Chapter 509: The Lord and Princess on the City Wall
"Is there another possibility in me?"
Listening to Lei Xiao's somewhat incomprehensible words, Ariel, who had drooped eyebrows, raised her head again, looked at Lei Xiao with a puzzled face and said, "You're from another world, what do you mean by this?"
"A possibility that can not only quell the power war in the Royal Capital and return Leng Yan to its former strength, but also allow you to return to the Royal Capital and reunite with your father."
Looking directly into Ariel's confused starry eyes, Lei Xiao smiled lightly.
At their location, there were no Cold Flame Army soldiers around, only a group of subordinates. Therefore, it was a good time to talk to Ariel.
"Are you serious?!"
Hearing the sound, Ariel's starry eyes suddenly became as bright as gems, and she said in disbelief.
However, this brilliant brilliance was fleeting, and a touch of gloom came over Ariel's delicate cheeks: "Don't make fun of me, how is this possible?"
At this time, Ariel clearly understood.
Compared with her three royal brothers who are in the royal capital, her strength is not even a drop in the ocean.
After all, the sphere of influence of her three royal brothers is not just as simple as the royal capital and the surrounding areas, but has already spread all over Leng Yan.
This huge contrast in strength was like countless giant peaks, pressing down on her, so what else could she say?
"Before this fortress offensive and defensive battle began, I'm afraid even Bai Lao himself didn't believe that we would achieve such a great victory."
Smiling slightly, Lei Xiao's dark eyes moved, focusing on the cheering Lengyan soldiers not far away, and said lightly: "The victory in front of me has already explained everything. It is precisely because of
Your appearance has made this impossible possible."
Having said this, Lei Xiao's eyes fell on Ariel again, and he smiled and said: "If you hadn't insisted on coming to this border area, I'm afraid the Holy Night Army would have already breached these three fortresses, right?"
There is no doubt that Lei Xiao has only one purpose in saying this.
That is to make Ariel, the fifth princess of Leng Yan, realize her own importance.
After all, before this, Ariel, who was forced to leave the royal capital, had already deeply understood the strength gap between herself and the other princes, and her heart was filled with the frustration of being powerless.
Regaining Ariel's confidence and igniting the flame of hope is naturally Lei Xiao's first step in helping her ascend to the throne.
After all, Ariel now is like a piece of uncut jade.
What we have to do is to polish her into a qualified Cold Flame Queen as soon as possible.
Moreover, in this process, Leng Yan's eastern region and even the entire Leng Yan area were brought under his control. Only in this way can he accumulate strength to the maximum extent.
This will further improve the overall combat capability and equipment level of Leng Yan throughout the territory, laying a solid foundation for the development of the territory.
Only in this way can Lei Xiao obtain enough capital to look at other human nations on the continent, and even other races.
In this way, we can continuously accumulate resources and be fully prepared for the terrible catastrophe that may come at any time.
After all, although the human nations are huge, they are still limited in terms of blacksmithing, alchemy, etc., and cannot compete with other longer-lived races.
"In short, as Wang Xi said, my talent is likely to be used to solve the catastrophe, and even to clarify the many mysteries and truths of the blank era, as well as the real reason why a billion lords came here."
At this moment, Lei Xiao looked at Ariel, whose starry eyes were twinkling in front of him, and she was already moved.
While continuing to think: "Of course, that guy Wang Xi also said that this is an extremely difficult and tortuous road. Maybe what will appear in front of me in the future is not hope, but an abyss of despair."
"Thus, all I can do now is to keep going unswervingly. The unknown is scary, but I believe that even in the long dark night, there will be a moment of dawn."
Thinking of this, Lei Xiao took a deep breath, his eyes blazing.
Next, the first thing he needs to do is naturally to perfectly conquer the proud Princess Lengyan in front of him.
On the other side, after hearing Lei Xiao's encouragement just now, Ariel was still a little hesitant, and whispered again: "But this time, although we won a big victory, what I did was very little.
It’s so little, basically it’s all your fault.”
"This is true."
Raising his eyebrows slightly, Lei Xiao continued: "However, if there are things I can do, there will naturally be things you can do."
