Under Reggie's coercion, Sophia finally received an intravenous injection and ate some bread and broth. Sophia told Reggie what happened.
After listening to Sophia's description, Reggie took a piece of parchment and drew a simple map.
The center of the map is the Lost Mountain. To the east of the Lost Mountain are Han Maple Fortress and Broken Snow City, and to the west are Silver Pine City and Golden Light City.
Reggie first pointed to Hanfeng Fortress and asked: "How many soldiers are there in the fortress?"
"More than two thousand." Sophia didn't hide anything, because Reggie was her only hope now.
"If one man is in charge, ten thousand men will not be able to escape, and the situation is not that bad." Reggie was talking to himself in his native language, but this caused a serious panic to Sophia.
"What spell did you use on me again?"
Reggie said perfunctorily: "A very vicious spell. You must give me three children within two years, otherwise you will never be the queen."
"You are so vicious!" Sophia roared, "How can you give birth to three children in two years!"
"As long as you work hard, you can do it."
Reggie marked the overall situation on the map, and then began to analyze the battle situation: "Hanfeng Fortress is the strongest dangerous pass in the northern border of the entire continent. It is connected to the cliffs of the Mountain of Death to the west, and to the sea to the east.
Under this situation, even if Sean has 10,000 troops, it is impossible to break through Hanfeng Fortress."
"There is no food in the fortress," Sophia said. "There are only 20,000 pounds of food in the fortress."
Reggie frowned and said: "Why is there only so little food stored? Shouldn't such a military important place guarantee food reserves for more than half a year?"
"Han Maple Fortress is not suitable for storing food. There is a purple mold in the fortress. Food stored for a month will start to grow mold and turn into dust within a few days."
"Is there such a powerful mold?" Reggie asked in astonishment, "Have you never seen it elsewhere?"
Sophia shook her head and said, "This is unique to Hanmaple Fortress. There are many small towns to the north of the fortress, and the food for the fortress comes from there. You know, this fortress does not need to defend the north."
"Yes, just to defend me!" Reggie curled his lips and said, "Since it is a food problem, there is a way to solve it. I can sell you some first. I also know a wealthy businessman. You can also get help from him.
Buy more on hand."
"There isn't much money in Hanfeng Fortress. You know...it's not a rich place in the first place."
"You get as much as you have first. If it's not enough, I can lend it to you first, but the interest must be calculated clearly." In view of the fact that a big business has been negotiated, Reggie is ready to start a loan sharking business.
"It's not just a matter of food," Sophia said with a sad face, "Shaun's army is more than 10,000. I heard that he brought 50,000 troops to attack Hanfeng Fortress, and there are another 50,000 troops on the way.
On the way here."
"Fifty thousand plus fifty thousand, which means an army of one hundred thousand?"
Sophia nodded.
Reggie said in surprise: "Where did this news come from?"
"We captured some prisoners, they told me personally."
It seems that bluffing is not just an Eastern tradition. Reggie looked at Sophia and said with a smile: "Do you know the concept of a hundred thousand troops?"
Sophia shook her head.
Reggie said: "Then you should know the concept of one million pounds of grain."
Sophia rolled her eyes at Reggie: "Of course I know that! In order to deliver food to you, I found a total of 600 horse-drawn carriages and ox-carts, and recruited more than a thousand farmers. Do you know how difficult it is?"
"Do you know how much food a hundred thousand troops eat in a day?"
Sophia was stunned. She had not considered this issue.
"An army of one hundred thousand will eat at least two hundred thousand pounds of food every day, and one million in five days. You have been fighting for seven days, and this does not include Sean's marching time. Are you sure he has so much food?"
What?"
Sophia fell silent, her military knowledge was still pitiful.
Before the war begins, investigating the actual strength of the opponent's troops is one of the most important tasks. Traditional transportation methods are very inefficient. According to Reggie's speculation, fighting with ten thousand people is the limit of war scale in this era, and the strength of any side exceeds ten thousand.
, logistical supplies will become a fatal problem.
