Caroline didn't leave, she seemed to have been waiting for Li Zijun's reply. When she saw Li Zijun full of confidence, Caroline smiled knowingly, but then a cloud of sadness rose to her eyebrows.

"Eldest sister, do you have anything else to worry about, can you tell me about it?" Li Zijun asked with some curiosity when he saw the change in Caroline's expression.

"A few days ago, the nobles of the Seine Peninsula came to our city of Salat with a large number of escorts, so that I could not rush to meet you in the Meron Mountains. I also mentioned a few words about this in my letter to Jenny. Hearing Caroline say this, Li Zijun nodded, indicating that he also knew about it.

"I thought that was all they were trying to do, but I didn't expect that after you and Jenny returned safely to Sarat, they still had no intention of leaving. On the contrary, they have always been in tandem with each other lately, and it makes it hard for me not to be suspicious of them!After all, the city of Salat is our family's domain, and I soon find out their plot!" Caroline gritted her teeth as if she had thought of something hateful.

"What the hell are they trying to do?"

"Ostensibly to lease our land, but in fact they want to occupy our territory!

Immediately, Caroline introduced the specific situation of the Seine Peninsula to Li Zijun.

Although the Seine Peninsula represented barrenness and desolation in the eyes of most of the nobility of the empire, in the minds of the native nobility of the Seine, it was the home that fed them. Before Ed's canonization, most of the Seine Peninsula was borderless, and as long as the nobles of the Seine Peninsula had a good relationship with the local officials, their territory would automatically expand, so that they would have an additional territory that did not need to pay taxes.

But now this situation has changed, and Edlaide has become the master of the Seine Peninsula! Their previous behavior is equivalent to taking money out of Ed's pocket, and the people of the Lee family certainly cannot tolerate the existence of this situation.

And these nobles were not willing to vomit out the fat that had been swallowed in their stomachs, so they took this opportunity to prepare to unite and divide Ed's territory by lease.

"If we reject them, will they really dare to attack us? I remember that the Empire has a rule prohibiting large-scale armed fights between nobles, aren't they afraid of being punished by the Empire for this?"

"Regulation—that's just a fig leaf to disguise the greedy nature of the aristocracy! The empire would often secretly encourage the nobles to fight among themselves, and they would be more than happy to see it as long as it was not the actions of a nobleman who threatened the authority of the royal family! Moreover, the appearance of the nobles of the Seine Peninsula this time was so coincidental and so consistent that it must have been supported by some powerful person behind them. Otherwise, these people would not have come to Sarat City with more than thirteen,000 men!Although they will not attack our Salat City for the time being, they still have the guts to make some trouble around us!" said Caroline hatefully.

"If we send troops out of the city at that time, they won't mind making us the commander of the light pole!" said this, Caroline showed a little helplessness.

"How about the combat effectiveness they brought these people, and where are they currently stationed?" Li Zijun asked after thinking for a while.

"The nobles of the Seine Peninsula brought with them more than 13,000 men, and they were now stationed on the banks of the Salat River outside the city. With the exception of a few people, the guards were actually peasants with weapons. They also receive little training in normal times, and at best they can scare farmers who are in arrears of taxes, and have little combat effectiveness. Why are you asking this?" asked Caroline, looking at Li Zijun in surprise.

"What is the strength in our hands?" Li Zijun continued to ask without answering Caroline's question.

"We have 3,000 city defense troops, and our combat strength is not much stronger than those outside the city! But the 2,000 men in Colorado have not left, and I am worried that something will happen to the city of Zarat, so I have kept him hidden outside the city. ”

"Ed, you don't want to go head-to-head with them, do you! You must know that our current total strength is less than half of the opponent's, and even if we are lucky enough to win, we will suffer heavy losses! Not to mention that those people outside the city are only half the strength of the nobles of the Seine Peninsula, if they attack again, we will become even more passive!" Caroline dissuaded at the side, worried that Li Zijun would make an impulsive decision.

