At this time, Toba City has hung a flag with complicated patterns. The pattern of the flag is a light yellow smoke pattern extending outward from the void, which generally expresses a chaotic state of light and darkness.
That's the flag of Dusk Knight Order, from Alistair.
Li Ang's large army has left Toba City and marched in the direction of Gazi Mountain, but he left Alistair here, along with Eric and hundreds of the most loyal non-commissioned officers.
Competent and loyal men always have to take on more troublesome tasks...
It is of course dangerous to stay in Toba City. If something happens, you may not be able to escape in the eight hundred miles of desert.
However, Eric took the initiative to invite the Queen. Although his martial arts skills are not very good, he has enough brains and courage.
This guy who went from being a mercenary to being a consul is a natural player for big events and will not panic under any circumstances - this is the most important quality for people who do big things.
"Sir Eric, I have been ordered to report to you! Are you sure you want to evacuate here?"
A knight came from the north with about thirty cavalry. As soon as he arrived at the military camp, he came to report to Eric.
Eric can indeed be called a knight now. He is an official knight under Li Ang and has been holding an important position. In fact, Li Ang can even get him a baron title, but Eric is not willing.
Because the baron of the Lionheart Kingdom must swear allegiance to the king and be awarded directly by the king.
But Eric believes that everything he has now comes from the lord, and he has no intention of serving anyone except Li Ang.
For most Lion Territory warriors, this is the embodiment of chivalry, that is, 'sole loyalty' - only loyal to the lord they swore to follow. As for the king... may he live long.
"We are going to evacuate Dexia... Ailian, withdraw all your people Lion Territory. Your mission has been completed. This is a reward specially left for you by Lord Li Ang."
Eric handed the knight a money bag.
The knight named Ailian has a scar on his nose. He is a subordinate of Forster, that is, the scout captain who was sent by Li Ang to patrol thirty miles north of Toba City.
"Sir Eric, I came out this time but I haven't done anything yet. Lord Li Ang wants the entire army to withdraw Lion Territory?"
Ailian took the bag of money, but just hung it on his waist without even counting. "I have been spying on the military situation in the north of Toba City, but I have never found any abnormality - for a scout, if there is no abnormality, it means no credit..."
It seems that although Li Ang has always been fair when evaluating military achievements and did not forget him when distributing rewards, Ailian still wants to achieve more military achievements.
"Ailian, you probably don't know much about Lord Li Ang... Your Majesty's order is to put me in charge of logistics matters. All other troops except me have to withdraw Lion Territory. Based on what I know about Your Majesty, there should be no battle to fight here..."
Eric shook his head and smiled self-deprecatingly, "My skills are not good, so Lord Li Ang usually won't let me participate in hard battles...Toba City is now occupied by Dusk Knight Order and Brigi. That Alistair is difficult to deal with, so Lord Li Ang decided to give it up as soon as possible."
Eric is obviously deceiving, but Ailian never knows the specific battle situation, and the flag of Dusk Knight Order is indeed on the city...
"Aren't you going to capture Toba City? Alas... Before the expedition, Mr. Forster asked me to work harder in front of Lord Li Ang... But in this expedition, until now, I have not participated in the battle, and my sword has not been stained with blood..."
Ailian sighed, "I don't even know how to explain to Master Forster when I go back."
"Ha, Lord Li Ang never cares about whether you killed generals and captured the flag. He only cares about whether you obeyed the command 100% - as long as you act according to the orders of the adults, you will have merit regardless of whether you fought or not. Don't worry, withdraw it, the battle merit will definitely be your share!"
Eric patted Ailian on the shoulder. "Besides, there is no point in attacking Toba City anymore. All the property in the city has been taken out."
"Then... let me go after the large army. Did Lord Li Ang lead the large army in the direction of Gazi Mountain? I don't know if there are any battles to fight along the withdrawal route. I have to get some credit!"
Ailian looks like he is loyal and only wants to make achievements.
Eric smiled, "The big army will definitely not move as fast as you. I know you want to follow Lord Li Ang, so go quickly."
"Thank you for your advice, farewell!"
Ailian nodded, saluted, and left with his cavalry team.
Eric looked at Ailian's back and frowned.
