After leaving the restaurant, Lei Xiao walked towards the lord's mansion with solemn eyes.
According to estimates by Keen and other elders, the Shanglu Family Guards currently loyal to Hanshui in Lion Heart City have at least the size of one legion.
As for the city patrol troops under Keen and others, this part belongs to our side. Since the main force has been transferred to Kellburg, there is only one brigade left, and they were already disabled by the opponent while they were still on the street.
, almost negligible.
In addition, the five elders who support Han Shui also hold 10 more elite second-level guard squadrons, plus many third-level elite squads and the strong merchants of the Phytophthora family who stayed behind, and their combat power is enough to compete with them.
2 legions.
This means that Han Shui's combat power in Lion Heart City alone has reached the size of three legions.
"As expected of the Shangluc family, one of the three wealthy families, they still have such impressive defensive strength even with all their main forces."
Surrounded by his subordinates, Lei Xiao curled his lips slightly.
This is all secondary. According to Keen, Hanshui's more powerful power comes from its own trump card and the authority of the head of the Phytolacca family.
Needless to say, Han Shui's own trump card is that he has inherited most of the rich heritage of the Phytophthora family. Although his own strength has just reached the peak of the fourth level, he is able to compete with the fifth level experts by relying on various means.
As for the authority of the head of the merchant family, it is certain magical mechanisms in Lion Heart City that only Han Shui can use.
As the main city of the Shanglu family that has lasted for more than six hundred years, through the construction of the strong men of the Shanglu family in the past generations, the solidity of Lion Heart City is comparable to that of the royal capital to a certain extent.
This includes not only the high and deep outer city walls of the city, but also the heavily guarded inner city of the family.
In the maze-like inner city, summoning arrays, confinement arrays, detection arrays, and many traps are all available, which are enough to easily destroy legion-level opponents, even fifth-level experts.
As the head of the Shanglu family, Han Shui has the authority to open all magic mechanisms.
"Fortunately, Han Shui is not the only one who knows most of these institutions. Keen and other elders also know the specific locations, which is enough for me to avoid misfortunes and avoid falling into traps."
"But there are still a small number of secret agencies, especially in the core area of the inner city, where the Patriarch's castle is located. Even Keen and other elders have no way of knowing about it, because it is the last fortress of the Shangluc Family, and only the Patriarch can
control."
"It is said that those secret magic institutions cannot be easily resisted by even fifth-level experts. Over the past hundreds of years, several fifth-level experts who attempted to subvert or rob the merchant family have even been buried. It can be said to be extremely dangerous.
"
"Because of this, Han Shui still chose to return to Lion Heart City even though he knew that I had a plan. As the head of the Shanglu Family, at least in the land and water of Lion Heart City, he did have the right to confront me.
Countervailing capital.”
Lei Xiao pushed open the door of the lord's mansion, walked along the soft fur red carpet, and finally sat down on the throne at the top of the hall.
"However, now I have an arrow on the string and I have no choice but to take action. Only by pulling Han Shui down from the throne of the family head and taking control of the entire Shanglu family can I gain the right to take the lead in the final battle for the throne."
"Otherwise, in front of the three powerful families who have united, all that awaits me and my subordinates is destruction."
Lei Xiao slowly took a deep breath and began to make the final deployment to Lion Heart City.
First of all, the four fifth-level powerhouses, including Gracilaria, Polygonum, Hongye, and White Knight, are all in place.
Secondly, the fourth-level strong men under Lei Xiao, whether in the territory or in the lord city of Tel Town, also came out in full force. There were also some fourth-level subordinates who stayed in Lion Heart City yesterday.
Including Ariel, Randall, Lian, Sarah, Garth, Erza, Ye Cang, Nanxing, Nanyue, Chaoyan, Bai Wei, Fang Hai, Lina, Xiaoya, and Kawagu, Al,
Lan Ke, Ringo, four strong half-elves, as well as important subordinates Lin and Gale, a total of 20 people.
With the blessing of Lei Xiao's magic potion, Lin successfully broke through the shackles last night and reached the level of a fourth-level powerhouse.
In addition, Shea and Fasha are stationed in the territory, and Orr, Benson, Hod and other generals are stationed in Fort Ferro to prevent the other party from taking advantage of the situation.
