Soldiers are a group that believe in strength the most in the world. Most officers are accustomed to using strength or, specifically, force to solve all problems.
Faced with unstable areas like Sanggan River, the vast majority of generals will follow Lord Delaware's advice and use violent means such as suppression, martial law, and curfews to kill those who dare to jump out and cause trouble in the shortest possible time and put fear into the ground.
Put it in the hearts of more people: Either live with humility, or stand up and be massacred.
Fortunately, General Rebaton, who was born in the imperial civil service family system, is not such a simple-minded commander with well-developed limbs. Rebaton has never gone to school for a day, let alone entered a knight school, but this does not affect his ability in the War of the Gods.
The reputation of "the undefeated lion king who leads the flock to fight".
Within two weeks after taking office, the general's residence did not issue any orders to the outside world, relying entirely on the inertia of the Sanggan River bureaucracy to maintain the crater. Earl Rebaton, who is in his 30s, just watched everything happening in the city with cold eyes.
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Two weeks later, the general sent people to evacuate the elderly, children, and women in the first-tier cities to the countryside along the mainland highway. The reason was simple. The general did not want the upcoming battle to cause too much harm to the civilians. In the gods
After the war, most outstanding officers believed that the main purpose of Ray Barton's approach was to obtain a large number of "hostages" - local soldiers always had relatives, and this approach eliminated the possibility of soldiers defecting;
Immediately, the general transferred some of the troops whose military morale was seriously unstable to the Messis Snow Mountain area at one time. At the same time, your Excellency mobilized absolutely loyal noble knights from the family territory and moved all C-level and below-level mercenary groups in the Sanggan River defense area.
After being disbanded and reorganized, four new brigades were established with family knights and former mercenary cadres as the backbone. With these changes, the number of regular troops in the Sanggan River Theater increased by 5,000.
In the process of re-establishing stable order, the only time Rebaton used the army was against the merchants in the Sanggan River area. The Sanggan River was the most commercially developed area in the empire. The merchants not only had money but also their own armed forces, and even some
These mercenary groups are simply synonymous with merchant escorts.
Rebaton had two purposes in dealing with the merchants: first, to raise military supplies; second, to eliminate potentially unstable armed forces in the territory.
According to the reports sent by the city guards from various places, after the war entered, the merchants were greatly affected and complained a lot. Of course, most of them were directed at the Buranyang Empire.
More than 100 large and medium-sized business groups were forcibly disbanded by the general on the charge of "possible collaboration with the enemy". The escort teams of the business groups were all broken up and added to the city guards. The big businessmen were sent to the northern mountains to do labor until the end of the war.
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To be fair, this is not because Lord Rebaton is ruthless. In history, the merchant class is a famous person who "sees profits and forgets his righteousness." There are many people who betray the country in order to make huge profits. There are even wealthy businessmen who lead their own guards to kill the defenders.
The soldiers surrendered the city. Rebaton's approach was generally recognized by the army and the newly born noble family.
After obtaining a large amount of military supplies, except for a small part that was transported to the imperial capital of Scambrai, Ray Barton found an opportunity to start distributing money to the soldiers: on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, money was given to the lanterns; on the second day of the second lunar month, the dragon raised its head and money was given;
Month... March 8th is Women's Day, and money will be given out; April 1st, April Fool's Day, money will be given out... If there is no holiday, the General will hold some small competitions, and all participants will receive bonuses...
In just over half a year, the soldiers' wallets, which had just been deflated, became bulging again. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Ray Barton gradually transferred back the elite troops who had been transferred back in small groups, and continued to make money all the way.
To clear the way, except for some of the troops who are really loyal to the Red Stone Emperor, a considerable majority of the troops have begun to subjectively accept this general who looks like a mountain farmer.
Although Rebaton had changed the situation at both ends of the defense zone in about half a year, when he learned that those coming from afar turned out to be the small mercenary group that had just defeated Marshal Dahino, and the leader was Amy,
The general was so frightened that he accidentally knocked over the kettle.
As a senior officer of the empire, Ray Barton is very familiar with several classic battles commanded by His Excellency Amy in the past two years. Don’t look at Chi Aotian’s journey across thousands of miles on the Huayu Plain, conquering dozens of cities in a row, and once defeated the Sweat-blooded Iron Cavalry
The mercenary group was unable to find North and beheaded hundreds of thousands of them. Ray Barton really didn't take Chi Aotian's expeditionary force seriously. It was entirely dependent on the expeditionary force's excellent mobility.
