Lord of the Nation: My talent is 100 million points strong

Chapter 906 Sudden News

"Report to Lord Lord, the situation has changed."

Only hearing Orr's hasty and stern voice began to ring in Lei Xiao's ears: "If my subordinates' expectations are correct, our main opponents are no longer the eldest prince and the second prince."

"Oh? Could it be that the fourth prince made a move?"

Lei Xiao, who just sat down in the dining room on the first floor of the mansion, put down the steaming teacup in his hand, with a serious look on his face.

In the process of attacking the city with his subordinates today, Lei Xiao carefully considered the current situation.

After our extremely fast counterattack, the traditional nobles and new noble cities in the central and northern regions of Lengyan began to fall one after another. This undoubtedly further compressed the sphere of influence of the first prince and the second prince, and weakened their strength.

Coupled with the new defeats of the eldest prince and the second prince, it was at a time when morale was low, but the fourth prince had been waiting for work in the dark, never showing his true self.

In such a situation of ebb and flow, since I immediately thought of taking advantage of your illness to kill you to deal with the eldest prince and the second prince.

Then, the fourth prince, who has always been low-key, cautious and extremely mysterious, would naturally also think of this.

This means that as long as the fourth prince has enough energy, he will definitely make a strong move and take the opportunity to snatch the cities under the command of the first prince and the second prince.

"As expected of the lord, he hit the crux of the matter at once."

Hearing that Lei Xiao had expected it a long time ago, Orr's tense voice obviously eased a bit, and he continued to report.

"As the lord said, the traditional aristocrats and new aristocratic cities around the capital lowered the flags of the first prince and the second prince, but raised the purple lion flag of the fourth prince."

"Besides, according to reports from our spies hiding in the enemy's cities, most of these cities have not had any conflicts, and even the local low-level nobles and garrison commanders don't know what happened. whats the matter."

Orr's voice revealed a bit of solemnity, and he concluded: "It is not difficult to see from this that the traditional nobles and the new nobles who ruled these cities obviously directly took refuge in the fourth prince."

"It seems that the fourth prince and his group have been planning secretly for a long time, and this war has become an opportunity for the other party to carry out all this."

Lei Xiao looked at the delicacies served on the table in front of him one after another, and while raising his hand to signal the exhausted subordinates around him to eat freely without waiting for him, he nodded thoughtfully.

It can be seen from this that the fourth prince, who has always been silent, is indeed quite deep in the city.

"But these are not the most important thing, the most important thing is the forces behind it."

Thinking of this in his heart, Lei Xiao frowned, and then asked: "What about the other part of the traditional and new nobles' cities?"

"Returning to Lord Lord, siege battles of different scales took place in other parts of the city. As the attacker, on the side of the fourth prince, in addition to the purple lion flag floating in the camp, there are three other conspicuous battle flags that have been discovered one after another."

Auer's voice became more dignified, and he responded, "The golden stag flag, the blue pterosaur flag, and the brown ground dragon flag respectively."

"The Shanglu family, the Lancaster family, and the Yorkman family... things are more difficult than I imagined. It turns out that the three aristocratic families of the Lengyan Kingdom are all standing behind the fourth prince?"

Lei Xiao took a deep breath slowly, his brows were already twisted into a mess.

Regarding the three great noble families of the Lengyan Kingdom, apart from the Shanglu family that they came into contact with first, the other two Lei Xiao already knew to a considerable extent.

Lei Xiao clearly understood that these three powerful aristocratic families all possessed combat power and heritage comparable to the royal family, and this was only on paper.

As for how many small and medium nobles are attached to their respective huge fiefdoms, only they themselves know.

"Before this, I had suspected that there must be something strange about the fact that the three great aristocratic families who have always coveted the throne would choose to remain silent in such an important battle for power."

"In addition, the Black Duke behind the first prince and the Heiyuan Brotherhood behind the second prince have surfaced one after another, but the hidden forces behind the fourth prince have never been clear."

"If we say that in the interior of the Lengyan Kingdom, there are only three powerful noble families left that can compete with the huge traditional and new noble groups, so I have already vaguely felt that the fourth prince Behind it, there should be a certain noble family backing it."

"But what I didn't expect was that the three great noble families who had been secretly fighting each other would choose to work together and stand behind the fourth prince."