"Anyway, Sean has a lot of soldiers. They are a sea of people and there is no end in sight. Just go and take a look and you will know."
"Why should I go and see it?" Reggie's expression was cold, so cold that it chilled Sophia's heart.
"Aren't you going to help me?"
"Why should I help you?"
Sophia bit her lip and said angrily: "If you don't want to help me, why did you save me?"
"I really shouldn't have saved you!" Reggie's face turned frosty. "You invaded my territory twice, once as an accomplice and once as the mastermind! I should have hung you on the gravel."
"Come on, do it!" Sophia shouted, "See if I can blink!"
"Don't act bad all the time, okay?" Reggie got angry. "I saved your life and gave you food aid. You should learn to be grateful to me! I won't let my people go because of you.
Involved in the war, do you understand?"
Sophia looked at Reggie with extreme disappointment, tears in her eyes, about to fall down.
"I thought... you cared about me."
"A little bit, really a little bit," Reggie said, "Although I hate you very much, I really do care about you a little bit."
"In your eyes, I am not as good as those civilians."
"Yes, you are inferior," Reggie said, "not just you, everyone is the same, everyone is inferior to them, I don't farm, but I have food to eat, I don't build a house, but I have a castle to live in, I
Everything is a gift from the common people, and no one is more important than them."
Sophia stopped talking. Tears could not move Reggie, and other methods were hopeless.
"Get some rest. Your fever hasn't gone away yet. Get more sleep so you can get better as soon as possible." Reggie turned and walked to the door. Suddenly, he heard Sophia shouting: "Wait a minute, you have been involved in this war.
Already."
"Mysterious, right? Alarmist, right?" Reggie looked at Sophia mockingly, "Do you think you can scare me?"
"I... don't quite understand what you mean," Sophia sorted out her thoughts. It was really not easy to defeat Reggie logically. "Think about it, if I lose, what will Sean do?"
Will I let you go?"
"What are you afraid of?" Reggie shouted, "I can capture him alive once, and I can capture him alive a second time. This time I will extort 10 million pounds of grain from the Bayer Kingdom!"
"Even if you can defeat Sean, can you defeat the Lion Country?" Sophia asked another serious question, "You know the relationship between the Bayer Country and the Lion Country, can you survive under the attack of the two countries?
To the north, south, and even the sea to the east, you will be completely surrounded by enemies. Even if Broken Snow City is indestructible, you can't huddle in Broken Snow City all your life. When you run out of ammunition and food, what will you do?
I regret today’s short-sighted decision!”
"Will I regret it?" Reggie laughed loudly, "Let the Bayer Country and the Ryan Country come together, I will step on their corpses and have the last laugh."
The arrogant laughter gradually faded away, and Reggie had already walked down the stairs.
Maybe this is not arrogance, maybe he really has this ability, but all this has nothing to do with Sophia.
Although she didn't get the result she wanted, she had already met Reggie and seemed to have nothing to regret.
She decided to leave. She didn't want Reji's food, let alone Reji's money. To be precise, she didn't want Reji's charity.
Just when she was about to leave the castle using the wall-penetration technique, Reggie suddenly came back.
"For the sake of common interests, it is not impossible for me to help you," Reggie cleared his throat, "But you have to tell me first, what can I get if I help you win this war?
"
Sophia walked up to Reggie and walked very close. She wanted Reggie to feel her passionate breathing.
"You can get me."
"Get you?" Reggie looked at Sophia seriously, "After I get you, what can I do?"
Their eyes intertwined, and Sophia saw the fire in Reggie's eyes.
"You can do whatever you want." Sophia gave the perfect answer.
"You can do whatever you want, that's what you said."
"Yes, that's what I said."
"Don't regret it."
"I have absolutely no regrets."
"Okay," Reggie picked up the map and pointed at Hanfeng Fortress, "I want this."
"You want...this?"
"Yes."
"No, don't you want to have a baby..."
"There's no rush," Reggie said, "I can help you fight off Sean's troops, but the premise is that you have to give me Han Maple Fortress and the entire Lost Mountain."