Zhang Jingxu nodded and said to Liu Xing and others: "Just wait here for me to come back. I think it won't take long."
Then, Zhang Jingxu left with the maid.
Liu Xing sighed and said, "It seems that we still don't have much status in Louis' eyes. He still ignores us."
"This is also what we expected. After all, before we came to Mud City, we knew that Louis was not the kind of polite corporal who treated everyone equally. However, this also made me more certain that Louis did not have much support in the Skaven Kingdom. "Yes." Zhang Wenbing said with a smile.
At this time, Shen Aotian on the side suddenly said: "Speaking of which, why was Covens imprisoned directly in the Bastille by Louis? Is Louis planning to use Covens as a sacrificial flag?"
Ding Kun touched his chin, nodded and said: "It is indeed possible, because judging from the current situation, Louis definitely cannot command this army like an arm, because this army is inherently complex, and Those lords who led the troops were definitely more inclined to obey Bonaparte's orders than to obey Louis. After all, Bonaparte's reputation among these lords was much higher than that of Louis, so Louis now urgently needed to make a move to scare the monkeys. , to give these lords with different ideas a show of defiance. If Louis really cuts Cowans's title to the bottom this time, and then imprisons Cowans in the Bastille, then Louis will not have to worry about those in a short period of time. What kind of trouble will the lord do?"
For Louis, who himself lacked prestige, killing the chicken to scare the monkeys was indeed the best way to let him take command of the army.
Liu Xing was certain that if Louis had done nothing before the army went out, Bonaparte would have subtly seized the command of the army halfway. After all, many lords were willing to obey Bonaparte. The command.
The most important thing is that if such a thing really happens, it will be difficult for Louis to take back the command of the army from Bonaparte, because Bonaparte will not give up the command to others, and Bonaparte will not give up the command to others. Maybe they will take the opportunity to launch an attack and put Louis under house arrest in disguise!
In the military, many things depend on who has the bigger fist.
I believe Louis also understood this, so he suddenly attacked Cowens, because Cowens was a good "chicken", and it would be perfect to kill "monkeys" like Bonaparte.
"Cowans's title is Marquis, and he is among the top nobles in the Kingdom of Skaven. Moreover, Cowans' reputation in the Kingdom of Skaven is also quite high, so Louis' punishment of Cowans will indeed have an effect. It can serve as a warning to the monkeys, and there is no need to worry about too many negative effects. After all, Covins is a commoner, and his family is supported by him alone, so Louis wants to uproot the Covans family. It doesn't take much effort to get started; and because of his own birth, Cowens is definitely not the same as those hereditary nobles, so Louis does not need to worry that those hereditary nobles will intercede for Cowens at any cost. Yin En said helplessly: "It seems that Cowens is in danger this time."
Liu Xing nodded, feeling that what Yin En said was very reasonable. Now Cowens is indeed the most suitable lord in Louis' eyes. It seems that if he and his group had chosen to assist Cowens at that time, they would have to save Kaowans now.
Vince ran around.
No wonder the difficulty of Cowens is difficult.
Because Liu Xing and others felt that it would be difficult for Zhang Jingxu to persuade Louis to let Cowens go, Liu Xing and others began to chat, such as whether they should go to Niba City's tavern tomorrow.
After all, the tavern is the easiest place to collect intelligence in the Dragon Quest game.
But not long after, Liu Xing and others saw Zhang Jingxu, who looked as usual.
Liu Xing raised his eyebrows and said with some surprise: "Zhang Jingxu, has Louis agreed to release Cowens?"
Zhang Jingxu nodded and said: "It seems that Chen Zixuan mentioned us when he met with Louis today, so Louis finally gave us, or the empire, a favor and promised to release Cowens from the Bastille Prison.
is out, but Cowens' title will change from marquis to earl, and he will also hand over his military power."
Unexpected and reasonable.
Now that Louis knows how to scare the monkeys, Louis will be more aware of the importance of the imperial mercenaries to him. In other words, whether Bonaparte dares to launch a mutiny during the march depends to a large extent.
