Chapter 514: Attacking in the East and Attacking in the West
After explaining Su Ya, Xu Lai swaggered and led his guards from the west to the east of the city, and finally walked around the big market.
When passing by the cattle and horse market, Xu Lai specifically asked Wei Yihong to move this part of the market outside the city.
Xu Lai plans to build another subsidiary town outside Qingfeng City.
In the future, the cattle and horse market, refining center, cattle and horse breeding and other tasks will all be handed over to this subsidiary town.
Moreover, not all caravans can directly enter the city to trade, nor can just anyone be placed directly in the city.
Trade in an outside town first, or settle down for a period of time to accumulate certain qualifications before entering the city.
In this way, the city will be easier to manage and safer, but it cannot be too restrictive.
Xu Lai cannot leave this town near Qingfeng City to the Advent Heroes. This city has a relatively large impact on Qingfeng City.
Considering the main purpose of this affiliated town, Xu Lai appointed Wei Yihong as the mayor of the town and Xiao Aiboka as the deputy mayor of the town to preside over the daily work of the town.
Xu Lai has not relieved them of their old positions, so Wei Yihong's main job is still the management of the market and caravans.
The appointment of Wei Yihong as mayor was mainly for the smooth construction of the new market.
The construction of the refining center was handed over to Kasatz by Xu Lai. He was Kasatz from Gram Town, and later he was responsible for the entire blacksmith shop in Qingfeng City.
The daily work of the racecourse is left to Dani, Lacy's wife and the mistress in charge of horses, cattle and sheep in Gram Village.
There is also a security station stationed in the outlying towns. The person in charge is called Luti. He was one of the mercenaries who Xu Lai resurrected Elvi. The other one went to Luo Mingru's town and was considered a supervisor.
In addition to them, Xu Lai also called Lazi, Big Aiboka, Aaron and others over one by one and told them the focus of their work in the coming period.
It’s still those things. As the chief executive, Lacy has to promote the separation of the market, the construction of the auction house, the communication and management of peripheral towns and Qingfeng City for Xu Lai, and other issues.
Aiboka also wants to organize caravans and actively travel to more cities. On the one hand, it is to help promote Qingfeng City.
On the other hand, we also hope to develop more cities like the Deep Sea Tribe.
Although most of the nobles on the grassland are still around Aini, there are also many independent towns.
In other words, there are many towns that do not refuse to contact Xu Lai.
Aaron's task is even heavier. Although the troops have set off, the recruitment work will not stop.
It’s just that compared to before, the selection will be stricter, and he will not enter the army for the time being. He will first go to the security team, and then see whether he wants to join the army.
After everything was explained, Xu Lai made a special trip to the cathedral.
After the church was upgraded to a sacred cathedral, this was Xu Lai’s first time here.
Xu Lai stayed in the cathedral until evening, and when it was getting dark, he took his guards and swaggered back to his castle.
At the same time, after a whole day passed, Count Aini finally received the information from the insider.
Intelligence content showed that Xu Lai's troops disappeared and did not appear until night.
However, this information is not enough for Aini to take it seriously. After all, Xu Lai's troops have been away recently.
And that army only has a combat strength of 10,000 people in total. The 10,000 newly recruited soldiers are all new soldiers. Apart from helping to transport food, they are just cannon fodder.
What worries Aini the most has always been Xu Lai himself and the terrifying number of paladins and angels around him.
But these people and troops that Aini was afraid of all stayed in Qingfeng City.
So, even if the intelligence said that there was no trace of the newly recruited 10,000 logistics troops this time, Aini was still not too worried.
Of course, not worrying does not mean that he is not preparing.
After all, when you are attacking the city, it must be uncomfortable to have such a troop in the rear.
Aini decided to attack the city ahead of schedule tomorrow, even if the latest equipment and ammunition hadn't arrived yet.
But without the cover of the ballistae and catapults, the casualties may be much higher.
The priests in the temple, no matter how much money Aini paid, refused to follow him, so that the wounded in the army could only be treated with healing spells.
Fortunately, he himself copied this spell, which means that healing injuries can only restore life, but there is nothing that can be done about injuries such as broken arms and fractures.
