"It is indeed Fred who plots and announces orders, but I have no opinion on this! for I also feel that only by doing so can the security of the palace be maximized!" said Fergil, casually avoiding Li Zijun's gaze.

"If you think Fred is doing this for the sake of justice, then I really have nothing to say!" Li Zijun made no secret of his dissatisfaction with Fergil's answer, and he leaned into the soft chair with his eyes closed.

"You!" Virgil was about to reprimand Li Zijun fiercely, but at the moment when he turned his head, he saw Li Zijun's broken sleeve when he just fell, and he couldn't help but feel soft in his heart:

Fred did something wrong with this, but he did it for a reason. You and he are both the pillars of my Dongwoo, and you must not hold a grudge against him for this!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Li Zijun arched his hand in response to the errand, he obviously didn't really take Virgin's words to heart.

"You can't deal with Fred anyway!I'm still useful to this man!Did you hear that?" If someone else had done this to Fergil, that man would have been sent to the gallows. But for Li Zijun, Virgil really couldn't be so ruthless, and in desperation, he had to reduce his requirements to the minimum.

"I promise that as long as he doesn't come to provoke me, I won't deal with him for a while!

"You, when will you be able to change your retributive character?"

"Alright, let's stop talking about that!"

"You've received all the battle reports ahead, right? What do you think we should do next?" Seeing that Li Zijun had always looked disapproving, Virgin reluctantly took the initiative to change the topic.

"I'm afraid my answer may not be what you want to hear!"

"If I wanted to hear something nice, I wouldn't ask you a stinky boy! Say whatever you want, I just want to hear what you really think!"

"Withdraw!"

"We don't have a chance? You probably don't know yet. Now in charge of Skelk City is Monlin's Horse Jais, who is a well-known playboy in Monlin. Do you think Dennis can't even deal with such a guy?"

"That's because I know it's Jays who guards Skelk. I'm just going to withdraw your troops immediately!"

"You're right, 'Jays' is indeed the most famous playboy in Monlin!But that doesn't prevent him from being an excellent commander of the army!" Speaking of this, Li Zijun paused slightly, and he carefully observed Fergil's reaction to his words.

"What do you think Jays will do next?" After being silent for a while, Fergil looked at Li Zijun and nodded slightly.

"What he's going to do next doesn't matter to me anymore, what I'm really concerned about is what he's done before: he's succeeded in stretching our supply lines!"

"And it won't be long before the 'news of Filano City' will fly forward as quickly as it has grown wings!" Li Zijun casually touched his nose.

"In this case, the soldiers at the front will inevitably be affected to a certain extent!"

"With an army shaken in confidence and constantly stretched supply lines. Attack a cunning opponent who is already hiding within a high wall, ready to retreat. Li Zijun smiled bitterly and shook his head:

"It's hard to win!"

"What's more, the Tibetan Empire and the Turkish-Hungarian Empire are eyeing us at the moment, if the three of them reach an agreement and join forces to deal with us, it would be worrying!"

"If I send you to garrison Wimbledon, or replace Dennis directly, are you sure that you can stop the Tibetan and Turk-Hungarian empires and defeat Jaas?"

"Impossible!" Although Li Zijun was impressed by Virgin's suggestion, he immediately shook his head.

"If we make overtures to the Tibetan Empire and reach an alliance agreement with them before sending troops, there may be a chance that we will divide them. But now, there's nothing I can do about it!"

"How do you know I didn't contact them?! Hey, don't talk about him, I'll be angry when I talk about it!"

"Let's talk about the battle ahead! Not long after the northern army moved south, Dennis and the others had successfully captured Chishiji and Fanerda. ”

"If I'm guessing correctly. There are already two empty cities there, right? Except for a bunch of buildings, Jays shouldn't be left with anything!"

"Worse than you say!, according to Dennis's report, after the Monlins withdrew from the two cities. Jays set fire to these two cities in our name. ”

"What's even more hateful is that this kid has made a big deal of hype about this matter in Skelke, and even in the entire Monlin Empire. Now. We are like demons in the eyes of the Monlins!" Virgil shook his head helplessly with a wry smile.

Jays's move made Dennis outrageous. He said that we should take down Skelke in one fell swoop and completely open the 'north gate' of Monling! What do you think about this?"

"What does Fred think?"

