Chapter 25: Intelligence analysis

Xiao Chen and Caterina came to the rear of the marching team and found Wang Jiyuan in a magic crystal van, who was in a meeting with several officers such as Shi Hao.
Xiao Chen and Catalina handed the horse to the service personnel on the side and turned over the magic crystal van.
As soon as Xiao Chen's feet stepped on the cargo hopper, the truck started and drove into a dirt pit on the ground. The body with poor shock absorption system suddenly shocked and almost turned Xiao Chenzhen out of the car. Fortunately, Wang Jiyuan's eyes were fast. He stretched his hand and didn't let him fall.
"Be careful, this car sits like a massage chair and can loosen bones." Wang Jiyuan quipped.
"Riding on the buttocks hurts, it's not bad to change the taste." Xiao Chen thanked Wang Jiyuan with a smile, and asked Katerina to sit down and report the situation together.
"I have dealt with the Marquis Baldini of Suero City before. In addition, Robert, the manager of the Baron Goya family, is now one of our agents here. The Ministry of Commerce has already taken over the original Baron Goya Our trade routes, so our penetration of Suero is very sufficient. Because I have participated in these things in advance, Peng Ziyi of the Intelligence Department entrusted me to assist Katerina in investigating intelligence. "Xiao Chen said about the matter, The order is very clear, "This time she has contacted all sides, mainly collected three aspects of intelligence, one is the movement of the nobles in the city and nearby, one is the defense strategy of the city guards, and the merchants are against us. Suero ’s reaction is about to take over. "
Katerina said: "We sent troops this time faster than Count Carlos. So the nobles in the city reacted a little slower. However, before I came back, many nobles were ready to evacuate. You must know that after the previous war with the Duke of Greenwood City, especially the treatment of the town of Alano, our reputation in the nobility circle is very bad. Many nobles feel that we are targeting the entire nobility. "
"Oh, they feel right. If you don't clean these people, how can it be worth coming here in such a distant place?" Wang Jiyuan laughed.
Katerina obviously has no good feelings towards the nobility. She did n’t care much about Wang Jiyuan ’s words:
Yesterday they started to sort out the things to be evacuated, but in the past two days they also expected that it might not be safe outside. The nobles of the city have made an appointment with the big businessman and are ready to escape together this afternoon. "
"What about Marquis Baldini?" Wang Jiyuan asked.
"The Marquis Baldini is now hiring mercenaries, recruiting slaves, and reorganizing the City Guards. Two days ago, I tried to contact Baron Gregory, the commander of the City Guards. The baron had already meant to surrender to us. Now, we can open the city gate for us directly. But when we were talking, the baron ’s mansion was raided by the marquis ’guards. The strength of the marquis’ guards was very strong. Random teleportation reel escaped, but Baron Gregory failed to escape, and I later learned that he was beaten to death by the marquis ’guard on the spot that day."
"I didn't expect the situation you encountered to be so dangerous. Peng Ziyi didn't let you make a counterattack at the beginning. How dangerous is your self-assertion!" Xiao Chen didn't know this before, but was a little angry when he heard it.
"I have a scroll, and they can't catch me, let's talk about it, when it's absolutely safe to interrogate the intelligence. If you're really afraid of death, don't do this." Katarina said, "When I touched the city this morning, just See Baron Gregory ’s head stuck in the wall. "
"Kill the chicken and watch the monkey." Shi Hao said, "It seems that Marquis Baldini is determined to guard Suero."
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"And not only Baron Gregory, the baron's cronies in the city guards, the city's merchants who had surrendered meritorious service, and a few guys who didn't deal with the marquis in peacetime.
Xiao Chen frowned, "Will he have other ideas, just make a gesture?"
"He has prepared the whole army to prepare for that, will it be a gesture?" Shi Hao asked back.
"That's not necessarily. If we met a city that broke through when we got here, would we still care about Baldini's attitude? The harder it was for him to build Suero, his own bargaining chip The more it will be. As for the rectification of the subordinates, it is also necessary. He has not yet made a bid, and his younger brother will be sold out first, maybe he will use his head as a step. Is it unbearable? "
Shi Hao was stunned by him, but when he thought about it, he found that it was not unreasonable: "You guys are so skeptical, you can think of such a place by turning two turns!"
"Then do you mean that Baldini is still worth contacting?" Wang Jiyuan asked.
"I think it's worth a try, because last time I saw Baron Goya about him a few times under the recommendation of Master Icasa. Speaking of which, we still have business cooperation, there are some Baron Goya The industry finally gave it to him. I think maybe I can talk to him. "
Wang Jiyuan did not directly answer Xiao Chen, but continued to ask Katerina: "How about the defense of the City Guard?"
Caterina took out a small book with the walls of Suero City painted on it, and many figures were marked on the walls and houses: "Suero's City Guard originally had more than 1,000 people, usually only five A hundred people were stationed in the city, and most of the rest were used to manage the order of the outer city. This time, after the cleaning of the Marquis Baldini, the remaining people were less than a thousand. But the marquis also hired four large mercenary regiments. There are about a thousand people, and he has requisitioned more than 800 people from the slave camp. With his own guard, there are about 3,000 people.
In addition, he asked the nobles to requisition some guards. I don't have time to ask how many of these people are specific. I only heard that all the nobles and businessmen who were to be evacuated were forced by him to retain a considerable part of their guards and supplies, otherwise they would not want to leave. In addition, there are not a few nobles who are willing to stay and fight. The status of the nobility was originally earned by military achievements. This time, it may not be an opportunity for many people to earn military achievements. "
Shi Hao chuckled, "That's life, too. These speculative guys, aren't they afraid that they will be caught in our heads in the middle of the Wuhe crowd?"
Xiao Chen said: "That's not necessarily. It's a gesture to stay. Even if you can't fight the enemy's teleportation and evacuate, you will resist it? As long as the kingdom doesn't want to collapse, you can't treat these heroes badly."
"It's all routines!" Shi Hao sneered coldly.
Wang Jiyuan said: "In any case, the enemy's strength is still considerable, and everyone can't underestimate the enemy!"