Seeing Xia Jiang's sword in the scabbard, there is no need to guess to know that he is the one who knocked the giant hammer into the air in time.

"Why do you want to save me?" Lei Hu, who was almost immediately aware, slowly raised his head, looked at the other party and shouted: "My master and apprentice were both defeated by you today, and I have no face to live in this world anymore, who asked you to save me?"

Seeing that the other party was so angry, Xia Jiang was a little incomprehensible, and only said: "General Lei Hu, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, why ...... be so " At this moment, Xia Jiang actually had a lot to say, but he couldn't help it, knowing that the other party was in the worst mood to listen to him talk about it at the moment, after all, the other party was defeated in his own hands.

But at this time, Prince Nabashi couldn't help it, and shouted: "Lei Hu, you have disappointed Ben Shuai too much today, and now the people have not been able to settle down and live without dignity, how can you bear to leave them behind and die alone without knowing anything......?"

Being scolded by Ba Shi like this, this Lei Hu suddenly turned around, and saw that on the ground in front of him, it was the staff thrown by Ba Shi, and the originally hard land has become soft and loose, almost even the staff is about to be unable to support, it can be imagined that the throw just now, its owner has used all his strength, seeing this scene, he couldn't help but be stunned, looked up at the other party, only to see that the original worried and depressed face was full of anger at the moment, and his heart was shocked, as if he felt something, and immediately slowly picked up the staff, and made a detour to the front of the handsome.

"Dashuai, the old minister was confused for a while, and he almost made a big ......mistake," Lei Hu said, lowered his head and raised his staff high.

Taking a deep breath, Prince Ba Shi once again changed his previous gentle image, looked at Xia Jiang, and said, "General Xiahou, since the envoy of Xia is such a young genius and brave and benevolent, then the next one will be decided by the old general!"

As soon as Prince Ba Shi's words came out, everyone present immediately looked at the old general with a broken arm, and Xia Jiang was no exception, especially when he saw that the other party's right arm was missing, and he didn't think so, he couldn't help but feel a sense of respect in his heart.

The old general, who had been instructed, swept his gaze over everyone present, and when he saw some of the people who usually fought against him, he saw that they no longer had the stubbornness they had before, but only slightly avoided his gaze and tacitly obeyed the decision of the commander.

Then, his gaze turned to Xia Jiang.

The next development made Xia Jiang very satisfied, or in other words, his placement of these old troops of the Shi Kingdom made the old general very satisfied, and it had exceeded his expected requirements, so there was no doubt that Prince Bashi surrendered to him on the spot with the whole audience, and accepted his appointment as the head of the Guadu Temporary Security Patrol.

After further exchanges, Xia Jiang left the ruined temple, which was about to collapse, and returned to the temporary camp where his convoy was.

Speaking of the temple, this stone country originally had spiritual beliefs, and the temple originally enshrined some powerful spiritualities that had appeared in the stone royal family for thousands of years, but these spiritual practices have either encountered accidents or disappeared mysteriously for thousands of years, and gradually none of them appeared, and finally the people who worshiped gradually decreased, and no one was willing to fund repairs, so they gradually fell into dilapidation.

In contrast, there are still some temples in his Xia Kingdom, although they are dedicated to the strong men of the Lonely Empire, but under their attention, the temples have been built and even expanded, and those who worship the strong will pay for them and go to worship.

Returning to the camp, Xia Jiang immediately called a meeting.

"Everyone, Prince Bashi's side, has already communicated, and it can be carried out as originally planned. Xia Jiang pointed to a certain point on the map with one hand and said, "Eagle mercenary group, it is obvious that they maintain a neutral attitude, and their style of behavior is not at all what a mercenary group should have, so neutrality is only a conservative estimate." ”

Xia Jiang has read some history books and knows that the development of mercenary groups in this world will take the route of founding the country in the end, because only this route can develop more steadily, and then occupy more territory justifiably, you must know that the trust of mercenary groups has never been high, and there are many incidents in history of the national alliance encircling and suppressing the untrustworthy and evil mercenary groups.

"Eagle mercenary group, in addition to the neutral posture that is not very credible, there are two postures, one is the state-building route of seizing the territory of the stone country by various methods, and the other is that they are serving a certain country, on the surface they are the first two postures, but secretly they are playing a big game of chess!" Cao Kuang circled his fingers and circled the entire table.

"What do you mean?" Shi Feng was a little puzzled and said, "According to Lord Cao's meaning, could it be that the destruction of the Shi Kingdom and the participation of my Xia Kingdom could be a certain move in the battle of the Empire?"

When everyone heard him, their expressions changed greatly, but fortunately, Cao Kuang hurriedly shook his head and said: "This is just speculation, I just put forward this possibility, in fact, we can use the elimination method to rule out this low possibility, and for us, we can only wait and see the possibility of changes, and then rule out the second possibility of trying to occupy my Xia country's territory, then next, the only thing we have to do is how to lead them by the nose, let them be neutral, and be an honest mercenary group!"

