"Very good." Madam Zi pursed her lips slightly and showed a satisfied smile, "If everyone agrees with that decision, it will be easy to handle. Each major city has its own city defense force, and they will use that as a basis, and then
Recruiting a large number of mercenaries from various cities, I believe it should not be difficult to pull out an army of more than 5,000 people each.
Once the conqueror's army poses a threat to their respective cities, they will actively urge their respective cities to provide military support and attack the conqueror's army from behind.
They must find out the situation, send their assassins, and carry out indiscriminate assassinations against them.
Anyone who violates this agreement will be the enemy of their Night Mask and the enemy of the entire Dragon Coast."
"They, the Light of Boscu, are willing to abide by this covenant."
"They Astorians wish to abide by this covenant."
"Their Purple Mask Pirates are willing to abide by this covenant."
The dark forces present expressed their opinions one after another.
Then the basic terms of that dark meeting were rejected. After most of the dark forces recognized it, the dark mask either coerced, induced or combined to reach dozens of cooperation plans.
A small number of those cooperation plans are related to the army of conquerors, and most of them are not taken by the Dark Mask to expand its influence.
If it were different in the past, many dark forces, especially those independent pirate groups, would have thrown away their sleeves long ago and would not agree to the terms of the Dark Mask that are obviously full of hegemony.
Now, under the oppression of the mighty dragon of the conqueror's army, he had to bow his head.
The battle of Yilip taught them that even in Long Lake, it is not absolutely safe on the sea, especially those idiots of the basilisk people. Not only were they wiped out, but they also lost three three-masted sailing ships to the conquerors.
The large army gave them the ability to attack Haizai.
Their warships can escape, but their lairs on various sea islands cannot escape, so they have to guard against them.
Dark Mask actually used the strong pressure brought by the conqueror's army to easily push its influence out of the west gate and towards the entire Dragon Bay. It has to be said that they can become bigger and stronger. There is no reason.
, can often turn disadvantages into advantages.
Major cities, which had always been fragmented, now have the most basic unity.
Those dark forces have advantages that ordinary forces do not have, so they should pay attention to efficiency. They make decisions on the front foot and put them into action on the back foot.
Their actions naturally involve all kinds of interest transactions, intimidation and manipulation. It is not uncommon for some who have a tough attitude and refuse to implement their decisions to be secretly assassinated and replaced by those who obey their orders.
Major cities began to actively prepare their own mercenary armies, and those dark forces began to burrow into the darkness, hiding themselves deeper to prevent themselves from becoming new targets of the conqueror's army.
As for Gavin and the others, they had no time to pay attention to the reactions of other cities, and instead made intensive preparations to attack Ivanso.
All the kobolds in their legs were scattered into the warehouse hills, turning all the warehouses, secret rooms, and caves upside down, looking for the secret east passage to Ivanso, preparing to implement decapitation tactics and kill Arms directly.
, Ivanso will port from the east.
The entire war situation changed dramatically because of a secret meeting - Grace, the emissary of Ivanso, requested a secret meeting with Gavin in her own name.
"Lord, they shouldn't take that risk. If she really wants to surrender, she can just go to their army to meet her. Why do you want to make a mysterious appointment at the warehouse hills not far from Ivanso? And please be alone with me.
Attend the meeting? Then it is very likely that you will be able to catch my Bu Dong's trap." Veranika countered with fierce words.
"His opinion is exactly the opposite. Is it because the other party is cautious enough that the surrender is not true? After all, the wrong party is serving under the leg of a quasi-legendary mage. Even if he specializes in necromancy, he still has to guard against prophetic spells.
, especially someone like her who holds a high position and has mastered many secrets, she must be under surveillance and cannot escape easily. The secret passage that leads directly to Ivanso in her legs is very important to them.
.
Although the kobolds are extremely talented in detecting and digging tunnels, and have advantages that humans do not have, otherwise their current mission would be to find a needle in a haystack.
Without the use of flutter bombs, the speed of large-scale excavation will drop significantly, which will definitely take a long time.
And what they lack now is time. The cities on the Dragon Coast have been frightened by them. They are currently gathering mercenaries to resist defense. Maybe at some point, they will really unite and launch a full-scale attack against them."
Carissa's opinion on that occasion was completely opposite to Veranika's.
"The risk is not too great. They have a perfect military advantage. There is no need to take that kind of risk and find a secret passage to sneak into, otherwise they can find a shortcut to victory. Even if there is no shortcut and adopt normal siege tactics, their winning rate will be
"Great." Veranika still disagrees with the plan to easily send her coach into danger, especially if she just learned about her wrong leg, it is very likely that she is an insidious devil, and all kinds of conspiracies and tricks are wrong.
What Fang is best at.
"Once they choose to attack by force, regardless of victory or defeat, their casualties will increase significantly." Carissa has a gambling spirit in her heart, "For that matter, taking a little risk is nothing, and he believes in the strength of the lord,
Even if Arms and his Intelligent Bone Dragon take action in person, he should be able to support them until they come to support us."
