Chapter 374: Coming to Vote (Part II)
Chapter 374: Coming to Vote (Part II)
Gusin looked at the contents of the contract. Relieved, he looked at the magician's contract for the first time, for fear that there would be legendary soul control on it, master and servant requirements and the like.
As a result, the contract conditions for his followers were excellent, and in the future, his high-level equipment and armor were all covered. In ordinary battles, he doesn't have to worry about it at all, and there are people with lower levels who are in charge. And he only needs to protect Saleen, or lead the army in battle, and practice as much as he can, and he doesn't have to worry about other interpersonal interactions.
Gu Xin's talent is all reflected in the battle, but when he is the commander of this regiment, it takes up his time to spend time speculating, socializing with the nobles and making a living for his subordinates. When he drips his blood on the contract, he suddenly feels a lot lighter.
Rex, on his side, also signed a contract with two magicians, and then arranged for more than 20,000 mercenaries from outside the city to enter the city separately.
Leave Gusin's men alone with Salin, and let the rest of the mercenaries follow Rex's army. The mercenaries were not suspicious, after all, those who later joined the Dragon Slayer Mercenary Group knew that the family members of the Dragon Slayer Mercenary Group had all gone to Metatrin City.
The gift from His Majesty the Scochenian Emperor Donnie is really light, but more than 20,000 people are urgently needed by Rex. Moreover, these mercenaries were ostracized in Skocenya, and even had to use their savings to buy Donnie's equipment when they left. These mercenaries are well-armed, but they have been exchanged for years of wealth, and they are not Donnie's reward at all.
In Scochenia, the mercenaries assigned to Rex did not hold a group, and were scattered by Rex's people, assigned to the recruit camp, retrained, and had no resistance. Anyway, it's much easier to make money here than in Skocina. At least Rex's army has good food.
Salin met with Rex to study this matter, after all, two eighth-level magicians and a silver sword master are very powerful powers, and Rex is also afraid that there are ghosts in them.
Because he had planned to deal with Count Sufonso, Saleen had studied the relationship between the aristocracy and the mercenaries of Skocinna in detail, and he was not too worried about this matter. He knew people like Gusin too well, and in Skocinnia everything was talked about by money, and it was the same among the nobility.
Gusin is not good at sociability, does not bribe nobles, and is stationed in the local area, which is bound to be suppressed everywhere. If a good task cannot be received, the station must always be converted, and once the operation is a little bit clear. It was also occupied by other mercenary groups.
Gu Xin was a Silver Sword Saint who had only advanced two years ago, and before, relying on a Black Iron Sword Saint to support a mercenary group was a very difficult thing in itself.
Skocian, the strong are respected, and they speak by money. It's a miracle that someone like Gusin survived. The so-called aristocratic demeanor, the benevolence of the nobility, and the pride of the nobility of the Qin Yin people do not exist in Scochenia. Even the Tangulas laughed at the vulgarity of the Skocians.
As for the two magicians, they are controlled by a contract, but they are very safe.
Not to mention these two magicians, most magicians are not very sophisticated. The teachers of the two magicians estimated that they had some savings, and after their deaths, they let the two apprentices persist until the eighth level before they ran out of money.
What makes people uneasy is those mercenaries, there are no too strong people among the mercenaries, but there is a fourth-level mage and a few quasi-sword saints in the dragon slaying mercenary group. This kind of strength is about the same as a flag regiment of Rex's army. It is barely in the middle and upper ranks of mercenary groups above level seven.
Of the mercenaries who were scattered, it was most likely that there were Skochenian spies. These people came from different mercenary groups, and the smallest mercenary group was no more than seven people, and they didn't know each other. It's too easy to lurk for a few small work.
But Rex can't do without these people, she urgently needs ready-made soldiers, if she refuses these mercenaries, then it will have a bad effect, and it will cause the people who originally wanted to join her become a wait-and-see state. She and Salin have more than 20 million people, and conscription is not a problem, the problem is that when the wedding is in April, they will have to deal with the attack of the Yunliu people.
The Yunliu people have already expanded the small city on the seashore, preparing to garrison it for a long time. There is no point in attacking now, and only by waiting for Salin to find a way to deal with his fleet can he cut off the back of the Yunliu people and change the tide of the war.
Now the logistics of the Yunliu people are constantly transporting supplies to attack the new city, and the cost is also very large. Rex's soldiers were not as numerous as Yunliu, so they could only take a defensive position.
In the end, Salin came up with an idea, he was born in Scochenia, and knew that the Skocians were famous and rich, so he suggested that Rex form a new legion, starting with a hundred and moving forward.
Because the more powerful the mercenary group is, the higher the number of levels, this hundredth legion, if it is a regular army, will feel a little miscellaneous, if it is a mercenary. But it will be very satisfying.
After the King of Rexshire issued the order to form a large army, the mercenaries' minds were completely suppressed. Train with recruits, and those with good grades will be given priority to be assigned to the 100th Legion.