The attitude of imperial mercenaries.
The imperial mercenaries can be said to be the only variable in this counter-rebellion army. Because the imperial mercenaries represent the attitude of the empire, Bonaparte is not willing to offend the imperial mercenaries casually.
Therefore, rather than killing the chicken to scare the monkeys, Louis may have felt that it would be more beneficial to him to cling to the empire's lap.
It's a pity that Louis didn't know that the empire was already preparing for him to "abdicate in favor of others."
In addition, Liu Xing estimated that Zhang Jingxu had a great success in persuading Louis, otherwise Louis would not have released Cowens so quickly.
"Since Cowens now has no military power, will he return directly to Jinfeng City?" Ding Kun asked.
Zhang Jingxu shook his head and said: "Louis is going to let Covins serve as a culprit, so Covins will serve as a vanguard officer in a legion directly under Louis, and the two Covin brothers will also serve as Covins's deputies. As for the test,
The new soldiers recruited by Vince will be dispersed to join the armies of other lords."
Liu Xing frowned, it seemed that Louis was quite smart.
For Cowens, who is already old and frail, the vanguard officer position is definitely a fatal one. After all, the vanguard officer must take the lead and fight on the front line.
And to put it bluntly, the battles that followed were basically siege battles, and the vanguard sent by the siege side were, to put it bluntly, cannon fodder, used to consume the defenders’ arrows and various defensive props, such as rolling logs and rocks.
Block or something.
Therefore, if Cowens wants to avoid being punished by Louis on the grounds of "poor offense", then Cowens must fight on the front line and produce some results.
But swords have no eyes on the battlefield, and Cowens will die on the battlefield if he is not careful.
So for Cowens, it's just a reprieve from execution.
In addition, Louis dispersed all the recruits recruited by Cowens and assigned them to other lords. This also made other lords suspicious of Cowens, thinking that Cowens might have defected to Louis and deliberately acted in front of them.
They put on a good show, and the purpose was to get those "spies" called recruits to sneak into their army.
In Liu Xing's view, Louis' move could be described as killing three birds with one stone. Firstly, it gave Zhang Jingxu and the imperial mercenaries a face. Secondly, it made other lords suspicious of Cowens.
can continue to threaten Cowens.
If nothing else goes wrong, Liu Xing estimates that Louis may want to recruit Cowens, because under Louis' coercion and inducement, Cowens has only two options now - either accept Louis' recruitment and become Louis' dog.
, or just looking for an opportunity to fall out!
Liu Xing feels that Cowens should choose the latter.
Now the plot behind it becomes interesting.
In the next few days, Liu Xing and others wandered around Mud City under the surveillance of Louis' men. During this period, they also had a meal with Cowens, who had just been released from the Bastille Prison.
Because Cowens is still a criminal, Louis sent several guards to protect (monitor) Cowens, so at the dinner table, Cowens just thanked Liu Xing and others for a few words, and then everyone chatted about family matters.
Already.
Then one sunny morning, after Louis gave a speech for an hour, the 100,000 counter-rebellion troops finally set off for Luziya.
To be honest, as Liu Xing, who was on a carriage, looked at the densely packed heads of people around him, he suddenly felt that he was about to suffer from trypophobia.
There are literally people everywhere.
For the convenience of chatting, the carriage where Liu Xing was sitting also contained three people, Yin and En.
"I used to think that 100,000 people was not much, but now I realize that I was really wrong." Yin En said with some sigh.
Ding Kun shrugged and said: "Actually, as long as you go to major train stations during the Spring Festival, you can feel what it means to be a sea of people. However, these 100,000 troops wearing armor and swords are indeed very shocking."
"Of course, the next battle will be even more shocking. I didn't expect that we could experience a cold weapon battle in the Cthulhu Run game hall." Zhang Wenbing sighed and said, "But we have to do a good job of killing San
It's worth preparing, and we may have to fight in the next battle."