She has fought side by side with Gavin many times, and has a deeper understanding of his strength. Even if he is facing a legendary spellcaster, with his versatile ability, it will not be a problem to last three or two rounds.
If you don't focus on escaping, I believe that even if the legendary caster wants to stop it, it will be difficult.
"He still feels that the risk and reward of that matter are not proportional, and it is not worth taking the risk." How could Veranika not know what Carissa said, or would she prefer to control everything in her own legs?
, rather than the kind of uncontrollable gambling.
"What's the Lord's opinion?" Carissa did not continue to argue with Veranika, but instead turned her attention to Gavin, who had the decision-making power on this matter.
"We were just considering the danger of that matter, but we didn't consider why Grace would do that? How likely is it that she would surrender? When we met with them earlier, could she be a staunch supporter of Ivanso? In those years, she
She has contributed a lot to the development of Ivanso. According to Sarold’s identification, the Basilisk Human Slavery Group directly conducted wrong transactions with her.” Gavin did not directly answer Carissa’s question, but no.
A series of questions were raised.
"There is no loyalty at all between those evil disciples, even if they are not master-disciple relationships. Grace is the person who has dealt with them the most in Ivanso City and knows their strength best. It is very clear that after experiencing the mismatch in strength in her mind,
, I think it is impossible to protect Ivan Sono, so I surrendered to them to save my life." Carissa answered without thinking.
Veranika also holds a different view on the matter of being wrong, "My explanation doesn't make sense. Otherwise, could she simply save her life? She could have used the teleportation spell to escape, and there was no need to get involved in the war. The situation in front of her was...
, By contacting them secretly, she will take unprecedented risks. Once discovered by Arms, she will face an extremely tragic fate. He really can't think of a reason for her to take that kind of risk. Is there a greater possibility?
That’s not a trap at all.”
"Even if it's not a trap, it still has value." Gavin said with a smile.
"Can traps also be used?" Veranika and Carissa were all slightly startled, obviously not understanding the meaning of Gai Wen.
Gavin did not explain directly, but instead asked in a persuasive way: "What is their purpose of finding the secret passage leading to Ivanso?"
"Of course, I will carry out the beheading plan and kill the necromancer of the wrong party..." Veranika paused and suddenly realized, "If the wrong party really uses this as bait to try to kill the lord, they can definitely
They will take advantage of the situation and set up a counter-kill trap. After all, if they set a trap, they will definitely not use ordinary undead soldiers, but elite undead. They even have Coco's necromancer Arms and the Wisdom Bone Dragon personally intervene, so they can kill them.
If we kill it, Ivanso City will collapse on its own."
Gavin nodded and said: "Please make arrangements properly. That matter is not more difficult than going deep into Ivanso City to kill the necromancer. They can launch a large-scale feint attack in Ivansuo City and kill all their ordinary undead."
Once the soldiers are all stuck, you can use your elite troops to fight against them."
"If that's not the case, that plan does have certain feasibility." Veranika no longer insisted on her opinion, "But if the lord goes to see Grace, he cannot go to the meeting alone. He will accompany me, and the two of them will interact with each other.
There will be some care.”
"No." Gavin shook his head and refused, "Although the possibility is very low, if they really want to prevent Grace from surrendering and want to send them a message of surrender, maybe the wrong party will have spotted him.
Only those who mess up destiny and cannot be detected by prophecy spells dare to have secret contact with them."
"Can you..." Veranika wanted to ask for explanation.
Gavin waved his legs and said: "There is nothing to deny. If they want to win and take the risks they must take, what I need to do is to arrange their ambush as well as possible to ensure that if they fail
The trap can not only ensure his safety, but also wipe out all the enemy's elite ambush troops, reducing the pressure on subsequent plans."
Now that the coach has decided on the plan, the only thing Veranika can do is to implement it, "Okay, he will prepare the corresponding tactical plan."
"Chief of Staff, there is a team of paladin outside the army asking to see the lord, telling them that they are friends of the lord and come to support them." A female mage staff officer reported loudly outside the camp.
"Team of Paladins? Let's go, let's come with him!" Gavin couldn't help but smile from the bottom of his heart. He had already guessed who was coming.
He walked non-stop to the outside of the conqueror's army. Standing at the gate of the chariot, Yuanji saw two flags fluttering in the wind. One had a warhammer on the other and a balance of scales on the other. That was Tyr, the god of justice.
The Holy Emblem, the other embroidered on a blood-red field with a flaming silver sword, symbolizes Tempus, the god of war.
The paladins to the east of Tyr's battle banner all wore gleaming silver paladin plate armor and rode brown war horses. Their number exceeded a hundred.
The warriors on the east side of the battle flag of Tempus are also all wearing plate armor, but those armors are all scarred, and some places even have bloody stains that have not been washed away. This is a symbol of having experienced hundreds of battles. They ride together.
If there is no red mare, there are more than a dozen people.
