Late at night, Manda came to worm''s tavern with a bag of wine.


    This is the wine of the Cyclops polyphemus. Manda chased half the island and grabbed the bag of wine.


    He put the wine in front of worm. Worm looked at the dirty sheepskin bag and frowned, "what''s this?"


    Manda said with a smile, "open it and try it."


    Worm opened the bag and tasted it.


    Then he sat in his chair, like lost his soul, half silent.


    "Is it good?" asked Manda.


    Worm didn''t answer. In his life, some things belonging to ideals and beliefs were broken.


    "It''s a pity that I couldn''t ask for the recipe for wine." Manda sighed and pulled up a chair and sat down.


    Suddenly, worm stood up, took the sheepskin bag and shouted, "let''s go, it''s closed!"


    At this time, there were only three guests left in the tavern, one was Manda, one was Millo and the other was longson.


    Millo was drunk and longson looked gray. Manda said to worm, "let''s sit down for a while."


    Worm pointed to the door and said, "close the door and don''t let anyone disturb me!"


    ……


    Worm enters the winery and Manda comes to longson.


    "It''s a pity that you should have a glass of such good wine, but it was taken away by worm."


    "What''s the matter?" longson laughed. "No matter how good the wine is, there''s only bitterness left in my mouth."


    Werm once told Manda that longson has a special skill that can make you feel bad in ten breaths. This special skill has affected the business of the tavern.


    Manda felt the power of skills. In order to avoid further bad mood, he directly entered the theme:


    "I came to you because I was going through a war."


    Longerson waved his hand and said, "let me do anything. Don''t mention war. I won''t fight for anyone again."


    "It''s not for you to fight, it''s for you to give me some advice," Manda took out a map. "If it were you, how would you adjust your defense?"


    Longerson stared at the map for a moment and asked, "is this the southeast?"


    Manda nodded, pointed to xiangteng county and Quehua county and said, "I think the focus of defense is here. We should send more troops."


    Longesen nodded and said, "Quehua town should have had troops, at least double the troops, and withdraw all the troops of xiangteng county without leaving any."


    Manda was stunned. Unexpectedly, he gave almost the same answer as lesio. Manda originally suspected that lesio was talking nonsense, or was deliberately making trouble under Hera''s temptation, so she came to longersen for verification.


    Longesen''s tactics are even more crazy than lesio. Lesio suggested dividing half of the troops, but longesen even suggested withdrawing all of them. Manda really doesn''t understand the truth, and lesio didn''t give a detailed explanation.


    "Look carefully," Manda said, pointing to the map. "There''s a way to Wangdu. If bucken conquers xiangteng County, the next few towns won''t be able to stop him."


    "I can see very clearly," long Gesen pointed to another road. "There is also Miaoyin city. If sheltai sends troops, he can also drive straight into the southeast."


    "Then we should send more heavy troops for defense."


    "I can''t help it," long Gesen shook his head. "Your troops can''t match the divine punishment army, nor can you match sheltai. There are no solid cities in xiangteng county. Bessalu set xiangteng county to occupy important roads for business, not for war,


    The general who suggests you to divide your troops is a conservative. He wants to lay ambushes through the surrounding villages and towns, slow down the enemy''s speed, and then attack the enemy with the support of other towns. Even if the enemy occupies xiangteng County, he can''t stick to it. After several failures, he will naturally retreat,


    I suggest you don''t keep any troops because the enemy doesn''t dare to fight against xiangteng county at all. If bucken sends troops to attack xiangteng county and goes all the way, it will certainly arouse sheltai''s suspicion. "


    Speaking of this, long Gesen drew a hard line between xiangteng county and Miaoyin City: "you are a man who can fight. If you are sheltai and find that the divine punishment army has approached xiangteng County, what will you do?


    Sheltai can''t judge whether bucken will continue to attack the southeast or go straight to Miaoyin city. With his temperament, he is bound to lead troops to fight. At that time, let the soldiers ambushed in the villages and towns attack on both sides, and a fierce battle will break out between them. Next, you know what to do. "


    Next, it''s time to do Manda''s favorite thing and reap profits.


    Of course, this kind of thing only exists in theory.


    Longersen then said: "bucken and sheltai are war hardened people. They know the stakes and won''t easily attack xiangteng county. Therefore, xiangteng county is safe and doesn''t need to send troops at all."


    Manda stared at longson for a long time: "are you sure you don''t want to go to the battlefield, general?"


    "Don''t humiliate me any more. I''m not a general. I''m a lost dog. I''ve said enough tonight. Don''t bother me any more."


    Manda returned to Longyin city. The next day, he asked leond to withdraw all the troops of xiangteng county according to longgesen''s tactics.


