"I'm afraid that Squadron Leader Patrick alone can't help us or anything. Marcus said.

Fylde turned his head to look at Ayana in women's clothing, "Ayana, you temporarily replace Patrick and become the squadron leader of the archer squadron for a while, and the fifteen archers will be under your command." ”

Ayana nodded, she still didn't look comfortable wearing patterned clothes.

In the time that followed, everyone was deliberating about what might happen and what to do. They basically agreed that if they were to choose between the pope and the archbishop, they would choose the archbishop, who was not familiar with them.

It wasn't long before Riley, the chief knight, came and invited Fed and Coth to a meeting in the captain's tent, and he whispered in Fett's ear, "When you assign tasks, try to listen to the archbishop and Captain Satnam, it will be safer." ”

Fett nodded, and he took Coth and followed Riley in the direction of the camp.

Outside the tent stood the leaders of the other mercenary groups, and they all nodded in greeting when they saw the chief leader Fidel coming. The "sharp claw" waved the steel claw in his hand, and then grinned and said, "Hey, boy! ”

Feder curled his lips and smiled, but didn't answer. Instead, Kesi said, "We stood in the castle for a long time that day, and we couldn't wait for you to come in." ”

"Sharppaw" laughed, "Because I had a stomachache that night, otherwise I would have rushed in earlier than you." ”

"Sit, everyone!" said the chief knight, Kiro, opened the tent and let all the heads of the mercenary group into the tent, while Fed and Coth, who were at the end, could clearly see from outside the tent that the Pope was already sitting in the middle of the tent, while Archbishop Arthur Auerbach was only sitting on the sidelines, and Satnam was only standing behind the archbishop.

Still the same as last time, Fed and Cos were arranged as the chief of the seats on the left hand side of the Pope, only this time it was no longer Malvin, the deputy head of the Knight Mercenary Regiment of His Majesty, who sat opposite, but Chedy, the captain of the guard of Prince Anso of the Kingdom of Salins!

The Chedy with the golden shield on his back was still the same as he had seen that day, with leather stripes wrapped around his upper body and very tight leather pants on his lower body. There was a sharp short sword in his hand, and it was supposed to be this short sword that cut Ayana's chest. Fei De thought to himself, it was good that Ayana didn't appear on this occasion, otherwise she would definitely be recognized on the spot, if that's the case, it would be a big trouble.

Cheddy, the captain of the guard, looked at Coss and Fidel, who were sitting opposite, and couldn't take their eyes off it, even Coss was embarrassed to see her.

"This time we urgently summoned you here because we have received a battle report from the front line of the East Oguna Empire, and there are three cities closest to our Papal States that are about to start a riot, and I hope that our lord... The Pope has sent an army to take over!" said Satnam, the head of the Knights of the Church.

"So you arrested Lao Tzu who hadn't woken up yet?" "Sharp Claw" even in the face of the Pope and the captain of the guard of the Kingdom of Salins, he did not restrain his bad temper at all, and he was about to attack on the spot.

Satnam raised a hand, "Commanders, don't be impatient, in order to appease all the mercenaries and leaders of the mercenary group, every mercenary who is mobilized here and immediately sets off with the Church Alliance will receive a mobilization fee of thirty gold coins, and each regiment leader will receive a mobilization fee of one thousand gold coins!"

Speaking of this, most of the regimental commanders' eyes lit up. Tens of thousands of mercenaries and more than 30 mercenary group leaders instantly received a huge amount of compensation, which is a reward that will only be available after completing the task, but I didn't expect to send money before I set off. Who wouldn't love gold? Even Sharp Claw grinned and said no more.

Instead, the captain of the guard, Chedy, said, "Our army in Sahlins doesn't need this. All regular armies are well-trained elites and do not get up or not get up for gold. ”

When the Pope heard this, he laughed, but the head of the regiment, Satnam, was not angry, he just smiled at Cheddy, and then said to all the captains: "This is Lord Chedy, the captain of Prince Anso's personal guard in the Kingdom of Salins, because Prince Anso needs to return to China to deal with important matters, he specially sent his cronies to join the Church Alliance!"

When the other regiment commanders heard this, they immediately shifted their eyes to Chedy. He was more of a gladiator than a close confidant of the Prince, but only Feder knew that he was the mercenary who killed the Ayana family.

