"Your Excellency Duke, Fengshuang Town is in front."
A knight reports.
Marvin Pike raised his observation mirror and observed the movement in the town. This place is located at the southwest junction of Yongdong and Langxin. It is surrounded by hillsides. Standing on any high point, you can see the situation of the town clearly. Because the terrain is easy to attack and difficult to defend, Fengshuang Town has not been expanded into a castle for hundreds of years.
There are many such towns on the border of the two kingdoms, and there is nothing special about it. If Ma Weien usually doesn't look at it, but now, it has a unique meaning.
"Have the people who went to inquire about the information have any news?"
"I asked, it only cost a few silver wolves, and all the townspeople said it." The knight said proudly, "There is indeed a small team of Greycastle people working here, there are only forty or fifty people. It will appear once in a while.”
"Why aren't they stationed here?"
"After crossing the border, there are mountain roads, and I heard that there are often wild wolves. If there is no escort, those refugees will not be able to get through."
Marvin's heart suddenly came to a conclusion.
The spread of the red fog is not based on the border, but rather like an ever-expanding semicircle, which makes the red fog in the farthest reach the area of the Wolf Heart King City, and the nearest one is still in the territory of Eternal Winter. Obviously, fighting within the kingdom gave him more peace of mind than traveling to neighboring countries.
And Fengshuang Town not only satisfies this requirement, but also because of its remote location, those who have been dazed by the people of Greycastle rarely enter Wolf Heart from here. Compared with several big cities with convenient transportation, Fengshuang Town is almost as unobtrusive as mosquito legs.
What Marvin wants is precisely that there are fewer people.
The lack of people meant that Graycastle would not pay too much attention to this place, and the information the spies had inquired undoubtedly confirmed this.
As the old scholar said, those tough bones have to be dealt with by the devil. What he has to do is to take a bite at the weak point of the opponent. As long as this kind of thing is passed on, no matter how big or small the result is, it can make the opponent throw a rat.
Of course, the old scholar's strategy is not just that. There are even more ruthless tricks waiting for the people of Greycastle. If they can succeed in doing so two or three times, he believes that the other party's plundering action will be a big setback. The Lord may also rely more heavily on him.
"Go back, it's time to have a good talk with everyone."
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After spending half a day rushing back to the nearest town, Marvin walked into the former lord's mansion in high spirits. This place originally belonged to an unnamed baron, but not long ago, he was frightened by the approaching red mist and rumors of demons and fled, which saved him a lot of negotiating time.
It is true that this land does not belong to him at present. After all, his real power is temporarily limited to the four northern cities, but Marvin believes that the expansion of the Pike family will never end there.
Soon, a group of nobles he had gathered gathered together, waiting for him to speak.
The Duke looked around, silently taking down everyone's faces and expressions. There were a total of forty-five applicants sitting in the room. Most of them were knights, and there were also a few barons, and the highest status was the former lord of the extreme north port, Viscount Nanos. These people were either forced to lose their own territory, or were robbed of all their subjects by the people of Greycastle. Under the promise of the fiefdom reward, they did not hesitate to join him. If you include the guards, With cronies and entourages, the number of available combatants in this team has reached more than 300.
This is obviously an excellent opportunity. More importantly, for the first time, they have no weapons gap with their opponents. In the past, the nobles of Eternal Winter were beaten helplessly because the firearms of the people of Greycastle were really ferocious, and their firing rate and distance were far beyond their imitation snow powder weapons. Without this group of captured support from the Vault of Heaven Lord, let alone 300 people, even if it doubled, no nobles would be willing to assist him to fight with the people of Greycastle.
"I wonder how everyone is preparing?" Ma Weien cleared his throat, "I think those firearms, your people should be familiar with them?"
"Isn't that just loading the bullet into the barrel of the gun, then aiming at the target and pulling the trigger," Viscount Nanos said with a face full of resentment, "Those things that farmers in the mountains can use, but we can't use them for no reason. The captured guy has to be severely punished to explain, and his tone is still hesitant and reluctant, I think there is something amazing!"
"Yes, to say it's exquisitely crafted, it's hard for us to be true, but it's much easier to use than a sword." A knight echoed, "I've also interrogated the people of Greycastle, and it's only been two years since they joined the army. It takes me five years to learn how to shoot a firearm in a month, and it took me five years to practice swords alone.”
"One month is because these untouchables are too stupid. For me, three days is enough." Another person's speech caused a burst of laughter.
"I want them to know they're nothing without firearms!"
"Isn't the firearm bestowed by the witch? I think the King of Greycastle is just taking advantage of the church to sweep Eternal Winter and Wolf Heart."
People are available! Marvin realized that these nobles had already held back their anger, and were already gearing up for revenge against the group of Greycastle people. Although this mixed team was only put together a week ago, and some of them couldn't even call each other by name, at least everyone had the same goal and was full of energy.
"However, the number of arrows called bullets is limited, and even fewer are distributed to each person." The knight who followed him before spread his hands, "If possible, I hope everyone can save it. , and then open fire when the distance is close."
Ma Weien gave the other party a few more glances in approval. This person's name was Fleur, a native of the West Territory, and he had also taken a fancy to his agility with him before. From these words, it can be seen that Fowler has grasped the key to victory and defeat. If he can find an opportunity, it would be good to take him as his own.
"Don't worry," the duke said confidently, "Greycastle people also don't have many bullets. There are many mountains in the northwest of Wolfheart, which limits their weight. In addition... They will let us approach and escort the refugees out of danger. , isn't that the slogan they promote?"
The crowd also sneered.
That's right, as long as the other party comes to plunder the population, they will definitely not give up this wave of "lambs" that are readily available. But as everyone knows, wolves are sometimes hidden in it. In this world, the change from hunter to prey is often just a matter of moments. By the time they find out that they are deceitful, I am afraid that they have already been trapped in a cage.
Afterwards, as long as they disguised themselves as the other party, turned around and ransacked the towns along the way, the propaganda of the people of Greycastle would definitely be self-defeating. Repeatedly several times, they don't even think about pulling another person from here.
"I have already released the news, and I believe that there will be some action on the Greycastle side soon. At that time, you can play to your fullest, and all the proceeds will be yours!" Ma Weien got up and concluded, "This is not only a good opportunity for your revenge, but also a good opportunity for you. The opportunity to seize territory and wealth! As long as the goal is achieved, I will not break my promise! Everyone, the time has come for the people of Greycastle to pay their debts with blood!"