Qingque City is one of the three largest cities in the Golden Eagle Kingdom. Once this city is lost, it means that the evil spirits are about to attack the capital of the Golden Eagle Kingdom.
Lance understood Bachelo's good intentions. He thought he had trained a group of excellent spies, but the arduous mission tested their terrible strength.
After just sleeping for a long time, these idiots made a serious mistake. Losing the mountain demon not only meant that they lost their communication channel, but also meant that all the twenty-one spies hidden in the Golden Eagle Country were at risk of being exposed.
Lance wanted to leave Qingque City immediately, but the city gate was closed. After having a full meal, the refugees made an important decision. They wanted to hold on to the city and wait for the lord of Qingque City to return.
"The soldiers have all gone to fight, do you still want to escape?" A militiaman guarding the city gate pushed Lance to stagger, "We are the people of the Golden Eagle Empire. There are food and weapons here. We must fight for our bravery."
The warriors defended their homeland.”
The bloody character of the refugees is commendable, but for Lance, such scenes are not uncommon. The lord leaves some weapons and food and leads the refugees to the city. When the enemy comes to the city, a battle will occur here.
There will be no suspense in this battle. These refugees will be bloodbathed by evil spirits. The important thing is that a battle did take place in Qingque City, and this battle will become Lord Qingque's lifeline.
Defeat and city abandonment have completely different properties. According to the Golden Eagle Law, a defeated lord will be reduced in rank or even demoted to a commoner, but a lord who abandons the city and flees will be directly executed.
Lord Qingque will not overestimate the willpower of the refugees, nor will he leave too much food. Since he left the city to the refugees, it proves that the enemy is not far from here, and there is a high probability that he will attack the city tonight.
Lance doesn't want to die, and his mission has not yet been completed. He must do everything possible to leave the city before the evil arrives.
In addition to Lance, three spies entered Qingque City. One of the spies had fifty gold coins hidden in his body in case of emergency.
"Yesterday, I was cornered by some scoundrels. They searched my body, but they didn't find these gold coins. Guess where I hid the gold coins?"
Seeing that the spy was still in the mood to show off, Lance blinked and asked, "You were trained by Bill, right?"
The spy smiled excitedly: "Yes, he taught me all the skills!"
"I know where you hid the gold coin, take it out now!"
With the skills of spies, it is not difficult to kill a few militiamen at the city gate, but Lance does not want to cause too much trouble, and keeping a low profile is the survival rule for spies.
He first counted out ten gold coins and gave them to the militiamen guarding the gate, but was ruthlessly rejected.
"It seems you are a rich man!" the militiaman sneered, "if we lose Qingque City, we will lose everything. Do you think gold coins are still useful?"
"It may not be of much use to you, but don't forget that you still have a wife and children."
"My wife was killed by an evil spirit and my children starved to death!"
It seemed that he had chosen the wrong person to bribe, but Lance did not give up.
"You will have a new wife, and she will give birth to children for you. After the war is over, you will still need a home."
"Don't say useless things..."
Lance counted out ten more gold coins, and the militiamen were a little shaken.
"I know you will never make so much money in your life. Take it. The Golden Eagle people will surely defeat the evil spirits, and you will definitely be able to live a good life."
"We will definitely defeat the evil, we must fight..."
Lance counted out ten more gold coins, and the militiamen's eyes were shining. Gold coins can make people lose their minds. Although they know clearly that these things are not suitable for food, the temptation is irresistible.
"There are so many people in the city, it doesn't matter even if a few of us are missing."
The militiaman turned his eyes and looked at the other people guarding the city gate, and whispered: "I don't have the final say on this matter alone."
Lance took out the last twenty gold coins: "I think these should be enough."
After leaving Qingque City, Lance led everyone to run wildly and arrived at a barren mountain in the north of the city before dawn.
He dug out a clay pot in a cave near the top of the mountain, which contained Abu's mark.
"Hold this clay pot and run north, run all the way, and don't stop until you reach Aquila City!"
The peasant woman said: "What's the use of doing this? Shouldn't we find a way to return to Broken Snow City as soon as possible?"
"By the time you return to Broken Snow City, it will be too late! Set off now and pray that Abu can notice you!"
"Where are you going?" asked another spy. "Where should we find you?"
Lance said: "Don't look for me, I can find you. Remember my words, if you don't want to die, don't lose the clay pot!"
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Abu's identity is different from before. Like Tortosa, he is responsible for intelligence collection and has more than 20 assistants.
They have to check thousands of maps every day and observe changes in some important marks on the map. This is a task that tests memory and responsibility. A person who runs with the marks for two days and two nights may only move less than 100% on the map.
A half-inch distance, and this half-inch distance may convey very important information.
Lance was lucky. The map of the Golden Eagle Country was kept by a very responsible assistant. He discovered the change in the location of the marks and reported it to Abu immediately.
Abu knew about Lance's mission. In two days, the mark moved one-third of an inch north. This situation was very unusual.
Abu reported the situation to Reggie and Bachelo, and Reggie quickly surmised the reason: "Qingque City has been lost, and the Golden Eagle Kingdom can no longer withstand it."
Batchelor frowned and said: "Lance, you idiot, why didn't you let the mountain demon summon you? Could it be that the mountain demon had an accident?"
"Leave the matter of the mountain monster to Tortosa. Now we have to consider whether to support the Golden Eagle Country."
Batchelor said: "I asked Emperor Tianxing that he has some prejudices against the Golden Eagle people."
"It's not a matter of prejudice. I also hate the Golden Eagle people, but I don't care what Emperor Tianxing thinks. He needs fame and I need power. This is the agreement between us."
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Qingque City turned into ruins. The refugees only resisted for less than half an hour before the city was breached. The rock demons that invaded did not give them a chance to escape.
All the refugees were stuffed into the dungeons, like livestock in captivity, and became food for the evil spirits. Some of the docile refugees were recruited as handymen. They could survive for a few more days before the evil spirits left Qingque City.
The young evil general was playing the harp on the tower of the castle. After playing a song, he looked at the mountain demon girl beside him and said with a smile: "Have you found that person?"
The mountain demon girl had tears in her eyes and shook her head tremblingly.
A busboy sent a woman in. The mountain demon girl looked at the busboy and felt that he looked familiar, but she did not dare to speak.
The young general stood up, pinched the mountain demon's cheek, and said with a smile: "You'd better hurry up, otherwise it will be your turn tomorrow."
After saying that, he bit the woman's neck.
Lance left the castle, took a deep breath, and thought to himself: "She must be killed."