"How many people are here, who is the commander of the troops, are there any war machines or monsters in the team..." Diao Si kept making requests. He wanted to use this information to guess the purpose of the Blazing Empire's troops.
However, the intelligence team here can only obtain information by deciphering signals. It does not have much experience in this area, so it takes a long time to do it, and the decipherment may not be correct.
While waiting, Diao Si walked to those high-definition telescopes alone and tried to cast his magic. Now his magic has improved a lot, so the range in which he can control the refracted air has been greatly increased, but it is still impossible to see too far.
Because Green Hidden City was originally a territory of the Blazing Empire, there was no clear boundary between them, so in order to prevent the Blazing Empire, Diao Si arranged the intelligence team to be closer to the imperial city of the Blazing Empire, so that the Blazing Empire would have They can prepare for any move in advance.
With no other option, Diao Si first asked the intelligence team to send a message there, asking the intelligence team hiding in the east to hide first, and then sent an order to Zuo Rui to prepare to deal with the Blazing Empire's army. Because Diao Si has not taken on the title of city lord so far, the Blazing Empire already knows Baron Zuo Rui as the landlord.
While Diao Si and the others were still preparing, the people from the intelligence team passed over new information, but they only knew that the other party had come with about 20,000 people, and whether they had brought too many transport vehicles and war machines.
It seems that the Blazing Empire is not necessarily prepared for war, otherwise there will definitely be more transport vehicles and war machines, but the 20,000 soldiers are prepared to conquer Green Hidden City.
Of course, the Blazing Empire still doesn't know how powerful Green Hidden City is. Diao Si can use his new cannons and war machines, combined with his magic, to easily defeat the 20,000 soldiers. But exposing their strength in this way will lead to a large-scale attack by the Blazing Empire. It is impossible for them to withstand the powerful Blazing Empire.
What to do? The Empress of the Blazing Empire made a request for 5,000 young men last time. Can she only meet these conditions to make them retreat
Five thousand men may be nothing to other cities, but to Luyin City it is equivalent to cutting off a piece of meat from Diao Si's heart. How could he agree to such a condition
However, some preparations still need to be made. Diao Si has already selected hundreds of the original residents of Green Hidden City to temporarily resist, including several dwarves, who he will arrange to serve as internal agents in the Blazing Empire. But whether the army of the Blazing Empire will just do this depends on a cunning strategy.
While Diao Si was thinking about it, he started to act according to the plan he had made last time. He first hid those important tools and war machines, then asked the soldiers to hide in the forest, and evacuated the flower demon and Healing elves and more.
And because there were too many magnificent buildings in Green Hidden City, he had to try to prevent those from the Blazing Empire from entering Green Hidden City, so he had to let Zuo Rui lead them out of the city to meet the team from the Blazing Empire.
The arrival of the Blazing Empire's army was like a city guard crossing the street, leaving Green Hidden City in a state of chaos. But this was too important. Diao Si would rather spend an extra day preparing than let the Queen of the Blazing Empire know about the situation in Green Hidden City.
There was still some distance, so Diao Si first gathered Zuo Rui and others there, and then discussed the next response plan. This is because they are afraid that they will accidentally leak the situation of Green Hidden City. If they have discussed all aspects in advance, then the chance of revealing flaws will be reduced.
Just when Diao Si and the others were almost ready, the team from the Blazing Empire had already appeared in the distance, so Zuo Rui led Diao Si and the others to meet them.
Similar to the information obtained by the intelligence team, the Blazing Empire indeed came with about 20,000 people, but these were regular troops with banners. However, the formation did not look like a battle, but more like an envoy.
This is not surprising. Green Hidden City was originally a place of the Blazing Flame Empire, just because it was relatively remote. At that time, the Queen of the Blazing Flame Empire arranged for Zuo Rui's ancestor, the powerful dark mage, to come here to entrust the land, but he never managed it. here.
