Chapter 203 Secret communication

Author: Arion's Dolphins

Chapter 203 Secret communication

Giant Yun was not angry, but seemed to appreciate Tang Zhao in his words. This attitude made Tang Zhao stunned for a moment, but he was relieved after thinking about it.

In fact, in the eyes of most cloud giants, low-level giants may be like hobgoblins looking at ordinary goblins. They do not think of them as beings of the same status as themselves or of the same race, but only regard them as some kind of consumables, that is, props.

Tang Zhao nodded slightly to the other party and didn't say much. He followed Reina and listened. After all, they were just outsiders and had no say in most things. They didn't even know what was going on.

The Governor of the Northern Province acted cautiously and did not choose to come with him this time. Logically speaking, a person of Linn's position would not need to participate in such a risky matter, but he still insisted on coming.

He seems to have a really good relationship with the Governor of the Northern Province, and the other party is confident that he will be responsible for negotiating such an important matter.

The two sides first engaged in a long period of useless social rhetoric and went around in circles before getting to the point.

"What is the purpose of the giants, or to put it another way, how can you return to your original position. Nien doesn't want to make the situation too ugly, but you must have a limit. The giants are already in the war against the dragons.

If you have failed once, I think you don’t want to see a second failure. If you lose a few more times, you won’t even have a place to stay.”

"It's really ugly to say that. If it were my arrogant giants, they might not be able to control their impulse and attack you directly, grinding you into powder."

"Humans are now an equal race to the giants. We are far superior to the giants in terms of numbers and the vastness of our territory. The premise for me to respect you is that you must also give humans enough respect. Now your men are fighting against us.

There has been widespread plundering of the territory and countless people have fled their homes. At this time, there is no need to expect respect.”

"The world is like this. The weak prey on the strong. Weak races or individuals have no right to survive and can only accept the rule of stronger ones. Although humans are weak, according to my observation, you clearly implement this very well. The problem is not me.

How do I treat humans, just because I am not a human being?"

"There is no use in sophistry. The mistakes you committed on the territory of Nirn will not be reduced by this. What I want is a solution."

"The thing is simple. I originally wanted to test your abilities. Now that the goal has been achieved and the robbery is almost done, you only need to pay another small amount of gold and silver, and we will naturally withdraw.

"

Lin En didn't say anything, but looked at Tugrik with an indifferent expression. The meaning was obvious - he would never accept this kind of agreement.

In the Middle Ages in another world, pirates were quite powerful and even had the ability to rob the residence of the king of a country. In this case, many nobles would choose to spend money to eliminate the disaster and give a sum of money to admit their bad luck. Anyway, it was just robbery.

It's not like they want territory, but the situation is different for the Nirn people.

They claim to be the successors of Ostia. Although their comprehensive strength is only at the middle level on the mainland, they are more proud than many countries. In their eyes, this kind of agreement is completely humiliating the country, unless the situation is really

There is no way to save it, otherwise it will be difficult for them to accept it.

At the same time, due to the existence of various intelligent races in the world, the racial consciousness of human beings in this world is actually much stronger than the medieval level that Tang Zhao previously believed. Who among the two governors took the initiative to sign such a thing will inevitably fall behind.

Frankly speaking, they will definitely be held accountable when the time comes, so this matter is unacceptable.

"I knew it would be like this," Tugrik shrugged, "Then do you want to have an all-out war with the giants?"

"If necessary, this option will not be ruled out. But having said that, can a cloud giant really make such a decision? The storm giant has no interest in taking care of things on land."

"Maybe. Anyway, I really have hundreds of fire giants on my hands. You can try it. I just want money and slaves, and I don't want you to subjugate the country. That's what's going on between us. If you satisfy me, naturally you won't

Another incident."

Lin En suddenly showed a strange smile: "Since you only want money and slaves, I have a better choice. If you go and rob others, Nairn will pay you generous rewards. Do you want to hear it?

"

Tugrik was a little surprised and asked: "Oh? Then you can tell me, maybe I will be interested."

