Chapter 87: The Council of Six (2)
What you said is also very reasonable, but there is one thing I want to remind you: "Although the imperial capital is greatly damaged, there are still tens of millions of people, and once the war is mobilized, it is enough to form an army of more than five million, which is a huge number that makes people unable to sleep. ”
"Who says we have to face it ourselves? Can't we unite the forces of the whole South?"
"I want to warn you, Lily. I know you don't have a good impression of the Imperial Capital, but as a member of the Council of Six, please don't bring your personal feelings in. The gentleman spoke: "This plan of yours will not work at all, you can't even think of such a simple point." Not to mention the ambitious Sennat, even if we are led by Mochizuki City, how can we integrate hundreds of cities, large and small, dozens of lords? ”
"I'm sorry, my fault. After a moment of silence, Lily immediately apologized, and the others accepted her and said no more, and silence returned to the whole hall.
After a while, the only one who hadn't spoken yet, the one with a big nose clown embroidered on his chest, spoke: "I propose that we should not always think about which force to rely on, but take advantage of the current chaotic situation on the mainland to expand our strength as much as possible. Mochizuki City should be independent like a free paradise, so that both the imperial capital and Senate will not be offended, and we can even send secret envoys at the same time to express goodwill to the imperial capital and Senate respectively. And privately, our army immediately set out to the southwest in the form of a mercenary group, trying to level our rear next spring. ”
"I second!!" the nobleman was the first to raise his hand.
"I second!" Lily raised her hand.
"Before I take a stand, there are a couple of questions. The gentleman said, "First, how to solve the problem of soldiers. Second, how to convince the imperial capital and Senate of our sincerity, many things must be expressed publicly, and ambiguity will only make things worse, because forces that cannot be sure of friends are usually the first to be eradicated. Thirdly, and most crucially, those Hunter Alliances in the southwest, although they are not strong, occupy the key points of the Silent Forest and the Hengduan Mountain Range, before the end of the year, can we do it?"
"At most, it will only last until after March next year, because once spring begins, farmers will have to plow. The samurai opened his mouth and added, "The population of our Mochizuki Castle is too small to form a large army. ”
"I know. In fact, it's not that our Mochizuki City has a small population, but that there are too many nobles. If there are too many people enjoying privileges, it will affect the distribution of benefits to the whole city. Although the nobles were nicknamed nobles, they did not hide their dislike for those nobles who had privileges.
"It doesn't matter. The Joker spoke: "Personnel are not a problem, because we can use the Adventurer's Guild. ”
"Oh?"
"Although those hunter alliances in the south are together, their secret interests are not shared. As long as we put a bounty on the adventurer's guild and lure their main force away in various ways, we can achieve our goal with a smaller number of troops. Once they take those places, they immediately start building fortresses to hold on, their guerrilla tactics in the jungle are very troublesome, but as long as we occupy the lakes and traffic points, they will have to storm them, otherwise their living space will be swallowed up little by little. ”
"It's easy to do. The samurai spoke, "I will give orders for them to issue staggering bounties that are far away from the Hunters' Alliance's residence, so that some people will be tempted to leave by money." Of course, the entire attack plan must be kept secret, otherwise no amount of gold will achieve its goal. ”
"Wait, my second question from earlier, how do we win the trust of the imperial capital and Senat?"
"I have an idea. The nobleman spoke: "Senat has many children, and we may marry him." Lily, how about you pick an excellent one of your subordinates and marry her as the illegitimate daughter of a nobleman?"
"That's a good idea. "No problem. Lily and the gentleman said in unison.
"What about the imperial capital?" the samurai asked, "I'm afraid it's very difficult to use marriage, and it seems that none of the people in power in the imperial capital have the possibility of marrying a wife." Luke hasn't continued for more than ten years, and it's impossible to leave us with the position of wife. Orlando and his wife have a good relationship, so they can't find a husband for Her Majesty, right?"
"It's better to send an army directly to attack the imperial capital. The clown spoke: "Why don't you have some ideas on Faraz?"
"You'd better not have that thought!" the nobleman reminded the clown loudly, "Mayne fought to the death with Ryan because of his brother's affair with Faraz, and you all know the consequences, and besides, you have offended a powerful magician by doing so." ”
"Is that Ryan?"
"No, it's Victor!"
As soon as this name was mentioned, the six people present were silent together, this only forbidden spell mage on the continent does have a very strong deterrent power, although he lives in seclusion in his magic tower, but as long as he does not clearly state his position to leave the imperial capital for a day, then the enemies of the imperial capital will not dare to act rashly, and no one will try to provoke him before there is no safe way to resist the attack of the forbidden spell.
"I have a solution. The scholar spoke: "We don't need to use the method of marriage, because it has already been used once for Senate, and if the other party knows that the two forces of our team are using marriage, then what is the point of such a marriage?"
"The Imperial Capital Magic Academy and the Moon City Magic Academy have magic exchange students every year, and now that Faras has come to Moon City in person, it is enough to show the sincerity of the Imperial Capital, then I can personally lead the team to visit the Imperial Capital Magic Academy, and I can have an exchange match, a Magister-level exchange competition. ”
"That's a good idea, but it'...... this way."
"On the surface, this is what Mochizuki City is unwilling to lose, but in fact, since I personally lead the team, only Victor is qualified to receive me. And we're all sitting together, what else can't we talk about?"
"Seconded!" shouted the gentleman with his hands raised, "the whole plan has been perfected, and there is no reason why it should not be seconded." ”
"Of course, I also seconded it. The samurai was the last to raise his hand, and the whole plan was approved by all of them.