Chapter 341: Crisis
Zhou Tian had some preparations, but his opponents didn't know, and according to the arrangement of the Goblin Empire at that time, after making the corresponding preparations, they immediately launched an offensive directly against Zhou Tian's territory. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Anyway, in the eyes of the Goblin Empire at that time, there was something wrong with Zhou Tian's territory, and this was a great opportunity for them. After this time, maybe there will be no such opportunity, and every once in a while, Zhou Tian has more time to react, and the Goblin Empire doesn't even have any consideration for starting a war, and it is even more impossible to delay time in other aspects.
Therefore, according to the ideas of those goblins at that time, when they were preparing for war at the beginning, they directly contacted a large number of mercenaries. There were many times without even going through the hands of the mercenary guild, and after getting in touch with the mercenaries they had contact, those goblins directly issued a mission to attack Zhou Tian's territory.
For that task at that time, there were a lot of people who found something wrong, after all, according to the strength of the Goblin Empire, they still needed to use that kind of means to deal with Xiao Xiao Zhou Tian, no matter from which point of view, their performance at that time was a little strange.
It's just that although no one saw the problem at that time, the mercenaries who received the relevant notices almost all agreed to the invitation of the Goblin Empire.
There is no doubt that for those mercenaries, they do not have the same scruples as those countries when it comes to taking over tasks.
In the eyes of those countries or large powers, before doing something, they must first understand the details of that thing, in addition to figuring out whether they will get the desired benefits after doing that thing, and more importantly, they also need to consider whether there will be future troubles after doing so.
If you offend an enemy with a background, then you will be considered a temporary victory, and there may be future troubles in the future. Unless it is an arrogant maniac who thinks he is invincible in the world, when the head of any force makes a certain decision, he needs to think more about the consequences.
And unlike those forces, mercenaries don't have so many scruples. After all, although their combat power is not weak, because of the small number of members, many mercenary gangs can't even get the specific information of their own internal personnel, and in that case, it is difficult even if someone wants to retaliate against them.
Therefore, mercenaries only value profits, as long as anyone can pay them enough, then no matter what kind of task it is at the time, unless they are not confident that they can complete it, they will definitely take over.
As far as Zhou Tian's information is concerned, I won't say anything detailed, but some simple introductions to those mercenaries can still be obtained. And just before there were already a lot of mercenaries who dealt with Zhou Tian, it is not difficult to see from their reactions at that time that Zhou Tian's background is not to say that it has no impact on those mercenaries at all, but it is not enough to scare them off.
Since there were mercenaries who dared to take on such a task before, now there are also mercenaries who dare to do it to them. After all, according to the heritage of the Goblin Empire, they will definitely not be short of money. And in order to eliminate Zhou Tian, presumably those goblins will not save money on this kind of thing, even if they are stingy.
So......
"These souls are really willing to give up!"
Although Zhou Tian thought that after some information about his territory was transmitted, there would inevitably be his enemies who would choose to invade at this time. Even shortly after the Goblin Empire's operation, Zhou Tian learned their identities. But even if Zhou Tian guessed something and made some speculations, he still couldn't think of some arrangements for the Goblin Empire.
As a result, because Zhou Tian didn't think of the reason why the Goblin Empire would be so willing to deal with him, even if he had made some preparations for war before, but when the team of the Goblin Empire drove into his territory, Zhou Tian was still startled by the power gathered by those goblins.
If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Zhou Tian wouldn't have thought that those usually weak goblins would be able to pull out such a large team easily. It's not that an imperial power can't have that kind of strength, but if the other party wants to do this in the orc empire, it won't be easy.
Because the opponent is Zhou Tian, the high-level leaders of the Orc Empire have indeed adopted a conniving attitude towards some of the actions of the Goblin Empire, but the restrictions on their strength will not be relaxed at any time. In this way, as long as the goblin Empire's side is likely to gather too strong forces, then the upper echelons of the Orc Empire will not ask them what they are going to do if they gather those forces, and will only make a decision to suppress them in the first place.
