Liu Xing and Yin En were walking and chatting, and came to Zhang Wenbing's room.
At this time, Zhang Wenbing and Ding Kun were already in place.
After Liu Xing sat down, he told the news that he and Yin En had learned.
"No wonder Cowens values us so much. It turns out that his current situation is not optimistic. But this is good news for us, because as long as Cowens is smarter, he should know what to do.
." Zhang Wenbing said with a smile.
Ding Kun shrugged and said: "I think this may be a bit difficult, because judging from the history of Cowens' fortune, Cowens is definitely not a reckless man who can only lead troops to fight, otherwise he would not be able to do it.
In the past few decades, he has been promoted from a commoner to a marquis, and the reason why he asked the Covin brothers to go to the Church of Light to serve as missionaries is probably to leave a way out for his family, so I think Covins is very good.
Like a low-end version of Sima Yi."
"Sima Yi?" Yin En raised his eyebrows and said with some confusion: "Brother Ding, do you mean that Cowens is likely to usurp the country?"
Ding Kun nodded and said seriously: "Yes, I think Cowens is very ambitious, because what he is doing now is probably to show weakness to King Skaven on purpose, because I just met him
A guard in the castle, I learned a piece of news from the guard, that is, the recruitment order issued by King Skaven actually only requires the number of troops that each lord needs to provide, but does not force each lord to provide more troops in his own country.
Recruits are recruited in the territory, so Cowens can recruit mercenaries to complete the mission, which only requires spending some money."
"We all know very well now that the background of this module is medieval Europe, and the main war forces in medieval Europe are often mercenaries, because the nobles usually only need to provide some cavalry to participate in the war, so at this time
Hiring mercenaries is not a shameful thing, and with the financial resources of the Cowans family, they can afford a mercenary force of about two thousand people, so theoretically speaking, Cowans is not as powerful as we imagined.
Being so passive and unable to recruit new soldiers can be completely replaced by mercenaries."
"However, judging from the current situation, Cowens does not intend to hire mercenaries, but wants to rely on Zhang Jingxu's brave status to force King Skaven to forgive him for recruiting a thousand less soldiers. So Cowens does this
Is there any benefit to him? On the surface, it seems that Cowens does more harm than good, because although Cowens spent less money to hire mercenaries, he will still be killed by King Skaven.
Regarding grudges, although King Skaven will temporarily tolerate it because of Zhang Jingxu's reputation as a brave man, after we leave the Kingdom of Skaven, King Skaven will definitely find an opportunity to settle the score. So, why would Covens do this?
Do this."
Ding Kun paused here for a moment and glanced at Liu Xing and others
In fact, after hearing this, Liu Xing already understood what Ding Kun meant, and Liu Xing also very much agreed with Ding Kun's idea.
I didn't expect that Cowens was so scheming.
"Obviously, Cowens would not be stupid enough to offend his new king for a little money, especially since this king's temper is not very good, so he has only one purpose in doing this, and that is to show his enemy.
With weakness, he wants to make the Skaven King think that he has no financial resources and manpower. When the time comes, the Skaven King will lower Corvans's title and take back some fiefdoms. Then based on the character of this Skaven King,
If you say that, he will probably ignore Cowens, and then Cowens can just like Sima Yi, hide his power and bide his time, and wait until the right time to make a big splash!" Ding Kun concluded.
Liu Xing and others nodded in agreement.
Liu Xing touched his chin and said: "Sure enough, we were still a little lax, thinking that this medium-difficulty module would be much easier. As a result, if Brother Ding hadn't obtained this important information, we would probably have been defeated by Cowens.
They were fooling around and thought they were getting an advantage."
Yin En sighed, nodded and said: "It seems that this Cowens' ambition is not small. Logically speaking, he can recruit mercenaries to complete the task, so King Skaven can't do anything to him. After all, he also
He has not made any mistakes; but he is now taking the initiative to leave an excuse for King Skaven. This risky move really requires a lot of courage, but if Covens wants to use his own territory to usurp the throne, he will
Aren’t you a little too ambitious?”
Ding Kun chuckled and said affirmatively: "I thought so at the beginning. After all, Cowens' territory is so large, it is really impossible to start a rebellion, so I went to find other people to find out.
In some cases, it was discovered that the current Skaven Kingdom is a powder keg that may explode to pieces at any time, because when the Skry clan chose to help the prince win the throne, a huge disaster was buried.
Come down, because that prince is not the legitimate heir of the Skaven Kingdom."
According to the information collected by Ding Kun, the prince who won the throne with the help of the Skry clan was actually an illegitimate son. When he was very young, he was enfeoffed by the previous king to a border town as a lord, so he only had the title of lord.
Although he has the title of prince, he actually has no inheritance rights at all.
However, because the Skrein clan entered the Skreven Kingdom from the territory of that prince, the prince deceived the then chief of the Skreven clan and said that he was actually the legal heir of the Skreven Kingdom.
The party was exiled here, so he was willing to offer favorable terms in exchange for the help of the Skryre clan.
As a result, the chief of the Skuli clan, who was worried about having no place to stay, agreed to the prince's request and sent troops to help the prince seize the throne.
At the same time, the chief of the Skry clan finally discovered that he had been deceived.
But the matter has come to this, and the prince has fulfilled his promise, so the chief of the Skary clan can only hold his nose and admit defeat, but from then on, the Skry clan and the Skaven Kingdom have become
They became "superficial brothers" and only reached a consensus on dealing with the Plague Clan. At other times, the two sides kept a certain distance.
This means that the current Skryre clan will not side with the current Skaven royal family.