After a pause, Lei Xiao smiled lightly and said: "Dear Your Highness the Fifth Princess, take a look around you."
"My surroundings?"
Hearing the sound, Ariel looked around in confusion.
I found that the surrounding city walls were filled with cheering soldiers of the Cold Flame Army. Everyone's face was filled with a smile of joy after victory, and their morale was extremely high.
"Dear Your Highness the Fifth Princess, if it hadn't been for your encouragement before the war started, I'm afraid the 30,000 cold flame soldiers in the three fortresses would not have been able to maintain such strength when facing several times more Holy Night Army.
Good morale."
Lei Xiao continued to smile and spoke again.
"From what you say, there is indeed something I can do!"
Hearing this, Ariel's slender eyelashes flickered and she said excitedly.
However, after a moment, she shook her head again and said: "These things that I can do, my prince brothers can also do. This is not considered as my advantage. Maybe they can do it better than me."
It's better, otherwise, we won't get the support of so many nobles and wealthy businessmen."
"Dear Your Highness the Fifth Princess, what I am talking about is not about boosting the morale of the soldiers."
Looking at Ariel's fair face, Lei Xiao smiled and said: "But even though I have only a meager strength, I still have no hesitation. Standing on the front line to boost morale and fighting side by side with the soldiers is you, not yours."
Several royal brothers."
At this time, Lei Xiao increased his tone and continued: "What you have is a heart that is truly willing to protect Leng Yan and protect millions of civilians. This is exactly what your brothers,
The most valuable asset you don’t have.”
"Having said that, I understand the temperaments of the three prince brothers. No matter what, I cannot change them even one bit."
Ariel shook her head helplessly, and sighed softly: "What's more, I don't have the strength and capital at all."
"As I said just now, if there is something I can do, there will naturally be something you can do."
Smiling slightly, Lei Xiao said lightly: "Since I can't change your brother Wang, then isn't it ok to realize your own ideals by yourself?"
"You are from another world, are you saying that you are willing to help me?"
Hearing the sound, Ariel's starry eyes lit up and she quickly asked.
Immediately afterwards, a look of disbelief suddenly appeared on her face, and she said in shock: "You are from another world, what do you mean by your last sentence...let me join in the struggle for power? That's it."
Another possibility you just mentioned?!"
"Not to join the power dispute, but to end it all and get everything back on track."
Looking at Ariel's wide-open starry eyes, Lei Xiao raised his eyebrows noncommittally, and then said: "Dear Your Royal Highness the Fifth Princess, as far as I know, in the more than 600 years of the Cold Flame Kingdom's history, there are many
There is a queen, right?"
"In the history of Leng Yan, there are indeed heroic queens, such as Rose King Esther..."
After muttering to herself, Ariel quickly shook her head, waved her hands and said, "But, I never thought about becoming Leng Yan's new queen."
"Now you can think about it."
Smiling slightly, Lei Xiao continued: "In other words, do you want to see Leng Yan crumbling or even overturning in the dual whirlpool of power and foreign enemies?"
Looking at Ariel's somewhat overwhelmed starry eyes, Lei Xiao continued: "I remember you said when you were boosting morale, 'This battle will not only determine the life and death of each of us, but also our
future generations and the future of the kingdom, right?”
Having said this, Lei Xiao once again emphasized his tone and said, "Do you want to watch the future of the Leng Yan Kingdom fall into endless wars and disputes?"
"Of course I don't want to!"
On the other side, Ariel raised her white neck and responded immediately.
However, just for a moment, Ariel lowered her eyebrows again and said with her fingers at a loss: "I don't know if I can do all this well and not bring shame to our Leng Yan royal family."
"Wherever your heart goes, wherever your body goes, at least you have a more protective heart than your brother Wang."
After speaking, Lei Xiao didn't say anything else. He just left Ariel, who was agitated, and left temporarily with all his subordinates.
Needless to say, the reason why Lei Xiao chose to show his cards before conquering the opponent.
Naturally, this was to prepare Ariel mentally and further strengthen her decision.
