Chapter 32 Each has his own calculations
The Rex Empire's use of force against the Exiled Domain and the raiding group is naturally happy and worried. Brown was worried, and the new bandit general, Derek Fisher, was naturally proud again.
Derek Fisher thought about his evolution from a small fish in the army to an old fish, and his heart was indescribably melancholy, and no one could play a race against Mr. Time. Even though he was still trying to stay in shape and retaining a body of pimple-like muscles, Fisher knew that it was not as good as before. But after all, after so many years of conscientious work in the army, he has accumulated such a high reputation and laid such a solid foundation, once he has the opportunity, he can still come in handy. No, here's the opportunity.
Fisher also knew that he had a few pounds and a few taels, and when it came to his ability to lead the army, Fisher also knew that he could not compare with the endless genius generals of the empire. But Fisher is not without strengths, he is a strict self-disciplined person, and because he has also fought in the army for many years, he is also very experienced, which is more advantageous than those rising stars. The Rex Empire has been ranked first in the Pan-American continent in terms of comprehensive national strength for two or three centuries, and even the Celtic Empire, which is competing with the Rex Empire, has gradually been pulled apart, and theoretically speaking, the factors that threaten the Rex Empire no longer exist. But it's strange in this place, at a time when everyone feels that the hegemony is stable, the hegemony of the Rex Empire has been provoked, and it is not from the feuding Celtic Empire, but from the Exiled Domain, a force of less than a thousand people, which is also too incredible. For the plundering group, many powerful people on the side of the Rex Empire think that it is a small trouble with sesame, but in the same way, there are many people who have regarded this sesame-sized raiding group as a big problem and must get rid of it quickly.
The most ferocious ones are the world-famous families and wealthy businessmen located in the territory of the Rex Empire. Because the raiding groups were making trouble in the exiled realm, gathering exiled bandits to rob them, their originally stable trade routes had been greatly threatened. Up to now, their convoy had not entered the Beamon Empire from the Exiled Realm for several months, but had instead made a detour through the territory of the Celtic Empire and entered the Beamon Empire through the mountain pass on the West Snow Mountain Road in Michael Jotun. As a result, not only did the distance traveled by the merchants suddenly increase several times, but even the expenses increased several times. On the ledgers of these families, there is a large warning suddenly. There are even some merchants who are even discussing moving to the Seltic Empire.
This is tantamount to a shocking change for the Rex Empire. Why was the Rex Empire able to dominate the Pan-American continent? It was their trade that made the whole Rex Empire rich. The economic foundation is their lifeblood, and once these rich businessmen and tycoons want to shift their respective business focuses, the Rex Empire will have to stop immediately!
The Rex Empire has relied on these wealthy merchants, and if it fails, something must have happened in this regard. What makes the royal family of the Rex Empire even more uneasy is that at such a juncture, their feud Celtic Empire did not sit and watch the excitement, but promulgated a series of new policies to attract investment within a period of time, which has made many businessmen on the border of the Rex Empire rush to their empire. The fact that the merchants of the Empire of Rex have not yet taken action is just because they have deep roots here, which does not mean that they are not ready to move. If the Rex Empire still doesn't plan to reopen trade routes for them, these merchants will sooner or later defect to the side of the Celtic Empire. This is what the Rex Empire is most worried about. They can see any power in the Pan-American continent grow, but they absolutely do not want to see the Celtic Empire sit large, and this is the relationship between feuds.
Whether it is for the sake of long-term national policy or to appease the economic elites of these empires in the short term, the Rex Empire has to react to the existence of the raiding group. For the first time, Kwame Brown, a high-achieving student who graduated from a prestigious school, was dispatched, but as a result, he was defeated. The Rex Empire not only lost face, but was also ridiculed by those rich businessmen. In the end, after the evaluation of the military department, the experienced Fisher was appointed as the main general. The reason is also very simple, in the entire Rex Empire, no one thinks that the raiding regiment really has the strength to compete with the Rex Empire, and the first defeat can only show that Brown is not a good general. The Rex Empire is strong, as long as nothing goes wrong, it should be easy to pack up a small raiding group.
