Chapter 316 Not Asking for Help
“...So, I think that Ansenberg will be safe and sound, and it can survive at least until Winter Advent!”
Mitnich shook his head and put it down helplessly. took the letter in his hand.
"He still likes to boast. You see, wait a month and he will become more honest as soon as the intensity increases." Carter obviously knew the city defender quite well, so he opened his mouth and said sarcastically.
After listening to Mitnich reading the letter, Catherine took off her crystal glasses, leaned on the wicker chair and pinched the bridge of her nose.
In the study room of the Red Fort, the headquarters of the Magadi Chamber of Commerce in Rapid City, the three people sitting there are still the three top executives of the Magadi Chamber of Commerce.
Originally it was supposed to be the top four, but Sissi was left at Castle Joan by Horn as the plenipotentiary ambassador.
The hot wind mixed with the water vapor of the Naoan River blows in from the double-arched windows, making people unable to open their eyes.
According to the structure of the Red Castle, Catherine's study on the top floor should have been as hot as a sauna.
However, in the study at this moment, even though the hot wind was swirling back and forth, there was still a lingering coolness.
The source of this coolness is the large ice cube placed in the center of the room and the light blue iron skull standing on the ice cube.
A stream of cold air swirled along the eye sockets of the skull and sprayed out in all directions.
Opening her eyes, Catherine picked up a handkerchief and wiped her glasses: "How long do you think he can last?"
"Three weeks." Mitnich answered immediately.
Carter thought for a few seconds instead: "I think four to six weeks is the limit. By then, even if we don't give the order, they will escape by boat."
"Do we need to ask for help from the Salvation Army at Fort Joan of Arc?" Catherine's eyes were burning.
"Asking for help from Fort Joan of Arc? I don't think it's necessary, right?" Carter rubbed his temples, "We haven't reached that point yet."
"Why?"
“We haven’t officially fought with the Imperial Company yet, and we currently have enough troops and supplies.
They rushed here hastily, which will put more pressure on the logistics, and will only make the rice crackers more expensive.
Besides, I asked them to come over earlier, but they didn't come over. They said the casualties were too heavy and even detained Sissi.
Now that the roads and checkpoints are closed, where do they come from? ”
Catherine’s little complaint is understandable.
When he invited Horn to Rapid City to discuss the plan, he was prepared to bow to Horn and settle the old grudges.
Gifts, new alliance letters, and banquets are all prepared
But when he arrived, Horn said he wanted to suppress the bandits and would not come.
He himself is indeed busy with work, but in Carter's view, it's just a hot face against a cold butt.
In addition, after Andal came back, he spread the word that the Salvation Army was unreasonable and incompetent, and that Horn was arrogant and cold-blooded.
For various reasons, the black knights don’t like the Salvation Army very much.
Coupled with the previous grudge, Carter felt suffocated in his heart.
You don’t want to see me, and I don’t want to see you!
He insisted on fighting a good fight to show Horn that you are not the only one who can defeat the Command Company!
"Mitternich, what's your opinion?" Catherine turned her attention to Mitnich.
Mitny withdrew his face from Frost's skull and stood up: "I have no objection to this, but the citizens may not like it."
Carter said at this time: "If nothing else, the false pope's crackdown on loan sharking is quite to my taste."
Catherine put her glasses back on, and she lowered her head to sort out the letters and notes in her hands.
As the city with the largest number of wealthy businessmen in the Thousand River Valley, citizens are quite afraid of Horn's crackdown.
Horn had two main reasons for hanging wealthy citizens and businessmen: "helping the devil" and "hoarding."
Any wealthy businessman must have done these two things to some extent. He always has to deal with nobles and buy and sell. He also banned usury, so how could moneylenders live?
"Can we survive the Lingfang Knight's attack on our own?" Catherine sat up straight and asked the two speakers.
Carter and Mitnich looked at each other, and it was Mitnich who spoke first: "Currently, we have basically enough red dragon's breath and green dragon's breath.
Bring the black snake with you. There are 6,000 troops from the Bay mercenaries and the Kush Knights of Lower River County.
We also have the hundred-man mage group from Black Snake Bay. With them, we can still do a defensive counterattack. "
Carter then added: "At the beginning of August, the second batch of secret party forces from Black Snake Bay will arrive. As long as Hasuta launches an attack, everything will be fine. "
"Ansenberg can stop them for a month, and the small castles along the way can probably stop them for two weeks. Can't we ourselves survive for a month?" Mitnich said with a smile.
Catherine wiped the sweat on her chest with a handkerchief. She seemed to think of something troublesome, and rubbed her temples and asked:
"Recently, the wizards in Black Snake Bay are still... Are you calm?"
"Why are you calm?" Carter immediately complained, "These people are too noisy."
It is a fact that the wizards in Black Snake Bay are noisy.
As the sheriff, Carter has received several cases of mysterious crimes committed by the wizards of Black Snake Bay in recent days.
On the first day they came, they peed in front of the night guards on the main street where open defecation was prohibited.
After being warned, they fought with the guards while urinating and won the fight, then walked away.
They were arrested and imprisoned. After three days of hard labor, when they were released from prison and passed the church, they glued two grape seeds to the chest of the statue of the Holy Lord and drew the outline with pink paint.
Let’s just say they are bad, they carry food and dinars to provide relief to displaced workers every day.
To be fair to them, the food and dinars they sent out were all stolen.
Every day, almost every day, seven or eight small shopkeepers and craftsmen come to the door with bruises and bruises.
"The people of Black Snake Bay are like this." Miterny touched the frost skull helplessly, "Whether it is green dragon's breath or red dragon's breath, they are indispensable for anything. In addition to taking more care, I really can’t think of any other way.”
“They admitted their guilt and accepted the punishment, and they didn’t do anything extraordinary.” Catherine sighed, “So we decided not to ask for help now, right? ?”
“Currently, peasant rebels everywhere are holding the banner of Shengsun. If we let them come to rescue us, will we still have the right to speak? By then, they will only know Shengsun and not you.”< br>
Mitnich's voice was not loud, but he made the final decision.
After thinking for a moment, Catherine decided to deal with it independently first.
You don’t have to have the Salvation Army to defeat the Command Company, right?
Catherine is vaguely worried. There are still many extraordinary knights in Langsand County, and the Salvation Army's rear is already unstable.
If I invite them here, it will be really more harm than good to lose the Fort Joan of Arc that I finally won.
"Are there any signs of counterattack by the Ibe knights?"
"We five astrologers performed divination on Jinhe Township and Fort Joan of Arc. Jinhe Township was blocked by the cross of the church, but Fort Joan of Arc It's the Reverse Death God."
"So?"
"So I think that as long as they don't mess around, they can still withstand the Ibe Knight's attack, and maybe they can counterattack. A few miles."
"Okay." Catherine nodded, "That's it, we will take on this offensive ourselves.
As for Castle Joan of Arc, let’s send some breastplates and alchemy weapons..."
"Hey! Mitnich's eyes suddenly lit up, "Isn't it always said at Castle Joan that there is a shortage of wizards?"
We have a few thorns in the prison, why don't we send them to them. ”
“Won’t it affect the production of Dragon Breath? "
"It's just a few people, it doesn't matter. ”
(End of this chapter)