Thinking of this, Lei Xiao, who was already feeling hungry, suddenly lost his appetite when he looked at a large table of steaming food.

This undoubtedly means that an unprecedentedly powerful opponent has appeared right in front of him.

Just when Lei Xiao frowned and thought of this, he noticed it.

Ariel and the main subordinates who had just started dining around also put down the tableware and looked over solemnly, obviously hearing the conversation she had with Orr just now.

Among them, especially Ariel, who knew the three great aristocratic families the most, frowned tightly.

As a member of the royal family, Ariel clearly understands.

For hundreds of years, through overt and covert methods such as marriage and encroachment, the power of the three great noble families has grown stronger, far exceeding the scale of the King of Heroes.

This point is undoubtedly a serious problem for the Lengyan monarchs of all dynasties.

In history, there have also been ruthless monarchs such as the Rose King Esther, the Wise King Ebner, the Roaring King Alfred, and his father King Burdett, who tried every means to weaken the power of the three giants.

However, since the three giants are already deeply entrenched in Lengyan, coupled with various complicated historical reasons and interest entanglements, in the end, they all treat the symptoms but not the root cause, and cannot completely suppress each other.

However, fortunately, among the three major nobles, due to conflicts of interests and other reasons, they often fought openly and secretly with each other, forming a delicate balance, so that the dominance and dominance of the royal family were not fundamentally affected.

But what is certain is that if you leave out the fifth-tier powerhouses at the Zhen Guo level, any one of the three giants has strength comparable to that of the royal family, and they are by no means easy to provoke.

But now, the three great aristocratic giants have united together, which shows how powerful they are.

"Auer, how is the power of the first prince and the second prince now?"

Lei Xiao simply opened the recitation and asked again.

"My lord, apart from the cities that our army is capturing, including Fort Kell, the traditional nobles and new aristocratic forces west of Fort Kell, a total of 20 cities have raised the flag of the fourth prince. The last property."

Auer's solemn and steady voice reached the ears of everyone in the restaurant through the words: "In other words, the power of the first prince and the second prince has been declared destroyed, and they have lost the qualification to aspire to the throne!"

"It's so fast. I haven't freed up my hands to completely kill the boss and the second child. I didn't expect that cunning fourth child to be there first."

Lei Xiao massaged his temples, and a map of the entire Lengyan Kingdom appeared in his mind.

Fort Kell is located at the core of the central region, and is also known as the gateway to the king's capital. It is a fortress city with an extremely important geographical location.

Since the other party has occupied the place, they will definitely send heavy troops to guard it to prevent our side from driving straight in.

"After these days of continuous fighting, my soldiers are extremely exhausted. It is absolutely impossible to capture the fortified Fort Kell again."

"In other words, the pace of my counterattack can only temporarily stop in front of Fort Kell, facing the opponent across the city?"

Lei Xiao nodded thoughtfully, and began to take stock of the battle situation in the past two days.

Following the two armies going north and going south, beyond the 7 cities that were initially occupied.

There are a total of 10 cities of traditional and new aristocrats in the north, all of which he has occupied.

With the help of Crystal Blue City, even though the northern territory is vast and the snowy roads are difficult, it can't stop me one bit.

As for the most core central area, due to the denser spacing of the cities and the flat roads, some cities fell on the wind.

Therefore, I have successfully occupied 8, and the siege of 2 more is being stepped up, including Fort Ferro to the east of Fort Kell.

"In other words, before dawn tomorrow, I can also take down a total of 20 new and traditional noble cities, bringing the total number of cities in the Cold Flame Kingdom to 53."

Thinking of this, Lei Xiao couldn't help feeling relieved.

Although this battle was costly, but at the same time I also got a lot of loot that has not yet been upgraded, and the storage of food is full, so I don't have to worry about any military supplies.

More importantly, as long as the fourth child is defeated, Ariel can be placed on the throne.

"Lord, including the surrounding cities, there are 27 cities in the western region controlled by the Lancaster family, and 28 cities in the southern region controlled by the Rodman family."

"The central area controlled by the Shanglu family also has 25 cities, plus the newly acquired 20 traditional and new noble cities, which means that the number of cities controlled by the four princes has reached a scale of one hundred. , which is equivalent to occupying half of the country of Lengyan Kingdom."

