After Benjamin left, Higg took Lan Xian'er's hand and said, "Lan Xian'er, I feel embarrassed to let you run around with me like this!" ”

Lan Xian'er smiled: "For the sake of our spiritual power ore, I am willing to do anything, and I feel that this power is by your side, but I can't capture it, you said that in addition to the earth spirit bead, you also have three other water, fire, and qi, why do you call it a spirit bead?" I think it must have something to do with the Spirit Stone or the Valley of Flowers, although I can't be sure what it is, but I must figure it out! ”

Higg laughed, "What's so hard to figure out?" You can go back to Fuxing City and ask the magic mage Delongso, he's interested in you too! He's the most powerful magician in the world, and he must know something! ”

"Okay, after finishing the winery, you should also take the Lacarson Plateau, and in the spring, we should go back to Fuxing City to have a look!" Lan Xian'er said, "When I was inspecting with Lei just now, I accidentally found a strange boulder, I can't understand the runes on it, it seems that there is not enough chance, those runes are slowly disappearing, do you know what it is?" ”

"What did you say?" Higg yelled and pushed Blue Fairy away, asking, "Phata?" Where is it? Take me there! ”

Thunder carried Higg and Blue Fairy and quickly came to the very center of the valley, where a pale cyan square stone pillar was standing, and the runes on the stone pillar were looming, just as Blue Fairy said, was gradually fading.

"What to do? If Nicole isn't here, these runes will disappear! Higg said in despair.

Lan Xian'er asked in surprise, "These runes are important?" ”

"It's very important to Nicole, it's about the fortunes of the Alchemy Country! If it disappears, I don't know what year, month, and place it will reappear, and whether anyone will find it when it reappears! Higg said anxiously.

"Is it okay to just include these runes?" Lan Xian'er asked.

"Nicole did this when I found the first square tower, she absorbed the runes onto a scroll, and then the square tower disappeared!"

"What's so hard about that?" Lan Xian'er hurriedly took out a scroll and silently recited the incantation, only to see that those runes were also drawn out one by one and fell into the scroll as Nicole had collected at that time. When the last rune was included in the scroll, the pale cyan square tower collapsed and turned into powder!

Higg was dumbfounded, he couldn't recognize this blue fairy at all, there were too many strange things that happened to her, her method of collecting runes was even easier and faster than Nicole, who the hell was this? Higg only asked, "Where did you get the scroll?" I haven't seen you carry it with you! ”

Lan Xian'er leaned into Higg's ear and whispered, "When you find the spiritual power ore, I will tell you all my secrets!" ”

"If you don't say it, forget it!" Higg sighed, "So this is the real treasure of the forest!" ”

Higg, Benjamin and others worked in the Wild Boar Forest Valley for ten days, killing pigs and curing meat to build a simple warehouse, and finally finished their work, leaving a hundred people to garrison, and Higg and others picked all the way before returning to the base camp of the Silent Forest.

Back at the base camp, Higg and Lan Xian'er were surprised to find that the base camp had begun to take shape, and in less than twenty days, the continuous felling and construction of a thousand dwarves and 20,000 soldiers had opened up twenty square kilometers of open space in the forest, and more than 5,000 houses had been built, training grounds, horse farms, conference halls, etc., and the rest was to slowly complete the details and build various auxiliary facilities.

Higg could no longer tire the soldiers out like this, because in about ten days, the Carlson Plateau should be harvested, and he had to get the soldiers back to systematic training in order to prepare for battle. I heard that the bandits and robbers from all walks of life in the Carlson Plateau united with the Fifth War Zone of Arad for the matter of the Chin Cha, and after both were defeated, they each withdrew their troops and did not do it.

Leaving behind 5,000 soldiers who were no longer fit for war, arranging for them to pick mountain fruits and transport cured meats in the mountains and forests, and building a winery, the other 20,000 soldiers began to actively prepare for war.

The 2,000 elven archers and more than 10,000 dwarven slaves that Benjamin promised also arrived at the base camp of the Silent Forest just as Higg was about to leave for Carlson Plateau. Although Higg hoped that there would be more people to use it, suddenly there were more than 10,000 mouths, and the military rations were in complete crisis.

As an exiled unit of the Fifth Legion, Higg led 20,000 soldiers and horses from his headquarters and 2,000 elven archers from Benjamin into the Lakason Plateau, into the edge of the bandits' sphere of influence, and camped on the spot, buying grain and grass at a high price.

