Chapter 389 Participating in the War (1)
Cons came out and asked without being arrogant or humble, "I'm here to see Cons. What orders does the Baron have?"
The Knight frowned, obviously dissatisfied with Cons' expression, but he was not really the arrogant person. The dissatisfied expressions of Cons's subordinates were all seen. If he dared to ask Cons to kneel down, he would probably be killed by these people on the spot.
Although he was not demanding etiquette, the knight glanced at Cons coldly, threw down a parchment roll, and said proudly: "The Baron ordered you to send troops to participate in the battle, but it is still the obligation that the garrison team must fulfill. Of course, the Baron treats people generously and specifically allows your bounty and pensions to be equivalent to the regular army, and can also have the treatment of a mercenary team. Therefore, within seven days, you must rush to Har Castle to wait for orders. If you do not arrive on time, you will be punished according to military rules."
After saying the order, the knight turned around and left.
The content of this order immediately made the mercenaries scream and scolded in anger.
In their opinion, although the base of his mercenary group was appointed by Baron Hal, he was definitely not a subordinate of Baron Hal.
Baron Hal dared to give orders in his tone of his subordinates, and he really didn't take his mercenary group seriously!
Cons opened the parchment roll, glanced and put it away. There was nothing in it, just that the Baron was threatening and tempting himself, the mercenary group, sent troops to help him fight as soon as possible.
But what role can Cons, a mercenary group of about a hundred people, play in battles of such a level as the Earl and Baron leaders?
You know, thousands of troops can be sent out on the battlefield at will.
"Master, are we going to send troops?" Jia couldn't help but ask loudly when he saw Cons in a daze, while the surrounding mercenaries looked worried.
If Cons couldn't reply, Heli said first: "Of course we have to send troops, otherwise the credibility of our mercenary group would be gone."
Although some mercenaries were reluctant to destroy the wealth of the Snow Wolf Gang, they nodded and approved after being muttered by a smart person.
Although they were very dissatisfied with Baron Hal's command tone and were very eager to complete the task of extermination of the Snow Wolf Gang, they thought it through the mission of the Snow Wolf Gang to make it clear, and it would be better not to cause trouble. It would be a group of thieves that can surround the Earl's territory.
As for rejecting Baron Hal's request? They had never thought about it.
There are three reasons that impress everyone. One is that mercenaries have to take on tasks and make money. The second is that they don’t want to offend Baron Hal and lose the credibility of mercenaries. The third is that they want to use their own lives to test to see if the mercenary treatment promised by Cons will be realized.
Cons did not blame Heli for his unreasonableness and issued an order directly: "Prepare materials and issue a conscript order to the strong men in our jurisdiction, recruiting strong men who are three times the quota of the mercenary group to go out with him, and the treatment is equal to half of the mercenary."
Although Cons didn't know what the guys in front of him really thought, he thought like them that troops should be sent. In addition to not losing their credibility, it was more because this opportunity to showcase the flag of the mercenary group cannot be easily missed.
"yes!"
A and the first-class people immediately accepted the order. They would naturally do the specific work without the instructions of Cons.
So, while Kons was looking through the books easily, some of his men ran around the street and shouted to passers-by to announce Kons' recruitment order, some were posing outside the gate to choose a suitable strong man, and some summoned members of the mercenary group to prepare for the war. In an instant, people were in full swing.
The situation in the untouchables was immediately known by the forces of Qingxiang Town.
No one cares about Cons standing on Baron Hal's side. Cons was appointed by Baron Hal. If Baron Hal was thrown aside at this important moment, Cons' reputation would definitely be stinking immediately, and no one with a little mind would do this.
The forces of Qingxiang Town did not pay much attention to the emerging force of Cons. They had just redistributed their territory and started to bet again.
Baron Hal vs. Earl Beck, the ending is nothing more than three changes: victory, defeat and draw.
Expecting Baron Hal to win, he began to prepare for assistance, and the particularly eager forces even came to visit Cons to propose assistance.
Looking forward to Baron Hal's defeat, he began to consider how to cooperate with Earl Bick.
Only some people started betting on both sides with dark hearts, and hoped that the two nobles would lose both sides.
It’s no wonder that the power of Qingxiang Town is so enthusiastic about the war between these two nobles. Who is the two nobles who are the legal lord of Qingxiang Town and the other is the direct superior of this lord? Anyone can change Qingxiang Town?
In this way, when Cons's mercenary group recruited enough servants, they also received a batch of food and supplies sponsored by other forces, dozens of supporting dog sleds and several large carriages.
However, there was no armor and weapons, and no one would foolishly help Cons for free and armed the more than 300 strong men.
Although the Snow Kingdom has a convention and rules that only legal members of the mercenary group can bring weapons into towns, it is now a war, and everyone is eager to arm the strong men. This rule is useless.
