Except for Kim Gates, who led a small number of Norland Army soldiers to station in Sophie City and began to deal with the affairs of Sophie City, the rest of the people retreated to the camp outside the city. It was like a battle involving the lives and deaths of many people.
The battle was just a trivial but necessary matter. Once it was resolved, everything moved forward slowly and in an orderly manner.
There was no joy of victory on Aranza's face, and the fatigue of the night was also concealed by a touch of eagerness. The red metal leg armor on his body was swinging rapidly, stepping through the morning light missed from the gap between the large airships on the periphery, and passed through without saying a word.
Passing the team of returning Norland Army soldiers, they stepped into a tent in a blink of an eye.
Elita in the camp knew the appearance of the person coming and the expression on his face without turning around. She took a deep breath and then turned her head to look at Aranza. Suddenly there was a trace of apology in her eyes and she said: "No need."
Worry, she’s fine.”
"Really?"
Aranza responded hurriedly, looking anxiously away from Elita's face and towards Cyril lying on the bed.
She lay quietly with her eyes closed. It was only then that the last trace of wildness on Cyril's face quietly faded away, and Aranza even realized that the Cyril in front of him was even stranger to him than the Cyril in his memory.
He blinked hard and put away this "illusion". In his eyes, she was always perfect. Even at this moment after coma, she was still as quiet and peaceful as a sleeping princess.
grace.
"Cyril used three combat skills at the same time. Although the power was extraordinary, it exceeded the endurance limit of her body and made her faint."
Before Aranza could ask any questions, Elita took the lead in explaining.
Even so, Aranza still had a trace of anger in his heart that had nowhere to vent. He glanced at Ilita and asked softly but seriously: "You are more confident than her about siege, why do you still need her to go?"
Siege?"
Hearing this, Ilita also showed anger. She snorted coldly and replied: "Maybe you should use your brain more. It is indeed my task to attack the city, but she went instead. This is
Why do I still want to ask you?"
Aranza couldn't help but be stunned. This was the first time he felt anger in Elita's soul. Although it was only a small amount, he suddenly couldn't find the words to refute it.
He could only respond with a wry smile and said, "Well, when will she wake up?"
"As long as your physical strength returns to normal, it can only take a day or two. If it's fast, you can wake up in the afternoon. This is not a serious injury and there are no sequelae."
"Well, that's good."
Aranza nodded after successfully putting the topic aside, but when he was about to continue saying something, a rush of footsteps sounded outside the camp. Then, Aranza heard a standard military phrase coming from the curtain behind him,
"Report".
"Come in!"
The erect messenger immediately stepped into the camp: "Your Highness the Prince! Lady Elita!"
"Well, what's the matter?"
"Message from the Commander--We have searched Sophie City twice, and we still haven't found the whereabouts of Armenian Langdon!"
Aranza nodded and waved the messenger to retreat.
Seeing this, Elita asked doubtfully: "What message do you not want the messenger to take back to Kim Gates?"
"No need, well, he knows what to do."
After confirming that Cyril was okay, Aranza felt relieved. At this time, she returned to her usual appearance, frowning and thinking seriously. Elita's attention also shifted from Cyril. She knew what Aranza was thinking, so she spoke
Say: "Where do you think Armenian Langdon went?"
"Well, that's not the point."
Aranza shook her head to deny Elita's guess, and replied: "It's Fatty's job to find her, and he won't neglect his duty... I'm just surprised that this Armenian Langdon can decisively abandon the army and run away.
, I think she is definitely not a coward, otherwise she would not even be able to take back Sophie City, let alone going against us."
"You mean, this person is ruthless enough and decisive enough." Elita came to a conclusion for Aranza.
"Indeed."
When Ilita was about to meditate in the direction given by Aranza, the other party suddenly put on a proud smile and said: "It's a pity that Yameyani has the qualities but not enough experience. Her tricks are too childish."
It’s gone! Well, and I can’t possibly let her live until she matures.”
"Kim Gates knows what to do and he won't fail in his duties."
At this time, Elita reiterated it in Aranza's own words.
"Well, that's what I said."
The smile on Aranza's face became even thicker and she said: "The fat man will definitely find Armenian Langdon, but I can't guarantee whether he will kill Armenian Langdon; I can see it.
, he treats women more softly than I treat women."
"oh?"
Ilita didn't know whether she understood Aranza's words, but she still deliberately brought the topic to an aspect that interested her. She also laughed, but her usually strict face squeezed out a stiff smile, which felt like a smile but not a smile.
. She thought for a while and said: "So you are also soft-hearted towards women. No wonder you saved me when we were enemies."
