Chapter 434: Allegiance (Thanks for the small task reward)
"Sir Jimmy, what do you mean by this? Are you trying to rebel?"
This time, Jimmy was stunned. He said to Xu Lai in confusion:
"Could it be that your request to King Aled is just to expose the true face of Count Aini?"
"Hehe, hehe, that's not all." Xu Lai smiled awkwardly.
In fact, Xu Lai doesn't have any additional actions at the moment, he just has such a plan in his heart.
The noble council probably can't find any evidence, so there is no flag to use yet.
Also, there are too few soldiers at his disposal.
Just like today, he can use himself or 100 angels to capture the horse thief's stronghold.
But he cannot manage this stronghold by himself. The heart of the castle must be dug, the loot must be picked up, and the captives must be managed and escorted.
Without soldiers watching, how could Xu Lai drive this group of people back? Why would they all run away halfway?
Even if Xu Lai doesn't want to take prisoners, how many can he kill by himself? Will he directly burn the horse thieves, women and children in a doomsday judgment?
Xu Zizi asked himself that he couldn't do this, so he could only find someone to watch, someone to manage, and someone to move it.
A horse thief's stronghold that can be destroyed at any time is already like this. Count Aini has three cities alone and an estimated ten or so attached towns.
Even if there are only two or three managers in each town, there are hundreds of soldiers, which is thousands of people. How can Xu Lai have so many troops and manpower.
Therefore, ideas are just ideas and it takes time to accumulate.
“As soon as the evidence is submitted, Earl Aini will no longer have the basis to rule the grassland.
And Your Excellency Xu Lai, I think you are the most suitable and most needed rule for the grassland at this time.
If you have this idea, on behalf of the Martell family, I will fully support your advancement."
Xu Lai swallowed hard and confirmed again:
"What exactly do you mean? If I remember correctly, this is only our second exchange."
Jimmy knew that Xu Lai would not believe him so easily, so he simply abandoned his face completely and left behind him With a flick of his cloak, he knelt down on one knee in front of Xu Lai.
Xu Lai was immediately shocked. You must know that among the nobles in this world, there is no such thing as kneeling.
At most, they will kneel down on one knee to their lord on the day when they are granted the title.
As for Xu Lai, firstly, he was unable to canonize the other party, secondly, he could not give the other party even the promise, and thirdly, he could not give the other party any reward.
"His Excellency Xu Lai:
I, Jimmy Martell, am willing to dedicate my loyalty to you.
My family, my army, and my subordinates will all Follow your orders and obey your dispatches.”
Xu Lai really wanted to convince himself that Jimmy Martell had other purposes for being loyal to him, because he really had nothing to give him at the moment. .
However, Jimmy Martell was the first and only nobleman to be loyal to him since he came to this world.
Even though this nobleman did not obtain the inheritance of a hero, he was only a sixth-level knight.
Taking a deep breath, Xu Lai did not follow what was shown on TV and drew out his sword and tapped him on the shoulder and head a few times.
He bent down, helped Jimmy Martell up personally, and said to him:
“I don’t know why you chose me, and I can’t give you anything right now.
I can only promise you that as long as I live, I will do my best to protect you and your family.
If one day we can unify the entire grassland, you will be the largest noble in the entire grassland besides me. ”
After saying this, Xu Lai felt a little guilty. After all, it is too unreliable to rely on his 5 or 6 thousand people to talk about unifying the grassland.
However, , Xu Lai felt guilty, but Jimmy Martell was very convinced of Xu Lai.
He stood up and said: "Then I will thank you in advance, my Excellency. "
Xu Lai smiled bitterly and said: "It's just that, given our current situation, is it appropriate to fall out with Aini so early? ”
Jimmy shook his head and said: "We have not and will not take the initiative to fall out with Aini.
We can only take the initiative after his charges are confirmed.
In this regard, I I will spread the evidence as soon as possible.
But when I return to Martell Territory, I will definitely be a thorn in his side.
He is a person who hates betrayal the most. , he will definitely send troops to attack me.
Speaking of which, it was also because of his favor that the Martell Territory did not suffer much losses in the last war with the stronghold.
The military establishment in my territory is extremely complete.
Currently guarding the base camp, the available troops are 1,000 knights, 6,000 infantry and 10,000 archers.
When I detain Aini's cavalry unit, the only conventional troops that Aini can use are the two large infantry regiments and the crossbow regiment.
However, Aini can also mobilize other nobles for support. As far as I know, there are not many nobles willing to support Aini, and the troops he mobilizes will not be too many.
If you can surrender Rodney, Aini will lose a lot of basic infantry.
With the support of Rodney and me, there should not be too many nobles willing to continue to follow Aini.
