The Origin of Arcane

Chapter 67 Strategic retreat



An old fox is an old fox, with such a keen sense of smell! It's a pity, if they are roasted together, the entire Manyu army leader will be left to us. Skull Crusher McGee looked regretful.

Satisfaction, it's up to people to make things happen, and it's luck against the sky to have the current harvest. If Christopher's old fox also enters the city, maybe he will find out the problem in advance. Burning one, let us work for half a month in vain, and throw a lot of treasure in it for nothing.

These words are not comforting words, but Sean's sincere words. It is already a pleasant surprise to have such a big harvest.

According to the original estimate, this fire can trap thousands of people in, even if it is a great success, in Xiao En's opinion, this trap is really not very clever. The enemy left an empty city without firing a shot. It's a very weird and abnormal thing, and a bunch of valuable things are missing in it, so it's even more wrong.

Even some shrewd beasts would doubt whether there was a trap, and the wood piled up in the city, although they had tried to hide it, was too big, and the time was short, so the level of concealment was really not worth mentioning. has a problem.

There are so many people stepping into such a trap full of loopholes. Should we say that the people in this world are stupid and naive, or are they blinded by their wealth and blinded by wealth, turning a blind eye to danger.

Those things are really so valuable? They can't be eaten or used, are they worth so many people's madness?

McGee touched his big head, full of doubts. He was becoming more and more incomprehensible to this complicated world. People outside the mountains like gold, silver and treasures. He could still understand that those glittering things, he I also like it.

But those so-called antique calligraphy and paintings are a bit confusing. Calligraphy and painting classics are at least things that record knowledge. It is said that there are beautiful things recorded on them. Although he didn’t think the beauty was there, at least it was understandable. I gave it to him for free, but he still thinks it will be in the way in the house.

Those things are worthless in the eyes of people who don't know the goods, like you, but in the eyes of people who know the goods, they are worthless, such as those nobles outside the mountains.

Xiao En smiled and said, It depends on each person's values. There is no need to worry about this. You think about it differently. In your eyes, a small item can be exchanged for a warehouse of grain. Do you think it is worth it?

Ah? You should have said it earlier! McGee slammed his head hard, We burned so many things with one fire, wouldn't it be a big loss?

There are not as many as you think. Only a small part is genuine, and the rest are all high-quality imitations that we rushed out. It's impossible to tell the difference between those turkeys and shady ones.

Xiao En has to lament that people in this world are so foolish, and high imitations with such inferior workmanship can't be seen. If they are replaced by high imitation masters from the previous life, they won't all be fooled into paupers. This also proves one thing again—— —Uneducated, it's terrible.

That's good, that's good, that's good! McGee patted his chest.

How many prisoners have been captured? Sean and the others didn't do everything right, they only set up a kerosene bomb trap at the west gate, and a large part of the east gate facing Andis Mountain did not arrange any incendiary objects.

In the Bastille, the noble private soldiers led by Man Yu's army were finally driven to this direction by the fire, and they were caught in the urns of the Eternal Night Army and the Skull Crusher Army that were in ambush here.

These people have long been burned to death by the fire. As long as they can escape the flames and hell, the city walls will jump. They don't care about other things, and they are captured everywhere.

The noble private army burned to death in the Bastille was far less than Christopher imagined, and most of them became prisoners of the Eternal Night Army.

There are a total of seven or eight thousand. Skull Crusher McKee said happily, There are just a lot of viscounts and barons, and the biggest one is a hereditary earl. How big is the position of the hereditary earl?

If it is a hereditary earl with a false title, it is worthless. At most, it is a little richer than ordinary poor ghosts. If it is a hereditary earl with real power, it is worth a lot. He has at least one county territory under his name.

How big is a county territory?

It's not big, it's only about one or two hundred kilometers, half the length of the ancient river of the Jacob River. Let's put it this way, the self-redemption price that is more popular in the Byron League, a real and hereditary earl must be at least 100,000 Byron gold coins.

So big? So much money? Is this one we caught with a false title or real power?

Nonsense, of course it is real power. If it is a false title, how can it organize troops to conquer us? Since anyone who can lead troops is real power, not only the earl is valuable, but those viscounts and barons can be sold for a price. At least Ten thousand Byrons, too.

Skull Crusher McGee's eyes were shining with gold, These guys are made of gold, no, I will go and see him in person, those boys are all sloppy, if there is a little mistake, our loss will be great.

