According to the thinking of these minotaurs, at least their families live well here, and this city lord seems to be very good to them, not only did he not look down on them who were captured, but he attached great importance to them in some places, such as raising a large number of Kodo beasts and vultures, many of his own people have been reused, and some have even become permanent residents here, and they can receive a lot of gold coins and supplies every month. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

And it is precisely because of this kind of relationship that when they are facing the attack of these same minotaurs, they also have some mentality to protect their homeland, coupled with the persuasion of some shamans, they no longer have the same psychological resistance as before.

A few days later, when the returning scouts and air cavalry confirmed that the goal of this barbarian army was their city of Thun, Li Ran announced the matter in front of all the inhabitants on the tower, and ordered the whole city to be in a state of combat readiness.

According to the information of the scouts, the opponent's army will arrive at them in about half a month, so Li Ran took advantage of this time and began to make active preparations, in addition to the large number of troops that need to be trained in exchange for elemental creatures some time ago, all teammates, including Doric and others, also began to purchase a large number of troops from all over the country, and at the same time, with Li Ran's order, the elite corps in various places also began to callback.

When it comes to the troops exchanged for elemental troops in the early stage, we have to mention the current Luoso clan and the battle clan, they have become one of the two most powerful legions in the territory, and most of the nearly 20,000 elemental creatures exchanged for these two clans are warriors, including 5,000 top-level heavy fighters and more than 6,000 high-level battle dwarves.

At noon that day, the old man Hu Shihai, who was eating at home, also learned about this incident from Hu Hualin, who came to eat, and couldn't help but show a trace of surprise again.

"This Li Ran is in a hurry, it seems that what he is trying to do is not small" After a long time, the old man couldn't help but sigh slightly and said: "In this way, we have even less chance of cooperating with him on the world map"

"In a hurry? Wasn't he forced to defend? Wang Haiyan asked a little puzzled.

Looking at everyone, the old man laughed and said: "You really don't know this person so well, the cause of this war is that barbarian tribe, and in the face of a tribe with a title, do you think he will really attack at will without knowing it?" And then a viscount joined forces to attack his city, there must be a problem with this, but Shen Yidan and the others didn't know, and before and after these two wars, in addition to starting to conduct high-intensity training, the troops exchanged for elemental creatures in the later period were also exchanged for elite soldiers from a city lord at a higher price than the market price, do you think all this is just a coincidence? ”

"Grandpa means that all this was done by Li Ran on purpose?" At this time, Hu Zhijun said in shock.

The old man nodded and said: "If my expectations are correct, it is true, what he wants now is this kind of rapid development, which is also the main reason why he has not promised Shen Yidan and them to allocate funds and manpower to strengthen the city's infrastructure, but I never expected that he would be so bold, and the enemies selected are all powerful forces that can kill him, and I don't know whether he is arrogant or bold, but if I swap identities, I really can't make such a decisive plan."

"If it's really like what you said, grandpa, then this Li Ran is too terrible, he is gambling with all his inheritance all the time, and if he makes a wrong move, he will lose everything" Wang Haiyan couldn't help but say in surprise at this time.

And hearing this, several people present nodded secretly, they also always thought that Li Ran was forced, and sometimes they were still lamenting his bad luck, it would be so difficult to build a city on the battle map, but they didn't expect that this person didn't just want to build a city, according to this, the plot in this person's heart was too big.

At this time, Hu Shihai, who put down his chopsticks, suddenly spoke: "Xiaojun, Haiyan, didn't he ask his teammates to change our archmage a few days ago?" Don't change it now, you two reply to him immediately, and you will bring all the hundred top-level archmages over to support him."

Hearing the old man's words, these people's faces changed, you must know that these hundred top-level archmages spent a lot of money and got them through some special channels, but they didn't expect that the old man would say that he would support this Li Ran at this time, and if he lost, he would lose a lot.

Seems to know everyone's thoughts, the old man at this time continued: "According to what Shen Yidan and the others said, judging from the strength of this Khan Rock Empire and the situation near Thun City, this battle may be Li Ran's turning point, and it is needless to say that if he loses, he will enter the eyes of the upper echelons of the empire in one fell swoop, and at the same time, he will also push his own strength to the rank of high city lords."

Speaking of this, Hu Shihai paused for a moment and continued: "And this battle that Li Ran picked is also equivalent to saving face for the empire, if he wins, in the future, several nearby big city lords want to move him, and they also have to look at the meaning of the imperial capital, in addition to the threat of the barbarian alliance, he will officially enter the period of economic development, so this battle is very important to him, and it is also the key to whether we can deepen cooperation with him, if it is not for the current system limitations, I don't mind adding our thousands of troops above the top rank." ”

After lamenting Li Ran's courage, Hu Hualin and the others at this time couldn't help but take a deep look at their old man, at this moment they found that their old man turned out to be the same kind of person as that Li Ran, and they both had a terrible determination heart, and what they hid in their hearts was not at the last moment, and it was difficult for others to understand.

However, the house leak happened to be rainy, and Li Ran was actively preparing for the war, and even Zhao Lanlan and Zhang Yanxi were busy, but Tianyun Group was hit hard again.

It turned out that the Master Ha group had transferred more than a dozen people from there, and when they were lured out for a decisive battle, and when they were about to be surrounded and wiped out, these people suddenly summoned more than fifty super-level cavalry and more than a hundred top-level warriors, and wiped them all in one fell swoop and occupied all their training grounds.

Due to the urgency of the situation, the three heads of the regiment headed by Manager Ren found Zhao Lanlan as soon as possible, hoping that she could help contact the previous few people to come and help, after all, Zhao Lanlan said such things before they went, and if there was something, they could help maintain it.

But seeing the current situation, Zhao Lanlan and Zhang Yanxi were really embarrassed to open their mouths to ask Li Ran for help, so they had to secretly tell Zhou Xun about it, after all, this is also an old employee of the company, and they are familiar with each other, and this person also controls a lot of authority in his hands. (To be continued.) )