It can be realized. It is no exaggeration to say that any officer can use light knights as the main force of the expedition at the beginning, and he has figured out how to collect food and grass, and is ruthless enough to support the war all the way, and take advantage of the fact that the main army of Fanos is gaining more and more troops.
If there is an opportunity to fight on the front line, he will definitely be able to stage a thousand-mile sweep in the Huayu Plain. The outstanding thing about Chi Aotian's performance is that his combat power is stronger, nothing more.
Amy has shown more than just good luck before. The Battle of Xilin Island, the Battle of Broken Ice Port, the Battle of Kelesit, and the Battle of Hamburg City were all fought in a hurry. The enemies she faced were all famous.
The generals and opponents were all prepared and even entered the ambush position earlier. Every war was a fierce and bloody battle, but the result of every war was that the weak defeated the strong.
Winning a battle with less and defeating more can be said to be luck, but winning four battles in succession is definitely not a matter of luck. Such a general has gone beyond the categories of brave general, wise general, tiger general and fierce general. According to Lei
Patton understood that in the past 1,000 years, there had never been another general who could show such amazing or even terrifying combat power.
What makes Rebaton feel even more uncomfortable is that according to the latest intelligence from Scambrae, the force that Amy can now command has exceeded the elite troops assembled in the Sanggan River War Zone, especially there are several giant dragons... Sigh...
...This latest information comes too late. Regarding the strength of these dragon knights, the Sanggan River War Zone is probably the most influential. The bloody figures are there. Every time I think of this, Rebaton's face
Just bursts of wry laughter.
Thinking of such an outstanding officer eyeing his defense zone, Ray Barton felt restless at any time. In such a large defense zone, which city would Amy take the lead in launching an attack? Ray Barton stood at one in 50,000 these days.
The military map looks like an afternoon.
The cities in the northern part of the Sanggan River are basically arranged in a straight line along the Sanggan River. Three intersecting mainland highways connect these cities into a chain. In order to prevent the enemy from using the mainland highway for high-speed movement, Rebaton has spent the past few months.
, build one every 10,000 meters on both sides of the mainland highway
Fortresses, each of which houses hundreds of soldiers. It is also equipped with catapults, crossbows and other war equipment. According to the most conservative estimates, any fortress can hold on for more than one day during a regular attack by the army. With this day,
, the garrison of at least two cities can support the fortress.
With the current strength of the small mercenary group, it is definitely impossible to attack one city one by one. It is estimated that after capturing three cities and the surrounding fortresses, the small mercenary group will lose the strength to continue fighting. What Reibator is most worried about now is
A small mercenary group uses many dragon knights to suddenly attack a city, defeat the defenders and quickly destroy the city's defense before evacuating. Or, Amy uses the existing troops at hand to besiege a city, and then waits for an opportunity to ambush the reinforcements.
——This is very similar to Amy’s mercenary style.
As a last resort, Rebaton drove out all the scouts he could send out as well as several fantasy beast knights in the army, and kept an eye on every move of the small mercenary group day and night. In order to prevent the dragon knights from raiding,
A large amount of wolf smoke has been prepared in every city. In case of an aerial attack, the poisonous wolf smoke will be ignited immediately.
Smoke, this kind of wolf smoke is the only effective way to make the dragon avoid the city. There are also the large crossbows and small crossbow carts originally equipped in the Sanggan River War Zone. Although the powerful crossbows may not necessarily cause fatal damage to the dragon, but once
It happened to fall on the dragon knight, but there was no suspense. Each city was issued a certain number of crossbow arrows.
When Amy was still more than 200 miles away from the Sanggan River war zone, the Sanggan River scouts couldn't believe their eyes - what were these white-clothed mercenaries doing? After this menacing army set up camp
They didn't move forward for five whole days. Are they planning to take a vacation on the north bank of the Sanggan River?
What makes the scouts even more incredible is that these young mercenaries actually set up roadblocks on the mainland highway. All business travelers passing by them must pay national highway tolls, road maintenance fees, vehicle and ship usage fees, and toll station depreciation fees.
