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Ever since His Royal Highness Roland Wimbledon launched a raid on the palace and destroyed the Firmament, Tasa's status has risen to the top, with the doves and top hats all respecting him, and the intelligence organization has truly solidified.

In addition to these core personnel, more than half a year of operation has allowed Tassar to influence the decision-making of Skull Finger, and he is basically clear about the movements of other rat organizations - whether it is in the patrol or in the dark street, he has the eyeliner he has bought, if he just asks about it, he will get money, these people don't care who they work for. At present, the place that still cannot be penetrated is the upper nobles, which is a place that pays attention to family background and titles, and the golden dragon alone does not play a role, but through the rat leader who is inextricably linked with the big nobles, some less important news can often leak into his ears.

For example, the one he hears now.

"Tifeco is going to send a team of about five hundred men to block the Chishui River?" Tassa tapped on the armrest of his chair, "Is he really going to do this?"

"Yes," Iwayama said in an angry voice, "at least half of it is a Blood Sail Rat, this is what the Boss himself said." Because it was a fat man, there was infighting in the gang yesterday, and five or six were killed and wounded. ”

"It's a fat," whistled the clown, "and think about it, what can they intercept? Merchant ships! What are the consequences of violating the king's prohibition? confiscation of goods, of course, and extortion of money! Is there anything better at such a thing than a rat? Of course...... The patrol is not bad. ”

"Since half of it is full of rats, I think the other half is the Puppet King's guard," said Hill Fox calmly, "and this morning someone noticed the appearance of four eagle-headed boats in the docks on the outskirts. ”

Tassa couldn't help frowning, the eagle head ship was a kind of river warship, with a slender hull, sails and oars, and a fast speed. There are raised ramming angles below the waterline, and iron hooks are also arranged on both sides of the ship, which can be tightly locked together once they catch up with the target, so that the warriors on the ship can jump over and fight, and it is difficult for ordinary merchant ships to escape its pursuit.

"So to sum up the information, the puppet king plans to send a fleet of five hundred men to intercept the Chishui River, including four warships and more than two hundred heavily armed guards?" he sighed secretly, "This is not good news. ”

Tifeco's plan to block the trade routes had been rumored to have been made known long before the Evil Moon, but at the time most people thought that he would set up checkpoints near the canal, and that the total ban on trade with the West was just talk - after all, the lords of Silverlight City and Chishui City would not be happy to see themselves lose a lot of money for nothing because of an inexplicable order, and forcibly setting the checkpoints on the border between the West and Central Regions would only allow the local lords to eradicate these checkpoints.

But with four warships, the situation is different, first of all, the other lords have almost no ability to fight on the water, and the warships come and go freely along the Chishui River, and the caravan can be intercepted in any place, even if you want to use a knife behind your back, you can't do it. Second, it showed Tifeco's determination to deal with the West, even if it would be at odds with the other lords.

Tasa looked at Ciel, who nodded at him, as if thinking of this as well, "It's likely that Tifeko won't set up a fixed checkpoint, but will use the Chishui River to attack any caravans he sees. They were pirates when they fought on the water and bandits on the shore, and the size of five hundred men was a nightmare for any caravan. In this way, the western frontier may really be cut off from supplies. ”

"I will report this news to His Highness as soon as possible," Tasa said in a deep voice.

The border town had purchased a large amount of grain, clothing, and ore resources in the previous year, and now that it had annexed the Changge Fortress, the materials needed theoretically would be further expanded, and if the trade route was cut off, it would be a great trouble for His Royal Highness the Prince, and I don't know if he would be able to solve this thorny matter smoothly.

At that moment, the sound of wings flapping was heard in the garden.

Tasa got up and pushed open the backyard door, and a gray falcon scurried into the house like lightning, hovering and landing on his shoulder.

Seeing that it was a letter from the West, the circus members all stroked their chests and bowed their heads to show respect.

Tasa took off the note and unfolded it, quickly scanned the contents of the secret letter, and his heart jumped!

"Hah...... Haha," he then burst out laughing, even though he knew that as an intelligence officer, he shouldn't have leaked his expression, but the news was too surprising for him to suppress the joy in his heart, "It seems that we don't have to worry about this." ”

"His Royal Highness already knows?" asked Ciel, looking up.

"No, he's going to solve the problem at the root of the problem," he said excitedly, lowering his voice.

"Fundamentally?" the clown wondered, "what do you mean......"

"That's right, Your Highness's First Army has set off, and the goal is the royal capital!" Tasa clenched his fists, "It's time to pull Tifeko off the throne!"

Although he knew that His Highness would launch an operation this year, he did not expect it to be so soon-for reasons of secrecy, His Highness did not tell him a specific plan of action, and until today, he did not know that the offensive was actually scheduled for spring, and it happened to be pinched at the time of spring ploughing.

"I finally ...... It's time for this day," Hill took a deep breath and suddenly knelt down on one knee, "Your Highness has any orders, please do not hesitate to command." ”

The other five also knelt down, "For the new king!"

Tassa's mind stirred, and yes, he thought that if Tifeco fell, Roland Wimbledon would be the only heir to the Grey Keep - he would take the crown, be crowned king, and perhaps leap into the upper echelons of power, to a new level he had never thought of before.

As for the chance of winning this war, whether Tifeco could stop His Highness Roland, he didn't think about it at all. Anyone who witnessed the battle of the First Army would not have any doubts about the results of the spring offensive.

"Your Highness's order is not to approach the area of the West Gate on the day of the siege, and at the same time, the rats should be restrained as much as possible to take advantage of the opportunity to make trouble, and restore order after the war as soon as possible. Following the second half of the letter, Tasa read slowly, "Provide the victimized civilians with the help they can, such as healing, shelter, and food supply, and hand them over to the First Army after order is stabilized." ”

"That's it...... "So?" the crowd looked at each other, "and we don't have to trick us into opening the gates or setting fire to the garrison to attract the attention of the garrison?"

"That's what Your Highness meant," Tasa said with a smile as she put away the letterhead. These orders were indeed in the style of His Highness Roland, focusing more on the people and order than on forcing intelligence agents to participate in the battle. In addition, the order stated that he did not take Tifeco's resistance into account at all. (To be continued.) )