In addition, because the prince seized the throne by unfair means, many nobles and descendants of the royal family are dissatisfied with the current Skaven royal family. There have been many rebellions over the years.
There are even rumors that the previous Skaven King was killed by assassination, so the new king will be eager to make achievements to consolidate his throne.
By the way, because the previous king wanted to benevolent to some big lords in exchange for their support, there are now many autonomous dominions within the Kingdom of Skaven. The lords of some dominions do not even need to pay taxes.
A country within a country.
"So that's the case, it will indeed be a time bomb." Liu Xing frowned and said, "If King Skaven cannot successfully quell the rebels this time and get rid of the Plague clan entrenched in Luthia, then
The reputation of the new king will fall to the bottom, and those big lords will definitely take the opportunity to launch an attack. It can be said that if this war fails, the Skaven Kingdom will fall into civil strife again. At that time, either someone will replace him or
From now on, there will be no Kingdom of Skaven; and even if King Skaven can win this war, it will be like drinking poison to quench his thirst, because victory in the war means rewards, and some great lords have no rewards.
It’s a reward.”
"If there is no reward, then King Skaven has only two options. One is to let the big lords establish a vassal state on the spot like the Skry clan, and the other is to find a way to completely obliterate these big lords.
Both of these options are very unfavorable to King Skaven, the former is equivalent to ceding territory, and the latter will trigger more rebellions!" Yin En continued.
Obviously, the Skaven Kingdom has now entered the final countdown. No matter who wins or loses in the next war, the Skaven Kingdom will most likely become history!
At this time, Zhang Wenbing rubbed his temples and said: "What kind of thing is this? How come we are involved in such a big event?"
Ding Kun nodded and said helplessly: "I didn't expect that this medium-difficulty module would come up with such a cheating plot, and we still have no way to escape from this plot, but no matter what, we still
We have to find a way to deal with the Plague Clan. After all, this is our main mission. At that time, we can only go to the City of Light after finishing the battle, and we must not stay in the Skaven Kingdom for a long time."
As soon as Ding Kun finished speaking, kp Husky said with a smile: "Hey, actually you all guessed wrong about the next main mission, because the Plague Clan is indeed not worthy of its name. They will not spread the plague, so the next main mission and the plague
Clan doesn’t have much to do with it.”
...
Liu Xing and others were all confused. They didn't expect that the next main task would not be to eliminate the Plague Clan?!
At this time, kp Husky continued: "So you should not think about so many plots, but your ideas are indeed very interesting. In the future, we will also launch similar modules for other players to play. After all, medieval Europe and Cthulhu
The mythology is quite suitable, and it also plans to launch a parallel world with ancient times as the background; back to the subject, congratulations to all the players for officially triggering the main mission of this stage - The Building Will Fall: Today's Skaven Kingdom is already crumbling.
All forces are eyeing the throne, but the young King Skaven knows nothing about it."
"As a passing team of brave men, you naturally don't want to see the Skaven Kingdom in ruins, so you decided to support a certain force in the Skaven Kingdom to gain power. Therefore, you can now choose to assist a certain force: 1.
King Louis of Cavan, the task difficulty is extremely difficult; second, Lord Covins of Golden Peak City, the task difficulty is difficult; third, Lord Bonaparte of West Gacco City, the task difficulty is medium; fourth, the imperial spy Wellington, the task difficulty is easy;
Five, forget it, let’s do it ourselves, the difficulty of the mission is hellish.”
After listening to kp Husky's mission introduction, Liu Xing and others were unable to complain.
When he heard that the new king of Skaven was named Louis, Liu Xing subconsciously thought of the unlucky Louis XVI. After hearing the representatives of the remaining major forces, Liu Xing became even more sure that this was the name of Louis XVI.
Playing with Louis XVI jokes.
Who was Louis XVI?
The only king in Europe to be executed.
This has foreshadowed the future of the Skaven King, so it is extremely difficult to assist him.
As for the Bonaparte of Xijiako City, Liu Xing knew after thinking for a moment that this was actually Napoleon, because Napoleon's surname was Bonaparte, and as for Xigako City, it was the reverse of Cojiaxi Island, so now although Liu
Xing has not met Bonaparte yet, but it is not difficult to imagine that this Bonaparte should be a dwarf... Although Napoleon's height of 1.7 meters is not too short, it does not affect the module's ability to play this joke.
Moreover, Louis XVI is the King of France, and it is natural for Bonaparte to succeed him, so the difficulty given by kp Husky is medium.
As for the imperial spy Wellington, the prototype obviously refers to the General Wellington who defeated Napoleon at Waterloo.
Of course, because Wellington is a spy sent by the Empire to the Kingdom of Skaven, he must have the support of the Empire behind him, so the possibility of him defeating Bonaparte and gaining the throne of the Kingdom of Skaven is quite high, so assisting Wellington
Linton's difficulty level is easy, which is very scientific.
It is easy to understand that Covance's assist difficulty is difficult, because Covance is not a "historical figure", so he does not have any "plot" advantage.
As for the hell difficulty that is impossible to complete at first glance, Liu Xing does not want to make any comments about it.
"Okay, you still have one hour to choose which force to assist." Kp Husky said with a smile.
After Liu Xing and others were silent for a while, Ding Kun said: "First of all, we can eliminate the first and last options, because these two options are wrong at a glance. After all, how can we foreigners get it?"
The throne of the Kingdom of Skaven, unless this is really France; as for King Louis of Skaven, judging from his name, we know that the gallows is his final destination, and there is no difference between us following him and seeking death."
Liu Xing nodded and said seriously: "I think so too, so in fact there are only three strengths for us to choose from, but what I want to say now is that the difficulty provided by KP is for reference only."