Having the genes of a demon king, I never intended to be a kept man.

A magician's hut.

The room was dark, dim, and damp.

The ghost torches were stuck in the wall, burning with green flames.

“Nanika no &*￥@@**yyoo*&*......

An elderly magician with white hair was casting a spell on something on a table with his hands raised. His face was full of deep wrinkles, and his age spots were clearer than his eyes. He was muttering incantations, as if he were performing some kind of evil black magic ritual.

"Is it not finished yet?" Duke Wang En asked, frowning.

"Almost there, almost there..." The old magician wiped the sweat from his forehead. "My lord, you should give me a little more time."

“You know that what I lack most right now is time,” Wang En said solemnly.

In this chaotic battle, he must seek out more trump cards in order to have a chance to turn the tide.

“But things have to be done one step at a time, don’t they?” the old magician asked. “How is the situation in Jiangcheng?”

Wang En paused for a moment. Although he had been staying here for the past few days, he had of course received news from the front lines.

"It's not a very optimistic situation."

......

Meanwhile, members of several major families of the Southern Righteous Alliance sat around the council hall of White Elephant Castle.

Have you heard about the situation in Jiangcheng lately?

The head of the Qi family said, "It seems that the Ye family is about to take Jiangcheng. After two weeks of fighting, the number of casualties is less than a hundred, while Jiangcheng is almost out of ammunition and food and has been completely wiped out!"

The Zhou family patriarch said, "Yes, our Zhou family's intelligence network has also gathered a lot of information. It is said that the city walls of Jiangcheng have been bombed to pieces, but the Ye family deliberately does not attack into the city each time. The people of Jiangcheng have now hidden inside the city and dare not come out."

The head of the Yuwen family said, "I didn't expect the people of Jiangcheng to be so useless. If this continues, won't Jiangcheng be taken over by the Ye family without any harm?"

Xia Xun crossed his arms, glanced at the Yuwen family head, and said, "What do you mean by that? It sounds like you're not happy about the traitorous alliance losing?"

"This..." The Yuwen family head coughed twice and said, "How could that be? I just thought that Jiang Cheng would at least make the Ye family pay some price..."

"Alright, I think everyone should stop pretending. The Ye family isn't here anyway," Marquis White Elephant suddenly said. "Didn't everyone originally hope to use this opportunity to weaken the Ye family's military strength, and then we could grab heads and gain an advantage? This was originally the intention of the Imperial Family, so there's nothing to hide."

The nobles present exchanged glances.

"That's true." The head of the Yuwen family chuckled awkwardly. "These are all our own people. Without those demonized people around, what are we pretending for?"

Xia Xun gave a soft hum and didn't say anything.

Marquis Pangton said, “Alright, now that we’ve laid it all out, I don’t think this will work. The Night Family’s army seems to be no weaker than it was back then. In fact, I’ve heard that Night Owl hasn’t even made a single move in the war on the front lines! If this continues, won’t the Night Family steal all the credit? You have to understand that Jiangcheng is a strategic location. Taking Jiangcheng would definitely be the greatest achievement.”

"Then what do we do?" asked the head of the Zhou family.

Marquis Pangdon narrowed his eyes: "It's simple. Jiangcheng is already out of ammunition and food, and morale is low, so it doesn't have much fighting power to begin with. Since the Ye family isn't attacking, we'll send troops to attack. Once we occupy Jiangcheng and capture Kant, Linna, Robin, and the others, the credit will be divided among us."

The head of the Qi family laughed: "That's right. It doesn't matter which of our families becomes the Duke of the Southern Territory in the end, as long as the Ye family doesn't get it."

The Zhou family patriarch said, "Yes, if Night Owl becomes the Grand Duke of the Southern Territory, our future will definitely be difficult."

The head of the Yuwen family said, "Then let's decide on this. After I return to my territory, I will begin to count my troops, and we will attack Jiangcheng together. As for who can capture Kant, Linna, Robin, and the others after the battle begins... let's see who can do it best, shall we?"

"Row."

"no problem."

"That's decided..."

Xia Xun frowned, looking at the nobles from the Southern Territory in the conference hall, and suddenly felt a little worried.

......

Night Family Camp.

Inside one of the tents, the Ye family was also holding a meeting.

Night Song compiled the collected information on six nobles—Kant, Linna, Robin, Chen Bing, Baron XX, and Baron XX—into a booklet and slammed it onto the table.

Ye Yulong picked up one of the documents and found it to be as thick as a textbook. He flipped through it casually and found that it contained very detailed information about each of Kang De and his men, including their strength, rank, their respective confidants, families, weapons and equipment, and even their hobbies, lifestyles, how many women they kept outside the marriage, how many children they had, and their personality weaknesses.

"Your information is quite detailed," Ye Yulong said with amusement. "Where did you get it?"

Night Song: "One of my men is very good at this kind of thing; he's very skilled at gathering intelligence."

Song Jie stood in a deserted corner of the camp, a proud smile spreading across his face, his lips almost reaching the sky.

Ye Qingxin also picked up a document and started looking through it, then fell silent.

Although she also had her own intelligence agents.

But to be able to gather intelligence in such detail is truly remarkable...

Many people focus more on rank and strength, but overlook the importance of "information gap".

On the battlefield, a simple information gap can completely turn the tide of battle.

In some ways, the impact of a crucial information gap can be far greater than that of a Shura Realm expert!

Ye Ge said, "Now that the pressure has been applied enough, the fish should be biting the hook soon."

Ye Mengyu blinked and asked, "You mean they'll come and surrender?"

“Yes, it’s about time someone called Father,” Ye Ge said. “However, not all of the six of them will surrender.”

Ye Mengyu asked with great interest, "So, who do you think will surrender? And who won't?"

Ye Ge reached out and placed her hand on the documents on the table, pointing to two of them: "These two don't know."

Night Rain: "Why?"

“I’m guessing,” Night Song said. “Based on their profiles and personalities, it’s probably just some random guess.”

Night Rain: "..."

Ye Qingxin picked up the information on the two people Ye Ge had pointed to, looked at it for a while, and then remained silent for a moment: "Count Kant?"

"You've analyzed this person extensively in your report, saying he's very clever, shrewd, cunning, a sophisticated egoist. If that's the case, then he shouldn't be someone who's stubborn. Why do you still say he won't surrender?"

“Of course he won’t be stubborn,” Night Song said, “but that doesn’t mean he’ll surrender.”

"On the contrary, it is precisely because he is smart that he will not surrender."

Ye Qingxin asked, puzzled, "What does this mean?"

Ye Ge smiled but did not answer.

Then, Night Song added, "Also, we've whetted the appetites of our noble allies in the Southern Righteous Alliance. They should be eager to jump in and grab kills now."

"That's about right, it's time to let them go on stage and give them a good performance."