"Lord, if these 50,000 Templars are sent over, there won't be many cavalry around us."
The Xiliang general who was responsible for escorting Prime Minister Li back to Jiuyuan City was a little reluctant. He glanced at the scouts who came to ask for support and became a little annoyed: "Our mission is to send you back to Jiuyuan City!"
"Your safety trumps everything."
The officers who came to escort Li Xiang back to Jiuyuan City were unwilling to go to support Chaos World. It didn't mean that they didn't know that the situation there was very tense.
In their eyes, Prime Minister Li's safety is far more important than the situation in the Chaos World. Even if they lose all their territory in the Chaos World, as long as Prime Minister Li is still there and Xiliang is still there, they can occupy more places.
Occupy more resource points.
"I have made up my mind!" Li Xiang said seriously to the unwilling officer: "I know that your center is in the chaotic world and needs your help. 100,000 comrades are waiting for you to get there."
"I didn't suffer much crisis when I was on the land of Liangzhou. Now that I have stepped into our core area of Xiliang, am I still afraid of the assassins sent by those people?"
"Are you looking down on General Li Shui who is stationed in Tongtianhe City? Or are you looking down on the local garrison troops stationed in Jiuyuan County?
All Templar Knights are immediately ready to follow him to support the Chaos World!"
In this area of Jiuyuan County, Li Xiang really does not have to worry about security issues. As long as he is willing, he can gather hundreds of thousands of Xiliang headquarters troops in a short period of time.
In addition to the 30,000 infantrymen who have been escorting him, even if there are not those Templar Knights, with these 30,000 infantrymen around, no assassin would dare to approach!
On the contrary, what worries him the most is the situation in the Chaos World. If there were not big problems in the Chaos World, Li Yi would not make a request to him.
These Templar Knights were selected from the local garrison to escort his army, and only Prime Minister Li could send these Templar Knights out.
Li Yike is not qualified to mobilize these troops, because each Templar Knight is the most valuable unit of the five legion commanders, and each Templar Knight is worth hundreds of taels of gold.
The value of these 50,000 Templars can be imagined!
As the most expensive cavalry unit in the imperial era, the Templar Knights are not as sharp as the Xiliang Cavalry, nor have the superb archery skills of the Mongolian knights, but on the frontal battlefield!
They are a nightmare for all arms. They look mediocre and are like moving tanks on the battlefield. The heavy armor of the Xiliang Cavalry is a bit weak in front of their armor.
They are the real heavy cavalry, because their armor is connected together like a war machine made of iron.
They are covered in silver-white armor and charge. If they are on the opposite side of the sun, they will blind the enemy who confronts them head-on!
The 50,000 Templars gathered together were the property of Li Shui and Li Mu. They sent out these cavalry after hearing that Li Xiang was seriously injured.
Otherwise, they would not be willing to use their last trump card!
"promise!"
The officer reluctantly responded and said to the infantry general beside him: "My lord's safety is in your hands."
"Don't worry!" the infantry general said solemnly: "The lord will be sent to Jiuyuan City."
An hour later, the Templar Knights who gathered next to Prime Minister Li ran in the other direction. The spies from various forces who were secretly observing Prime Minister Li's army immediately spread the news.
The Templars who have been protecting Li Sheng have prevented these people from finding much useful information. They dare not get too close for fear of being discovered by the Templars!
Those knights in silver-white armor would trample any place where they felt someone might be hiding. With them around, these spies didn't dare to approach.
Now that this cavalry group left suddenly, the people around them felt that there was an opportunity in the future.
At the same time, there is another question in their minds, where are these cavalry going? Isn't their mission to protect Li Xiang, the king of Xiliang?
Could it be that what happened in Xiliang was more important than protecting the King of Xiliang?
Or is this cavalry going to support the Chaos World?
They all know that Xiliang is on the Chaos World side, and is fighting against the combined forces from Buddhism and the Blue Star Realm. Both sides have sunk millions of troops, and a fight is possible at any time.
