This sentence was immediately agreed by the leader of the Holy Light Mercenary Regiment, Laudes, and said with feeling: "Of course I hope to live like this, I have been in Xiangcheng for a full thirty years, and only in these years, Xiangcheng is really like a city, if Lord Count does have this idea, then I, Lauders and the 7,146 mercenaries of my Holy Light Mercenary Group, will help Lord Earl realize this idea together." As soon as this sentence came out, it was equivalent to submitting a letter of surrender to Rick.

Night Wolf glanced at Wei Mang, who had been by Rick's side from beginning to end, but had not said a word from beginning to end, and also nodded and said, "Lord Earl is indeed different from the corrupt nobles of other empires, and I, Night Wolf, am also willing to assist the Lord in managing Xiangcheng together, so that this city will continue to be fragrant in the world, and it won't be long before the Purple Moon will bloom, and when the flowers are full of Xiangcheng, all the people of Xiangcheng will definitely thank the Lord of Xiangcheng for doing this qiē for them today." ’

The first and third ranked mercenary groups all surrendered, and Long Shan, the leader of the Blue Dragon Mercenary Regiment, who was already swaying from side to side, naturally followed, saying, "Thanks to Lord Xia Hua's love for my mercenary group, in order to jointly build our Xiangcheng, my Qinglong Mercenary Group will also join the idea of joint management to jointly fight against the enemies who destroy Xiangcheng." ’

After thinking about it for a while, Pablo, who was the only one with a background in the Huca Empire, also said, "I also represent the Miracle Mercenary Group and join the Earl's plan, and work with other mercenary groups to maintain order in Xiangcheng." ’

Rick finally stood up laughing and said happily, "Wei Mang, get your pen and paper ready." As the Lord of Xiangcheng, I want to sign an agreement with the four mercenary groups to work together. ’

That's it, in the second week after arriving in Xiangcheng. Rick succeeded in taking over Xiangcheng, making it one of the most prosperous cities in the north that had been neutral. It has become Rick's private territory, and the four mercenary groups that originally restrained each other have become mercenaries who protect Xiangcheng, although these mercenaries have to pay, but for Rick, who has just made a lot of money from the Tianluo Sect, this small amount of money is just a drop in the bucket.

After Rick's dinner, the usually quiet night of Xiangcheng seemed to be woken up by all kinds of noises, and there were more than ten groups of light horsemen rushing out of the four gates alone. And there were more than five high-level magicians who quietly crossed the city wall and left the incense city by various means of flying, and most of them headed south.

And Rick also sent a few sergeants to inform the commander of the Shenfeng Fortress Legion, Lord Changsha, in addition to the news, he also gave a sentence by the way: find out all the spies and send them to Bo Yingte together, and by the way, he wrote to the Queen Xià, asking to replenish the garrison of the Shenfeng Fortress to a full 50,000 people, and just received a report. Knowing Rick's behavior in Xiangcheng, Sha Huoman didn't even think about it, and directly wrote a letter to Her Majesty the Queen according to Rick's intentions, in which he repeatedly mentioned that Lord Count Xia Hua Permon was a different young talent.

Of course. In addition to passing the news to the Divine Seal Fortress, Rick also asked the Blood Phoenix, who had basically completed the task, to report the situation to the daughters of the Boyin family, according to Rick. Anyway, the blood phoenix flies fast, and it can fight back and forth in a day. No need for nothing, and the blood phoenix faces Rick's oppression. can only be painfully accepted.

When Rayker's letter was received, Ray's Alva, Qin Xin, Caifeng and Ao Ling'er and other daughters were excited beyond words, and for the various things mentioned in Rick's letter, all the women were eager for it, and Ao Ling'er, who couldn't sit still, had already planned to leave for Xiangcheng the day after seeing the letter, and the others also had this idea, but they were not as casual as Ao Ling'er, as for Long Lan and other seventeen swordsmen, they wanted to follow Rick's side and protect his safety.

In addition to the people in the Marquis's Mansion, some other people who cared about Rick's news also got the news of Rick's entry into Xiangcheng in their own ways, and for a while, the news of the Marquis of Xia Hua-Permont's recovery of Xiangcheng spread all over Bo Yingte, and after leaving Bo Yingte, Rick's influence did not decrease, but because of such an event, it was raised to a higher level.

In the palace, Su Qiong, who temporarily served as the commander of the palace guards, and Tang Zhaoxian, the commander of the guards, were summoned to the study by Her Majesty the Queen at the same time, and after asking enough questions, Her Majesty the Queen fell into deep thought, as if she was thinking about why Rick was able to recover Xiangcheng, and seemed to be thinking about other questions.

After much consideration, Her Majesty the Queen drafted an edict, saying: In view of the outstanding contribution of the First Earl of Xia Hua Permon in the recovery of Xiangcheng and the surrounding territories of Xiangcheng, a Blue Moon Medal and a reward of 10,000 gold coins were awarded.

In the same secret place last time, a group of people continued to discuss the fact that Rick's operation had sabotaged the entire plan to attack the Divine Fortress.

