After nightfall, as expected, a Xingar rider riding a yellow horse came to the military camp.
He rode a horse and came to the vicinity of the military camp. Soldiers warned him and shot arrows at him. Then he took the initiative to dismount and surrender with his hands raised. He was then taken to Li Ang's camp by patrolling soldiers.
"Lord Li Ang, your soldiers almost shot me to death... can you let me go?"
The Xingar rider complained, then turned to glare at the two soldiers escorting him behind him.
"You recklessly rode a horse and rushed near the military camp. To be honest, you are still alive only because tonight's patrol sentry deserves to die... Kloze, go change the perimeter defenses and drag tonight's perimeter sentry back to beat the ten army batons! You can actually get someone to come within a hundred meters of the army camp on horseback..."
Li Ang finished the order with a gloomy face, then turned to look at the rider. "Who are you? What do you want to do when you come to me?"
The Lord asked this question because he knew that this Xingar rider was not Ramon's subordinate.
Ramon's men will not complain to Li Ang, and they will make a sound to inform Li Ang first - Ramon's men have been conducting various secret activities for a long time, and they are all cautious and will not be as reckless as this Xingar rider.
"My name is Ediz, Lord Li Ang. You don't need to punish the sentry outside. I knocked one out... Well, he has actually been patrolling conscientiously a mile away..."
The Xingar rider looked a little embarrassed. "Sir Ramon asked me to contact you in Toba, but I think the contact information he gave me was too cowardly. I don't like doing such disgraceful things... He asked me to imitate the wild cat's name of spring."
This is indeed an agreement between Ramon and Li Ang. Ramon's men will call spring with a fixed rhythm. Risadiran and Wendy, the two Noldo with strong ears, can hear it two or three miles apart.
"What? You call being cautious cowardly? Why do I feel that your survival today is all due to luck..."
Li Ang looked at Ediz: "You'd better get down to business first, I'm not interested in your personal preferences."
"Lord Ramon asked me to tell you that there is an abandoned secret door on the west side of Toba City. Your army can enter the city from there... Now Bahad Khan Kadan is not here. There are only With a small amount of Dexia Windrider and some new soldiers defending, you can quickly capture Toba City, and Duchy of Dexia will soon become a vassal of the Lionheart Kingdom again..."
Ediz began to explain the situation quickly, as if he had recited it and spoke very smoothly.
As he spoke, he approached the lord.
"Let Desha become a vassal of the Lionheart Kingdom?... Ha, did Ramon really say that?"
Li Ang looked at Ediz with a smile, then picked up a piece of 'Silver Hand' in front of him and asked while putting it on.
In the shadow behind the lord, Risadiran had begun to move quietly, and silently circled behind Ediz.
There is obviously something wrong with Ediz.
Li Ang and Ramon agreed to auction Bahad Khan. How could Ramon say such a thing?
Moreover, Ramon does not need to help Li Ang attack Toba City - Li Ang does not have this requirement, he only needs information from Ramon's spies.
In fact, Li Ang does not necessarily have to capture the city immediately. It is also possible to stay outside the city for a few days, keep the scouts farther away, and defeat the Desha Lords who come to rescue Toba City one by one.
After all, the ultimate goal is not to capture the city territory, but to eliminate the active forces loyal to Kadan, so that the Bahad Khan position can be truly auctioned.
Ramon must have placed his spies inside Toba City, but Ramon will never let his men take Li Ang through any secret passages and secret doors - unless Li Ang has this request, otherwise people like Ramon will not help Li Ang make decisions.
Ramon is good at gambling, but he is not a gambler himself. He will not actively add any uncertain factors to his plan, let alone make his own decisions without telling him.
So... there must be something wrong with Ediz.
Something happened to Ramon?
In other words, something happened to the men sent by Ramon to Toba City?
"Lord Li Ang, I'm just the person responsible for delivering the message. Now that the message has been delivered, it's time for me to leave..."
Ediz seemed to sense that Li Ang was looking a little unkindly, and began to look back at the tent door, as if he was preparing to run away.