Will this cavalry in silver-white armor go to the chaotic world to participate in the battle?
While these people were thinking about Xiliang's movements, Li Xiang and his infantry began to move at full speed. After the cavalry left, the troops in various places became more vigilant. As long as Li Xiang stepped into the territory of any county, the troops stationed on this line would
He will come to escort you.
They all knew that after the cavalry left, the major forces must have thought there was an opportunity to take advantage of it, and there was a high possibility of an assassination attempt.
The spies who had been following Prime Minister Li for a few days looked at the densely packed Xiliang army in front of them, and all they wanted to say at this moment was, damn.
They really didn’t give them any chance. There were Xiliang soldiers and troops everywhere. As long as they got closer than 100m, they would be stopped by Xiliang soldiers.
Even if they entered the city, the houses around the city would be cleared out and the civilians would be driven aside. What was even worse was that Li Xiang began to speed up.
Acropolis!
This city not far from Jiuyuan City has now become one of the top ten cities in Jiuyuan County. As the political capital of Jiuyuan County, it is naturally impossible to vigorously develop business, and there is not much place to develop business.
Most areas in the city belong to the Xiliang headquarters.
Or else it is the territory of each major sect.
Therefore, there was not much space left for those merchants in Jiuyuan City, and Prime Minister Li was not willing to develop commerce in the city, so most of the commercial trade in Jiuyuan City was transferred to the Acropolis.
Because this city is not far from Jiuyuan City, and a very wide road has been built between the two, it only takes an hour to get there by horseback.
Furthermore, the city is large enough and surrounded by plains, making it very suitable for commercial development.
So Li Xiang asked all the merchants, caravans, and chambers of commerce to move to the Acropolis.
The Acropolis has naturally become a commercial capital, with countless merchants coming and going every day. Here you can see goods from all over the world, and even various handicrafts from the Western world.
This also promoted the commercial development of the Acropolis.
The prosperous commercial development naturally brings another consequence, that is, there are many agents and spies from various major forces in the Acropolis.
Below a busy restaurant, in the dark basement, a dozen people wearing clothes of different colors with their faces covered gathered together in the dark basement.
"Prime Minister Li will return to the Acropolis in three days. This is our last chance!" came a hoarse voice. This voice was not that person's original voice, and everyone present was confused.
Care, because they all hide their identities.
Undercover agents here in Xiliang will be killed as long as they reveal their flaws, so even if they come from the same force, they don't know each other's true identity or what they look like.
"Besides us, there are three other forces involved." The hoarse voice continued: "This time is very important. Even if we all die, we must find out whether Prime Minister Li is really seriously injured!"
"There are three more forces? Are they credible?" The same harsh voice sounded, and a man in purple robe stood up and asked: "Do they also know our plan! If they know our plan, then
Forgive me for not accompanying you!"
The people present do not have a superior-subordinate relationship. They all have the same status. They are all personnel sent to Xiliang to collect intelligence. Behind each of them there is a huge force, and they control at least a hundred people.
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When he heard that he wanted to cooperate with other forces to assassinate Prime Minister Li, the man in purple robe refused immediately. It was not that he didn't trust his own people, but that he didn't trust those collaborators.
These spies are all people who walk on a knife's edge, and they will die if they are not careful.
How many forces are there in the city? They have a rough number in mind. They are allies and competitors with those people. Sometimes they work together to collect some intelligence, but sometimes they don't mind throwing away the people on the other side.
go out.
After all, they are both enemies and rivals.
If it was an ordinary matter, he could cooperate with people from other forces, but for the task of assassinating Prime Minister Li, he didn't think that people from other forces would share the same mind with them.
Regardless of whether the assassination of Prime Minister Li is successful or not, they will eventually arouse the wrath of Xiliang. At that time, a major purge will inevitably begin. Xiliang will kill a large number of spies in each purge.
