Bright Sword: I don’t want to be the king!

Directly attacking Luyang is indeed quite risky. After all, a single stone can cause a thousand waves, just like when Li Yunlong conquered Ping'an City in the past. Once the war begins, the entire Alsace continent will be in turmoil.

Therefore, Eric directly rejected the first plan.

Cao Geng continued, "My second plan is to dig a secret passage that leads directly to the enemy's secret gold vault underground and empty their treasures overnight."

"It's ridiculous, totally outrageous."

After hearing Cao Geng's plan, Eric was speechless.

Cao Geng asked in confusion: "Brigade Commander, what's wrong with my plan?"

Eric said coldly, "Of course there are problems. First of all, how long will this take? The longer the night, the more trouble you will have, you understand? It will be very difficult to stay in enemy territory for such a long time without being discovered."

Cao Geng retorted: "Everything depends on human effort! Nothing is easy. Facing challenges head-on is the true nature of a warrior, right?"

Eric said, "Don't talk nonsense to me. Even if you succeed in stealing the gold, how are you going to transport it out of the city? Dig a tunnel? Let me tell you, once the gold is missing, the enemy will definitely search for it. Even if there is a tunnel, it will not be able to transport it out."

Cao Geng asked in return: "Why should we transport it out? Wouldn't it be better if I hide it here and hand it over to Smith directly when the time comes?"

Eric was stunned.

Yup!

Why ship it out?

What they need is not gold, but the artifact. When the time comes, they can give the gold to Smith in exchange for the artifact, and everything will be fine, right?

Eric exchanged glances with the military advisor and the political commissar.

He asked, "Are you sure?"

Cao Geng nodded and replied, "I want to give it a try."

Eric asked: "Is one month enough for you?"

Cao Geng replied: "It depends on how much manpower there is."

Eric said, "I'll give you 600 people. Is that enough?"

Cao Geng nodded: "That's enough."

Brigadier General Chen said in a deep voice: "Very good, then you go and try your luck. If you can't succeed, don't try forcefully, and return immediately, understand?"

"As ordered."

Cao Geng answered respectfully, and then calmly prepared for two days. At dawn on the third day, he finally set off with 600 soldiers.

On this trip, he led two companies in a mighty force. When the midday sun shone, they arrived at Luyang City outside the magic barrier.

After three days of restoration, Luyang City regained its former tranquility. However, the guards at the city gate, those devil-like enemies, were more strict in their inspections.

Duan Peng was filled with excitement! He had never expected that he would be able to follow Cao Hao and fight against the dark forces so quickly.

"Captain, how are we going to get into the city with so many of us holding weapons?"

Cao Geng replied: "Duan Peng, you lead the brothers to wait outside. Zheng Xiao and I will go into the city first to look for Smith."

Duan Peng asked doubtfully: "Who is Smith?"

Cao Geng explained: "He is a foreign magician. He has a secret passage. I will go and ask if I can use it to enter the city."

Duan Peng's eyes lit up: "Is there such a good thing? Will those foreign wizards help us?"

Cao Geng replied: "It should be possible. Their battle with the dark forces is also extremely fierce right now."

Duan Peng was surprised: "Really? Foreign wizards are also fighting against the dark forces?"

Cao Geng smiled and said, "Of course. Let me tell you, we have to thank a dark messenger named Tojo. Although his power is not strong, his ambition is huge. Once he gained power, he thought highly of himself and provoked others everywhere. As a result, he caused a conflict with the Kingdom of Light. Otherwise, our situation would be extremely worrying. Well, let's not talk about this anymore. You won't understand. Let's go, Zheng Xiao, let's go. Duan Peng, take care of the troops."

After Cao Geng finished speaking, he and Zheng Yi found a secluded place and changed into ordinary people's clothes.

Why not change into enemy uniforms? Wearing enemy uniforms might cause misunderstanding when meeting a foreign magician. So the two changed into civilian clothes.

After changing into civilian clothes, they handed their weapons to Duan Peng and walked towards the city gate.

Today, the inspection of the city gate was stricter than the previous two days. A long line of people formed in front of the gate.