"You haven't taken me to see the secret door yet... You want to leave now? Ediz, you are not good at acting at all, and you are not Ramon's subordinate... Who asked you to come?"
Li Ang stood up, moved his shoulders, and stood in front of Ediz.
"Lord Li Ang, I don't understand what you are talking about..."
Ediz looked at the spiked gauntlets on Li Ang's body and seemed a little hesitant, his eyes darting around.
"Then I have to wrong you..."
Risadiran suddenly appeared from the shadows, grabbed Ediz's arm, and twisted his hands behind his back.
Li Ang directly touched Ediz's body with his gloved hand.
"Eh... He really doesn't have a weapon? Risadiran, search him for any poison."
Li Ang took two steps back and took off the gauntlet - this is Kloze's equipment. Li Ang's arms are not that thick, so wearing this gauntlet would not be stable at all.
It is only worn temporarily to prevent assassination.
"There is no poison on him, but there is a little bit of psychedelic drugs on him... but this thing should not be used to harm you, sir."
Risadiran is very familiar with the poisons used by assassins - he carries several kinds with him.
But Ediz obviously doesn't know how to use poison. The small ball of ecstasy he carried was actually an ointment made of opium mixed with spices. It needs to be heated with a bong to smoke, so it definitely cannot be used to harm people.
"Noldo Elves?! Don't throw away my things... let me go, you pointy-eared bastard! I won't be that kind of cowardly killer, I'm really just here to deliver a message..."
Seeing Risadiran throw the ball of opium away like garbage, Ediz struggled and started shouting.
"Ediz, who are you working for? Since you have no intention of murdering me, I can give you a way out - but at least you have to tell me who is planning to trick me into attacking the city through that so-called secret door?"
Li Ang looked at the ball of ointment on the ground, and then at Ediz--Obviously, the reason why Ediz appeared here was obvious. This guy probably exchanged this mission for the black thing on the ground.
"... I can't betray my employer... Although he is a bastard, I am not!"
Ediz A flash of struggle flashed on his face, but he still didn't say anything.
"Okay, just don't say anything..."
Li Ang looked very reasonable and asked in a gentle manner, "It seems that you are a person who pursues respectability... but why do you work for people like Brigi?"
"I owe him a lot of money... wait! How do you know I'm working for Brigi..."
Ediz kept staring at the ball of opium. He was originally answering casually, but then he realized what was happening and turned to look at Li Ang.
He really never mentioned Brigi...
"Just guessing... You are Xingar, not Ramon's subordinate. You still have this thing on you. Of course I can guess that you are Brigi's subordinate... Since you know that Ramon is my friend..."
Li Ang shook his head and smiled, "Brigi, a magician who uses poison to control his subordinates, Ramon will naturally tell me."
"Sir, I will bury him..."
Risadiran had already tied Ediz's hands. Seeing that this guy was embarrassed but gritting his teeth and pretending to be a tough guy, he sneered and dragged Ediz away.
"Wait... pointy ears, wait! Lord Li Ang, I'm no longer working for Brigi... I'm really just here to send a message, really."
Seeing that Risadiran was really planning to bury himself, Ediz became anxious.
"You have to say something useful... otherwise a useless drug addict will only waste food..."
Li Ang still has a gentle attitude, and he and Risadiran, one with a red face and one with a white face, work well together.
"Brigi and his troops are all in Toba City. He accepted Bahad Khan Kadan's employment and wanted to lead you to the secret door for an ambush. That's all I know... Lord Ramon's men were captured by Brigi... and have died in Toba City."
Ediz explained very quickly, "Sir, I have decided to leave Brigi. Really. I can't stand his disgraceful behavior..."
Brigi calls himself "Desert Prophet". He claims to have been inspired by the gods and asked him to kill all unclean evil spirits in the Dexia territory.
He claimed to his followers that evil spirits have no normal state and can only be identified by his 'Divine Eye', and only by revealing Oracle can the evil spirits appear...
Once he identifies it as a so-called evil spirit, both humans and animals will be wiped out, and the property will be 'dedicated to the gods' by him - this guy probably merged the styles of Dawn Knight Order and Gazi Temple, and then developed his own set of 'purification' logic.