"That's right, my master has already said that this military operation has been approved by King Byron," Chedi stood up, the golden shield on his back visible to everyone, "There will be 40,000 regular troops of the Kingdom of Sallins to join the Church Alliance and march together in the direction of the East Oguna Empire." ”

His conclusive and eloquent speech made many regiment commanders feel as if they had taken a reassuring pill. You must know that the East Oguna Empire is a "big ship", and even if the three cities revolt, it will not necessarily make the Pope and the archbishop abandon their plans to attack the empire in the coming year - it turned out that the alliance of the Kingdom of Salins caused the change of events. Now with these 40,000 men, the army of the Church Alliance has a strength of nearly 100,000 men. And this does not include the power of the Mercenary Union, although the Mercenary Guild only sent the deputy head of the Knight Mercenary Regiment of His Majesty, but who knows if they will let other mercenary groups within the empire take over the Church Alliance? Thinking of this, most of the regiment leaders smiled, feeling that their choice was wise and they were on the right side.

The Pope also nodded, and he said to everyone: "This attack cannot be delayed, those innocent civilians who have been devastated by the infidels are hoping for the arrival of the Illuminati, so we can't wait for the arrival of spring, and we will send troops to the empire now!"

Some of the regimental commanders who were on the side of the Pope immediately shouted: "There is no time to delay!

Fed and Coss saw that there were a few more supporters of the Pope, and they didn't expect that in less than a month, the Pope's power would become stronger again, and there was no embarrassment of being "taken away" during the worship in the pool that day.

The archbishop's face was a little ugly, but Satnam stood up again, "In addition to the army that is on standby on the border of the Kingdom of Salins, there are also our church forces, the previous more than 30,000 people have now become 40,000, and the troops who can set off immediately are also fifteen thousand!"

Some of the commanders, such as Arturas and Jennifer, when they heard that Sallins' army was on the border of the kingdom, their first reaction was to think of the army that had besieged the city last night. Although there is no evidence that those troops belonged to the Kingdom of Salins, the border between the two countries is nothing more than a river, and the direction in which they appear is also in the direction of the Kingdom's territory. Could it be that Commander Satnam deliberately pointed out the location of those troops to remind himself?

While Sathenam was briefing everyone on the situation in the Papal States, he also observed the expressions of all the captains. He didn't mention the martial law on last night's rainy night, nor the attack on the castle, but Fei De believed that many of the mercenary leaders here had already learned about what had happened in the Holy Light City last night, and some even knew about the troops standing in the heavy rain outside the city.

"Now that the Eastern Oguna Empire is still mired in the quagmire of the northern front, and the western front is being beaten, as long as we are united, it is still possible to save the civilians of those three cities!" said Commander Satnam and talked about the Eastern Oguna Empire. But he said this very strangely, didn't he say that he wanted to take down Grimmko, destroy all the infidels, and liberate the whole empire? Why did he suddenly change his tone and say that only three cities would be liberated?

The Pope asked, "Captain, that doesn't seem right, right? We promised our followers that we would wipe out all the cultists and let the light of the Heavenly Father shine on every inch of the eastern part of the continent!"

"Your Holiness doesn't know that since it's winter, if we send troops deeper, there may be a shortage of supplies because the front is too long," Satnam took out a document with figures on the annual grain harvest in the Papal States, "based on the current grain and grass, it is only enough to support the 70,000 troops of the Church Union for less than two months. ”

When the Pope heard this, he immediately corrected the other party: "It's an army of 100,000! Since the Kingdom of Salins has chosen to stand with the Heavenly Father, it is our brother, and of course the food will be paid for by our side." ”

The archbishop's face became even worse, and Satnam also noticed this, and he hurriedly explained to the pope: "If this is the case, we can only last for a maximum of forty days when we are full, which is too ..."

The captain of the guard, Chedy, sat there without saying a word. On the contrary, the heads of the regiments who supported the pope began to be dissatisfied, and one after another said that they did not need labor fees, and they could use the money to buy food in the Three Duchyes. Although they said this, Commander Satnam knew very well that if he really took that money, he might not even need to prepare their food.

At this time, Archbishop Arthur Auerbach actually looked at Fidel and said to him: "Chief Commander Fidel, I wonder if your Excellency has any good proposals?"

Kesi hurriedly pulled Fidel, who looked in a daze, while the others all turned their eyes to the black-armored young man, "If I had to make a proposal, I think we might be able to borrow some food from the Theoguna Empire in the south." ”

Fidel's proposal surprised everyone, considering that the Western Oguna Empire had just escaped from the rule of Glencor, and they were also fighting against the Eastern Oguna Empire, so it stands to reason that they would not lend food to the Papal States.

The other regimental commanders were discussing, and even Korth, a girl who didn't know much about the military situation, didn't understand Field's proposal, but Satnam said: "The chief regiment commander must have a reason for saying this, so it's better to listen to it first." ”

"There are two reasons for this: first, we can express to the soldiers who have crossed the Split Mountains the grain of the East Oguna Empire due to heavy snow and blocked sea routes, and we can express to them that we are willing to deliver this food, and the other side will be happy to see it; ”