Chapter 173 Persuasion

Byron's clenched fists slowly relaxed. Because an inexplicable feeling appeared in his mind. He gradually conceived, improved, and realized the plan... This plan that should have been flawless, why did it suddenly become completely different? Where did it go wrong? Both sons died, and now he was left with an isolated city. The original allies, the retreat routes originally arranged, and the backup plan originally prepared to prevent the situation, were all wiped out.

How did all this happen? He thought a little confused. The throne of the Markremiz family has reached its end, which was once a consensus among everyone. Why suddenly, everything happened the other way around? By the way, it was not that things happened the other way around, nor that they were expected to be wrong, but that one miracle after another happened.

The financial black hole that could not be compensated was filled, the battle with huge disparity was won, and the person who could not have been betrayed... That little girl changed everything with such miracles.

An indescribable sense of frustration surged into my heart, so strong that it made people even their anger and unwillingness shattered.

"Next, Essin may have to launch an attack on the territory of Duke Adias." His subordinates noticed Byron's mind change, or he pretended not to notice.

Adias is a larger lord of Groone - indeed, this time the rebellion announced by the little queen is almost all the great lords, but this person's superficial strength ranks among the top five in the country. Although his territory is not particularly rich, it is very large, occupying most of the province.

In particular, Adias is not the kind of person who is restless, and he also has the ambition to expand his power in this turmoil.

"Will Essin do this?" asked Byron. "I remember... there is another one near him, what? Is Ahmo? He was also declared a traitor by the Queen?"

When talking about this name, Byron felt a little gloating. Because this person refused to take the liberty and temptation, he refused Byron's coercion and temptation and adopted neutrality. Unfortunately, no neutrality is useless. The Queen has declared you a rebellious person, so you will have no second way to go.

"Marquis Amo cannot resist it," said his subordinate. "He has no army, and his castle is not strong. He is good at lending loans rather than fighting. He is said to be an old money fan, a man like him, who would rather hold it in his own vault and pray to God than take money to buy soldiers and equipment."

"Oh..." Byron showed a malicious smile on his face.

"After using Essin's march route and getting rid of Amo, the nearest one is here... Of course, Essin may also pick up the persimmons and attack the other lords next to it first..."

"Esing..." Byron repeated the name again. However, this time, his voice no longer had the hatred and hatred that had been before, but with a neutral and non-personal emotion. Although Byron knew that Esing's offensive this time was mostly opportunistic and won most of the victory by threats and inducement. But on the other hand, his ability to accomplish so many results in such a short time is the best proof of his ability.

Why did Essin betray me? At the beginning, this incident was a conspiracy? No, this idea was unfounded. Essin was indeed a very capable subordinate at that time, especially when he volunteered to break the back during the retreat...

Is it really just a villain who is trying hard to speculate? Sure enough, all these mercenaries are unreliable! And Balanca is also... Without me, how could he sneak into the Guards? He took the high military pay and enjoyed the treatment he had never dreamed of in his dreams, and then immediately turned around and bit his master at the critical moment.

However, self-repentance is not a person's nature. In Byron's heart, he is now full of hatred for these lowly traitors, but he selectively ignores why these people betray him.

However, Byron quickly put aside these hatreds and regrets that came out of nowhere in his heart and began to think about Essin's strategic issues seriously. As mentioned earlier, although Fornoros City cannot transmit magic communications now, it can at least receive magic communications from outside, so Byron has a general understanding of the situation outside.

Of course, the exception is the Eagle Falcon City. The spies sent there disappeared inexplicably and there was no news. However, Byron did not pay much attention to this. Anyway, he was just a subordinate, so the losses were not a big deal. In addition, the current situation in Eagle Falcon City is not the most important information for Byron.

"Esinar boy... he used to rely on opportunism. But Adias was not easy to deal with." Byron said as if he wanted to convince himself. Esin... Many of Byron's subordinates had a bad reputation for Esin (especially Byerheim), believing that he was not good at speaking, was not good at socializing, and lacked practical achievements in commanding the army. His strategy when he was cut off the rear was not a profound strategy, it was just a trick. If you must say the advantage, that is, Esin was more loyal to Byron - of course, this only advantage has been proven to not exist now.

