Although the old lord's words were strange, Ella cared more about the "suspended to the island republic". The old lord didn't seem to be able to communicate normally, so Ella whispered to the minister: "Is the lord in the next territory an ally of the island republic? The island republic also told you about this? What's going on?"

Seeing that Ella was not angry at the unreasonable request of his lord, he replied a little more relieved, "That's right, the Island Republic has a great trade influence in the south of our Almani Federation. About a year ago, their governor sent someone to our Istria to ask if we would send troops to the Seven Hills Empire to "get rich" together. Our lord was afraid of the Seven Hills Empire and refused. It was said that it was not only us, but many lords in the southern lords of the Almani Federation had received envoys sent by the Governor of the Island Republic."

"Did those lords agree?"

"How can we do it? If we really unite, we can still fight with the Qiqiu Empire. But how can we unite? The Qiqiu Empire is a big country. Who would have thought of being the first to die? A few days ago, the Island Republic sent people to ask for help, but judging from the current situation, the Island Republic is probably going to lose soon, so who would help him? It's just a good thing for the lord next door, so he thought of leading his troops to get a kick."

"Well... I understand, then we pretend to be bandits and tie the lord up - how to distribute the spoils, how many are you going to get?"

The minister didn't expect Ella to agree, and said hurriedly, "Give it all to you, give it all to you! If we interfere in the distribution of the spoils, wouldn't it be to others that we are related to this incident?"

"Then what else is there to say!" Ella grabbed the minister's hand excitedly, "Where are the enemy going? Is there any place suitable for ambush on the route? Take me over!"

This is an opportunity for the captive lord to subsidize military use, so Ella will naturally not let it go. Moreover, the lord was preparing to oppose the Qiqiu Empire, and Ella had no burden at all.

According to Istria's intelligence, the enemy lord's troops are only about one thousand. He has crossed the border and entered Istria's territory and is heading towards the coast, and it seems that he is preparing to take a boat to the island republic.

Ella found a small hill beside the enemy's marching route. The camps of bandits were not vast enough, but it was more than enough to temporarily ambush a small army. Ella drew eight hundred people from the army and asked the leader of Istria that he had dominated 800 sets of local clothes.

Due to the race gap, the pirates could still vaguely tell that they were from the far north after changing their clothes. But Ella didn't care about this. All she cared about was how much she could get when she tied up the lord.

"The last time Anna was let go, he lost 200,000 Nomisma. He must be reclaimed from this lord!"

The pirates dig traps on the hills. Ella patrolled their progress while telling Amy about her money-making plan...

Amy whispered cold water: "Your Majesty... I guess you can't exchange for so much money if you sell the entire territory opposite. Look, you can only pull out a thousand people on the other side..."

"Wait a minute! You! What are you doing here?"

Ella suddenly shouted at several pirates who were doing pit digging operations.

"We? We're digging a pit?"

The pirates raised their shameless faces from the pit in confusion, wondering why their Swedish king was suddenly so excited.

"I saw the trap! I mean, what are you holding in your hands?"

The pirates looked at what they were holding, which were sharpened wooden stakes. They were driving these stakes into the bottom of the pit to increase the lethality of the pit.

Ella stomped her feet hard: "We are not here to cut people! We are here to tie the opposite lord for ransom! If the opposite lord falls into the pit and is stabbed to death, wouldn't we work for Istria for nothing? Take this dangerous thing off! Take it off!"

Before he finished speaking, Ella noticed the actions of several pirates in the distance and immediately shouted again: "On over there! What are you doing?"

The pirates who were called by Ella turned back in confusion and looked at Ella. The four of them worked together to hold a log and were about to hang it on the tree with a rope.

"Just knock the person over. Do you want to use such a large amount of wood to smash the lord on the opposite side into meat paste? It's too dangerous, take it down and take it down!"

Amy couldn't help but shout, "Your Majesty! Not everything will hit the opposite lord! The enemy will pass by the road at the foot of the mountain tomorrow afternoon. How can they fight if you command like this?"

Ella glanced at the road below the mountain and suddenly became stunned, not knowing whether she had heard Amy's words.

"Amy...I'll confirm that we are on the mountain now?"

"...Your Majesty, do you have a fever?"

"And then there is the marching road?"

"Yes, it is expected that the enemy will pass there tomorrow afternoon. Is there any problem?"

Ella hugged her head and wailed: "The problem is big! I just want to find the nearest hill, but look at this mountain and that road, there is a distance between two arrows! Ordinary bows and arrows cannot be shot at! The enemy is marching on the main road at all, why do you have to run up the mountain?"

"Well...can't you think of a way to lead the opponent up the mountain? Send someone to harass him, and then defraud the opponent from here..."

"Isn't that completely an organized and premeditated military operation? And it's still in the territory of the Istrian Republic! Think about it carefully, it's abnormal to ambush more than 800 people on this hill - no matter how you defend it, the other party will not believe that we are bandits! Once the war begins on both sides, who knows how many allies will be brought, and we will be dragged into the war!"

"I would have an idea if that happens." Amy said in a low voice, "just let Istria suffer a little loss. In this way, we will be considered a third party."

"Good idea, Amy! Let's use the Liurik flag instead!"

"Yes...ah? What, what?"

"The one who kidnapped the other lord was Liurik! The one who gave Istria to the mercenary was my Swedish king! Although they were all pirates from the north, the two sides belonged to different forces! The vicious Liurik attacked the lords of both sides at the same time and had no contact with Istria. Look, this will make sense!"

“…Will Liurik agree?”

"Use Aphro's protection..."

"Don't use my Aphrodite's protection ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

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"It's okay, use it. My banner is to scare them out of fear!"
Chapter completed!