Chapter 205: The Plan for Raising War with War (Part I)

In the room, there are a total of eighty-seven skeletons. The color is snow-white, and it has evolved to the aspect of jade skeletons. Compared to the Golden Armor Skeleton, the Jade Skull's body is not very strong, but the Jade Skull's lifespan is very long, and after the real evolution is completed, even if Salin cultivates to become a ninth-level magician, he may not be able to live the Jade Skull.

As long as they don't die in battle, the jade skeleton can easily live for three to five thousand years. In contrast, human beings are limited by **, and it is not easy to live for more than a hundred years. Among millions of people, it is difficult to produce a ninth-level magician, and the lifespan of a ninth-level magician is about 1,200 years.

There are three ninth-level magicians in the palace of Holy Rock City, those three guys seem to be only over seven hundred years old, and they are in the prime of life, if the three of them don't die, it will be difficult for Holy Rock City to fall.

Salin observed the skeleton for a moment, then turned his mind to the invasion of the countries of the East China Sea. Three hundred warships, it is certain to take Lianyun City, Lianyun City is located in the north of the empire, but there is a war lane connection, if those invaders can really gain a foothold. It is not difficult to continue sending troops around.

What bothers Saleen is that if Lianyun City falls, the first thing that the coalition forces of those island nations will control is the Duchy of Phoenix. And the Duchy of Phoenix is what it wants.

In today's battle, he won a big victory, and there were no dead people, but that was because he sank the opponent's battleship, so that the opponent lost his equipment and was barehanded. And in terms of terrain, they took a huge advantage. That arrangement of his own was not improvised, when he decided to build a city here, he had already thought of many ways to resist the attack, and this was just one of them.

If it weren't for that magic cannon, that magic array trap wouldn't have been able to kill all the elites of the other party. Even if only one or two thousand of those people escaped, their casualties in this area would not be too small. After all, there are still a lot of great magicians on the other side.

Originally, according to Saleen's prediction, the southern part of the empire was the least peaceful, bordering the Titan Principality and the influence of the Cloud Flow Empire. That's why he chose to develop in the north, and the cowardice of Archduke Phoenix gave him nothing to scruple about.

Who knew that first the Duchy of Phoenix was in turmoil, the empire actually sent troops to invade, and then the island country of the East China Sea invaded Lianyun City, which seemed to be to defeat the entire Myers continent.

As ridiculous as this is, a regular army of 300,000 will at least keep the north of the empire in turmoil, and it will not be possible to sit in business with peace of mind.

"My lord, Master Aini is here. A soldier whispered outside the door.

"Let him in. Salin returned to the table and sat down.

Aini walked in with a tired look, and Saleen asked, "Why don't you sleep?"

"Can't sleep. Ani said unabashedly.

"You're worried about the erosion of the situation in the north. It's all in vain. Saleen smiled and asked Aini to sit down. Salin's table itself was an alchemy table, with a solidified magic circle on it, as well as some experimental equipment. Aini fiddled with a metal hourglass in front of him, silent.

The two of them suddenly fell silent, and I don't know how long it took before Aini spoke: "Salin, aren't you worried?"

"What's the use of worrying, I'm already in the biggest trouble in the world. "The trouble Salin is talking about, of course, the Holy See. In contrast, he had not yet taken the attack of the East China Sea countries to heart. After all, the East China Sea is far away, and it is extremely difficult for the other side to increase troops, and it can be seen from the confessions of the prisoners that this time, the East China Sea countries organized a coalition army, which was also a great loss of vitality.

Because of the strength of the Qin Empire, Chanak the Great's expedition only brought 100,000 people. As long as the expeditionary force has one big defeat, it will never be able to raise its head again. The Holy See is different, the root of the Holy See is the Tangulas Empire, a behemoth like the Qin Yin Empire. I'm just a little mage. Even with the support of Shrieg Island, the gap between the two sides is still huge.

Salin remembers that he was punished by the divine envoy Genenaris and directly hit into the half-plane. Jenarius is dead, but there are six other oracles in the Holy See. It is said that the guy named Faka is the most powerful of the oracles.

If there was no Qin Yin Empire in the middle, no matter how perfect the city of Salin was, it would have been destroyed by the Holy See.

"What are you going to do if the Empire can't control the North?" asked Aini suddenly.

"Can't control the north, how is it possible?" asked Salin in surprise. The empire has a large garrison in the northern city of Guderian, and this invasion of Phoenix is the power of Guderian City. In Saleen's opinion, the combined forces of the Eastern Sea States could not be the opponent of the garrison of Guderian, although the difference in numbers between the two sides was relatively large.

The empire also had a number of powerful nobles in the north, and these nobles formed a tight defensive network, and within a hundred miles of one city, there would certainly be another city to support each other.

A distance of a hundred miles is nothing for a cavalryman. And the expeditionary force came by boat, there would not be many cavalry. If the infantry wants to restrain the cavalry, they must be on their main battlefield, otherwise the problem of movement speed will be a fatal injury. Many battles in history have proved this, and even if the infantry crushes the cavalry, it will not destroy much of the enemy's living force.

