Riding and Slashing

Chapter 378 Ramon's Big Plan
"Good brother, the brothers on the outside reported that an imperial knight ran away from the back door of the castle in disheveled clothes..."

At the gate of Wolfenburg, Li Ang and Ramon were waiting for the gate to open—they only brought a few dozen people with them, and it was impossible to break through a well-guarded castle.

But now they are imperial knights and the emperor's pro-army, so of course they can enter the city directly through the main entrance...

In fact, Ramon's subordinates saw Sister running away.

Although he slipped away through the back door of Volvin Castle, Ramon's subordinates are all assassins, and they are all used to coming in and out through various back doors or secret passages. For them, the back door is much more conspicuous than the front door...

However, Sister was running so fast that Ramon's men didn't know whether to chase him at the time, but he disappeared in a blink of an eye.

A group of imperial knights came, but some imperial knights ran away in the city. What does it mean?
Under normal circumstances, shouldn't the imperial knight in the city greet his brothers with tears in his eyes, complain about his grievances, and then show his loyalty to Emperor Marius?

Ramon knew very well that this abnormal reaction could only mean that the imperial knight who had run away had done something shameful, and most likely it was done in partnership with Limusk.

But since someone ran away so quickly, Ramon planned to do all the tricks.

"Brother, you used the Snake Cult to rob Titus, and then pretended to be an imperial knight to capture Limusk's family. This is not only to force those guys outside White Hart Castle to retreat, but also to make them fight among themselves, right?"

Ramon has always been a perceptive person, and both he and Alina could see Li Ang's intentions.

"Of course, we have to rescue Justus after all. Ramon, do you have any good ideas?"

Li Ang nodded.

"Brother, you should know that some people may not care so much about their family members for the sake of power. Just like Desha's two Bahad Khans, they are brothers... Simply coercing those bastards may not solve the problem, on the contrary It may cause the enemy to jump over the wall in a hurry."

Ramon spread his hands: "I have been using all kinds of disgraceful means in Singal. I probably have more experience than you in doing bad things... Good brother, I have a better plan..."

Ramon's big plan is full of intimidation, coercion, planting, and frame...

It's not an aboveboard behavior. Fortunately, Roland is still in Sarleon City. If Roland was here, he might beat Ramon...

But if these disgraceful tricks are used on the lords of the enemy country, especially those who coerce Justus to make trouble for Li Ang, it seems natural.

Li Ang never hated anyone in a hostile country, but he hated this kind of behavior that triggered a war for the sake of political struggle - those nobles just didn't treat the low-level soldiers and people who died in the flames of war as human beings.

Same goes for Ramon.

In order to ensure that these aristocrats whose minds are only fighting for power will not cause trouble in the future, Ramon suggested that Li Ang get rid of them completely in one go.

Persecute some, intimidate some, and plant another.

Of course it was Titus who persecuted, and this has already been done.

Titus, an outsider mixed with the conservative nobles, was actually just a 'supplier' to provide combat power to the conservative nobles.

The conservatives regarded him as a thug, but if this thug lost all his family's savings, he would not dare to attack White Hart Castle with all his strength, otherwise the troops would suffer too much damage, and his only fate as a 'supplier' would be to be abandoned.

On the battlefield, there is no room for any troops to shrink back. If a thug does not do his best, other nobles will naturally worry that this thug has other intentions. If he is bitten back... he must be on guard.

This results in most people not doing their best...

The intimidation is aimed at those little lords, especially the Shadow Legion officers with outstanding combat effectiveness but average status.

They themselves are not very powerful, and they have neither the ability nor the financial resources to closely protect their families for a long time.

Many Scorpio assassins have split up and acted alone at this time.

The defense of the little lord's house is not so strict, and there is no need for too many people, as long as the assassin throwing knife is placed on the bed of some of the little lord Bacchus' wives and children.

After they received the news of 'assassin's flying knife found on the child's bed' one after another, it was impossible for them not to panic - being targeted by a Scorpio assassin would mean living in the shadow of assassination for the rest of their lives. People have to worry about whether there is poison in eating and drinking water, and there may be killers hidden in every dark corner of the house...

Under such circumstances, it is impossible to expect them to fight with peace of mind, and they will doubt each other—who sent the killer?

