"...In this way, the other party will definitely find out that you are the mastermind behind the scenes, and then they will seek revenge in various ways. They will directly lead allies to attack you, send assassins to assassinate you, hire robbers to rob you... In short, your territory will be No more peace!"
Ella danced around to "terrorize" the old lord of Insteria, letting him understand how dangerous the situation would be if he continued with his current plan.
"One Sword Dominates"
Onruok suddenly became irritable: "Can't you think of a way not to be exposed? I paid! A lot of money!"
"A lot of money? You mean 20% of the normal price?" Amy sneered from the side, "If you are dissatisfied with us, how about we terminate the employment agreement now?"
If Aila cancels the mercenary agreement with Insteria, no one can tell what the five thousand garrison will do. Onruok was startled and said hurriedly: "No, no, no, I'm very satisfied with you! But...but since you are working as mercenaries, you have to do something, right? I just want you to pretend to be bandits." Teach the lord next door a lesson!”
"A bandit that can defeat an army of a thousand people? Is the banditry problem here so serious?"
Ella just said a rhetorical question. Unexpectedly, she was stunned for a moment and actually seemed to be overwhelmed by this question. He cast a questioning look at the minister beside him. The minister shook his head helplessly and replied: "There are no bandits. I haven't heard of them in the past few years. There are only some small hillsides around here, and there is no place to hide many bandits. It has always been peaceful."
Amy lost no time and said to the side: "If this happens, I will inevitably suspect you in the end. I have another idea. I wonder if you are willing to cooperate."
"What's the idea?"
Amy laughed: "It's very simple, you just need to give something and be robbed. If they rob you of a hundred cows in front of them, then they will definitely not think about it - how about it?"
"This..." The minister hesitated for a while, "Will this cow be returned to us in the end?"
"As long as you are not afraid of things being leaked, of course I can return it to you."
"Ah..." The minister looked at Onluok timidly, "Lord? What do you think?"
When he heard "one hundred cows", Onruok's face suddenly showed a painful expression. He clutched his heart and gasped for air, as if he had been hit hard. After a while, he stretched out a finger tremblingly: "This, this, this..."
Wengluooke said this for a long time without saying anything, and suddenly cast an accusing look at the minister next to him. The minister was shocked and had no choice but to help Onruok and said: "Well...our lord said, can we just give out one...one cow?"
"One head???" Amy felt angry and amused, "I said, if you want to act in this play, you have to have ten heads, right?"
"Ten, ten, ten...ten heads are ten heads."
Wengluooke held it in for a long time before finally uttering these words. Then, as if he had exhausted all his strength, he leaned back on the chair and became motionless.
Finally, Onruok had his men bring five cows... and five sheep.
Ella continues to have the pirates set traps on the mountain. During this period, she learned from the minister the origin of the festival between Onluok and the lord next door.
It turned out that when he was young, the relationship between Onruok and the lord next door had always been good, but as he grew older, Onluok's mind gradually went wrong. Another time they went hunting together, Onruok took the hound of the lord next door as prey and shot three arrows at it. Fortunately, none of the three arrows hit, and the lord next door also knew that Onruok was old and had committed a crime in Hutu, so he just gave him a gentle reminder. But since then, Onruok has been looking for the lord next door to steal his prey. No matter how others persuade him, it is of no avail.
"So actually the lord next door doesn't hate your lord?"
"Yes. Otherwise, you wouldn't have borrowed it from our territory so confidently. But our lord...hey, I hope you don't expose it this time as his instigation."
In the afternoon, as soon as Ella had fully prepared the trap, the scouts brought back news of the enemy's approach. Ella waved her hand confidently: "The battle begins! Lead the enemy here!"
The hill where Aila formed the formation was located on the side of Chidao, two arrows away from Chidao. In addition, those pirates are in ambush. If the enemy moves normally, they will not encounter Ella anyway.
Ella originally planned to send troops to conduct a sheep attack and fake defeat to lure the enemy closer to the hill. But now that she knew the relationship between the two lords, Ayla boldly changed her plan and handed over the task of luring the enemy to Insteria's soldiers.
Insteria's soldiers numbered thirty, guarding five cows and five sheep. After seeing the enemy's vanguard from a distance, they immediately drove their cattle and sheep out from the side.
"Hey, brother, let me borrow this. You are not from here, are you? Are you going to the island republic?"
"Yes, go there to fight and make some money! Our lord is right behind!"
Soldiers from both sides had friendly exchanges in this way. After that, Insteria's troops moved in the direction of Ella, while the enemy's vanguard continued to advance toward the coastline.
Soon, the enemy lord appeared on Chidao.
"Now!" Ella ordered to the entire army, "make some noise!"
The pirates suddenly jumped out of their hiding place and shouted at the top of their lungs!
The enemy lord suddenly heard earth-shattering shouts coming from the side, and hurriedly ordered his troops to turn into formation. At the same time, Insteria's soldiers threw off their armor and ran towards the enemy in panic, pretending to be defeated.
"Stop!" the lord shouted to stop them, "Where did you come from?"
"Master! Master! We are the people of Count Insteria. We just drove the sheep in, but suddenly many bandits appeared there, robbed our cattle and sheep, and even came here to kill them! "
"How many enemies are there?"
"There are countless bandits!"
"There are actually bandits in this place. That old guy Onluok is really old." The lord laughed, "Go back and tell your lords that I will help him clean up these bandits on the way!"
With that said, he rode his horse to the front of the whole army, raised his sword and shouted, "Those are just a group of bandits! Come with me and kill them!"
"I'm coming!"
Ella excitedly mobilized the pirates before the war.
"The whole army is ready to fight! Listen, as long as we capture the lord on the opposite side, we will have enough military expenses for these days. Capture the lord on the opposite side in one go and get the ransom!"
"Wait a minute... Your Majesty, they have stopped advancing... Your Majesty, they are retreating... Your Majesty, they have escaped!"
Ella almost fell off the hill: "What's going on?"
Amy looked at the distance, then at Ella's troops, and then said hesitantly:
"Could it be that... he saw that there were so many people on our side and just... ran away?"
