The next morning, after getting up, Zhou Yunfei took the hot towel from Diao Chan's hand and listened to Zhao Yun's words.
"So, the people who came to assassinate me were from an unknown organization? They only accepted orders, but they didn't know who their superiors were?"
Zhao Yun nodded and said, "Yes, after comparing what the three said, I confirmed that they were not lying."
Zhou Yunfei thought for a moment, then waved his hand and said, "Since they don't know whose order it is, there's no point keeping it, so let's get rid of it."
Zhao Yun clasped his fists in response, and the three men in black who finished the task were just like the companion earlier, adding some nutrients to the earth.
"Who would want my life? It seems that Dragon City has touched the interests of some people." Zhou Yunfei frowned slightly, thinking about potential targets.
In the empire, there are people who want to get rid of Zhou Yunfei. The most likely one is the Claire family. But for Zhou Yunfei, this possibility is not very high. Since Yuna gained power, the entire Claire family wants to be detrimental to Zhou Yunfei.
Almost disappeared. However, it cannot be ruled out that it is a method used by other forces to provoke conflicts between the two parties.
For the forces behind the other three princes, the benefits of this are obvious. Let Longcheng and the Claire family compete with each other. From this point of view, the scope of suspicion becomes wider.
Zhou Yunfei rubbed his slightly swollen head and smiled bitterly: "It seems that there are quite a few people who want my life. If they can't win over each other with their front legs, are they ready to take my life with their back legs?"
In fact, not only Zhou Yunfei thought of this, but Zhao Yun and Gao Shun who were accompanying him also thought of it.
"Zilong, my lord, I'm afraid there will be a lot of things like what happened last night on my lord's return. Should you send someone to inform Mr. Zhuge? Ask Wen Xiang to send more people."
"What Zian is thinking is exactly what Zilong is thinking. He is afraid that something might happen, so he has already sent a fast horse ahead in the morning. But before the response arrives, we will risk our lives to protect our lord!"
Gao Shun nodded after hearing this, and immediately turned around to arrange for the sergeants to be trapped. Zhao Yun found Dian Wei and asked him not to leave Zhou Yunfei for a step. At the same time, he arranged for Ma Chao to disperse the scouts to prevent accidents.
Just like that, the whole team tensed up.
A few days later, after the 400 cavalry sent by Sais City arrived, Zhou Yunfei and his party encountered more than 20 attacks in just a few days, ranging from assassinations of two or three people to charges of more than 100 people.
Zhou Yunfei's initial surprise slowly turned into anger, and finally he became calm. He knew that this could never be the action of a certain force, but could only be the action of a large force united together! In this way, arrangements within the empire could be preliminarily ruled out.
After all, it was impossible for several princes to form such a union after their breakup.
Zhou Yunfei squinted his eyes and looked south. He was sure that it was either Alton in the center or Byron in the south!
"Since you can't take my life, Zhou, then just wait until I, Zhou, take your lives in the future!" Zhou Yunfei said calmly and chillingly.
On this return journey, Zhou Yunfei and his party paid the lives of nearly fifty people! If we talk about sacrifices in frontal battles, Zhou Yunfei will only be sad, not angry. But in such a secret attack, many warriors died in the despicable sneak attack.
Zhou Yunfei will remember it. If you don't avenge this revenge, you are not a gentleman!
The cruel reality also made him completely let go of any illusions and pity in his heart. This is a world where individuals cannibalize people. If you want to survive, then just live on the corpses of others.
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"Emperor Shenwu is wise, calm, and decisive in killing. To achieve eternal achievements with a young body is not what you want, but it is impossible!" - The Chronicle of the Divine Calendar of the Ross Continent·The Biography of Emperor Shenwu
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Zhou Yunfei looked at the information sent by Jia Xu indifferently. At this time, he had returned to Seth City.
"Wen He, are you sure?"
"My lord, Wen He has confirmed that this action against my lord was carried out by the Alton Empire United Chamber of Commerce."
Zhou Yunfei put down the information in his hand and said: "I understand, now is not the time to deal with these people after the matter in the north is resolved."
After Jia Xu left, Zhou Yunfei checked the new prompts given by the system.
Three months after the occupation of Saisi City, Zhou Yunfei received a prompt from the system to classify Saisi City as a subordinate city.
After occupying the city for three months, players can choose to turn it into their own city. The city can build the Yandi Temple, but it can only be one level lower than the capital city. The current high-level Yandi Temple in Dragon City can provide 2%
The assimilation effect of ten is only 15% at the lower level. But it is better than nothing. At least Zhou Yunfei can rule the territory better.
Similarly, all buildings are determined by the number of citizens occupying the city. They can only be built if the number of citizens reaches the standards for towns at all levels stipulated by the system.
Zhou Yunfei chose Seth City as his tributary city without hesitation, and chose to build the Yandi Temple immediately. For him who was in urgent need of population, this was like a huge pie!
In terms of choosing the city lord, he arranged for Lu Su to become the first city lord.