A devout believer of the God of War, if they have a choice, they will choose a red mare as their walking horse, because when their god appears on the battlefield, if he rides the red mare Velos, it symbolizes
That army is bound to win, and riding the black stallion Dairos foretells defeat.
Therefore, it is strange when a believer of the God of War would rather charge towards the enemy on foot than ride a black stallion.
But most of the time, when the God of War appears on the battlefield, he usually steps on a red mare with his right foot and a black stallion with his left foot. This effectively avoids the situation where the flying dragon can lose even if he rides on the face. He has
Before the advent of war, the original tense would only appear in the form of a certain kind of war horse. Over time, the different connotations represented by the two war horses emerged. Naturally, Tempus did not bother to argue with anyone about this misunderstanding, including his own.
Believers.
Gavin was not surprised at all when he saw the paladin of Tire, and at the front of the team, he saw several familiar faces - Darvair, Auguste, Serul, David and Di
gram.
It was somewhat surprising that the exclusive sacrificial team of the God of War appeared there. Although Tempus was revered as the God of War, he chose not to help each other most of the time on the battlefield because the war was not one-sided.
Yes, but not both sides, both sides participating in the war are honoring Him.
Or if both sides bet, he will be invincible.
When it comes to choosing a side to bet on, he never uses justice, kindness, or evil as a reference for betting, but he helps whoever wins--so, in that world, justice does not always defeat evil.
Sometimes evil will override justice. The most important thing to consider is who is more powerful.
It is not difficult to explain why the sentiments of the soldiers and civilians of the Conqueror's Army were so high, because out of the wrong interpretation of the God of War's teachings, they believed that the God of War had given them full affirmation of their battle with Ivanso
Must win.
But Gavin knew that there was a deeper reason, and he did not forget that he was half a chosen one of the Yin Red Knight, the goddess of strategy, and the entire army of conquerors came from Darauma.
Ladies have the biggest place of faith now. To put it bluntly, they have the obvious label of the goddess of strategy.
The entire migration can be regarded as an unprecedented and huge military strategy layout. Once successful, stabilizing the strategist's priesthood will bring unprecedented help to her godhood, and even help her to lift the Kingdom of God, break away from the ranks of demigods, and become a demigod.
A true god, that is the underlying reason why Zalanda and Veranika spared no effort to help Gavin.
Tempus, the god of war, is said to have a son and a daughter. Heusga is called the son of Tempus. His beliefs are very primitive and spread among intelligent beings. They are usually not those of barbarians or people full of wisdom.
Wild, intelligent beings worship him, and his worship is concentrated among the Uthgardt barbarians of the North. It is said that all Uthgardt barbarians are his people, and those tribes are named after a portion of his power.
The so-called Daughter of Tempus is the mastermind of the Red Knight. As for her deeds, no further introduction is needed.
Regarding the son and the daughter, Tempus's attitude can be said to be completely opposite, which fully reflects what it means to favor girls over boys.
While he was attracting believers among the Uthgar barbarians, he also tacitly allowed and even encouraged his own believers to convert to the Red Knight, and strictly prohibited his high-ranking priests from launching heretical crusade against the Red Knight Church.
According to legend, Tempus, who never spoke in the continent of Faerûn, now wants to live a regular life, so he can eat, drink and hunt with his daughter Red Knight, teaching by words and deeds. As for Uthgar, he is completely free-range - when he is not causing trouble.
, he has no worries.
But if Uthgar is really in trouble, the god of war who likes to defend his shortcomings has never helped his relatives, so he is the only one qualified to educate that stupid son.
Recently, Tempus has sent an oracle to all Tempus temples in Faerûn to add shrines to the Red Knight, so Uthgard, the ancestor god of the barbarians, has not become a god for thousands of years.
benefits enjoyed.
From that series of actions, it is not difficult to see how much Tempus valued his daughter who had just been promoted to a demigod.
Then the idea of Tempus that ordinary people use to measure with worldly eyes, people who have a deep understanding of those false gods and their existence know that it is just an appearance.
What it really represents is a change in Tempus' war philosophy. He is gradually abandoning the barbaric and irrational way of war (the priesthood of Uthgar is a prominent representative of this aspect), and respects those who have enough power.
Strategy, strategic layout of war (that is what Ms. Strategy represents).
As for why you don't directly transform yourself instead of promoting a new god, there are naturally many reasons.
Otherwise, the original image and clerical division of the gods have been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and it is not easy to change this.
Second, no, this is not the cunningness of the god of war, this is not a typical two-legged preparation.
If it fails, the other party will lose her own god and must be loyal to herself. The god she belongs to will naturally be included in her own priesthood.
If it fails, then it means that the things that belong to God have nothing to do with it. Instead, because of the subordinate relationship, it can directly intervene in the relevant wars and swallow up everything that belongs to God into its own sphere of influence.
That kind of kicking technique is not only used by Tempus, but also by many powerful gods.
The attitude of the gods was not that of their devout believers. Naturally, all Tempus believers took more care of Ms. Strategy's followers, and appearing there seemed to become a matter of course.