Chapter 359 Agent Leblanc
"Yes, General." The adjutant took the order and withdrew. Before leaving, he respectfully lowered the tent curtain for Du Kecao.
General Du Coquet was the only one left in the tent.
He sat back at his desk alone, but was not busy dealing with the documents on the desk. He just looked up at the air in front of him, as if he was quietly waiting for someone to appear.
"General Kekao."
Soon, a voice appeared in Du Kecao's ears without warning.
Then, a figure, like a chameleon that had shed its protective color, slowly emerged from the "empty" air in front of him.
She was a woman with a pretty face but pale skin, and her every move was full of mystery and elegance.
Such a woman is bound to be memorable.
But Du Kecao knew that there was no point in remembering this woman's face.
Because he had the honor of meeting this woman several times in the past, and every time she came, she had a completely different and unfamiliar face.
Sometimes she is glamorous, sometimes she is plain, sometimes she is a country girl, sometimes she is a noble lady, and sometimes she is not a woman at all, but appears as a man.
It's like turning on a skin-changing plug-in.
Her appearance seemed to be just a painted skin that could be changed at will, and even an assassination master like Du Kecao could not detect any flaws in her transformation tricks.
This woman is full of mysteries.
Du Kecao knew her even less than Levi did.
If Levi were here, he would definitely be able to guess that her name was Leblanc - although this name might also be fake.
Du Kecao didn't even know her name. He only knew that she was the messenger of the Black Rose and a close confidant of His Majesty Darkwill.
As for what role the woman played in the Black Rose organization, and what the relationship between Darkwill and the woman was, Du Kecao knew nothing about it.
But what he knew was that this woman was very powerful.
As for how powerful she was, that was a question he didn't dare to test.
"General Kekao." Leblanc appeared in front of him and asked him rudely as soon as she appeared: "The Empire has entrusted you with the important task of destroying the Barue Leader. Is this the only plan you can come up with to defeat the enemy?"
Her tone was calm but stern, as if she treated Du Kecao, the commander of the Ionian army, as a subordinate whom she could order around.
Du Kecao was not annoyed.
He knew how powerful the Black Rose was and how terrifying its influence was among the old aristocracy.
The Kekao family may have been secretly serving the Black Rose since his tenth generation ago.
Although he is now in a high position and commands an army, in the final analysis, he is just a pawn in the hands of the Black Rose.
So Du Kecao was not in a hurry to defend himself, but just listened quietly to the woman's criticism.
All I heard was Leblanc saying, "I know how sophisticated the assassination skills of your disciples are, and how brilliant their past achievements are."
"But General Du Kecao, don't forget that we are now facing the combined forces of the Leader and the Ionians."
The Leader's anti-espionage and counter-intelligence work has reached the pinnacle, and even the Empire's invincible war stonemasons cannot infiltrate them.
The Ionian masters, led by Irelia, are all top-notch experts with extraordinary personal strength and are almost not afraid of assassination.
Facing such a powerful enemy with perfect intelligence and military power, how much effect can assassination, a tactic that is not worthy of being used on the surface, have?
"Who can be assassinated by your fledgling daughter and one of your students?" Loveland asked mockingly.
"I believe in the strength of Katarina and Talon." Du Kecao just replied.
"He's just an assassin. Even if he has the strength, he can't change the overall situation."
Assassinations and special operations have always been the ingredients of war, and battlefield confrontation is the main course that determines the direction of the war. Leblanc obviously does not approve of Du Kecao's decision to reverse the priorities.
She said: "As a coach, you should think about more effective ways."
"You mean, Urgot's method?" Du Kecao also showed his edge: "Using the lives of the Barue people as bargaining chips to force the leader to come down the mountain for a decisive battle?"
"Heh." Leblanc smiled back: "Why, General, do you care about these civilians?"
"No." Du Kecao replied coldly: "I refuse because this will not solve the problem."
"What is the real problem we are facing now? Is it that the leader is hiding in the mountains and not coming out? No, the real problem we are facing now is the imbalance of combat power between the enemy and us."
According to the headquarters' initial idea, the 100,000 elite troops of the Ionian Army alone were enough to crush the Leader.
But what about now?
The Leader almost made up for the numerical disadvantage with just one suicide drone.
What's worse is that the Leader is colluding with Irelia and the Presidium Resistance.
"You have to know that our 100,000-man army was originally drawn from the Navoli battlefield."
"And I'm sure you're also aware of the situation on the Navoli battlefield over the past two years..."
The resistance army led by Irelia alone was extremely difficult to deal with, with an army of 100,000 strong.