In order not to be contaminated, Fisher tried to break Brown on the first day of leading the army. And Fisher's headquarters of 20,000 horses also started later. The 20,000 horses were also given to Fisher by the imperial magnates after careful consideration, both in quantity and quality, much higher than in the first raid. With 20,000 horses, 15,000 elite infantry, and 5,000 heavily armed knights, it can be said that it is an extremely powerful force. To conquest of such a team of no more than 1,000 people as a raider group will feel that it is a knife to kill chickens. In addition to this, Fisher received support from other quarters.
Those wealthy merchants were overjoyed when they heard that the Rex Empire was going to recruit the raiders again, but they were more worried about the raiders than anyone else. Even in private, they have wanted to use their private soldiers to strangle the raider group many times, but their private soldiers do not have such a big way, and they may not find the raiding group in the Exiled Domain, but they will be killed by those robbers and bandits in the Exiled Domain. Moreover, these wealthy businessmen and tycoons are all in competition with each other, and there will inevitably be gaps in cooperation, so there is no action for a long time. As soon as the official of the Rex Empire was dispatched, these problems would naturally be solved. Especially after learning that the generals who led the army this time were Fisher, who had a lot of experience in the battle, these wealthy businessmen and tycoons gave great support.
There are even people who have delved into Fisher's military career, Fisher is not from a famous family, but just a guy born in an ordinary family. He was able to get to his current status in the regular army of the Empire, relying entirely on himself, and there was no shortcut. In other words, it means that he has real talent and learning, and he does not have the name of genius, but he has accumulated practical experience. The masterpiece of his career is to exterminate the Salt Lake City bandits on the border of the Rex Empire. This time he went to the Exiled Realm to also suppress bandits, so Fisher was very favored by these rich businessmen. These guys have poisonous eyes, and they have never been very optimistic about the so-called genius generals, such as Kwame Brown, who was not touted as a rare genius at the beginning, but the result is a big disappointment. In a place like the Rex Empire, geniuses are emerging all the time, and they are falling all the time, and it is Fisher's pragmatic people who are really reliable.
The support was two-fold, in addition to sponsoring the grain and grass, some wealthy merchants also sponsored some personal guards and mercenaries to help Fisher. However, Fisher was not so happy about this, and Fisher would definitely be happy to see the financial support, but the private soldiers and mercenaries, Fisher did not want to see it so much. Due to the influence of these wealthy businessmen and tycoons in the empire, Fisher did not dare to refuse, and finally had to accept.
This reason is actually very simple, those people sent by rich businessmen and magnates have leaders and leaders, that is, they each have their own leaders. Everyone knows that on the battlefield, the strength of a team's combat effectiveness is largely related to execution. Just having a meal with those guys, Fisher dared to conclude that none of them were good characters, all of them had their own thoughts, and Fisher didn't feel that he had such a strong personal charm to make them obey the unified command when the time came. These people are nominally here to help the country suppress bandits, but in fact they are not.
When it comes to suppressing bandits, 15,000 elite infantry in the front line of the empire, plus 5,000 heavily armed knights, this configuration is not luxurious. With such a powerful armed force, Fisher even had the confidence to capture a city in the Celtic Empire. Just to strangle a plundering group of no more than 1,000 people, Fisher is even more confident, why do you need more troops? These guys sent by rich businessmen and magnates will only make the chemical cooperation have a negative effect, and eventually form a big trouble.
Will they follow Fisher to suppress the bandits with peace of mind? Since the whole country knows that the regular army of the Rex Empire is enough to complete this task, will they not know? Of course they know that they have traveled thousands of miles to get nothing more than the petty calculations of these rich businessmen and magnates, and under the banner of the Empire's use of force, they will go to the exiled realm to make a lot of money, whether it is materials or slaves, they will not be soft on what they can plunder. These are almost all on the surface, and Fisher is naturally aware of them.
