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Chapter 1458 Conquering the Empire (4)

His Excellency the governor shook his head: "You, you are still not ready to give up the windy and rainy days now. A big power can indeed bring you a higher status in the future, but don't forget that once you are the first to separate a line The provincial warlords, especially if the warlords are not royals or nobles, are dazzling enough to attract everyone's attention. At this time, such a prominent power leader cannot easily take refuge in others."

"You can't take refuge in others easily? Father, why are these words so strange?" The young man was very puzzled.

"Don't talk about whether your subordinates are willing to take refuge with others for their own prosperity and wealth, but just talk about what would you think if you were the man in the imperial capital and the warlord who ruled the entire province suddenly took refuge in you?" Your Excellency the Governor asked.

The young man was taken aback for a moment, but he quickly said, "Nothing is courteous, cheap or stolen. It must be welcome on the surface, but we are extremely vigilant behind the scenes. But we can resist a little bit, can't we go to the past when we are evenly matched?"

Your Excellency the Governor nodded: "That's good, but you don't understand the mentality of the successor to the throne, especially now that the princes are becoming independent and the competition for the throne is fierce, because they are not the founding monarchs, what they need is strict With an iron fist and lofty prestige, once a war starts, you will never compromise, so don’t just go for refuge just because you want to fight evenly, for the sake of face, people will not accept it.”

"Uh, so we really have to grab one and leave?" The young man said with a frown. He really couldn't bear to be in such a high position where he could do whatever he wanted.

Your Excellency the Governor sighed: "Ah, in fact, those of us who did not have the emperor's death and military registration destroyed, reported the military registration information as soon as possible. At the same time, we did not have a warlord attached to the future emperor. The end would be to flee to another country or be destroyed. There is no other choice."

"Depending on the future emperor? How can we know which prince will win in this period! Isn't this difficult for the strong?" The young man said angrily.

"There is no way around this. Those who compete for the throne like this can only pray that they stand in the right position, or they can only wait for their demise. And we little bastards can only be small characters who show up at the beginning, the protagonist It is not something we can take on." The governor said helplessly.

Being said to have lost all his vigor, the young man still said unwillingly: "Father, according to this, we can only go abroad to become rich? But we are gone, what about the soldiers under our command? Disband ?”

"Hehe, rich men are also very good, especially in the Liberty League, where money is paramount. As long as we have money, we can live well there. As for those soldiers? A sum of money." The governor smiled.

"Sell it to the most powerful person in the province in the future?" the young man asked wisely.

The governor said: "It doesn't have to be the biggest one. Anyway, whoever gives the most money will give it to him. Of course, you don't need to think about it at this time. After all, we are the most powerful now, and it will be a long time before there is one who can threaten us." Warlord, we can still fish for a long time. Do you know why we don't leave immediately, but must wait until such a warlord appears?"

The young man pondered for a moment and nodded, "My child understands that we can leave safely only when a warlord who can replace us and attract the world's attention appears."

"Well, very good. Since we don't have that ability or ambition, we must learn to keep a low profile. Family inheritance is more important than anything else." The Governor nodded in satisfaction.

Although the young man was reluctant to admit that he didn't have that ability, he still recognized his father's family inheritance, so he nodded obediently.

In a forest, several men dressed in tight black clothes are quickly shuttling through the forest.

It is said that scouts are the smartest and most powerful soldiers in the army. This is indeed true. They are the elite scouts in the Lu family's army.Their task is to detect the deployment of the Third Fleet, as long as they pass through this forest, they can appear on the side of the Third Fleet.

The exit of the forest can already be seen, and several scouts subconsciously slowed down and became vigilant. No one can guarantee that there are no guards outside the forest, so there is nothing wrong with being careful.

But at the moment when they stopped to discuss something, the knife flashed, and these scouts fell down without saying a word.

Next to their bodies, two men in tight black clothes, with their heads covered and their faces covered, only showed a pair of cold eyes.The one on the side silently retracted the narrow weapon that was only as long as the arm into the knife sheath on the arm, while the other kicked the corpse and said disdainfully: "How dare you come to spy on the intelligence of the Lord's army? Our secret guards don’t exist?”

The secret guard who looked like a normal person frowned, and said in a cold voice: "There is so much nonsense, no wonder you have been out of the secret camp for so long and you are still an eighth-class secret guard. If you are like you, if you want to upgrade, you can just change to an internal guard. "Speaking, he knelt down and searched the body.