The headquarters of the Dragon City caravan will also be moved from the Acropolis to Sais City. At the same time, Zhou Yunfei began to build a fortress in Hengduan Mountain in the north.
This fortress is not big and can only house more than 300 people. As the first gate in the north of Dragon City, it will be the first barrier to block the cold current from the north to the south.
Stationed here were a newly recruited group of heavy armored infantry and a group of heavy crossbowmen. The general was Li Tong, who volunteered.
As a mobile unit, the light cavalry continued to be stationed in the Acropolis, forming a triangle with Dragon City and the fortress.
The army led by Xu Sheng totaled 10,000 people and was composed of many arms. It was renamed the First Army and was stationed in Sais City. Guo Jia automatically became the staff officer of the First Army during the war.
After returning to Seth City, Zhou Yunfei prepared to recruit a large number of system troops to form a second army.
The second legion, which also numbered more than 10,000 people, was composed differently from Xu Sheng's first legion. The second legion was entirely composed of cavalry.
Among them, more than 2,000 white horses are righteous followers, and the rest are tiger and leopard cavalry!
Yes, this is Zhou Yunfei's trump card against the northern forces. In view of the strong individual combat effectiveness of the orcs, Zhou Yunfei is not prepared to use infantry to fight them, and cavalry is the best option. However, this will have to wait until this winter. Now it is time to leave
There are still four months left in winter, enough time for Zhou Yunfei to prepare.
The formation of the second legion this time, the selection of commanders was a bit troublesome. Zhao Yun, Ma Chao, Lu Meng, Tai Shici and other cavalry generals all recommended themselves. This really made Zhuge Liang a headache. In fact, any one of them could be the leader. In the end, Zhuge Liang was very annoyed.
The problem was passed to Zhou Yunfei and let the Lord decide.
Zhou Yunfei had his own thoughts in his heart, but it was not appropriate to speak out at this time, so the army commander was temporarily vacant, making all the generals covet him.
Putting aside all this, at the southern end of the Ross continent, the Byron Empire's Eastern Army, Marshal Derek, is now having a headache. Yes, the Byron Empire's army is now in trouble.
The cause was the escaped centaurs Lilina and Bart. On their way to the north, they met a centaur tribe. After recounting a series of encounters, the leader of that tribe knew that his tribe was unable to fight against the human army, so he had to
The whole clan migrated and contacted other scattered tribes. In just a few days, several centaur tribes gathered together and formed more than 20,000 troops, which continued to increase as time went by.
After learning of the situation, Marshal Derek was furious. He dismissed the forward commander and sent someone to notify Bracken, who was leaving, to speed up and form an encirclement as soon as possible.
At the same time, command the army and speed up the advance, hoping to defeat the united tribes before more centaurs gather.
However, things went beyond Marshal Derek's expectations. The United Tribes had no intention of fighting with the army. After learning that the humans were speeding up, the United Tribes immediately moved away, leaving the incoming army in vain.
Do you expect a two-legged man to outrun a four-legged centaur?
In this way, the two sides played hide-and-seek in the southeastern hills. It was just that the human side was getting more and more tired, and the number of the centaur united tribes had been increasing. A steady stream of centaur tribes heard the news and came to join them. In just one
Within the month, the number soared to 200,000!
Now, the Byron Empire's southeastern army no longer has any strategic advantage. It's time for them to consider how to protect themselves!
The reality is so cruel. Marshal Derek ended up in the current embarrassing situation just because of the two villains who leaked the news at the beginning. When the pursuit was fruitless, he had no choice but to put down his face and send people back to ask for reinforcements.
The Byron Empire had been sharpening its sword for more than ten years and was about to show off its skills. Unexpectedly, it was hit hard by Derek's reward. You can imagine how angry the emperor was! However, the Southeast Army of 300,000 people could not be left alone.
No matter, the depressed empire had no choice but to send another legion of 100,000 troops to support.
In fact, there is a reason why the Byron Empire wanted to conquer the centaurs. Apart from the fact that alien races generally have stronger combat capabilities than humans, it is just because the Byron Empire lacks horses! It lacks good war horses!
Not only the Byron Empire was short of horses, but other countries were also short of horses. This is why a thousand-man knights order is widely known in the mainland.
The Byron Empire coveted the fact that the centaurs are natural cavalry, and they are more powerful than cavalry. A good knight is called a man and a horse. Centaurs are originally a man and a horse, and they charge.
The advantage was too great. So the Byron Empire started to think about it, but unfortunately things didn't go as planned, and now the situation was getting bigger and bigger. The distressed emperor had to temporarily put aside the idea of recruiting centaurs and adopt the attitude of conquering foreign races.
After all, now is not the time, and to let outsiders know that he has colluded with foreign races and is known as a traitor to the entire human society, even the Byron Empire cannot withstand such a blow. The seemingly strong regime may fall apart overnight.
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"I don't want to be the second Emperor Brooke!" Thinking of the reasons for the demise of the Brooke Empire, Art Byron, the emperor of the Byron Empire, sighed as he looked at the blue sky outside.