It wasn't until Ailian disappeared from sight that he turned his head and asked in the dark, "Are you sure he is really Three Prophets? This is Forster's subordinate, don't make any mistake..."
"You can't be wrong... this Ailian is the Baron Trublen who was killed by Forster. He is the 'Captain' - he should have died in Trublen a long time ago. I have seen his body, and he also has such a scar on his nose!"
A tall, thin middle-aged man came out of the darkness.
This is Granlon.
Granlon is now the lord of Payne Village. Ever since he was cleared of treason with the help of Li Ang, he has been keeping a low profile, as if he has disappeared.
But how can someone like Li Ang leave employees idle?
Forster has been used as a thug by the lord to take the blame, and Granlon is no exception...
However, Forster is the butcher in the open, while Granlon is the hound hidden in the dark.
They are all used for dirty work.
Forster does need to guard the town house in the jurisdiction of Long River Town, but Granlon actually came to Dexia with the army, but he didn't bring any troops with him.
The former Lion Lake City First Banner Guard Bannerlord is now Li Ang's spy, and Eric is his contact person.
Forster's fiefdom is in the eastern region, and he is considered a subordinate of Li Ang. But Granlon's Payne is in Northern Bay, so of course it can only be a secret line.
Just like the 'Viper' spy force under Governor Justus, except that Li Ang did not deliberately form a force, but let Granlon carry out his mission 'inadvertently'.
The most important thing about a spy is that no one can tell his identity. Letting a group of specially trained dead faces act as spies will actually reveal the truth easily. It would be better to just let a lord act as a spy, which will be even less likely to be thought of.
Moreover, Granlon, Lord Payne, seems to have nothing to do with Li Ang...
In fact, Li Ang has not forgotten what Forster said. When cleaning Long River Town's jurisdiction, Trublen killed a baron nicknamed "Captain", and he was Lion Knight under Brennus.
Although Li Ang said to Forster at the time that he was "not interested in knowing the name of a dead person", how could he really not care about killing a royal knight?
From that time on, Li Ang had arranged for Granlon to conduct a secret investigation, but at that time they only found out that the name of the 'captain' was Ailian, who was the Lord Trublen appointed by Malbert when he was the consul of Long River Town.
Originally, there was nothing special about 'Captain Ailian', he was just very good at dealing with bandits and bandits, and all the people were dead, so Li Ang just asked Granlon to keep an eye on it to see if Brennus would do anything because of it.
But there was no response from Brennus, so the matter came to an end.
This time the army is dispatched, Li Ang also has to guard against secret infiltration, so Granlon is asked to look for nails - there will definitely be nails, especially when the army is recruited, it is impossible not to have eyes and ears planted.
But this time, Granlon found a very special nail - this Ailian, he is most likely the person of Three Prophets.
From the beginning, Li Ang was suspicious of this Ailian, and even deliberately sent him to patrol the desert thirty miles away from Toba City, just because Granlon suspected that Ailian was a nail...
But at that time, it was just a suspicion, and I had not yet figured out what this Ailian was.
After that, Li Ang added Malbert to his list of major clients and began to collect all the information related to Malbert. Only then did he really notice the specialness of Ailian.
This Ailian was originally Lord Trublen appointed by Malbert, but it stands to reason that he is already dead!
But now he has come back from the dead and has become Forster's subordinate - these two points are very special.
Resurrection from the dead means that he is most likely Three Prophets;
He was killed by Forster. Forster must have recognized him, but he became Forster's subordinate, which means that Forster is probably also controlled by Three Prophets!
"This Ailian wants to know the whereabouts of Lord Li Ang... but he must not have imagined that Lord Li Ang is not in the army at all."
Eric sighed, "But if he is Three Prophets's person, then Forster... is he too?"
"I'm afraid... yes."
Granlon also sighed, "Forster said that he had killed Ailian, but then he took Ailian as his subordinate. This cannot be justified..."
"That's not right..."
Eric shook his head. "I think that if Forster has a problem, then he shouldn't be stupid enough to send Ailian out to join the army, right? Doesn't he know that this will make Lord Li Ang doubt him?"