Although the number of those robbers and bandits is large, nearly 100,000, most of them belong to various mountain forces, and they will only unite when they receive a threat from foreign strength. Higg didn't have the intention of attacking those mountains, but just bought grain and grass on the spot, and they were all in their own camp on the surface, how could this really give those bandits and robbers a headache.

Although there are many bandits and robbers in the entire Lakason Plateau, who are known as the Volunteers, they have just been defeated by the Fifth Theater of Arad, and they are fighting under the banner of the Volunteers, so of course they are not capable of and cannot have too obvious hostility to the 20,000 Qin Wang army of Higg.

The Korakason Plateau is poor, and the army that can feed it is the bandits, and now more than 20,000 people are buying grain and grass at a high price, and they are not only receiving 20,000 people for half a year, but more than double. This has created a situation where some of the mountains have no food to collect, so these bandits began to get restless and ready to move.

In fact, Higg is also worried, his army's movements are exposed to the control area of the fifth war zone in Arad, if he can't control the Lacason plateau as soon as possible, and when the fifth war zone reacts, it will inevitably be unfavorable to himself, plus these bandits are dissatisfied with themselves, it is likely to secretly manipulate their hands and feet, and then they may be attacked by the enemy, so they have to collect grain in a high-profile manner, and quickly intensify the contradictions, so as to solve the problem of Lacason's command as soon as possible.

Several weaker bandit leaders finally couldn't hold back and came together to visit Higg.

One of the bandit leaders asked, "How long does General Higg intend to stay on the Lakason Plateau?" ”

"General Rodman!" Higg laughed, "I have been out of touch with Marshal Montgosser's army, and I have to go into exile here, I heard that there has been anarchy here for many years, and I just want to collect some food and grass here so that I can continue to deal with Arad!" We are all allies, so we should help and support each other! ”

Rodman asked, "How much grain and grass does General Higg need to collect before he is willing to leave?" ”

Higg smiled: "I need to levy 50,000 people for half a year's grain and grass!" Since General Rodman is so unwelcoming to me, if the general has excess grain and grass, I am willing to buy it at a high price, and when I have collected enough grain and grass, I will naturally leave! ”

"But you only have 20,000 people!"

Higg said: "I still have 30,000 wounded soldiers to be placed elsewhere, so it must be 50,000 grains and grass!" ”

Rodman said dissatisfiedly: "I don't have any surplus grain, the Lakason Plateau can only collect so much grain and grass every year, and now there are suddenly 50,000 more soldiers and horses of the general, General Higg, how can we survive?" ”

Higg picked up the teacup, took a sip, and said with a smile: "I can't do anything about this!" During the war years, there were some things we couldn't help with. General Rodman rest assured, if I have collected enough grain and grass of 50,000 yuan, I will never take the excess away, and I will give it to the general for free! ”

"Humph!" Rodman shook his hand hatefully and walked out of the camp, and several leaders followed Rodman closely.

"Generals, go slowly!" Higg laughed.

Thomas laughed, "Uncle Higg! You're just trying to force them to take a risk! ”

Higg smiled: "I just want them to take risks, otherwise how can there be a breakthrough?" The day after tomorrow, arrange the first convoy to transport grain back to the Silent Forest, the escort personnel don't need too much, your cavalry can pay close attention, they don't know the details of the first batch of military rations, they definitely don't dare to move, wait for a few days, we will transport another batch, I don't believe it, these bandits can still sit still! ”

As expected, the first batch of grain and grass was delivered safely, but it had already attracted the attention of the bandits, these guys who had no business to do business, and they didn't even pay attention to Arad's regular army, let alone the exiled army of Higg? It's just that he is pulling the banner of the Volunteers, so it's not easy to openly oppose Higg.

The next day, the second batch of fifty carts of grain and grass, escorted by a hundred men, and Thomas's cavalry kept a close eye and also arrived safely in the Silent Forest.

When the third batch of 80 carts of grain and grass was escorted by 150 men, the 2,000 bandits finally took the risk and hijacked the grain and grass halfway, but on the way back to the Lakason Plateau, they were captured by Thomas's 3,000 cavalrymen, and the 2,000 rabble became captives and were taken back to Higg's camp!

It is not difficult for Higg to find out the forces to which these bandits belong, a total of six forces are acting together, and the leaders are not directly involved, including the mountain forces to which Rodman belongs.

Rodman and the other five chieftains completely denied that they had instructed the operation, and although the bandits were their men, the looting of the rations was entirely their own spontaneous and personal act, and as for the two thousand, Higg could dispose of them at will.

