No general is willing to fight uncertain battles, and no general will send troops rashly without knowing the enemy.


    The role of intelligence is to anticipate the enemy first, know yourself and the enemy, strike first and then attack the enemy


    As a jumper, Arthur''s golden finger has more than one pet system.


    The sages said: soldiers are the major events of the country, the place of death and life, and the way of survival and death.


    The establishment of the chamber of commerce not only served as a locomotive for the reform of Shanghe collar, but also because Arthur took interests as a link and compiled an intelligence network covering most parts of the kingdom in a short time.


    This intelligence network has nothing to do with justice, loyalty or duty, but only interests!


    It is no exaggeration to say that because of the establishment of the chamber of Commerce and the implementation of the regional agent system, businessmen in the chamber of Commerce have earned a lot of gold coins in just one year.


    Moreover, in addition to gold coins, the existence of the chamber of commerce also allows businessmen to see the prospect that they did not dare to expect in the past - gold coins are just the most basic benefit of Monopoly!


    Because of this, almost at the moment when the Green family and others had just planned to send troops and had not officially dispatched troops, there was an endless stream of information from businessmen from all over the country to Shanghe collar.


    Businessmen are convinced that once Lingfeng castle is defeated and Arthur''s rule over Shanghe collar is over, they will be instantly beaten back to their original shape - the reform will stop, the chamber of Commerce will ban, and all kinds of high-quality goods of Shanghe collar will be sold by a few "Royal merchants".


    And this is something they will never accept!


    Therefore, there was no need for Arthur or Gustav to give any order. Businessmen everywhere had done their best to find out the number of people in each family!


    The winner also bought a servant of the Barrett family with gold coins and made clear the number of knights, route and meeting place! Even, he specially sent his guards to rush to the sharp edge fortress day and night on a fast horse to report to Arthur.


    The "bounden" action of businessmen made Arthur sigh: how greedy capital is, how hard we can work!


    Businessmen are definitely one of the groups that don''t want Arthur to lose.


    It has to be said that from the measures taken by the God of light to buy Gustav, control Lingfeng castle, stabilize Shanghe town and cut off Arthur''s source of information, it is obvious that they have learned a profound lesson after a defeat.


    Even under the favorable conditions of absolute military superiority and the end of winter, he did not make the mistake of belittling the enemy''s arrogance. Instead, he made full preparations and plans to defeat Arthur and the first army.


    Imagine that if they send troops to the river before winter, they will certainly face the first army in its heyday.


    At that time, not only will it be more difficult to defeat Arthur, but also the loss will be greater. After winning, they will have to stand on the sharp edge fortress to resist Warcraft.


    If you don''t bribe Gustav and others to control the town and Lingfeng castle, Arthur who gets the news is likely to give up guarding the fortress, summon all the people who can summon, and fight them to the death at all costs.


    Giovanni and others have no doubt that once the news that they want to kill Arthur is leaked, the Liberated Serfs and slaves in Shanghe Town, even with their bare hands, will rush to the battlefield and fight for him.


    At that time, they will either give up seizing Shanghe collar, or call more people to fight tens of thousands of people with Lingfeng castle!


    As a result, even if they win, the heavy price brought by the war of tens of thousands of people will make everything meaningless.


    Such a big river collar is likely to become a paradise for Warcraft, and there will be no peace in the north.


    ……


    The careful planning of the God of light and the Green family undoubtedly showed their determination to kill Arthur.


    However, even if they did not underestimate the enemy, they still seriously underestimated the strength of Lingfeng castle and Gustav''s loyalty to Arthur. Moreover, they probably never dreamed that Arthur had not only known all their battle plans, but even when they sent troops north, Arthur and the first army had already left the sharp edge fortress.


    ……


    Xiangguo town.


    When pace and his entourage arrived in this town led by Cumbria, it had been seven days since they left fengxibao.


    Originally, pace planned to take up to five days to get to Shanghe collar. However, before the three of them galloped away, his little sister Eugenie, with two bodyguards, stopped in the middle of the road.


    Looking at the calm town in front of us, pace, who was holding the horses, immediately turned around and said, "go and buy some food and drinks. By the way, ask about the news of the war, and then we''ll go on our way. We must get to shangheling in two days."


    Then he glanced at Eugenie beside him, took back his eyes, sighed with a headache, and whispered, "I hope it''s not too late..."


    "It''s not so good here!" Eugenie shrunk her mouth and looked at the streets and civilians in front of her, with a slightly disappointed tone.


    "Although I know it''s impossible to compare with windbreak, these houses are too dilapidated. They look like moldy bread. And these civilians are dressed in old clothes. Pace, is this really the largest town in Cumbria? I was going to walk around here."


    Looking at Eugene''s disappointed expression, pace immediately said, "if you hadn''t made trouble, we would have arrived at Shanghe collar!"


    "How can I make things worse!" Eugenie retorted at once. "You ride a horse, I ride a horse, you drive on, I drive on, and I don''t ask you to stop and wait for me. You just don''t want me to follow and drive me back to the castle."


    "This is just adding chaos!" pace said discontentedly.


    There was nothing he could do about his little sister Eugenie. I can''t fight again. However, I can''t drive away. I have no choice but to let her follow me.


    But Eugenie didn''t worry. As soon as she left Fengxi castle, she immediately returned the etiquette and education of the noble lady to the old wet nurse.


    At the moment, she was tied with a neat horse tail, wearing a black soft leather armor and a thin sword and dagger around her waist. She looked like a female assassin. But pace knew that Eugenie was a real troublemaker!


    On the evening of three days ago, Eugene couldn''t stay in a good hotel. She had to take her to the tavern where mercenaries gathered.


    Finally, just because a mercenary whistled and said two jokes to her, the fool pulled out his sword and pierced the other party''s belly!


    If from time to time he responds in time and stops the two enemies who draw their swords, maybe a group of them will have to stay in Shuangshui town!


    Although he was unhappy with the mercenary who dared to flirt with Eugenie, the mercenary tavern was originally a gathering place for scum refugees. Flirting with women was a common pleasure for mercenaries. There was no need to do it. It would only make all mercenaries think they met someone who came to find trouble.


    What a headache, pace thought. Because of Eugenie, he had a headache all the way.


    ……