According to the custom of someone on earth, Diao Si first prepared some gold and rare food for Zuo Rui to use to bribe the commander sent over. If this can succeed, the next thing will be easier to handle.
Watching the Blazing Empire's army approaching, Diao Si noticed a sedan placed on top of a vehicle in the team. On the left and right sides of the sedan, there was a golden warrior standing, which meant that the person inside the sedan was the commander-in-chief.
But this was the first time Diao Si had seen such a sedan. There were many strange patterns engraved on it, and the commander-in-chief inside did not show his face, which made people feel a bit abnormal.
After seeing the appearance of Zuo Rui and the others, the large forces of the Blazing Empire also stopped, but the commander in the sedan had not shown up yet, so they only let the large troops rest on the spot.
"Zuo Rui, the heir of the Zuoluo family in Green Hidden City, welcomes the Blazing Empire..." Walking in front of the large army of the Blazing Empire, Zuo Rui led Diao Si and the others to bend down and salute.
"Are you the man who inherited the Zuoluo family? Hahaha, I never thought that the Zuoluo family could persist to this day in such a way..." The commander in the sedan was about to insult Zuo Rui as soon as he spoke. Zuo Rui was of course angry after hearing this, but He dared not speak out in anger.
"How can I be embarrassed to ask you, Lord Baron, to come here to greet me? I think it's better to go to the city first. I'm here with the will of Emperor Blazing, and there are some important things to announce in the city."
The commander in the sedan said this, making Diao Si a little disappointed, but he did not give up yet, and hinted to Zuo Rui about bribery. So Zuo Rui immediately asked people to send the bribes to the front of the sedan.
"Lord Commander, these are the specialties of our Green Hidden City. Please accept them. If you like them, we will also..." Zuo Rui only finished half of what he said. The Commander-in-Chief ordered his people to put the things away. He thought about them when he saw this. They were all secretly happy.
It seems that bribery can work anywhere. The commander sent by the Blazing Empire is always a mortal. Mortals have greed and desires. As long as this guy can be satisfied, he can still be with Blazing Flames. The empire will discuss it.
However, the situation did not seem to be what Diao Si thought. After collecting the things, the commander asked Zuo Rui: "So, Lord Baron, I wonder if you are ready for the manpower and material resources that the Queen asked you to contribute to the empire last time? "
Hearing her question, Zuo Rui had no choice but to turn his head and look at Diao Si, but in such an environment, how could Diao Si express his stance to him? In fact, they had already prepared it before, but Zuo Rui was too careless.
In desperation, Zuo Rui had no choice but to respond: "Your Excellency, are you referring to the matter of five thousand men? I'm sorry to inform you, our Green Hidden City..."
"No, why five thousand men? That was the number before, but now it is different. It is ten thousand young and strong men. Our empire has a very important construction plan to carry out..."
When the commander-in-chief responded like this, Zuo Rui didn't know what to say, and Diao Si couldn't accept it for a while. Before Yuri and his army joined, there were no ten thousand young and strong men in the entire Green Hidden City. The Blazing Empire was simply trying to make things difficult for them.
"I wonder, Commander-in-Chief, have you made a mistake? There are so many men in our Green Hidden City. Emperor Chizhi should also know about the situation here..."
Zuo Rui still wanted to explain, but the commander immediately interrupted him: "Why not? Does the Baron want to deceive me and Emperor Blazing? There are not so many young and strong men. There are so many in your city. How did the building get started?”
Too bad, the Blazing Empire was well prepared. They had already understood the situation in Green Hidden City. Hearing the commander's words, Diao Si had an ominous premonition.
Since the Blazing Empire already knows about their construction situation, it means that they have an undercover agent here, or someone has tipped them off. Maybe they also know the fact that Diao Si has become the city lord here.
In this case, all the countermeasures that Diao Si had prepared before would have to be changed. But now that he has come to this point, how can he and Zuo Rui and the others make further arrangements? And it seems that the purpose of the Blazing Empire's sending troops this time is not that simple. (To be continued)