"The nobles of Phoenix will not be reconciled, and will soon unite with the expeditionary force. Aini's words were shattering.

"What? That's not a rebellion!"

"What about the rebellion? The actions of the Empire have driven the nobles of Phoenix to a dead end. Aini said with a wry smile. Although he is a magician, he understands where the interests of the nobility are at a very young age and knows what is the bottom line of the nobility.

Phoenix was an important grain producing area, and if the expeditionary force was supported by the Phoenix nobility, then the northern part of the empire. It's really going to change.

Salin was really vigilant at this time, if Qin rebelled in the north of Phoenix, the connection between himself and the empire would be completely severed, and at that time, what would he rely on to feed so many people under him?

If you want to detour through Scochenia from the north of the continent and take the sea route, you will not have a seaport available for half the year. If you want to maintain the perennial trade, there is only one way, which is to drive the ship yourself and use the dimensional stones in your hands to load the goods, and the Iwaki Alchemy Ship doesn't care about the season at all.

But if this kind of thing is made one mistake and falls into the hands of the Holy See, it will be all over.

Originally, he could have taken the secret passage in the Swamp of Chaos, but once Phoenix joined forces with the invaders of the East China Sea Kingdoms, it would be impossible for him, an impostor from Kushuijun, to have their support. Lian Yuncheng can't keep it, and it's useless to take another sea route by himself.

"And what do you mean?" Salin thought to himself, Ani must be more experienced in dealing with this kind of thing than himself, and he took the initiative to ask for a plan.

"What can I do, I'm not the Emperor. Salin, now we can only rely on mining to ensure that our army equipment is not controlled by others, but if we want to survive, this is not enough. War in the North. We don't have any business to do, and my investment is really going to be lost. Do you remember, you said, let me organize a mercenary. ”

"Making money from mercenaries......?" Salin didn't say it was ridiculous, but he thought so in his heart. Skocchia is a country of mercenaries, and he knows that many mercenaries have worked hard for half their lives, and they haven't even saved money for retirement. So he's not very interested in the industry.

"I'll fund it, you'll be in charge of training, Salin, we're the organizers. Take the biggest part of the benefits. It's not us who are trying to do it ourselves. Ani said it all, he simply took a piece of paper and wrote down a lot of data.

"You see, this is our investment, since there is a war in the north, many nobles cannot protect their territory by relying on their own private soldiers, and they will spend money to hire mercenaries to fight. We train mercenaries, and the mercenaries of a flag regiment are only a hundred thousand gold coins, and to help a city repel more than twice as many enemies, we can get more than 20,000 gold coins. ”

"So little?"

"I mean, net profit, the mercenary's pension is very low, and we are not responsible for the death. ”

"That's ...... Too cold, isn't it?"

"This is the rule, not to mention the mercenaries on the battlefield, you also know, those who are not very disciplined, sometimes similar to robbers, as long as we don't rob our own people, we don't have to restrain them. It's part of their income, and everyone is acquiescing. ”

Salin thought for a moment and said, "It's easy for you to say, but where are we going to recruit people?"

Salin was tempted by this mercenary's business, the problem is that mercenaries don't fall from the sky, and organizing a mercenary group is a complicated matter. If he wants his business to become large, he must have at least more than 10,000 mercenaries. Otherwise, three or five hundred people would not be as good as him personally helping to earn more.

"Do you remember when I told you that I wanted to introduce someone from the Roland family?"

"I remember, it was like a woman. ”

"Well, the Roland family has a close relationship with Skocina, they have channels to recruit mercenaries, but you can't monopolize this business, I pay for it, she pays for it, and you are responsible for training. You take 40 percent, and the two of us each get 30 percent. ”

Seeing that Salin was a little hesitant, Aini said: "Don't be too little, once the fight starts." We're earning a lot. Now if you go to Lianyun City, as long as you can provide a banner army, the Lord of Lianyun City will immediately give you 10,000 gold coins, and temporarily help you feed these people. If you win the war, there will be a reward. The Roland family has a wide range of channels, and if you give her more shares, it will be good for you in the future. Rex is certainly powerful, but it is only limited to the city of Bitterwater County, and the business of the Roland family is the envy of even our Clyde family. ”

"I want sixty percent, don't refuse first, listen to me. Forming a mercenary is not something that can be done in a moment, this requires Rex's support, without her authorization, our army is illegal, anywhere on the mainland, it will be squeezed out, I must give her two percent of the benefits. In addition, this mercenary, I think differently from you, I want to form it in the way of a regular army, and your funds are definitely not enough, so Rex has to invest with me. ”

Salin thought to himself, since he wanted to do it, he should make it bigger, if the Roland family could recruit enough people for themselves, it would not be too much to give them two percent. But this matter must be the leader itself, otherwise it will be hollowed out in the future, and no benefits will be obtained.