Fuel tax, dog license application fees, etc.
The fees charged are staggeringly high. The fees you need to pay to cross a donkey can buy a war horse, and the tax you pay to cross a carriage can buy an elephant. There are business groups every day, and mercenaries are in the trap because the taxes are too high.
Making trouble, even this did not stop the small mercenary group from extorting money.
According to the later statements of the business group that finally spent a lot of money to pass the card, the people who collect taxes in the card are more ruthless than the urban management (the staff responsible for managing street hygiene and order in the cities of the empire). They will take whatever they see is good.
The following information was revealed in the conversation between the mercenaries:
"Being a monk for a day means hitting the clock. Now that mercenaries have become the main defense force in the northern part of the empire, there are only two obligations that must be fulfilled - to fight; to make money. Fighting and winning wars does not seem to be easy now.
, then it is better to fulfill the second obligation well and avoid being accused of doing nothing after the war."
"Captain Amy said that if you want to win the war, you must have sufficient logistical supplies. If you want to have sufficient logistical supplies, you must have money... If you want to have money, where can you get the money without setting up tax traps? No.
How can we win the war with money? If we can't win the war, then why fight? The regimental leader said, this is called dialectical materialism, tut... tut... this word is so profound."
"Since we can't annihilate the Sanggan River War Zone from the front, the regiment leader has the foresight to make such a wise decision - we must fish in all the water, drain all the water first, and starve all the bastards in the Sanggan River War Zone to faint, and then defeat them.
"You caravans carrying so many good things are obviously suspected of collaborating with the enemy. It is better to leave them to the empire and make contributions, and I will give you a medal in the future."
Several groups of scouts wanted to find out what these mercenaries were doing, so they disguised themselves as businessmen and entered the camp. The result... I don't know what happened, but they were immediately recognized as soon as they entered the camp without saying a few words.
, and then he was thrown into death row. Fortunately, a few scout masters took the opportunity to escape. After that, no scouts dared to get too close to this money-grubbing mercenary force.
When similar news reached the level of senior generals in the rebel army, they immediately gained a relatively unanimous understanding: Captain Amy was a direct disciple of General Chi Hanfeng, and he was the master who plucking hair and stealing grass from His Majesty Hongshi's head. In this way
It would be contrary to common sense for people to not scrape the land aggressively when they arrive at Sanggan River.
Earl Rebaton couldn't understand what Amy was going to do. However, in terms of the Earl's caution, the more he couldn't understand, the more he worried that there might be a trap, and he was even more worried about falling into the enemy's plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain.
I made a belief: You have thousands of clever tricks, but I just can’t defend them. The Earl must understand what Amy is going to do before he dares to take action. Although he will fall into passivity, he will not suffer too much loss.
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The count's thoughts...are always correct. Unfortunately, what will this...Amy...who is accustomed to not playing cards according to the rules do?
After autumn, in the cool nights, the Sanggan River Basin can already feel the dry and cold winter coming from afar. After getting up in the morning, frost will hang on the shade of the river from time to time.
Outside Hanyang City, the soldiers who were on duty stood shivering on the cold ground, stamping their numb feet. Soldiers were most afraid of being on duty, but things are better now. In a few days, heavy snow will fall.
, the hand holding the stainless steel gun barrel may be frozen.
The sun has climbed to the height of a pole, and there are more and more pedestrians and business travelers on the mainland highway.
At ten minutes closer to noon, dust and smoke started to appear in the distance on the mainland highway. The soldiers on duty cheered up one by one and squinted their eyes to look carefully. In the flying dust, they soon appeared. Following the pedestrians and businessmen, it turned out to be...
"There are police - report to the squadron leader -" The leader of the team, Qu, pushed aside the crowd waiting in line for inspection and quickly closed the city gate with more than 40 soldiers. These soldiers were originally from the Swordsman Battalion of the Sanggan River War Zone.
Reorganized with some elite troops, the vigilance was very high, and soon the city walls were filled with fully equipped soldiers.
The merchants hurriedly stepped aside. They were ruthless and invincible. Once a war broke out, thousands of soldiers in the city would shoot hundreds of thousands of arrows. There was no possibility of staying near the city without being implicated in the war.
