Our family is in decline

Lance also fell into thinking after hearing this.

The empire's situation is not stable, whether it is the misty mountains that cross the empire's territory, the ice-covered land in the north, or the endless desert in the east. There are many barbarians living in tribal units. Their social structure is still in the tribal period, and most of them practice shamanism.

Some tribes often conflict with the empire, while others cooperate with the empire. Anyway, the relationship between the tribe and the empire is very complicated and cannot be explained clearly in a few sentences.

But the demand is real. The tribe needs the various resources produced by the empire, which requires money.

Mercenary groups like White Wolf's Claw are actually tribes that let their warriors come out to take on tasks and earn money to subsidize the tribe.

I just don’t know why I offended the nobles and finally fled here.

After knowing the news, I directly connected all the clues and the situation became clearer.

Hamlet's people rioted under the prophet's prophecy, and the ancestor planned to spend money to hire people to kill a group of people to divert the conflict.

At this time, [White Wolf's Claw] fled nearby, and then joined in the attack on Hamlet in exchange for life.

It's just that the mercenary group was crippled by the army and was unable to break through the town. Or it could be that the mercenary group intended to preserve its strength and did not attack with all its strength.

Then the deserters came over, joined the plundering team, and opened the way with artillery.

After the bandits plundered, the ancestor disappeared and had no intention of paying the balance, so they stayed on the old road.

"What do you think of the relationship between these bandits?"

Lance then asked a question.

"During the war, the bandits fought independently without command. They were even wary of each other. That's why the town was able to resist for so many days."

"There really wasn't much communication between the bandits during the few days I went in."

Barristan and Disma's words also confirmed Lance's judgment.

He knew that the reason why these people were able to unite to besiege Hamlet before was because there was such a big piece of fat in front of them, so everyone could eat it and live in peace, but now the fat was gone.

We are all in disarray. Everyone has their own interests. Why should we listen to you?

Not to mention that in the first plunder, some people must have taken more, and some people have taken less. The unbalanced distribution has already planted the seeds of suspicion.

Do you expect them to live in peace? It’s fine if you don’t eat black and eat black ~

Under certain circumstances, the town can avoid being plundered a second time because those people are fighting among themselves and want to preserve their strength, so they are unwilling to spend their own money to attack the town, dragging each other into the quagmire.

After sorting out all the clues, he soon came up with an idea, turned his head and grinned suddenly.

"I found a way to deal with them."

These words directly attracted the attention of the three people. They were all curious about how the Lord would deal with these bandits.

"Drive the tiger away and devour the wolf."

Several people didn't understand this word that well, and they all seemed a little strange.

Lance explained slowly.

"Just let the bandits fight on their own."

"But how can we make them fight?" Several people understood what Lance meant, but it was even more difficult to understand the details.

Why do these bandits listen to you?

Lance spoke with a confident smile.

"The key to solving the bandit problem lies in the artillery regiment and the wolf regiment. To solve these two bandit regiments, it is unrealistic to rely on just a few of us, so the most effective way is to use the grudges between the two regiments.

You should also know the situation of those tribal barbarians in the empire, not to mention that the mercenary group was crippled by the army. There are conflicts between them. If we can use it to provoke a war between them and cause them to fight internally, then our Stress will be greatly reduced. "

Because of various reasons, such as cultural differences, religious beliefs, and the most direct resource conflicts, those barbarians and empires often went to war.

Therefore, these barbarians living in the empire are inferior and often discriminated against. In addition, their mercenary group was disabled by the army. To some extent, they really have a grudge, so it is impossible to have a good face towards these deserters.

And the "pride of the empire" is also in the hearts of these deserters.

Although I am a deserter, we Imperial people are just one level above you barbarians, and it is equally impossible for us to give the barbarians a good look.

Several people were also thinking about what Lance said. They were all mercenaries who wandered around many places, so they were naturally aware of the discrimination against the barbarians.

Because they also discriminate against those barbarians. Although they have never been in contact with them, they have a preconceived feeling that they are all barbaric and rough, so naturally they have no favorable impressions.

"The key now is how to provoke a fight between the two sides."

"Sir, please tell me what to do."

Disma didn't have so many ideas. He just knew that he would just do what the lord said, and he would lead himself to success again and again.

"The plan is very simple. All you need to do is go undercover and enter the artillery regiment."

"Clam!"

This puts Disma in a bit of a dilemma. You can't just join this thing.

"Don't be impatient, just listen to what I have to say."

Lance continued.

"Now there is no direct conflict between the two regiments, so let's create a conflict. First, we will kill some small bandit groups. At this time, you pretend to be the surviving bandits and go to the artillery group, and say that the wolf group wants to kill other bandits. Then occupy the town of Hamlet.

If the artillery regiment does not accept you, we will continue to hunt lone bandits in the periphery and plunge the area into panic. By then, the artillery regiment will not be able to sit still.

If you are successful as an undercover agent, we will cooperate inside and outside. You will take the artillery regiment's people to a stronghold, and we will pretend to be a wolf regiment to attack, so that they will believe you.

You persuade the artillery regiment to attack the wolf regiment. As long as there is a fight at the beginning, the wolf regiment will fight the artillery regiment to the death if anyone dies. "

Lance was excitedly talking about his plan. His ideas were so wild that Leonard and Barristan, two people with military experience, couldn't keep up.

This is a quite bold decision. If a commander in the army issues such an order, they will doubt whether there is something wrong with that person's mind.

But few people here would not doubt Lance.

Because the lord is serious about matters, he will also implement the decisions he makes.

What's more, the same style of weakening the enemy to play to one's own strengths and then attacking more with less has been verified several times.

There was nothing to worry about. After getting used to Lance's style, the few people seemed a bit normal.

A few people discussed and perfected the plan, and then Lance confirmed it directly.

"Take a rest for a day and execute it the next day."

"Yes!" Everyone responded.

Lance wanted to set off immediately, but Disma needed to rest, Leonard and Barristan needed to arrange their training, and Lance himself also had to make arrangements to prevent possible problems in the future.

However, after the disbandment, Lance did not leave directly, but took Disma to a very familiar place - the brothel.

Disma couldn't help but have a wry smile on his face when he saw the slightly repaired building in front of him.