Chapter Twenty-Four: The Tyrannical Mercenaries
Du Mo smiled: "It turns out that you just want to stay alive, what's so difficult about this?" But why did you seek death before? ”
The third child gasped and said, "My lord, it's not that I'm afraid of the punishment of your Silver Tower City, so I want to suffer less crimes." Now that you have given us a little hope, of course, we must seize it! ”
"Hahaha......" Duke Duozan couldn't help laughing: "This person is a little interesting, and he is quite good at climbing the pole, okay, I promise you, if your intelligence is useful to us, I will not embarrass you and I will not kill you, but you have to wait until the battle is over before you can leave Silver Tower City!" What do you think? ”
The third child was ecstatic and said, "This is His Excellency the Duke, right?" Your Excellency, if what you say is true, then of course I will tell you everything I know, and I will not keep it at all! ”
"Good! Then you can say it! ”
"That's right......" the third child told him what he knew. He and the boss are the leaders of the 3rd Assassination Group of the Tyrant Mercenaries, which was hired by Lige for a lot of money, and half of the troops were used to strengthen their own combat effectiveness, and the second and fourth were in charge. The eldest and third were ordered to lead the rest of the people to the Dafu Restaurant to stop Cheng Lei's mercenary guards from marching towards the Silver Tower.
Now on the rebel side, in addition to the strength of the original First and Second Guards and half of the personnel of the Third Assassination Regiment, there are more than 100 family soldiers from major families. The most important situation is that Lige also hired a group of hired snipers, about a dozen people, and this is the reason why the Xilin siblings suddenly discovered that the other party's marksmanship is very accurate.
"Tyrannical mercenaries?!" Cheng Lei and the others didn't react when they heard this name, but Duke Duozan and Du Mo were taken aback. This hegemonic mercenary is the largest mercenary army in the Scorching Sun Federation, not to mention the weapons and equipment and elite soldiers, the number of people alone can make a large state city tremble.
The strength of the hegemonic mercenaries is as many as several thousand, and ordinary state cities simply cannot afford to raise such a large number of troops and pay such high military expenses. And their five major assassination groups are well-known throughout the Federation, and the first assassination group once helped a certain state city to suppress bandits, destroying its team of hundreds of people in one fell swoop, and has been famous throughout the Federation.
Even if this third assassination group is not as strong as the first assassination group, it must not be underestimated. Now half of their troops were easily broken by Cheng Lei's mercenary guards, and all of them were annihilated, and the two leaders were captured. Even if they knew something about the strength of the mercenary guards before, the destruction of the Poisonfang Army said everything, but at that time, it was they who attacked the Poisonfang Army.
This hard-fought battle really showed the strength of the mercenary guards, which is really strong! In Duke Dozan's heart, he has raised the status and strength of the mercenary guard to the level of being among the best in the Federation.
"Alright, take them down!" Duke Dozan instructed the guards, although his heart stirred up turbulent waves, but his face was still calm, after all, he was the lord of a city, and this city still existed.
The third child was still there and said to himself: "Your Excellency Duke, you have to talk about it, you said that you want to leave us alive!" ”
Duke Duozan waved his hand impatiently: "Okay, okay, let's talk about it after the battle!" ”
Cheng Lei took a puff of his lit cigarette and quietly looked at Duke Duozan's face, although he couldn't see anything from his expression, but the look of surprise in his eyes betrayed him. It seems that it is correct to bring these two people, and Duke Dozan has a higher evaluation of the Lion King squadron, which increases the chips in his hands.
"Mr. Cheng, you came in time, and now the battle has reached a stalemate, and whoever can hold out to the end on both sides will win the victory. Mr. Cheng and we are now one and the same, so we don't have to divide you and me......" Duke Dozan looked like he wanted to give a speech.
Cheng Lei hurriedly interrupted him: "Your Excellency, the mercenary guards have all been prepared, please give an order!" ”
Duke Duozan's eyebrows raised slightly, and he was a little unhappy that Cheng Lei interrupted his words, but it was not easy to attack, so he said: "Mr. Cheng, the warriors of the mercenary guards will first take a temporary rest in the backyard of the Silver Tower, and now the battle ahead is just a skirmish and artillery bombardment. The frontal large-scale battle hasn't started yet, so there's no need to be too nervous, and I still have some good things for Mr. Cheng to see, but I'll have to wait a while. ”
Cheng Lei became interested when he heard this, the "good things" in Duke Duozan's mouth must be strategic materials or weapons, and the possibility of weapons is relatively large. Looking at Duozan's pretended mysterious appearance, Cheng Lei was actually looking forward to seeing what he wanted to show off to himself!
