Blood Dragon

Section 160 Guidelines

"You have two choices now." Cleo said cleverly. "First, you continue your insistence, we will pat your ass and leave. You are here waiting for the queen's wrath. In this case, I hope your loyalty to Byron will move the queen, otherwise... you You can refer to the fate of the former rebels in Ryan Kingdom." His voice was full of fear. "The best result is to be hanged, and future generations will be reduced to slavery."

Trent was silent.

"The second option is to confess to the queen before the final result comes out. She is a very magnanimous queen. As I said before, Lord Lockes has asked for her forgiveness. Ah, still There are Lord Lauder, and several others... However, you must understand that no matter how generous you are, there is a limit. When the dust settles, I am afraid there will be no such opportunity."

"Why are you here?" Thrun suddenly asked.

"Ah... this..." Cleo said. "To be honest, we boasted a lot in front of the queen. We think you are a person who knows how to judge the situation, so...the queen appointed Essien as the general and asked him to take over...the garrison here."

"General?"

"Of course, there is a letter of entrustment. If you really want to prove it, I don't mind showing it to you." Cleo said. "Our mission is to take over the garrisons of the two castles, and then... other tasks."

"Ah..." Tren's expression was blank.His eyes turned to Belheim who was with Lime in the box again.how so?Although it is said that there are two choices, there is actually only one choice.Although Byron is his monarch, but... the relationship between the monarch and his ministers has not reached the level of absolute trust and dependence of King Mark Remiz and Garunas, who live and die together.He was under no obligation to die for Byron.Besides, his family members are also in the city of Fornoros, and there is a great possibility that they have already fallen into the hands of the little queen.

No one would hang themselves from a tree under these circumstances.

Lowering the flag and changing the flag means that all the garrison troops will surrender.There was no resistance to the whole process-if there was any, it would be resolved after showing them Balheim's head.After an hour, it was all done.The white eagle flag representing the Mark Remiz family was raised above the castle,

Tren will lead a small number of entourages to the city of Fonoros to report to the little queen, and the garrison will accept the command of Essien.

Solving the second castle is even easier.Because something was going on in this castle, rumors that "Byron was defeated and died" were already circulating inside.This is understandable.Due to the neutrality of the church, the magic communication was cut off, causing the garrison to be unaware of the external situation.But fools can also see that since Wang Jun's troops have set up a camp nearby and have not left for a long time, then the little queen must have won.So the only question becomes whether Fornoros City has been captured or not.

The entire garrison, from the commander to the ordinary soldiers, is all without fighting spirit, and will have surrender.No one wanted to be buried with Byron.This is not a war against foreign enemies, after all, the little girl is the legitimate monarch of this country.

Ultimately, it was Byron's fault, too.He was not the kind of general who won the hearts of the army and could make his subordinates swear their allegiance to the death.To put it bluntly, he is just a politician who is good at political maneuvering and plotting, and his military ability is quite clumsy.

At the end of the day, Essien's mere 500 people immediately increased by more than ten times.

It was getting dark, and in a cozy room in the castle, the two friends finally breathed their first long sighs.Essien's men now number 7000.Although the number is not too much, but for the task he wants to carry out, it is no longer the complete despair before.They finally took the first difficult step.

"We're leaving tomorrow," Essien said. "The little queen doesn't have much time left for us."

"The first one must choose a suitable target." Cleo thought a little more. "We can't have any castle battles."

Those who were included in the crusade target were more than [-] great nobles in Gruni.All have private armies and fortified family castles or residences.At worst, they were nothing like Byron's vassals.

After Byron's defeat, his former subordinates defected one after another and kowtowed in front of the little queen to admit their mistakes.But the premise for them to do this is because the little queen forgave them, allowing them to maintain their current status and territory.The situation of the more than 80 noble lords that Essien is going to attack is completely different.These great nobles have all been declared traitors by the little queen, and they are openly confiscating their territories, wealth and titles.In this case, it is almost impossible for them to compromise.In order to preserve their wealth and status, these people will undoubtedly try their best to fight to the end.

To put it bluntly, these will be very tough nuts to crack.This is also why Essien can easily get this task, why he can be easily promoted to general, and why he can get the promise of territory and title.

