"Boy, how many books have you read in these days? How many famous military arts in history have you learned? Have they all been thrown away and fed to dogs now? Didn't that girl tell you about the northwest war report!!?? You Don’t you think about it with your brain?”
"I'm just asking you, if you were the commander-in-chief of the Dayue Kingdom and defeated the empire's 200,000-strong army in one fell swoop, occupying a key town in the northwest, and knowing full well that the opponent's military strength was insufficient and could not mobilize enough troops in a short period of time, what would you do? What will you do? You know, the vast territory in the northwest is now completely exposed to the military front of the Dayue Kingdom! Could it be that they have gathered more than 80,000 cavalry in that important northwest town, Mudan Fort? What are you doing there? Are you going to wait for the horses to be released in Mudan Castle? In the eyes of the Dayue Kingdom, are they going to be unmoved?"
"The Northwest Army is finished! Let me see, it's God's blessing that they can return safely without being completely wiped out! Just now you went to see that damn emperor. Did he say he was going to send reinforcements? Did he say he was going to send troops? idiot!!"
"Rody's face immediately changed drastically, but he still couldn't help but frown and said: "Maybe the emperor will send reinforcements... After all, the northwest is also the territory of the empire... "
"Humph!" Andy's voice seemed to be sneering: "Send troops? If the empire can send troops now, then why does the emperor receive the envoys of the Dayue Kingdom like that? It's not that the empire doesn't send troops, it's that there are no troops to send at all! From now on! How many days does it take to mobilize the army from the north? How many days does it take to mobilize the army from the male side? Even if the emperor is willing to take big risks and dispatch the central cavalry regiment, how many days does it take to mobilize the troops from the imperial capital
Roddy immediately closed his mouth tightly. His mind was racing with calculations.
Not sending troops? Then there is only one explanation left! His Majesty the Emperor received the other party's envoy just to delay the war! But now that I have beaten the other party's envoy, it seems that suing for peace is no longer possible. In other words, the Dayue Kingdom may not really want to sue for peace. They sent an envoy, probably to cover up others' eyes. Otherwise, they have gathered so many What are we doing with our troops? A military parade
Since a big war is inevitable - or a huge defeat is inevitable, then the intention of sending him there is really sinister...
Who is the emperor's most taboo person in the empire? Roddy now knows that what the emperor is most taboo on is the most accomplished leader of the Tulip family! If you can take this opportunity to defeat the Tulip family, that is definitely what the emperor is willing to do!
Send your own troops to the northwest, not to mention whether the remaining half of the northwest army can stop the cavalry of the Dayue Kingdom - if there is a fight, they will probably not be able to defeat them. It is very likely that he will be defeated and die... Even if he runs fast and is not killed, he will be finished when he comes back - the myth of the Tulip family is shattered! The halo on his head is gone. His Majesty the Emperor perfectly solved an internal threat!
Rody was sweating coldly and whispered: "But the emperor will not sacrifice tens of thousands of people from the Northwest Army to achieve this goal, right? The price is too high!"
Andy's voice became deep and cold: "You are too young! In the struggle for imperial power, there was never a river of blood. As long as the imperial power can be preserved, what is the life of tens of thousands of people? Besides, even if this emperor does not have that You have the courage to sacrifice the entire Northwest Army at once, but as long as the Northwest Army is defeated and flees, the goal is achieved! Although everyone knows internally that you are a nominal envoy, you are only used as a decoration, but externally, others are not like that. Look! The whole world will think that the Tulip family is the real commander! And the defeat of the Northwest Army is the defeat of the Tulip family! If I were the emperor... Hehe! As His Majesty's military envoy, you did something wrong and the empire was defeated. If I kill you cruelly, others will have nothing to say!"
These words made Roddy's heart beat wildly!
Rody thought about it and didn't go to Nicole to discuss it. He just thought hard by himself. But he was not a quick-witted person to begin with. Where could he come up with a solution in such a short time
After sitting there for a long time, Andy's voice sounded again: "Boy, as long as you promise me one thing, I promise to help you solve this problem!"
"What?" Rody's heart moved. Although he was originally simple, he had learned a lot of tricks these days. This skeleton woke him up at this time. I think it must have had an idea in its mind!
"Tonight! Tonight! You sneak into the White Tower, open the wall at the place you saw during the day, and go in and take a look." Andy's voice was not loud, but he was very determined.
"Okay!" Rody agreed immediately without thinking. At this time, he had no choice. This mysterious skeleton was so unpredictable that he didn't know how many secrets he hid. Since he can wake himself up, then he will probably have a solution!
Roddy waited patiently until the evening. Nicole was shy and did not come to see him again in the evening. She just asked Angel to serve Roddy for dinner.