They originally planned to leave Navoli temporarily, come to Barue to bully the "little kids" first, and then return to Navoli to continue fighting with the rebels after defeating the Leader.
Now it's ok...
The rebels also came to Barue and formed an alliance with the Leader.
The resistance alone was already so difficult to fight, and now with the addition of the Order of the Balance, the Order of the Shadow, and the Leader...
"Are you sure that as long as we force the Leader down the mountain, this army of 100,000 can win a head-on war?"
"You know, in a full-scale war, the strongest point of the Leaders is not their suicide drones, but their ability to transport personnel and supplies quickly and on a large scale regardless of terrain."
"It only takes them half a day to transport the main force of the rebels from Navoli Province to Baruo Province and over our heads by 'air transport'."
As Du Kecao described, Leblanc seemed to see this scene:
The 100,000-strong Noxian army threatened to massacre the city and stood ready in the plains, waiting for the leader to come and die.
As a result, they waited for the suicide drones flying all over the sky, the Ionian heroes led by Irelia, and the main force of the resistance army airlifted from Navoli by the leader...
It is hard to say who will surround whom and who will wait for whom to die at that time.
Even if the leader does not have the geographical advantage, if the two sides fight head-on, the result may not be that Noxus wins.
"Instead of risking everything in an uncertain battle, you might as well try my method first." Du Kecao said, "Although the way of assassination is not decent, it can sometimes produce miraculous results, right?"
"This..." Leblanc frowned slightly.
What Du Kecao didn't know was that she actually planned this war just to test the true strength of Goddess Janna.
What she hoped was to use Du Keao and Swain as pawns to test the waters and force the goddess herself out.
But now, with the addition of the Ionians, the 100,000-strong army of Noxus can no longer be defeated even by the regular combat power of the Leader.
If they can’t even crush the enemy on a conventional battlefield, how can the Leader possibly use Janna as a “nuclear weapon”?
"Ma'am, if you want me to win a fair and just victory, then I will need the help of more extraordinary and powerful people." Du Kecao paused and said, "The Black Rose has a profound foundation. It's time for it to show its strength, isn't it?"
Leblanc could tell that Du Kecao was expressing his dissatisfaction with her.
The Black Rose has a profound background and is not short of experts, but they always like to hide behind the scenes and control others, and rarely take part in the battle themselves.
"Okay." Leblanc thought for a moment and said, "I will explain the situation to the Immortal Bastion and ask for reinforcements for you as soon as possible."
"Thank you for your understanding, but..." Du Kecao looked at her and said meaningfully, "Actually, you can help me right now."
"Me?" Leblanc thought.
"Yes." Du Kecao narrowed his eyes and looked at Leblanc 's pale face that even he couldn't see through. "Ma'am, you were right in what you said before."
"The Leader is well guarded, and the resistance army is full of experts. I'm afraid my useless daughter and disciple will not be able to achieve any decisive results even if they successfully sneak into the enemy camp."
"But what if you are included?"
"I see." Leblanc raised a smile: "Katrina and Talon are just the assistants you prepared for me."
"You want me to be one of your pawns, right?"
Du Kecao was noncommittal: "All this is for the great cause of the empire."
"So...what do you mean?"
"No problem." Leblanc agreed with interest: "That's right, I'm also interested in the Leader."
…
A moment later, Katarina and Tyrone arrived.
"Father." Catalina is a young girl with beautiful long burgundy hair.
She had fair skin and a pretty face, just the age when a girl should be the most charming and lovely. But her eyes were sharp and sharp, which did not match her age, and people could not see the fragility and pity of a girl at all.
She is like a sword drawn from its sheath, sharp and cold, beautiful and dangerous.
"Teacher." Tai Long is a teenager.
Although he also had a good-looking face and was also an assassin trained by Du Kecao, his temperament was completely different from Katarina's.
There was no sharpness in his eyes, and his expression and posture seemed ordinary and natural. Although he had an eye-catching face, he still gave people the feeling of being an ordinary person .
"Talon." Du Kecao obviously favored this disciple more than his own daughter.
He looked at Tyrone and said, "I have an important mission for you, Katarina, and Lanfu to complete."
"Lanfu?" Tailong was slightly stunned.
Who is that?
"You will know soon." Just as Du Kecao finished speaking, a strange girl with a cute face and lively temperament appeared beside him like a ghost.
Tyrone and Catalina were shocked.
As one of the top assassins in Noxus, they were unaware of the existence of this girl from beginning to end.
Who on earth is she, and how could she have such profound attainments in the art of stealth and assassination?
"Lan Fu, she is my secret disciple, your senior." Du Kecao looked at his daughter and disciple and explained casually, "For this operation, you just need to follow her instructions."