Seeing this, Cao Geng frowned. With such a long queue, when would it be their turn?

Cao Geng thought for a moment, then took Zheng Xiao and walked straight towards the demon guards.

As soon as they saw that they were not queuing, two puppet soldiers immediately blocked the way.

"Stupid guys, what's wrong with you? Why aren't you in line?"

Cao Geng slapped him in the face, blurting out in fluent devilish language: "Asshole...you disgusting guard dog, get out of here..."

There was stunned silence.

The puppet soldiers were stunned, the demon guards were also stunned. The people were even more confused, how could these two young men be so bold?

He could speak demon language, so the puppet soldiers didn't dare to provoke him. A demon sergeant came forward with two of his men and asked loudly, "What's going on?"

Cao Geng arrogantly responded in demonic language: "Keep an eye on you vassal troops, don't block me at will. Get out of the way."

The demon sergeant was obviously intimidated by Cao Geng's majesty, and hurriedly smiled and said, "Warrior, who are you?"

Cao Geng whispered, imitating the language of the devil: "I am Lieutenant Yamamoto of the Intelligence Department. Order your men to make way."

How could he know that behind the disguised lieutenant, there was actually a lieutenant from the intelligence department standing quietly.

Unfortunately, the real lieutenant has no ability to scare people and has to rely on the fake lieutenant's disguise.

After hearing this, the demon sergeant did not let him go, but quietly asked: "Sir, can you show me your ID?"

Cao Geng retorted: "Do you think I would carry an identity token when I'm dressed like this?"

That's right, the purpose of an intelligence agent's disguise is to conceal his identity. If he carries the token with him, wouldn't that be courting death?

The demon sergeant was suddenly in trouble. Unable to confirm his identity, he did not dare to let him go easily.

Well, these demons are like this. If Cao Geng explodes in anger and slaps them in the face, they will definitely give way.

"Sir, do you have any other way to prove your identity?"

Cao Geng replied: "No, but I am here to meet your Captain Nakajima. You can choose to lead us to see him. Of course, letting us go directly is also possible."

The demon sergeant thought for a moment and said, "Sir, please follow me."

After saying this, he took two of his subordinates and led Cao Geng and the other man into the city.

The demon sergeant walked in front, followed by Cao Geng and two others, and two other demons holding bayonets and rifles brought up the rear.

Interestingly, in order to take a shortcut, the demon sergeant led them into a narrow alley.

"Damn..."

Cao Geng exploded inexplicably.

"I don't like someone with a gun pointed at me from behind. You two, get to the front."

Uh?

The two demons were bewildered and at a loss as to what to do. They could only look at the sergeant for help.

"Damn..."

Cao Geng raised his hand and slapped them. He used almost all his strength in these two slaps.

The two demons were slapped so hard that they saw sparks in front of their eyes and could hardly stand.

Seeing this, the demon sergeant hesitated to speak.

Zheng Yi quietly extended his knife and struck him hard on the back of the neck. The sergeant's eyes rolled back immediately and he collapsed to the ground.

Cao Geng attacked again without hesitation, breaking the necks of the two little demons in an instant.

The sergeant also ended his life under Zheng Xiao's attack.

After dealing with the three demons, the two quickly searched for weapons from them.

Cao Geng found a Cao's pistol on the sergeant and carried a few magic fire bombs with him.

Zheng Xiao also hid a few fire bombs on his body.

They found more than twenty silver coins and some demon gold coins from the three demons.

After finishing their preparations, the two of them leisurely walked out of the alley and headed towards the Smithy Workshop.

Soon, they arrived at Smith's shop with ease.

The two walked into the store and were greeted by Mr. Lex again.

When Lex saw Cao Geng, a strange light flashed in his eyes.

"Your Excellency Cao Geng, your presence always brings surprises. This time, I believe it is to convey the good news to Lord Smith, right?"

Cao Geng responded: "I'm sorry, Lex, you may be disappointed. I did come to see Lord Smith, but only to seek his assistance. Is your hospitality still welcome?"

Lex said hurriedly, "Of course, of course. Please come in. I will notify Mr. Smith immediately."