After speaking, McGee the Skull Crusher ran away in a hurry, forgetting his business of looking for Sean.

General, this is a good move. Ralph raised his thumb and praised sincerely, Who still mentions the killing of prisoners now, General McKee will be the first to be anxious with him, but I'm afraid their family members won't make such a fuss More ransom, right? Their families, especially the heirs, wish they would really die in the flames? By then, General McKee will be disappointed!

If you use money to measure their value, your IQ level is about the same as McGee.

Xiao En glanced at him and said, People have to take a long-term view. After two or three years, we will put them back without paying a penny. What do you think will happen to Commander Man Yu?

I understand. Ralph got it right, he gave his thumbs up again, and praised again and again: This move is so high, it's really too high.

So, we have to take good care of them. This is our biggest gain this time. At least we can't let them die in the mountains. They will become a poisonous arrow in our hands. After shooting out, the entire army leader will feel miserable for a while. Sean let out a long breath, This battle will not change much a year ago, so let's proceed as planned!

No! Ralph was very happy to promise, but he didn't move his heel, and said a little unwillingly: General, do we really have to retreat a hundred kilometers? The entire Jacob's Ancient River is only three hundred kilometers away. Giving up 100 kilometers in vain is really reconciled.

So what if you're not reconciled? Are you really going to have a hard fight with the opponent here? Let's not talk about whether you can win, even if you win, what's the point? What's the use?

If you save people, you lose land, and people lose land, and if you lose land, everyone loses land. I have analyzed this truth many times, and it is very thorough. The 100 kilometers is a necessary strategic depth, not to mention that we don't have that much manpower at hand. Material resources, operating such a large area, even if you hold it in your hands, it is meaningless to let it go to waste.

When we have the ability and need it, we can just take it back. Sean said earnestly, You are the best brain among them. Why do you bother to understand this truth?

It's not that I don't understand, it's just a pity that so many lands have been taken back with great difficulty, and now they are discarded on their own initiative. Seven or eight villages have moved here, and they don't listen to our dissuasion at all. Let's retreat behind them now. Isn't it for nothing that they are sent to the people outside the mountain to harm them?

How big a bowl can hold as much food. Sean's expression at the moment was indescribably cold, Don't regard yourself as the savior of the Andes people just because of a little achievement, we haven't lived a good life yet. , How can we take care of some irrelevant outsiders? It's not that they have the same face, but they are of the same mind as us. Only when they have suffered enough will they know who is really good to them.

Sean has heard about the cunning of the Andes mountain people around Bastille, but he has never seen it before. This time, it finally opened his eyes.

When the Eternal Night Army and the Bastille fought to the death, they were not seen. After the Eternal Night Army took down the Bastille, they ran faster than rabbits one by one. The good farming land was completely taken up by them.

If it's just that, it's fine, they are not the only ones doing this, the most hateful thing is that Xiao En and the others are planning to retreat strategically, leaving hundreds of kilometers of land as a strategic buffer zone with the leader of Man Yu's army, and kindly send someone to inform them At that time, they actually thought that this was a plot pit of the Eternal Night Legion to deceive their land.

The people in one village were even more overbearing. They directly killed two Yong Ye soldiers who delivered the letter, and hung them outside the village to demonstrate their sovereignty.

Faced with such a situation, no matter how good-tempered a person is, he would be furious.

On the second day after the incident, Xiao En personally led people to slaughter the village, leaving no dogs or chickens behind.

It doesn't matter whether human nature is good or evil, this is a necessary means to continue to survive in the mountains.

If you don't do this, those fools will think that the Eternal Night Army is easy to bully, and similar things will emerge endlessly. For the sake of the safety of the Eternal Night soldiers, you must show your worst side from the beginning, and let them think about it before provoking themselves. Know the consequences.

It was also from this incident that Sean discovered that living his own life and being a leader are completely different things.

At least my original way of being kind to others is not completely suitable.

Was McKee the Skullcrusher really born that vicious?

Not necessarily, at least during this period of time, Sean has never seen him show a ferocious side, on the contrary, most of the time, it is easier to talk.

The viciousness may be a kind of shell deliberately shaped to deter the uninformed and foolish people.

I know what to do. Ralph sighed in his heart, he couldn't help himself even if he wanted to.

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