Again, in such a large-scale battle, what one person can do is really limited.
Especially so far, Liu Xing and others have not even seen Wellington.
Because Louis had announced a war against the rebels and Luthia's Plague Clan a long time ago, in order to prevent the rebels and the Plague Clan from turning their backs and taking the initiative, Louis had arranged for Wellington and several other Skaven to
The kingdom's famous general led a legion to garrison on the front line, so Liu Xing and others, as former soldiers, would not be able to see Wellington until twenty days at the earliest.
However, Liu Xing and others also received good news, that is, Gugu finally came back after a week of sojourn, and brought back His Majesty the Emperor's decree, asking Chen Zixuan to send two hundred mercenaries to follow Zhang Jingxu's orders.
Of course, when Zhang Jingxu obtained the command of these mercenaries, Liu Xing and others temporarily changed from "brave men" to "imperial mercenaries" and would accept Chen Zixuan's leadership before the end of the war.
"If we follow Chen Zixuan honestly, then we should be able to directly join Wellington's forces." Liu Xing said.
Yin En nodded and said with a smile: "That should be true. After all, we were all members of the imperial mercenaries before the end of the war. That means that when Wellington raises its troops, we will join Wellington."
Under the command of Dun."
"That's not necessarily true." Ding Kun suddenly said, "Although this is true in theory, we must be mentally prepared, because we are in the Cthulhu Game Hall, so it should be impossible.
So naturally we can join the Wellington forces, so I suspect that the war here should only refer to the Skaven Kingdom's counter-rebellion war. As long as the Skaven Kingdom successfully quells the rebellion and annihilates the Plague Clan, then we will continue to embark on the journey.
The journey to conquer Bahamut, and how the imperial mercenaries will support Wellington in seizing the throne of the Skaven Kingdom afterwards, is not a problem we have to consider."
Liu Xing frowned, knowing that Ding Kun's guess was likely to be true.
Because for Wellington and Chen Zixuan, their group is not important in the subsequent battle for the throne. After all, they really have little effect other than performing some assassination missions.
What's more, the identities of Liu Xing and others are a bit embarrassing.
Although Liu Xing and others are now part of the imperial mercenaries, their actual identities are still brave. Therefore, if Liu Xing and others only participated in counterinsurgency, no one would say anything, and they would also think that Liu Xing and others were upright and brave, and worthy of their title.
Brave.
But if Liu Xing and others join Wellington's forces, it will be equivalent to participating in the rebellion of another country. Now Liu Xing and others' reputation as brave men will be ruined.
Therefore, for Chen Zixuan and Wellington, it is the best choice not to allow Liu Xing and others to participate in the subsequent battle for the throne.
After thinking about this, Liu Xing also said with some worry: "It turns out that the real difficulty in choosing the Wellington force is here. If we choose other forces to participate in the battle for the throne of the Kingdom of Skaven, then we should not be affected.
Condemned by other countries, because Louis was originally the king of the Kingdom of Skaven, and Bonaparte also had the right to inherit the Kingdom of Skaven. As for Cowens, he was also regarded as a meritorious general of the Kingdom of Skaven. Under the pressure of Louis
It is understandable to raise troops; but Wellington is different, because as long as the imperial mercenaries join Wellington's forces, everyone will know that Wellington is most likely a spy for the empire, so Wellington is the most powerful
You are not qualified to participate in the battle for the throne of the Skaven Kingdom."
"Other countries certainly don't dare to target the empire and ask Wellington to give up the throne, but they can vent their anger on us, because if we want to conquer Bahamut, we have to pass through their territory, so they all
There is no need to go out of your way to make things difficult for us. If you just deal with us with an uncooperative attitude, we will have to suffer a lot, and the empire will not be able to stand up for us, so our task will be difficult now." Yin En.
Then he said.
Everyone in the carriage fell into silence.
After a while, Liu Xing couldn't help but asked kp Husky: "kp, if we don't participate in this battle for the throne, what will be the consequences?"