Who knows if Cons will take the opportunity to increase the level of the mercenary group outside and then come back with the armed forces that have been expanded by four times? So the weapons are definitely not within the scope of funding.
After the red-bottomed White Via Black Rose Mercenary Group was simple, a group of people carried the red-bottomed White Via Black Rose Mercenary flag, drove the sled and carriage away from Qingxiang Town, and went to Baron Hark Castle to receive the mission.
The snowflakes continued to fall as before, but the sky was no longer as gray as before, and there was a hint of light. It seemed that this disaster that had lasted for a long time was about to end.
Seeing the scene in front of me, Cons couldn't help thinking that because of the snow country living in the snow for many years, this continuous snow and cold weather for the people in the snow country was just a little snowing for a while, and the food was a little tight, and there was no major problem apart from that.
After the God of Reprimand, although it did not snow in other places outside the Snow Country, it was continuous rainy weather. Such weather was an extremely difficult day for places that depend on farming and survival. At least this year's spring plowing and autumn harvesting is not necessary.
In other words, a famine year is coming.
The pressure of food shortage is very huge. In order to survive, I am afraid that these countries in the region will either start civil unrest or launch wars to plunder food.
I believe that when the disaster of God’s punishment disappears, it is time for chaos to rise all over the world.
In this way, after the outbreak of a total war, if the Snow Country could be exempted from civil strife, it would be almost invincible, resulting in the people of this Snow Country being unsuitable for living in the warm inland and coastal areas.
However, it is still possible to invade the prairie. At least the prairie is in the snowy season for most of the time.
In this way, Cons came to the outside of Baron Hal Castle with a random thought. When he looked around, he saw that the castle was filled with dense tents, at least dozens of different mercenary flags, floating above these tents.
Judging from the number of tents, at least more than 3,000 mercenaries were settled here, and this number was generally the number of extreme professional soldiers that the baron could support.
Generally speaking, no noble would allow so many mercenaries to appear in the territory.
The reason for such an exception this time is very simple. Baron Hal is about to start a war, and Earl Bicker is probably even more exaggerated than here.
When Cons saw so many militants, he didn't feel that there was anything to be wary of. It was a practice of Snow Country to use a large number of mercenary groups during wars.
Unpopular nobles prefer to use mercenaries.
As long as a mercenary has money, it will not matter whether you are harming the will of heaven or not. Moreover, the mercenaries have a very professional ethics and act according to the contract. If they do well, not only will they reward more money or even become a nobleman, but they are all loyal to their employers. Because of this, they do not have to worry about the mercenary rebellion in front of the battlefield.
"Are you a third-level mercenary group with red background, white vines and black roses?" A middle-aged man with a clerk looked at the flag above Cons' head first, and then asked Cons.
After receiving a positive answer, the middle-aged man looked through the documents in his hand, nodded and pointed at a servant beside him and said, "You are not late. Follow this servant. He will designate camps for you and take you to collect food. Remember to be responsible for tents and other things yourself, and the castle is only responsible for the food of the members of your group's quota."
No one opposed this condition and had to follow the servants.
Under the guidance of the servants, the servants he brought immediately began to camp at the edge of the castle.
In addition to the several mercenaries who followed the servants to collect food, the other mercenaries gathered together for rest under the leadership of the captains.
When the mercenary group of Cons entered the garrison area, the surrounding mercenary groups took a look. For these mercenary groups that mainly make a living by fighting for the nobles, level 4 and 5 mercenary groups are really too common.
But when we saw this group of new arrivals suddenly split hundreds of people and began to camp busyly, the remaining hundreds of people gathered together to sort out their weapons, and they were simply watching their companions, and they were stunned.
Of course, there are also powerful and powerful people in the mercenary group who don’t have to work, but these are all a few team leaders, captains, etc. It is impossible for so many powerful people to exist.
After they looked carefully, they found that only those guys who were standing by with mercenary badges were all gasping for air conditioning.
This mercenary group actually engaged in a mercenary that was several times more than the number of mercenary quotas?
When they saw the mercenaries set up camps, they took out food pots, firewood and other things to prepare the meals with the snow before they could enjoy them one by one, and everyone was so envious that they gritted their teeth.
Seeing these, ordinary mercenaries didn't expect anything else, but their eyes were red with envy and jealousy. People like the mercenary leader immediately came over to visit Cons with their confidants.
Of course, Cons would not refuse others, so he immediately got close to them.
Although Zhang of these mercenary groups thought Cons' name was strange, he knew that the mercenary group was appointed by Baron Hal and stationed in Qingxiang Town just a few months ago. They all felt like they suddenly realized it. No wonder a small third-level mercenary group dared to recruit hundreds of errands to join the team.
Cons also knew from them that now, including himself, twelve mercenaries have gathered here, with more than 5,000 people, and it is estimated that there will be a steady stream in the next few days.
Chapter completed!