"Wendy, Alina, don't get me wrong, I am not sacrificing myself..."
Li Ang pointed to his forehead. "But I shouldn't be in danger. Kavala is still here. As long as the leader of Maritin is not controlled by Kavala, nothing will happen to me - they don't know me anyway. On the contrary, you two must leave, otherwise if you are captured, it will be really troublesome."
"What if you are captured?"
Although he knew what Li Ang said was reasonable, Wendy still pouted.
"Then if you run away, you can bring troops back to rescue me..."
Li Ang spread his hands and said matter-of-factly, "Okay, that's it. Don't waste any more time. Let's get rid of those idiots outside blocking the door first."
Wendy sighed. She would definitely obey Li Ang's order. Now that she had decided, she would not say anything else.
Alina didn't have a mother-in-law - she opened the door without saying a word.
Those who attacked the Governor's Palace were all members of the Viper Force.
The combat effectiveness of these spies is indeed not strong, but Snake Worship Cult disciples are not afraid of death, so they can temporarily block the Governor's Mansion.
There is a war going on in the courtyard outside the door, and the corpses on the ground are basically all viper spies. It seems that Silver Hand has the upper hand.
But Kloze still led his brothers in careful defense - Li Ang was injured, and Kloze did not dare to be careless. He listed several rows of defense arrays in the courtyard.
The members of the Viper Troop seemed to be divided into two halves - one half was risking their lives to attack Silver Hand's array, while the other half was retreating in fear.
"It seems that not everyone is under control... Alina, quickly give the order to get rid of those who are retreating."
Li Ang pointed to the courtyard, and then shouted loudly, "Silver Hand! Don't worry about those who retreat, just kill those who are not afraid of death!"
In the middle of the courtyard lies the body of Cassian, with a sword stuck behind his back - obviously, he was suddenly attacked and killed by his 'own men'.
This was probably killed when Kavala asked the Viper troops to storm the Governor's Mansion. It is estimated that Kavala was doing this during the short period of time when he did not control Malbert.
Since the leader Cassian needs to be killed, it means that a large part of the Viper troops do not have their souls controlled - such as the half that is retreating.
"Disperse the attack!"
Kloze raised his sword.
"Ha!"
Silver Hand no longer maintained a defensive array and began a counterattack.
"Yeah... real poisonous snakes don't fight to the death..."
Alina also understood, looked at the highly polarized spies outside, and loudly ordered, "Those who think they are still Imperial soldiers, stand to the side of the courtyard!"
The half of the secret agents who were retreating seemed to let out a sigh of relief and obediently retreated to the long corridor on the side.
The courtyard was freed up enough space for the sword to fully exert its power.
"Kloze, I give you five minutes to deal with the enemies here!"
Li Ang turned around and looked, then asked Alina: "Do you recognize the flag of that fleet? It's actually purple. Is that Emperor of Maritin?"
There is no wall on the south side of the courtyard of the Governor's Palace, because there are coastal cliffs to the south, and under the cliffs is a rocky beach. A little further away is the sea, and now you can clearly see the approaching fleet on the sea.
The flag of the fleet is purple, and the emblem on it is a burning sword and shield. The sword and shield are only outlined at the edges, and only the fire pattern is orange.
In Maritin, purple is a color that can only be used by the emperor, because purple is difficult to dye these days and the cost is very high - pure purple dye can only be extracted from a kind of conch, and the price of purple robes is usually more than twenty times that of the same white robes.
However, Li Ang doesn't know much about Maritin. He only knows the general situation of each country and knows very little about the characters of Maritin.
"It's not the emperor... it should be Caspar."
Alina did not answer, and it was Ares who spoke, "Caspar is Maritin Empire's leading noble. Because of his outstanding military achievements, he was granted the title of 'Your Majesty' by Emperor of Maritin as an exception. He was also allowed to use purple flags and robes, so he was privately called 'Deputy Emperor' by Maritin people."
It seems that this intelligence distribution officer is quite knowledgeable.
"Not a king but with the title of His Majesty? Deputy Emperor?"
Li Ang raised his eyebrows, feeling like he was nine thousand years old. "Is he very powerful or of extraordinary origin?"
"... His Majesty Caspar is of distinguished origin. His bloodline can be traced back to the emperor of the Bax First Empire. He controls half of the land and military power of the Maritin Empire. He is also very young. He is only thirty years old now... Oh, he should be thirty-one years old now."
Ares is like reciting some intelligence letter, speaking very fast, but always in the same tone...
"What did you memorize this from?"
