Of course this is a conspiracy, everyone can see it.
Radiant Knightly Order and General Clerion are still fighting the undead at Lion City, Alina is still at White Deer Fortress, but Bacchus Empire is actually attacking Li Ang's territory at this time?
And the leader is still Justus--Creon is a friend of Justus and a supporter of the reformists. Alina is the daughter of Justus...
This situation is of course very abnormal.
Moreover, Li Ang had just transferred its elite troops to Lion City, and Bacchus Empire had already sent troops. If this was a coincidence, it would be too much of a coincidence.
Elisa has been living in Shield Wind Fortress some time ago. There is a castle rebuilt by the villagers brought back by Li Ang from Fidne, Elisa is more familiar with them, and the villagers of Fidne will be more tolerant of Elisa who helped them. If the little snake girl lived in other places, it would be easy for others to criticize her.
A few days ago, when Li Ang was still at Lion City, Shield Wind Fortress suddenly encountered a surprise attack led by Governor Justus.
Normally Horn Summon Ranger Corps and the Noldo patrol would patrol near Shield Wind Fortress, but in order to deal with Kavala, Li Ang brought all these troops to Lion City, so Shield Wind Fortress was not prepared.
The residents of Shield Wind Fortress used to be Baxian. They knew that even if Bacchus Empire's troops broke through the castle, they would not easily kill civilians. Especially since Justus's reputation has always been good, not many civilians planned to flee.
But Elisa must run away, because Bax's army will not let go of Snake Worship Cult's disciples...
Elisa has been soaked in potions since childhood. His skin is too white, his appearance is too obvious, and his forked tongue cannot be concealed. If he stays in Shield Wind Fortress, he will definitely be dead.
So Elisa ran away immediately when Bax's large force just launched the attack.
But as soon as he ran out of the city, Elisa discovered that many civilians were fleeing.
After asking, I found out that before Bax's army attacked Shield Wind Fortress, they actually plundered surrounding villages!
So Elisa organized the civilians to escape to White Deer Fortress, and then met Li Ang halfway back from Lake Alaclay to White Deer Fortress.
Bax What happened?
Who is starting the war?
Li Ang I don't know.
But what is certain is that the enemy is well aware of Li Ang's troop movements. Otherwise, how could the timing of the attack be so accurate?
Moreover, Bax's army uncharacteristically looted the area around Shield Wind Fortress - that was the army led by Justus!
Justus has never done anything like this.
You know, Alina is still in White Deer Fortress. Even if Justus is insane, it is impossible for him to plunder Li Ang's territory at this time. Doesn't he want his daughter?
"Li Ang... Are you doubting that it's me..."
Seeing Li Ang's eyes flashing in thought, Alina asked hesitantly.
It stands to reason that Alina is indeed questionable - her own father led troops to launch an invasion when the eastern region was most empty, and she is the one who knows the reality of the eastern region. She can even lead the defense of many garrisons by relying on her good relationship with Amy and Wendy...
But Li Ang shook his head. "You are mine, what do I suspect you of? I trust you, Alina, I only suspect that someone has kidnapped your father... You must be mentally prepared."
Li Ang did not doubt Alina, he knew that this matter must have nothing to do with Alina.
After all, Alina had been helping Amy when Lion Territory was in the most danger, and Alina had been at White Deer Fortress before, and no one restrained her. If this matter had anything to do with her, then she must have run away long ago, and there was no way she could stay in White Deer Fortress and wait to be suspected.
The greater possibility is that something happened to Justus...
Alina was stunned. "Isn't Three Prophets gone? Who else can pretend to be my father? Elisa, are you sure you saw my father?"
"Hiss... I did see Governor Justus, I can't be mistaken... hiss... He was riding a horse and rushing to the front."
Elisa nodded and said to Alina.
"On horseback? At the front? My father?"
Alina shook his head and relaxed a little. "He is not such a person..."
"It seems that someone deliberately used your father's name to cause a war...Alina, I asked Ramon to cooperate with you. We must first find out who the enemy is..."
Li Ang knows Justus's skills. To say he is not good at martial arts is an understatement - Justus is a man of culture who relies on his brains to make a living. His ability in wielding a sword and sword is basically the same as Ansen's. If he charges ahead, it will be a death blow.
It must have been done out of necessity due to coercion.
But, what kind of coercion can make Justus ignore the safety of his daughter?
