I arranged the teacups on the table in a conical shape, and then pointed to the tip of the cone, "This is Wiggins, your position, you are responsible for opening the way and intimidating the enemy army, like a tiger descending the mountain unstoppable." Then I pointed to the second row, "This is the flank of the cavalry, responsible for covering Wiggins and tearing apart the enemy's formation, if used well, Wiggins can not only approach the opponent's center like a god, but also maximize the role of cavalry." My fingertips moved to the fourth row, "This is the infantry, as a follow-up firepower expenditure, and the mainstay of combat power." “

Wiggins, Manid, and Mocha listened to my ideas with solemn faces. Manid silently covered his mouth with his hand in thought, and suddenly went mad and drew something on the table. Wiggins subconsciously stroked his sword with his hand, over and over again, his eyebrows tightened to indicate that he was nervously calculating. Mo Cha spread his hands, put on an expression of indifference, and fell asleep on the table.

I frowned, looked at Mo Mo Cha who was drooling, and casually shoved a sweet potato into his mouth.

There was silence, and no one spoke.

After a few minutes, I finally couldn't take it anymore: "Hey, I said, Manid, how long have you been writing and drawing like this? And you, Wiggins, what do you have on your face? I'm tired of seeing it!

Manid's writing hand finally stopped. After a while, he said to me with a wry smile: "Boss, I have no opinion on you to recruit soldiers, but this cost is indeed very expensive, I have made a preliminary calculation, the sum of the most ordinary equipment costs are more than 1,000 dinars, boss are you sure you can afford it?"

When I heard this, my heart seemed to be immersed in the sea, and my whole body was cold: "How many people's expenses are this?"

Manid looked up at the ceiling, closed his eyes and said, "About 20 people." ”

I breathed a sigh of relief and patted my chest.

Wiggins slapped the table heavily: "Boss, since you are determined to recruit troops, I have no opinion, you said that you want me to train me, but I really can't help if you want to imitate the training method of the Rhodok government army, after all, I work under Eden, not to mention that we don't have weapons and equipment, and we don't even have a training ground, how can you do it?"

I waved my hand impatiently: "I'll solve the training ground, what are the weapons and equipment...... Manid, I need you to come with me. It's time to put your business talents to work. ”

Manid's tired eyes shone with an eager light. He sat up straight, his expression extremely serious.

I smiled: "Wiggins, the bandits left a lot of equipment, after recruiting soldiers, 7 horses were given to the recruits, and the rest were sold for equipment, as well as scimitars and bows and arrows left by the bandits, and they were also sent to them." Remember to give some of the money to the villagers, who paid a terrible price for this victory. As for Manid and I, I'm going to take your three pirate brothers with you to settle the problem of funding. After you have recruited the troops, buy some food, and take them to the northeast of Fesdena, where there should be an abandoned training ground if I remember correctly. In addition, I will let Mo Cha go with you, in case you get lost. ”

Wiggins nodded heavily, and wordlessly pushed open the door and walked away.

I looked at Manid with a smirk: "Are you ready to go?"

Manid stood up, his eyes sparkling with excitement: "Ready boss, don't worry, we will definitely make a lot of money!"

Manid proved to have unrivaled business acumen. He suggested that woolen wool and tools should be resold repeatedly between Sagos and Živacheze. Unsurprisingly, in just one month, I earned 5,000 dinars. Combined with the total funds of the previous troops, there are now close to 10,000 dinars. I used the money to buy some Germanic swords and improvised zither-shaped shields, and by the way, I got a gamble right on Zhivadine at a competitive tournament and made a few thousand dinars. So I bought a dozen more axes and a dozen bags of throwing spears, because a few people couldn't carry them, and I bought a few miscellaneous gray pack horses on the way.

On the way back to Riwacheze, I entrusted Aisha to Zenda's Shaw on the way. At first, Xiao Yi crossed his waist and face, and seemed to be very unhappy. But when Aisha grabbed the corner of my clothes and secretly exposed half of her little face, this woman quickly "kidnapped" Aisha. When Aisha fell into her arms, I saw two heartbeats in the woman's eyes, and she happily accepted them while rubbing her tender face. Then Xiao Yi knelt on the ground parallel to Aisha in his calves, hugged Xiao Aisha tightly, and said to Xiao Aisha in a very serious tone: "No, I recognize this brother, it is very dangerous to be a male like him, little Aisha must not contact him again!" "Hmm, delusion?" I touched my head, looking at Xiao Yi and Aisha with a confused expression. "Why do I think ........ Xiao Yi is speaking ill of me?"

A month later.

