July 13, 141 New Calendar, Shaobei Town. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Nikusaichi, who has gained the trust of the rebel forces, is holding a meeting with many businessmen involved in the rebellion at the headquarters of the local chamber of commerce in the middle of the town.

Again, the topic of the day was mercenaries and self-armed forces.

Most businessmen think that mercenaries are more reliable than their own armies, because mercenaries are professional soldiers, strong in combat, and can be hired as long as they have money, and the easiest resource for merchants is money. But mercenaries also have a fatal disadvantage, that is, they are easy to disobey orders, generally have poor discipline, and always have to loot after the battle. If the other side uses a monetary offensive, the mercenaries may turn against them.

Own armed forces are almost incapable of defection, and are much stronger than mercenaries in terms of reliability. Unlike other towns in the Kingdom of Byrons, more than 50 percent of the residents of Shaobei Town are craftsmen or merchants, and the presence of the Kingdom Chamber of Commerce has brought a large number of high-quality and cheap goods, which has impacted the local market and harmed the interests of local craftsmen and merchants. Therefore, there are many locals who oppose the royal family and are willing to join the rebels, which means that the rebels are not short of soldiers.

However, the initial combat power of your own armed forces is too low, and the discipline is not high, so it takes a lot of money and time to cultivate. The most important thing is that training soldiers will make a lot of noise, and it will be easy for officers and soldiers to find out. Someone once suggested that some of them could join the city defense army, let the officers and soldiers train the army for themselves, and they could earn some equipment for the city defense army in vain when they started an incident.

But the proposal was rejected at the time. Shaobei Town was originally an area occupied by foreign races, and the Bujin Republic had a strong guard against the locals, and until Shaobei Town was returned to the Byronic Kingdom, the local military defense did not allow the Ira people to set foot in it at all. After the town of Shaobei was returned to the Kingdom of Byrons, the locals were allowed to join the city defense army, but the officers of the city defense army were mainly Ilibians who had not been evacuated, and the insufficient part would be transferred from other places, and the locals could only join the army as soldiers.

The urban defense system of the five northern towns that was later received was slightly different from that of other regions, and in the first six months, the defense of the five northern towns was all taken care of by the urban defense troops transferred from other places. During this period, the soldiers of the city defense corps, who were recruited from the local area, were constantly being trained, and the training content was not only regular military training, but also ideological aspects.

The instructors would repeatedly instill in the soldiers the concept of the state, the righteousness of the family and the country, and cultivate their loyalty to the royal family. In half a year, most of these soldiers have become supporters of the royal family, and some have even turned their own family members into supporters of the royal family. It was only after this that the Byrens family gained a foothold in the northern five towns.

Moreover, the city defense army in Shaobei Town currently has about 600 people, which can already meet the local defense needs, and even if there is a shortage of personnel, it is only 10 or 20 people. If you throw this person into it, you may be brainwashed by the officials and soldiers, and if someone defects and confesses to the rebel forces, the local rebel forces will suffer heavy losses.

If you can't train, it's hard to improve the combat effectiveness of your own weapons. Merchants believed that combat effectiveness could be compensated for by weaponry, but the cost of their own armament was more than three times higher than that of mercenaries. In contrast, hiring three times as many mercenaries for the same amount of money seems to be a better option.

But mercenaries are really difficult for businessmen to control. These rebels' families are in Shaobei Town, and if they use mercenaries to occupy Shaobei Town, Shaobei Town is likely to be looted by mercenaries, which means that their property may also be looted.

