Chapter 1209 Unmoved
Assisting the Smith Kingdom to repel the Bloody Hand Clan and regain lost territory is essentially to ensure the security of the female warrior clan and their territory in the rear.
But if the Smith Kingdom wants to take the initiative and pursue the Bloody Hand clan that has withdrawn, the nature will be completely different.
Not to mention that the Bloody Hand Clan had already evacuated in advance before they arrived. The Smith Kingdom's army then launched a pursuit. Whether they could catch up was a question.
Once they enter this stage, for the troops led by Zhou Xu and Yalvite, their front line and the duration of the expedition will inevitably be further extended.
The longer the battle line and expedition time are, the greater the risks and losses will be.
At the same time, other green-skin clans may come to support the opposing green-skin camp, further increasing instability factors.
Therefore, for Zhou Xu, in the current situation, he only needs to stabilize the Smith Kingdom. Even if the greenskin clan attacks again, the Smith Kingdom will be at the forefront.
Their existence is equivalent to the Copper Hearth Castle located outside their fortress in the Great Zhou Plain. If the greenskins want to attack, for safety reasons, they must first deal with the Smith Kingdom.
This made the Smith Kingdom, even if it was not happy, forced to protect them from the wind and rain due to its geographical location.
And there was no need for them to take excessive risks to cooperate with the Smith Kingdom's troops in pursuit.
You know, he has never been a bad person. All his actions are based on their own interests.
Zhou Xu's flat refusal made the atmosphere become a little subtle in an instant.
But Zhou Xu was not nervous. It was already clear that the Smith Kingdom did not have the strength to challenge them.
Sure enough, after Fisher's expression was stiff for two seconds, his attitude quickly softened, mainly because he had understood the situation clearly.
If the strength among their several forces is evenly matched, then that would be okay.
But the problem now is that among the three forces, the Smith Kingdom, the Female Warrior Clan, and Da Zhou, Da Zhou is particularly powerful! Directly opening up a gap of one or even two positions with them.
Under this premise, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the female warrior clan and Dazhou are completely on the same side.
After such a round, wouldn't they be the only outsiders left in the Smith Kingdom?
And then it is affected by the location of the territory. To put it bluntly, rounding off, their Smith Kingdom is equivalent to the watchdog of Da Zhou!
But they still have nothing to do!
Even if they were upset and just flipped the table, they would not be able to survive, and they might not be able to have much impact on Dazhou. This was where Fisher was most powerless.
"Your Excellency Zhou Xu, the Bloody Hand King suffered a big loss here and lost two generals. He will not just let it go and let him run away like this. He will definitely make a comeback later!"
In order to allow Dazhou and the female warrior clan to continue sending troops, Fisher began to weigh the pros and cons for them.
But Zhou Xu was not moved at all.
Could he not have thought of what Fisher said?
He had thought about it all, but even so, it was not enough to convince him to take risks, endure losses, and invest a lot of time and energy to launch an expedition.
At this stage, the Bloody Hand clan indeed only has two high-end combat forces left, the Bloody Hand King and the Green Skin with Double Swords.
But who can guarantee that when the opponent retreats, other strong men from the greenskin camp will not come to support them?
Once support occurs, there will be a question mark as to how many high-end combat capabilities the opponent has.
At that time, their intelligence was unknown, but the other party had already understood their high-end combat power clearly and pursued them rashly. If they were ambushed by the opponent's high-end combat power, they would be trapped there if they were not careful!
It would be foolish to take a desperate risk when there are other options.
Rather than bear this risk, Zhou Xu would rather go back to develop and practice with peace of mind. His current strength is four-star silver in the Saint Realm. As long as he can successfully break through to the Saint Realm and achieve the achievements mentioned in the 'Inherited Wisdom' Aperture Realm, then most of the problems will be easily solved. Even if he only needs to reach the peak of the Saint Realm, many problems can be solved much easier.
Unlike Zhou Xu, who did not need to face the threat and pressure directly, Fisher was annoyed by Zhou Xu's attitude, but did not dare to show it at all, so the topic was temporarily ended.
After confirming that the Bloody Hand clan had all evacuated, Fisher sent a cavalry unit to take the first step to reach the border city and regain control of the city.
The Bloody Hand clan obviously didn't do anything good when they occupied their border city. The city was in a mess, all supplies had been looted, and nothing was left for them.
Although he had been mentally prepared for it, when Fisher actually arrived, his face turned ugly when he saw the tragic situation in the city in front of him.
Even Zhou Xu, who had nothing to do with him, couldn't help but frown.
That night, Fisher approached Zhou Xu again and tried to persuade Zhou Xu to continue sending troops. His whole attitude became more sincere, but Zhou Xu still refused.
Fisher had no choice but to send a letter to Narga, the 'Hand of the King'.
Although he didn't want to admit it, the old man was indeed smarter than him, and there was no guarantee he could do anything about it.
During this period, Zhou Xu, who officially settled in the border city of Smith Kingdom, was not polite at all. He meditated and directly absorbed the natural energy in the area to speed up his recovery.
Counting the recovery along the way, at this point, the power of the mantra in his body has basically recovered to 80%.
It is worth mentioning during this period that the scars on Chitose's body have also begun to fall off, and new skin has grown under the scars.
In that battle, its internal organs and muscles were not injured, and it recovered very quickly!
At the same time, in the castle of King Smith's Royal City, Smith V was sound asleep after a brief and in-depth communication with his most favored concubine.
However, his sleep condition has not been good in the past two years. He urinates frequently at night. At the same time, he does not know whether it is affected by the quality of his sleep. His overall state is characterized by backache and drowsiness.
In the middle of the night, he was woken up by urine again. Just when he was about to wake up the concubine beside him to serve him, a gust of night wind blew by, making him shiver.
The window of his bedroom was opened at some point, which made Smith V curse.
Just when he was about to ask the servant to come in and close the window, he suddenly found a figure standing beside the bed.
"Shet!!"
This frightened him so much that he jumped out of bed on the spot.
"Ward's Law..."
Smith V was frightened and angry, and his words were filthy. He subconsciously shouted for the guards to come in.
Unexpectedly, in the next second, a cold light flashed quickly in the dark room! Smith V felt a chill in his throat, and subconsciously covered his neck with his hands, while a large amount of blood continued to gush out from it.
He wanted to open his mouth to call for help, but found that he could only make a "hehe..." sound at this time, and pieces of blood foam continued to emerge from his mouth.
The movement here quickly woke up the concubine next to her, but before she could react, the sharp blade had already penetrated her heart.
This night, the royal city is destined to have no peace...
(End of chapter)