Chapter 40: Enemies and Friends

The Rhodok numberers, who had been imprisoned for three days, were squeezed dry by Hu Bin, who had Su Jia's help to open the hanging. Hu Bin first told the story of one of Via's numbered people who worked as a coolie for a month because of the ransom issue, and then Su Jia exposed their valuable objects one by one, and extorted a lot of money and useful props from the numbered people with the cooperation of the two. Keeping one hand is one thing that numberers will do, but this time it was all cheaper than Hu Bin.

To Hu Bin's surprise, a numbered man named Howard didn't leave anything good on him, and his fireballs during the siege that day blinded Hu Bin's dog's eyes.

"You're an interesting person!" Hu Bin let go of Rhodok's bereaved dogs and began to pay attention to the numberer who would not leave a hand.

Howard blushed, he didn't expect his companions to leave so many props, didn't they know the consequences of failure? "Kill or kill, whatever you want!" Desperate, Howard is ready to work as a coolie for a month.

"May I ask a question, why are you so desperate. Running away when you see that the form is not right is in the interests of the numberers. Hu Bin had some questions.

"Hehe, I really didn't expect the famous Lord Reed to be a numbered person." The gap was too big, and Howard smiled wryly, saying that the efforts he had made for months was a joke in front of him.

"Isn't it better if you don't work hard, since you have chosen Sarande, you should understand the consequences of a weak country, and if you are weak, you will be beaten. The village was repeatedly plundered, and it was difficult to replenish the strength of its own legions, and the development of its own strength was limited, and it was difficult to gain benefits in the war, and a series of serious consequences in the future were unimaginable. If you don't fight hard and fantasize about making a comeback, you are simply giving up your future life, and the next war will not give us another chance to develop rapidly, those short-sighted guys. Howard said hatefully.

In fact, Hu Bin, who has always been able to say that there is no danger in development, is the person who can understand Howard best. Salander was congenitally weak, and if it weren't for the situation, and the relationship with Kugit warmed and united, perhaps Salander was still exhausted under the threat of the double blockade of Rhodok and Kujit. But Hu Bin still has a question: "Haven't you thought about switching camps?" ”

Howard smiled bitterly again and didn't speak, or Su Jia reminded Hu Bin, who had never been in contact with these, next to him. Although there were not too many overt punishments before the switch camp was obtained, the hidden traps in it made Hu Bin's heart tremble.

First, the initial morale of the first faction is higher than that of other countries. Switching factions to the second faction will be affected by the weakening of morale, which will reduce combat effectiveness, which is most noticeable when there are many troops. Of course, neutral forces are not among them.

Second, the initial identity is noble, which is very important, after switching factions, you lose your noble status, which is equivalent to a commoner. According to the aborigines, they violated the ancestral teachings of the family and were expelled from the family tree. Commoners are made fiefdom nobles unless they make a significant contribution to the second faction.

Thirdly, there is the question of ethnicity, in which the lords of other countries do not trust ethnic groups outside their own. This point, combined with the second article after switching factions, basically cut off the possibility of obtaining the title of fiefdom nobility in the short term.

Of course, the numberer can also give up the lord route as a ranger, roam the main road as a mercenary to accumulate prestige, and if you are lucky, you may be able to contact the upper echelons of the neutral camp, but in the case of the territory, you will have to rely entirely on your own.

"What a joke to fight a country on your own." Hu Bin was in a cold sweat, and Howard's eyes began to show pity, and his identity could already touch the situation on the mainland, knowing that Rodok did not have much chance to turn over. The Swadian covenant is completely a wolf in the house, and Hu Bin is sure that they will find an excuse to refuse to renew the contract next month, and in turn peek at the fattest meat on the continent of Velga City. Not to mention that the two countries of Salander Kugit and Rhodok are at war, and there is no need to find the connection. Sultan Hakim has already rushed to eat meat, and it is estimated that Saiga Khan will not let go of this good opportunity.

"I'm the one who gets hurt while hunting, and it's someone else who eats the meat." Hu Bin completely forgot why the city of Gyerqila fell into his pocket, and sighed and complained.

"Are you interested in coming to me, I am missing an ally in the Salander camp. The Chamber of Commerce Alliance and I have a good relationship, you can first mix up as a neutral ranger, and when you grow stronger, take my letter to the Sultan of Hakim to find an errand, and then you can choose the side again after Rhodok destroys the country. Hu Bin has a heart to solicit, although Gerry is reliable now, but after all, he and Hu Bin are not the numberers of the same camp, maybe they will fight against Hu Bin on the battlefield that day because of the breakdown of the camp relationship.