Caroline is worried that Li Zijun has nominally become the patriarch after all, and if he really says it, but she denies it, it will affect Li Zijun's confidence in the future.

"Ed, you don't have to worry too much about this. If it's a big deal, we'll give them some benefits, and we'll come up with other ways later. Caroline now regrets telling Li Zijun about it, after all, Li Zijun is still just a child in her eyes.

"Eldest sister, don't worry, I won't let our soldiers die in vain! The losses in frontal combat are large, so let's consider other methods, after all, we have three bandit groups active here, and it is normal for them to occasionally make a surprise attack on us!" Li Zijun looked at Caroline and smiled evilly.

At this time, Caroline also reacted, she was a little surprised by Li Zijun's performance, but she was still deeply attracted by his idea.

"Is it really possible?" Caroline, though tough and spicy, still has little research on military matters.

"Big Brother Colorado is better at this, let's bring him in and ask, if it doesn't work, it's not too late for us to think of other ways!"

Hearing Li Zijun say this, Caroline nodded and temporarily agreed with his idea.

In the following period, the Marquis was busy with the funeral of Earl Acheson. At the same time, Colorado had repeatedly surveyed the garrison outside the city, and he was ready to surprise the garrison on the night of the Earl's burial.

Three days later, Count Acheson's funeral took place outside the city of Salat at the Lee family's Violet Hill.

Due to the multiple assassinations Ed had encountered on his way back, the funeral was heavily guarded, and the number of people who showed up to see him off was minimized. With the exception of the nobles of the Seine Peninsula and some representatives of the city of Zarate, Caroline only extended invitations to the royal guards, led by Higgins, and the Ouchi Bodyguard. All other unrelated people were denied access to the ceremony.

Seeing the lifelike Earl of Acheson buried in the cemetery of the Lee family, the four Caroline sisters and brothers couldn't help the pain in their hearts and cried loudly! Zuihou was reluctantly left with the support of the old butlers Brenda and Bilbohm.

The nobles of the Seine Peninsula, who had wanted to wait until the funeral was over, did not say anything more when they saw such a scene, and they returned to the city of Salat with the people of the Hou Mansion.

But they then got together again, still to discuss how to divide up Edlaide's territory. When Caroline heard the news, the little mercy left in her heart disappeared, and she was determined to give these shameless fellows a resounding slap in the face!

The navy blue curtain was gradually pulled down, and the bright crescent moon was tired of hearing the miserable crickets and hid in the deep mist.

Under the dual protection of Brenda and Bilbohm, Li Zijun led a thousand city defenders, carried Caroline on his back, and secretly left Sarat City and rushed to the hiding place in Colorado.

"Young master, why are you here? Once the fight starts, I won't be able to take care of your safety at all. If something really goes wrong, the eldest lady won't have to hack me alive!" Colorado was still observing the situation of the garrison outside the city, and when he turned around, he saw Li Zijun standing behind him, which scared him.

"Big Colorado, don't make such a fuss! Didn't you see Uncle Brenda and Uncle Bilbo following me? With them protecting me, you still don't worry!Don't talk about it, what's going on ahead?" Li Zijun saw what Colorado wanted to say, and hurriedly stopped him and asked.

"From my observations in the past few days, except for a hundred-man team, the rest of the coalition army is not even a rabble! But the commander of this coalition army still has some ability, he has stationed the camp in such a place, if the sentinels are arranged according to his requirements. It was very difficult for us to even get close to them, let alone attack them! It's just that the quality of his group of people is really poor, and the secret sentry they sent out is even more arrogant than the bright sentry, so they stand outside in a bright way, and the most classic thing is that no one replaces them all night! Even the sentries guarding the camp gate are like this, and after they have inspected the camp, they will find a corner to sleep in. I really don't see how a sentinel like this would do!"