It is true that Lei Xiao can also find a way to subdue the opponent first and then order him to do so.
However, what Ariel needs to control in the end is a huge kingdom, and relying on her current beliefs alone is undoubtedly not enough.
What Lei Xiao wants is a powerful queen, not a weak princess.
Therefore, it would be safer to let him make up his own mind and then seek help from his own side.
After leaving Ariel, the first thing Lei Xiao did was to contact Guan Zhong in Kongqing Town and Xuan Yue in Mailan Town.
Instruct the two of them to contact Guante and the other two commanders of the Mailan Town garrison as soon as possible to prepare for the next step of secret conquest.
Immediately afterwards, Lei Xiao immediately contacted Dean, the commander of the Shadow Squadron who was responsible for intelligence collection in the border area.
First, he briefly introduced the situation of this battle, and then ordered him to closely monitor the dynamics of both sides on the battlefield from the end of this battle.
Prior to this, the two shadow squadrons that had just been dispatched were constructing intelligence bases in various cities.
Therefore, the intelligence collection work has not officially begun.
"I have to say that this time, thanks to that guy Ariel, I was able to defeat the attack of the Holy Night Army. Otherwise, once the Holy Night Army breaks the fortress, the situation will undoubtedly be more difficult."
"Therefore, the next developments on the border battlefield must be firmly in my hands. Before that, I have distributed 50 invisibility cloaks and 50 illusion cloaks to the two shadow squadrons, plus
With the cooperation of Grand Duke Bolun of Shangshan Jing, there will be no problem if we can do this."
Thinking of this, Lei Xiao, surrounded by his subordinates, came to the guest room of this forest-side fortress and checked the injuries of Yifan Lin, Nan Xing and Nan Yue again.
After receiving Jubai's treatment, the three of them were basically fine.
Next, just when Lei Xiao had just ordered his subordinates to rest in the room for a while.
The dusty red night flashed in front of him and bowed to report: "Your Majesty, my subordinates have successfully completed the pursuit mission!"
"Very good, thank you for your hard work."
Nodding slightly to the dragon woman in front of him, Lei Xiao asked: "What is the current situation on the battlefield?"
"For your information, Lord, Leng Yan's cavalry pursued them all the way to Shengye's forward camp, and then they stopped attacking."
I saw Hongye still maintaining the bowing posture and responded.
"Behind the forward camp is a canyon area where it is easy to set up an ambush. It seems that the Leng Yan Army is afraid of encountering an ambush by the Holy Night Army."
A rough and powerful voice sounded, and the tiger stick spoke thoughtfully.
"As for the forward camp, it was completely destroyed when we returned!"
On the other side, Chao Yan, who was wearing a pointed witch hat, blinked his starry eyes and said excitedly.
"Bai Wei, I hope you didn't sleep in Chaoyan's lower bunk."
Pouring his lips slightly, Lei Xiao made a joke without any reason, and then took stock of the subordinates around him.
At this time, except for A Ling and A Bing, they were still waiting at the mountain fortress.
Eight people, Huzhang, Hongye, Yecang, Chaoyan, Nanxing, Nanyue, Baiwei and Lin, are already by their side.
As for Bert and Jubai, they are naturally still staying at Ariel's place.
As for Sean and the other ten pterodactyl knights, after completing the mission of attacking the camp, Lei Xiao had ordered them to hide secretly in the surrounding mountains in case of emergency.
"Everyone, thank you for your hard work in this battle."
First, he took a sip of the fragrant tea handed over by Bai Wei, and then Lei Xiao said: "This time, we were able to achieve such results, and everyone present is indispensable."
"I am willing to die for the lord!"
All the subordinates immediately bowed and saluted, and responded in unison.
Waving his hands gently, indicating that everyone did not need to be polite, Lei Xiao added: "When we return to the territory, I will upgrade the war preparation items in the storage ring for you, and then tell Rudy to reward you all."
"Thank you very much, Lord Lord!"
Hearing this, everyone present could not help but feel a hint of joy on their faces, and they bowed again.
Just when Lei Xiao and others were talking about this.