Especially when they learned from each other that the Scorpio Assassin's throwing knives appeared in the homes of many small lords with little power, but the big families did not...

As for framing, it is to directly plant the lords of relatively strong wealthy families as snake worshipers or traitors.

There are indeed many lords in the old school who have an affair with the Snake Cult, but it is actually difficult to tell them apart - but whatever, just create evidence without evidence, anyway, just to make those nobles suspect each other...

Several different operations correspond to several different people. When the news reaches the army, suspicion and panic will probably lead to internal strife in this group of conservative nobles—there are also small groups in the same faction, and pure trust will not Existing in politicians, the more power-hungry people are, the easier it is to be suspicious of each other.

At that time, it is not certain whether they will directly fight each other, but Justus will definitely be safer - some "smart people" with quicker reactions will definitely regard Justus, the first minister of the empire, as a lifeline .

Especially those little lords who have been intimidated, they can no longer let Justus die, and without Justus, they will become the blame for all problems-most nobles will abandon them to protect themselves.

After ensuring the safety of Justus, Arina can come forward to divide and win over those small lords, and then try to kill the other part in the name of Emperor Marius and Justus—anyway, there are all charges and evidence.

Sometimes, it doesn't have to be a large army to deal with the enemy, and Ramon knows this well-he has always done this in Singal.

……

Soon after, the main gate of Wolfenburg opened.

The patrol captain who was promoted by the fire line, that is, the young recruit Danzi, respectfully put the dozens of 'imperial knights' into the castle.

Li Ang and Ramon walked straight into the courtyard of the inner castle, which was the residence of Limusk, expressionlessly.

There are actually a lot of defenders in Wolfenburg. There are at least 800 troops stationed in the city, and even the Rimusk family still has more than 300 private soldiers. This is a big family, and it is not as prodigal as Levius.

With so many troops, if Li Ang, Ramon and others reveal their secrets, it may be difficult to get out alive...

But as soon as Li Ang entered Limusk's house, he pulled out his sword recklessly, and then stared at the vines in the courtyard like a psychopath.

"I suspect that there are snake worshipers here..."

Li Ang squinted arrogantly in the courtyard of the castle: "Look at the green decoration... Is there anyone in the Rimusk family who has defected to the Snake Cult?"

The recruit Danzi who led the way was shocked, glanced at the vines on the wall, and replied tremblingly: "This... my lord, that is the snake vine, it is used for decoration... Of course the plants are green..."

"Snake Fragrant Vine! Sure enough... even the decorations in the house are all with the word snake! It seems that there is probably a senior snake worshiper hiding here!"

Li Ang became more energetic now, with a ferocious sneer on his face: "Come here, do a search! See if there is anything wrong..."

Danzi, the recruit, swallowed, and was speechless about this trumped-up charge.

He looked left and right at the 'Imperial Knights' all over the yard, and found that all these knights seemed to have fierce eyes, and they looked more like gangsters or murderers...

This is not a deliberate disguise... These people are all Scorpio assassins, they are killers in the first place, and they are acting in their true colors.

Everyone could see that this group of imperial knights came here to cause trouble on purpose.

But the question is - what does it mean that the emperor's guards are deliberately causing trouble?
"Are all imperial knights like this... Either they are fishers like Sister, or they are crazy people..."

The recruit Danzi murmured, probably because his world view had collapsed.

The guards in Rimusk's house were all dumbfounded, hesitating whether to stop him or not.

"The imperial guards are searching for Snake Worshipers! If you don't want to be a rebel, just sit still! Anyone with a weapon will be killed!"

Ramon held up the imperial broadsword and yelled, deeply involved in the scene.

Everyone in the courtyard didn't move, and no one wanted to be considered a Snake Worshiper...

"My lord, we found this in the Rimusk bedroom!"

An imperial knight captain—that is, Ramon, ran up to Li Ang with a set of equipment that was the signature of the priestess of the Snake Cult.

Viper helmet, off-shoulder snake pattern soft armor, and a black iron spear... Actually, this is equipment borrowed from Alisa.

"Heh heh heh... It really is a Snake Worshiper! And it's actually a priestess! Take all the people in the Limusic family away! Especially the women, don't let anyone go..."

Li Ang gave the order with a serious face, and then turned to ask the recruit: "Does Limusk have any other relatives or friends? Including his mistress or concubine..."

