Episode 33 Combined Legion
After the end of the war, Linda and Schroeder took the opportunity to invite Zhao Mian and Luo Cheng to negotiate in the Blue Star Army base. This time, Zhao Mian and the others did not have the arrogance of the first time they saw Lin Da and the others, but honestly obeyed Lin Da's arrangement and followed them into the Blue Star Army base.
At this time, not long after the end of the war, the Blue Star Army was cleaning up the battlefield while carrying out combat rotation, and the troops in the entire base were moving back and forth, and the vehicles were rolling, and the momentum was extraordinary. Zhao Mian and the others saw teams of Blue Star Army soldiers and all kinds of strange armored battlefields coming in and out of the base, lined up in neat and powerful teams, although the spiritual pressure on the soldiers was not high, but they exuded a terrifying murderous aura, and the entire army was like a terrible whole, showing amazing strength between breathing and breathing. Seeing this scene, this once extremely arrogant cultivator began to have doubts about life.
When Zhao Mian and the others entered the conference room arranged by Linda, they restrained the shock on their faces. Luo Cheng and Zhao Mian glanced at each other, and he first asked Lin Da, "Master Lin, I don't know if you have asked the two of you to come here, what do you want to discuss?"
Linda and Schroeder glanced at each other, nodded and said, "Hehe, please come here, of course, to discuss the matter of dealing with the Qin army." The two of them also saw that in the battle just now, although the Qin army was temporarily defeated by us, its main force still exists, and the Qin generals will never give up, and they may organize a second round of attacks at any time. Although our Blue Star Army is not afraid of the Qin generals, we don't want to stand alone against the Qin generals with the strength of a single country, if there is no friendly army to help, our army will definitely be unable to support it alone... I mean, you should understand, right?" Saying this, Linda's tone became serious, and his body faintly exuded a terrifying coercion that only a mid-infant realm monk could have, which was irresistible.
Seeing Lin Da's attitude, Luo Cheng and the others suddenly turned red, they naturally knew that Lin Da blamed them for not helping in time before, but they didn't expect the Blue Star Army to be able to defeat Qin generals in one fell swoop, and even killed a Qin general, showing a strong strength, which finally made these two people have to be in awe.
This is the case between countries, where when a country is strong, other countries will naturally submit and win respect. Now, after revealing the strong military strength of the Blue Star Country, Zhao Mian and the others finally became honest in front of Linda.
"Master Lin is right, we're a little too cautious. In the battle just now, our army did not dispatch in time, which is also understandable, after all, the Qin army still has tens of thousands of people who have not fought in the battle, and we stayed in Changshan City just in case, which is why your army has been supporting alone for so long. It's also to blame that we didn't negotiate how to cooperate before, it's really offended, offended!" Luo Cheng, who was old, hurriedly analyzed, and lightly shirked Yan Zhao's performance of avoiding the war just now.
Linda and Schroeder listened to it funny, but they still didn't break through Luo Cheng's cunning sophistry. The two were silent for a while, and Lin Da said helplessly: "Since your alliance is to prepare for the surprise attack of the main force of the Qin army, then we can also understand it, but I hope that the next time there is such a thing, I hope that the two of you will not be so passive and avoid the war, otherwise our Blue Star Army is not a fool, what to do and what not to do, we still have a bottom in our hearts." ”
Luo Cheng hurriedly nodded yes, and had no opinion on Linda's slightly harsh words, and even Zhao Mian on the side was silent.
Seeing that the two were really honest, Linda's face softened, and then, Linda finally proposed his true plan to the two again.
"Two, you have also seen the toughness of General Qin. In the battle just now, our Blue Star Army suffered as many as three or four thousand casualties, and if this is transmitted back to China, it will definitely cause an obvious uproar, and the people will inevitably oppose it fiercely, and our pressure will be very great. Even more serious, even if we are forced to withdraw our troops, it is possible. ”
Linda pretended to have a solemn face and said, and from time to time secretly looked at the expressions of the two of them. In fact, he wanted to recruit troops in Yan and Zhao, not just Yan and Zhao mortals as he said before.
Zhao Mian immediately wondered: "How is this possible! Isn't it just that some mortals have died? It's not normal to die in battle? Since the war between our Zhao State and the Qin State, there have been two or three hundred thousand monks killed in the battle, and the mortals have suffered countless casualties, which is much more tragic compared to your Blue Star Kingdom?!"
"Yes, it's just a few thousand people who died, or some low-level monks, will this affect your country's participation in the war?" Luo Cheng also hurriedly asked. Linda just said that he was going to withdraw from the army, and suddenly hit the place they were most worried about, and he immediately panicked.
But as soon as the two of them spoke, Linda's side immediately became unhappy, and Schroeder said with a displeased face: "According to what you say, the people who died in our Blue Star Country are not human beings? Maybe three or four thousand casualties are nothing to your two countries, but it is a great matter for the Blue Star Country! We can't let the soldiers of the Blue Star Country sacrifice in vain on the territory of other countries!"
