Chapter 154 Should we negotiate?
As soon as Anthony finished speaking, Brand asked with a confused look on his face:
"Uncle Anthony, you just said that the Lord of Liuyue City released a spell? Didn't you use a spell scroll or a magic scroll? A spell released by some kind of equipment?”
Hearing Brand’s question, Anthony carefully recalled the situation at that time, then nodded and confirmed:
“Yes, that spell is indeed It was released by himself. Before the spell was released, no items on his body had magic fluctuations. In addition, according to my perception, the magic power supporting the spell was also provided by him."
After hearing such an affirmative answer, Brand frowned slightly.
At the beginning of the battle, he used the Eye of Insight to observe the extraordinary energy in the body of the Lord of Liuyue City.
——I didn’t see any trace of magic light, and his whole body was exuding a golden fighting spirit without any variegated light!
But hearing Uncle Anthony say that the Lord of Liuyue City used a spell made him a little confused.
How to cast spells without magic power?
On Anthony's side, seeing Brand still looking confused, he smiled and said:
"Maybe he has some special means to interfere with my perception. You don't have to worry about this anymore. The problem is not very important, let’s discuss the next plan of action.”
After a short pause, Anthony expressed his opinion:
“I am leaning towards it. What do you think about the negotiation with the Lord of Liuyue City?”
Next, Anthony discussed with a group of captains.
Without evacuating this chaotic area, they actually don't have many choices.
Although on the surface, it is because of the strength of the city lord of Liuyue City, and also to allow the plan to recruit soldiers to proceed smoothly.
The best option is to negotiate with the city lord of Liuyue City and sign a non-interference contract.
But optimal does not mean satisfaction.
Everyone still has a lot of concerns about this plan.
Although it sounds really good, there is a problem:
Negotiating and compromising with bandits will damage the image of the empire.
When it comes to the empire, this is not a casual matter.
Taking a bigger picture, if the Kaya Empire's regular army was secretly negotiating with the bandits, it would be revealed.
Countries that have commercial competition with the Kaya Empire can launch attacks from this point:
"The Kaya Empire has examples of 'friendly negotiations' with bandits, so who knows if there is any further 'friendly cooperation' with bandits behind the scenes?
For example, robbing a caravan together? For example, raising the bandits' self-respect ? Or are those bandits simply the regular army of the Kaya Empire? "
Various "inside information" can always attract everyone's curiosity.
So these kinds of "slanderous" news have always been the talk of the bards.
Of course, most of them are specious conjectures without real evidence, and it is not certain whether they actually happened.
Based on this factual background.
If you choose to negotiate, it must not be conducted openly, otherwise it will have a negative impact on the Kaya Empire.
This is more troublesome.
It is not a big problem for the top brass of the legion and the descendants of nobles like Brand to know the facts.
A dozen confidentiality contracts can solve the problem.
But the soldiers couldn't disclose it.
As for the bandits, except for the city lord of Liuyue City, it is best not to let anyone know about the negotiations.
Because in the previous battle, the Lord of Liuyue City ran away without giving Anthony a chance to speak.
Then now comes the problem!
If the master of Liuyuecheng didn't come to them, they would have to go there themselves in order to negotiate.
It would definitely be impossible for Anthony to secretly go to Liuyue City to negotiate with the city lord!
Without the army at his side, he is just a senior knight, delivering food alone.
And if you take the army to Liuyue City to find him.
You can’t just take the army there for a walk and then leave, right?
That is not "common sense". In order to "conceal the secret", I have to attack a city symbolically no matter what!
But if there is an attack, the soldiers and bandits will not know that the high-level officials on both sides have a secret agreement.
With Brand, a powerful mage, at his side, the soldiers have nothing to fear!
Continue to develop as normal.
The city lord of Liuyue City will be restrained by Anthony.
And on the frontal battlefield, with Brand, the mage, there is a high probability that the bandits will not be their opponents!
In this way, it seems that there is a high probability that Liuyue City will be attacked by them!
But will the Lord of Liuyue City accept such a "normal result"?
I’m afraid this is not possible!
You know, Liuyuecheng may be their future "royal city"!
It seems a bit fanciful to want to negotiate with someone after conquering their royal city!
So if they choose to negotiate with the city lord of Liuyue City, they must find a way to "fake the game".
Not only can one's own side suffer no casualties, but the other party can accept it, and no one can notice anything is wrong!
This is very troublesome!
And if you choose not to negotiate with the lord of Liuyue City.
Then they must find a way to solve the problem of the city lord of Liuyue City.
Because the city lord of Liuyue City is preparing to establish a country in this chaotic area.
So whether they attack Liuyue City or attack other areas next, they are all provoking him.
Doing this is very likely to continue to attract attacks from the Lord of Liuyue City!
They are not afraid of a frontal attack, but they are afraid that the opponent will choose guerrilla tactics.
A big knight was wandering around, ready to give the 6th Infantry Regiment a hard blow. It was terrifying to think about it.
Especially in order to improve the efficiency of catching bandits, the Sixth Infantry Regiment cannot always carry out group operations.
And even if they stay together, Anthony still needs to rest.
That means there will always be times when he cannot stop the Liuyue City Lord’s attack immediately!
After all the stakes were laid out, the combat meeting froze here for a while.
Everyone was a little confused.
After a while of silence, Yersen spoke up:
“Can you ask for help from the country and call two great knights to come over and help?”
Hear that! In response to Erson's "extravagant" speech, Anthony smiled and explained:
"Yes, it is possible, but the great knight cannot be called casually. Instead of calling a great knight from the country, it is better for us to call him again." A legion comes over, so the cost is relatively small.”
After hearing what Anthony said, Yersen nodded to express his understanding.
Calling another legion over means that the soldiers recruited next will be cut in half.
And from what Anthony meant, the price for letting the Great Knight take action would be even more expensive?
That’s really not necessary!
——The gain outweighs the loss!
At this time, Brand was frowning like everyone else.
But he was thinking about other things.
Simulation world, in a spiral library.
Brand is "turning the page".
He was looking for ways to make a person without magic in his body release spells.
After reading the book for so long, he has actually found several feasible methods.
But these methods either require the consumption of rare and non-renewable consumables, or have huge side effects.
That is not consistent with the situation of the city lord of Liuyue City, nor can it be used as a "reliance" for the establishment of a country!
This made Brand very confused and curious!
As for the problem of the city lord of Liuyue City that has caused everyone a headache, from his point of view, it is not actually a problem that is difficult to solve!
He just hasn't determined yet whether the lord of Liuyue City is worthy of letting him take action!
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