Why did the lord rebel

Chapter 75 Full Exchange of Opinions
A suffocating silence filled the tent.

In the end, it was Master Laurie who asked a key question on behalf of everyone:
"Is the news reliable?"

Xia Houyan shook his head:
"Can't say it's completely reliable, but it's not too fake either."

He briefly explained to the participants the origin of the source, the spy Rocky, and after a brief discussion, the participants agreed that although the intention of the Archduke Rosario is not clear, according to the current knowledge Given the situation, Rocky's identity as a spy in Whitehall should at least have no flaws.

But this does not mean that the news he brings is absolutely credible;
What if Grand Duke Rosario wants to use him to spread false news and punish the Igor family?

——After being inexplicably overcast by the Archduke Houston once, everyone in Shuangfengling is about to form a paranoia of persecution.

"Let's ignore the authenticity of the news for the time being and treat it as true." Seeing that the discussion was about to become entangled in the inconclusive question of "Is Archduke Rosario an enemy or a friend", Mayor Joel said wisely. , "Lord Elliot, did Rocky tell you about the specific circumstances of Miss Katerina and the others being kidnapped?"

"That's right, how did the bandits manage to hijack a team of 1000 people?" Clement also asked doubtfully.

"It's not that 1000 people were hijacked..." Xia Houyan rubbed the crowbar in his hand, and said gloomily, "Rocky told me that a few days ago, there was a large-scale robbery between the robbers' cottages near the Raging Mountains to the west of the Land of Soul Breaking." After the fire was over, when his informants went to investigate the scene, in addition to the corpses of the two copycat troops, they also accidentally found the bones of a large number of non-local tenant farmers and craftsmen, as well as many looted and severely damaged buildings. The vehicle—the vehicle bears the goshawk coat of arms of our Igor family."

"So..." Master Laurie stroked his beard with his hand.

"So according to Rocky's conjecture, Katerina's convoy should have been involved in the scene of firefights between cottages in the Raging Waves Mountain Range—in the tavern in Huafang Town, Rocky and I have already made calculations: their march The speed and the timing of the exchange of fire between the cottages just coincided." Xia Houyan pinched his brows and sighed, "This is the barbaric southern frontier, and the robbers in the cottage are much more powerful than the hinterland of the empire. The largest cottage has a large number of combat personnel. It can even reach 400 people..."

A migratory team of about 1000 people, but with almost no combat capability, rushed into the scene of a firefight involving hundreds of bandits. In the chaos, what would happen?

The cold wind blew, and everyone present shuddered.

"A not-so-good news and a bad news." Xia Houyan clapped his hands wearily, interrupting everyone's thoughts, "The not-so-good news is that Rocky's informant did not find Katrin at the scene Na, or the corpses of Knight Commander Cousins—most of the people who died on the battlefield were unarmed citizens of Eagle’s Rest: based on the number of corpses, there are at least two to three hundred members of the migration team still alive.”

"The bad news?" Mayor Joel asked.

"The bad news is that they must have been robbed back into the stockade by the victorious bandits." Xia Houyan smiled wryly, "The bandits and bandits in the southern wasteland have always kidnapped nobles for ransom, and captured civilians as slaves. tradition, and the fate of Katarina and the others is the same.”

Master Laurie and Mayor Joel looked at each other worriedly.

They are all very aware of the current financial situation of the territory - Frost Maple Ridge, no matter what, can't take out enough gold coins to redeem hundreds of residents.

"How about we scrape together the money and find a way to redeem Miss Katerina?" Master Donald asked.

The lord, Clement and Alice shook their heads together.

Xia Houyan gritted his teeth and said, "I spent the construction funds of the territory just to redeem my own sister, and let those innocent residents continue to be bulls and horses for the cottage robbers? Everyone is my subjects, and who has no brothers? Sister, to do such a thing, won't the family members of the people be chilled?"

Clement said solemnly: "We are at least glorious imperial nobles, shouldering the honor of the family, how can we compromise and make peace with a group of shameless wasteland robbers?"

Alice was more direct: "Miss Katerina will definitely not agree to leave the people behind to live on her own."

Silence permeated the tent once again.

Only the oil in the lion's lantern crackled under the heat of the flames.

"So, we still have to find a way to rescue Miss Katerina..." Master Laurie pondered.

"Actually, the question I have been thinking about is not even how to save it, but whether it can be saved..." Xia Houyan smiled wryly, and his words were not surprising. The mercenaries on the plains are even more difficult to deal with. Now that we have limited combat power and lack of supplies, it is as difficult to use force to rescue two or three hundred people from the stockade in the Raging Wave Mountains! If we want to rescue Katerina and the others, use I can't accept that these guards and leaders of Shuangfengling suffered casualties for nothing."

"What if we don't use force?" Master Laurie looked at Lord Lord thoughtfully.

"Master, our territory has no money!" Mayor Joel reminded.

"I'm not talking about buying it with money..." Master Laurie glanced at Vilf who was beating Xia Houyan's shoulders, "Didn't we successfully steal a 'Flower of Abundance' from a worker in Houston? If possible If you repeat the old trick..."

Sneak into the cottage and sneak Miss Katerina and the others out?Mayor Joel was horrified by the idea.

"Master, stealing two or 300 people is not the same as stealing a worthless foodie..." Xia Houyan smiled wryly, feeling his shoulder was punched hard by an elf angrily, " What's more, the defense density of the cottage that the robbers have been operating for a long time and the monastery where they are temporarily stationed are certainly not at the same level..."

Master Laurie hesitated: "But there is my spiritual magic in..."

"The risk is too great. If the other party is disturbed, wouldn't it fall short?" Alice objected.

"Could it be that the only way to rescue Miss Katerina and the others is by force?" Mayor Joel said with a bitter face, "But our troops are simply not enough!"

"Perhaps we can go to Huafang Town to hire a few mercenary groups and let them fight on our behalf?" Clement tilted his Burgundy helmet and suggested.

"You pay?" Mayor Joel, who was in charge of finances and was heartbroken about the territory's gold coin reserves, sneered.

Clement mumbled something, and amidst the sound of metal rubbing, shrugged his shoulders and closed his mouth.

"Mercenaries...that's a good idea." The lord murmured inexplicably, and then suddenly slapped the table, "In short, I have to take someone to the west side tomorrow to check the news of Rocky. Secondly, let’s observe the situation of that bandit’s cottage from a distance—it’s not too late to make a decision when we have first-hand information!”

Of course, this is the only expedient solution when there is no other way out, and no one objected.

Only Master Laurie, who knew the basics of the Lord Lord, found a strange light that faintly flashed in the eyes of this black-haired boy.

Generally speaking, in the experience of the masters, this means that someone is going to be out of luck.

(End of this chapter)