Seeing that the people had almost arrived, Duke Dozan coughed and cleared his throat and said, "You are almost there, I have invited you here today because I have something particularly important to discuss with you." We also had a meeting some time ago, and everyone knows the news that the hawks in the Balron European country are in power. ”

"We didn't expect the Barons to do anything until a year at the earliest, but now it seems that we were all wrong. Balono has already launched an invasion of the two city-states in the northwest of our Burning Sun Federation, and has occupied both city-states for half a month. ”

"Sun City gave an ultimatum to Bareno, but it is anyone's guess whether it has any effect. If Valen'o were to make the next step of aggression, the first target would of course be Sun City. Using the two city-states they occupy as a bridgehead, they pose a radiating threat to nearby city-states, and will focus on Sun City, which is close to them. ”

"Now the city of the sun and its surrounding city-states are grouped, and there are more than 50,000 soldiers in the federal army alone, and there are as many as 20,000 or 30,000 troops in the surrounding city-states. If Balono wants to gnaw on this hard bone, I'm afraid it will hurt itself too. ”

"So I thought about it for a long time that Balen'o wouldn't be so stupid and have to gnaw on that hard bone first. If it were me, I would have eaten away all the places except for these city-states little by little, and then let Sun City be embattled on all sides, no matter how hard it is, after being surrounded, it can only be attacked from all sides, and there is no power to resist. ”

"What do you mean, Your Excellency the Duke?" Xing Chenghui asked.

Duke Dozan said very heavily: "I mean that we in Silver Tower City must be fully prepared from now on, and if Balono invades, we will gather the strength of the whole city to fight against them. If we take Silver Tower City by them, it will be a catastrophe for all of us here and for all the people of Silver Tower City. ”

Xing Chenghui nodded and said, "Then please tell Your Excellency the Duke, what do you need us to do?" ”

"Yes, Your Excellency Duke, just say it directly, we will definitely not shirk it within our ability." A big family in Xicheng also said.

Duke Duozan smiled with satisfaction when he saw that everyone was very supportive of him: "It seems that everyone has a very deep affection for our Silver Tower City, and everyone wants to continue the current stable and prosperous situation." In that case, I'm not welcome, Silver Tower City will build fortifications from now on, and continue to recruit soldiers and add armaments. So you need your help in terms of people and money. ”

The landlord in Xicheng took the lead in raising his hand: "I support 100,000 catties of military rations, 3,000 gold victors!" ”

Duke Dozan clapped his hands and said, "Good! If Silver Tower City hadn't fallen in this war, I'd have a great credit to you! ”

Xing Chenghui thought for a moment, and then said: "From now on, I will inform the caravan returning from the west, pull back all the refugees along the way, and replenish the soldiers for the city guards." Also, I'm donating 18,000 gold victors as military funds! Xing Chenghui's face twitched after he finished speaking, Cheng Lei could see that he was very distressed, but no matter how distressed he was, he had to donate, unless he left from Yinta City, it was the same as casting a name.

Of course, Duke Duozan knew what Xing Chenghui's net worth was, this money was an astronomical amount for ordinary people, but it was not a large amount for Xing Chenghui.

The rest of the people all donated money and materials, and Cheng Lei calculated that in just half an hour, Duke Dozan had earned more than 100,000 gold victors, which was more than enough to recruit an army of thousands of people.

Cheng Lei waited until the end before he spoke: "As one of the guards of Silver Tower City, the mercenary guards are of course responsible for protecting the safety of Silver Tower City. I promised that if the Balonos attacked, I would send troops to assist the city guards against their invasion. In addition, all the cement needed for the construction of the fortifications of Silver Tower City can be purchased from the cement factory run by the mercenary guards, and I will sell it to His Excellency the Duke at a price less than 30% lower than the market price! ”

Duke Dozan looked moved: "From the counterinsurgency war to the present, Mr. Cheng has always been my most solid ally, and he was and still is. Now I announce that Mr. Cheng Lei, as the captain of the mercenary guard, has made a particularly great contribution to Yinta City, and I have decided to grant Mr. Cheng the title of the second city lord of Yinta City. In the future, Mr. Cheng's order will be my order, and I will share weal and woe with Mr. Cheng! ”

Cheng Lei hurriedly waved his hand and said: "No, no, no, Your Excellency the Duke, how can Cheng Lei be a martial artist who can afford such a heavy responsibility, you better take back your life!" ”

Duke Duozan insisted on disobeying, and he must let Cheng Lei be the second city lord, which made Cheng Lei really feel like he was riding a tiger. In the end, he had no choice but to obey Duke Duozan's wishes, Cheng Lei knew in his heart that Duke Duozan was tying himself to the same boat as him. After all, Cheng Lei, as the second city lord of Yinta City, if the situation of Yinta City is critical, he can't stand by and watch.