Merchants are shrewd, for the sake of profit, they may even be able to abandon the motherland, so what else can they not do? But many of the powerful people in the empire have greeted Fisher in private, and he can't refuse these things, because the imperial level is negligent in maintaining the trade routes in the exiled domain, so that these rich merchants and magnates have suffered a lot of losses, and this time with the help of the empire's troops, let them fill their own pockets, which is also recognized by the imperial family.
Finally, after counting, the armed forces contributed by these wealthy businessmen and magnates also reached the number of 10,000. Almost all of them are well-trained, and they can also come in handy when it comes to critical moments. However, Fisher didn't think that he would need to use these guys, he had even thought about it, as soon as he arrived in the Exiled Domain, he would dismiss these guys directly, whatever they liked, Fisher didn't care, as long as the war was over, these guys knew that they could accept it.
If you want to talk about combat missions, Fisher thinks it is not difficult to complete, it is necessary to exterminate the raiding group, and secondly, to strangle as much as possible those indigenous bandits who rely on the raiding group and dare to do something to the human caravan group, so as to achieve an example effect. Kupchak and a group of imperial magnates insisted that Fisher capture alive the leader of the raiding group, Gonzalez Cao. These powerful people of the Rex Empire are very insistent on this last point, and Captain Cao is already well known in the human world, and his influence is extremely bad, and has even risen to an irreversible level.
Capturing Captain Cao alive is of extraordinary significance to the Rex Empire. Just killing Captain Cao is not convincing at all. Captain Cao has now become a representative of challenging the hegemony of the Rex Empire, because of his appearance, there may be many such guys in the future, which the Rex Empire absolutely does not want to see. Capturing Captain Cao alive and playing with him between applause can comfort the world and make everyone understand what it means to challenge the hegemony of the Rex Empire.
Fisher's strength lies in the fact that he never despises any enemy, and before the men and horses are assembled, dozens of scout teams have been sent to spy on the military according to the information provided by the robbed rich businessmen, which can be imagined how cautious it is. Even when he led his army into exile, Fisher entered in ten batches, and all of them were disguised.
Although the indigenous tribes near the East Road Pass were more or less related to the Rex Empire, Fisher still counted a few more steps, just to avoid being too hidden. In his opinion, as soon as he entered the Realm of Exile, he led his elite troops to attack the mud snail and secluded land was the best way. Kill with one blow and then withdraw immediately, the shorter the whole process, the better, and the longer it is easy to change. In the entire Rex Empire, there are really not many people who can be as cautious as Fisher.
"Our lineup is unprecedentedly strong, and the depth of rotation is enough to overwhelm any opponent! And those Bimon hillbillies on the other side have not known what it means to fight for centuries? Do you need to be so forward-looking? When do we use troops in the Rex Empire need to care about the eyes of those natives in the Exiled Domain? If they don't accept it, then we will fight them! After a thousand years, we need to let those hillbillies know how far apart they have been pulled away by us humans!" However, the teams sent by the rich businessmen were dissatisfied with Fisher's arrangement, and before they set off, they were already discussing how bad Fisher was as a general.
Fisher unswervingly carried out his established strategy, and as soon as he crossed the East Road Pass, he immediately dismissed the ranks of the rich merchants and magnates on the spot, allowing them to make their own fortunes, and the only order was to assemble and retreat at the East Road Pass when the plundering group was destroyed. These private soldiers did not hesitate, these were tacitly understood by everyone, and they didn't even have the mind to be polite, so they left the team. Judging by the green glow in their eyes, even if Fisher succeeded, they might not be able to retire honestly. With such an opportunity to plunder, it is strange that they will take it when they see it...... (To be continued.) )