Hearing Schroeder's resolute words, Zhao Mian and the others were taken aback, and they were silent for a moment, and then the two looked at each other, and then Zhao Mian said: "Okay, since the two of you are so worried about the casualties of our countrymen, then we will agree to your request and allow you to recruit troops in our two countries." Of course, mortals will naturally be recruited with you, but if you want to recruit cultivators, it is limited to monks below the early stage of the Qi Realm, after all, our two countries also need to recruit low-level cultivators to join the army. In addition, these armies that you have requisitioned and formed must be formed independently, and the officers from each of the three countries will form the joint army of the three countries. These legions can be under your command, but for every thousand-man legion, we have to send an Overseer. If you agree to these conditions, then we will also recruit you. ”
Hearing this, Linda and Schroeder showed hesitation, and after a pause, Linda said: "Okay! After all, this is recruiting your countrymen, and there is nothing to do according to your requirements." The weapons that these people will be equipped with in the future can be provided by our Blue Star Country, and if the Qin army is defeated in the future, these troops will no longer be allowed to continue to use our weapons. If you guys want it, you have to buy it at our price. That's what we're asking for!"
Hearing this, Zhao Mian and the others were immediately overjoyed. In the previous battle with the Qin army, the weapons of the Blue Star Kingdom gave the two of them a deep impression, and it was certainly not too much for Lin Da to make such a request. Thinking that the two countries could have a force with advanced equipment and amazing combat effectiveness in the future, and that they would not have to bear anything for the two countries, Zhao Mian and Luo Cheng suddenly felt happy in their hearts, and they didn't think much about Linda's real purpose of conscription, and immediately agreed.
Soon, the four of them signed an alliance agreement between Yan Zhao and the Blue Star Kingdom to jointly resist the Qin army on the spot. According to this agreement, the three countries formally reached a military alliance to jointly deal with the Qin army, and when the three countries took the initiative to attack the Qin army, they could either fight separately or attack together, and if the Qin army attacked, the three countries must coordinate the battle together, and one of them must not withdraw or surrender to the Qin state on its own initiative.
After reaching a unanimous agreement to resist the Qin army, Zhao Mian and the others immediately returned to Changshan City, and the Blue Star Army also began to nervously deploy their defenses. When the news of the alliance between the three countries came back to China, it immediately caused a shock from top to bottom of the Blue Star Country, and the Kangnai government immediately launched a larger-scale operation to support Yan and Zhao, and at the same time strengthened its support for the expeditionary force.
In the next few days, a large number of logistical supplies and reinforcements were continuously transported from the Blue Star Country to the Blue Star Army Military Base in Changshan City by air, in addition to the remaining 60,000 people of the Flying Dragon and Flying Leopard Legions, the Blue Star Country sent a reserve army of tens of thousands of people from China to Changshan City, making the total number of the Blue Star Army here reach more than 100,000 people.
At the same time, under Linda's arrangement, the Blue Star Country Expeditionary Force also began the work of recruiting mortals from Yan and Zhao to join the combined army. They sent a large number of conscription squads to go deep into the areas of Yan and Zhao that had not yet been captured by the Qin army to carry out conscription propaganda and mobilization. Unlike the original Blue Star Clan who was forcibly recruited by the Gui Guo Li Clan, the Blue Star Nation recruited soldiers completely in accordance with the principle of voluntariness, and emphasized that the conscripted soldiers not only did not have to bear any expenses to support the war, but also received a large amount of subsidies from the Blue Star Country.
The mortals of Zhao Yan and the two countries have been ravaged by the Qin army for a long time, and they hate the Qin army very much, and the armies of Zhao Yan and the two countries are extremely weak in the face of the Qin army, and they can't protect the mortals of the two countries at all, plus the Qin army is extremely fierce, and ordinary mortals have no power to resist at all, so the people of Zhao Yan and the two countries have a deep hatred for the Qin army, and they have long been eager to go into battle to kill the enemy. Therefore, as soon as the Blue Star Army's conscription operation began, it immediately received a strong reaction from the people in Yanzhao and all over the country. A large number of ordinary mortals have asked to join the United Legion led by the Blue Star Army, in order to be able to go into battle to kill the enemy, in just a few days, there are millions of mortals in Yan and Zhao who have asked to join the Combined Legion!
Lin Da didn't expect to get the support of so many Yan Zhao mortals, of course, he would not recruit all the mortals who signed up, but after some selection, he first formed a legion of several 10,000 people, trained them to use the guns and other weapons of the Blue Star Country, and trained and fought according to the model of the Reserve Legion of the Blue Star Country. He planned to let these combined legions go through some actual combat tests before they could really go to the battlefield before he planned to start a large-scale call-up.
Unexpectedly, Linda's practice of only recruiting tens of thousands of people to join the United Legion disappointed the mortal people of Zhao Yan and the two countries, and people strongly asked to join the United Legion, and even young and middle-aged people in many regions spontaneously formed a team and found the Blue Star Country Conscription Detachment to ask to join the United Legion. The reaction of the people naturally made Linda and the Blue Star Nation Covenant Association arrive in surprise and surprise, and while expanding the scale of the United Legion in accordance with the public opinion, they also began to take advantage of this huge public opinion and quietly launched some secret operations.
At the same time, the railways between Yanzhao and Yanzhao are also being carried out in advance. In order to facilitate the transportation of troops and materials to the front line, the Kangnai government allocated a huge amount of money and sent three reserve corps with a total of 60,000 people to participate in the construction of the frontline railway, and a railway thousands of miles long through Yan, Zhao and Lanxing was being built in full swing.