Whether it is Shi Lezhi, an upstart in the underworld in his previous life, or the current Goblin Lord Stone, they all have a common advantage, that is, they will never despise any opponent.

Since the decision to fight this battle, Shi Shi has mobilized all the forces up and down the tribe, starting from the early stage of exploring intelligence and making plans, to seizing the terrain after the war, every step has been simulated dozens or hundreds of times in his mind, striving to make every link seamless, not giving the other party the slightest chance.

It is precisely because of this that the entire plan can be executed so smoothly, and with the loss of less than a hundred goblin spearmen, it can completely annihilate the opponent's inferior horned beasts and chaos hounds, and even suppress the super powerful big horned beasts for a time in the end.

Although he didn't expect this minotaur to be so powerful, not only is it infinitely powerful, but it also has its own skills, which can dispel negative effects, but the stone is not unprepared, and he also has a trick.

If you only rely on the Broken Claw tribe itself, in the face of these elite bighorn troops, no matter how you fight, the loss will not be small, especially the hundred orc warriors, it is very likely that all of them will be killed, this result will definitely be unacceptable to the stone, so he paid attention to the new "allies", we can't shed blood and sell our lives, you can eat melons and watch the show on the side.

Now it sounds like this trick finally arrived in time, and if you don't come again, this transaction will be a big loss.

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Back a dozen days ago, when the Beastmen army had just begun to attack Fetanburg, after receiving a letter from Stone, Rep immediately went to the city lord Matthew Halifax and bluntly told him that an elite group of beastmen was raiding the back of the fortress.

Matthew naturally didn't believe it after hearing this, but he didn't blast out this mercenary leader as a madman, but gave him a chance to continue talking.

In recent years, "Blackheart" Rep and his "Forgiveness Mercenary Group" have become famous in Fetanburg, although they have not been established for a long time, but their reputation has always been good, especially with the help of Stone Secretly, after completing several tasks to exterminate human rogues, they have been personally rewarded by the city lord Matthew, and even won a certain degree of trust from the latter.

Among them, Rep's own personal charm also added a lot of points to him, so he was able to talk to Matthew at such a critical time, knowing that it was a time of war.

However, what this "honest and reliable" mercenary leader said next was all a big lie that had been negotiated with a certain goblin lord.

He said that his mercenary group was actually part of a very powerful human force in the north, so strong that it could even drive the Greenskins and other races to work, and it was from the Greenskins in these mountains that he learned that a team of beastmen was advancing towards Fetanburg in the mountains on the edge of the world, preparing to attack from both sides and destroy this place in one fell swoop.

Matthew, who had been overwhelmed by the battle on the front line, heard it, and his first reaction was to escort this alarmist mercenary captain out and behead him, but after thinking about it, he had no reason to lie to himself at all, although what he said seemed to be fantastical and unconvincing, but what if it was true? Isn't Fetanburg doomed?

Rip, who had been secretly observing Matthew's expression, immediately noticed the city lord's hesitation, struck while the iron was hot, and told the full plan of the stone.

Although his faction is not well-known, it has been resisting the invasion of the Chaos forces in the north, and hates these evil gods, so after learning the news, he is willing to cooperate with Fetanburg to help them defeat these beastmen.

Of course, there is no such thing as a free lunch, provided that Matthew is willing to give 20% of Fetanburg's total income every year, and as long as he agrees, someone will come out to deal with this deadly force, and they will only have to continue to hold the front door.

Hearing this proposal, Matthew frowned and fell into deep thought.

Being able to become the lord of the city in the chaotic border prince's territory, and also run the choke point of Fetanburg thriving, this descendant of the Arabi is not without a sense of the big picture.

If a little money can solve the current predicament, Matthew must be willing, although he has been pitted by the Bretonnian knights in recent years, but Fetanburg's family is still very rich, otherwise he would not have spent a lot of money to hire all the mercenary groups in the city as soon as the beastmen appeared.

His decision proved to be very wise, otherwise with the current overstretched strength of Fetanburg, it would be enough to even defend the front door, let alone the fire in the backyard now.

Now the city lord is entangled in nothing more than two points, the first is whether the bad news brought by the other party is true or false, and the second is this condition, which is inevitably too ruthless! Twenty percent of the annual tax revenue, that is, nearly 100,000 gold crowns, and the entire city guard of Fetenburg is more than 5,000 people, so much for a year's expenses.

After thinking about it, Matthew still chose to believe Rip, it is impossible for this mercenary leader to deceive himself at such a time, after all, his mercenary group of two hundred people of all sizes is still in the city, as long as he gives an order, including himself, none of them can escape, he should not have the courage to lie about the military situation, the key is this money......

Lei Pu had already guessed that Matthew would be like this, and the two percent income was not something he said casually, but the result of careful discussion with the lord, knowing that the other party would definitely be very painful, but he would not refuse immediately.

They were also prepared for this, and the mercenary leader persuaded him bitterly:

"Lord of the city, now is not the time to be reluctant to pay, if you think that the annual tax of 20% is still not worth the entire Fetanburg, just when I didn't say it, of course I told you the news, and then it will be nothing more than everyone dying together......

"Two percent is too much......"

Matthew said in embarrassment that there was a loss of 100,000 gold coins a year, which was also a pain in the bones for the still rich Fetanburg.

"My lord, there is another way, we have a superior geographical location here, frequent caravans, and a complete variety of goods in the market, otherwise, I will go and tell my lord to sign a trade agreement with Fetanburg, and the annual two percent of the tax will be directly exchanged for living materials and weapons and ores, anyway, they are fighting with the Norscans in the north every year, and they definitely need these goods."

When Matthew heard this, his eyes immediately lit up, this seemed to be acceptable, after such a change of hands, the gold coins were back in their hands, and they could not only stimulate the local economy by purchasing them locally, but also collect a tax themselves, which was much better than paying the gold coins directly.

Seeing that Matthew had the intention of relenting, Rip took the initiative to say:

"Lord of the city, don't blame me for being too talkative, you can make this deal a good deal, don't worry about us cheating, if Fetanburg is lost, we won't get any compensation, as long as you agree now, when you defeat the beastmen, someone will come to talk to you about the follow-up details......"

"So as long as I agree to your terms now, I don't have to do anything?"

Matthew gritted his teeth and decided to accept this condition, he couldn't imagine that the other party would lie to him, but if he repented, what could they do? You can say yes first.

"Right...... By the way, you still have to cooperate with me to do one thing, and that is to gather all the greenskin slaves in the city and stand by at any time. ”

"Greenskin? I heard that there are a lot of them in the slave market, what do you want them to do, these green mushrooms know how to cause trouble all day long. ”

"Didn't I tell you? When the time comes, the reinforcements will be a green skin. ”

PS: Thanks to the 100 starting coins from the "Shrine Maiden Palan"!