Riding and Slashing

Chapter 19
The bearded man quickly read the letter, but there was some doubt on his face.

"Your Excellency Li Ang, I understand the earl's explanation. But does it have anything to do with those Jatu looters?"

The bearded officer was probably of civilian origin, and he still seemed unaware of the current situation.

"There is a group of so-called gangsters in Fletcher Village, you should know about it?"

The bearded man nodded blankly: "That's the nephew of the Duke of Alma. But they haven't done anything bad before, and they seem to be expanding their territory - so although the people in the Earl's Land can't get along with them, they won't take the initiative To provoke, so as not to cause greater conflict."

Li Ang nodded: "If you haven't received the news that Fletcher Village was plundered by the Jatus, and you haven't received the news that Fort Yongshield has been captured, then this means that the so-called gangsters near Fletcher Village Colluded with the Jatu people, deliberately let the Jatu people enter the hinterland of Changhe Town..."

In fact, Li Ang was just guessing, but this kind of guessing was almost inseparable.

Since there was no incident in Fort Brave Shield, and there was no special beacon warning, then the Jatu cavalry was able to go deep into the hinterland of the kingdom, probably because of the help of some inner ghosts.

Earl Alden's rise was based on the corpses of the Jatu people. He was a deadly enemy with the Jatu people, and it is unlikely that his defenders of Fort Braveshield let them in.

Considering the territorial conflict between the Duke of Alma and the Earl of Auden, it is not too difficult to come to this conclusion.

——Earl Auden specially asked Li Ang to deal with the 'bandits' in Fletcher Village, presumably in consideration of the possibility of such a situation.

However, Oden didn't say that the so-called gangster was Alma's nephew!
This old fox is playing tricks on me... It seems that neither side is a good bird...

Li Ang thought.

When the bearded man heard Li Ang's guess, his lips began to tremble, and he murmured, "How dare they do this... how dare they..."

Li Ang sighed with a sincere expression: "Of course they dare—you should know that hundreds of Jatu cavalry have entered the hinterland of the kingdom, and what this means to Earl Oden and you..."

Hundreds of Jatu cavalry appeared in the hinterland of Changhe Town. As frontier fortresses, Fort Yongdun and the garrison of Changhe Town were all to blame.

What's more, the Jatu people came from the 'Fletcher Village', the territory of Earl Oden, and they are even suspected of collaborating with the enemy!
This situation is difficult to deal with. Even if the Jatu cavalry is eliminated immediately, it will be difficult to recover the fact that they have plundered the inland villages.

Duke Alma will definitely use this to attack Earl Auden, not to mention whether it will rise to the height of "collaborating with the enemy", but at least Auden's men failed to ensure the safety of Changhe Town, saying "it is not suitable for managing the garrison of Changhe Town" The evaluation is definitely indispensable.

Then, even if it is the best result, Oden's management authority of Changhe Town will be withdrawn, and he will withdraw from the competition for Changhe Town.

The group of 'thugs' entrenched in Fletcher Village hadn't done anything bad before, so this was probably their real purpose.

The bearded officer probably figured it out, and panicked: "Your Excellency Li Ang, what can you do?"

"Hurry up and send a large force to destroy those Jatu people, and find a way to capture them alive as much as possible. If it doesn't work, bring back the Jatu people's horses and all their equipment."

Li Ang started to arrange without hesitation, as if he was the chief here.

The bearded man nodded: "Of course. But I'm afraid it won't solve the Earl's troubles..."

What he cares about is the 'malfeasance' that has become a fait accompli.

"Of course not, but if you are fast enough and bring back all their horses and equipment, I have a way to completely solve the problem..."

Li Ang's face was full of confidence: "I will quickly deal with the so-called gangsters in Fletcher Village while you are chasing Jatu - I know that it is not convenient for people from the Earldom to take action. But I need some assistance ..."

Seeing that Li Ang did have a solution, the bearded Ralph seemed very happy: "What do you need? I will try my best to help you."

Li Ang looked at the map, and began to ask straightforwardly: "I need a detailed map, the more detailed the better. In addition, I need supplies, including bows and arrows, as well as some carpenters and building materials. will write to you."

The bearded man also looked at the map, with some doubts on his face: "I can understand maps and crossbows...but what does carpentry have to do with driving out bandits?"

Li Ang replied with a matter of course: "You also know that the so-called gangsters are not gangsters, but a noble... To deal with such unconventional troubles, there must be unconventional methods."

The bearded man was even more puzzled: "Can you be more specific? If necessary, I can also send some new faces to join the battle."

"Of course...the problem that the Earl and you are facing is that there are Jatus entering and looting in Changhe Town. You must bear the responsibility, at least you will be considered negligent or incompetent..."

Li Ang gestured at the map and began to describe his plan to the bearded veteran.

The problems facing Earl Alden were troublesome, but not without solutions.

Li Ang's way of dealing with it was tit for tat.

To the north of Fletcher Village, near the territory that the Duke of Alma's nephew is developing, set up a Jatu nomadic camp.

Then let Ralph send someone to pretend to be a Jatu, and run from the north to the territory of Lion Lake City—that is, the territory of the Duke of Alma to take a look around, and even rob him.

Just like the Jatu people usually do, rob and then run away.Earl Alden's men should be happy to do the job...

In this way, the entry of the Jatu cavalry can be understood as "Jatu aggressively attacking and looting everywhere"-Jatu looters have appeared in everyone's territory, so there is no one who is responsible.

Moreover, Jatu camps appeared on the territory of Duke Alma's nephew, which was much more serious than a team of Jatu cavalry...

Earl Oden might be able to fight back because of this.

After talking about the plan, Li Ang asked Sarah to help write down the list of materials he requested, and then patted Ralph on the shoulder: "Ralph, you'd better write a letter to the earl to inform the situation, this is no longer a simple They beat and killed."

Hearing the words 'write a letter to the earl to inform the situation', the bearded Ralph no longer doubted, but respectfully accepted the order: "Although I still don't quite understand your plan, since the earl told me to do my best to cooperate with you , I will obey orders. When will you set off for Fletcher?"

Li Ang looked at the sky: "I'm going to leave probably the day after tomorrow. I will recruit some more people at the Adventurer's Tavern, and you will send the things to the Tavern when you are ready."

"Okay, Your Excellency."

Sarah hadn't spoken at first, but she finally couldn't help smiling when she left the station.

Only she saw Li Ang's true intentions.

"In order to deceive those carpenters and building materials, you really took great pains...Master Li Ang."

Li Ang raised his eyebrows with a righteous face: "What is cheating? I am solving problems for them..."

"But in the list of materials you wrote to Ralph, you actually need twenty craftsmen, twenty carts of wood, and enough tents to accommodate hundreds of people... The so-called nomadic camp you call probably doesn't use up one-tenth of it. Bar?"

"Aha, Sarah, don't worry about those little details... Besides, do you know how expensive those carpenters and building materials are..."

(End of this chapter)