Sean gathered everyone around him to discuss the search for the rebels, and also discussed Latina's discovery that there were more refugees recently.

Harry and Luke have been closely following the movements of cities around Oro City for some time. In fact, they have long been aware of the hidden dangers of possible rebels, including outsiders, refugees, workers or travelers, and airship crews, almost any role that may be disguised by the other side.

But because they were too thorough, they were unable to find any clues, so they had not reported to me in the past few days. It was not until now that they admitted that they had also

But they are different from Latina.

They saw the refugees coming and even secretly sent people to investigate.

In fact, many people are really homeless and want to come to Oro City to make a living. Even if there are rebel members among them, it would probably be difficult to find them.

"There are more than 500,000 people in the Oro region. If we add the surrounding towns and villages, there may be close to 100,000 people. It is impossible for us to send people to investigate such a large population one by one. If the rebels are scattered and mixed in, it will be difficult for us to find them." Luke expressed the helpless problem at the moment.

“The hard part is not finding it, but hiding it”

Sean, who could see the real-time situation on the sand table, certainly had a different opinion. As long as the rebels entered Oro City, he would definitely be able to discover them. It was a pity that they rarely came in, and those who came in were probably there to gather information.

If we only catch them, we won't be able to attract the people behind them.

"Tibetan"

The people in front of him fell into deep thought.

It is easy for a person to hide. As long as he is unwilling to come out, we may never find him.

"Is there a way to make all these hidden rebels appear?" Harry suddenly asked a question that made everyone even more silent.

If there was a way, we wouldn't have to hold a meeting here.

Just when everyone was worrying about this matter, Claude suddenly ran over to the lobby door. Perhaps he saw that everyone was in a meeting, so he didn't dare to go in, but it was hard not to attract everyone's attention by staying at the door.

"What's up?"

"Brother Sean, no, Lord Earl. The soldiers just delivered a letter from the imperial capital. I happened to be there so I took it."

Imperial Capital

Their hearts sank, and everyone probably guessed what the news was.

He took the letter from Claude's hand. The seal was sealed with a wax seal of a stag's helmet. This emblem represented the members of the imperial royal family, or directly represented the highest secret order issued by the kingdom. This kind of seal pattern would be used.

Sean opened it and looked

As everyone predicted, the Borg have taken the lead in launching a war against the Bashalan Empire.

However, what Sean did not expect was that the Borg's fighting power was so strong. Under the king's secret order, the Borg broke through the northern wall in just one night and marched all the way in. Now the northern lords are forming a joint defense force to resist the Borg's troops. Even the imperial capital has sent a large army including four marshal corps.

More than 500,000 troops headed north

What is even more shocking is that such a large force can only defend

Sean read the entire letter back and forth. It basically said that the Empire would dispatch its most elite troops to defend against the Borg's attack together with the northern nobles. It hoped that other lords would provide supplies or military support. All troops would be led by Prince Philip and rush to the battlefield after the Emperor.

This means that the nobles in other eastern, western and southern regions should make preparations, whether by donating money or sending soldiers, to meet up in the imperial capital as soon as possible and then provide further reinforcements.

After reading it, Sean placed the letter on the table for others to read.

"I didn't know much about the Borg country before. Could they really be that strong?"

After reading the letter, several people probably thought that many people shared their views. Even mercenaries like Barnil directly described the imperial soldiers as worthless, which almost angered Joseph and Ascalante who were beside him.

"So many people are adopting a defensive policy. I wonder what the king and his ministers are thinking. Are they going to wait until the Borg gradually occupy our land and consolidate it before launching a counterattack? By then, I'm afraid we won't even be able to take down a single city."

Even though they were born mercenaries, Vanir and his companions still had a strong sense of patriotism.

"Perhaps the King is waiting for the right opportunity. It is indeed not a wise move to confront the Borg's army head-on. In the expansion history of the Bashalan Empire, there have been two battles with the Borg, and each battle involved no less than 100,000 people." At this time, Harry, as a scholar, was able to speak.

"What's the result?"

"completely annihilated"

He looked at the crowd.

"This period of history doesn't appear in any accessible records. After all, it's not a glorious event. However, it's enough to show that the Borg are far superior to us in both technology and combat capabilities. Even the overall level of the Order is very high."

"So I guess the Emperor wants to wait for the right time before making any plans."

Sean thought about it and felt that what Harry said made sense. If the Borg's fighting power was really so terrifying, they would not dare to act rashly. Once the emperors suffered consecutive defeats in a battle of this scale, their morale would be gone. At that time, they would have no choice but to organize the people to fight in a vast ocean and rely on the terrain to fight guerrilla warfare, which would probably take several years to end.

The Borg might not take that long.

Sean was still thinking about what the woman in the dungeon had said. The Borg wanted to find certain things, and they were related to the ancient gods.

pendant

Silver Key

Hope is not something that brings disaster.

Looking at the conscription order on the table, Sean suddenly thought of an idea.

"Perhaps we can use the king's order to force the rebels out." He said suddenly.

Everyone looked at Sean at the same time.

The next day, somewhere outside of Oro City.

The revolutionary army members had to move into a new area almost every day. Only by behaving like foreign tourists could they avoid being discovered by the inspectors in Oro City. Moreover, not only the location, but also the slogans, personnel and methods of each gathering had to be constantly changed to ensure safety.

At the same time, people had to be sent to the city to gather information.

"How was your day?"

The door opened and this time a young girl walked in.

"Something big has happened. Count Weigel has issued a notice in Oro City demanding taxes and levies. It seems to be a request from the Imperial Capital. The war in the north is starting to intensify."

"Great, I knew the Borg wouldn't be defeated so easily," someone said in the room.