On the dark blue night, the bright moon is in pairs, as bright as a mirror.
In the reception room of the lord's mansion, under the light of crystal stones as bright as LED lights, Lei Xiao, who was sitting at the top, glanced at the lower position.
On his left hand side, standing in order are Polygonum cuspidatum, Ye Cang, Nan Xing, Nan Yue and Chao Yan.
On the right side, there are four peasant captains including the half-elf Bai Zhi and Gang Song.
In order to listen to more people's opinions, Lei Xiao also turned on the voice broadcast and remotely connected to the half-elf chief Kawagu in the barrier a few kilometers away.
"A fifth-level strongman, a fourth-level strongman, three third-level strongmen, and a second-level seven-star half-elf ranger?"
"It seems that in order to increase their combat power, we must seize the time to train Bai Zhi and other second-level half-elves into third-level strong men."
Lei Xiao nodded thoughtfully, then brought his mind back to reality, and said seriously: "Okay, let's forget about the polite words, let's get straight to the point."
"The current situation faced by the territory is this..."
Next, Lei Xiao described in detail a series of situations that occurred when he entered the city in the afternoon, the distribution of forces in Kongqing Town, the strength of the city lord, and the current movements of his opponents.
After listening carefully to Lei Xiao's introduction, the faces of all the subordinates could not help but feel solemn.
It is conceivable that if the city lord with a ruthless personality used all the power of the city to kill him, even if he could wipe out the opponent, he would probably have to pay a very heavy price.
After all, if all the mercenary forces in the city are included, the opponent will have at least five or more third-level experts, nearly two hundred second-level experts, and more than 3,000 first-level soldiers.
This is still under the condition that the two third-level powerhouses at the Phytolacca Trade Fair remain neutral.
The most critical thing is that due to the rush of time, we don't know whether the opponent, as the city lord, hides some unknown trump cards or trump cards.
What if the other party invites strong men and reinforcements from other cities? What if the fifth-level strong men guarding this country are nearby? War is not a child's play. Once it starts, it will definitely be bloody.
It is not difficult to see from this that for a territory that is in the development stage, if there is a head-on conflict with the other party, it will inevitably suffer unbearable huge losses, or even catastrophe.
"The situation is indeed very serious."
Just when everyone was frowning, the old voice of the old patriarch Kawagu came out of Lei Xiao's body out of thin air.
"Just as the lord is worried, the only barrier between the territory and the other party at this stage is the rapid river."
"And if there is a strong third-level earth magician who can build bridges in the opponent's camp, or several strong second-level earth magicians, the river will immediately lose its due barrier function."
"The most important thing is that as an opponent of local forces, we already know the surrounding terrain very well. Even if we build embankments and attack by water, it will be difficult for the opponent to detect it. From this point of view, the situation we are in now is indeed very dangerous.
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When Kawatani said this, the atmosphere in the huge living room became more and more tense.
The voice of the old half-elf paused for a moment and then continued: "However, from the lord's steady introduction just now, it is not difficult to see that the lord must have some countermeasures in mind, right?"
"You really can't hide anything from the old patriarch."
Seeing that everyone realized the seriousness of the problem, Lei Xiao shook the water glass in his hand and smiled lightly.
Immediately, he revealed the plan he had discussed with Huzhang, the plan to disintegrate the opponent's strength and decapitate him from within, as well as his worries about how to defend the city in the future.
"Lord, you are indeed extraordinary! The combination of decapitation and internal disintegration is indeed the best choice at the moment!"
After taking the opportunity to flatter him, Kawagu's old voice came out again: "To be honest with you, Lord, when I was young, I traveled and had adventures in these two human countries."
"The country where Kongqing Town is located to the west of the forest is called the Kingdom of Lengyan, while Yehe Town, which is farther to the east, belongs to the Kingdom of Holy Night."
"Although the monarchs of these two human kingdoms rarely actively intervene in matters in other subordinate areas except the royal capital and nearby areas."
"As a result, the local aristocratic city lords have the power of life and death with one hand, which makes the common people in many places miserable."
"But as long as these local aristocratic city lords choose to obey the royal family, pay attention to taxation and fulfill some obligations such as recruiting soldiers, they can get the protection of the royal family."
"So, in order to maintain the authority of the royal family, even though Leng Yan and Sheng Ye are currently in a fierce state of war, once our emerging force takes control of Kongqing Town, there is still only one way to end it."
"Then the Lengyan royal family is extremely angry. They will definitely mobilize a large army and come to attack us. They will not give up until we are completely wiped out."
At this point, Kawatani's voice became a little more solemn, and he continued: "Therefore, the lord's concern about how to defend the city in the later stage is indeed very reasonable."
"Understood."
Ye Cang adjusted his gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose and nodded thoughtfully.
"If we cannot solve the problem of the subsequent arrival of the cold flame army now, even if the Lord eliminates the immediate threat, I am afraid it will only cause a more violent and deadly storm."
Hearing the sound, all the subordinates took a deep breath slowly and felt that the temperature around them seemed to have dropped a lot.
"It is not difficult to see from this that the two foreshadowings mentioned by the lord just now are very obvious."
"The first step is to win over the branch presidents of the Shangluc family and use their reputation to better disrupt the power in the city and carry out subsequent stabilization work in the city."
"As for the second part, it should be about the plan to solve the problem of the subsequent arrival of the army, right?"
Kawagu's hoarse voice came over again.
"As expected of the old patriarch, his analysis is indeed very accurate."
Lei Xiao put down the water glass in his hand, stood up and raised his eyebrows: "Yes, the second foreshadowing is precisely to solve this problem."
"Lord, what is the foreshadowing?"
Chao Yan, who had been in the mist, lifted the ponytail on his head and said with confusion on his face.
"It's very simple, that is to take advantage of the situation to break the situation."
Lei Xiao strolled up to the subordinates and smiled.
"Take advantage of the situation to break the situation?"
After hearing Lei Xiao's answer, all the subordinates looked thoughtful and began to think along Lei Xiao's words.
"With the current strength of the territory, it is naturally unable to compete with a huge kingdom. Therefore, the only thing we need to do is to use the power that can resist the Kingdom of Cold Flame to prevent the Kingdom of Cold Flame from taking into account the situation of the territory."
Lei Xiao looked at the contemplative expressions on everyone's face and continued to prompt: "The answer should be obvious now, right?"
"Lord, do you mean to use the fact that Leng Yan and Sheng Ye are at war on the border to achieve the purpose of making Leng Yan not care about the territory?!"
Huzhang frowned and thought for a moment, and finally it suddenly dawned on him.
"exactly."
Lei Xiao smiled faintly, his eyes bright and clear.