Byron's words are not a lie. Everyone knows that although the Queen declared more than 80 lords as rebellious in one go, not everyone is as ambitious as Byron. The reason why they play with money is mainly because of herd mentality. In fact, most of them are not well prepared for future wars - as mentioned earlier, at the earliest, almost no one believed that the little queen would really declare them as rebellious and describe all the forces.

So although these people finally formed an offensive and defensive alliance with Byron under the coercion and temptation of Byron, they were not ready for war. They just sent some of their soldiers to Byron. Now that Byron was defeated, these lords did not form a group and could not launch a common leader. This seemed isolated and helpless in the face of the Queen's offensive. In the final analysis, the little queen was too fast to act and they didn't have time to react too much.

However, Adias is an exception. This person is truly expanding his army and preparing for war. In addition, he has two cities with strong defense. He also sent a force to Byron for command, but this is not his main force, but only a small part of his troops. According to the information obtained by Byron before, the Duke of Adias should have about 3,000 to 5,000 troops. Inadequate field battles, there is more than enough defense in the city.

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"I... I absolutely have no intention of disobeying the queen. I am just confused for a moment..." The person who spoke was an older man. He was thin, sparsely hair and a panic-faced face. Rather than saying that he was like a nobleman who planned to rebel, he was more like a businessman who suffered setbacks in business.

This is true. The Marquis of Amo was a nobleman who was famous for his wealth and business acumen. The reason why he was declared a traitor by the Queen was not so much because he was not fresh in mind, but rather he was stingy with the taxes he paid. His biggest hobby was to hide in his own vault and live with countless gold, silver and jewelry. If he planned to rebel, then probably no one in Groney believed it. Although this did not affect the Queen's declaration of him as a traitor.

"You should say this to the Queen." Cleo replied without interest.

"Please give me a chance, I will make this matter seriously to the Queen, I will..."

"Dear Marquis," said Cleo. "I know you have neither participated in Byron's conspiracy nor were you interested in gathering troops to rebel. But these words are useless to me. What can I do? I am the minister and servant of Her Majesty, and now I follow her orders to carry out my tasks. I admit that I do have sympathy for your current situation, but who calls her the Queen? Who calls her the power to allocate wealth, land and honor? If she is willful for a moment, then I can only accompany her willfulness, rather than stand up and openly disobey her will and fight her."

"What about one million...two million...three million gold Oly? I'm willing to redeem my territory for three million gold Oly!"

"Why do you only pay three million for something worth five million? You may have been dealing with businessmen for a long time, but I know nothing about this conspiracy of exploiting profits."

The old man's seriousness suddenly flashed with a flame of despair and anger. "Well, since I want to deprive me of everything, take away my title, territory and wealth... Then kill me! I will resist to the end, and I will let you know..."

"Like these?" Cleo pointed to the boxes in the entourage's hand. The boxes were opened, revealing the human heads inside. "Come on, Marquis. Now the Queen can only deal with you with deprivation of territory, title and wealth. But if you have to resolutely rise up and resist, then your life... and of course the life and freedom of your family will not be left behind."

While speaking, two soldiers came over with a woman in a ragged dress. The woman covered her long hair and let out a sob after a while. Although Aimo couldn't see the woman's face clearly, she could tell that her ragged dress was once a high-end dress with exquisite texture, which was only worn by a noble woman.

But at this moment, the woman was dragged in her hand by two rough and strong soldiers. Because she was not moving fast enough, she was slapped hard on her body. Her long hair was shook, revealing her torn bra and her chest that could no longer be covered by her bra - all of which were filth and red marks. What kind of fate this woman suffered was self-evident.

The soldiers grabbed her shoulders and made her stand by Cleo. They had no mercy on their faces.

"I heard you have several daughters... and two very beautiful and lovely concubines. You don't want them to fall to this point, right?" Cleo asked with a smile. "And your son... I kindly remind you that according to Groone's law, those who resist the White Eagle flag with swords... are implicated in the whole family!"

His last sentence became cold and there was no trace of warmth.

Aimo's courage was also dispelled. Of course, this was mainly because he didn't have much courage. He fell back on the chair like a deflated ball, revealing that expression of extreme pain and despair - the typical expression of a wealthy lover who was taken away from his property.

Even Cleo had to express his sympathy hypocritically. "But then again, the Marquis, although the Queen's orders cannot be violated, we actually have some specific manipulation methods... Through these manipulations, many things can be changed..."

"You mean, keep my wealth and land?" Aimo's expression was like a drowning man grabbing a life-saving straw.
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