of old Louis is God's arrangement, so that he learned the most alternative puppet refining method in the world.

Three days later, Grand Duke Charlotte roared angrily in the palace, "Damn, that bastard in Gangsas City, he refused to send troops after receiving so many benefits from us, does he think it is enough to send a few useless stupid pigs out to spit a few mouthfuls?

"And that stupid Harris, obviously Julio's defense line has opened a hole in front of him, why is he still holding still?" But his words were obviously not too convincing, because some of his generals immediately raised objections, "Grand Duke, a few days ago, Grand Duke Harris sent a letter asking our army to move closer to them, and then attack Julio together, didn't you refuse?"

A sentence leaked the secret, and it completely angered Charlotte, he walked up a few steps and slapped the general in the face, and immediately knocked him down, his helmet fell to the ground, his face was high and swollen, and the corners of his mouth were bleeding blood, "Fart, that stupid pig thinks that only he has enemy defenses on his side, and there is no one on my side? Let me move closer to him, why doesn't he get closer to us? Do you want us to leave the house and go to him to get benefits?"

At the same time, in another Grand Duke's mansion, Harris was also losing his temper and scolded his subordinates, "Damn Charlotte, she usually calls me a brother, but at a critical moment, she sells it with me, fart." Why didn't he move closer to me? The other party was ostensibly making an opening, but in fact he was waiting for me with his fists, and if he didn't come close to contain one side, how could I send troops? Didn't I let me send meat in the wolf's mouth? I saw that he clearly didn't want to send troops, and he was trying to make me fight with Julio, and he was picking up cheap bargains in the back! Now that I am being robbed in my territory, it is not him, there is a large army in front of him, and there is a small group of harassment in the back, I have already put aside the thieves who slipped in from my house, why doesn't he join forces with me? No one feels sorry if the knife doesn't cut their own flesh, isn't it!"

"You go and inform the army to shrink! Prepare to return in batches, count me mistaken in damn Charlotte, even if you can't destroy the Duchy of Julio this time, you must clear me of those wandering damn shameless bandits!

Just as Harris was furious, a guard suddenly announced, "Report to the Grand Duke, there's a letter from the Grand Duke Charlotte!" "Read!" Harris said a word angrily, and then picked up a pot of water on one of the surviving tables and poured it up.

"But, it's top secret written on it, and my subordinates 、、、、" "If you want to read it, you can read it, where is there so much nonsense!" Seeing this, the guard could only open the envelope and read it, but he didn't dare to speak out anymore just now.

"Smack!" There was a crisp sound, and the kettle in Harris's hand was slammed against the wall, and the water splashed in the air mixed with debris, and then drew a hard and straight line and splashed down, while the wall was like a water-colored petal in full bloom, and slowly the petals began to deform, and finally pulled into a muddy stain.

And Harris's mood was like that splash, and he exploded and twisted in anger, "That brazen Charlotte, at this time, he still dares to say such a thing, you go and tell him, tell him face to face, if you don't listen to my opinion this time and let his army join forces with me, I won't recognize him as a friend!"

When the generals heard this, they couldn't help but show complicated expressions on their faces, and finally someone couldn't help but step forward and persuade, "Wait, have you ever thought that this may be a great opportunity for us to deal with the Duchy of Julio?" Although the Calais did not have any substantial attack, after all, they contained most of their troops, and although there are still some garrisons in front of us now, it is not impossible to win with our strength, but once the other party is relieved, I am afraid that we will never have this chance again." ”

Harris is not a reckless man who can only lose his temper, the reason why he was angry just now, but there is another reason, and now when he heard his subordinates bring it up, he couldn't help but roar with anger, "You know a fart, I just can't get used to Charlotte's style, I think I'm the smartest, and I take everyone else for a fool?"

But after venting, he also slowly calmed down, and said to the guard who reported the news, "Reply to Charlotte, there are tens of thousands, no, more than 100,000 enemy troops in my territory, sneak attack the granary and loot my millions of grain and grass, kill my tens of thousands of defenders, if you don't respond, it will inevitably cause a catastrophe, and there is even a danger of entrapping my front-line army, so I can't take the lead in attacking, and I can only make a decision when I clear the enemy army in my territory." ”

But in fact, many generals know that what has been reported is only that they have found small groups of harassment and snatching some township-level granaries, and the loss is not very large, but this news is not accurate, because there are indeed tens of thousands of mercenaries who rob grain, and the places they pass are often the total annihilation of the garrison, so there is no news reported in a short time.

But even so, these troops who robbed food also gave Harris a lot of warnings, so that he didn't dare to take it lightly, after thinking about it, he continued, "The army will not move for the time being, let the county town near the robbery in the territory transfer troops, and destroy them for me as quickly as possible!"

And Charlotte was surprisingly not angry after receiving the news, but sneered, "Harris, this stupid pig, I'm afraid that I will take advantage of him, so I'll accompany him to continue to wait, just our secret hasn't come back yet, and we don't have to rush for a while." ”

In this way, it was a few days, and in the past few days, the Duchy of Julio has suddenly changed, it turned out that after Julio set the policy of conscription and additional endowment, the matter was handed over to the military department, and the military general Daru looked at the order, carefully studied the last sentence for a long time, and couldn't help but smile.

"It seems that the Grand Duke wants the people to revolt, but he is unwilling to carry this black cauldron, so I will carry this black cauldron for him," and then he shouted outward, "Come on, give me to step up the conscription in a few nearby towns, and then send people to the people to provoke trouble, the bigger the movement, the better." ”

Charlotte's mansion soon got the news, and when she received the secret report from her subordinates with happy faces, Charlotte's face also showed a satisfied smile, "Our wait was not in vain, and we really waited for a better opportunity, hahaha, the forced conscription of the Duchy of Julio caused civil strife, and now that little fox is probably in a hurry, why don't we take the opportunity to add a fire to him?"

Then he asked his subordinates, "Did you send someone to contact those mercenaries, and what is their attitude?" "My lord, this is good news, those mercenaries elected a leader, my people have contacted him, and after listening to the price we offered, although he did not fully agree, he also agreed to give us convenience at the right time, but the conditions still need to be discussed in detail." ”

"Oh? It seems that his appetite is not small, but I like greedy people, you go and tell him that as long as he does not participate in our war, I can give him food and gold and other funds, so that he can become the largest mercenary group in Mercenary City, if he is interested in becoming a soldier, I can give him a position as a general, if he defects to help us attack Julio, then after we completely defeat Julio, I will give him a street in Mercenary City, that is a big piece of fat, I am worried about him, I am afraid that he will not have a good appetite and cannot swallow it, hahaha. ”

"All I heard today is good news, Julio, you little fox, it seems that God really wants to destroy you," Charlotte said with a look on his face, "You go and inform Harris, I have decided to attack the Duchy of Julio tomorrow, let him cross the border at the same time, if he is still hesitant, don't participate, if he doesn't even have this knowledge, he is a complete stupid pig, and there is no need for us to cooperate in the future." ”