"You can definitely rob the people of Kolo. They are much richer than us by making war fortune."

Tugrik had no scruples: "You two countries border each other, why don't you think about it why I would choose to rob you."

"Of course I know it's those mages who paid for you to come here, but they have reached the point where they need to use external force to divert our energy. Doesn't that explain the problem? Compared to us, the Kolo people are more suitable targets. We will

If you use force against that country later, you can take advantage of it. This is a hunt, so you can just sit back and enjoy its achievements."

"That's interesting. To be honest, I can consider it. After all, robbing money is the same in any human country. You can think of me as a scavenging hyena. I will always take a bite when I get the opportunity. But the problem at hand is that you

What do you want to do? I don’t intend to give up the benefits I have already obtained.”

"This port can accommodate you temporarily. After you settle down, I will turn around and lead people to attack Colo's territory. If they don't react in time, there will be chaos. What you do next depends on your thoughts. The bond with Colo

Whether you are strong enough to do so, it shouldn’t be difficult to choose.”

Tugrik said casually: "Interesting, this information should be very valuable if sold to the Kolo people."

"This is not the best way to do it. Even if you are helping the Koro people, you should do it after the war breaks out. It is easier to profit by raising the price, isn't it?"

Tugrik fell into silence. After a long time, he nodded slowly: "Okay then, I have to admit that your proposal is interesting. Humans will be responsible for the food expenses of my men during this period. It doesn't hurt to wait for a while. Now

The question is, do you have the ability to fulfill your promise?"

"Just watch quietly and I will complete my mission."

——

The two sides conducted a long period of mutual testing that was not nutritious, and the meeting ended like this. Because the agreement reached by Lin En and the other party was really shocking, Reina could not hold back and directly chose to meet the other party on the carriage.

"You have made the decision to get this result. Let's not talk about the situation of the Grand Duke and the Parliament. Will the Governor of the Northern Province agree to such terms?" She asked Lin En in confusion.

Linn's carriage has been cast with special shielding magic so that the sound inside cannot be transmitted, so there is no need to worry about leaking secrets.

"I will find a way to make them accept it. I'm pretty sure, so don't worry."

"Do you really want to prepare your army for war now and attack Colo's territory?"

"That's it. Now is really a good opportunity. Those evil heretic mages have too much time to take care of themselves, and they think that we will focus all our energy on fighting the giants. This is not far from the core area of ​​​​Color, so long as we bring enough supplies.

, we are fully capable of going straight to Huanglong and destroying their administrative hub in one fell swoop."

Leina was silent and seemed to be calculating the feasibility of these things, but Tang Zhao became slightly interested.

[Tell the truth, did you make an appointment with that cloud giant and act to fool him?]

Lin En's expression changed slightly this time, and it took a while before he managed to adjust: "You can see it very accurately. In terms of insight alone, it is already stronger than most of the nobles of Nien. If you notice something is wrong, you can only suspect me with five fingers.

"

It was a bit too much for things to go smoothly. Tugrik nodded in agreement, which was fine, but Linn was probably not someone who would compromise so easily.

At first glance, the most reasonable explanation is that the two parties had colluded in advance about the general direction of the matter and were just acting.

[Just a guess, I have always been more imaginative. You are really willing to put your own lives into play. If you do this, even if the final result is good, if others find out, you will probably be in trouble.

Are you to blame? Or do you think the Grand Duke and the Parliament also have your supporters?】

"That's not to say, if this kind of behavior of luring wolves into the house is discovered by the Grand Duke, my family will probably be uprooted, but as long as it is not discovered, it will be fine. Some people will doubt me, but they will never have evidence in their hands.

As long as the final result is beneficial to the country, they will not delve into it and the matter can go as it is. The Grand Duke is a very generous and casual person.

Of course, my behavior is also very risky. Whether Kolo's side can win is indeed unknown. If my performance on the battlefield is too poor, Tugrik will definitely turn his finger on us and go deep into our hinterland to wreak havoc.

Looting. If we cooperate with the Kolo people's offensive, we will definitely be severely damaged."

