Author: Night Knight

“One way is naturally the sea route. Take a boat across Longhu Lake and land on the north bank of Longhu Lake.

The possibility of them choosing that path is very small, otherwise the number of warships in their fleet is too few, and the three three-masted sailing ships captured from the legs of the basilisk slave trading group are of little use to their huge size.

And once they reach the water, their original advantage is gone. The north shore of Long Lake, the core hinterland of the Kingdom of Cormyr, and the east of Qiu Mofe's control will not easily allow such a large army to land.

Shore."

"What about the other way?"

"The other way is naturally overland, so they have two options.

One can cut into the east road along the wilderness path of the Goblin Border, traverse the entire Kingdom of Cormyr, reach the valley, and then turn to the Valley of Battle. This is the best land route to this place from Dragon Bay.

But even if the caravan could leave, it would be difficult for them to leave. The old dragon in the Kingdom of Cormyr was not so dim-sighted as to allow a large army to cross his entire country.

Therefore, they are most likely to open up a new road in the goblin wilderness and directly cut into the high road across the Cormyr Rocks.

Although that place also belongs to the Kingdom of Cormyr, it is a border that has been visited all year round. Since we are very poor, we are asking for huge profits. It is not difficult to borrow a passage from there."

But none of the members of the Sambian Business Council were good at it. They didn't need to read the map at all. They just relied on their own brains to analyze the path that the conqueror's army wanted to take, and let people know it.

Extremely convinced.

"Do I mean to say, are you going to move your legs on the goblin border? With the help of the monster power there? Can the gnolls and goblins in the goblin border do what the troll kingdom in the Giant Plain can't do?

?Maybe he will run away?"

"It's different, it's completely different. The Troll Kingdom was alone in a mismatch with the conqueror's army. It didn't have enough equipment and wisdom to support it. It was normal for it to be wiped out.

But the monsters in the goblin wilderness are different. They can completely support some of their equipment, arm them, and then unite with other forces that do not want the conqueror army to rise.

I heard that the Zhenta group has occupied the Dark Fortress in the Moonset Mountains and has been secretly bribing and controlling the monster tribes there. I believe they do not want a complete valley to appear. In this regard, are their interests common and completely different?

You can contact them for cooperation.”

"This method is feasible. They don't need to win the previous war. They just need those monsters to cause a big enough impact on them and kill enough immigrants. If they only immigrate a few thousand people, the impact will be

It’s not that big anymore, and it will be a fatal blow to their reputation, and there will be no follow-up of that kind of immigration.”

"Even if they don't come forward to organize, many monster tribes will take action. After all, the conqueror army has plundered astonishing wealth in the Giant Plains and Dragon Coast, which will make many people excited. Will what they want to do be enough to bring those monsters to the throne?"

Organize people so that they can form a large scale instead of fighting alone and being defeated one by one by the army of conquerors."

"I really want to cut off their connection with the reinforcements in the Giant Plains. I believe the rulers of the Dragon Coast will be very willing to do that. If the conqueror army fails in the battle in the Goblin Frontier, I believe they will not hesitate.

I’m going to share a cup of it.”

"They wanted to ensure that the conqueror's army could take that route and avoid wasting their preparations."

The businessmen and parliamentarians of Sembia, all talking, pieced together a big plan, which not only brought in the conqueror's army, but also the Zhenta, the Kingdom of Cormyr and the cities along the Dragon Coast.

Put it in.

Just ask for a war. No matter which side wins or loses, it will have far-reaching consequences. Sambia has the smallest contribution, but it will not be affected the most.

"The embankment has burst, the embankment has burst, the embankment has burst..." A Sambian businessman and parliamentarian rushed into the auditorium. He was soaked. He didn't know whether he was hit by the heavy rain or his own sweat.

wet.

"The embankment burst? What's the matter? It's been raining heavily in the past few days. Why did the embankment burst?"

"Where did the embankment break? Where is the Black Feather Bridge? To the east of the Black Feather Bridge? Tell me quickly..."

"The Black Feather Bridge is... The Black Feather Bridge is thirty kilometers away. A large area of ​​the embankment has burst, and the flood peak is at least three meters high."

"Where is the Black Feather Bridge? The flood peak is three meters? Is that the worst case scenario? A flood of that scale will repeat the same thing as last year. If not handled properly, the flood will rush all the way to Odulin and submerge all the farmland along the coast.

, blocking the road to Rosaville for months.”

"Block it, try every means to block it, and be sure to block the location where the embankment breaks."

"It can't be blocked. The gap is too big. Even if all the earthen walls created by spellcasters are deployed, it will be destroyed with just one blow."

As soon as they heard that the Asaba River burst its banks, the Sambian businessmen and parliamentarians immediately stopped caring about the army of conquerors. Is it a future threat? And the harm caused by the flood peak rushing to the east can be dealt with within a short distance.

Improper treatment will cause huge losses to them. Everyone is involved in it, without exception, there will be both direct losses and indirect losses.

"He reiterated his previous suggestion to destroy several embankments east of the Black Feather Bridge and let the floodwaters drain into the low-lying, cold areas of the plowed valley. He hoped that the floodwaters would have a new outlet before entering the Shangshen Gorge. Over there, they

There will be much less flooding, and subsequent damage will be severely reduced."