Everyone stepped forward to congratulate Cheng Lei on being appointed as the second city lord, and Cheng Lei also gladly accepted. If he is still twisting and twisting now, I am afraid that everyone will underestimate him in their hearts, after all, in the eyes of others, the identity of this second city lord is still very remarkable.

After returning to the camp, Cheng Lei immediately called Zheng Bin from the truck modification workshop, and then briefly told him about Balenou's invasion. Now the construction of the base and the modification of the tanks will be accelerated, because maybe one day when Balunou suddenly sends troops to invade the Silver Tower City, their preparations have not been completed, and they can only be caught off guard at that time.

However, Cheng Lei felt that Duke Duozan was a little frightened, if Balono really wanted to use the Scorching Sun Federation as a bridgehead to invade the southern countries, then they would inevitably occupy Sun City first, and then they could give orders to the city-states, which would be more efficient than the invasion of the city-states.

Although Cheng Lei and Duke Duozan have different views, they can't help but prepare in advance. If the Balonos were really as feared by the Duke of Dozan, they would indeed be particularly passive at that time.

Zheng Bin analyzed it, and of course felt that Cheng Lei's idea was right. Regardless of how Barono would invade the Scorching Sun Federation, it was best for them to be prepared in advance. He also pointed out that the construction of the base can no longer be as meticulous as before. The residential districts need to leave him alone, and the military districts need to build enough buildings and all the training grounds immediately, because their most urgent task now is to recruit new recruits and train them.

Now that the boot camp training has come to an end, all the recruits have been added to the squads. Among them, the number of people who have been added to the Warhawk squad is the largest, with more than two hundred, and the number of people in the Cheetah squad is the smallest, with only a dozen people. Because the Cheetah Squad is actually a recruit training camp now, Li Changcheng needs elite talents, and soldiers who can help him better train recruits are good soldiers in his eyes.

Cheng Lei therefore decided to continue to recruit new recruits on a large scale, but the problem of military resources is not easy to solve. Because after several rounds of recruitment of migrant workers and soldiers, the young people who have no jobs and land in Yinta City have almost been recruited. A large part of Duke Dozan's city guards were also young and strong in the city of Silver Tower, and now it seems that the best source of soldiers is the hundreds of thousands of refugees who have fled from the southwest and are scattered among the city-states.

Cheng Lei had an idea, why not let the refugee leader Bailey take people to various city-states to lobby and lure the refugees to the Lion King base. Then pick out the young and middle-aged people who are willing to be soldiers, and all the others will carry out the construction of the base residential area, isn't it a double win?

Of course, Zheng Bin agrees with his idea, because this can not only solve the problem of military resources, but also make the residential area of the Lion King Base prosperous in popularity. At that time, the Lion King Base is likely to become another city-state that will rise between Silver Tower City, Daheng City and Vientiane City.

Cheng Lei and Zheng Bin are not muddy people, so they immediately sent someone to bring a letter to Qi Mi, asking him to pick two more clever refugees to come with Bailey, there is something particularly important.

Early the next morning, Bailey arrived at the camp with the two refugees, and told them about his plan at Headquarters. It's just that he didn't say that this was for recruitment, but that this was a decision made for the prosperity of the Lion King base, after all, only someone can prosper!

Of course, Bailey and the others agreed, and said that they would never live up to Cheng Lei's expectations of them and would definitely do a good job in this matter. Cheng Lei repeatedly instructed them, let them publicize that the Lion King Base must have food and clothing, and if they work for the base, they will still have wages to get paid, after getting this news, I am afraid that countless refugees will want to enter the Lion King Base by then.

After Bailey and the others left, Cheng Lei breathed a sigh of relief. To be honest, the question of the source of soldiers depends on how these three people promote them. However, Cheng Lei thinks that it will not be too much of a problem, because the current refugees are simply street rats in the city-states.

All the indigenous people felt that the arrival of these refugees had interfered with their lives, and the number of criminal activities in the city-states had skyrocketed, and the common people now felt like everyone was screaming at the sight of refugees.

Most of the refugees are now begging outside the city-states, and there is no drought here, so it is not difficult to survive, but it is extremely difficult. But after the experience of being a refugee, these are trivial things compared to those things that starve to death and become corpses or change children to eat.