And the outside world dare not say that if it is in the territory of the Orc Empire, those orcs are not able to restrict the actions of the Goblin Empire, then they will be too useless.
In this way, it is almost conceivable that in the case that the upper echelons of the Orc Empire do not want those goblin empires to gather too much strength, no matter how hard those goblins try, the difficulty for them to gather manpower must have increased a lot. Even if some of their actions stimulated those orcs, maybe they hadn't made a move against Zhou Tian yet, and they would have attracted the suppression of the orc empire.
But now, when it seemed impossible for the Goblin Empire to gather such a large number of men, they had really done what seemed impossible under that circumstances. When Zhou Tian found that tens of thousands of mercenaries were slowly gathering in his territory, even if he hadn't seen the skills of those mercenaries, he couldn't help but feel nervous.
Before they fought each other, Zhou Tian definitely didn't know what those mercenaries were capable of. So, how many strong mercenaries were there at that time, and how strong were some of them?
But even if Zhou Tian didn't know the specific strength of those mercenaries, he could deal with those mercenaries, even if he hadn't tried it yet, Zhou Tian didn't have much confidence in it.
It cannot be said that there are no weak people in the mercenary group, but the number of weak people is negligible, but no one can argue with this. After all, the danger of mercenaries in their usual work is there, and if they don't have some means, then they can be regarded as mercenaries, and people like that won't live long.
What's more, in order to deal with Zhou Tian this time, those goblins spent a lot of energy to organize this operation. And the mercenaries who can make those goblins look eye, not to mention how powerful they are, but even if they don't irritate the high-level of the orc empire, presumably they won't pull the inpowerful people in order to make up the numbers.
Therefore, the two sides have not really started a war yet, but Zhou Tian was almost certain at that time, and the group of mercenaries who appeared in his territory now, even if they were not all strong, their average level of strength was still a little frighteningly high.
And tens of thousands of ordinary soldiers don't need to pay attention to Zhou Tian, but tens of thousands of mercenaries who are not weak gather in their territory, and Zhou Tian is really a little nervous.
Can't deal with those tens of thousands of mercenaries?
Even if the strength of those mercenaries at that time was indeed not weak, if the two sides were going to fight, Zhou Tian still had seventy or eighty percent certainty that he could solve those mercenaries. It's just that the problem at the moment is that although it seemed that Zhou Tian would definitely be able to defeat those mercenaries at that time, after defeating those mercenaries, Zhou Tian's losses were unknown.
If you want to defeat those mercenaries without damage, Zhou Tian knows that it is impossible without trying. After all, the strength of those mercenaries at that time, according to their level of combat effectiveness, they were in an extremely unfavorable environment, and the counterattack before death was enough to bring a lot of losses to Zhou Tian's side.
And it was precisely because of the risks of doing so that that Zhou Tian had to make some comprehensive considerations about how to deal with those mercenaries at that time.
It was not difficult to defeat those mercenaries, but the difficult thing was that Zhou Tian couldn't afford to lose too much at that time.
Although on the surface, Zhou Tian's enemies at that time were just those mercenaries. In this way, when Zhou Tian solves those mercenaries who entered his territory, there will naturally be no crisis.
But is that really the case?
Obviously, the trouble that Zhou Tian encountered this time was not so easy to solve, if he really wasted his strength on those mercenaries, then even if he could solve the mercenaries in his territory at the moment, it was estimated that his fate would not be much better.
First of all, Zhou Tian's enemies at that time were not those mercenaries from the beginning, and the reason why they entered Zhou Tian's territory and became enemies was not that they had any hatred with Zhou Tian, but that those goblins spent a great price to invite them over to help, which made them Zhou Tian's enemies.
In this way, as long as those goblins did not give up at that time, what if Zhou Tian killed all the mercenaries at the moment? As long as those goblins were given time, no matter how many mercenaries they had, they would definitely be able to gather them.
