Chapter 371: Rumors of a New Legion
… The surrender of Dry Korum. Chen Jianbing obtained two castles and old cities and villages without bloodshed, and also incorporated 40,000 troops and two magic masters.
And the dragon clan he has in his hands is also more than twenty heads.
Chen Jian didn't plan to stay in this area for long, he informed Moriel, and asked her to arrange for Elache, who was closest to his party, to bring a mixed army under his command to receive the castle and surrender the army, and garrison the place, and then opened the granaries of the two castles, and took out some of the grain and distributed it to the local residents.
This kind of behavior made the local population thunder with joy, and Lord Arthur's army was different, not only did it not plunder everywhere it went, like the armies of other lords, but it did not commit any crime against the people, and even distributed food, which was a rare thing before.
And the former Jeffrey Lord's general, Corrum, who recently performed quite eye-catching in the chaos on the Solo Peninsula, suddenly surrendered without a fight after facing Arthur, and the matter of submitting to Arthur also spread quickly throughout the Solo Peninsula under the deliberate propaganda of some people.
Everyone was shocked.
Corum is quite famous on the Solo Peninsula, and most of the lords know that Geoffrey has such a number one under him, and he has also performed well in the past when the small alliance has fought against the invasion of Daxto's army, and the distant lords may not know. But many of the small lords who were fighting in Geoffrey's territory knew that the strength of this Colum was not weaker than his own people, and there was also a small lord who was defeated by him in this melee and suffered heavy losses. How could such a person surrender to that rookie Arthur without a fight? And even with the recent expansion of his strength?
Many lords were skeptical of the authenticity of this news. But it is undeniable that the name Arthur is no longer a joke in their hearts, and the lords begin to find out that perhaps this Arthur is not as incompetent as they thought, and Arthur's actions have begun to be noticed by some people.
The inhabitants of the Solo Peninsula are less complicated, they have hoped that Lord Arthur really has that kind of great power to save everyone from the dire situation, and recently, some rumors have begun to appear in various places that this Lord Arthur is the prophesied savior, and he will raise a powerful army to lead everyone to build an ideal kingdom like the prophecy hymn that has been widely sung recently.
Rumors are a very strange thing, and you may not believe it at first, but as it spreads more and more and more people know about it, when everyone is talking about it, it becomes quite credible, because everyone will think that there is no wind and no waves, and there must be a reason.
Especially when these rumors can give a glimmer of hope to people in despair, they are more likely to be believed.
And the mysterious but real event that Lord Arthur let a lord named Korum surrender without a fight obviously adds a lot of mystery to this rumor, and people will think, since that lord is very powerful, why would he surrender without a fight? Does this have something to do with Lord Arthur's so-called savior identity? Is this a, a miracle?
As a result, what was originally just a seed of hope began to slowly take root and thrive.
And people's thoughts about Lord Arthur have also begun to change from the initial suspicion to the current expectation, and more people are acting in secret. Trying to rebel against their lord.
People are looking forward to it. Expect to see if there will be any new miracles.
And one of the parties to this incident, Krum, did not know what kind of uproar his surrender had caused on the Solo Peninsula because of Chen Jian's deliberate propaganda, and he was following Chen Jian's order to select the elite from his original and now those soldiers who had already surrendered to Chen Jian, and prepared to form his own legion.
To say that he is not depressed now, that is false, he has a feeling that he has been deceived, and he is very suspicious that Master Arthur is going to let his people be cannon fodder.
But now the situation is completely out of his control, Arthur's reputation and the strength of Arthur's army have completely conquered these soldiers who were in awe of Corum not long ago, and the captured strong men are happy that they can join Lord Arthur's army, and the veterans are happy to follow a powerful lord.
is the same as a soldier, the same is on the battlefield, but Lord Arthur's soldiers are obviously not comparable to the soldiers of other lords, who made Lord Arthur's soldiers even more advanced than the equipment of ordinary Negan officers? And no matter how you look at it, Master Arthur is on the side of justice, and the soldiers betraying Korum are not psychologically burdened at all. What's more, it was Corum himself who gave the surrender order, and he surrendered, so Master Arthur was their new master, and it was understandable to listen to the orders of the new master.
So Korum quickly lost control of his army, and the soldiers no longer regarded him as the main one, but threw themselves into the arms of Lord Arthur, which was a bit unexpected for both Korum and Jian Chen.