"Can't we have any offensive and defensive battles..." Essien said softly. "Start with soft persimmons."

"No, no, no, don't start with soft persimmons." Cleo thought and picked up a map. "How about going here first? This is the territory of the Cassati family. It is relatively close to us, and a large number of their troops have been transferred by Byron, and there are not many left. They will not come out to fight us."

"Although the Cassati family has only one castle, it is very strong..." Essien said. "The terrain is difficult, easy to defend and difficult to attack. Although they have used the main force to support Byron, they must still have enough troops left behind... It will not be easy to conquer this place."

"Essien, I have a friend here. Specifically, it should be my classmate back then." Cleo said. "An illegitimate child. I heard that he was bullied and insulted by his wife and legitimate son in this family, but he had nowhere to go. Such a person is our opportunity."

"But... after all, this is his father's castle... how to convince him?" Essien asked. "You know, Cleo, this has never been my specialty. I want to hear your thoughts."

"The idea is very simple. Although he is being bullied, he will not betray just by relying on hatred. For him, the key is the despair of his future. He has no future at all. To ask him to help, you must make a price. Essien, the title of a knight...only a knight with an actual fief."

"This shouldn't be difficult." Essien thought for a while and replied. "Just leave a fief directly from Cassati's family territory. The little queen should agree."

"After the Cassati family is dealt with, we can go here... the territory of the Marquis of Marduk," Cleo said. "This guy is a coward... If we can scare him... and make a little concession, he should be able to open the city without blood."

"Oh?" Essien asked in disbelief.

"It's like this, Essien, we must find a suitable way of action from the orders issued by the little queen. The little queen just confiscated the territory, wealth and title, but did not kill them! The territory and title are dead, and wealth... ...No one knows the exact number of this stuff, it's entirely up to us...the recipients to decide. If we can allow Marduk to take away his property, he won't stay and fight us to the end."

"That's the best." Essien suddenly found that Cleo was really suitable to be an official.

"Marduk is gone, so we can go to Earl Amantao's territory. This guy... I'm afraid it will be difficult to deal with. He will definitely stay and fight to the end to protect the ancestor's property. But he is a frivolous person. If We can put on a negotiating posture... He may be tricked into negotiating by us. At that time, he will be directly arrested or killed! If he is not fooled... we will be ruthless! Dig the river embankment over there, let him Everyone in the whole castle should feed the fish!"

Cleo looked at the map again. "This is Ribas' territory. His city is strong, but this guy has four sons who are fighting openly and secretly. It's easy to divide them..."

"Cleo." Essien had to express his surprise. "Did you know about today? How did you prepare so well?"

"Essien, everyone has to leave a way out for themselves." Cleo said meaningfully. "The reason why I understand the situation of these great lords is because I originally thought that I could become their retainer one day. It's just that I was recommended by my relatives and became a subordinate of the Minister of Regent."

To be honest, the garrisons of the two castles were settled so smoothly today, which greatly boosted the confidence of both Cleo and Essien.They all realized that with their backs to the queen, the situation would be completely different—maybe those lords would fight to the end, but their subordinates did not have this awareness.

When a big ship is about to sink, few of the passengers on board are willing to live and die with the ship. On the contrary, everyone wants to remove a plank from the ship so that they can swim in the water.The mouse has long since escaped without a trace.

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"Byron is finished." Belleer threw the document in his hand on the table and made this definition.

Due to the church, there was a big lag in the transmission of information that relied on magic communication, but it was also because of this that most of the information obtained was very complete.For example, this time the little queen sent troops to attack Byron, the whole battle process was clearly written.

"My lord general," Robin said in a matter-of-fact manner. "Fonoros City is well-defended and has sufficient supplies. In addition, Byron is very popular in the city. It should be very easy to defend a year or two. This year or two... among other things, There is a high possibility of barbarian invasion."

"Impossible," Belle said. "The little queen has already executed Belheim, which shows that she is absolutely sure of winning."

"Why? I think it's just a spur of the moment."

"Didn't you realize that every step of her is linked together, so it's considered exhaustive?"