As for Bert and Ju Bai, they still need to preside over the surrender of troops, while the three great magicians under Randall are following Lei Xiao's instructions to recruit as many mercenary legions as possible to supplement their combat strength, but they are also temporarily unable to withdraw.
Finally, the half-elf wolf cavalry squadron, summoner squadron, blinking eye squadron, and two half-elf archer squadrons led by Bai Zhi, a total of six third-level elite squadrons, were all dispatched.
Coupled with the lord Lei Xiao, and the two stone elves Xiao Huan and Xiao Zhao, they formed all the forces heading to Lion Heart City.
"Since Jiang Li has already secretly set up a teleportation network to Lionheart City, batch teleportation of more than 600 subordinates, including the third-order squadron, to Lionheart City will take some effort, but it is not an easy task.
It’s a difficult thing.”
"Sarah, Xiao Zhao, and the summoner squadron have recovered most of their summoning power, which is enough to instantly summon two legion-sized puppet soldiers to join the battle. Together with the rest of the elite squadron, it is more than enough to deal with the power on the surface of Han Shui.
"
"The other main strong men are working with me to deal with Han Shui himself, who controls the Shangluc family's heritage."
"I have to say that this guy is the first person who can allow me to deploy the strongest combat power in the territory and deal with Han Shui himself cautiously."
Lei Xiao raised his eyebrows and began to mobilize his troops on the throne. He quickly made the arrangements he had in mind.
According to the predictions of Keen and other elders, the arrogant Han Shui would only set off from the fourth prince this morning, so Lei Xiao had enough time to arrange everything.
Not long after, Lei Xiao and others, all wearing invisibility cloaks, arrived at the seemingly destroyed Presbyterian castle in Lion Heart City one by one under Jiang Li's transmission, and met with the subordinates who had stayed behind, Keen and others.
The elders, Laisili, and the half-elf mercenary Mia who created the illusion gathered together.
It is worth mentioning that when Mia, who is known as the Eye of Illusion, saw so many strange people of the same race lined up neatly under the leadership of Lei Xiao, she couldn't help but cast an increasingly surprised look at Lei Xiao.
Lei Xiao, the current enemy, had no time to pay attention to her, so he just asked Keen to renew his commission for a few more days to stabilize her.
After all, this strange Nizi comes from the Zhuyue Clan that was once loyal to the Lengyan Royal Family, and is an important combat force in helping Wang Xi unify the Lengyan Kingdom. She must not be let go easily.
Perhaps more clues about the Zhuyue Clan can be unearthed from her, and maybe she can find a way to win over the Zhuyue Clan again.
As for Keen and the other six elders who had gathered together, when they saw Lei Xiao's luxurious lineup, they all couldn't help but gulped, their faces full of joy and shock.
Although the number of fourth-level powerhouses in the Shanglu family is not inferior to that of Ke Qing, His Excellency Keqing has four fifth-level powerhouses at the state-level under his command, and one of them even has a very high reputation in the Cold Flame Kingdom.
White knight!
With the power of Your Excellency Keqing, who can easily compete with the top powerhouses of the entire Shanglu family, perhaps Han Shui can be successfully dethroned from the throne of the family head!
"Your Excellency, Your Majesty the Princess, such a powerful combat power is really shocking."
After calming down, Keen's old face was full of solemnity, and he solemnly said to Lei Xiao and Ariel: "But to be honest with you, Your Excellency and Your Highness the Princess, just the few magic mechanisms in the inner city that I and others know about,
It’s enough to trap a fifth-level expert.”
"This is just the power on the surface. As for the methods the master has inside and outside the castle, I don't know."
Elder Ai Wen, who originally remained neutral, also took a step forward, gently stroking his gray beard and said: "Therefore, your Excellency and Your Highness the Princess must be cautious."
"Although I have been to the main castle many times, the structure is different every time. I have never really understood it. There must be some kind of mystery hidden in it."
Elder Ivan froze his gray eyebrows and added: "Forgive me, for intruders, the castle of the head of the family is like a death cage full of traps, and every step is full of danger and murderous intent."
"Grandpa and Grandpa Alvin are right."
Laisili also came up, touched Lei Xiao's chest and saluted, "That guy Han Shui will definitely not show up easily, and he will try his best to set the main battlefield at the family's castle, so please be careful."
"Thank you for your tips. Just follow the planned plan."