Li Ang almost laughed. Now he has discovered that Ares should be a person with a particularly good memory. No wonder Justus asked him to distribute information.
"From a secret letter trying to recruit my father... it was written by Caspar last year, and he also tried to marry Alina. His tone was a bit... arrogant and domineering."
Ares looked at Li Ang, then at Alina: "I only gave the letter to His Majesty Marus. I'm sorry, my father didn't let me tell you about this."
"There is a foreign enemy poaching. This is the empire's national intelligence. I was not in the empire at the time. This matter should not have been told to me in the first place... Why do you need to apologize?"
Alina shook his head indifferently.
Ares sighed, "This is not state intelligence. It is Caspar's own intention to surrender his father, because there is no mention of Emperor Amorian of Maritin VII in the full text of his letter."
"Young, with a distinguished background, and strong strength, he even dared to cross the emperor's path and directly 'surrender' Justus... Moreover, he used an arrogant and domineering tone in the letters of surrender, which shows that he has a rather arrogant personality..."
Li Ang frowned and thought for a while, "Maritin, wouldn't the emperor be afraid of him?"
"He has brought his fleet to the Pande Continent, how could he not be scrupulous... There seems to be a reason why Kavala is targeting him."
Alina looked at Li Ang, then at Wendy: "Wendy, can you do me a favor?"
"Okay, what do you want me to do?"
Wendy agreed without even thinking about it.
"Help me take Ares to Siyuan City, and let General Clerion support Imperial Port--I don't want to run away now."
Alina took off Sword of the Orator from his waist and handed it to Wendy: "Marasburg also has a garrison along the way. You can use this sword to mobilize them."
"Ah?"
Wendy was dumbfounded and looked at Li Ang: "This..."
Just as he was talking, Kloze ran over. "Your Majesty, the enemy has been eliminated!"
"Go Wendy, Risadiran doesn't need to ask for help. He will come to pick me up after he takes care of Snake Worship Cult's troops."
Li Ang looked at Alina and nodded to Wendy to go quickly.
Half an hour later.
Wendy has taken Ares away from Imperial Port, and Li Ang also let her ride away Alice.
Alina was on the south wall of Imperial Port, looking at the Maritin fleet that was about to approach the port.
Troops have been deployed at the port - guys from Silver Hand.
Kloze is probably very close to the port of Imperial Port. This is the second time he has fought a port defense battle in Imperial Port, and the last time it was to help Bacchus Empire defend against Snake Worship Cult.
"Besides the port, where else can we stop the ship and land?"
Li Ang is also observing the surrounding situation on the city wall.
"There is also a shallow bay to the east, where there are many beaches. But we don't have enough manpower to set up defenses there."
Alina pointed in the direction of the Governor's Palace.
The Governor's Palace is located southeast of Imperial Port, which is actually where they first saw the fleet.
There are a large number of beaches on the southeast side of Imperial Port, but there are cliffs above the beaches - when the sea tide rises, the beaches will be completely submerged, and the waves will make the cliffs very smooth.
At the same time, the west side of the beach is the reef area, which is the reef area under the cliff south of the courtyard of the Governor's Palace.
This is the result of the cliff being hit by waves for a long time, and huge rocks falling and depositing.
The Governor's Palace itself is actually a part of the city defense. The fence is directly connected to the city wall, and the wide atrium can be used as a military station - Baxian is very good at adapting to local conditions when it comes to construction.
If there are more manpower and can control the port due south and the beach to the east, then Imperial Port can hold it.
But now there is a shortage of manpower. Maritin's fleet seems to have at least four to five thousand people, and Imperial Port's city defense facilities were completely destroyed when Snake Worship Cult occupied them.
There is no trebuchet, no wood, and no kerosene. Apart from the fact that the city wall is basically intact, it can be said that everything is missing. Emperor Marius worked hard to drive the Snake Worship Cult army out of Imperial Port. Naturally, everything that can be used has been used.
There are only a few ships in the port, and it is impossible to sink the ships and blockade the port.
There are some crossbows and crossbow arrows, but Silver Hands are not good at using them...
In other words, both the port and the beach may not be able to be defended.
"Alina, you don't plan to run, do you plan to surrender?"
Li Ang suddenly asked.
"Ah... you guessed it? You are indeed my teacher..."
Alina looked at Li Ang in surprise. "I'm thinking about what to say... I want to pretend to surrender."
"Ahem... Actually, when I asked you to leave together, I planned to surrender... At that time, I didn't expect Caspar to have your idea."
Li Ang also laughed.
"Haha, in what capacity do you intend to surrender?"
