Chapter 343: The Battle of the Birds (I)
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The Wyvern Knight was almost invincible in destroying the city, but in the face of these three hundred civilians holding signs and meditating, it was difficult. These so-called civilian kobolds did not shout any slogans, they were unarmed, they sat still, and they held signs with Imperial characters, which made people doubt whether they could understand them.
Someone must have taught them to do this, no doubt. If no one instigates such activities, they will not be able to organize them even if they want to. Usually, kobolds are either extremely afraid of the Imperial people, and it is too late to hide, or they bow their heads and bow their waists, and they are extremely flattering. Where do you dare to face it head-on?
If the problem of this group of civilians is not solved, it will not only damage the reputation of the empire, but also tie the hands and feet of the empire. And if the actions of these three hundred people are effective, more people will inevitably come and follow suit. The Imperial people have attacked almost all the main cities, and the kobolds from all over the country have come to sit still.
As a last resort, the Imperials sat down again for a meeting. It is obviously not appropriate to drive them away by direct violence, but it would be too troublesome to really give them food and work or something. The kobold matter is best solved by the kobolds, ordering the local kobold city lord to send troops to drive them away, or directly hire a bunch of hooligans to fight and kill those who should be killed.
But the problem is that this is tantamount to a return to fighting between kobolds, and if the kobolds supported by the empire can solve the problem, they will not have to end up in person. And if you return to supporting the fight now, it will most likely end in failure.
After all, it is necessary to find the key to solving the problem, and these kobolds obviously have a spiritual pillar, that is, the quilt brave. Just find this person and kill him, and all problems will be solved.
It's just that it's easier said than done to find him now, if you let the dragon knight dig the ground on the other side of the ruins, you can only dig out more civilians and sit outside.
After a night of negotiation, the people had no effective method, and when they looked out the window, they saw these civilians taking quilts and sleeping on the spot. Many people even snored, which was really reassuring.
In the end, Bradley decided to directly target the people behind the quilt brave, that is, Kevin and others.
Early the next morning, Bradley went out again with his retinue and Van Mill, and although there were a bunch of kobolds at the door, they could not be stopped.
The three of them went straight to the embassy of Lou Pauler and decided to give Kevin and the others a verbal warning. If it goes well, then Kevin will come forward and let the quilt brave rein in, and the group will naturally disperse.
According to the intelligence of the empire, all of them were in the embassy, but they just didn't open the door, and a sign was hung directly at the door of the embassy, which said "Closed today". There's no reason for it, and I don't write when the door will open, it's quiet in the museum as if no one is around, but everyone is inside.
Van Mill stepped forward and knocked several times, but no one responded. The three of them were helpless, so they couldn't slam the door to enter, or climb over the wall to get in, so they could only go back the same way.
Back at the hotel, there seemed to be more civilians at the door, and many of them had prepared their own dry food to gnaw on. Seeing Bradley come back, they all turned their heads to watch, turned the signs to them, and no one did anything drastic, everything was quiet and orderly.
The three of them returned to the hotel, and waited for a long time, and handed over the main city of the quilt warrior to some mercenary groups to excavate, although they had no hope that the quilt warrior could be dug up, but at least it was for show. At the same time, news also came from the main city of the Bright Brave, where the people almost ran clean, there were some old and weak women and children under them, which was undoubtedly a very bad example for other kobolds.
By noon, the number of sit-in kobolds at the door had risen to more than 400, some had left, but more had joined, the whole street was almost full, and the vendors who had been setting up stalls around had long since left.
"Let's go, go to the Dark Elf Embassy!" Bradley thought that there was no other way for the time being, and decided to warn someone else.
However, the Dark Elf Embassy is also progressing, as if it has already been discussed, and it is also hanging a sign saying "Closed today". Bradley couldn't help but leave angrily, although he was a retired sword saint, but where did he go with his identity, many kings had to meet in person, and now he actually ate two closed doors, which was simply an insult.
"General, what now?" Van Maier had to ask for his next move.
"Order the dog-headed lord here to get rid of those civilians," Bradley waved his hand, "no matter what method he uses, if I still see them sitting there at night, that lord won't have to do it." β
"Yes!" Van Mill commanded.
Then Bradley turned his head and ordered his entourage: "Since Kevin and the dark elves are no longer willing to talk, let's start a direct confrontation." Lou Baole's communication reconnaissance method should be parrots and crows, their people are inconvenient to move directly, but they can start with two birds first. β
"Well, if you can find out the whereabouts of these two birds, you can even find the place where the quilt warrior is," Robles nodded, but then frowned again, "but both birds are wise, and it is too difficult to find them in the huge sky with only my two owls." β
Bradley waved his hand again: "I'll go and apply to the country and send the reconnaissance force over." Before the scouts come over, you have to work hard. β
"Yes!" said Robles.
