Chapter 52: Exploring the White Tower at Night
"Boy, how many books have you read in so many days? How many famous art of war in history have you learned? Have you lost all of them now and fed them to the dogs? Didn't that girl tell you about the war report in the northwest!?? wouldn't you use your brain to think about it?!"
"I only ask you, what would you do if you were the commander of the Great Moon Kingdom, defeated the empire's 200,000 troops in one fell swoop, occupied the important town in the northwest, and knew that the opponent's military strength was insufficient and could not mobilize enough troops in a short period of time? You know, the vast territory in the northwest has been completely exposed to the front of the Great Moon Kingdom! Could it be that they have gathered more than 80,000 iron cavalry in the important town of Mudan Fort in the northwest? What are they doing there when they have gathered so many cavalry? Are they waiting to release their horses in Mudan Fort? Now the entire Northwest Region, in the eyes of the Great Moon Kingdom, is already an undefended piece of fat!
"The Northwest Army is finished! If you want me to see, it is God forbid that they can keep the entire army wiped out and return safely! You went to see the damn emperor just now, did he say that he would send reinforcements? Did he say that he would send troops? Idiot!!"
Luo Di's face immediately changed drastically, but he still couldn't help frowning and said, "Maybe the emperor will send reinforcements...... After all, the northwest is also the territory of the empire......"
"Hmph!" Andy's voice seemed to sneer: "Send troops? If the empire can have troops now, then why does the emperor receive the envoys of the Great Moon Kingdom like that? The empire does not send troops, but there are no troops at all! How many days does it take to mobilize troops from the north? How many days does it take to mobilize troops from the man? Even if that emperor has the courage and is willing to take a big risk to dispatch the Central Cavalry Regiment! But how many days does it take to send troops from Yanjing?"
Roddy immediately closed his mouth tightly. His mind was racing with calculations.
If you don't send troops? Then there is only one explanation left! His Majesty the Emperor received the envoys of the other side for the purpose of delaying the troops! However, at present, he has beaten the envoys of the other side, and it seems that the request for peace has no longer been accomplished -- in other words, the Great Moon Kingdom probably does not really want to seek peace, and they sent an envoy, presumably to cover people's eyes, otherwise, why would they have gathered so many troops?
Since a great war is inevitable - or a great defeat - it is too sinister to send oneself to it......
Who is the most taboo for the emperor in the empire? This Luo Di now knows that the most taboo for the emperor is the meritorious master of the Tulip family! If he can take this opportunity to defeat the Tulip family, it will definitely be what the emperor is very willing to do!
Send yourself to the northwest, not to mention whether the remaining half of the northwest army can stop the iron cavalry of the Great Moon Kingdom - if it starts, most of them will not be able to defeat it. He is likely to be defeated and die...... Even if he ran fast and didn't get killed, when he came back, it was all over - the myth of the Tulip family was shattered! His Majesty the Emperor has perfectly solved an internal threat!
Luo Di was in a cold sweat, and said in a low voice: "However, the emperor will not use tens of thousands of sacrifices of the Northwest Army to achieve this goal, right?
Andy's voice became deep and cold: "You are too young! In the struggle for imperial power, which time is not a river of blood, as long as you can keep the imperial power, what is the fate of tens of thousands of people? Besides, even if this emperor does not have the courage to sacrifice the entire Northwest Army at once, as long as the Northwest Army is defeated and flees, the goal will be achieved! Although internally everyone knows that you are a nominal envoy, but you are only used as a decoration, but externally, others do not see it that way! The whole world will think that the Tulip family is the real commander! And the defeat of the Northwest Army is the defeat of the Tulip family! If I were the emperor...... As His Majesty's military envoy, you have done things unfavorably, resulting in the defeat of the empire, and when the time comes, you will be ruthlessly slaughtered, and others will have nothing to say!"
These words made Roddy's heart beat wildly!
Roddy thought about it, and didn't go to Nicole to discuss it again, but he was secretly thinking about it alone, but he was not a person with a lot of urgency, so in such a short time, where did he think of any way?
After sitting for a long time, Andy's voice sounded again: "Boy, as long as you promise me one thing, I will promise you to help you solve this problem!"
"What?" Rodi's heart moved, although he was originally simple, but these words were in his ears and eyes, and he also learned a lot of scheming, this skeleton woke up at this time, thinking that it must have already had an idea in its heart!
"Tonight! You sneak into the White Tower, break down that wall, and go in and have a look. Andy's voice was not loud, but very resolute.
"Okay!" said Roddy, not wanting to say yes right away. At this time, he no longer had any choice, this mysterious skeleton acted inscrupulously, and he didn't know how many secrets he was hiding. Since he can wake himself up, then he must probably have a solution!
Roddy waited until the evening, but Nicole didn't come to see him again in the evening because she was shy, but just ordered Angel to serve Roddy for dinner.