After all, the relationship with interests as a bond will not last long, and Hu Bin does not guarantee that he will always maintain the strength of surpassing others, after all, horses have stumbles, and people have stumbled. Having an ally with the same interests is still useful to Hu Bin, at least he will not be stabbed in the back.

"Do I have a choice?" Howard annulled the employment agreement of the Rhodok Kingdom and regained his neutral status, but the reputation of Salander and Kujit's faction was still negative, and it would take time to wear off. Fortunately, Hu Bin opened up his village's neutral sentry recruitment privilege to him, saving him from the embarrassment of having no soldiers to bring, and Hu Bin also took out an interest-free loan of 5,000 dinars to fund Howard.

"You're my ally from this day forward, and I know we're not friends yet, but time will change everything. My hand is already outstretched, and it's up to you how to choose. Hu Bin sent Howard away, believing that he felt that this visionary numberer would bring him unexpected gains.

Gerry is in a particularly good mood today, and sure enough, he will get good luck with Reed, and this ally never treats his own people badly. Having received a large dinar reward and prestige reward, he will soon get permission from his father-in-law to marry his fiancée. Gerry couldn't wait to return to China, and after his injuries were basically stabilized under Lorraine's treatment, he said goodbye to Hu Bin.

Looking at the white wolf-headed legion flag on a black background that was gradually moving away, Hu Bin was very reluctant to lose this ally who had courage, courage and strength.

The alliance between Kugit and Salander became less solid after the capture of Jerjera, and Sultan Hakim was dissatisfied with the unilateral withdrawal of the Saga Khan, and was even more disappointed with the subsequent procrastination of the allies, and Kugit's reluctance to contain the Swadiyas, resulting in the near loss of Jerjera.

And Saga Khan is jealous that Salander has obtained such a big city as Mercenary City, and he is impatient to share the big cake of Rhodok. Perhaps in the process of fighting for the village of Rhodok, a series of entanglements with Salander will erupt.

Hatred is deeply imprinted between the two countries, not a covenant or a month or two that can be covered up. Once the ties of interest are broken, the rupture of the alliance is inevitable. The seeds of the opening of the station have been planted, and Hu Bin is deeply worried about the direction of his relationship with Gerry.

Hu Bin, who was idle, began to study his family's top combat power and make choices for the next support.

As a large family with a long history, the Reed family is not only the killer knight, the Eye of Death and the Liberty Knight, together with the heroic knight, are collectively known as the trident of the Reed family.

Neutral Class 5 Infantry Professional Samurai can be rigorously trained to advance to the powerful Class 6 Free Warriors, these terrifying warriors who wear composite warrior plate armor of the same craftsmanship as the heroic knights, abandon shield defenses, and hold two-handed long knives similar to Chinese Tang swords, believing that attack is the best defense. Skilled at it, they can use a charged blow and even cut a charging knight and horse in half. When they are surrounded by a large number of enemies and are in trouble, the abandoning knight will unleash a whirlwind slash that tears everything around them within three meters of their combat effectiveness.

The training of the Eye of Death is extremely difficult, and even the Reed family does not have too many of them. As the top-tier ranged class, they can't wear plate armor like a melee class, but a delicate set of scale armor ensures flexibility and makes up for the weakness of ranged classes. The one-handed steel elite axe in their hands was only used for self-defense, and the expensive sniper crossbow was their true soul. Their long range and precise technology earned them the title of Eye of Death, and any enemy they targeted had to meet the Grim Reaper.

It's hard to imagine that they are actually trained by a third-level crossbowman mercenary, and in order to train a crossbowman who has reached the standard of crossbowmanship, the crossbowman must be allowed to go through many battles to satisfy the experience of transforming from a third-level to a sixth-level class. And how can a fragile mercenary crossbowman gain enough experience to shake off those enemies who are generally wearing armor above level 4 in the heat of battle? This is a refutation. That is, the wealthy Reed family, who can use the most stupid method to build enough Eye of Death.

Hu Bin is quite concerned about the free knights, professional warriors are easier to train than hired cavalry, and the free knights who specialize in foot combat are estimated to be better than the heroic knights in defending the city. Hu Bin, who has two cities in hand, urgently needs more professional troops to defend the city, and must train a group of professional warriors before Ted returns.

The price of the equipment of the heroic knight is 1200 dinars each, the free knight's is 900 dinars, and the Eye of Death is an astonishing 1500 dinars.

Hu Bin began his craziest conscription, he planned to recruit 1,000 sentries into his two city garrisons and his own legion in this half month, and commissioned Ryan and Fenrir to train a legion that could deal with emergencies as soon as possible. He is ready to honestly nest in the city to recuperate for a while, and leave the rest to the lords of his country.