"And in addition to the front and rear camp gates, the camps in other places are also so-so, and some places can even be kicked down with a casual kick. We were going to sneak in from these places in a moment, to dodge the place where the hundred-man team was stationed, to sprinkle fire oil on other places, and as long as they did not find out, our men would immediately start a fire attack as soon as they withdrew. All that's left is time for our Tiger Bandits to perform!" Colorado said confidently.

"What about the hundred-man team?" asked Li Zijun curiously.

"I didn't think about what to do just now, but when I saw Mr. Bilbohm, I had an idea!" Colorado said with a smile as he looked at Bilbohm.

"Big brother Colorado, you are so bold, you dare to fight Uncle Bilbom's idea, you better tell him yourself!" Li Zijun looked back at Bilbow and teased Colorado with a smile.

"Colorado, what should I do in a while?" Bilbohm asked, slapping Li Zijun lightly and looking at Colorado.

Colorado laughed and said his jihua, and Bilbohm nodded in agreement.

"Big brother Colorado, I still have a request, I hope you can grant me!" Li Zijun suddenly thought of something, pulled Colorado and said.

"Young Master, if you have any orders, just say it, I will do my best!"

"Most of these people are from ordinary farmers on the Seine Peninsula, and if they are willing to surrender, I hope that the eldest brother will let them live!"

"Young master, don't worry, as long as it doesn't affect the outcome of the battle, I will definitely not kill too much!" Colorado seriously agreed to Li Zijun's request.

Several of them did not say anything more, but waited outside the camp of the coalition forces.

As the garrison of Alexandria sent by the empire, Rainey still has some ability! But letting him command this coalition army on the Seine Peninsula still makes him a little powerless! Except for the hundred cronies he brought, most of the rest of the coalition army has little combat experience, but they all regard themselves as victorious generals on the battlefield, and no one takes Rainey's orders to heart.

The sentry set up by Rainey did not play any role at all, and the defense outside the camp was also confused. What made Rainey even more incomprehensible was that the choice of the sentry actually came from which unlucky leader had lost the punch! Rainey also found that the sentry he had seen the night before was still standing in front of the gate the next morning, and no one changed his post all night.

If it weren't for his brother-in-law Abigai's promise to continue to serve as the city guard of Alexandria after this time, he would have packed his bags and prepared to return to Beijing. But for now, he can only stay here.

Rainey didn't know Weishenme tonight and always felt upset. He went out to check the situation outside, but found nothing, and he went back to the tent alone, and tossed around in bed for a long time before falling asleep in a daze.

The LTTE soldiers had already filled the coalition camp with fire oil, but until they had all withdrawn, no one noticed the change in the camp.

In his sleep, Rainey suddenly felt as if it was getting hotter and hotter around him. He hurriedly got up, and when he heard the sound of 'crackling' outside the camp, Rainey's face changed! This was the sound of fire, and judging by the sound, the fire outside was probably not small.

Rainey hurriedly put on his clothes and rushed out of the camp, only to find that the camp had fallen into a sea of fire, and there was a strong smell of fire oil around it.

"Oh no! this is someone sneaking up on him!" Rainey reacted immediately, he was ready to assemble his team of 100 first.

But at this moment, Rainey suddenly felt a large number of magical elements gathered in the air above his head, and he only had time to hide himself from the magic range, and a large ice pick magic fell from the sky. Caused huge damage to the team of 100 who were gathering towards Rainey. In the blink of an eye, more than half of Rainey's only regular army was killed or wounded, and there were less than forty people who could continue the battle.

"Quick! Get out of the camp through the back camp gate! Leave the others alone for the time being, and immediately assemble on the flat ground outside the camp and gather the remnants of the army. Let's go!" Rainey quickly gave orders to his cronies. The men were also quick to react, and immediately carried out his orders and assembled outside the camp.

But Colorado had already thought of Rainey's move, and he and the old butler Brenda led a cavalry separately, waiting to storm the ranks of the coalition in front and behind the camp gate.