, or even risk his life in all likelihood. The businessman hid at a safe distance, and then squinted his eyes and looked carefully at these knights who were galloping arrogantly from a distance on the mainland highway.
This... looks like... how does the clothing look like... the traditional clothes of the friendly Fanos Legion in the Sanggan River War Zone? The merchants breathed a sigh of relief, and the bold mercenaries drove their mounts closer to the soldiers from both sides, thinking
Look carefully.
They are really Fanos soldiers. At the front of the team is a tall knight officer with a garlic nose, lion hair and beard, and very well-developed limbs. At first glance, this officer must be an orc officer of the Fanos Army. This
Behind the officer's mount stood a flag fluttering in the wind.
How could such a squad with seemingly only a few hundred people have a flag? In the memory of the soldiers guarding the city, only armies of more than a thousand troops would have exclusive flags.
I can’t tell the master:
In the most recent period, there has been no update of mercenaries. Many readers have complained a lot, and some even made slanderous remarks. I see it in my eyes and take it to heart. In case one day someone sees his name appearing in a book that cannot be said.
Please be mentally prepared before speaking.
Here is a brief summary of the recent situation:
1. The only reason why there is no update is that I am too busy. Since October last year, the company has taken over a new online game. As the main person in charge, I have to devote myself to it. In the past three months, I have basically played it before 11pm every night.
They all work in the company, and I'm often still at the company at three or four o'clock at night. It can be said that I have no energy at all, and I don't get enough sleep every day. I fall asleep in the car.
It's finally come to an end now, so I'll update as much as I can with the time.
2. Readers mail-ordered physical books on Mercenaries. Many have been returned and I have reissued many. The following readers please contact me as soon as possible so that I can send the book to you. My email: [email protected], be sure to
Write your phone number.
36 Tang Lianghui, Building 11, Dezhiyuan Apartment, Hunan University, Changsha City, Hunan Province 2134100001
72 Huayi Pavilion, Xiangyi Mingyuan, Xiangmei Road, Shenzhen, Guangdong 4D5180001+2*22 Zhong Huaixia was overdue on February 19
36.1 No. 2-4, Building 3, No. 45 South Third Street, Shuinianhe Road, Chengdu 6100001+21 Jiang Kui found no such person at his original address on February 19
36 Room 410, No. 88 Taoyu Road, Shipai East, Tianhe District, Guangzhou City 5100001+21 Wu Luyi died on February 19 for unknown reasons
36 No. 634 Xiongchu Street, Wuhan City, Hubei University, Class 6, Grade 03, Engineering Profile, College of Business and Commerce, Hubei University of Technology 4300001+21 Song Junyi Overdue on March 7, no one can claim it
36 Lane 505, Guoding Road, Shanghai, 10-5022004001+21 Yuan Ye, March 7, the reason is unknown
3. The Third and Fourth Mercenaries have been released for about half a month. Please check carefully and hope that there will not be too many returns. The Fifth Mercenaries has been published, and the fifth and sixth volumes have been pre-ordered. The price is also 36
Yuan.
4. The physical book of Mercenaries is selling very well. The editor of the publishing house tells me every week. The editor’s original words are: "It is selling very well all over the country. Every day, readers call the publishing house and ask when it will be released.
The following?" I swallowed the words "let readers read books online" hard. Although I don't get royalties, I am very happy to see that the books are selling well.
5. One more thing. I am currently working on the online game "New Dragon Clan". Please play it if you have time. It is a very good online game. In three countries, national war breaks out every night with tens of thousands of people. I don't like it.
For PK, there are miners in the game.
There are 13 life skills such as blacksmith, fisherman, candlemaker, butcher, tailor, farmer, shepherd, and alchemist. You can earn "money" by practicing life skills just like online novels. In addition, there are more than 400 tasks. In short, it is a lot
A fun game.
A veteran player wrote this about this game: "If your IQ is over 130, you can play New Dragons with me; if your IQ is over 110, you can play World of Warcraft with me; if your IQ is over 100, let's compare notes."
StarCraft; if your IQ exceeds 80, we can choose to play CS; if... you can play Legend yourself." Although it is a bit arbitrary, it is true.
This is actually the case.
Friends who are willing to try, please go here to register and download the client: http://www.516171.com/index06.html
Oh, and this game is free forever.
6. Finally, I wish everyone a happy holiday today.