    Lesio was shocked: "is this the tactic you came up with?"


    Manda didn''t deny it.


    Lesio looked worried: "the tactics are good, but it''s too risky. We should be more secure."


    Manda smiled deeply: "do you know where the essence of this tactic is?"


    Lesio didn''t bother to say much, but he really felt uncomfortable looking at Manda''s unfathomable appearance.


    "Your tactic is nothing more than to make use of the special position of xiangteng county to make sheltai and bucken feel scruples. I tell you, they are much older than you. If they guess the other party''s mind, one side will attack and the other side will wait and see, it will be too late for you to cry."


    Manda was silent for a long time and said, "you are good at war, and longson is also good at war. Which of you is better at war?"


    Lesio shrugged and said, "he''s a general. I''m just a literary minister."


    "Why be so modest?" Manda smiled. "I can fight too, but I don''t have to be inferior to you if I fight too few wars and experience more wars."


    Lesio sneered, "I like young people with aspirations."


    Manda pointed to the corner of the map and said, "remember this mountain?"


    Only a corner of the mountain was drawn on the rough map, but lesio recognized it.


    "Bergmia mountain, you once settled some refugees here, but these refugees finally disappeared. It is estimated that they were sent to the Seven Star City by you and became soldiers."


    "You can''t talk nonsense without evidence, and I didn''t do it alone," Manda circled on the begmia mountain. "That man is very important, especially for bucken."


    ……


    Bucken is handling government affairs in the royal palace. Compared with the first two kings, he is much more diligent in government affairs, including financial revenue and expenditure, appointment and removal of officials, and knighthood... Even if a small town is less than 200 gold coins, he has to personally intervene.


    Xia Jisuo, the personal attendant, sent two letters. When he looked at the letter box, bucken was a little stunned. The two letters came from sheltai and leond respectively. I don''t know why they happened to be sent to the king''s capital at the same time.


    Bucken gave shertai very favorable conditions. In his previous letter, bucken appointed shertai as the guardian of the south, allowed him to occupy half of the taxes in the south, and promised to send troops together to wipe out the rebels in the southwest.


    I thought that even if such conditions could not recruit sheltai, it could at least ease his attitude, but sheltai''s reply was full of words such as "looter" and "regicide", with deep humiliation and provocation between the lines.


    It doesn''t make sense. After being a grand duke for so many years, he shouldn''t be an unreasonable person. There haven''t been too many positive conflicts between bucken and sheltai. I really can''t figure out where his hostility comes from.


    Bucken asked shakishore to call a messenger. The messenger''s name was Torrance, an old subordinate of bucken.


    Bucken didn''t write back. He took out a letter box and gave it to him.


    The messenger took the letter box and was ready to leave. Suddenly, bucken said, "Torrance, how long have you been with me?"


    Torrance leaned over and saluted, "almost twenty years, your majesty."


    Bucken nodded, "be careful all the way. The Lord will bless you."


    Torrance left the palace. Shakhiso whispered to bucken, "Your Majesty, you said you would not let Torrance go to the southeast in the future."


    After de enko surrendered, almost all his confidants were killed by bucken, but bucken left xiakisuo.


    Bucken likes shakishore very much. His greatest advantage is that he can remember everything bucken said.


    As for Xia Jisuo''s question, bucken didn''t answer. He opened leond''s letter again. Leond''s tone was much more pleasant than sheltai, and his majesty called very cordially one by one.


    But in addition to the sweet mouth, the letter has no actual content, full of empty flattery and boring twists and turns.


    "His literary talent is much better. It seems that he has been instructed by an expert. Who will this expert be?"


    Bucken returned a letter to leond, gave it to the messenger, and wrote a letter on special parchment and gave it to shakishore.


    Xia Jisuo understood and handed the letter to a friar. The friar came to the secret room and released a two foot long, dark Raptor from the cage.


    The nocturnal owl falcon, one of the most precious good birds, is the son of tifong and the descendant of the Caucasian eagle.


    The flying speed of the nocturnal owl falcon is three times that of the carrier pigeon. It will not get lost during the flight, will not make meaningless stops, can automatically avoid enemies, and will hardly be noticed by anyone in the night.


    The most important thing is that it has spirit, can travel around, and can actively search for the target it wants, which also doomed it to become a perfect messenger.


    After delivering the secret letter, bucken asked, "has the new messenger been trained?"


    "Three people have been selected, and they are all excellent, waiting for your decision." shakhiso knows that bucken is suspicious, and it must not be a wise choice to recommend one person alone.


    Bucken nodded with satisfaction: "no matter how lucky sheltai is, I''ll say goodbye to Torrance."