Late at night, when the moon had gone up over the treetops, Roddy quietly got up from the bed, quietly put on a samurai costume for himself, hesitated for a moment, found the silver mask that Nicole had used for herself, took the spotlight sword, and quietly climbed out of the window.
In fact, his method of concealing himself is not clever, and some guards have already seen him, but the original eldest young master Seth often staged this kind of sneaking out in the middle of the night at home earlier, and these guards recognized it as Roddy's figure, and most of them were not surprised, and deliberately let him go without coming out to stop him. I just thought to myself: This eldest young master has been born for so many days, and finally returned to his original surname.
Roddy knew the way to the academy, and there were no pedestrians on the streets at night, just take care to avoid the patrols of the police station that were not walking in a queue. ran all the way to the outside of the Imperial Academy without any danger, and a lot of time was used.
Quietly climbed through the walls of the academy, but fortunately, the academy was not a heavily guarded place, but no one noticed. In the darkness, he identified the path of the White Tower, and then the trees on both sides were hidden, and he quietly ran over.
The bottom floor of the White Tower was a prototype pedestal, and a thick gate was completely open - presumably because the tower was inhabited by the famous Warlock Elder Glenn, so there were no guards. It's just that Andy reminds Roddy to pay attention from time to time.
"Don't step on the sixth step! That's a spell trap! Don't touch the handrail of the stair railing! and...... Be careful, don't step on that pattern on the floor!
With the guidance of the old skeleton, Roddy quietly came all the way to the floor where he had been during the day. Standing in front of the wall again. Roddy was already sweating at the moment, and he was secretly relieved. He ran all the way, but he was lucky not to be recognized, and he was already extremely nervous at the moment. You know, he has never tried to be a thief at night.
Roddy reached out and gently nudged the wall, then listened intently for a while, made sure that there was no one around, and knocked lightly on the wall.
"Use your sword!" Andy's voice pointed at Roddy in his head.
"It's like the last sword you used to fight that barbarian during the day, concentrate your power in your hands little by little, and then ...... Do you see the gem on the hilt of the sword?and squeeze it hard, little by little!Don't be too nervous!" Andy's voice seemed a little nervous, but he still didn't forget to talk nonsense as usual: "Poor that alien prince actually thinks you're using vindictiveness...... How can such a low-level thing be compared to the strength in your body now! At the most important thing, you are basically like a waste now, but the 'real power' in your body is the 'real power' given to you by that old man Qiu! Although it is only a small introduction, after so many days of cultivation, your own strength has already operated automatically, and you already have a little foundation. Well...... It should be a little bit better than waste......"
"Shut up! Andy!" Roddy was so dizzy by what he said that he couldn't concentrate, and couldn't help but curse in a low voice.
At that moment, Luo Di concentrated his mind, according to the way he had used the sword the first two times, and slowly concentrated a faint stream of heat in his body on the hand holding the sword little by little, and then slowly exerted force......
Suddenly, I saw that the gem on the hilt of the Spotlight Sword suddenly emitted a burst of bewitching light, and then the light immediately dimmed, and then the sword body began to faintly project a strange, faint soft light. A pale golden light also slowly flashed on the blade.
"Huh?" Roddy was a little surprised and couldn't help but snort softly.
"Stupid, do it, slash with your sword!" "!" Andy's urging voice sounded.
Roddy gritted his teeth and thrust the sword into the wall - with a soft "snort", the originally fragile spotlight sword like scrap metal was silently inserted into the wall, as if piercing a thin sheet with ease!
Roddy's eyes widened as he looked at the sword in his hand, speechless in surprise.
"Quick!" Andy yelled, "Don't be in a daze! Your strength is too weak, and the sword won't last long!"
Roddy reined in his thoughts, slowly turned his sword, and cut a large square piece on the wall! In shock, the originally solid rock wall was softer than the bread at home under the spotlight sword, and a large piece was quietly cut off by Roddy, just enough for a person to get into.
Roddy pulled out the spotlight sword and looked at it carefully to make sure that there was no damage to the sword, and then put it away in surprise. Then he forcefully moved the rock out of the wall.
It was empty behind the wall, but it was dark at night, and nothing could be seen clearly, and there was a smell of old decay.
Roddy gritted his teeth, slowly leaned into the gap, first took out a lighting spell gem from his arms, and gently threw it out. The gem rolled to the ground, and as the gem glowed softly, the condition in the space was probably faintly visible.
The two rats in the corner were frightened and squeaked twice and ran out. Roddy stepped in, turned around and carefully tucked the rock back into the wall, so that even if someone came later, if he didn't look closely, he wouldn't notice the signs of someone moving on the wall.
With the faint light, Luo Di vaguely looked at the surrounding scene, frowned, and said, "What kind of place is this?";