Cao Geng and his companions walked into the room and sat on the magic pattern sofa. The beautiful elf woman appeared again and filled their glasses with mysterious magic coffee.

This time, Lord Smith arrived even faster and was still as enthusiastic as before.

However, to Cao Geng's surprise, after hearing his request, Smith did not immediately agree, but fell into deep thought.

Cao Geng couldn't help but frown.

Smith pondered for a moment and said, "Sir Cao Geng, do you know why I, Smith, can run a shop in the orc territory and survive?"

This is also what Cao Geng was curious about.

He replied: "I would like to hear your opinion."

Smith continued: "Because we never get involved in conflicts, Mr. Cao Geng, do you understand what I mean?"

When Cao Geng heard it, he understood instantly.

The foreign businessman implied that although their homeland was involved in the war, they, the overseas merchants, remained neutral.

Only in this way can their trade spread to every corner.

In other words, if Smith provided a secret passage to help Cao Geng's men enter the city, he would be intervening in the fight. Once discovered by the enemy, his business would be ruined.

To keep his business sustainable, he must stick to this principle.

Cao Geng nodded to show his understanding, but still asked: "Lord Smith, I understand your position, but I have a question, why did you help us leave the city that day?"

Smith smiled and said, "You are my customers. I am responsible for being trapped when you come to negotiate. If Mr. Chen had not come for business that day but had directly asked me to take him out of the city, I would have refused."

Cao Geng nodded silently and thought: These foreigners have really indestructible principles.

He stood up and said, "Excuse me, Mr. Smith, goodbye."

When Cao Geng walked out of the door, he had a terrible headache.

He asked Zheng Xiao: "Zheng Xiao, if the foreigners don't help, how can we get our brothers into the city?"

Zheng Xiao shook his head and said, "Brother Geng, don't ask me about using my brain. Killing the enemy is my forte."

At this moment, the shrill whistle of the Japanese army came to my ears.

Apparently, the Japanese sergeant and his two men were discovered again.

"Fuck, again? Can't you little devils be a little creative? I don't have time to play games with you now."

Zheng Xiao also exclaimed: "Brother Geng, the Japanese may be arresting people again."

Cao Geng said: "There is no time to get entangled with them. Let's go and find a hotel to hide first."

The two of them walked along the tree-lined path and came across a hidden inn. They pushed open the carved wooden door, stepped inside, and booked a quiet room to rest.

They stopped by the glazed windows on the second floor, staring at the strange scene outside. Among the half-human-high grass and trees, ghostly Japanese soldiers began to shuttle between the houses, searching for invisible enemies.

"Oh my god, these alien Japanese troops are like an angry nest, going crazy at the slightest movement."

At this moment, Duan Peng and the two captains Tang Long and Tang Tangliu were monitoring the gate of the Japanese castle from a hidden cliff with the help of a mysterious stone telescope.

Suddenly, the Japanese army gave up the search and instantly closed the heavy iron gate. The civilians waiting outside the gate were in chaos and fled in all directions.

"What's going on? Why did they suddenly close the city gates?" Tang Long asked puzzledly.

Tang Liu pondered and said, "If they don't close the city gates when the battalion commander enters the city, it will be truly abnormal!"

Duan Peng nodded and gave a firm instruction: "Pass on my order. Have the comrades spread out and use the Japanese soldiers on the city walls as targets for archery practice. Once you see a Japanese soldier showing up, you must destroy him."

"As ordered."

The two captains received the order and quickly returned to their respective teams to deploy combat missions. After receiving the order, the soldiers installed precise sights on the ancient longbows.

They dispersed in small teams and surrounded Luoyang City silently. On the city wall, the Japanese army noticed something strange. Hundreds of steps away, it seemed that there were ghost-like resistance troops looming.

"Damn it! Why are there so many rebels? This is not good. Immediately notify the captain of the island squadron. The rebels are preparing to attack the city. They are going to attack the city..."

Soon, the captain of the island squadron received an urgent communication from the castle gate at the command post.

"What? What did you say? The rebels are going to attack the city? How many people are there?"

The Japanese soldiers at the city gate responded loudly: "We can't see clearly, but we know there are so many of them that they have surrounded the entire Luoyang city."