“…… There are 600 people in the city defense army of Shaobei Town, so we have to hire at least 600 people. After retaking Shaobei Town, we will have to join our allies in other regions, and we will have at least 500 men by then. To be on the safe side, we'd better get together a thousand people. Now there are a total of 200 people that each of our families can muster, which means that we are still 800 people short. If these 800 people are all mercenaries, we can't control them at all! ”

"We can find reliable mercenaries and let them counterbalance the unreliable ones. Or if we offer a high enough price at the beginning, and make it an initial condition not to loot Shaobei Town, and let them sign a contract and swear, won't Shaobei Town be safe? ”

"How much are you going to give them? Those guys with their heads pinned to their belts are greedy, a group of fifty mercenaries dares to offer a price of 50 kan iraga, and we are responsible for the food and lodging salaries. If you want them not to loot, at least triple the money. Instead of giving them money, it's better to pull up a team yourself! ”

"Or else...... We're half and half, right? Find a few teams of mercenaries with good enough credit and buy another 400 sets of weapons and equipment, so that you can not only gather enough 800 people, but also control the situation. ”

"We acted too late, and the mercenaries with good credit were basically hired by those people in the south first, and now we can find mercenaries with poor credit."

"Uh...... Otherwise, let's talk to the people of Shangjin City and Limi City, and ask them to transfer some mercenaries to us, and we will pay double the price, and they will agree, right? ”

"Huh, double? They're going to take the opportunity to slaughter us, and four times is less. ”

"Quadruple?! Why don't they rob it!! ”

"It's hard to say over there in Shangjin City, the people of Rimi City shouldn't kill us, right? Judging by their attitude, they should be trying to win us over. ”

"Well, that makes sense, so let's go talk to them, shall we?"

Seeing that the rebels were about to negotiate the result, Ercausai, who had been silent, finally took action. She cleared her throat loudly and said to them in a slightly hoarse voice.

"Guys, you don't seem to have figured out the situation."

When everyone heard Ercausai's voice, they couldn't help but close their mouths and gather their eyes. Ercaoyi was very active in the rebel party, and the amount of "donations" each time ranked in the top three. She often mediates internal conflicts in the organization, and occasionally helps the organization to give advice, and is respected, and is respected by everyone as "First Sister".

"I know, in your opinion, this uprising is all about overthrowing that bullshit king and then making a living deal. As long as this is achieved, you are satisfied. You think so, but others don't necessarily think so. A few years ago, the land under our feet belonged to the Ira people, and it was under the control of our Ira. But now? Whose flag is it hanging over our heads? It's a Letingian! We're in the hands of the Leting people now! ”

Ercaoyi's words stimulated everyone's national sentiments, and they all showed unwilling expressions.

"Don't forget what we're doing now, we're planning an uprising now, to put it bluntly, we're planning a rebellion, and if we fail, we're going to kill the whole family. Let's do the business of pinning our heads to the waistband of our trousers, and all we want is to overthrow that bullshit king, An Ansheng does business, and the risk and reward are not proportional! You're right? ”

Most of the people present were in business, and when Ercausa said this, they found that the risks and rewards of this uprising were indeed not proportional. As soon as Ercao said this, he stopped, and the scene was silent for about half a minute, and then a businessman with a goatee asked Ercao tentatively.

"First sister, what do you mean...... Seizure of power? ”

"I didn't say that!" Ercaiichi pretended to be angry and said loudly, "This is what you said, it has nothing to do with me!" ”

The merchants quickly exchanged glances, and under their cautious gaze there was a hidden light of excitement and greed. The benefits of power to merchants are self-evident, merchants get huge benefits just by controlling one Shaobei town, what if they control the entire five northern towns?

Shaobei Town's strength is limited, and their ambitions are limited to that. While the rebels were thinking, Erkusaichi continued.