Lin En told Tang Zhao the objective facts in a very calm tone. He had thought about these things clearly before doing them, but he still chose to take a gamble and use his family's future to bet on the success of the military operation.

[From the perspective of the elves and I, we are very happy to see you resort to force against the Koro people, but from your standpoint, it seems that there is no need to be so radical. 】

"Of course I have my own thoughts and reasons. Please don't ask any more questions about this. I guarantee that at this stage there are only common interests and no conflicts between us. Just make this clear."

Tang Zhao nodded slightly and gave up the idea of ​​questioning. As long as the goal was achieved, knowing too much may not be good for him.

[Okay then, I’ll leave it to you to negotiate with other people. 】

"Don't worry, I have made preparations in advance and they will assist me. As for those giants, don't worry too much. I still need to send people to keep an eye on those guys. Even because I don't know where they will attack from, I still

A larger number of soldiers need to be sent for defense. Now things are much simpler because of this, and they can monitor it better."

——

All in all, it is not clear what method Lin En used for the reinforcements from other provinces and the central government. They finally reluctantly agreed to temporarily send a part of the second-line troops and fourth-level strong men to keep an eye on the giant, while the main force and most of the strong men were sent

Follow Linn to the southern province and launch an attack on Colo's people from there.

According to Lin En himself, this matter involves their internal factional disputes. Fortunately, there are more people supporting him. In addition, he has secretly contacted the Grand Duke before and obtained the movement permission from the other party, so he can seize the opportunity.

The other party forced the troops to move out before they responded. After the rice was cooked, the other party could only agree to send troops.

These people came to support because of the giant thing. When vested interests are harmed, people will always be more active. In addition, in order to ask for help, the provincial governor deliberately made the situation more serious than the actual situation, so the people who came to support

It's not a lot, maybe even more than the number of troops sent for Colo.

After several days of traveling by car and horse, the group arrived at the Southern Province again. On the way, Tang Zhao and Reina had been watching the quarrel between Lin En and others.

After fighting for a long time, the Nien people pulled out about 30,000 regular troops, plus twice the number of logistics and auxiliary troops, to prepare for a formal war against Colo.

Tang Zhao felt that it was not easy to be a governor here, and he had to be constrained in whatever he wanted to do.

During this period, he also took the time to meet with the people from the elves several times. After he had a reason to send troops, the elven bodyguards who had been hidden before were able to show up openly.

They didn't seem to be too surprised by Lin's behavior. After all, they were many times more skilled than humans at doing these twists and turns. This kind of thing was not special to them.

Linn didn't know the military strength of the elves, but asked them to send as many troops as possible. This time, he wanted to severely damage Colo in one fell swoop, so that he would not be able to recover for twenty years.

The hobgoblins' offensive against the elves has also weakened a lot recently, and the autumn harvest is still some time away. As a farming civilization, the hobgoblins will not delay the autumn harvest again because of the war with the elves. They already delayed it once last year.

In this case, the elves mobilized a large number of troops for them-three thousand rangers and more than a thousand spellcasters, plus a large number of forest beasts.

Various elite troops of the elves, such as deer cavalry and giant eagle riders, have been gathered together, as well as most of the middle and high-level mobile ones. This is the maximum military strength that this elf settlement can produce.

On the human side, Lin En has prepared a very detailed battle plan in advance and can adopt it directly. On the elven side, it will take some time before the preparations are completely completed, but now they can no longer wait.

They all believed that soldiers were valuable and quick. In order to prevent the other party from noticing, the Nien people declared war on Colo after they were ready. At the same time, the army quickly captured several unsuspecting border cities and bypassed those well-defended fortresses.

, marching directly towards the provincial capital city of Colo.

It's similar to the tactics used by the hobgoblins at that time. It's easy to capture everything. The supplies in the city are enough for their consumption. It's easy to rely on the city's defense facilities to stand still and intercept the opponent's reinforcements. But if they don't capture it, they will fall into a situation.

In a dilemma, if there are enough enemy troops, there is no way to escape.
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