Therefore, when Korum began to select men to form his own legion, he encountered a rather embarrassing situation, and the soldiers were not very happy to continue to follow Korum, and those who were chosen were depressed, and those who were not selected were happy, and Krum was angry
But Krum was still very careful about selecting his soldiers, and he was now unable to retreat.
He had the idea of simply escaping, but Jian Chen thought of this, and sent all the Thor troll soldiers such as Bruce to Krum's side in advance in the name of assisting in the battle to monitor them.
These Thor trolls have been staying in the presidential guard, Chen Jian always feels that it is a waste, and now with the addition of the angel clan, it is time to put these strong warriors who are born with divine power and have a very regenerative and recovery ability against the sky to the place where they are needed more, the stage that can make them shine dazzling light is the battlefield, and compared to them, the archangel warriors with the ability to resurrect are obviously more suitable to be bodyguards.
Bruce was a little reluctant, he was reluctant to share the glory of being a member of the presidential guard, but he also knew that Chen Jian had good intentions, and on the battlefield, he and his clan would have more opportunities to show their bravery to the world, so as to wash away the stigma of the past for the Troll clan.
After Bruce left, the powerful archangel beauty Esrena became the new president, the captain of the guard, which made the angel beauty very happy because she was promoted. With Bruce and these tough Hulks watching, of course Krum had no way to slip his feet and leave, so he could only obediently do what Jian Chen ordered.
After Chen Jian had the idea of using himself as cannon fodder, Korum believed that the 10,000 people selected were his greatest reliance on his life on the battlefield, although he still couldn't change the fate of cannon fodder, but at least he was also a stronger cannon fodder, which could last longer and increase his chances of survival.
This sense of crisis led him to select the most elite, strongest, and most capable of fighting among the more than 40,000 Negan soldiers.
This 10,000-strong army was eventually composed of a large number of minotaurs and Medusa, and the soldiers of other races were also the strongest elites of the same race, and the flying troops were definitely not, because the flying troops, along with those surrendered dragons, were all transferred to other places by Jian Chen, this is an infantry legion.
After Chen Jian inspected this legion, he was quite satisfied, and this was what he wanted, so he deliberately put pressure on Krum, making him think that he had become cannon fodder.
In the battles that will take place in the future, as the territory gets bigger and bigger, more and more soldiers will be needed, and Jian Chen has no time to wait for these soldiers to be completely absorbed and assimilated by himself. Practicing to adapt to the fighting style of the alliance army, he needs these troops to form combat effectiveness as quickly as possible, and put them on various battlefields to confront his enemies.
The most important thing is to let these soldiers know that following themselves, Lord Arthur, has a future.
Therefore, Chen Jian made a small trick and asked Lurum to help him pick out the most elite part of the 40,000 surrendered troops, he wanted to make this newly formed legion a golden sign of his army, in order to recruit more enemy soldiers for his own use, he played to all the Negan soldiers who might surrender to him know how correct it was to join his men.
Colum became the commander of this legion, and Bruce was the deputy commander, but after the appointment, Corum knew very well that Bruce was the real leader of this legion, and if he really regarded him as a subordinate, it would be a big mistake.
This legion will move with Chen Jian's main force, while the rest of the troops will be left to Erache to slowly reorganize, and before Chen Jian's standards are met, the remaining troops will only be used to assist Erache in defending the two castles.
A few days later, Eracher finally entered this area with the legion under his command, this new legion with Alliance soldiers as the backbone and Fernand as the main body After a period of training, it has become quite a bit of the regular army of the Alliance, and the equipment has been completely replaced, in the eyes of Korum and the other surrenderers, this is a strong army.
This makes the soldiers full of hope for their future, Lord Arthur is too powerful, and he is so powerful to pull out an army at will, and then think that he will join such an army one day in the future, and the troops are all elated.
But Krum was shocked, this Arthur's current strength has far exceeded that of Fernande's heyday, he has only taken over Fernand's position for a long time, how can he do this? It is impossible for so much equipment to be produced in Fernand's territory, but where did he get it from? How many more such legions does he have on his hands? And those angels, those cavalry, those soldiers of the non-Negan race, all of them are difficult to explain the source, could it be that there is really an unknown powerful force behind him who is secretly supporting?
But what kind of forces will it be, and for what purpose will it do so? And Arthur, how did he get in touch with them? Is it the right choice or the wrong choice to join him? Krum couldn't figure it out.
Somewhat dazed, he followed Jian Chen's army and began to move towards the next target, this time, Jian Chen aimed his spearhead at a lord with old qualifications on the Solo Peninsula, Castro.