Mo Mocha gently pushed open the wooden door: "Boss, someone wants to see you, Chan Da is here." ”

"See me here?" I rubbed my eyes so red that I stayed up all night, "What tea, bring him in." In addition, talk to Wiggins and step up the training of soldiers. I'm going to check it out for myself in a moment. ”

"I don't need him to bring it. Ressarit, don't come unharmed. Suddenly, Mo Maocha, who was standing at the door, was rudely pushed away, and a big man pushed and shoved in, and the whole room became dark for a moment. He squinted, rubbed his clothes with his hands, and walked into the room with a smile on his face to shake my hand.

As soon as I saw him, a vein in my temple jumped so suddenly that I had to break free of his large hand while pressing my temple: "Hehe, Monsieur Ramon, don't come unharmed." I wonder what your Excellency is doing here?"

"Why, brother doesn't give me wine when they meet?" Ramon didn't seem to be in a hurry to get down to business, but sat down at the table, licking his chapped lips, and looking at me with a smirk in his eyes.

I smiled awkwardly: "Mr. Ramon said that he was joking, Mr. Ramon must have understood that I was not very good at this training ground, right? I'm really sorry, but as a commander, I should take the lead, and strict military discipline is the first guarantee! Besides," I paused, "I still remember the scene when Your Excellency plunged the dagger into the table with one palm." At this, my body trembled a little, and unpleasant memories came to mind.

"You remember all this time ago, and it seems that Mr. Ressarit seems to have had a little less courage. Since you don't want to see me like this, then I'll just say it, and Su Ke, the tavern owner of Zenda, asked me to send you a message saying that he has an important commission and hopes that you will hurry back. Recently, the situation has been a little frighteningly peaceful, and I am afraid that it is a precursor to the coming storm. Ramon's face slowly darkened. He propped himself up with one hand and held the hilt of his knife with the other. Through the gap I could faintly see a flash of cold light, as if it would reach my neck in the next second.

A chill suddenly came from the soles of my feet, and I forced a smile: "Mr. Ramon will always be my friend." I'm not a stingy person, and since Mr. Ramon personally brought the letter to Boss Suk, then I must agree to the appointment. It's still early, Mr. Ramon, why don't you sit down and have a meal?"

Ramon stood up and glanced at me condescendingly, "I don't have that leisure. In the middle of official duties, I will take my leave. “

I shouted in my heart to hurry up, and stood up pretendly, and politely sent him to the door, but in my heart I wished that he would leave as soon as possible.

Ramon walked to the door and turned around: "Also, Lord Resarit, you will be less heroic in the future, you know what I am talking about. They are nothing but a few lowly people with no power or power, and you are a wise man, and you must not do any more foolish things that harm you. Ramon's eyes glowed with coldness, like a devouring viper. "I've heard about Fesdena, be careful of Javier Boyer in the future, no lord would like outsiders to meddle in their internal affairs, especially in such a war-torn and troubled world. If you don't listen to me, it will be indefinite. With that, he pushed open the wooden door and strode out into the sun.

I followed him and whispered dissatisfiedly: "Cold-blooded guy, if I let it go, wait for the lord to send troops, I guess I can only see the tragic image of white bones all over the field and wild jackals holding corpses." ”

As his heels stepped through the door of the training ground, I immediately rushed out of the room: "Wiggins, gather everyone to bring their weapons and necessities, and get ready to go! Manid, immediately pack up the miscellaneous items, throw away all the useless waste, throw away all the useless waste, and throw away all the things that cannot be sold.

"What are you going to Zenda, what are you going to Zenda? Didn't we just leave there before?" Manid looked at me with a confused expression. This guy is also bloodshot, and he's yawning for a good night's sleep. Recently, in order to build a team and raise funds, he did put a lot of effort into it, and he didn't close his eyes for a few days. I wanted him to get a good night's sleep, but Ramon had already spoken, and God knows what would happen if I was late, and I didn't want to be sold as a slave.

"Stop talking nonsense, Ramon's orders, someone needs our help. Ramon, you don't remember, do you?" I said as I cleaned up.

Manid stopped speaking at once, and I saw a twinkle of fear in his eyes. This shabby businessman, even though he has become my subordinate, still has no change in his reverence for the overlord of the business world.