After thinking about it, Aini still found his newly appointed knight commander and said to him:
"Tomorrow morning, after dinner, you will search more in the direction of Qingfeng City.
If you find reinforcements from Qingfeng City, intercept them on the spot."
The knight commander looked left and right. Looking around, he said earnestly: "But your lord, even if we count the noble attendants, there are less than a thousand people."
Aini frowned and said: "Of course I know, I know I'm not asking you to destroy this group of people. I'm asking you to intercept them and delay them.
Can long-range archery work and light cavalry harassment work?
If it doesn't work, the opponent's logistics troops will all be new soldiers and will definitely be separated from the main army.
Are you going to tell me that you can't even defeat a group of new recruits? "
The Knight Commander did not dare to say anything anymore, so he had to accept the order and leave.
"Wait! "
The knight commander was stunned, but saw Aini who was gradually calming down and said: "There are many horses in the camp. You can pick a thousand herdsmen who are good at riding and can shoot bows to build up the momentum. ”
Ani actually understands the concerns of the knight commander. He is a newly appointed knight commander, but his subordinates are all nobles with higher titles than him and their attendants.
Under such circumstances, with Aini by his side, he might still be able to barely control the situation by relying on Aini's influence.
But when he led them out to fight, the newly promoted knight commander did not have the slightest confidence.
So Aini asked him to pick another thousand mounted infantry, which would have a big effect whether it was to bluff the enemy or his own people.
After giving instructions to the knight commander, Aini said to Parame worriedly:
"Master, please help me confirm again. I need to ask clearly. I'm really worried if I don't ask Xu Lai's location clearly."
Pala Mei frowned when he heard this and said: "At this time, we take the initiative to contact you. It's easy to expose them in Qingfeng City
And I received a lot of magic messages, all from different people, and they didn't even know each other's identity.
Me. It is certain that Xu Lai just returned to the castle from the street at least half an hour ago."
Aini frowned and said: "It's not such bad luck. Besides, we are in Qingfeng City and there are many things. There are many hidden things, even if one is exposed, it’s not a big deal.”
Parame sighed, sensing that Aini had lost some sense of control. Even before the war started, she was already full of fear of Xu Lai.
But there is no way, Paramei himself is in deep trouble, and besides Aini, no one else will give him such high treatment.
At that moment, Parame began to release communication spells in front of Aini.
However, for a long time, the communication was not connected.
Parame frowned and quickly changed her communication partner.
However, even after changing the target, the communication was still not connected. Three communication partners were changed in a row, and Parame's spells all entered a state of forced cooling due to continuous spell casting.
Senior mages always have some metamagic skills of their own, such as instantaneous spellcasting, silent spellcasting, extreme distance casting, etc.
Just now, Paramei used the ability to cast spells continuously, so that she could release small spells such as communication magic three times in a short period of time.
No matter how inexperienced Earl Ani was in spells, he still saw the clues, but he resisted and did not disturb Parame.
It wasn't until Parame stopped that Aini couldn't help but ask: "What's wrong, Master? Is there something wrong with the spell?"
Parame shook his head and said: "There is no problem with the spell, but I don't have it. Those few correspondents can be contacted."
Aini frowned and said: "Even if it is inconvenient, it is impossible for several accidents to happen in a row."
Paramy nodded. : "Count, don't worry, wait a few more minutes, I will try a few more times."
Aini has no other better way now, so he can only wait for a few more minutes.
Finally, 5 minutes later, Paramei successfully contacted a craftsman in Qingfeng City. Aini couldn't wait to ask the other party about Xu Lai's whereabouts.
"Xu Lai? I have reported his whereabouts in the afternoon. He went to patrol the streets and the market, and finally went to the cathedral.
He was in the market and The Cathedral stayed the longest.
Until evening, he returned to the castle with his guards, and we could no longer trace his whereabouts inside the castle. "
Ai. Ni breathed a sigh of relief and quickly asked: "What about his angels? Did they set off with the large army?"
"The angel troops are always there. When the villain returned from near the castle in the evening, he saw a large number of angels landing on the castle."
Aini was about to ask again, but suddenly there was a sound coming from the other side. The door broke.
"Ah, who are you? What do you want to do?"