At this point in the analysis, Ariel, who frowned tightly, hesitated to speak, then lowered her head and remained silent.

And the other main subordinates around were also full of awe, and frowned one after another.

"Ariel, do you want to say that based on this scale, if you add a reserve army, you can easily assemble an army of one million? That's enough power to rival 100 fifth-tier powerhouses."

Feeling the increasingly heavy atmosphere in the restaurant, Lei Xiao smiled lightly, and simply said what Ariel was thinking: "This will be a huge and powerful enemy that we have never faced before."

"It is true that although we have successively occupied the entire eastern region, as well as 20 cities in the northern and central regions, there is still a huge gap compared with the other side."

"But please don't forget that there is still a piece of barren land in the Kingdom of Cold Flame that others are not optimistic about, and that is the remaining 20 neutral cities in the northern border."

Lei Xiao still maintained a faint smile, and began to describe the plan he had already thought up to his subordinates.

"Due to the large area and sparse population in the northern region, the rugged roads, and the recent road closures due to heavy snow, it is undoubtedly difficult for ordinary forces to gather a decent and huge force in a short period of time to participate in the next battle, let alone Quickly conquer this land."

"But for us who own Crystal Blue City, this is not a problem."

"So the first thing we need to do next is to take the entire northern territory into our pocket, which can greatly enhance our combat power."

Hearing what Lei Xiao said, the subordinates suddenly nodded their heads, showing excitement.

If the lord can successfully acquire the northern territory, plus the eastern region and the cities in the central region, I will conveniently occupy half of the Lengyan Kingdom, which is enough to compete with the opponent!
At that time, it is time to fight to the death with the opponent.

While being excited, Ariel lowered her head and pondered for a moment, then raised her head and asked, "My lord, what should we do?"

"It's very simple. Naturally, attacking the heart is the first priority, supplemented by a small deterrent. Don't forget that we have already started to provide food assistance to the famine-stricken northern border."

Lei Xiao smiled faintly, then raised his eyebrows and said, "Now we are the bread and butter of the northern cities. As for the rest, I have also communicated with Caroline, and she will arrange everything as soon as possible."

After finishing speaking, Lei Xiao brought the conversation back to Orr's report, and continued to ask: "Since the city no longer exists, what about the eldest prince and the second prince himself? Is there any news?"

"Go back to Lord Lord, there is no news yet."

Auer's steady and respectful voice sounded again: "However, according to reports from the spies hidden around the palace of the eldest prince, there was a short but intense fight there, as for the specific situation, it is unknown. "

"My lord, it must be the fourth child who broke into the secret palace."

Ariel took over the conversation, and said with a solemn expression: "Although this subordinate doesn't have much contact with the fourth child, he also knows that he is a person who does everything well, and will never let the boss and the second child go."

"Then the matter is very clear, the boss and the second child must have been imprisoned by him."

Lei Xiao snapped his fingers lightly, and said affirmatively: "Even if the fourth brother intends to kill him, the other three grand dukes will definitely stop him, in case he gets a bad name so quickly. After all, compared to the boss and the second , the reputation of the fourth child is quite good."

"What the lord said is very true. Maybe they keep the boss and the second child, and there will be other uses."

Ariel was completely used to Lei Xiao calling the eldest prince and the second prince "the eldest and the second", and echoed, "Han Shui, Stone, and Kent are by no means ordinary people, and the city is extremely deep. With their assistance, Coupled with the watertightness of the fourth child, things will undoubtedly be a lot more troublesome."

"It is true that the opponent should not be underestimated. This will definitely be another life-and-death battle, and it will only be more cruel."

Lei Xiao nodded emphatically, then smiled lightly, and said calmly: "But have we encountered too many troubles along the way? No matter what the road ahead is, I will let the opponent clearly understand that standing on our side The opposite is the biggest mistake of their life."

Hearing Lei Xiao's inspiring words, all the subordinates became excited again.

"Okay, let's eat and rest quickly, the other party won't give us too much preparation time."

Lei Xiao picked up the custom-made chopsticks again, his eyes were piercing.

"Now we and the fourth child are left. The final competition for the throne has quietly begun."

(End of this chapter)