"Your Excellency, are you still a little wary of our hired guards, so that you don't dare to actually send us into battle?" Cheng Lei was sitting next to Duke Duozan, so he leaned up to him and whispered in his ear.
Duke Duozan really didn't expect Cheng Lei to ask himself such a question, which is tantamount to putting out the most core question between them for Duke Duozan to answer. If he answered yes, then he admitted that he was still wary, and he didn't treat Cheng Lei and them as his own at all. If he doesn't admit it, then it stands to reason that Cheng Lei and them should be sent to the front line, after all, now people who are not fools know that Cheng Lei and their combat effectiveness is the strongest.
"Hahaha......" Duke Dozan suddenly laughed, and took a fine flue-cured tobacco from the cigarette tray on the table next to him, and the maid next to him hurriedly lit it. After taking a deep puff of cigarette, he said, "I haven't smoked for a long time, Mr. Cheng, do you think I Duozan is such a small person?" To tell you the truth, it was because of your arrival that I was able to keep the power of Silver Tower City, otherwise Silver Tower City would have been robbed by Lige and them. ”
"It was you who defeated the Fangs that allowed the rebels to turn their hands on us, and then created valuable time for us to expand our strength. Now there are more than 400 people on the left, middle and right sides of the Silver Tower, and there are only more than 300 on the rebel side. It's more than enough to deal with them, and I want you to hire the guards to send snipers to hunt at the beginning of a large-scale battle, and send your chariots, your cannons are powerful that we haven't seen before, so we still need support. In the end, the final safety of the Silver Tower will also be handed over to the mercenary guards, and they will live and die with me, how about it? ”
Cheng Lei smiled at this time: "Your Excellency, I will understand as soon as you say this, okay, all the officers and soldiers of the mercenary guard will resolutely carry out the orders of His Excellency the Duke!" After saying that, he glanced at Zheng Bin, and Zheng Bin went to arrange the task.
At this time, Duke Duozan said with some emotion: "Mr. Cheng, when you first arrived at the Silver Tower, it was actually the most difficult time for me. At that time, Larry and Lig colluded to make the entire Silver Tower City into a miasma. I knew they were rebellious, but I didn't dare to find out, because at that time only Sirin was on my side, Baili was the strongest, and my brother Sikong and I had always been at odds and remained neutral. I had nothing to do at that time, so I sent Xiling to Daheng City to borrow troops. ”
"At this most critical moment, you have arrived, completely intimidating Lige and Bairi, who are already ready to usurp the throne. At this time, Sikong also fell into their arms, and I made up my mind to expand my military strength at all costs and start preparing for war. It was your mercenary guards who bought me precious time, and I, Dozan, thank you on behalf of Silver Tower City! Duke Duozan's words were very sincere, which made Cheng Lei, a tough guy, feel a little moved.
At this time, everyone suddenly heard a deafening cannon sound outside, Cheng Lei's heart couldn't help but tighten, and he glanced at Shao Qian, and both of them thought in their hearts: Damn, what kind of cannon is this, this movement is too scary!
When everyone walked out of the gate of the conference hall of the Silver Tower, they saw that two huge iron cannons had been erected in front of the battle on this side of the Silver Tower. The two iron cannons were more than ten meters long and two or three meters high, and they were loaded with shells made of black powder.
Such a large cannon can be said to be too rare in this world where science and technology are very underdeveloped. Cheng Lei is a little incredible, but after thinking about it, people can really be said to have infinite potential.
The power of these two cannons is also very huge, the shells are filled with all kinds of sharp metals with great lethality, once they burst, they can be described as miserable within a few tens of meters around. Moreover, the fire coverage of this gun is very large, and it can be said that all the camps and positions on the rebel side are within effective range.
Now the rebel camp is already on fire, caused by shells from the artillery. According to Cheng Lei's observation, it may have hit the rebels' arsenal or something, which is why it caused such a big momentum.
The rebels were stunned at first, but when they came to their senses, they quickly organized artillery to return fire. However, their cannons were much less powerful, but they still caused some damage to the soldiers on the position.
"Fight, fight. When the shells are gone, it's time to compare marksmanship! Shao Qian was next to Cheng Lei, playing with a saber in his hand, looking coldly at the center of the battlefield and said.
Cheng Lei patted him on the shoulder with a smile and said, "Why, there is no fight, my heart is itchy?" ”
Shao Qian said a little sneakily: "Captain, don't you have an itchy heart?" Why don't we find a better position and see who kills more tonight? ”
Cheng Lei punched him and said, "you!" We still have to carry out security work tonight, the front and back of the silver tower have to be guarded, you still have to keep the spirit to check the night tonight! ”