Chapter three hundred and sixty seventh ransom delivery
Renn collected the ransom in Camelback City, and it took three days to collect the skill books of each profession, because in the later period, each family would continue to "contribute" new books.
There was finally movement in the Kingdom of Herman. An airship came from the capital city of Remulos. It first landed at the coalition military camp, dropped off most of the officials and generals, and then flew to the sky above Camelback City to request a landing.
The leader was Matthew, who directly stated that he was here to pay the ransom in exchange for Bernanto, Oswald and other captured generals.
Renn was a little surprised. He didn't expect that it was Matthew who came. He should be behind Herman and use this time to collect intelligence and cause chaos within the kingdom.
If he personally exchanged Bernanto and others, wouldn't it be directly exposed?
These prisoners knew that Matthew had taken refuge with them in order to save their lives, and they would definitely tell them after they returned.
What on earth was he thinking?
Although I was confused, the other party had already arrived and I could only meet him.
Hump City sent out a signal, agreeing to allow Hermann's airship to land directly.
Matthew entered the city with elite guards from Hermann, and was surrounded by an army of beasts the moment he landed.
Hermann's guards rushed to protect Matthew and stood ready.
In a tense atmosphere, Charles came to the airship and conveyed Lane's words to Matthew: "Envoy Hermann went to the meeting hall alone, and the others stayed in the airship."
Matthew knew what Ren meant. He couldn't expose the fact that he had defected to Warcraft City a long time ago. It would be inconvenient for these Herman guards to follow him.
The guards obviously disagreed. They accepted the king's order and were here just to protect Matthew.
Although facing a huge army of ferocious beasts, he didn't feel like he had any chance of winning, so he still stood his ground.
Until Matthew said: "Don't be impulsive, our mission is to redeem the generals, don't ruin the big thing! You stay here to protect the gold coins, I will negotiate with the other party!"
"Sir Messenger, it's too dangerous for you to be alone!" the guard beside him said worriedly.
"If the other party really wants to kill me, they won't let me go back. Don't worry!" Matthew reassured the guards and asked them to calm down. He followed Charles out of the airship and moved towards the government hall.
The guards watched Matthew go. Although they were worried, they had no other choice. This mission was indeed focused on redeeming Bernanto and others and could not fail.
Matthew followed Charles to the government hall. When he saw Ren, he quickly stepped forward and saluted, respectfully: "Your lord!"
"What's going on?" Ren asked him confused, "Why are you leading the team here?"
"It was appointed by His Majesty the King. He is worried that other officials will be brought before you and will be captured and blackmailed." Matthew replied.
"Who does he think I am? The two countries are at war with each other, and it's not on the battlefield." Ren rolled his eyes, "It would be troublesome to let you come over. When you take the prisoners back, they will probably be on the airship.
Get rid of it!"
"I'm worried about this too!" Matthew quickly replied, "That's why you can't release Bernanto and others immediately."
"But I have to be honest and not lose credibility." Ren said, "Unless King Hermann doesn't send the ransom."
"The ransom is all on the airship, every penny is a penny," Matthew said.
"Then I can only let you go. You can stay now. What will happen to your family? King Hermann is not so kind. Knowing that you are treason, he probably won't let your family go."
"Thank you Lord for your concern!" Matthew showed a grateful expression and raised his head and said, "Actually, on the day of my return, I had already made arrangements. My family had already left Hermann in advance and took a detour by sea to the South Gris Sea."
"Really? It turns out that it has already been arranged, so there is no need to worry." Renn nodded, "You and all the gold coins on the airship will stay, and just let Bernanto and others leave!"
"No!" Matthew said quickly, "Lord, if this happens, my plan will be disrupted!"
"What's your plan?" Ren asked him curiously, "What's your plan?"
"Before departure, I have used my connections to convince His Majesty the King to pay the ransom here to exchange the person, and then go directly to the Allied military camp to be responsible for supervising and managing the logistics and army food and pay." Matthew replied, "As long as you use a little bit of tricks, you can do it.
To seize all the food and wages transported from the rear smoothly, I will deliberately change the route of the food transport team, deviating from the main road, so that the other party cannot rescue. You only need to send out the Giant Eagle Brigade, and you can easily intercept the food and wages supply for the 400,000-strong army. Once the logistics show up,
The problem is, the rations for the 400,000 troops in the military camp will soon be exhausted, and chaos will occur. If we take the opportunity to attack at that time, we will definitely win!"
"Food and wages for an army of 400,000 people?" Ren's eyes lit up. "If it can be intercepted, it can indeed damage the morale of Herman and the Allied Army. The question is, how do you do this without being exposed?"
"So your cooperation is needed!" Matthew said that in order to let Ren know his value and avoid the situation of killing the donkey, Matthew must make a bright enough contribution, "You can use the ransom as an excuse to temporarily withhold the money."
Bernanto and others, I will take the airship back to the military camp, work with other colleagues, and wait until we successfully intercept the food and pay before releasing the prisoners!"
"Your colleagues? Can you trust them?"
"Don't worry! Although they are very close to me, they actually don't know my plan. They think they are just embezzling part of the food and salary together, and they are blinded by the benefits."
"Didn't that trick your friends?"
"Although I'm sorry for them, I can't care so much!" Matthew replied respectfully, "If the incident hadn't happened suddenly, I wouldn't have wanted to do this. I would have to compensate them later!"
"In that case, follow your plan!" Seeing his hard work, Renn was quite satisfied and wasn't worried about Matthew changing his mind. At least he didn't turn into a red dot on the virtual map now.
After receiving Ren's permission, Matthew was visibly relieved. He carefully explained the details of the plan, completed the key points with Ren, and immediately returned to the airship to let the troops in the city carry the ransom down.
The guards did not see the released prisoners and were quite worried.
After asking Matthew, the latter told them that the Lord of Warcraft needed to count the gold coins and make sure the number was correct before releasing him. Most of the officials and nobles in Camelback City were released after paying the ransom. There was no problem with integrity. Everyone returned to the military camp to wait for news.
Although the guards were worried, after all, it was Matthew who was in charge of this matter, and he had the final say.
Since Matthew said there is no problem, the people below are not talking nonsense, not to mention that Camelback City is in the hands of the other party, so it is useless to object.
The gold coins on the ship were quickly removed in boxes and sent to Tuofeng City Hall.
After the ransom was transferred, Matthew ordered to take off, changed direction in the air, and immediately returned to the coalition camp.
When Elkann, Bayram, Lubomir and other officials saw Matthew returning empty-handed, they were all confused. After he explained the situation, they scolded Ren for not letting him go immediately, while worrying whether the other party would take it.