However, what he believes in is definitely neither Goddess of Justice nor Horse God Vata.
The mysterious religion Brigi believes in advocates sacrifice and dedication. It is said that after death, you can go to Heavenly Paradise.
In this religion, you need to receive enlightenment from a prophet when performing any ritual - in fact, you use highly addictive hallucinogens to create hallucinations, such as opium or other similar drugs that can cause rapid addiction.
After this, Brigi will be able to control or enslave his men for a long time.
Before every war, he would deliberately stop taking medication, causing his men to develop drug addiction.
These drug-addicted people will become quite crazy when fighting, and Brigi has also achieved many victories with this method, and has also forced some small tribes near Xingar to surrender to him.
Speaking of which, Brigi actually has a grudge against Ramon - if Ramon wants to cooperate with Li Ang, he will naturally tell Li Ang about his enemies and possible enemies.
He probably has something to do with Fruuz, the mercenary leader who was killed by Ramon. Anyway, all the Xingar enchantresss who lied to people under Fruuz are now under Brigi.
Moreover, many of those temptresses were selected by Brigi and accepted some kind of mysterious challenge.
This challenge is said to have been inspired by Brigi himself when he was hallucinating due to taking medicine, but no one knows the specific content of the challenge, not even Ramon.
But Ramon said that all Xingar enchantress who succeed in the challenge will be called "Omen Seeker" by Brigi and become his trusted escort.
This is obviously a heretical approach, so Ramon mentioned it to Li Ang.
However, Kadan would actually hire such a guy and let him enter the capital Toba City?
Isn't he afraid that all Toba City people will become addicts?
Or...Kadan hopes so?
"Brigi and I have no grievances, right? Why did he want to harm me? I don't believe he was just trying to help Kadan protect Toba City..."
Li Ang feels that Brigi is definitely not that noble, and Kadan should only hire him to defend the city, not let him become the caliph of Desha. Logically speaking, Brigi does not need to take the initiative to cause trouble for Lion Territory's army.
"Lord Li Ang, Brigi is not trying to kill you, he is trying to capture you alive, then use poison to control you, and then control your army..."
Ediz turned his head again and stared at the ball of opium paste on the ground. "In fact, all his troops came here..."
"I see...Ediz, you probably don't believe in the mysterious religion Brigi. How did you get addicted to drugs?"
Li Ang looked Ediz up and down, confirming that this was a real Xingar - most Xingar do not believe in God, and dinar is the highest justice, this is what Ramon said.
"Ahem... I was deceived by some temptresses. It's not very honorable, so don't mention it. But I have really decided to leave. I want to get away from this life..."
Ediz had an obvious look of embarrassment on his face. It seemed that he had been deceived by those temptresses before.
"I really want to believe that you really left Brigi... but the thing on the ground makes me have to doubt that you may not have left so thoroughly..."
Li Ang shook his head at Ediz: "But if you can help me kill Brigi, then maybe I can get you out of this thing completely and return to a normal life."
"Okay, Lord Li Ang, I know I will definitely be buried here if I don't agree... I really don't want to live dependent on drugs for the rest of my life, but it's really hard for me to control myself when addiction attacks."
Ediz gave up struggling and turned to Li Ang and sighed, "But, Lord Li Ang, Brigi has nearly two thousand people in the city. And he is recruiting more people. Many lawless people have joined his army. It is not that easy to deal with him now..."
It seems that Ediz really wants to return to a normal life, but he just doesn't have much confidence in killing Brigi.
"He is recruiting Dexian people in Toba City? He can actually convert Dexian people, who believes in Mata, to a heretic?"
Li Ang actually admires Brigi's ability. This is something that neither Dawn Knight Order nor the Holy Inquisitor of the Tribunal can do.
"Most of the Dexian people in Toba City don't really believe in God Vata... In fact, I think they are just like Xingar, they only believe in dinars."
Ediz shook his head. "Lord Li Ang, how do you plan to deal with Brigi?"
"Don't you owe him money... how much do you owe him?"
Li Ang asked about Ediz's debt.