Late at night, the moon had already risen above the treetops. Rody quietly got up from his bed and quietly put on a samurai uniform. After a moment of hesitation, he found the silver mask that Nicole had used for him and put it on. He picked up the light-gathering sword and quietly climbed out of the window.
In fact, his method of concealing himself was not very clever. The guards had already seen him, but the original young master Seth had often staged this kind of situation at home, sneaking out and fooling around in the middle of the night. These guards recognized him as Rody. Most of the figures were not surprised and deliberately let him pass without coming out to stop him. I just thought to myself: This young master has been in peace for so many days and has finally returned to his true nature.
Roddy knew the way to the college. There were not many people on the street at night. He just had to avoid the police patrols that were not passing by in formation. The journey to the outside of the Imperial College was uneventful, and a lot of time passed.
He quietly climbed over the wall of the college. Fortunately, the college was not a heavily guarded place, so no one noticed. In the darkness, he identified the path to the White Tower, and then quietly ran over under the cover of the trees on both sides.
The bottom floor of the white tower is a prototype base, with a thick door completely open—presumably because the famous warlock Elder Glenn lives in the tower, so there are no guards. It's just Andy reminding Roddy from time to time.
"Don't step on the sixth step! That's a magic trap! Don't touch the handrail of the stair railing! And... be careful, don't step on the pattern on the floor! That's the formation set up by the warlock!"
With the guidance of the old skeleton, Rody quietly arrived at the level he had visited during the day. Standing in front of that wall again. Rody was already sweating now and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He ran all the way and was lucky enough not to be recognized. At this moment, he was extremely nervous. You know, he has never tried this kind of thief at night.
Rody stretched out his hand and pushed the wall gently, then listened for a while to make sure there was no one around, and then knocked lightly on the wall.
"Use your sword!" Andy's voice pointed at Roddy in his mind.
"Just like the last sword you made when fighting that barbarian during the day, concentrate your power in your hand bit by bit, and then... Do you see the gem on the hilt? Then squeeze it hard, bit by bit. Press hard! Don't be too nervous!" Andy's voice seemed a little nervous, but he still didn't forget to talk nonsense as usual: "Poor that foreign prince actually thought you were using something so low-level. I want to compare it with the power in your body now! Even though you are basically a waste now, the 'real power' that old man Qiu gave you is in your body! After your cultivation, your own power has already started to operate automatically, and you have a little foundation. Well... you should be a little stronger than the waste... "
"Shut up! Andy!" Roddy was so dizzy by what he said that he couldn't concentrate, so he couldn't help but cursed in a low voice.
At that moment, Roddy concentrated his mind, and like when he used the sword the previous two times, he gradually concentrated the faint heat in his body on the hand holding the sword, and then slowly used force …
Suddenly, all I saw was that the gem on the hilt of the light-concentrating sword suddenly gave off a burst of coquettish light, and then the light immediately dimmed, and then the sword began to faintly project a strange, faint and soft light. . A faint golden light slowly flashed on the sword's edge.
"Huh?" Rody was a little surprised and couldn't help but hum slightly.
"Idiot! Move quickly and strike with your sword! Be gentle!" Andy's urging voice sounded.
Rody gritted his teeth and stabbed the sword hard into the wall - with a soft "chi" sound, the light-focusing sword, which was originally fragile and like scrap metal, inserted into the wall silently, as if it had pierced a thin sheet. Just as easy!
Rody looked at the sword in his hand with his eyes widened, and was so surprised that he couldn't speak.
"Quick!" Andy yelled: "Don't be in a daze! Your strength is too weak, the sword won't last long!"
Rody gathered his thoughts, slowly turned the sword, and cut a large square piece on the wall! In shock, the originally solid rock wall became softer than bread at home under the light sword. Rody quietly cut off a large piece, just enough for a person to get in.
Rody pulled out his light-gathering sword and took a closer look to make sure the sword was not damaged before putting it away with great surprise. Then he used force to move the rock out of the wall.
There is indeed nothing behind the wall! It's just that it's pitch black inside at night, so you can't see anything clearly, and there's also an old, decaying smell coming out.
Rody gritted his teeth and slowly leaned in through the gap. He first took out a lighting magic gem from his arms and gently threw it out. The gem rolled on the ground, and as the gem emitted a soft light, the situation in the space was vaguely visible.
The two mice in the corner were frightened and squeaked twice before running out. Rody came in with a boast, turned around and carefully re-stuffed the rock on the wall, so that even if someone came later, if he didn't look carefully, he wouldn't notice any trace of someone moving on the wall.
Rody used the faint light to vaguely look around at the scene around him, frowned and said, "What on earth is this place?"