Alina also laughed.
"Of course I use the identity of Ares. He is the governor's son. He has little fighting ability, but his status is enough to save his life. He is not too big or too small, just right..."
Li Ang shook the robe on his body - it was a set of cyan off-shoulder robes often worn by Bax young nobles. It was summer clothing and was just suitable for the wounds on his left shoulder and chest to breathe.
"Then you are my brother now."
Alina took out a pure gold armband from his arms and clasped it on Li Ang's right arm. "This is my father's thing and represents the family inheritance."
The armband that represents the inheritance of Justus family is in the hands of Alina. It seems that Justus does prefer his daughter.
"Then let's hold a banquet at the Governor's Mansion to entertain the distinguished guests...Kloze, let's get to work!"
Li Ang covered the wound and slowly moved down to the city.
Imperial Port.
Dozens of warships slowly sailed in and anchored in the deserted port.
"Caspar Your Majesty, there is no one here..."
Several soldiers got off the boat, looked around, and reported loudly.
"Sure enough, there is no defense... It seems that all my dreams are true! I am actually the successor of His Majesty Kavala..."
On the bow of the flagship, a man in black armor took off the strange Maritin face-covering helmet on his head, revealing a tough face.
This is Your Majesty Caspar.
Caspar is of distinguished origin, and his bloodline can be traced back to the emperor First Bacchus Empire - in terms of bloodline alone, his family is more noble than the emperor Amorion of Maritin...
Caspar has received strict military education since he was a child. He has superb martial arts skills and is proficient in military tactics. At the age of eighteen, he became Maritin Empire's general - this is a high position that many people will never reach in their lifetime, but for Caspar, this is just his starting point.
However, apart from how to use weapons and dispatch soldiers, Caspar is most interested in the immortal legends of those conquerors.
How "Magician" Emperor Claudius lured the barbarian troops to come to the open battlefield selected by the empire to fight the imperial army head-on and win a complete victory, making the barbarian tribes surrender to him and become vassals of the empire.
"Gatu Butcher" How Emperor Augustus withstood the huge conservative forces to implement military reforms, learned Jatu's clothing and combat methods, and then launched the legendary Great Gatu Retribution Expedition, defeating the Jatu tribal coalition forces on the prairie with Gatu people's proud cavalry;
Especially the invincible legend hundreds of years ago - "Supreme King of Pendor" Kavala... It is said that Supreme King is courageous and resourceful, upright and tolerant yet cruel and violent. He has achieved countless glorious victories, is undefeated in his life, and is on the journey all his life.
This Supreme King was even able to defeat the then-powerful Old Bacchus Empire with a weak force, and even led to the split of the empire...
Speaking of which, the establishment of the Maritin Empire was all thanks to the expedition of Supreme King Kavala.
Maritin Many people admire Supreme King, and Caspar is certainly one of them.
But unlike most Maritin nobles, Caspar not only worships those ancient legendary conquerors, but also takes actions to imitate the legends - he takes the lead, fights side by side with the soldiers, and builds meritorious deeds with his own actions, so he is universally loved by the soldiers.
As an adult, Caspar was proficient in bows and horses, and was proficient in the art of war. As a senior general of the empire, he led the army to conquer east and west, and was fully experienced in countless wars.
He has won many border conflicts with Jatu, and also crushed many rebellions of Maritin usurpers. He has made great achievements in battle. Many people call this famous young general the "Augustus Reincarnation".
Caspar's merits and strength reached the extreme within a few years - he became the marshal of the empire and controlled half of the empire's army, but he was still making meritorious deeds...
After Caspar once again defeated Gatu people at the border, in response to Caspar's loyalty and military exploits, Emperor of Maritin awarded Caspar the title of "Your Majesty" for the first time, giving him the honor of being one person under ten thousand people in the empire...
At the same time, the emperor gave the newly appointed His Majesty Caspar a glorious mission - to conquer the chaotic Pande Continent and complete the 'great ideal' of the Maritin Empire generations!
The emperor even allowed Caspar to own all the lands he occupied in the Pande Continent.
Is this the suspicion that inevitably arises after a reward is unrewarded? Or does the emperor really intend to give Caspar a chance to rule another continent?
Maybe both.
However, Caspar took over the task without hesitation.
Perhaps, this is his dream career - because his ability to lead troops not only comes from learning and training since childhood, but also from the victorious Supreme King in his dream!
A person who can often get help from Supreme King in dreams is of course the inheritor of Supreme King... He is the reincarnation of Supreme King Kavala!
Anyway, Caspar thinks so.