Higg had anticipated this scoundrel's statement, and he only warned Rodman and the other five chieftains, but the two thousand men were treated separately, of which one hundred ruffians were cut down, six hundred met the conditions of their own recruitment, and were reorganized, and the rest were partially released and partly sent to the Silent Forest for servitude. For the 600 people who could serve as soldiers, Higg gave the same treatment as his own soldiers, the same salary, equipment, and meat to eat at every meal, for these 600 people who were bandits in this poor country, it was simply a reward for their robbery of military rations.

At the same time, Higg invited more than 30 leaders to their military camps to participate in the joint defense meeting on the Lakason Plateau, except for the two largest volunteer leaders who did not come in person, but only sent representatives to attend, the other leaders came to Higg's military camp to participate in this joint defense meeting out of curiosity and desire for Higg's exiled army.

"Generals!" "I am glad that the Empire's civil war has been stalemate for almost seven years, and I am pleased that the generals have been able to hold high the banner of the Volunteers and persist in fighting against Arad, and on behalf of Her Majesty, I thank you for your loyalty. Rest assured of the generals, Her Majesty will be victorious. This year's situation has taken a turn for the worse, Arad has suffered a big defeat in the southern and northern battlefields respectively, Arad no longer has an overwhelming advantage over the Qinwang army, as long as we persist, we will definitely be able to achieve the final victory! ……”

At the meeting, Higg said a lot of unnutritious things, and the leaders of the gang were in a hurry.

After Higg finished speaking, one of the leaders asked, "General Higg asked us to come to the joint defense meeting, as if we have plans to stay here for a long time?" ”

Higg smiled: "Don't worry, I have my own base camp, I only requisition military rations and recruit soldiers here, and I will evacuate after completing the mission, and I will not grab territory with everyone!" ”

"General Higg keeps saying that he will not grab territory with us, this plateau area is what we have worked hard to maintain, in order to maintain military rations and soldiers, although General Higg has not entered our actual military defense area now, but he has requisitioned military rations and recruited troops near our defense area, is this not to seize territory with us and seize our spoils? That's how Your Majesty treats the Volunteers? ”

"This joint defense meeting, in fact, is also for everyone to listen to my explanation of the misunderstanding, and at the same time, on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen, to bring rewards to everyone, a total of 10,000 sets of equipment, 20 tons of cured meat and 300,000 gold coins, as for how to distribute the rewards, I need to discuss with you. My army has recently had a large-scale operation, and it is necessary to urgently recruit military rations and expand the supply of troops, you can rest assured, the military rations collected here will be sold to you at ordinary prices after the completion of my military operations, and I am only borrowing them temporarily, I hope you don't misunderstand! ”

Xige ordered the people to open fifteen chests, which were full of golden coins, and then said to everyone: "I have nothing to lack here except military rations and military supplies, and the equipment and cured meat are in my warehouse, if you don't believe it, you can send someone to check it!" ”

The leaders below began to talk a lot, especially about the reward that Higg was talking about, although these materials and money were not much for the 100,000 bandits of Lakashun, but if they were distributed to one or a few mountains, they would be very rich, and who could resist this temptation?

"Of course, I also hope that the leaders will be able to assist me in this military operation!" Higg smiled secretly and said, "You have also seen, my army is not short of equipment and military salaries, if the leaders are willing to assist me in participating in military operations, I will also give everyone the same salary and material treatment according to my soldier standards, but the premise is that the volunteers participating in the military operation must temporarily enter my battle sequence to reorganize, after the military operation, and then return to your respective mountains, I will reward you for completing the task well!" ”

The leaders below exploded even more, and this blatant temptation of open recruitment was simply depressing. These bandits, who are known as the volunteers, are actually seizing the top of the mountain in order to survive, in order to have a place to eat, and now Higg* tells them naked that he has food and meat to eat, as well as military salaries and equipment, so why are they still sitting on the bandits?

"Generals!" Higg continued: "Actually, I myself was born as a rogue, and I was the leader of the cottage in the Gauder region, and I was in the far south seven years ago, just like you, I held high the banner of the Volunteer Army, and later accepted the reorganization of the regular army, which is why I have today's achievements. Therefore, I understand your situation very well, if you generals want to make a difference in the troubled times, then you must make a decision immediately! If you think about it again, in a few years, no matter who Her Majesty the Queen or Arad achieves the final victory, it will be the end of the volunteers. I can guarantee that this army of mine is definitely the best in the army of King Qin, and there is no one! ”

Seeing the leaders below making a mess, Higg continued: "The generals can stay here for a few more days, see the situation of our army, think about whether to cooperate or not, and discuss the distribution of rewards!" ”

With that, Higg walked out of the tent with Benjamin, Thomas, and Pantony.