After a bit of tidying up, I was in the middle of the training ground. More than fifty heavily armed warriors waited there in solemn formidation, a dozen of them on horseback, Germanic swords in their hands, and none of them were shielded. Luckily, they're only light cavalry, and we're not going to face any government troops, otherwise I wouldn't have dared to put them on the battlefield. Nearly twenty infantry formed a phalanx, each holding a simple kite-shaped shield in his left hand, a long-handled machete in his right hand, and a spear throwing bag on his back. At the end of the line were the archers, uniformly armed with longbows, carrying bulging quivers on their backs and scimitars pinned to their waists. Since there was no need for hand-to-hand combat, Wiggins only equipped them with scimitars with the smallest attack range. Dozens of people stood solemnly and solemnly, waiting for the order to be given at any time. Wiggins and his pirate brothers were at the front of the line, their expressions of excitement on everyone's face.

I slowly walked over to Wiggins and shouted in my loudest voice, "Can these warriors obey orders?"

Wiggins immediately understood: "Twelve cavalry, twenty-five infantry, fifteen archers, all on standby!"

I nodded in satisfaction, my gaze sweeping over each warrior's face, just as Count Arassis had two months ago when he had examined the troops of the Free Knight Rogge. Then, a loud roar burst out of my chest: "Everyone, go! Goal, Zenda!"

After two days and two nights of rapid marching, the mottled earth-gray walls of Chanda were close in front of me. At dusk, the sky was studded with blood-stained red glow, and the amber sun shone on the city, casting a warm halo. I couldn't help but sigh at the thought that I had only a few people and now I was back here with such a decent team. It's unpredictable.

After everyone drove into Zenda, Wiggins finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Boss, now we can finally have a good rest." I've been exhausted to death for the past few days......" Before he finished speaking, he fell to the ground, and no matter what warrior's demeanor, he fell asleep.

Tea and Manid weren't much better. The two of them each pillowed each other's bodies, and fell asleep on the bluestone slab very intimately, which made me goosebumps rise for a while.

At this moment, the tavern door suddenly opened, and Suke stood in the door with an expression of disbelief, as if I was more terrifying than the woman Shaw.

I frowned, "How many wine glasses do you have to wipe Su Ke, why do you always appear in front of me with a rag to wipe the table or wine glasses?"

Su Ke didn't care about this at all, he threw away the rag and stepped forward to grab my hand: "My God, your lord, you are here, I have been looking forward to you for a long time, and I thought something was wrong with Ramon." Thank goodness it's nice to see you standing here, come in, I have something to tell you. ”

I shrugged and followed him into the tavern.

Suke personally poured me a glass of wine and poured himself another glass: "I've been in need of this kind of thing so much lately, I really don't know what my life would have become like without wine." ”

I smiled and took a sip: "So, what is the reason why Mr. Toramon, who is so anxious as Boss Suke, came to me?"

Upon hearing this, Su Ke slowly put down his wine glass with a gloomy face and sighed: "The matter has to start a few days ago......

"A few days ago I went to Dehrim to buy goods, and I happened to meet a group of men in gray cloaks outside the city, who were tied to dozens of peasant-like men, all the way north, saying that they were going to make a pilgrimage overseas. I was a little suspicious, so I quietly followed them, and the more I looked, the more wrong it became. These people ignored everything, and the captives who were tied up by them tried to resist several times, but those guys had an ebony staff in their hands, and I watched them fall to the ground one by one, and the one who led the resistance was directly beaten to death by them. The inhuman bunks buried the bodies on the spot, and then continued on their way as if nothing happened. That's how my sister was taken away in the first place, and I haven't heard from her after all these years. I beg of you, Lord Resarit, to save them, they are just ordinary peasants who do not deserve to be treated like this. ”

"The man in the gray cloak, you're not making up a story, are you?" I looked at Suke with some suspicion, and kept speculating about the truth of his words.

Su Ke hurriedly grabbed me: "I swear, if I have half a lie, the sky will thunder! I have begged many mercenaries, but they all think I am making fun of them, Lord Resarit, you must believe me!"

I looked down and pondered, "Well, since you've said so, I'll help you this time for Mr. Ramon's sake." But when we come back from the war, you'll have to entertain our brothers. ”

Su Ke nodded repeatedly: "That's natural...... Do your soldiers need to rest? I see they're all out of breath, and many of them have bloodshot eyes, so they can't be sick, right?"

I raised my eyebrows: "Didn't you tell me to fight those people?

Suk didn't pay any attention to my taunt and continued, "That's right, those people are walking very slowly because of the captives, and I only saw them pass through Zenda at noon today. My three days of tracking were not in vain, and those men were bound to camp and sleep at night, and at the same time some of them would be sent to serve as sentinels. They won't get up until dawn the next day, so you and your soldiers can sleep without worrying about them running away. ”

I nodded: "I see, Su Ke, don't worry, this group of people will never be able to escape if they fall into my hands." ”

Nothing was said all night.

