Chapter 351: Mercenary Interview
The Earl of Nande is Negan's personal class leader Negan, and the largest race of human beings also has a towering population, even the Negan royal family is also human, and there are even more human lords, and Fernande is just one of them.
However, Fernand's strength can only be regarded as a small role in the middle and lower reaches among the many Negan Lords. Whether it's land, population, or military power. He is far inferior to those big lords who can really call the wind and rain in Negan, but the small lords also have a way for the small lords to survive, since the dragon queen was killed, Negan fell into chaos again, and Fernande, who had succumbed to the banner of the Moryl Dragon Army, naturally restarted his lord career, he gathered the old department, and soon formed an army, not only took advantage of the chaos to snatch back his original territory, but also took advantage of the situation to expand a lot, so far, he has ruled his territory for nearly seven years, Instead of being swallowed up by the big lords, his strength has increased more and more. It is the emperor of the soil who speaks in his own territory, and he lives and kills, and his small life is extremely nourishing.
There will be such a situation, because he and the surrounding more than a dozen small Negan lords like himself have formed a strategic alliance, whenever the big lords raise an army to attack, more than a dozen lords will advance and retreat together, the pressure of survival makes these small lords always abandon their previous suspicions in the battle, cooperate to resist the enemy, one side is in difficulty, all sides support, even the most powerful lord of Negan, single-handedly launched a coup d'Γ©tat, killed the dragon queen Moriel's minotaur Daxto, several times sent a large army to attack, but they were also used by the terrain to beat the temper, and withdrew from the area in a gray manner.
This brilliant record once made Fernande very proud, because he single-handedly promoted this, the strategic alliance, he felt that he was too smart to think of such a brilliant idea, but he forgot that this idea was not actually created by him, in Negan, there are many such small lord alliances, otherwise. Under the threat of those great lords, "Where do the lords have a way to live?"
However, in recent times, Fernande's mood has been extremely bad, since the plan of Daxdor and other great lords to aid Orf failed this time. All of a sudden, the Great Lords were unusual. It turned out to be a calm and calm sit down for peace talks. Instead of attacking each other again, as in the past. I don't know if it was a serious stimulus to the Holy Alliance's destruction of the Ofer Kingdom.
For the Holy Alliance, Fernande didn't care. No one has attacked Nican since ancient times. This external threat was not taken to his heart at all, in his eyes. The other Negan lords who tried to annex him were his real enemies. He knew very well that he and the other small lords could survive today, firstly, because of the alliance, and secondly, because the big lords were not united, which gave the small lords a space to survive, and if the big lords decided to unite now, the situation would not be good.
Fernande clearly remembers that a few years ago, not long after the end of the great war that almost wiped out the Erathia Empire, the big lords who had returned from the crushing defeat had tried to join forces to eliminate the other small lords, if it weren't for the uneven distribution of the spoils later, which caused the big lords to fight each other again, maybe Negan would have only a few super big lords left at this time.
As soon as he thought of this, Fernand felt restless, and he had a bad feeling that his good days were about to end.
What's worse is that with the accumulation of strength, several stronger lords in the alliance also began to be restless, secretly fighting the idea of other weak lords, friction between each other, and from time to time there was news of conflict from the border, Fernand knew that if it went on like this, even if the big lords didn't knock on the door, he would have to be killed by these short-sighted guys, but he couldn't solve this situation, except for the period of foreign wars, the lords in the alliance didn't sell anyone's accounts, Because everyone is ambitious.
In order not to sit still, Fernand began to recruit troops in the territory, not only forcibly conscripting young men of all ethnic groups into the army, but also gritting his teeth and offering good money to attract those mercenaries who fought for money to serve him, in Negan, because of the perennial war. The mercenary industry is very hot, compared with the mercenaries of other countries, Negan's mercenaries are more brave and good at fighting, although they may not be as good as the lords' armies in terms of equipment, but their combat effectiveness is not comparable to those farmers forcibly recruited by the lords, in their words, they are professional.
These outlaws who only recognize money in their eyes will hire them to serve them as long as you can afford to make them happy, never ask who the opponent is, and have good combat effectiveness, so that not only many small lords of Negan, but even the big lords occasionally hire them to serve you.
Fernand's mind is more active, and he also has the talent to lead the army, he knows very well that thousands of troops are easy to get, and a general is difficult to find, because he is very concerned about the mercenary affairs, there is no lack of talent among these mercenaries, and some are people in the army, at present, among the three powerful generals under Fernand, one of them is he excavated from the mercenaries, and used high-ranking officials to envelop him, this guy has average martial arts. But I used to be an adjutant under a certain big lord, and for some reason I was reduced to the point of being a mercenary, and I have some experience in training. Now that he was packed by Fernande, he was obedient and loyal, and his arrival saved Fernande a lot of effort when training recruits, and the army fought
For these mercenaries, Fernande has always had to interview in person, he not only has to talk to the head of the mercenary group, but also to see the actual situation of the mercenaries of the mercenary group, so that they can practice their skills before deciding whether to hire or not, although it is a bit troublesome to do so, but the price he offers is good, and the soldiers don't mind much.
