The First Arrival Chapter 22 Preparing for War
Yi Ye had insomnia all night. Yesterday I was nervous, forgetting that he had another big relationship with Kulau.
Radefa Corner Gate.
Although he didn't mix well, he still had some troops under his command, and he was a nobleman, which was very intimidating to those soldiers.
As soon as dawn, there was a rooster crow, and Yi Ye immediately got up, not to find this nobleman, it was rude to visit others at such an early time.
He was going to the arena.
"Yo, young man, it's so early again." The Arena Owner has just opened the door.
"Yes, boss, please give me a lot of advice today."
Yi Ye was the first to arrive and the last to leave these days, so he made a deep impression on the boss.
He trained hard, not only for himself, but also to protect his friends, in addition, it was the promise with Radfa Jiaomen, which he always kept in mind, Yi Ye did not have a good impression of people who did not keep their promises.
You can find a master in the arena, but every move is charged, and the price is not low, Yi Ye has no spare money, so he can only explore it by himself, he learns things quickly, and he has secretly learned some swordsmanship from the earl and Boye, Yi Ye is quite confident in himself now.
It's almost tea time, and it's time to go.
Soon, Yi Ye came to the aristocratic area, and after seeing the shortest house, he still couldn't help but spit out two sentences.
Yi Ye knocked politely on the door, and after opening the door, Yi Ye saw a familiar face.
Not Radfa Cornergate, though, but his knights.
"Hello, knight of Mr. Radfa."
"I remember your name is Yi Ye."
"Yes."
"Are you here to find my lord, Lord Radfa?"
"Yes."
"Unfortunately, he went to deal with personal matters. I won't be coming back for the next few days. ”
"That's right." Yi Ye turned around in disappointment.
"Wait, you can come to me if you have something, my lord has told me."
"Really?" Yi Ye was overjoyed.
"Please come with me to the back room."
Seeing this gorgeous home again, Yi Ye still couldn't stand the rapid heartbeat.
"So, Yi Ye, what do you have to do, say it."
"Yes, that ......"
"My name is Yod."
"Okay, Knight Yode, in fact, a carriage was caught at the gates yesterday, you know?"
"That's it, I know."
"The two in the carriage were my friends, and they went out the other day to hunt down the snow bandits. Only two people returned, and both were wounded in the head. ”
"Yi Ye, I have to say that it is a big crime to trade in towns and cities in my country."
"Yes, Knight Yord, please bear with me."
"That's it, since my family has ordered it, I'll help you with this, but I need time to investigate this matter, and I'll send someone to inform you when the time comes."
"Then I'll thank you first."
"By the way, where is your residence?"
"The tavern closest to the West Gate."
"It's shabby." Yord whispered and shook his head.
The Kingdom of Vekia is located in the northeast of the continent, perhaps because of its geographical location, since the founding of the country, Vekia has been honored by the east, north, and two sides, and the west and south sides are secondary.
"So, I'm leaving, Knight Yod."
"Slow down and don't send it, Yi Ye."
Yi Ye was in a low mood, but Mr. Manid's return brought good news.
Manid took the men and horses into the city, and the first thing was to report the situation to Boss Yi Ye, and Manid's team called Yi Ye that.
"Really?" Yi Ye stood up excitedly.
"Yes, boss." Manid's face does not change.
Manid was very good at business, and with the fact that the owner of the three cans gave him a wagon and a large amount of good wine, which sold for a good price, Manid recruited five additional recruits for protection, and then a few thugs. Now the total number of people has doubled, but what is even more surprising is that in addition to the capital of eight hundred dinars, Manid now has two thousand dinars in his hands, which means that Yi Ye has earned twenty people plus two carriages for nothing, and there are still some goods on the carriage.
"Mr. Manid, I really didn't misunderstand you, good."
"Boss, I just thank you for giving me the opportunity to make a comeback."
"You deserve it." Yi Ye divided the two thousand dinars and sent them back by another four hundred.
"Boss, you're so generous."
"By the way, boss, have you heard? The villages around Sambuga were occupied by bandits. ”
"I don't know, but I do know that there are fewer bandits around here."
"Yes, it's all gathered around Sambuga."
"Generally speaking, robbers ransack villages and then quickly flee. But this time they seemed to have settled there. ”
"Stay? Waiting to be surrounded by various armies? ”
"I don't think it's that simple, I'm afraid it has something to do with the Kugit Khanate ringing horse this time."
"Don't talk about that, Mr. Manid, where are you going to do business next?"