"No, the impact of that thing is too great. Once it breaks, it will be difficult to block it again. The frozen land is so low and there is no entrance to the sea. All the water will accumulate here, forming a brand new

Countless creatures in the swamp and the entire frozen land will die due to criticism, and the residents of Feather Valley and Cultivated Valley will hate them to the extreme and stand on their side completely."

"Regardless of the recent impact, in the later stage, the entire valley will feel disgusted with them and will unite to fight against them. Especially when the conqueror's army appears and the extraordinary presence of Gavin Nott appears, the situation will be even more

Oops."

"When the levees didn't break before, we made mistakes in that plan. This can be explained by their ability to withstand the flood peak. Now that the levees have burst, we are very hesitant. Even if there is no flood discharge in the frozen land, their ability in the valley

The reputation is not much better, but we actually want to sacrifice that pitiful reputation for the sake of huge interests and the interests of their own subjects. Are we as leaders as we are?"

"That's right. Although that method will offend the people in the valley, it can also win them a better reputation in Sembia. Considering the overall interests, he agrees with this plan."

"There is no other way. Sambia and Gudi have to make a choice. If they want to hurt a family, he would rather hurt Gudi than Sambia."

"Is that a permanent solution? With the cold land as an outlet, once the water level of the Asaba River exceeds a certain limit, it will automatically discharge floodwater into the cold land. They need to ensure that the dam is higher than the flood outlet there. They

Then you can sit back and relax.”

"He agrees with that approach!"

"He agrees with that approach too!"

Those Sambian businessmen clearly displayed their evil face of pursuing profit. Compared with their own interests, their people's interests and safety were all put in the background.

Even if floodwaters are discharged to a cold place, the concern is not about the life and death of the people here, but whether it will anger the people of the valley and affect the subsequent development of Sambia.

If they didn't have that concern, they wouldn't have waited until the floodwaters broke the embankments to do this, and would have started doing it long ago.

"What about the army of conquerors? There is no vote on that matter!"

"When is that time? I remember that matter very much, so I will proceed as they agreed before and send envoys to Zhenta Zhewai, Dark Fortress, Kingdom of Cormyr and Dragon Coast, and bring all the forces that can be combined,

If they all unite, he doesn't believe that a temporary army of civilians can really break through their encirclement."

"He is willing to go to the Darkhold as a messenger."

"He went to the Dark Fortress. He has trade relations with their leader there. It's more convenient to keep things secret."

"No, it would be more appropriate for him to go to the Dark Fortress. He has a group of hobgoblin mercenaries on his side, which can be put to good use there."

"He goes..."

"He is willing to go to Zhenta as a messenger to worship Wai."

"He goes to the Kingdom of Cormyr."

"He goes to the Dragon Coast."

Many Sambian businessmen took the initiative to ask for help, especially if they went to the Dark Castle to make a profit, which was profitable for them.

Those who are eager to reap the wealth along the way from the conqueror's army are not the same as those monster tribes. They are eager to directly intervene in the war to have a chance to get a share of the pie. Otherwise, they do not have advantages in other directions.

Bu Nao is also very competitive. After all, as a special envoy of a country, he will have enough voice to gain a little benefit from it. It is simply not too easy.

Serving private before serving public is not the way of thinking of Sambian businessmen. If they don't think that way and don't do that, then it really proves that there is something wrong in it.

"Congressman Candrick, since that plan was not proposed by me, then the matter of sending an envoy to the Dark Castle to supervise the formation of the monster army will be left to us, the Selkirk family. Do you have any objections?" He looked groggy all the time.

The commander-in-chief, Odus, was closing his eyes and concentrating. In fact, the entire rhythm of the proceedings was controlled by his legs.

Including the congressman who seemed to have rashly interrupted the proceedings, he was not one of his people. The news of the breach of the embankment had already been sent when the discussion on the plan to deal with the conqueror's army began.

He was afraid that those businessmen councilors would be distracted, so he deliberately suppressed Dong Lai, and then released him at the right moment when he wanted to ask for help, directly diverting their attention, and easily played with all the businessmen councilors between their metacarpal bones.

During this time, they wondered whether the plans discussed by the entire council had been thought through by them.

"no comment."

"He has no objection either."

"Isn't that a matter of course?"

"Congressman Candrick deserves that assignment."

Sambia's businessmen and parliamentarians expressed their opinions one after another, and not one of them was wrong.

It is not true that Senator Candrick has such high prestige, and the Selkirk family he represents is the second largest family in Sembia, second only to the Yamast family of Odus, and even surpasses the

meaning to replace.

The first two major families have expressed their opinions, so others are naturally not allowed to put forward counter-arguments.

"Can that task be left to other families? He is willing to go to the Dragon Coast in person." Councilor Candrick, who was a party involved, put forward a counter-intuitive opinion.

What was a piece of cake in their eyes was an out-and-out hot potato in his eyes.

They saw the huge profits after harvesting, but did not consider the consequences if it failed. The conqueror army went all the way there and turned the Dragon Coast upside down. It was definitely not a fluke, but it had real strength.

When the time comes, their reputation in Sambia will take a huge blow, and it cannot be taken lightly. Those who seek their lives most, regardless of success or failure, will completely enmity with the conqueror's army, which will be extremely detrimental to their own development in Sembia.
To be continued...