Xia Jiang was stunned for a moment, and suddenly he understood what Cao Kuang meant, the other party meant to buy this mercenary group, and then unite with Ba Shi's side to encircle and suppress the "Earth Wolf Legion" in one fell swoop.

One person seemed to understand when he heard it, but said: "Why can't we simply pull out this Eagle Mercenary Group, according to intelligence, they only have two or three hundred people in total, and the core members are less than ten, as long as these people have an accident, the mercenary group will naturally disband." ”

Everyone turned their heads and found that it was the deputy team who spoke, and now everyone knows that his name is Bian Wei, and his father once worked as a black attendant under an uncle Wang in Xiajiang, that is, an entourage that only appears under special circumstances, and there is also a composition of assassination team members, and what he is best at is also doing assassination.

But obviously, Cao Kuang didn't think about this aspect at all, and immediately shook his head and said nothing.

Shi Feng, who was on the side, said directly: "What the Nine Kings need most now is to stabilize the common people and establish an image of benevolence and justice, how can they use such a shady method just after coming over?" Shi Feng's spear itself is refined from a magic weapon with extremely masculine attributes, and people who cultivate this magic weapon will gradually produce a righteous side even if they are evil, not to mention that he himself is extremely righteous.

However, the deputy team Bian Wei actually went against Shi Feng's posture a little this time, and immediately said: "What do you mean by the Invisible Corps? This is an extraordinary time, especially to deal with characters like this who occupy the land under the banner of a mercenary group, we should give them a little bit of power, besides, as long as we don't leak, they don't even know how those people died!"

"You ......" Shi Feng was dumbfounded for a while when he saw that this deputy team was actually in opposition to him for the first time.

Seeing this situation, Xia Jiang immediately stopped: "I don't think there is a need to be so desperate this time, after all, we are not very familiar with this Eagle Mercenary Group, Captain Bian, you still continue to be responsible for the security of that area, and then you can have more contact with Prince Bashi, I believe that with your cooperation, you will definitely be able to settle down this Guadu as quickly as possible." ”

Hearing Xia Jiang say this, Wei didn't say anything here, but he was puzzled: "By the way, according to the inspections in the past few days, my subordinates have not heard anything about the 'Wandering Soul' organization, and it seems that since we arrived, they seem to have disappeared." ”

"It's true that it's gone, this is actually Prince Bashi's own secret mission under the Imperial Mercenary Guild, and after he heard that we were coming, he immediately stopped the mission, so everyone should understand that this is the ...... he was ready to surrender to us from the beginning" Having said that, Xia Jiang also knew that if he didn't go to see Prince Bashi this time, it would probably lead to a misunderstanding between the two parties.

"Okay, then the next thing is to pull the eagle into the plan, Nine Kings, this time you can't be alone anymore, you must let two people accompany you!" Cao Kuang suddenly turned his eyes to Xia Jiang.

When Xia Jiang heard Cao Kuang say this, he wanted to laugh in his heart, in fact, this was what he had agreed with the other party in advance, and he had to personally participate in this kind of negotiation, so Cao Kuang would naturally mention him at this time.

But it was obvious that even if Cao Kuang brought it up, someone would have an opinion on such a dangerous matter, and Shi Feng said almost immediately: "No, the Nine Kings can't risk their lives, leave this matter to me!"

"Captain Shi Feng, you have other important tasks, this matter must be done by the Nine Kings in person to be safer!" Cao Kuang hurriedly confirmed again.

"Nine kings, this ......" Shi Feng wanted to resist when he heard it, but when he thought that Cao Kuang was the specific commander-in-chief of Xia Jiang, he couldn't directly oppose it.

Xia Jiang and Shi Feng were so close that he could almost see at a glance that the other party had this meaning in his heart, and he immediately opened his mouth and said: "It just so happens that Xiao Wang wants to announce one thing to everyone today, from today on, Xiao Wang will officially appoint Cao Kuang as a military advisor, and will command the affairs of stability before and after the construction of the city." And until the city is built in a day, your duties will remain the same. ”

I thought it was a big deal, who knew it was this, I thought it was almost the same whether it was announced or not, but although it was about the same, seeing that the master was so serious, everyone was somewhat envious of Cao Kuang, because this guy was a step to the sky, from a small position that was not a legitimate official in the local area to a big military division, you must know that after the construction of this huge city alone, it will be a great achievement, and when the level of his military division is second only to the prime minister of Xia State, it can be regarded as below three people and above hundreds of millions of people.

It is true that these people are only envious, not jealous, because they all know that he has repeatedly won military exploits and become a general, but he was only excluded by others to fall to the point of later, so at this time, most of them are just secretly thinking, if that day comes, I don't know how this Cao Kuang will find those people to settle accounts, after all, those people are still abusing their power, abusing power for personal gain, excluding dissidents, embezzlement and bribery, etc., almost all of a sudden it is difficult to finish the crime.

And what Cao Kuang next made them even more impressed was that even if he took this step to the sky, he didn't even say "Thank you Nine Kings", and directly continued to deploy and command.