"When the Wei family was still there, our five northern towns were raised by our stepmother. Any good thing can come to Shangjin County first, as soon as the Bujin people hit Shangjin County, the Wei family directly sold us! After arriving on the side of the Bukin, we were still raised by our stepmothers, and we were disliked, and before we could adapt to the republican system of the Bukins, we were kicked to the Kingdom of Byron again. After coming back, we couldn't stand the suppression of the Byron family and wanted to rebel, but when we rebelled, we were also raised by our stepmother! ”

"Shangjin City is not looking at us, but Li Mi City is looking at us, but people's hearts are separated from their stomachs, who knows what Li Mi City has in mind? According to Rimi, as long as they revolt according to their plan, the Byrons family will die. But is the end of the matter when the Byrons family is dead? I don't think so. The bread is so big, and the more we eat, the less they eat. If we can think of these things, can others not think of them? Everyone is doing business, and there are so many twists and turns in the business field, who can't see who can't see whom? ”

As Ercausa said, this so-called uprising is essentially a rebellion, or a rebellion launched for profit. Everyone erected the anti-flag for the sake of profit, and if the rebellion did not get benefits, who would rebel?

But after the rebellion, there were so many benefits, some people took more, some people took less, and even some people couldn't get it. Compared to Limi City and Shangjin City, Shaobei Town is undoubtedly weak. Even if the five northern towns are united, they may not be able to defeat one of them. After the rebellion is successful, the powerful forces will definitely divide the interests first, and the weak forces like Shaobei Town can only eat some leftovers.

If Ercao didn't say that paragraph about "raised by the queen mother", the rebel forces in Shaobei Town might acquiesce to this result. In their opinion, it was already the best outcome for them to be able to completely control the five northern towns. However, Ercaiichi's words ignited the resentment that had been accumulated in their hearts for a long time, and made them dissatisfied with this so-called best result.

When the Wei family was in power, the difference between the north and south of Shangjin County had already arisen. The county seat is in the south, so the Wei family attaches more importance to the development of southern towns. The five northern towns are next to the Bujin Republic, and after the outbreak of war between the Bujin and the Ira, the Wei family used the northern five towns as a barrier to the southern region.

The so-called barrier is not to fortify the five towns in the north, because Shangjin County does not have that strength. The role of the five northern towns was to use them as bargaining chips when the war situation was extremely unfavorable to Kamijin Prefecture, and to cede one or more of them in exchange for peace. Counting the time a few years ago, the Wei family has ceded the land of the five northern towns twice in history. In the last defeat, the Wei family ceded two of the five northern towns to the Bujin Republic, but the territory was not formally handed over, but was redeemed in installments.

Because of the special nature of the five northern towns, the Wei family has not made any investment in the five northern towns. Just like Ercao said, all good things must come first in the county seat, because the county seat is the base camp of the Wei family. After the county seat is the southern town, and when it is the turn of the five northern towns, there is basically nothing left.

There are no benefits at all, and taxes must not be reduced at all, and this unfair treatment has caused the five northern towns to accumulate a lot of resentment against the southern towns led by the county seat. Although many of the five northern towns fled to the south after the five northern towns were officially ceded to the Bujin Republic, it was only because they did not want to be ruled by aliens, and taking refuge in the south was the lesser of two evils.

Among the towns of the Ira people, only Kamijin Castle and Riya Castle are considered large cities. After the Ira overthrew the Byrons family, it was inevitable that a new Ira nation would be formed, and the capital would only be produced in Kamijin Castle and Rimi Castle. In terms of the size of the city and the size of the administrative district, Kamijin Castle has the advantage, but now Ryami Castle has received assistance from foreign forces, so now Ryami Castle is the boss of the Ira rebellion.

But with foreign power alone, the position of this boss is not stable. That's why Limi City will actively win over various towns and stabilize its position in its own clan. Whether it is Rimi City or Shangjin City, they are just cities, and the geographical location of Limi City is not suitable for being the capital, but as long as the people of Limi City kill the people of Shangjin City, they can build a capital in Shangjin City.

At that time, Shangjin City will still be the southern city that will take advantage of it, and the five northern towns will still be next to the border area of the Bujin Republic. Although Rimi City is also a border area, the people who went to the city are from Rimi City after all, and it is impossible for people to treat people from their hometown badly. The strength of the new country is not much stronger than that of Shangjin County in the past, so when the time comes, the five towns in the north will have to repeat the fate of the year and continue to be the barrier of the southern towns.