Chapter 21: The Beginning of the Alliance
The dinner was unusually rich, and Hu Bin, who was in the limelight, saw the leather armored youth again at the banquet, and they found a corner to talk after reporting each other's names in the world.
"Hey, Lord Reed, your trick is really cruel, if it weren't for the numbered person's body recovery, I would have been lying in bed and missing the banquet this afternoon."
Hu Bin pursed his lips, and the afternoon of getting along made Hu Bin understand that this seemingly real but sullen male prostitution is definitely a personal essence.
"Gerry, you just have to break that heart, don't inquire anymore, that sword wind was comprehended by chance, not something that can be learned by saying."
"Hey, I really envy you, I've become the lord of Salander, I broke my leg at any cost and relied on your help to become the leader of the mercenary army, is there any trick, can't I buy it from you with gold coins?"
"Gerry, it's not that I don't say it, but I can't say it clearly, I got 200 points of prestige when I came up, I didn't know that the Reed family was so famous, and I directly asked the Sultan to make me a lord, and now I'm incomprehensible, how can you tell you?"
Peng Chao looked incredulous, but he didn't ask any more, the two continued to talk about some favorable information, which benefited both sides, anyway, they knew that the two countries would not go to war again in a short time, and it was necessary to find a strong ally. The two of them had to continue to talk about something else.
Suddenly, a young noblewoman came forward with a red face and invited Hu Bin to dance, and the two found out that the dance had begun, Peng Chao patted Hu Bin on the shoulder and said that he would go back to the hotel and continue, and gave a farewell to the lady and walked away. Hu Bin saw that the life-saving straw had left, and there was a group of young aristocratic ladies who were eager to try, their heads were all big, he would rather face a dozen gladiators than a noble lady, not to mention that the two countries had just finished fighting, if Hu Bin was now allowed to run around for a noble lady for three days and two times, it is estimated that Hu Bin would feel better.
"Who allowed you to seduce my fiancé?" A crisp voice sounded, Hu Bin stared at Su Jia who came from outside the door with wide eyes, and watched her stare away at a group of female nobles, and for the first time felt that she was very cute.
"Allow me to bestow upon you the highest praise of a warrior, Miss Sugar."
Hu Bin hurriedly sent the praise that had not been sent all night, pulled Su Jia, who was a little stunned, and hurriedly asked: "Why did you come here, my armistice agreement has not been sent back to China." ”
"Don't underestimate the speed of news spread in the aristocratic circle, besides, my uncle is a nobleman from Kujitte, why can't I come here, well, to see that I disturbed your affair? It's okay, I'm still very generous, Salander is allowed to be polygamous, um, but I'm going to be a big woman. Hu Bin really wanted to pinch the pretty face of Su Jia, the unknown creature in front of him, again, and found that everyone looked over, especially the light that was extinguished in the eyes of several noble ladies lit up again after Su Jia finished speaking, and hurriedly pulled Su Jia to smile awkwardly at everyone, walked out of the banquet hall, and heard Saiga Khan shouting "Cheers to the young".
Returning to the hotel and coping with the congratulations of the citizens, Hu Bin took Su Jia into the hotel room under the strange gaze of everyone, and then.
"Wow, no, it's too hard, you're hurting me. Don't talk about it, it's going to break, I know it's wrong, let it go. ”
Hu Bin let go of Su Jia's face to cover her mouth, and then slammed open the door to find a row of people standing outside the door.
"Huh!" Hu Bin smiled fiercely, saw a group of people running and falling towards the stairs, and then found the footprints of the numbered person named Gerry, lying on the ground and whispering for help.
"I was miserable by you, I said why did my luck become negative as soon as I met you, first I was hacked by you for a large sum of money, then I was beaten to the point, and finally I was used as a step by a group of strong men, why is it always me who is injured, but you are the legendary winner in life, I ask for mental compensation." Peng Chao, who was helped into the house, lost more than half of his blood, and complained to Hu Bin with a sad face, but his eyes kept aiming at Su Jia who was covering his face in the room.
"This is Miss Su Jia, you can think of her as a numbered person in the same camp as me, but her task is to play soy sauce, and she has no conflict of interest with us." Hu Bin casually made up a set of rhetoric to fool Geri, whether he believed it or not, Hu Bin himself believed it.
Next, Hu Bin and Peng Chao had a serious discussion on the current international situation (belittling the other camps), determined the future policy (how to take advantage), established the strategic partnership of the two own camps (cutting the unpleasant ones together), analyzed the future world situation (agreed to rob the camp first), and then ended the meeting in a pleasant atmosphere (Gree left with a smile and closed the door by the way).
