Ch 326: Calculation, Encirclement

Duke Ryan looked at the dozen or so Holy Knights in front of him with a smile, his eyes devoid of any emotion.

These were all the top retainers within the Dukedom who were not particularly well-behaved.

They enjoyed the resources of the Davis Duchy, yet they procrastinated and outwardly complied but inwardly defied his orders all day long.

They had completely become real, existing rotten flesh within his territory.

Continuing to allow them to exist would not only continuously bleed the Davis Duchy dry, but would further infect more fresh blood, turning it into rotten flesh.

Over time, the corruption and decline of the Davis Duchy would be obvious at a glance.

Of course, this was not the main reason.

If these Holy Knights were obedient enough, then even if they were a bit unscrupulous, Duke Ryan could patiently tolerate them.

Even if the Davis Duchy really declined in the future, he would still have real Holy Knights under his command.

With the existence of this force, he could just directly snatch whatever he wanted.

Who would not give Duke Ryan face?

Who would dare not give Duke Ryan face?

What a pity!

These people did not have honest and well-behaved personalities, which was something Duke Ryan could not tolerate.

Since they were disobedient, then they should prepare to accept the fate he had arranged for them.

This Eastern Expedition was definitely a failure.

Even if Duke Ryan didn’t want to admit it, he had to grit his teeth and accept it.

He had lost one-tenth of his forces shortly after the start of the war.

Jeremy, who was at the peak of the Holy Knight Realm, was almost instantly killed.

The enemy’s combat power was simply too outrageous.

If it weren’t for the fact that the other side hadn’t taken further action these days, Duke Ryan estimated that this Eastern Expedition army camp might not be able to withstand three charges from the enemy.

He couldn’t win!

Absolutely couldn’t win!

Duke Ryan no longer had any confidence that he could win the war. If it weren’t for the fact that he was worried that running back in such a disheveled manner would damage his prestige, he would have already left.

But this matter could be approached from a different perspective.

He could send out a dozen Holy Knights to fight the enemy in a bloody battle, and they would all die in battle!

Then he would lead the army to retreat.

At that time, the failure would not be his fault.

Who told the enemy to be too powerful!

Moreover, doing so had another advantage, which was to completely convey the power of the Eastern Nations to the hearts of everyone in the Holy Sun Kingdom.

At that time, no force in the entire Holy Sun Kingdom would have the leisure to pay attention to him and the Davis Duchy.

They would probably all be immersed in the terrifying shadow of the Eastern Nations.

After all, the collective death of a dozen Holy Knights was no small matter in the Holy Sun Kingdom.

A country with such combat power was right next to them.

How could they not worry?

And this could bring the territory a period of respite.

Duke Ryan and the surrounding nobles and military officers toasted each other, with excited smiles on their faces, as if they could capture the strategic pass in the next moment and enjoy the joy of victory.

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At the same time,

Daqian Eastern Border.

“Legion Commander, Commander, Commander Xu sent a message claiming that he has controlled the chaotic situation within the entire Eastern Border. Next, as long as we cooperate with the local Noble Families, we can slowly kill all those infected with the fake evil energy.”

“In addition, he also asked if we need help here. May I ask, what should we reply, my lords?”

The personal guard’s voice rang out above the Qian Family. Li Tieniu waved his hand, and the personal guard sensibly retreated. Then, he looked at Duan Wenhu and grinned.

“Now that damned bastard should be weakened to the extreme, right? It’s time for us to make a move.”

During this period, news of many disturbances came from various parts of the Eastern Border.

Although most of them were caused by groups of two or three infected people, the Zhenbei Army or Zhenyuan Army Corps could quickly eliminate them as soon as they arrived. They didn’t even need the army to take action; the local Noble Houses could suppress them on the spot.

But these disturbances still caused some discussion after all.

This made Li Tieniu drool over Xiao Yunhai at all times, and he was also looking forward to the scene of his long blade cutting open Xiao Yunhai’s neck and blood splashing.

Now that he could finally make a move,

how could he not be happy?

Duan Wenhu also had a slight smile on his face at this time.

The time spent in Tianhai City had been very long. Apart from the initial period of cleaning up tens of thousands of infected people in Tianhai City, the rest of the time was spent monitoring the Qian Family to prevent Xiao Yunhai from running away by any means.

After such a long time, Duan Wenhu felt that he had become lazy.

“Don’t worry, Legion Commander Li, all the infected people in Tianhai City have been cleaned up by us. Only the Qian Family has not been touched yet.”

“With those guards in the Qian Family Residence, they can’t stop our attack at all. We can just go in and capture Xiao Yunhai later.”

Duan Wenhu’s tone was relaxed, and he didn’t take this task seriously at all.

There was no way around it. During the time he was monitoring the Qian Family, he had already figured out the information of all the personnel in the Qian Family Residence.

It could only be said that a wealthy merchant was just a wealthy merchant.

There was a reason why they were treated as meat pigs.

Anyway, even if the Imperial Guards came, they could successfully complete this mission.

“Oh, right.” Li Tieniu seemed to suddenly remember something and reminded:

“This time, the Duke wants to see what kind of person this Xiao Yunhai is, so be careful not to accidentally injure him when attacking the Qian Family.”

Earlier, Mo Yunxuan had sent an order to capture Xiao Yunhai alive and bring him back to the Imperial City so that he could take a look.

On the one hand, Mo Yunxuan was preparing to look at Xiao Yunhai’s Life Script to see if there were any major events that would happen in the future.

Recently, he didn’t know why, but the surrounding countries were all expanding their armies and preparing for war, making the situation tense to the point of death.

Mo Yunxuan had to guard against which country would suddenly come up with something big, so that the Wei State Duke’s Mansion wouldn’t be able to handle it.

On the other hand, Mo Yunxuan was quite interested in this fake evil energy.

This kind of power that could make people go crazy, but also make them loyal to the spreader, was indeed quite useful in a certain sense.

For example, recently, everyone was engaged in an arms race, so he could throw this fake evil energy into the military camps of the surrounding countries.

At that time, he would be able to harvest a group of powerful cultivator-infected people to work for him, and he wouldn’t have to pay any settlement fees even if they died in battle.

He could create some trouble for these countries, so that they wouldn’t be idle all day long and cause trouble.

Wouldn’t it be better to obediently wait for the Wei State Duke’s Mansion to fully develop and then be annexed?

Each and every one of them just knew how to cause trouble.

“Don’t worry, I remember everything. I’ve also told the others.”

Duan Wenhu nodded and responded.

Then, he waved his hand at the surroundings, and a series of spatial fluctuations appeared around the Qian Family Residence. One figure after another appeared out of thin air, surrounding the Qian Family.