Lei Xiao smiled faintly at everyone who looked worried, and responded: "Don't forget that we also have advantages that Han Shui didn't expect."
"First, Keen and the other four elders did not really die."
"Second, the two elders Ai Wen have already stood on the same front as us, which means that we have a majority of the votes of the Presbyterian Church."
"Third, the two "baits" we put out are still locked up in the dungeon of the Guards."
Needless to say, the first two points mentioned by Lei Xiao were precisely the preparations Lei Xiao made in advance yesterday to win the elders to his side.
The two "baits" put in at the third point are Lei Xiao's first step in pulling Han Shui down from the position of head of the family.
Yesterday, before Lei Xiao arranged everything and left Lion Heart City, he dropped the "bait", which was "accidentally" discovered by Hanshui's henchmen and was eventually imprisoned in the dungeon.
These two "baits" are none other than "Lin" and "Gail".
Lei Xiao clearly understood that the reason why Han Shui urgently recalled all the presidents was that apart from leaving him financially helpless, there was also an extremely important point.
That is to capture Lin and Gale who are too close to him and cut off all ties with the Phytolacca family.
Therefore, Lei Xiao took advantage of his trick and directly gave "Lin" and "Gail" to the other party.
But it is obvious that "Lin" and "Gael" who were used as baits were not the real ones, but were carefully disguised by Lei Xiao who ordered Erza to use illusions.
Although this exquisite camouflage illusion can only last for two or three days, it is enough to confuse the fake with the real one, making it impossible for experts below the fifth level to tell the difference.
As for the body of the bait, it is Lucas and his two lieutenants who originally shot Silly away.
In order not to arouse the other party's suspicion, Lei Xiao, who used local materials, even secretly kidnapped that group of Guards soldiers and several other groups of Guards soldiers. Finally, after being "taken care of" by Ye Cang, they all
Locked up in this castle.
In this way, these enemy soldiers will be treated as missing, and it will be difficult to associate them with the "bait".
"Of course, even though the other party won't think of "bait", they will definitely think of the deadly enemy Toucheng Patrol."
"However, as long as my plan is implemented smoothly, the Shanglu family will have changed hands before the other party attacks the weak city patrol."
Lei Xiao raised his eyebrows and continued to think.
All in all, when Erza cast a camouflage illusion, even if Lucas and the two of them, as "baits", screamed for help, in the eyes of others, they were just arrogant and refused to speak, and they were beaten several times.
The suffering is inevitable.
"It is precisely because of the relationship between these two "baits" that Han Shui, who received the secret report, rushed back from the fourth prince."
"As for the reason for coming, if he sees through my plan, he will naturally come back to kill me. If he doesn't see through, he will get information about me from "Lin" and "Gail"."
"Whether they are planning to kill me or they are kept in the dark, as long as they return to Lion Heart City, my first step of the plan will be successful."
"As for the second step of the plan, I have prepared it and am just waiting for him to take the bait step by step."
"No matter how he deals with me, it will not affect my next plan. At most, it will only slightly change the way I implement it."
Thinking of this in his mind, Lei Xiao still maintained his indifferent smile, smiled at the nervous elders and said: "Don't worry, everyone, as long as you fully cooperate with me, we will usher in the dawn of victory."
"After all, we have advantages that the other party didn't expect, and you are all the pillars of the Shanglu family."
After hearing Lei Xiao's words, several solemn-looking elders relaxed their nervous expressions and nodded one after another.
Seeing that morale had stabilized, Lei Xiao commanded his subordinates to take action immediately.
First, the elite subordinates of the six squadrons sneaked out secretly under the guidance of Keen and other elders, and went to designated locations separately to stand by.
Although this place already belongs to the heavily guarded inner city, it is monitored by multiple detection barriers.
But Keen and others, as family elders with a transcendent status, naturally know the loopholes and blind spots best, and the elite subordinates are already very skilled.
Therefore, in this process, it did not cause any alertness to the other party.
Then, Lei Xiao led the main subordinates, also under the guidance of Keen and others, and began to become more familiar with the environment of the inner city and wait for the location where Han Shui might appear.
By the time everything was arranged properly, the sun was already rising.
"Then, let me take a good look at what methods Han Shui, who has rushed back from the Fourth Prince, will use to deal with me."
Lei Xiao, who returned to the hidden castle and sat down, narrowed his eyes slightly and smiled indifferently.