Guarding the back gate of the camp was Colorado, who saw Rainey rushing out of the camp with his men and immediately greeted him. Colorado knows very well that the success or failure of this battle largely depends on whether they can successfully eliminate the commander of the coalition forces, as long as he does not successfully assemble his troops, then they will be equivalent to winning more than half of the victory!

When Rainey saw Colorado's figure, he couldn't help but feel bitter in his heart. Rainey has no talent in martial arts, and has been at the level of a sword master for many years, and it is for this reason that he gave up staying in the Royal Guard to continue his development. Rainey's martial arts skills were not high, but it did not hinder his vision, and he could see at a glance that the knight who was rushing towards him was far superior to him.

It was too late to dodge, so Rainey had to bite the bullet and hope to survive the sword.

The two swords clashed, shaking Rainey straight to the ground. Before he could get back to his feet, the cavalry of the Tiger Bandit Corps rushed over him. Poor Rainey didn't have time to react before he was trampled into a pile of meat by the Tiger bandits!

Without Rainey's command, the coalition forces were completely reduced to a herd of lambs to the slaughter. In the face of repeated attacks by Colorado and Brenda, the coalition forces completely lost their fighting spirit, and surrenderers began to appear. As a result, dominoes were repeatedly triggered, and the coalition forces knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.

Colorado River Brenda didn't care about these soldiers, they were still desperately chasing down the coalition forces that were trying to escape and resist. However, the number of coalition forces was too large, and in the end, nearly 2,000 people escaped under the siege of the city defense of the outer city of Salat.

At this time, the sky had slowly brightened, and the fire in the camp was gradually extinguished. Colorado, along with Brenda and Bilbohm, began to gather the pawns, and after a rough calculation, the number of pawns actually exceeded three thousand, and the three of them all had no idea and looked at Li Zijun together.

"Young master, more than 2,000 people have escaped, if they find it again, they will be with these people, I'm afraid we will be in trouble! Do you think we should do it?" Colorado turned his back to the others and made a gesture of cutting off his head.

"Those 2,000 people are now frightened birds, and they will never dare to run back. We don't need to increase killings either. Big Brother Colorado, you arrange for a few credible men to escort these men to the mountain villa outside of our city. You bring some capable people back to the Hou Mansion with me, and we should meet those old men too. Li Zijun smiled and said.

When Li Zijun returned to Sarat City, it was already dark, but the gate of Sarat City had not been opened. This was to prevent the nobles in the city from secretly fleeing from the city of Salat if they found out about the situation outside the city. After all the twists and turns, Caroline and Lee were not satisfied with just eliminating the crisis. They want to completely eliminate the unrest of the nobles in the Seine!

Li Zijun was about to call open the city gate, Caroline leaned out from the city wall, she didn't say anything, just looked at Li Zijun coldly.

"Eldest sister, I'm back, you should open the door!" Li Zijun said with a flattering smile to the top of the city wall.

Caroline was noncommittal, still looking at Li Zijun like this.

"Eldest sister, I was wrong, I won't dare next time!" Li Zijun was more and more uncomfortable by Caroline, and said with low eyebrows.

"Sister, you can forgive Ed this time! He also wants to see the excitement for a long time. Jenny's voice came down the city walls.

"Yes, yes, I'm just going to have a long look and see the excitement!" Li Zijun hurriedly climbed down the pole.

"There's no next time!" Caroline said when she heard Jenny pleading for Li Zijun.

"There will never be a next time!" Li Zijun hurriedly nodded in agreement.

Hearing Li Zijun's promise, Caroline ordered the city gate to be opened and Li Zijun welcomed into the city. However, Caroline ordered the lockdown to continue until a new order arrived, citing the discovery of bandits outside the city.

Seeing Li Zijun's smile on his face, Caroline knew that the operation must have been successful, and she rarely showed a smile on her face, and pulled Li Zijun back to the Hou Mansion together.

At this time, the nobles of the Seine Peninsula in the city also knew about the blockade of the city gates, and they were all a little uneasy, and they came to the house of the Count of Abigai together.