Can you really find something about the Snake Worship Cult?
Everyone in the courtyard panicked, and some guards had already started to retreat to unnoticed corners.

"This...will relatives and friends also be arrested?"

The recruit Danzi panicked, stuttered and couldn't speak: "Yes, yes...but it's not..."

Of course he panicked. Speaking of which, this recruit is also a relative of Rimusk - the castle patrol is different from the garrison. The patrol needs to enter the main castle to patrol, and the risk is low and the reward is high, so many people in the patrol A child of relatives in Rimusk.

Rimusk made Sister the captain of the patrol, in order to express his trust in Sister, and also to show his loyalty to Emperor Marius—letting the imperial knights sent by the emperor take charge of the safety of his main castle, this is indeed true. Very good way.

But in this situation, all the young people in the patrol team panicked.

This group of 'Imperial Knights' is obviously quite arrogant. If someone in the Rimusk family is really a priestess of the Snake Cult, then they will all be in big trouble...

"Of course we must arrest! Unless you can find a clear Snake Worshiper, everyone will be suspected! Hmm... Do you know who this costume of the Snake Worshiper's priestess is?"

Li Ang glared at the new recruit Danzi, and suddenly softened his tone: "If you know it, tell it quickly... If you are honest, you will be lenient, and if you resist, you will be strict!"

In order to avoid getting into trouble, people generally react in two ways—either be beaten to death and refuse to admit it, or immediately change their identity and turn themselves into a tainted witness...

As for who is the leader of the Snake Worshipers, or whether there are any Snake Worshipers...

It does not matter.

As long as I don't get into trouble, even if there is a grievance, it will naturally be resolved when the lord returns - the big family has such confidence.

But you can't suffer immediate losses, and you can't have a direct conflict with the 'guards sent by the emperor', otherwise the trouble will be bigger than a snake worshiper at home...

"Cough... my lord! Be merciful! I know who is a Snake Worshiper! I will report it!"

Although the recruit Danzi is a little naive because of his youth, he is not stupid. He is also a child of a big family after all, so he understands many things.

Afterwards, most of the Rimuske family reacted, and they all echoed: "My lord, let's report and expose..."

At the same time, a box of dinars was moved in front of Li Ang.

"My lord, we all understand the rules... We failed to manage our family members well, and we got out of a demon, and we tired you all from running so far. This is for your lords to pay for food and lodging... But don't worry, my lord, the witches of the Snake Cult are us I will come to see you, so you don’t need to worry about it again..."

Mrs. Rimusc came forward and behaved extremely understandingly.

Big families are like this. When they encounter trouble, they generally don't argue, but make quick decisions—sacrificing unimportant small characters, protecting core figures, and at the same time preserving the family's reputation. This is the choice they will inevitably make.

This time, the small character who was sacrificed was Rimusic's mistress, a beautiful woman in her 20s.

This was 'revealed' by Limusk's relatives and his wife, and the recruit was also planning to identify this woman.

This woman is Limusk's outer room, and she also gave birth to Limusk's illegitimate child. The mother and son have a luxurious courtyard in the city of Volvin.

"If nothing else happens, this woman is the weakness of Rimusk. If they hadn't 'exposed' themselves, we would never have known that such a woman existed..."

When leaving Wolfenburg, Ramon said to Leon: "When my brothers do things like assassination, they usually find the person or thing most important to the target... Whether it is used to coerce the target to appear or wait for the rabbit, Both are much stronger than direct confrontation..."

In fact, except for the mother and son, Leon and Ramon still captured everyone in Musk's family, leaving only the recruits of the patrol team - since they want to report and expose, these people have to be taken away as witnesses Well……

The relatives of the Rimusk family were all taken out of Wolverine as witnesses, but as soon as they left Wolverine, they became meat tickets.

At the same time, he also took away a large box of dinars-given by the enemy, so don't take it for nothing.

These hostages were used to exchange Justus, and Li Ang directly distributed the box of dinars to Ramon's brothers, which was quite generous.

After all, the Scorpio Assassins were already worth a lot, so Li Ang couldn't treat them badly.

Besides, of course, fighting with Master Li Ang is to make a fortune, fighting any type of war has to make a fortune, Li Ang decided to make this a tradition...

(End of this chapter)