The next day, the upper levels of the Black Chain Castle received the intelligence from the sergeants. The rebels broke out of camp at dawn and marched toward the north. They were very fast. After a short struggle, the first batch of sergeants were far away from them and lurked.
The second batch of waiters in the Dirna region could faintly hear the neat and rapid sound of horse hooves.
Aranza summoned all the members of the Thorn Mercenary Group. In addition, there were also the Norland Army, the remnant army of the Mercenary King, the Red Sharp Legion, the Tulip Family reinforcements, the noble private army coalition, and senior generals of each legion.
, as well as some priests from the Temple of the Moon Goddess. Looking around, there were actually two to three hundred people in attendance, making this temporarily vacated conference room extremely crowded.
In fact, there is a very famous place in the Black Chain Castle, which is the "Linoa Conference Hall" that can accommodate a thousand people. However, this conference hall has a good history in the Black Chain Castle.
It was damaged and is currently in the repair stage, and the place where everyone is currently located is a side hall of the Lenoa Conference Hall, which was originally used as a lounge.
Including the inauguration ceremony of the new member of the Lane family, Elita Lane, was also held in this side hall - from this point of view, she may be the most miserable head of the family in the history of the Lane family.
At this time, Ilita was sitting on the throne on the side of the side hall. On her left was the old and new elders of the Lane family, while on the right was Aranza and his thorn mercenary group.
Tracy was standing behind Aranza. She took advantage of the conference room to be quiet and noisy, and whispered in Aranza's ear: "Some of the people sitting here are your minions. Wherever they go,
Wherever you go is your sphere of influence."
A touch of pride flashed through the heart of the son of the King of Heroes, and he replied: "Well, that's true."
However, Tracy changed her tone and continued: "But of these people, excluding the Tulip family and the Moon Goddess Temple, half of the remaining people belong to the Norland Army, and the Norland Army belongs to Marquis Kim Gates; the other half
Belongs to the Lane family, and the Lane family belongs to Elita Lane. Which ones are yours?"
Aranza seemed to have expected that she would ask this question, and immediately replied: "Well, Kim Gates and Elita belong to my Thorn Mercenary Group, that's enough."
"It's not bad."
Tracy nodded in agreement. Of course she was not blind. She could see that the affairs that Kim Gates and Elita dealt with were all emanated from Aranza, including the appointment of the Lane family's general housekeeper.
Old Follett, every move he made had Aranza at the core.
She carefully considered her words before continuing to speak in Aranza's ear: "Using this method, you can make your machine bigger and bigger, but you need to identify whether the parts in the machine are strong or not."
Aranza raised her eyebrows and nodded.
He never doubted the loyalty of Kim Gates, and Elita, he remembered the oath he had made to her, and he believed that she would not betray him. On the contrary, it was Old Follett, whose loyalty did not actually belong to Alan.
Aranza belongs to Goethe. He was assisted by Goethe until now.
Both Goethe and Old Follett are still essentially loyal to the Lane family. However, Goethe has already entertained the idea of retiring in Black Chain Castle, and Aranza and Goethe are as close as grandparents. Therefore, as far as Old Follett is concerned, even if Alan
Sa has repeatedly claimed that he will not return to the Lane family, but as long as Aranza remains behind the scenes of the Lane family, old Follett will continue to serve Aranza.
In this way, the machine built by Aranza seems to be likely to collapse at any time, but it is as solid as a rock.
At this time, everyone had entered the conference room, and life gradually became quiet. Elita, who was sitting on the throne, turned to look at Aranza. After receiving Aranza's nod, she turned her gaze to old Follett.
Only then did Old Follett come to the stage and organize the meeting.
This meeting was mainly to arrange the tasks of each legion in order to prepare for the upcoming war - the rapid march of the Iron-Blooded Marquis. It can be said that both Aranza and Kim Gates had expected it, but it was also beyond their expectations.
What was unexpected was that the Iron-Blooded Marquis really loved his children very much, and he would not sit still and wait for Luo Qi to be captured. What was unexpected was that with the Iron-Blooded Marquis's calmness, this decision to march in a hurry was completely inconsistent with his style, and even the opponent
Troyey, whom the Iron-Blooded Marquis knew well, couldn't help but look surprised when she received this information.
Therefore, when the unexpected and the unexpected are combined, the Iron-Blooded Marquis's actions are thought-provoking. This forces Aranza and others to be more vigilant and respond appropriately.
While Old Follett was giving a pre-war speech on the stage, the servants of Black Chain Castle were also assembling a magic machine made by Yvette that could unfold a super-large magic map, and moved it to the stage and placed it on the stage.
Enter the magic crystal and activate the switches on the magic machine one by one.