Ramon is currently stationed at Wheat Fragrance Territory with his Scorpion Assassins. He once auctioned Noldo Elves, but he did not dare to come to White Deer Fortress for fear of retaliation...
Alina is good at handling intelligence, and Emperor Marius still let her serve as an intelligence officer during the most difficult times, which speaks volumes.
When Li Ang was away, Alina was also helping Amy manage intelligence work, but she had always lacked a team that could rival Shadow Wolf Pack.
Now that Scorpion Assassins is good at lurking and camouflaging, Li Ang naturally needs to give full play to her abilities.
Two days later.
The legion of the Bacchus Empire arrived outside White Deer Fortress.
Li Ang looked at White Deer Fortress on the city wall, and in a daze he thought it was yesterday reappearing.
Bacchus Empire dispatched about five thousand troops and camped a mile outside the city - right where Li Ang kidnapped the two governors for the first time.
Even the largest and most gorgeous camp, Justus's camp, was set up in the same place as a few years ago.
White Deer Fortress is the same as last time, with only a few hundred troops - most of them are archers, and they will not receive reinforcements in the same short period of time.
Only Wheat Fragrance Territory has a 300-man troop that can serve as reinforcements - this is the same as last time.
But this time, the one guarding White Deer Fortress is Li Ang.
Moreover, all the archers in White Deer Fortress are Noldo Elves.
Wheat Fragrance Territory's troops are no longer Lion Knight, but Scorpion Assassins - which is more suitable for kidnapping.
Moreover, Alina has already asked Scorpion Assassins to kidnap...
But this time the plan was not to use decapitation tactics to solve the problem, but to capture people alive to learn intelligence.
"Li Ang, the assassins have found new information...Kairos is currently near Serenmis. He is bringing Shadow Legion's cavalry, about two thousand people."
Alina appeared behind Li Ang holding a small notebook. "This incident was probably caused by Kairos."
"Kairos? Didn't he disappear? When did he come back?"
Li Ang turned around. "He used this tactic of dividing his troops into two groups again? What is he trying to do..."
Yes, Bax is actually divided into two groups this time like last time. Even the route and operation method are exactly the same - Kairos leads Shadow Legion straight to Serenmis, while the infantry force attacks White Deer Fortress.
"It is said that he just came back two months ago, so we didn't receive any news..."
Alina frowned and said, "But according to the account of the person we captured, His Majesty Marus became seriously ill just after Kairos came back. Moreover, in just a few days, Bax all the old-school nobles reappeared and gathered around Kairos... such as Shadow Legion."
Cars and horses are very slow these days, and news transmission is not smooth. Moreover, Kairos's return to China is not special news. Li Ang and others have been focusing on dealing with Kavala during this period, so it is normal that they have not received any news.
But Kairos gathered all the conservative nobles in a few days and organized such a large army?
How is this possible... There was not enough time to send the message. This was obviously premeditated.
The old guard of the Bacchus Empire is actually the traditional nobles who do not agree with the reform. Most of the traditional nobles disappeared when Bacchus Empire was in crisis, and many of them are dead - such as Livius.
The situation in Bax last year was good, and many "missing" nobles jumped out again, mostly trying to restore their status and property.
But Emperor Marius has paid so much to make the country more political and harmonious, and of course he will not let them do bad things again. It's just that Marius's policy was relatively mild, and he did not deal with these former "missing people", but just ignored them.
After all, these nobles have not done any evil in the country, and most of them can make up some excuses such as "captured by the enemy and escaped back". It is not easy to be punished with the crime of desertion. If they are suppressed on unfounded charges, they may cause more troublesome troubles.
However, over the past year or so, Marius and Justus encountered several unsuccessful assassinations.
In fact, everyone knows who carried out the assassination, but no evidence has been found.
It stands to reason that these nobles who are ignorant of current affairs cannot make any big waves.
They didn't have many soldiers, and it was difficult to unite - they were just a bunch of greedy worms, and Marius didn't worry much.
But who knew that this group of borers could assemble such a large army in just a few days, and that Marius was seriously ill and unable to control them. This must have been planned long in advance.
Li Ang sighed. He could understand why these conservatives wanted to cause a war, and he also understood why Kairos wanted to attack him...
Bacchus Empire has gradually become stronger recently. If Emperor Marius destroys Dexia, half of the continent will be integrated by Marius, and it will be even more difficult for the conservative faction to try to overturn the situation.
