The day after returning to the castle in the border town, the iron axe brought all the information he had interrogated.

“Are these people just the advance troops of Tifeco?”Roland frowned and asked.

"Indeed, my Highness," nodded Iron Axe, "as you have supposed before, that sending another militia to attack the West is the tactical of Tifeko Wimbledon's battle.In addition to the west, he also used the same method against Garcia Wimbledon in the port of Bishhui.”

“Are they all civilians?”

“It’s not all, there are criminals, there are rats, most of them refugees are from all over.”He replied, "According to the enemy knights, after Tifeko has forced these people to take these people, he first stabilized them with some verbal promises, and then took the first pills."That way, they have to be controlled by Tiffac and want more pills to ease their pain and desire.”

“But they don’t know that once they swallow the pill, there is no chance of cure,” Roland sighed.

“Yes, Your Highness.Tiffico did not tell the militia the side effects of the drugs, and they thought they would be given the identity and remuneration he had promised when they fought for the “new king.”

“What is the purpose of this team?”Roland asked.

"The border town," answered the iron axe quickly, "since Sir Vincent, who has been killed, thinks that the town has no walls and is more likely to achieve the goal of a war of attrition, and he expects a thousand pill-swallowing militiamen to exchange for about three thousand casualties, which will be a heavy blow to the border town."But . . .

“But what?”

“Snaker also confessed that Feico gave them another task, which was to divide the militia into several small towns, ensuring their own safety while observing your response and effectiveness.I think ... he should have noticed the last attack without the return of the leader.”

"This time there is no one to return," shrugged the prince, "and since it is an advance force for consumption, do the two men know the plans for a follow-up attack by Tifeko?"

“Not much is known, but on a larger scale than the first two attacks.”

Roland suddenly hated the itching in his heart, these are all living labor, so a wave of cannon fodder consumption?Even if you defeat the enemy unscathed, it is a terrible victory.More important than resisting Tifeko’s aggression is to stop this senseless war – otherwise how long will it take for the population to flourish again after the unification of the Greys?

"After the fall of the demonic moon, the entire western land road will be covered by heavy snow, the big troops will be difficult to walk, by the ship, the queue will drag a long time, the cost is huge, it is easy to be intercepted half way."He said, “So if he wants to launch this offensive this year, he must act before the winter snowfall.”The search population is earlier, at least before the winter to complete the recruitment of militia forces.”

“You are going to...”

Roland closed his eyes and thought for a moment before he continued, "I want to delay this war."

“Send him a messenger or a diplomatic letter?”Tiffany Wimbledon won't do as you wish."The iron axe said.

"No, it's not very useful to do that," he said slowly, "to stop the idea of the other side, one is to reduce the population he can search, and the other is to make him realize that the war of attrition is of little significance and has a taboo on the western border."I had intended Barov to arrange for Barov to go down and spread news of the frontiers of the West, attracting the poor outside the city to travel autonomously, but now it seems that it is too slow to take effect and too conservative.If you want to take the population away before Tifeko, you must take the initiative to contact and recruit them, as in the last royal capital.The most important is the war-torn southern state, followed by the northern part of the kingdom, which is estimated to require the first army to carry out.”

“If it were just a recruit, a squad of fifty would be enough,” Iron Axe did not hesitate to pick up. “It is not active near the city, and there is no need to worry about confronting the enemy head-on.”

“The specific plan is waiting for me to think about it and talk to you later,” Roland nodded.

There must be a main force guard in the border town, and the team sent out must also return to the town before the month of the demon.In addition, there are golden dragons and food issues: more active solicitation policies will naturally bring back more people, and the cost will also increase exponentially.The previous program is more cost-effective, and now it has a strong purpose, how to implement it carefully.

“But the second thing you said... what to do?”

“The first is to release the news that the captured civilians will be returned to the royal capital so that Tifeko may know the course of the fighting — something as futile as this, and he should not repeat it.”

“But our way of fighting artillery will also be exposed.”Iron Axe worried.

“It’s not very revealing,” Roland taped into the tabletop, “he can’t know the principle, much less make it, except for the long-range strike and the amazing power.”As long as the level of production remains in this era, he cannot fight even if he knows, which is the overwhelming advantage of hot weapons over cold weapons, and will not be reversed by will, tactics and numbers.“And these people will send him a warning letter.”

“Warning letter?”

"Yes, I will announce in advance in my letter the date of the attack, and then on that day the capital will be raided."The prince said a word.

"..." the iron axe could not open its mouth, after a long time before returning to God, solemnly walked solemnly, "As long as it is your order, I will surely die!"

"Relax, I didn't want you to die," Roland smiled. "This plan is not to be part of the First Army, but by witches."

How can I make Tifeco wary of the West?He estimated that nothing could shock the other side more than directly hitting the palace.As long as Tifeko realizes that he is not safe, I am afraid that any military planning will converge.

Roland's plan came from the airdropped leaflets of future generations, and in addition to dropping the leaflets, he also intended to give Fedico two aerial bombs - the so-called raid is a strike from the sky, directly killing the new king is very unlikely, but as long as it can play a deterrent role, even a successful operation.

In this way, the other side will not insist on launching a large-scale attack, it is difficult to judge.

Roland is well aware that the pattern of this battle for the king has changed, and he is no longer as weak as when he first arrived, and he needs to hide himself.It is time to open the hand and step by step stand on the political stage of the castle, so that the people of the kingdom will notice their existence - this has nothing to do with expression, but with a kind of propaganda for their own territory and power.

It was useless to get a kingdom full of corpses and ruins, and he hoped that through this declaration, more people could go to the west and stand by himself.

As the sun fell into the mountains, Roland pushed open the office window.The evening wind was no longer hot, but brought a hint of coolness.

Autumn has arrived.(Unfinished.