Unknown Knight

The eldest prince Nubia is the best among all the princes in terms of qualifications and reputation, but he has a congenital defect, that is, his mother comes from a declining family, and his background is a little weak.

He is also very aware of his shortcomings, so he has always deliberately kept a low profile, tried to stay away from various conflicts in the court, and tried his best to portray himself as a humble, respectful, and non-confrontational personal IP.

However, it was precisely his personal IP and his deliberately low-key approach that made him rarely have conflicts with other chiefs and families. Everyone was happy to make friends with him, which made the prince very popular with other powerful chiefs, and in turn increased his reputation in the eyes of the chiefs.

This time, Chief Ukes, the lord of Dukuba City, openly chose to support him, which gave the Nubian prince, who had been suffering from the lack of a backer, a strong arm. His ambition, which he had suppressed and endured for many years, began to grow wildly.

In addition, the city of Dukuba where he started the rebellion has an advantageous location. Compared with the other two princes' cities of Amerad and Barie, it is very close to Shariz City. After reading the letter sent by the secret envoy of Chief Mondhari, he immediately discussed privately with his boss behind the scenes, Chief Ukes, about sending troops to Shariz City.

In their view, although the territory they occupied, Dukuba City, had the geographical advantage of being close to the water and getting the moon first, they were afraid that the fisherman would gain while the snipe and the clam fought, so they had been accumulating strength in secret and did not dare to act rashly.

However, they still want to seize this opportunity to take advantage of the situation. Moreover, with the presence of Chief Mondhari as a traitor, the possibility of heavy losses on their side is reduced through internal and external cooperation. In their opinion, the reason why Aix was able to break through the city of Shariz so easily last time was because of Chief Mondhari's surrender, which made the siege so easy. This time is just another try.

Soon an army of more than 3,500 people was assembled. In fact, Chief Ukes' entire army had less than 1,000 people. Some of these troops came from nearby chiefs who had defected to the great prince, and more were young and strong men who were forcibly conscripted. Arming so many people almost exhausted the war potential in Chief Ukes's territory, making him ready to die if he failed.

In order to avoid any trouble, they traveled day and night, and arrived outside the Khalaf Fort of Chief Mondhari in just two days and three nights.

In the secret room of the main fort of Calaf Fort, the eldest prince Nubia, Chief Ukes and Chief Mondhari discussed together, then lit several fires on the walls of Calaf Fort, and then surrounded Calaf Fort for a day and a night, staging a "battle" of attack and defense of Calaf Fort. After the battle, the "defeated" Chief Mondhari broke out and fled towards the city of Shariz with more than a hundred defeated soldiers.

After receiving the letter, Aix did not bother to rest in the Migach Castle, but led his army to Sharez City overnight. The Khalaf Castle was less than a day's journey from Sharez City, much closer than the Migach Castle where he was. If he could not return before the army of the great prince Nubia arrived in Sharez City, he would miss the best opportunity to enter the city, and might be blocked by the enemy outside the city.

Although the army he led was generally strong, the army came by water, and there were not many cavalry on the ship, so it was hard to say whether they would win a battle in the wild.

Here we can see the role of military quality in warfare. Although the 1,500 men led by Aix did not rest and traveled all night, they still arrived at the city of Sharez at around 10 a.m. the next day. At this time, the more than 100 men of Chief Mondhari who had "defeated" had just entered the city not long ago. As for the army led by Prince Nubia who occupied the Calaf Fort, according to the spies' reports, they had just left the Calaf Fort not long ago.

As soon as he entered the city, Aix heard about Chief Mondhari who had fled into the city in defeat, and hurriedly summoned him to find out what happened.

Although Chief Mondhari previously held the position of vizier, Aix did not pay much attention to him, mainly because he was too busy and had no time to get along and communicate with the local chiefs. Even if there was a need for communication, Niza would usually come forward to take charge.

Secondly, after being in power for a long time, Aix also developed a snobbish attitude towards people and things. There was nothing he could do about it because there were too many things that needed his attention and care, so he would try to reduce unnecessary troubles. He was even more unwilling to spend extra time to understand and value those people who he thought were of little use.

The two met and had a brief chat, with Aix mainly asking questions and Chief Mondhari answering them. Aix followed the questions he had prepared in advance, focusing on the situation of the Nubian prince's army and the details of the fall of Karaf Castle.

As a former vizier, Chief Mondhari had held a high position for many years. He was very relaxed and did not seem to be too reserved towards the new Sultan's boss. Whenever the scene reached a climax, the vizier's eyes would turn red and he would be filled with indignation, and sometimes he would burst into tears, which made Aix have to put down his airs and come over to persuade him kindly.

However, during the entire questioning process, Aix still discovered some different clues. There was something wrong with the look in Chief Mondhari's eyes when he was answering, especially when he talked about a certain key point, he seemed hesitant and vague, as if he was secretly considering something inappropriate.

Aix's public identity is the newly appointed vizier (prime minister) of Niza. The Sarand chiefs who are aware of the situation also know that this mysterious vizier is actually the boss behind the new Sultan Niza, including Chief Mondhari.

Everyone knew that the soldiers that Niza led to seize power this time were all the troops of the new vizier. Although he spoke poorly and his appearance was very different from that of the local dignitaries, everyone was still relatively polite to him.

But although Chief Mondhari's performance today seemed normal, Axe always felt that he was too polite and something seemed wrong, so he secretly signaled Nana under her robe to scan Chief Mondhari and analyze his physical characteristics during the meeting.

This is a new feature that Axe asked Nana to develop some time ago. Mainly because sailing on the sea was really boring at that time, Axe had a sudden idea and asked the people on the boat to lie in front of him with various reasons. Then Nana secretly scanned the liars' bodies and collected and analyzed data through changes in heartbeat, pulse, breathing, pupils, brain waves, etc.

After nearly three hundred people on the ship lied to him several times, Nana analyzed the large amount of collected data and successfully unlocked a new function - lie detection.

In fact, this is similar to the principle of today's lie detectors and is not a very complicated thing. This is mainly due to the power of Nanaia. Under the deliberate guidance of Aix, through the collection and analysis of big data, it is not difficult to come up with a set of logical procedures for identifying lies.

Sure enough, after the meeting, Nana concluded that Chief Mondhari lied 100%, including 65% lies about the actual situation of the Nubian prince's army, 85% lies about the fall of Calaf Fort, 75% lies about their escape from the siege, etc. The data on the above three points alone were enough to conclude that Chief Mondhari had indeed rebelled.