The secret guard who talked too much shook his body as if he had been hit hard. He squatted down and wailed in a low voice while examining the corpse: "It's unreasonable. I left the secret camp at the same time as you. And no matter what my ability is, I can fight against the fifth-class secret guard. Why can I only stay at the eighth-class secret guard because of my wordiness? But you jumped to the fifth-class secret guard. ? I'm not convinced!"

"If you don't accept it, talk to the chief, or show your ability directly in front of the Lord. It is not impossible to reach the sky in one step." Another secret guard said without raising his head.

"Hey, who wouldn't want the opportunity to show their abilities in front of the Lord, but there is no such opportunity. The Lord's side is occupied by those first-class secret guards, so we, little shrimps, are not in our turn." said helplessly.

At this moment, two petite secret guards who looked like women appeared in front of the two of them, and they saluted the fifth-rank secret guard: "Team leader, there are no other enemies around."

The fifth-rank secret guard stood up and nodded, whistled, and there were quick and light footsteps in the forest.And the eighth-rank secret guard got close to the two female secret guards: "How is it? Is it okay to perform the mission for the first time? If you have any troubles, just tell me, why I am also a senior, and it is right to help the younger generation."

The two female secret guards were confused by this trick and didn't know what to do. The essence of secret guards is to be silent, listen more and talk less. Why is this senior so talkative?

The fifth-class secret guard sneered: "Don't underestimate them, they are already ninth-class secret guards right after they left the secret camp, I believe you will salute them in a short time. Alright, now the whole group sneaks into this place in a fan shape. If you find enemy scouts in this forest, you will be shot and killed!"

"Obey." Dozens of very soft voices came from all over the forest.

The eighth-rank secret guard who wanted to say something at first saluted like the two female secret guards after hearing the group leader's words, and then disappeared into the forest in an instant.

In a certain plain area, more than a dozen cavalry scouts of the Lu family are swaying around. Although they are also scouts, their abilities are far different from those of the scouts who sneaked into the enemy's territory.

Their biggest function is to discover the enemy's situation within minutes, and then to report and deliver information. To be honest, these cavalry are the real scouts, and those who sneak into the enemy's territory are already considered spies.

Although they were tasked with inquiring about the enemy's situation, these cavalry scouts didn't take it to heart. They already knew that the enemy army was in front of them, and there were tens of thousands of them. According to their level, what else did they need to inquire after knowing this information?As long as you see the enemy, turn around and run back to report the mission.

And his large army is about ten kilometers behind him, even if the opponent sends cavalry, he can return safely, so why be so nervous?

While the dozen or so cavalry were leisurely wandering, a row of black shadows appeared in front of them, and upon closer inspection, they turned out to be nearly ten standard imperial cavalry scouts.

Except for the imperial capital and some loyal dignitaries, no one's army still wears the original imperial uniforms. Even if they don't have the time and money to change their clothes, they will change the details of the clothes a little to make a difference.It can be said that when the warlord army sees the army wearing the imperial uniform, don't think too much, it is definitely the enemy.

The cavalry wasn't really a coward either, so they immediately made a defensive move. A cavalry asked the cavalry at the head of the team: "Captain, we have found the enemy, shall we go back and report?"

The captain at the head of the team said with a serious face: "What is the report? This is the opponent's scout. We haven't seen the enemy's large force yet, how can we go back?"

Speaking of this, the captain suddenly smiled and said: "Besides, don't forget, there are less than ten people on the other side, this is a great opportunity to increase meritorious deeds!"

The few cavalrymen who heard this immediately changed, and it took a while to respond with a forced smile.Aren't they afraid that they won't win? Why are there less than ten people on the other side, but there are fifteen on their side, so they can't win?Just buy a piece of tofu and kill it.

What annoyed them was that they were going to bleed and work hard for nothing again. Don't they know what kind of virtue this captain is?Relying on the slightest blood relationship with the Lu family, it is almost instinctive to take advantage of his subordinates.

But even though I don't want to be a freelancer, I can't help it. If someone calls someone the captain, if they don't obey the military order, it will be my whole family who will be unlucky.They had no choice but to lead their bows and arrows. The scout cavalry had no interest in fighting people hand to hand.

(End of this chapter)