On the street outside the hotel, in a few moments, the local city lord arrived with a group of kobold soldiers, ready to forcibly drive them away. In this way, it is an internal matter between kobolds, and it seems that it has nothing to do with the empire.
The drive went smoothly, and the civilians saw the guards coming, so they got up and left. Many people thought there was some violent conflict, and watched from the sidelines, but there was nothing, just like a few shepherds driving a flock of sheep.
Seeing that the sit-in had gone, the Imperial people went out again that night and attacked everywhere. When I returned at dawn, I found that the civilians who had been sitting in the sit-in had returned, and there were many of them, and the streets were full of kobolds lying or sitting, and there were many wounded in the middle, moaning incessantly.
Bradley was so angry that he didn't want to speak, so he gave Van Mill a look. Van Mill immediately went to the local kobold city lord and asked him what was going on?
The kobold city lord is really innocent: "You asked me to drive away yesterday, I have already driven away, they are back today, this is none of my business?"
"I mean make them disappear forever!" Van Mill growled.
The dog-headed city lord wiped a cold sweat, it was useless to say anything at this time, so he could only nod his head first.
"Before tonight, I hope you can take care of this, and if I see civilians sitting quietly in front of our building in the future, you will die!" Van Mill turned and left, leaving the kobold city lord to obey.
But as soon as Van Mill left, the kobold city lord was unusual, and directly began to pack up his belongings and prepare to run away.
People who have mixed up with the city lord in troubled times, even kobolds know a lot of things. If you use violent means to drive away the civilians now, you will be killed by the empire tomorrow on the grounds of "defending the civilians" and the like, and you will order the agents to solve the civilians over and over again, and then throw the black pot to the agents, and then solve the agents yourself, and in the end everyone will die, and the empire will have a good reputation.
But this is undoubtedly a victim for the kobold city lord, since he understands this, is it stupid to stay and wait for death?
Leave a few orders for your subordinates to do as the Imperials order, while they run through the tunnels. However, the city lord is smart, and his subordinates are not stupid, and when he saw that the situation was not right, he also pushed the task down and ran away by himself. This layer went down, and in the end only the low-level soldiers were ordered.
The attitude of the low-level soldiers to carry out the order actually depends on the attitude of the upper-level commander, the morale of the kobold is not very high, and the army has no one to supervise the battle, which is a plate of scattered sand.
In the evening, the soldiers and civilians sat together, chatting with a few kobold bards in the middle, stirring up bursts of cheers. And the people of the empire don't understand kobs, and they don't know what they're talking about, they just feel irritable.
Van Mill immediately went to find the city lord again, but no one could be found, and the kobolds all looked similar, so he went to find someone else. In a fit of rage, he smashed the city lord's room.
"How's it going?" Seeing Van Mill's unkind face, Bradley almost saw the result.
"The city lord has already run away," Van Mill frustrated, "it was my mistake, I knew I should have sent someone to keep an eye on it." β
Bradley sighed: "Why are the people we support so untrustworthy. β
The room fell silent, and they couldn't help but think of the difference between the kobold princess and the two brave men, except for the difference in strength, what was the difference between the other places?
"It seems that Lou Pauler's method of supporting agents is very set," Bradley sighed, "Maybe we should also learn from it." β
"General," said Robles on the side, "my two owls have caught crows. β
"Really?" both men in the room were shocked.
"Yes, it's just that there are a lot of dead corpses in this generation, so there are a lot of crows," Robles was a little unconfident, "I don't know if it's theirs who caught it." β
"Catch it, I'll see. Bradley waved his hand.
Immediately, the two owls each grabbed one and flew back into the house, but when they saw it, Bradley immediately held his forehead, and Robles was very embarrassed.
"It's not a crow you're catching at all, it's a starling!" Bradley couldn't help but point out.
Robles was slightly embarrassed: "My owl has limited intelligence, and I have no choice but to catch it and look at it again." β
On the side, Van Memeer also helped: "Maybe they will make some disguise, and they will definitely give the crow a color or something." β
"Alright," Bradley was angry, "I'll get two more Scout Corps in the country, and two hundred more owls." It doesn't matter if it's a crow, a starling, or any other bird, kill them all!"
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