'I must smash this little cub named Xia Hua into mud,' the same heroic voice continued to yell at the young man, "His actions have ruined my efforts for two years, and I must go to the Shenfeng Fortress, to Xiangcheng, and screw his head off." ’

Unlike last time, this time there were not only young people, but also two other middle-aged people, one of whom said: "Maka, please pay attention to your identity, but you are also the envoy of the Galloping Horse Kingdom to Bo Yingte, so you should speak politely." ’

The young man still said in a nonchalant tone, "Don't worry, it's not a big deal, it's just a lot of trouble for us, if you want to take revenge on Xia Hua Permon, you can send someone to his mansion and kill all the ladies in his mansion, but I want to warn you that his women are not easy to mess with." ’

Another middle-aged man, apparently not interested in such a discussion, interrupted: "What do you want to do tomorrow, that's your business, the key is what we should do now?" ’

The young man said lightly: "We have to wait now!" ’

'Wait? ’

'Yes, wait!' The young man said, "The strategic battle of the Divine Fortress will definitely not end without a problem, what we have to do is to wait until this war is over, and then carry out the next step according to the results of the war, in fact, so far, we have done nothing wrong, not wrong at all." ’

Everyone was silent, including the most excited Maka.

Similarly, in another study, a young man named Dasan was telling the old man who had closed his eyes and recuperated his thoughts..'After getting the news that Xia Hua Peimeng had taken back Xiangcheng, I understood what you said last time, it turned out that the first person to grasp the whole thing was our young queen Xià, I think I know what to do next, the plan that was unsuccessful last time, I think this time it must be successful. ’

The old man nodded slightly, did not say half a word, and seemed to fall asleep like this, but the young man laughed after seeing this slight nodding movement, and slowly withdrew from the study.

Of course, thinking that Yiqiē would be calm down was just a very naïve idea of Rick, things were not as he estimated, the coalition forces that got the news would give up the plan to attack the Shenfeng Fortress, after all, such a plan, the Northern Four Kingdoms and the Shuka Kingdom had been planning for two years.

Since the seventeenth battle of the fortress, the Shuca Kingdom lost a full 50,000 elites, in the past few years, there have been contradictions between the Shuca Kingdom and the other three northern kingdoms, although facing the common goal and being able to cooperate well with each other, but in essence, the cooperation between several countries is not as tacit as it was five years ago. In the past, the kingdoms of Shuca and Lark sent troops, the galloping kingdom was responsible for transportation and mobility, and Fidoni provided all the food, and such a community was gradually facing collapse.

Of course, the kings of several countries are well aware of the development of the status quo, so they understand more clearly the importance of capturing the Divine Fortress, because according to the current situation, if the Divine Fortress cannot be captured, then the north is likely to fall into war again because of resources, and the delicate balance of the five countries will be completely broken, and it is precisely because of this scruple that the northern countries, including the Karinkel Empire, jointly planned a plan to occupy the Divine Fortress from the inside two years ago, in order to complete this planSeveral countries in the north have paid countless human, material and financial resources, but unfortunately now it seems that they have fallen short.

On the other hand, with the appearance of Rick and the bold act of taking back Xiangcheng, all this qiē made several northern countries feel the pressure of the Blue Moon Empire, and the mentality of occupying the Divine Fortress became more impatient, so on the fourth day after Rick signed the contract to jointly protect Xiangcheng, a meeting lasted nearly five hours between the leaders of the coalition forces who had been stationed thirty miles south of Xiangcheng, and the main purpose of the meeting was only one...

The result of the meeting is very, judging from the current situation, the war is definitely going to start, the key problem is that the plan to occupy the Shenfeng Fortress from the inside has almost completely failed, and the few people who have barely been exposed have also lost their actual role, and if you want to occupy the Shenfeng Fortress, there is obviously only one way left to attack.

Around the question of where to start fighting, the commanders of several countries began a complicated discussion, but finally came to a strange result, that is, Xiangcheng must be occupied first, and Xiangcheng must be used as a backup base before it is possible to truly occupy the Shenfeng Fortress. So this tiyì, which was called ten times stupider than a pig by later historians, was passed, and it was with the help of such an opportunity that when the purple moon flowers unique to Xiangcheng bloomed in Xiangcheng, Rick successfully turned Xiangcheng into his own territory, thus having the first base of his own.

It is also such a mention that makes Rick truly embark on the journey of conquering the world. In the following years, from the northernmost Karinkel Empire, to the southernmost Jingtang, from the Red Eagle Business Alliance sandwiched in the middle to the Qin Department in the west, from Jingzhou in the southwest to the Velvet Kingdom sandwiched in the middle, as large as the entire Blue Moon Empire, as small as a small tribe in Xidi, almost every inch of the Blue Frontier Continent left the footprints of Rick and the soldiers loyal to him, and the first step of the emperor in the Blue Frontier began when a northern city called Xiangcheng was full of purple moon flowers. (To be continued......)