Qin Yin's basic establishment is a battalion, with a battalion of 10,000 main forces, and there will probably be 5,000 to 15,000 auxiliary soldiers. In the field, the auxiliary troops are not dispatched, and only in battles such as defending and besieging the city, the auxiliary troops will play a major role. As for the newly established large corps, one corps is 30,000 people, only the difference in the types of troops, and there is no difference between the main force and the auxiliaries.
Rex and Salin's decision led to more stragglers coming to join him, and Rex now has money and equipment, and the important thing is that he has enough food to support his soldiers. Most of these people who took refuge were the defeated soldiers of Garudan, and there were also mercenaries looking for opportunities in Garudan.
The situation in Garolan was too complicated, and the number of small unformed armies was huge, and various countries were soliciting them.
Saleen and Rex didn't expect that containing the Dragon Slayer Mercenary Group would have such a big impact. Daliang City originally had 90,000 elite soldiers. There are about 70,000 auxiliary recruits, and after accommodating the people brought by the Dragon Slaying Mercenary Group, it is close to 200,000, and then they come to take refuge, one after another, and it seems that it is close to 100,000, which is still the result of screening. The city now has a population of more than 400,000 with craftsmen and military dependents, and at this recruitment rate, it is not a problem to break through 500,000.
The most gratifying thing for the two of them is. There are a lot of low-level mages in the city. Most of these low-level mages were cultivated by Rex back then, and after leaving Kushui County, they were scattered all over Qinyin, and there were also some middle-level mages who entered Alchemy City, and now they have also returned to Kushui County.
It's not just Rex's side that has mages to vote, but so does Saleen's side. News came from Metatrin City that more than two hundred necromancers had escaped from the Tangulas Empire, the Cloudflow Empire, and the Scochenian Empire and defected to Metatrin.
These necromancers all know about the reception of them in Metatrin, where there are a large number of undead, and mages can walk around with their undead in the city.
Now the Tangulas Empire is hunting for necromancers, and the Inquisition has infiltrated other empires to assassinate them, and these mages have fled to Metatrin one after another, and almost all of them have rushed here when they heard that the king was fighting in the Bitterwater County.
Because Sika promised a good condition, he came to Daliang City to fight, and after reaping the battle merits, the necromancer's necromantic flame could get a chance to be purified.
Most necromancers don't have a high Necromancer Flame quality and are difficult to advance. If they can be purified again, the advancement of these necromancers will become easier. As for how to purify the necromantic flames, that's a matter for the Winged Skeletons. Anyway, after absorbing the soul fire of the Undead King, he must be handy in doing this.
These necromancers have no doubt about him, and the latest news is that there is a necromancer by King Metatling's side. Therefore, these necromancers were convinced of Sika's words.
Mu En didn't know that he had played the role of a lighthouse, and at the Castle of Bones, he learned necromancy and swordsmanship every day under the guidance of Isabella and the training of the winged skeletons.
This kind of dual cultivation skill is more difficult than elemental magic and swordsmanship practitioners, but fortunately, the winged skeleton has the most suitable necromantic flame for Mu En, and the speed at which Mu En becomes a first-level necromancer is very fast.
What Isabella gave to Muen was how to fuse the two skills together without clashing with each other. This is terrazzo kung fu, and Mu En is now a senior swordsman. Swordsmanship has to be slowed down, and slowly advanced undead magic skills.
Qin Yin had too many supplies, and at least half of them had to be intercepted in Kushui County. The congratulatory gifts sent by the nobles of all sizes made the officials of Daliang City feel a little surprised. When the prince formed an army and went out on the expedition, he did not see these nobles so zealous.
Rex sighed in his heart that his father didn't just rely on force to impress the local nobles. My father died, and there are still many people who appreciate his benefits.
Basically, the people who gave the most gifts were all nobles close to Emperor Chanak, and there would be ciphertext that Rex could understand on the gift list, and some important materials were not directly written on it.
Rex also understands that these people are optimistic about themselves, and once their territory expands and becomes an empire, the descendants of these people will have an additional path to advancement. It's just that this kind of high-risk investment also depends on the face of the father. Those nobles just gambled, and even if they lost anyway, they would return a favor to the dead emperor.
After the manpower was sufficient, Rex immediately established a small town east of Daliang City, which was only fifteen miles away from Daliang City, close to the mountainous area. In this mountainous area, there are two paths leading to Kushui County, and they are the closest roads between Kushui County and Daliang City.
It was because of this road that Rex was able to quickly conquer a relatively fertile piece of land in Garudan and establish the city of Daliang. With the expansion of this Great Liang City, all the materials were transported from Kushui County. The straight-line distance is only more than 400 miles, and if you take the mountain road, it is only more than 600 miles.
The only trouble now is that there are many people who take refuge, and there are many problems in management. The quality of the recruits is not good, and fights are common, but fortunately, the number of Rex mages is large, and the bullets can be suppressed.
However, while rebuilding the sewers, a magic apprentice discovers a passage that has been broken under the city walls, which alerts Rex.