Looking at the sound snail left by Gerry, he scolded and admitted the fact that he was hacked 200 gold coins, this is the communication tool that Gerry gave him, the carrier pigeon and the entourage are too slow to transmit the message, this sound transmission snail can communicate with the female snail within 200 kilometers, which is about two days and two nights of travel, which is very limited, but it is also a good tool at this stage. I wanted to ask Su Jia if there was any other better way, but Su Jia turned her head and snorted and ignored him.
Hu Bin walked out of the room and opened another one next door, preparing to rest for a night and return to China tomorrow morning. Hu Bin, who woke up at dawn, found Su Jia dining in the tavern, she ate bread in small sips but not slowly, seeing a few empty plates next to her and the boss's round eyes, Hu Bin sighed, spent 100 dinars to settle the bill, and led the team to surround Su Jia's carriage and prepare to return to Saland.
After receiving the tax from the territory at the Chamber of Commerce, Hu Bin wore a brand-new heraldic armor, a sleeveless heavy armor composed of cotton armor chain mail and metal armor inlaid on the outside, wrapped in a layer of white cloth, and painted with a red cross coat of arms on the front, giving Hu Bin 51 the upper body defense and 19 lower body defense, the newly replaced plate armor boots sparkled on the stirrups, and the lower body defense increased by 33 again, and he put on a tempered nomadic scimitar for himself, and paid the salary of the troops, facing the troops with full morale, Hu Bin set off with confidence.
Three days later, the dusty Hu Bin returned to Sharitz, and he received a little favor from Marshal Muhai Yiboye, who was eager to return to the capital, and declined the invitation to spend the night in Bariyah City, and went to Shariz overnight with a little supplies.
The Sultan of Hakim was very satisfied with Hu Bin's performance, and the two countries were now officially armistice, but Hu Bin got bad news, the southern kingdom of Rhodok captured the lord of Harengas, who was very influential in the south of the Swadia Kingdom, and the king of Swadia, Haraus, could not withstand the pressure of the domestic nobles, and stopped the battle that had already gained the upper hand, and replaced the lord of Harengos.
The kingdom of Rhodok is also not comfortable, several villages in the north of Viruga have been looted, two fortresses have been besieged for more than a week, King Grifus, who urgently needs to transfer the hatred and loss of the lords in the country, has the intention of starting a war against Salander, the sultan has sent a carrier pigeon to the marshal, and it is estimated that soon the lords will gather in the west of the kingdom, but this time the sultan decided not to defend, with the advantage of the terrain of a small number of plains in the east of the kingdom of Rhodok, He decided to let the Rhodok crossbowmen, who could only shoot cold arrows on the slopes, taste the power of the Mamluk cavalry on the plains.
Returning to his fiefdom, Hu Bin immediately got busy, the winery had been completed, the first batch of wine would be out of barrels in a few days, the caravans in the city were gradually increasing, the goods on the market were very rich because of the proximity to Sharitz, and another refugee group joined the town, bringing Hu Bin 5 hired riders who were waiting to be recruited at half price in the tavern, Hu Bin recruited the upper limit of the remaining troops, and the composition of the troops became:
Crusader Legion:
17 Salander riders, 5 Mamluks, 3 senior light infantrymen, 3 personal guards, 1 priest, 11 mercenary cavalry, 8 mercenary cavalry, 11 Salander archers, 20 sentinels, 20 Salander recruits. Strength 99/99
Garrison of Muradin: 20 crossbowmen for hire
The maintenance cost is 937 per week, and the morale is extremely high, and the morale of the Salander soldiers is an additional 3. Neutral Soldier morale is increased by 8 and maintenance is reduced by 10%.
The fledgling Hu Bin gave a very dangerous order, he handed over all the infantry and archers, as well as most of the funds and the rental income for the coming week, to Fenrir, who had been promoted to a noble knight, and asked him to lead the recruits to hunt down the surrounding bandits and guard the town to recruit and train recruits, and he led his own 44 elite cavalry troops to the west. Hu Bin's strategic intention was not to follow the large army, but to use the mobility of his cavalry to pull Rhodok's defense line and take the opportunity to plunder the village.
In order to realize this idea, Hu Bin deliberately added the 3 attributes obtained by upgrading to the knowledge, and the knowledge became 16, and then the item management points and the guide were all pointed to level 5. The team brought a lot of empty pack horses, and they could quickly shuttle through the plains on the outskirts of Rhodok, and perhaps find an opportunity to sneak up on the villages near Viruga, which Hu Bin had heard of for a long time. In the past two days, King Rhodok has officially submitted his war report, and the two countries have entered a state of war, and the lords of Salander have long been ready and deployed near the royal capital in the western part of the country, waiting for the lords who are a little further away to join. Hu Bin instructed Fenrir to defend the city half a day ago, and then led the team to set off, and no one knew where he had gone except the marshal.