"Boss, with all due respect, the number of robbers has decreased recently, and many people have seized this opportunity to run merchants, especially the big caravans of those nobles. It's not much of a profit to do business now. ”
"yes, that's a shame."
"Boss, why don't we go with the big army and exterminate the robbers in Sambuga."
"This ......" Yi Ye hesitated a little.
Indeed, it was now easy to join the regular army of the boyers to fight the bandits. However, Yi Ye didn't want to repeat the mistakes of the past.
"Mr. Manid, you are a businessman, why are you interested in this?" Yi Ye asked rhetorically.
"Boss, I just can't get used to these hateful robbers, Xiangma, I have been doing business for so many years, and I am really unwilling to be planted in the hands of this kind of person."
"Okay, you go and prepare, I'll recruit some people."
In fact, Yi Ye doesn't have any desire to fight now, he wants to develop the economy first, and then develop slowly, with the experience of the last time, he will not be a mercenary easily, at least not in the land of Svadia.
Yi Ye wanted to minimize the casualties of his troops, so he chose archers as the main combat force, and the infantry was only a few, and they wore giant shields, unlike other infantry charges, just blocking for the archers, which was the tactic that Yi Ye thought of at the moment.
Yi Ye didn't think too much about it, so he hired an old friend who often drank.
These are two teams of mercenaries. One team was led by Wilgo, with eight infantry and fifteen archers. Yi Ye temporarily called them No. 1, and the other team was led by Nile, with ten infantry and thirteen archers. For the time being, it's called number two. Now they form a team and obey Yi Ye's orders, but they still have the right to command their own team when fighting. Yi Ye said so.
Of course, Yi Ye spent a thousand dinars for this, which is still a preferential price for old friends. Since the Kingdom of Vekia is famous for its archers, the proportion of archers in each unit is quite high, which is in line with Yi Ye's wishes.
When Yi Ye said that he wanted to hire them, they thought that this kid was drunk, but when he Yi Ye took out the dinar in his hand, they all kept their mouths shut. Mercenaries are high-risk occupations that cost their lives to earn their lives.
The remaining Dinariye purchased a crude Germanic helmet, a piece of red soft armor. and a traveling horse, which was really unfit for battle, and was simply given to Manid. Coupled with the Germanic sword that was taken from the drunkard, it was barely a set. However, the arms and calves are still empty.
Yi Ye listened to Ms. Desaivi's words, thinking about herself first, and then caring about others.
Yi Ye considered Manid to be a rare talent, so he advised him not to participate in the battle, but to wait for news in the city. Manid refused with a smile, he just wanted to vent his anger before proposing this plan, and he must have participated in it. And the battle-hardened merchants are not weak scholars, they have also fought with robbers, but they are not easy to mess with.
Facts have proved that Manid is not only a master of business, but also not weak in warfare, Manid recruited ten more light cavalry on the basis of the original twenty people, the purpose is not only to increase combat power, but mainly to find out the situation, but Yi Ye completely forgot this.
Yi Ye called Manid's troops number three. This way of distributing one's power is not only to reduce one's own burden (mercenaries have many things, including asking for leave, applying for equipment replacement, etc., have to report to the captain. What's more, if something happens to you, the team won't be leaderless.
After a day, Yi Ye went from being alone to a force of seventy-six people, but this was all obtained by Yi Ye by relying on his own strength and a little luck.
This large force reminded Yi Ye of the former White Dove mercenaries. But now he doesn't dare to use this name, and the feeling of being cheated is still fresh in his memory.
At night, Yi Ye gathered the troops together and said the rules of the army as before, especially when it came to rewards, everyone cheered, Yi Ye is not from this continent, and what he has accepted since he was a child is to pay attention to the principle of fairness.
Although the discipline of the troops is not bad under the leadership of the captains, it is still quite different from the troops led by Mr. Fatis, which makes Yi Ye miss Mr. Fatis even more.
Late at night, Yi Ye, who was lying on the bed, was in a somewhat complicated mood, he was afraid that the same thing would happen again, and he was also happy that he had taken a big step. In short, the primary target now is those robbers, and Yi Ye has to figure out what their purpose is.
Yi Ye now has no money and no power, and everything is restricted, which makes him very unhappy, even if he doesn't like to divide people into two categories: nobles and commoners, but he still has to climb to the position of nobles in order to see the whole society, and now everything he sees and hears is from the commoner class, that is to say, the Calradia he knows is only the tip of the iceberg, and most of it is still hidden in the deep sea.
What happened to Genie's caravan, whether his former troops were dead or alive was unknown, and who sent the assassin who pretended to be a drunkard, these questions kept swirling in Yi Ye's mind, lingering.