"Lord Earl, at this time the four gates of Salat City are closed, does Catherine want to disadvantage us people?" One of the nobles had some friendship with Abigai, and he asked worriedly as he looked at Abigai.

"It's a big sin to imprison nobles! Higgins and the royal guards are still in the city, and Catherine doesn't have that much courage! Didn't they say that robbers had been found outside the city, don't think too much about it!" Abigai actually didn't say some things completely, he once ordered his men to send a message to Rainey, asking them to pretend to be robbers outside the city, and harass the villages around the city of Zarat, he thought that Rainey had done it in advance.

"But Lord Earl, most of our guards are outside the city, and if there really is a bandit group, will they be in danger?" the viscount then asked.

"There are more than 13,000 of us outside the city, what kind of bandit group can have such strength! Besides, the robber group robs for a purpose, what are they robbing our guards for? Do they like the clothes on our guards?" Abigai joked.

"Since Caroline and the others are in trouble, we should rush over at this time and negotiate how to eliminate the bandits outside the city. That way, we can negotiate a result as soon as possible, and we can return to the territory as soon as possible, right?" said Abigay with a smile.

The other nobles are not fools, hearing Abigai's words, they looked at Abigai's indifferent smile, and finally understood something, laughed together and walked out of Abigai's room, jumped into their respective carriages, and followed Abigai to the Hou Mansion.

Abigai didn't expect Ed and Caroline to be discussing about him anyway.

"Eldest sister, I think we should carry out the next step of 'killing a hundred people'!" Li Zijun said in a low voice.

"Who are you going to do it against?"

"What do you think of that old thing, Abigay?" Although Li Zijun said easily, Caroline felt that as Li Zijun spoke, the temperature of the room dropped a little.

"He's an earl! Although the empire does not object to a fight between nobles, it does not want the bloody incident to involve the nobles themselves, this is a taboo in the empire! Not to mention that Abigay is still an earl, this matter will be widely implicated!" Caroline felt that her younger brother was too daring, and the dignified earl seemed to be a lamb to the slaughter in his mouth.

"Now that we have decided to do it, it is better to pick a big one! In this way, as long as we have prevaricated the questioning of the imperial court, no one in the Seine Peninsula will dare to oppose us again. I believe that my father has just saved the emperor, and in any case, the emperor can't be too difficult for us, and I think this is a good time. Li Zijun looked at Caroline and said.

"If the court asks us about this, what will we say then?" said Caroline.

"Eldest sister, what do you think of the fact that we said that he slandered my relationship with the emperor?" Li Zijun looked at Caroline and said word by word.

During this time, Li Zijun overheard the rumor about himself, he didn't actually believe it, but he didn't want Catherine to hide it all the time.

"Where did you hear this rumor?" asked Carolyn, looking at Li Zijun a little nervously. She has always blocked the news from Li Zijun, and she is worried that Li Zijun will hear the news. But she also knew that she couldn't hide it for too long, but she just hoped that she could hide it for one more day. But I didn't expect Li Zijun to hear this rumor so soon.

When Li Zijun had just returned to the Hou Mansion, he heard the news during the conversation between the two subordinates, and he was also taken aback by the news at that time. But then he thought of the crystal ball, if his blood was not right, the crystal ball could not have changed at all, so he had secretly tested the crystal ball, and after determining the change of the crystal ball, he was relieved about this matter. But he still didn't want Caroline to hide himself in this matter, so he took this opportunity to tell Caroline in person.

"Big sister, don't be so nervous! Although I'm still young, not all rumors can affect me! You have no confidence in me! I don't want to complain about you when I say this today, I just hope that there won't be so many secrets between our sister and brother! Then I will feel very tired!" When Li Zijun said these words, Ed's emotions took over again, and his eyes were completely red.

"Ed, it's the eldest sister's fault in this matter! The eldest sister assures you that something like this will never happen again in the future!" Seeing Li Zijun's eyes red, Caroline hugged Li Zijun into her arms.