In addition, I can also help you lobby as much as possible. Even if you cannot lobby them to be loyal to you, at least let them remain neutral. "
"If the evidence is exposed, I will be confident. Even if Rodney couldn't be surrendered, the worst he could do was kill him in the midst of thousands of troops. He was leading pure infantry anyway. ”
The most important role of a pure infantry unit is to attack fortresses.
To put it bluntly, it is resistant to damage, but the output of the Empire's Crusaders and the dual-sword style is still quite powerful.
The only drawback is that it moves slowly.
Xu Lai is not afraid of pure infantry troops. On the contrary, he is a little afraid of pure mage troops.
Thousands of mages fired in a volley. If they all aimed at him, the damage would be terrible.
"That's okay. Since you are so sure, Aini won't be able to make any trouble."
Jimmy is actually not too worried. He and Xu Lai are in the same camp, so his own troops and civilians , will not be harmed by the Doomsday Judgment.
Looking at Aini's side, no matter how many troops he gathers, as long as he comes to attack the city, he will at least have to endure several rounds of doomsday judgment.
Unless like the Northern Empire, the entire Northern Empire's troops and forces are concentrated and they take turns attacking the city until Xu Lai has exhausted all his mana and even his mana potions.
However, the Northern Empire has millions of square kilometers of land, dense towns, and an extremely large population.
What's there in the grassland? It's vast and sparsely populated. Few towns means fewer troops and fewer buildings.
The small population means that there are also few independent fighters. In a battle with the stronghold, the losses on the grassland will be very large.
Count Aini, what capital do you need to assemble groups of troops now?
If he didn't take the initiative to attack and kidnap the civilians in the castle, Xu Lai might not be able to do anything to him.
But if he takes the initiative to attack, then I'm sorry. Xu Lai's Doomsday Judgment doesn't understand what it means to be polite.
Aini and his think tanks analyzed this point last night.
Jimmy also knows that as long as Xu Lai does not fall, then Xu Lai will be invincible just like Sellon.
The key to killing Sellon was with the help of countless soldiers from the Northern Empire. Who would be responsible for killing Xu Lai?
Now that he is in an invincible position, why should Jimmy Martell be panic? He is not panic at all.
I am afraid that he is really besieged by Count Aini, and if Xu Lai is unwilling to rescue him, then Jimmy will become the chicken that Count Aini kills to scare the monkeys, and he will definitely die.
Therefore, Jimmy was the first to jump out and pledge allegiance to Xu Lai before others had time to react.
Although doing this would bring a great loss of face to oneself, after all, as a long-established nobleman, he was loyal to a hero who had arrived.
But Jimmy knows very well that every time a hero comes from the sky, a big reshuffle is coming.
As early as during the war with the stronghold, he took a fancy to Xu Lai and took the initiative to hand him over at that time.
But he didn't expect that Xu Lai would grow up so fast, but it also strengthened his determination to join Xu Lai.
Sure enough, he was the first to jump out and successfully moved Xu Lai, eliminating even his last worries.
The two sides did not continue chatting. Xu Lai watched the other party and took a detour with Count Aini's knights.
Speaking of which, for this hasty meeting, both parties were not sufficiently prepared and lacked enough trust.
Jimmy said it sincerely, and his stance stood on the entire grassland, looking impeccable.
But nothing can change the fact that he stabbed Count Aini in the back.
At this point, Xu Lai couldn't completely trust him.
But what I have to say is that it is precisely because people like Jimmy choose to take refuge in him that he can save a lot of accumulated time.
After a long time, Elvi came to report that the village had been relocated, and all the resources, including the heart of the castle, had been mined, waiting for Xu to pick them up.
Xu Lai took a deep breath and decided not to think about anything else.
Whether Jimmy's surrender is a trick played by Count Ani, or Jimmy's true surrender.
In short, you need to be strong in blacksmithing, and developing Qingfeng City is the most important thing at the moment.
The important assets have been packed into the space backpack by Xu Lai.
As he killed more and more heroes, the capacity of his space backpack became astonishing.
There is actually a lot of space in his space backpack.
But he planned to leave these places to Bello, who was known as the King of the Prairie.
Since he calls himself the King of the Prairie, he must have a lot of good things at home.
Taking away the castle heart from the cottage also gave him three options. Xu Lai chose to destroy it and got two town-level castle hearts.
In addition, he also obtained several drawings, two of which he had with him, which were the construction drawings of the Archer Tower and the Lancer Watchtower.
When almost every town is upgraded, two or three types will be randomly selected from among archers, crossbowmen, spearmen and swordsmen.
This kind of basic blueprint is not very valuable even if it is sold.
However, Xu Lai also obtained another drawing called a shipyard.
The shipyard can be constructed through drawings, capable of producing a large gunboat called an "ocean-going gunboat".
(End of this chapter)