"Stop talking nonsense, arrest the person first, Master Nofa, please follow him immediately."
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Parame was shocked and quickly cut off the communication, but she didn’t know if the other party had tracked her location.
Of course he was not afraid that others would know his location. They were at the main camp, surrounded by two legions of 100,000 troops, so what could he be afraid of?
What he is worried about is that through the position, the opponent can directly determine his inside line.
Of course, if someone is caught at this time, even if they fail to track the specific location, they will probably be arrested and interrogated as a key suspect.
“Your Excellency, it seems that they are not refusing to answer my communications, but just like the situation just now, they have been arrested by the other party.
They are smarter this time. , knowing that we are using magic communication, the location must be inferred based on magic fluctuations
I just don’t know how many people will fall into their hands this time. I hope they can miss more. ”
Qingfeng City is now a huge city. Even if the expansion has not been completed, the scale is already quite large.
In addition, the security team is short of manpower and the number of mages is not large. It is impossible to miss anything
In addition, merchants will also have communication needs, and lighting, healing, etc. also belong to the category of spells and will cause a certain scale of magic power fluctuations. br>
So, even if we catch them all day long, there are still several fish that slip through the net
However, since the large-scale manhunt was conducted on the day of the military parade, many details have been caught.
Of course, not all of them are from Count Aini.
But there is no doubt that Count Aini suffered the most heavy losses.
After losing a large number of manpower, Earl Aini was unable to replenish it in time because he was out.
It can be said that there are not many people available for Earl Aini in Qingfeng City.
Especially after tonight's incident, Aini's meticulous work and eyeliner in Qingfeng City are now basically finished.
“During this period, we have been in contact too frequently.
There is nothing we can do about it. This period of time is too important. Tomorrow we will work hard to give Martell City to Take it down.
As long as we take Martell City, Xu Lai won't care whether we defend or leave."
Pala Mei also nodded: "Yes, the point is still the same. Martell City, and that boy Xu Lai is so trustworthy that he dares to entrust the troops to an elf who appears out of nowhere.”
Aini snorted coldly and said: "Don't worry about him. If the guy named Xu personally leads the troops, I would be a little worried.
Since he doesn't dare to go out personally, then we can sit back and relax. . "
Parame also nodded, but he was always a little uneasy in his heart.
According to the intelligence they collected about Xu Lai, this guy has always been very courageous, and he always takes the lead.
Why this time, I would be so confident to put my wealth on an elf who has never appeared in Qingfeng City before.
Coupled with the destruction of these elaborate works, Parame simply cannot sit back and relax like Aini.
"Your Excellency, how many men do you have left at Conaston Castle?"
Ani, who had already laid down on his chair, waved his hand and said: "Don't worry, Although I brought a lot of people out this time, only half of them were my own.
Fort Kaunaston, before we left, although there were only 10,000 troops, I had already given up. Connors of Stone Castle issued the order.
A few days ago, I had received a reply that Connors had led the troops of Stone Castle to stationed in Conaston Castle. ”< br>
"Then there are no defenders at the Stone Castle?"
Aini waved his hand and said: "The Stone Castle was originally built to fight against the orcs, and there are no production buildings in it.
And that place is the front line against the orcs. If he wants it, I can give it to him.”
Parame opened her mouth and wanted to tell Aini, Stone Castle. The tens of thousands of people gathered near the Stone Castle and relying on the orcs were the most precious wealth.
But he saw that Aini had no idea of talking, so he wisely said goodbye and left.
As expected, Aini did not stop him and allowed Parame to leave his tent.
After many days of strong attacks and fear, Aini felt physically and mentally exhausted in just a few days.
Not long after Parame left, Aini lay on the bed and fell asleep.
While Count Aini was sleeping soundly, Xu Lai summoned his own guards and angel army in his castle.
After saying goodbye to Su Ya, Xu Lai led the Paladins and Angels around the Swan Lake and into the poplar forest that Xu Lai refused to cut down.
Passing through the woodland, secretly exiting the city through the gate in the military area where no one can come.
After leaving the city, Xu Lai and the others did not even turn on the lights. They just used the faint moonlight to speed towards Kaonaston Castle.
(End of this chapter)