And the number of mercenaries is so large, those goblins are not worried about not being able to hire people, regardless of their reputation or economic strength. In this way, as long as those goblins want to, I believe that for a long time, Zhou Tian will not let those goblins give up on their own, then even if they win the battle with those mercenaries, then they can only bring economic losses to the goblin empire, and in terms of the actual battle situation, Zhou Tian's efforts are not enough to cause any impact.
After all, no matter how you look at it, it was impossible for Zhou Tian to kill all the mercenaries at that time. And as long as there are interests, those mercenaries will never mind whether their mission is a dead life. In this way, no matter how hard Zhou Tian tried, the number of mercenaries he could kill at that time was limited.
And if Zhou Tian was fighting those mercenaries and the loss of combat power in his hands was too serious, then the follow-up troubles would be enough to make him feel a headache.
Speaking of which, Zhou Tian's enemies weren't just those goblins. The reason why only the Goblin Empire has made a move at the moment is that the contradiction between the Goblin Empire and him is the most unsolvable, so they will not hesitate when they see the opportunity, and they will take action almost as soon as they get the news. Otherwise, even if the Goblin Empire would not let Zhou Tian go, their movements would not be as fast as they are now.
Second, it is also extremely important that Zhou Tian's strength is still somewhat deterrent to those forces, and before they are completely sure that they can solve it, even if they have had conflicts with Zhou Tian before, those forces at that time are still not likely to easily start a war with them again.
And according to the situation at that time, even if the forces that originally had the intention of dealing with Zhou Tian learned about the actions of the Goblin Empire, it was estimated that they would 100% definitely stop their actions at that time. Before Zhou Tian and the Goblin Empire were decided, they would not make a move lightly.
With free thugs available, presumably none of those forces will do it themselves. After all, Zhou Tian's past performance was there, and he had great hatred for him, if he didn't have the confidence to take him down, those forces would not be easy to make enemies of him.
And according to the situation at that time, because the Goblin Empire made the first move, on the surface, it seems that Zhou Tian has been relieved of a lot of trouble. Otherwise, a goblin empire would already be so difficult to deal with, although it had many allies, but as long as its enemies acted together, Zhou Tian himself would have nothing to do with his territory, and his territory would inevitably be lost.
But it is precisely because only those goblins are really dealing with Zhou Tian right now, so no matter who wins or loses in the battle between Zhou Tian and the Goblin Empire this time, the crisis caused by this turmoil in Zhou Tian's territory is not in the past.
Because as long as Zhou Tian is in the battle with the Goblin Empire, his strength is seriously damaged, then the forces that are still hesitating will also flock to him at that time. After all, the reason why those forces are staring at Zhou Tian is that there has indeed been a conflict between Zhou Tian and them, and the other is the main reason, some of the things in Zhou Tian's hands are quite attractive to most of the forces in the world at the moment.
If they can't get what they want in the normal way, then while Zhou Tian's territory defense is weak, if they break through Zhou Tian's territory, whether it is for money or for the technology that Zhou Tian took out, those forces believe that their gains will definitely be small.
Therefore, after Zhou Tian confronted those mercenaries invited by the Goblin Empire, even if he was sure that he could defeat them, he could not move lightly at that time. Because for Zhou Tian, it is not difficult for him to defeat those mercenaries at this time, what he needs to consider is how to achieve that goal while ensuring that his strength will not be damaged. Only when the strength is not damaged by defeating those mercenaries, after seeing Zhou Tian's strength, then those forces who have been staring at him openly and secretly, and this time they are ready to attack him will be honest.
Otherwise, according to the situation at that time, there were so many people who wanted to trouble him for nothing, and when the power in Zhou Tian's hands was weakened, it would inevitably be troublesome.
However, although it was a difficult problem for Zhou Tian to deal with those mercenaries at that time, after really facing the other party, Zhou Tian did not really have any ideas about how to deal with those opponents.