They must make Bax chaotic. The more Bacchus Empire enemies there are, the more chances they will have.
If they can break into White Deer Fortress, they can not only plunder, but also force Marius to let Shadow Legion become Bax's main army again - Bax already has only himself as an ally. If he becomes an enemy of Li Ang again, Bax will become the enemy of the entire continent, and he can only conquer the enemy through conquest.
Attacking White Deer Fortress is not only in line with the current situation, but also in line with morality and rules - White Deer Fortress is both Noldo Elves, and attacking Noldo Elves is definitely innocent!
In addition, Long River Town and White Deer Fortress are relatively empty, so there is no pressure to do this vote, and Emperor Marius cannot blame them.
Besides, after beating White Deer Fortress and capturing Noldo Elves, it doesn't matter what Li Ang will do, anyway, Bax and Noldo Elves The can definitely only be enemies - Marius could only let the Shadow Legion people stay in the eastern region to block Noldo Elves's revenge, and their goal would be achieved.
"Whose tongue did the assassins seize?"
Li Ang asked with a frown.
"It's Decimus..."
"Decimus? I seem to have heard of this name..."
Li Ang turned around.
"He used to be the lord of Buyulin Village. Then Buyulin Village happened to Red Death. He abandoned the villagers and ran away, and then never appeared again... Last year my father rebuilt At Imperial Port, Decimus appeared and asked my father to return his territory and property... my father refused. Subsequently, my father was assassinated several times, and the killers were all dressed as Snake Worship Cult."
Alina answered quickly.
"In other words, Decimus may be Snake Worship Cult's person? Red Death of Buyulin Village is also related to him?"
Li Ang guessed.
This is all normal. Many lords in the Bacchus Empire did defect to Snake Worship Cult, and doctors from Decimus who were originally affiliated with the Shadow Legion--Radiant Cross Knights also said that most people in the Shadow Legion were corrupted by Snake Worship Cult.
"There is no clear information in this regard... but he is a subordinate of Kairos and a person of the Shadow Legion."
Alina said with some displeasure, "The people of the Shadow Legion have lost their status in the past two years. They may be trying to regain power."
"It's really interesting. If these cowards want to control power, they might as well take advantage of Emperor Marius's serious illness to do something big in Siyuan City - such as a mutiny to seize power."
Li Ang shook his head. "But they sent troops to White Deer Fortress... Not to mention that White Deer Fortress has so many Noldo Elves that they can't attack it. Even if they can attack it, they will still be dealt with after Emperor Marius recovers..."
"Yeah... they are a group of greedy cowards, but they are disgusting."
Alina nodded in agreement with Li Ang.
"Your father must have been under some kind of coercion... It may be related to Emperor Marius's illness."
Li Ang looked at the camps outside the city and felt the urge to break into the enemy camp alone again...
After all, everything was very similar to last time, and he felt inexplicably that this might be fate...
"Don't go... Li Ang, you are no longer that unknown person. Everyone knows you... Moreover, three Scorpion Assassins have died trying to get into my father's camp. They are very well guarded."
Alina reached out and grabbed Li Ang's clothes. "Let's think about how to defeat the enemy... and I don't think those cowards have the ability to stage such a big battle in such a short period of time."
"You mean several other countries are also causing trouble? Are they coming after me?"
Li Ang shook his head. "It shouldn't be - I flew back from Lion City with Wendy, and they had already sent out troops when I was still at Lion City. In other words, they didn't know I was here, and they didn't come for me personally. But White Deer Fortress alone had already sent out troops Five thousand people have appeared, plus Kairos and Shadow Legion are in Serenmis, which adds up to seven or eight thousand. This scale cannot be achieved only by the nobles who have lost power. Several other countries are probably colluding... They all want to make Bax the enemy of the entire continent..."
Alina sighed, "Should we break out from White Deer Fortress first, organize an army at Long River Town, and stop Kairos first?"
"No, if we give up White Deer Fortress, all the enemies will gather at Long River Town, and the construction of Long River City will be finished... Moreover, White Deer Fortress cannot make any mistakes..."
Li Ang also sighed, "Not to mention that Pande Bank is still here, just because of White Deer Fortress's importance to Noldo Elves, I can't abandon White Deer Fortress - if I can't show my determination to protect this place, how can Noldo Elves keep following me?"