"He strongly opposes Dennis's proposal, and he advocates that we immediately withdraw our troops from the Monlin Empire!" His Majesty Fergil did not hide from Li Zijun, and directly stated Fred's opinion on this matter.

"Before I say what I think, can I ask us about the whole process of our contact with the Tibetan Empire?"

"Soon after our envoys arrived in Tibet, they were warmly received by Lawrence, and at first they seemed to have some interest in our alliance, but then, without knowing what happened, they gradually distanced themselves from us, and finally even avoided our envoys!"

"This is not unusual! Lawrence initially thought that we were going to deal with their mortal enemy, and of course they were happy to take advantage of the fire, but when they learned that our real target was the Monlin Empire, their 'food and clothing', they naturally changed like that!"

"Self-righteousness! Such a simple question, can you be the only one in Dongyu who can think of it?" said Virgil, turning his head and glaring at Li Zijun fiercely.

"Yes, yes!" Li Zijun also realized his forgetfulness at this time, and he hurriedly leaned over to respond to His Majesty Virgil.

"I wanted to form a strategic alliance with the Tibetan Empire, and only defend against foreign enemies when attacked. But, huh!" Virgil thought that by lowering his profile and contacting Lawrence, he would make the other party 'grateful', or at least immediately take the 'olive branch' he handed him. But what he never expected was that Lawrence would let him eat a 'soft nail'. This was a great humiliation for Virgil, and though it had been some time since this incident, every mention of it made him angry!

"It stands to reason that Lawrence is a 'mother if you have milk', and with the conditions you gave him, he has no reason to refuse you!"

"What is it?" asked Fergil, looking at Li Zijun with interest.

"Could it be that the Monlin Empire, or the Turk-Hungarian Empire, gave Lawrence greater benefits?"

His Majesty Virgil smiled slightly after listening to Li Zijun's answer, then looked at him and slowly shook his head:

"It shouldn't be them!"

"What do you mean?"

"Cult of the Illuminati!"

"Cult of Light?!How could they do such a thing?" Li Zijun showed an extremely surprised expression.

Virgil looked at Li Zijun for a while:

"That's the answer I've been looking for!"

"Now can you tell us what you think about our army's next move?"

"I also built yì five princes to withdraw from Chishiji and Fanerda in an orderly manner!"

"Just evacuate these two cities?"

"Yes, at the same time, I also ask Your Majesty to waive the three-year tax of the other seven cities which we occupy, and to allow the inhabitants of these cities to voluntarily decide to stay. Even if they want to return to Monlin, we will not stop them. ”

"What are you doing this for?"

"On the one hand, we will reduce the hostility of the ordinary people of Menglin towards us, and on the other hand, we will use tax exemption to attract the merchant groups of the Tibetan Empire, and gradually weaken their dependence on the Menglin Empire!"

"I'm going to seriously consider this idea of yours! It's just that before I make a decision, I want you to do something for me first?"

"It's my job to share worries for Your Majesty!It's just that you look at me now, I'm really worried about betraying your trust!" With Li Zijun's understanding of Fergill, the more he downplayed the matter, the more difficult it would be to complete this matter, and Li Zijun couldn't help but show an embarrassed expression.

"I'm not asking you to fight and kill, I'm just asking you to go to see an old sick friend on my behalf. Isn't this all right?" Virgil saw that Li Zijun had the intention to shirk, and his face immediately sank.

I just hope that this friend doesn't live too far, and the minister is really a little unbearable at present!"

"It's not far, it's not far! It's in this Filano City!" Hearing Li Zijun's agreement, Virgil immediately changed his face.

"You should have seen this person, she is the Holy Maiden of the Sect of Light!"

"'Holy Maiden'?!" In Li Zijun's mind, those eyes with a faint sadness instantly appeared, and he couldn't help frowning:

"Is she sick?"

As an old friend, I should have visited her in person, but I really can't leave the palace like this, and now I can only entrust this matter to you! Help me go and see what she needs?"

"The minister must live up to his trust!" Knowing that the saint was sick, Li Zijun couldn't sit still, and he was ready to say goodbye to His Majesty Virgil and leave.

His Majesty Fergill raised his arm and said three "you" in a row, he obviously still had something to tell Li Zijun, but I don't know why, he finally changed the words on his lips to a call to the inner servant! (To be continued......