With the departure of all the officers, only Earl Hall and Earl Evan remained in the cabin.
Earl Evan rolled up the parchment in his hand and placed it on the table, then picked up a cold cup of coffee and drank it.
Earl Hall stood quietly aside, the blush on his face had faded, and he seemed to have finally calmed down.
It's just that the determination and resistance in his eyes have not diminished in the slightest.
Earl Evan put down his coffee cup, turned to look into Earl Hall's eyes, and asked:
"You should have heard some rumors about the assassination of Marquis Vincent in Silvermoon City, right?"
Earl Hall nodded, as if realizing something, his face suddenly became extremely pale.
Seeing this, Earl Evan knew that the other party should have guessed it, so he no longer concealed it, and sighed: "Yes, although the northerners blocked the news, we have confirmed an unfortunate fact—
My dear brother, Marquis Vincent, has died in Silvermoon City. "
"Impossible!" Earl Hall roared, and suddenly became irritable again. His bloodshot eyes stared at Earl Evan in front of him, as if he wanted to strangle him to death with his eyes.
Earl Evan didn't seem to be worried about his own safety at all, his expression was calm, and he even said sadly:
"I also hope this is fake news, but it is what it is.
Colin Angelet was worried that this news would lead to retaliation from the Eastern Territory, so he blocked the news and deliberately proposed harsh redemption conditions in order to delay time and wait for the support from the Northern Territory.
But it's a pity that the news of the orcs suddenly came from the west, and the reinforcements from the north should not be able to reach Silvermoon City.
So, Lord Hall, this is also an opportunity for us, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for revenge! "
"Revenge?" Earl Hall sneered and said disdainfully, "I think this is an opportunity for you to completely eliminate the Hall family, right? Eliminate the support of Marquis Vincent, and take complete control of the Tianma Navy by the way, haha , really serves multiple purposes!"
Earl Evan shook his head slowly and said: "Cleaning? No, no, almost all the nobles in the Eastern Region were my brother's supporters. Do I want to bloodbath the Eastern Region
Earl Hall, in my opinion, this is an opportunity for your family to prove yourself again. "
Seeing that Earl Hall still had a look of disbelief, Earl Evan continued: "Father should have officially announced it, but you haven't received the news yet—the engagement between me and Prince Lexi's daughter Shalia has been broken. , and instead got engaged to Grace, the daughter of Earl Bruckner."
Earl Hall's eyes shrank obviously, and before he could speak, Earl Evan said again:
"This is the sincerity of the Bruckens family, and it is also my attitude—for my brother's former supporters, what I want is not to cleanse, but to accept.
But, like the Bruckens, I had to see the sincerity of these supporters in switching sides.
You especially, Lord Hall, I know that your daughter married your brother and bore him a child.
Don't worry, I won't make trouble with a child, let alone treat the Hall family as enemies because of this.
But there is a prerequisite for this - you Hall family must prove your loyalty! "
Earl Hall smiled miserably and asked, "So we can only prove our loyalty by self-destruction?"
"How could it be self-destruction?" Earl Evan said in surprise, "It's just a few warships, as long as the Hall family is still there, the title is still there, and the territory is still there, it is only a matter of time before they re-emerge.
Moreover, I can solemnly promise you that as long as you complete the tasks I assigned in the next redemption operation, then the position of commander of the Tianma water army is still yours! "
"What mission?"
"There is a tributary of the Crystal River leading directly to the half-elven palace in Silvermoon City, but there are three sluice gates in the middle..."
Earl Hall's expression changed, and he immediately said, "You want me to use the warship delivered to the North to destroy these three sluices?"
"Yes."
Earl Hall couldn't help but sneered and shook his head, saying: "Earl Evan, you have never commanded a water battle after all, and you don't understand how difficult it is to destroy the three sluice gates. Let alone the six heavy warships we handed over this time And those galley warships, even if the entire Tianma water army is pulled up, I am afraid they will not be able to destroy the three sluice gates."
Earl Evan smiled mysteriously, turned around and came to the table, opened a wooden box placed on it, took out a palm-sized clay pot from it, and said to himself:
"What if you add this?"
Earl Hall stepped forward suspiciously, but when he saw the viscous liquid in the clay pot that was filled with a green light, his expression changed drastically, and he growled:
"Wildfire?"
"Yes." Earl Evan nodded, and the faint green halo from the clay pot reflected his handsome face a bit hideously, "This time my father bought three thousand pots from Yeville at a great price [ Wildfire], they will help you destroy all the half-elves' defenses on the Crystal River!"
"Three thousand cans!" Earl Hall's voice changed, "These things will destroy my fleet... Yes, this is your plan. The warships of the Hall family have long been a pile of ashes in your eyes Right?"
Earl Evan seemed to be a little impatient, and said coldly: "Earl Hall, you don't really plan to deliver those warships to the northern border intact, do you
Their fate is sealed!
I just want them to go to hell with enough enemies before they are destroyed! "
Earl Hall fell silent, and after a while he said softly, "Is this the price the Hall family must pay?"
"Yes. As long as I complete this task, I can guarantee that the Hall family will still have a place in the future East!"
Earl Hall was silent again.
He has roughly understood the plan of the Duke of St. Pros, which is to send a group of warships from the Eastern Territory to the outside of Silvermoon City along the Crystal River under the guise of redeeming the Marquis Vincent. The news of the Marquis of Center's death probably means that he wanted to wait for the warships from the Eastern Territory to arrive, and then forcibly detain him, but handed over a corpse to the Eastern Territory.
However, since the Duke of St. Pros had confirmed the death of Marquis Vincent, he decided to use his tactics to secretly fill these warships with [Wildfire], and then forcibly broke through the water defense line of Silvermoon City in a way of killing them all.
In this way, the follow-up navy fleet can drive straight into the half-elf palace.
However, Earl Hall is also very clear that the task that the Duke of St. Pross entrusted to the Hall family can be called a suicide attack that narrowly escaped death.
After this battle, even if the Eastern Territory successfully captures Silvermoon City, the military power that the Hall family relies on most will be destroyed. Even Earl Hall himself is very likely to die in Silvermoon City.
If possible, Earl Hall would certainly not accept this task.
Unfortunately, Marquis Vincent is dead.
The biggest backer of the Hall family fell down.
Looking at the arrangement of the Duke of St. Pros, it is obvious that he is paving the way for his second son, Earl Evan.
If the Hall family disobeyed this time, they would definitely not be able to escape the liquidation of the San Pros family.
Thinking of the clansmen still in Bailu City, Earl Hall let out a long sigh, and finally took the clay pot containing [Wildfire] from Earl Evan, and said in a deep voice:
"Okay, the Hall family, take orders!"
(end of this chapter)