At dawn, I crept up to Wiggins and nudged him on the shoulder. Wiggins rolled over, his eyelids slightly rolled, and continued to snore and sleep.

I slept like a pig...... I bought a glass of wine from Sooke and poured it over Wiggins' face from top to bottom.

Wiggins snorted, turned over, and shouted, "Who?

I slammed the glass on his head: "Are you talking to your boss like that?!, why do you sleep like a pig, and you can't wake up no matter how you scream?"

Wiggins turned to look at me (I wonder how he saw me with his eyes closed), and scratched his head embarrassedly: "Ahaha, it's you, the boss, you scared me to death, I thought someone had attacked me." Boss, it's not dawn yet, why did you wake up so early? Do you have any tasks for me?"

I nodded, "Wiggins, I now order you, wake everyone up at once, and gather outside the city gate in fifteen minutes! ”

Wiggins suddenly fell asleep, and the excitement of the battle was unreservedly displayed on his face. He hurriedly put on his armor and went to call people one by one.

I brought Tea to Sooke, who told him in detail about the whereabouts and distance of the Ash Cloak, believing that the guide would find a place for me.

As the sun rose, I saw a small dark cloud moving slowly in the distance, particularly striking on the plain. Mo Mocha pointed to the front excitedly: "Boss, have you seen it, those people must be what we are looking for, they can't be wrong!"

I patted him on the shoulder: "Thank you for your hard work, it seems that it was the right decision to come to you in the first place." You're all here, I'll go ahead and ask them if they're the Grey Cloak we're looking for. Everyone, stand by!"

I hurried to the clouds, and finally caught up with them. Sure enough, it was a group of very strange people, each carrying a gray wooden stick in their hands, which must be the ebony staff that Boss Suke said. Some of the peasant-looking people were pushed away by them, and some of them walked slowly, and the gray cloaks drew their sticks and beat them down fiercely, and for a time the whirring of sticks and begging for mercy were endless.

I jumped up to the grey cloak and stopped a guy who looked like the leader: "Stop! Who are you, and why are you tying them up?"

The man in the lead glanced at me obliquely: "We are the servants of the god Medius, and we are going to take them overseas and let them be baptized by God." Brother, do you want to come too, as long as you swear to the god Medius, you are part of our family. ”

I smacked the ground: "I won't listen to your nonsense, and I won't believe that there is any god Medius, the real god is in your heart, not in your mouth." Whatever your purpose for tying up these peasants, it has nothing to do with me. Now, I command you, let them go! Don't force me to do it myself!"

The leader laughed uncontrollably: "Foolish heretic, do you think you are an opponent of the servants of our gods?

As soon as he blurted out the word "Shang", I grabbed the horse's belly and left these people like a wind. Behind me there was the sound of arrows breaking through the air, and a crossbow bolt grazed my body and plunged diagonally into the dirt beneath the horse's hooves. Then, several more crossbows formed a net behind me, trying to trap me in it.

I drew my sword, turned around on my horse, and with a flash of light, a crossbow bolt broke in two, and fell feebly to the ground. The others failed to hit the target and fell to the ground unwillingly.

"I dare to show my eyes with this little effort, hum, it's really hopeless. I raised my middle finger far away at the leader.

"Damn, brethren, that deserving of a thousand swords is disrespectful to our god Medeus!kill him and sacrifice him to the god Medeus!" the leader roared at the other gray cloaks.

The rest of the grey cloaks had a fanaticism in their eyes that could only be found in religion, and they raised their sticks and ran towards me with the cooperation of a small number of crossbowmen, and the one closest to me had raised his stick in the air, as if to kill me at once.

I finally breathed a sigh of relief, these brainless guys have finally been fooled. I slowly drove my horse, raising my shield to block the bolts, and hurried to the place where my soldiers were hiding.

When the Grey Cloaks were almost a hundred meters away from my soldiers, I suddenly accelerated and said to Wiggins, who was standing by, "Arrange your troops!" Wiggins, it's time to show off your training, let them have a good drink!"

Wiggins' eyes lit up instantly, but he immediately calmed down and shouted in a slightly hoarse voice, "Shield!"

Ten infantrymen stepped out of the ranks and raised their shields in the direction of the gray cloaks, some even above their heads.

I'm a little confused, what are you doing with your shield so high? Is this the rhythm of surrender?

In the next second, the ten people fiercely raised their shields and smashed them to the ground, and there was a sound of breaking the earth, and those shields were firmly fixed on the ground, forming a shield wall, protecting the others behind them.

I nodded with satisfaction, this Wiggins still has two hands, and it is not a loss that he has been in the army.

Wiggins then shouted, "Archers, hide behind the shield wall and release the arrows!"