Chapter 213: Secretly leading people to retreat
"The city guards have won a great victory! The city guards have returned from defeating foreign forces!" Early in the morning, the guards who reported the news ran all over the city, spreading the good news everywhere.
The civilians of the City of Light have long been accustomed to this message of victory, and they should sleep and get up early to work, and they will not be affected in the slightest.
In fact, in the beginning, every time the city guards returned from victory, they would flock to the city gate to greet them with joy. But over time, I became accustomed to it and no longer felt fresh!
Today, however, the lord of the city got up early, dressed happily under the service of the servants, and rushed to the outside of the city gate with all the civil and military ministers.
In fact, when he went out for the first time and heard that General Dolma and Christina had been captured, he was in a hurry. After all, General Dolma is his first brave general in the City of Light, and Christina is the personal disciple of Master Leo. When such two important figures were arrested, he didn't dare to release the news to the civilians.
Now it's finally good! With Master Leo personally on the horse, it is really different. not only washed away the previous shame, but also rescued the captured Dolma.
The city lord and his ministers looked into the distance, and sure enough, they saw the city guard troops coming from afar, and they were magnificent and magnificent!
The speed of the horses was fast, and the city guard troops soon reached the city gates.
"General Zhuoma, welcome back!" The city lord of Guangming City quickly stepped forward to express his condolences, "I already know about you, I have wronged you!"
"The city lord is serious!" Dolma replied with some unnatural feelings.
"It's good to be back!" the City Lord of Light City smiled and patted him on the shoulder, then glanced at the City Guard troops suspiciously, "What about Master Leo?
"......," Dolma didn't know how to answer.
Fortunately, Michael reacted quickly, and immediately came over and said, "Lord Castle, after Master Leo pacified the invaders, he said that he would temporarily take Christina on an ascetic journey!"
"Oh~ I see!" the city lord of Bright City nodded, "Did you say how long it will take this time?"
"No!" Michael shook his head hurriedly.
"Hmm~ Forget it!" the city lord of Bright City laughed, "Since you are all back, it means that the foreign invader has been beheaded?
"Report to the City Lord!" Moses immediately said, "We didn't have time to behead him, and that man was eaten by a monster in the Warcraft Forest just as he fled!"
The City Lord of Guangming City was stunned for a moment, and then laughed: "What is there to apologize for? That person is also self-inflicted! Is it really a good place to live in the Demon Beast Forest?"
"Lord of the City, should we immediately hold a feast to celebrate and reward the whole army?" a civil official walked from the side.
"Well, yes, I will give a good reward to the soldiers who fought bravely!" the city lord of Guangming City laughed, and then whispered to the civil official, "Give you a budget of 100 gold coins, which is more than you ask!"
"Yes......" The civil official's face was suddenly full of black lines, but he was used to it. Each reward celebration for the 3,000 city guards is basically a budget of more than 150 gold coins. So when he encounters such a situation, he always has to fill in this hole with some of the funds he had embezzled before.
The city lord said that if there are 100 gold coins, then he will not give even a copper coin more. And if you really use 100 gold coins to do it, if you don't do it well, he will suspect that you are greedy for ink, and even if you make a list, it is useless! Therefore, the civil officials who have their turn to do things, with the wise saying that more is better than less, will secretly make up for the gold coins that they are greedy for. Anyway, it is easiest for civil officials to be greedy for money, and if there are a few fewer strokes on the record, there will be a lot of treasure in the city lord's warehouse!
"Why don't we hold a celebration on the other side of the Bright River?" suggested Michael, "and it's not easy to disturb the people!"
"By the river, it's not bad! It's rare for the weather to be so good today, so you should take a walk!" The city lord of Bright City was quite happy now, so he didn't think much about anything else.
Hearing the city lord's answer, Dolma, Leo, Michael, and Moses looked at each other and nodded to each other imperceptibly.
In fact, among the 3,000 city guards, at least 50 or so have not yet returned, and they have been arranged to take care of the soldiers brought over by the soldiers in the mountains and forests about 1 kilometer away from Guangming City.
And the request to hold a celebration party in the open space by the river outside the city is to facilitate the evacuation!
All the families of the City Guards will also be invited to attend the celebration, including those who have already died.
According to the plan, Dolma will secretly contact the family at the celebration to inform them of the truth, and then flee to the waiting area a kilometer away while everyone is happy.
In fact, the original plan was to take down the city lord of Guangming City and all the ministers of civil and military affairs at the celebration to completely control the power of Guangming City. It's just that Lord Keane's order was not to capture the city, but to take people away, so the good plan changed.
But at least, it's okay to save people!
The city guards thought so and did the same.
The city lord of Guangming City, who rarely suffered defeat, would never have thought that such a situation would happen. So after more than two hours of preparation, the grand celebration officially began!
All the civil and military ministers, noble squires were invited, and all the city guards and their families also participated. It's just that according to the size of the position and the level of status, the wine and food on each table are also classified.
The city lords, civil and military officials, noble squires, including generals such as Dolma, enjoyed the highest food and wine, while the city guards and their families enjoyed ordinary food and wine.
However, for the four generals such as Dolma, as well as the city guards, these past delicacies are simply difficult for them to eat now, and they are not as good as the barbecue and honey they carry with them.
Everyone drank dimly. The city lord himself was so drunk that he was unconscious, and the civil and military officials were all staggering.
Seeing that the time was ripe, Dolma gave an order.
The families of the soldiers, who had already communicated at the celebration, immediately lined up and began to move quietly in an orderly manner with the command of the city guards.
The four generals of Dolma, Leo, Michael and Moses were in charge of the wind, and the whole plan went very smoothly!
When the city guards and their families had almost withdrawn, Zhuoma and the other four immediately mounted their horses and hurried to the waiting area, and then the generals changed to the monsters, and the city guards and their families rode on the soldier bee Ruluto and began to advance along the more remote path.
For those who are familiar with the terrain of Guangming City, it is not too simple to avoid the eyes and ears of others, so there is no need to use magic to cover up their tracks like Jia Zhengjin's side.