At that time, as long as the other party throws out a little bit of information, those people in Xiliang will definitely come to the door after smelling it.
Assassination is not as simple as collecting information. It will definitely leave a lot of traces when the time comes. As long as the other party has a few traces, their years of hard work can be wiped out.
"This is an order from your superiors." The man in black who spoke first said, "You can choose to execute it, or you can choose not to execute it!"
"Then forgive me for not being able to accompany you!" The man in purple stood up and walked towards the dark exit. Just when he was about to walk out, he turned back and said to the people inside: "I hope there will still be so many people when I come back next time!
"
Everyone inside was silent for a while. After waiting for the man in purple to go away, the man in black said: "This is a mission that requires death. Anyone who wants to quit can do so!"
"Brother, we can't retreat even if we want to." The man in white robes said softly: "This time we have no choice. The superiors issued a death order. It is already good if we can make Xiao Zi leave."
"You should tell me what the specific plan is!"
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"A bunch of fools!" Zhu Ziyi, who put on a bright red dress and revealed her delicate face, sat in a private room and ordered a pot of tea. She looked at the people coming and going in the restaurant opposite. She didn't know why but she felt more and more uneasy. She always felt that she was in the crowd.
What is hidden in it.
Dong-dong-dong, three clear knocks on the door sounded, and Zhu Ziyi said without raising her head: "Come in!"
The waiter walked in with wine and food, put the food on the wooden plate on the table, and walked out of the room on his own.
rinse!
A figure walked out of Xiao Er's shadow, and a man in black night clothes sat next to Zhu Ziyi.
"How is the situation now?"
A crisp voice came from the man in black night clothes: "Currently, all forces have begun to make arrangements, and the number of people is probably close to three thousand."
"So many!" Zhu Ziyi was a little shocked, but soon figured out that there were 5,000 Xiliang Headquarters guards and 30,000 Eighth Army soldiers in this city, in addition to 8,000 others.
Patrol!
Once they take action, these people will definitely rush over, and on the day Li Xiang returns, the Xiliang army will definitely go to greet him.
If there are not many people, there is no way to stop these troops. Even the experts cannot get close to Li County without the help of others.
Therefore, they need a large amount of cannon fodder to attract firepower for them and for the experts to intercept the ordinary troops of Xiliang.
"What about the masters from all sides?" Zhu Ziyi was most concerned about the masters sent by the major forces.
"They should be in place, but they are hidden very deep and have not been discovered yet." The woman in night clothes looked at Zhu Ziyi and said, "Should we also prepare?"
Zhu Ziyi smiled and shook her head, her eyes a little lonely: "They don't let me participate because they want to keep me. They are determined to die."
Before entering the parliament, she had already received an order, and the order was to prevent her from participating in the assassination.
She should not only have received this order, but others should have also received it. However, the orders of others were to participate, but she did not participate.
"You know you're going to die, but you still do it!" The woman in night clothes chuckled softly: "You humans are really interesting."
"That's why you were driven out of the Central Plains by us!" Zhu Ziyi looked out the window and said calmly: "There are some things where sacrifice is necessary."
"Is it really that important to you whether Prime Minister Li is seriously injured or not?"
Zhu Ziyi picked up the drink and took a sip: "I don't know this, but the Grand Master was seriously injured and it will take a long time to recover.
Xiliang is very powerful now, and they also have many enemies who need to defend themselves.
As for Li Xiang, he is the only great master in Xiliang who can move, and he is also a battle-tested general. As long as Li Xiang can still move, Xiliang's territory will continue to expand.
If he is injured, and he is seriously injured, as long as we determine the extent of Li Xiang's injury, we can guess some of Xiliang's next actions and respond accordingly. Do you think this is important?"
"It is indeed important!" The man in night clothes thought for a moment, but it was still not worth it: "But is it worth spending so much manpower and material resources?"