A huge three-dimensional magic map was immediately unfolded, covering a wide area, including Dirna and Solomon states, as well as small parts of several surrounding large states.
Old Follett had just finished his speech, and was replaced by Kim Gates to assign combat tasks.
He used a special magic wand to narrow the area covered by the magic map, and the geographical situation became clearer. The range shown was from the border line of Dirna State to the Arnest Valley.
Kim Gates used his magic wand to draw a slightly curved line on the map, pointing from the border line to the Black Chain Castle, and said: "According to the current dynamics of the Iron-Blooded Marquis coalition, this route is likely to be their march.
route."
Although it had been expected, there were still a few exclamations or angry curses from the audience. The Iron-Blooded Marquis's march route was so straightforward that for the defenders of the Arnest Valley, it was almost impossible.
It's a provocation!
"If it were me, I would follow this line."
Kim Gates explained: "Because...there is really no detour. This line is the territory of the members of the Lane family, and part of their private army is here, and part of it is here."
, I think that when the Iron-Blooded Marquis’s army passes, they will become part of the rebels. For these people, there are also those who choose to be neutral... I think the head of the family will not be polite to them. "
Elita sat on the throne and nodded seemingly casually.
"According to this route, the Iron-Blooded Marquis's army will reach the Arnest Valley in one day. We will not sit still and wait for death, nor will we give the rebels time to breathe. So..."
Kim Gates pointed his magic wand at a point on the map, and a city lit up, like a star rising suddenly in the night sky. He pointed at the city shrouded in light on the magic map and said: "So, I decided to fight against
The location has been pushed forward, and it’s right here – Ix City!”
This is a relatively conservative but prudent strategy. Because if the Iron-Blooded Marquis really plans to march all the way, it is impossible to immediately carry a team of tired troops into the battlefield. Then, before the Arnest Valley, Ix City will
It will be the only resting point he can choose. If Kim Gates sets up defenses here, even if the Iron-Blooded Marquis is on guard and first eliminates reconnaissance to inquire about the situation in Ix City, the information returned will be a big deal to the Iron-Blooded Marquis coalition forces.
of blow.
In fact, Aranza and Kim Gates had differences on how to fight the Iron-Blooded Marquis's coalition forces. Aranza was more inclined to take the initiative and catch the Iron-Blooded Marquis by surprise, but in this way he lost his geographical advantage. After a while of discussion,
Aranza decided to use Kim Gates' plan - this was a sign of trust in Kim Gates.
The rest of the meeting became dull but allowed no distractions. Kim Gates issued orders one by one. Through this magic map, he could fully display the interior of Ix City and arrange every detail in detail.
Soldiers were deployed in one position, while the officers listened attentively, fearing that if they were distracted, they would not know where they should stand with their troops.
After setting up the position, Kim Gates began to explain the response methods that the army might choose when facing various situations, as well as the code words used. This was a very troublesome process, because the garrison organized by Aranza,
The code words used in the past are different from different places. It takes a lot of effort to integrate them and make them universal.
The meeting lasted from morning to afternoon and then came to an end.
Afterwards, the entire army began to operate according to Kim Gates's arrangement, exiting the Arnest Valley and winding towards Ix City, which was actually not far from the Black Chain Castle.
A team of nearly 150,000 people moved, and the scene was extremely spectacular. Aranza and others stood on the top of the Black Chain Castle and watched the team move out, and they couldn't help but admire it.
Elita stood next to Aranza and said, "If you weren't here, I would be the only one to deal with the Iron-Blooded Marquis. I don't know what would happen."
"There's no need to worry."
However, Tracy interjected: "If it weren't for Aranza, the one sitting here to deal with the Iron-Blooded Marquis would probably be Alpha Lane."
In response to Tracy's words, Elita did not become angry, but nodded in deep agreement.
Alpha Lane.
Thinking of this name that has become history, Aranza suddenly shook his head and said, "Well, if this person becomes the head of the family, the Iron-Blooded Marquis may not dare to rebel."
"Unfortunately not." Trothy shrugged.
At this time, Aranza turned her head and looked to the side. It was a girl with her hands tied behind her—the eldest daughter of the Iron-Blooded Marquis, Rocky Lane.
Aranza looked at her, then pointed at the army winding away outside the valley, and said, "Well, how does this army compare with your father's?"
Rocky was not abused by Aranza. In fact, she was just kept under house arrest in a room alone. This allowed her to calmly think about her situation. At this time, she seemed much calmer and answered to Aranza.
Said: "It's very impressive, but the number is a little smaller than my father's army."
"Well, it's true that I only have 150,000 people, and your father has 200,000 people. But..."
Aranza suddenly laughed, patted Luo Qi's shoulder with her hand, and said, "Well, with you, I should be able to offset the gap of fifty thousand people, what do you think?"