"Maybe Forster thinks Lord Li Ang doesn't know Ailian." Granlon frowned. "Forget it, let's answer Lord Li Ang truthfully. Just report the situation and leave the judgment to Lord Li Ang. Anyway, I can confirm that Ailian must be Three Prophets's person, as long as he can report the situation to Three Prophets."
Eric shook his head and thought, and murmured, "How could a person like Forster make such a mistake? Unless... that is no longer Forster!"
Granlon was horrified and shocked. "It's possible!"
"But Lord Li Ang is probably still on the way here from Xingar... Granlon, you go back to Lion Territory immediately to find Miss Amy!"
Eric quickly took out a few horses from the stable. "Tell Miss Amy these things, she will know what to do! I'm waiting for Lord Li Ang here."
A few days later, Li Ang returned to Toba City again.
He came here with Emil Xixis to 'deliver'...
"Emil Xixis is sweating profusely, I won't enter Toba City. Anyway, you have seen that the city is intact."
Li Ang brought Emil Xixis outside Toba City and stopped. "Let's settle here."
Emil Xixis looked up at the flag on Toba City and frowned. "Is that the flag of Dusk Knight Order?"
"Yes, Brigi must know that Sir Alistair of Dusk Knight Order is now in Toba City... He is a free gift that I gave you for free."
Li Ang glanced at Brigi with a smile.
Brigi was stunned, then sighed and said to Emil Xixis, "Alistair was caught by Count Li Ang in Toba City... I saw it with my own eyes."
"Since Alistair has been captured by you, why are you still using his banner in the city?"
Emil Xixis feels a little baffled.
"If the city is carrying my flag, how can I hand over Toba City to you? I am the marshal of the Lionheart Kingdom. If my flag is hung on the city, it means that Lionheart Kingdom has officially occupied this place - and then I will sell the occupied city to you behind the king's back? Then can I still return to Lion Territory?"
Li Ang said matter-of-factly, "Besides, if you really carry my flag, which of you would dare to enter the city?"
Emil Xixis and Brigi looked at each other and both pursed their lips. They probably both thought it was weird, but after thinking about it carefully, Li Ang was right...
"In that case...Brigi, you go to the city and have a look."
Emil Xixis I have no worries and am ready to inspect the goods.
Of course there will be no problem with the goods. Soon after, Crescent Flag of Emil Xixis rose up in the city, and a miscellaneous army of nearly a thousand people also settled in Toba City. They were the rebels brought by Emil Xixis and Brigi.
The coat of arms of the current Bahad Khan Kadan is Sun Radiance, while the coat of arms of Emil Xixis is New Moon. The two brothers are obviously in opposition...
Eric led the non-commissioned officers troops to withdraw from Toba City, and handed over control of several city gates to Brigi's troops.
"So... Count Li Ang, how do you plan to let me get the title of Bahad Khan?"
Emil Xixis Seeing that Toba City has been delivered completely, his confidence in Li Ang is obviously stronger.
"Ha, you have to settle this amount first, Emir Khan..."
Li Ang started to ask for money, "Pay with one hand and deliver the goods with the other hand, we agreed. So far, you have only paid half, and you still have a balance of 1 million. You must pay it off before you can proceed with the next business."
Emil Xixis already paid one million dinars in Xingar, which is gold worth 400,000, plus a mine worth 600,000.
That mine was originally used to bid for Aishikeman, an open-pit iron mine located east of Yaxing village.
Li Ang Of course, it is not convenient for him to mine this iron mine, but Ramon is happy to take on this job - Ramon was originally looking for industries other than the slave trade.
Moreover, Ramon subcontracted the iron ore management rights to several slave owners in one day. For an industry that requires a large number of slaves to work, Ramon knew countless subcontractors.
So it is actually Ramon who finally gets the mine, but he will directly provide a steady stream of iron ore to Li Ang.
The other one million balance payment of Emil Xixis was originally supposed to be settled when Toba City was delivered.
"Count Li Ang, where are your troops?"
Emil Xixis Such a problem suddenly appeared.
"Thirty miles away in the northeast. Don't worry, I am very honest in my business and will not rob you. There are only a few hundred people around me now. You can't deal with me, and I can't deal with you..."
Li Ang looked at Emil Xixis, shook his head and smiled, "But if you don't plan to pay, then I can definitely recall the army and capture Toba City again..."