Chapter 499 Prelude to War

8days ago Xuanhuan Novels 9
Grey Castle King Capital, a luxury garden mansion in the inner city.

Since His Highness Roland Wimbledon launched a raid on the palace and destroyed the Sky Hall, Tassa's status has risen. All the pigeons and the top hat members are respectful to him, and the intelligence organization has been truly stabilized.

In addition to these core personnel, more than half a year of operation has allowed Tassa to affect the decision-making of the skeleton fingers, and he is basically aware that the movements of other mouse organizations are he has bought, whether in the patrol or in the black street. If you just ask for money, you can get it. These people don’t care who they are working for.

The upper class aristocrats are still infiltrated at present, which is a place that emphasizes family background and title. The golden dragon alone cannot play any role. However, with the mouse leader who has a close relationship with the great nobles, some less important news can often be leaked into his ears.

For example, the one he hears now.

Will Tifeke send a team of about 500 people to block the Chishui River?Tassa tapped the armrest of the chair and said, "Is he really going to do this?"

Yes, Yanshan said in a muffled voice, at least half of it was a blood sail rat, which was said by the boss himself.Because he was a fat man, there was an internal strife in the gang yesterday, killing and injured five or six people.

It's indeed a fat man. The clown whistled. Think about it, what can they intercept?Merchant ship!What are the consequences of violating the king's ban?Of course, the goods were confiscated and the last one was blackmailed!Is there anyone who is better at doing this than a mouse?Of course... the patrol is not bad either.

Since half of it was rats, I think the other half was the Pseudo-King's guard, Hilforks said calmly, this morning, someone noticed four eagle-headed boats appeared on the suburb pier.

Tassa couldn't help but frown. The Eagle Head Boat is a kind of inland warship with a slender hull, sails and oars, and a very fast speed.

There are raised collision angles below the waterline, and iron hooks are also arranged on both sides of the ship's side. Once you catch up with the target, you can lock them tightly, making it easier for the soldiers on the ship to jump over to fight. It is difficult for ordinary merchant ships to escape their pursuit.

So putting together information is that the pseudo-king intends to send a fleet of 500 people to block the Chishui River, including four warships and more than 200 fully armed guards?He sighed secretly, this was not good news.

Tifeko's plan to block the trade route was rumored before the evil month, but at that time most people thought that he would set the checkpoints near the canal, and completely banning trade with the West was just a talk. After all, the lords of Yinguang City and Chishui City would not be happy to see that they lost a lot of money in vain because of an inexplicable order. Forcibly setting the checkpoints on the border between the West and the Central region would only allow the local lords to use their hands to eradicate these levels.

But with four warships, the situation is different. First of all, the other lords have almost no water combat capabilities. The warships come and go freely along the Chishui River. The caravans may be intercepted at any place. Even if they want to use their knife behind their backs, they have no idea how to start.

Secondly, this reaction showed that Tifeko's determination to deal with the Western Frontier even if he would have evil with other lords, he insisted on doing so.

Tasa looked at Hill, who nodded at him, as if thinking of this, and Tifeko would probably not set a fixed level, but instead used the Chishui River to attack any caravans you see.They were pirates when fighting on the water, and bandits when docked. The size of five hundred people is a nightmare for any caravan.In this way, the Western Region may be really cut off from supply of materials.

I will report this news to His Highness as soon as possible, Tassa said in a deep voice.

Bianfeng Town purchased a large amount of food, clothing and ore resources in the last year, and now it has annexed Changge Fortress. The materials needed in theory will be further expanded. If the trade line is cut off, it will inevitably be a great trouble for His Royal Highness. I don’t know if he can solve this difficult problem smoothly.

At this moment, the sound of wings flapping came from the garden.

Tassa got up and pushed open the small door of the backyard. A gray falcon rushed into the house like lightning, hovering and landing on his shoulder.

Seeing that it was a letter from the Western Region, the circus members all stroked their chests and lowered their heads to show respect.

Tassa took the note and expanded it, quickly scanning the contents of the secret letter, and his heart was thrilled!

Ha...haha, then he couldn't help laughing out loud. Although he knew that as an intelligence officer, he shouldn't have leaked his expression, the news was really too surprising, which made him unable to suppress the joy in his heart. It seems that we don't have to worry about this anymore.

Your Highness the Prince already knows it?Hill asked with his head up.

No, he is about to fundamentally solve this problem, he said excitedly in a low voice.

Fundamentally?The clown wondered, you mean...

That’s right, Your Highness’s first army has set out and its target is the capital!Tasa clenched his fists and the time for Tifeco to come down from the throne!

Although he knew that His Highness would launch an action this year, he did not expect that he would be considered confidential so soon. His Highness did not tell him the specific action plan. Until today, he realized that the offensive was actually scheduled in spring, and it happened to be at the time of spring plowing.

I finally...waited for this day, Hill took a deep breath and suddenly knelt down on one knee and said, "Your Highness has any orders, please give me the order."

The other five people also knelt down for the new king!

Tassa's mood became thrilled. Yes, he thought that if Tifeco fell, Roland Wimbledon would become the only heir to Graycastle. He would take over the crown and be crowned king, and he might also jump into the upper level of power and reach a new level that he had never thought about before.

As for how likely this war is to win, he didn't even think about whether Tifeco could stop His Highness Roland.

No one who witnessed the battle of the First Army would have any questions about the outcome of the Spring Offensive.

Your Highness’s order is not to approach the Xicheng Gate area on the day of siege, and at the same time, the mice should be restrained as much as possible to take the opportunity to cause trouble and restore post-war order as soon as possible.Tassa slowly recited according to the second half of the secret letter, providing assistance to the victims to the best of his ability, such as healing, sheltering and food supply, and handing over to the First Army for treatment after the order is stable.

that's all?Everyone looked at each other, don’t we need to trick the city gate or set fire to attract the attention of the garrison troops?

This is what His Highness meant, Tassa put away the letter paper and smiled.

These orders are indeed like His Highness Roland's style of conduct, focusing more on the people and order rather than forcing intelligence personnel to participate in the battle.

In addition, the order also showed that he did not take Tifeco's resistance seriously at all.