The mercenaries in this world are not managed by some military guilds, everyone does their own thing, and the larger mercenary groups may have a fixed foothold. The general mercenary group is wandering around, where there is a war, they will get together, and the mercenary group and the employer are generally contacted and negotiated through some intermediaries. Of course, it is also possible to attract mercenaries to come to the door by means of announcements like Fernand.
Today is the last day of mercenary mercenaries, Fernande looked at the list of mercenary groups handed over by the soldiers, and there are more than a dozen large and small mercenary groups to sign up, but there are no famous mercenary groups among them, which makes him a little disappointed, so many days have passed, although a lot of mercenary groups have been collected, but no useful talents have been found, it is not cheap to invite these guys, in addition to paying according to their merits during the battle, they usually have to pay a considerable amount of expenses as a reward for them to stay here and standby, If you can't find a guy who works for you, there will be no war during this time. Then I lost a lot this time.
interviewed three mercenary groups in a row, and Fernande even frowned, most of the guys who came today turned out to be some temporary teams, it is not an exaggeration to say that they are rabble, these guys go to the battlefield in addition to being cannon fodder, they don't play much role, there is no need to waste money on them, Fernande sent them all away.
It seems that it is still through that; It is better for acquaintances to contact a few well-known mercenary groups, and Fernande had such an idea in his mind, these mercenary groups have been famous for a long time, their combat power is good, and their equipment is also decent, among them, I believe that there should be many talents, but it is more troublesome to poach people from these large regiments.
Thinking like this, a "soldier" standing behind Fernande has already shouted to the fourth mercenary group to come forward for an interview: "Next" Blackwing mercenary group! β
The interview took place on an empty field outside Fenand's castle, with the soldier's shout. Fernand, who was looking down in contemplation, was startled by the sound of neat footsteps, and he looked up. I can't help but light up.
This Blackwing Mercenary Group actually has nearly a hundred people, in terms of the mercenary group, such a scale is not too small, and what is even more rare is that their queue and pace are faintly like regular troops, although the weapons in their hands and the clothes and armor on their bodies are messy, and the races are also varied. It ruined their overall feeling, but that spirit was not comparable to other loose mercenaries, and it seemed that the leader was a bit of a doorway to make a team of mercenaries look like this.
The group of mercenaries stopped in the square. Two men walked out of it, apparently high-ranking members of the mercenary group, and Fernande noticed. The one who took the lead turned out to be a human woman. The woman was tall, with shoulder-length red hair and a half-worn full-body steel armor.
Behind her was also a human, judging from his size, he should be a human man, he was wearing a blue magician's robe, and he also carried a magic wand in his hand, and his face was hidden in the hood of the robe, so that his true face could not be seen clearly.
This made Fernande a little surprised, he didn't expect that this little-known mercenary group actually had magicians, but he didn't know what the other party was capable of. After approaching, both of them were obedient and disarmed according to the soldiers' request, and the red-haired woman untied the long sword at her waist, "The magician handed over his wand, and then stood not far in front of Fernand.
"Chrissy, the leader of the Blackwing Mercenary Regiment, and Leon, the deputy head of the regiment, have met Lord Earl and can serve you. It's the greatest honor of our Blackwing Mercenary Regiment! The two of them bowed to Fernande without humility or arrogance. Mercenary, the red-haired woman opened her mouth lightly, "I believe." The Blackwing Mercenaries will not disappoint you, we will definitely make you feel like you are getting your money's worth! β
The attitude of the two made the soldiers immediately scold. However, Fernande didn't care, people with ability will always have a bit of personality, which he can understand, stopped the soldiers' scolding, looked the two up and down, and then looked at the nearly 100 mercenaries in the square, he also said lightly: "Look at your appearance is not a weak mercenary group, but it's strange, I have never heard of such a mercenary group in Negan, and I have never heard of the two big names, but a mercenary group like yours can't be obscure, why is this?" I don't think I'll be able to give you enough trust and hire you without the right reasons! β
The red-haired female leader named Chrissy hesitated for a moment before responding, "Lord Earl, we are just a mercenary group that has only been established for a short time, so you haven't heard of us, it's normal!" β
"Really?" Fernande smiled, but suddenly turned his face and shouted: "Take them all down, they are not mercenaries at all!" They are spies! It's a spy sent by the enemy! (To be continued)