"Well, I never regarded you as my enemy. You once regarded me as your enemy."
Aranza explained lightly. His eyes fell on the unconscious Cyril again, and he stretched out his hand to tidy up her messy hair. Then Aranza stood up and prepared to leave. At the same time, he left Elita a message: "Well, these days
You can stay in Sophie City to assist Fatty, and Li and Longlong can also stay here with you... When Fatty finds Armenian Langdon, you must kill her!"
Elita nodded.
Aranza then walked away from the camp with satisfaction. Perhaps Elita would think that Aranza paid too much attention to details, but in Aranza's view, any potentially threatening seeds must be uprooted before they sprout.
Aranza did not give the Norland army much time to rest and recuperate. In the afternoon of that day, large airships slowly took off and were on the route back to Norland City. Elita led another group of remaining troops.
The soldiers from the Norland Army who came down entered Sophie City, nominally to assist Kim Gates, but even Fatty himself knew that the purpose of Elita staying here was to stab the dying enemy when he was soft-hearted.
Counting the 300 Norland Army soldiers left by Kim Gates in Sophie City, plus the 200 soldiers brought by Ilita, nearly a quarter of the Norland Army's strength remained in Sophie City.
In the Philippines, there are also large airships and airship pilots with corresponding carrying capacity left behind.
This result is not accidental, but a deliberate arrangement. Noland City is located to the west of Kaiyi Continent, while Sophie City is located to the east of Kaiyi Continent. Troops are stationed in these two cities, which just allows the strength of the Norland Army to be used.
It can threaten the entire Kayi State and at the same time support each other. Since then, Aranza has unified this state for the second time.
No, it is still a little short of true unification.
This will be the foundation that Aranza will never give up, because he clearly remembers that when he first unified Kaiyizhou, he lost Jexi.
When he was about to step onto the airship, Aranza hurriedly turned around and stopped Elita, who was about to go to Sophie City, and asked her to bring Kim Gates a decision that he came to without much thinking: conscription.
He wants to become completely powerful with Kai Yizhou as the center.
Part of the Norland army led by Aranza arrived at Norland City in the early morning of the next day. While they were still on the journey, Aranza thought about it and finally decided to transfer Old Follett to manage Norland City and send an exaggerated army.
The famous messenger brought this decision to Alice Fortress through the magic teleportation scroll. Naturally, when Aranza arrived in Noland City, old Follett greeted him on the row tower.
Aranza left the prairie to assist old Follett. Of course, Hancock would also stay in Norland City to take charge. Aranza took Carew and the traveler, as well as Cyril who had not yet woken up, and headed towards Alice non-stop.
Rushing to the fortress. As for the matter of recruiting troops, Aranza only thought about it completely after arriving in Noland City - he planned to recruit troops throughout the Kaiyi continent.
After Aranza left Norland City, Old Follett sat in the office of the city lord's mansion and said to the idle Prairie in front of him: "The nationwide recruitment movement is inevitably too big..."
"This land belongs to the leader! He can do whatever he wants!"
Savannah glanced at Old Follett and answered in a sharp voice. He used to be more or less afraid of Old Follett, but it was different now because Aranza was back.
"Having said that..." Old Follett continued with a sullen face, "...there are more than 20 cities, large and small, in Kay Island. Apart from Norland City and Sophie City, which other city has ours?"
Man, do you think those nobles will help us complete the recruitment work?"
Hearing this, a look of pride suddenly appeared on Dacai's face. In fact, Aranza had already thought of this and made countermeasures. It was just that Dacai, who was responsible for conveying the message, wanted to see the old Follett in trouble, so he held it back.
Said. He deliberately coughed loudly and said the original words of Aranza: "The recruitment work in other cities is completed by local nobles. Each city recruits at least a thousand soldiers. If the requirements are not met, the difference will be taken directly from the local area.
Replenish it from the nobles’ private army!”
This is Aranza's decision.
When he finally heard the decision, Old Follett's face did not have the expectant expression of the prairie, but became more gloomy. He seemed to be murmuring alone: "Nobility is the basis of governance... His Highness's approach has gone too far... Every city
With a thousand people, how many cities can meet the requirements?! And... make up the difference from the private army. The private army is the protective shield of the nobles. This basically hurts their muscles and bones, and they will not compromise!"
Old Follett's soliloquy made Prairie understand a little better, so with a look of astonishment on his face, he said: "You mean... they will rebel?"
While Old Follett was struggling, Aranza looked relaxed and headed to the grove where the witch was suspected to be.