Section 72 The Business of Mercenaries
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A mercenary camp located on the border of Watergast, the mercenaries are a group of people who cannot survive in their hometowns. They sell their land or houses to buy a half-old pair of armor and weapons when the harvest is bad, and wander around in various countries to wait for the day of being hired. Usually, the lords are very disgusted with these mercenaries who have neither honor nor loyalty, because when these mercenaries are entrenched in the territory, they often do something stealing, which will make the security in the territory worse.
"Have you heard it?" In this Catalan mercenary camp, the mercenary captain of the camp sat in his tent and was worried. He heard that there was a war on the Baltic coast and led his people to Watergast County. He originally thought that Contoyi, who was in the war, would hire them, but the Slavs thought that he was sufficient staff and could not afford the high mercenary fees, so he refused the Catalans' employment request.
"What?" The mercenary captain looked up at his subordinates and put down the cup in his hand. He had a headache with these subordinates who were disobedient. They either went to steal the villagers' chickens or found a necessary path to rob passers-by. However, these mercenaries knew very well that those people could rob and not rob them. They would not harm their lives except for threatening passers-by.
"It was Kang Tuoyi, he lost the battle." The panting subordinate walked into the tent and picked up the wine pot and poured himself a glass, then drank it all and said.
》"Impossible. I heard that the Slavs gathered an army of more than 3,000 people, while the Germans were only about 1,000 people." The mercenary captain looked at his subordinate who reported the news in surprise, of course, his younger brother.
"I don't know the specific situation, but the Slavs' defeated soldiers fled everywhere, and the nobles all curled up into the castle."
"Oh, let's send an envoy to ask if Kang Tuoyi is willing to hire us to help him guard the castle." The mercenary captain rolled his eyes. He immediately smelled the business opportunities here. The guys who had to eat and drink all day long had almost eaten up his old foundation. If he didn't look for a living, the team that he had finally started would disperse.
"My brother, I think you are usually smart enough, but this time you are wrong." The mercenary captain's younger brother laughed. He said to the mercenary captain.
"I was wrong?"
"Yes, now Kang Tuoyi is defeated and fled into his castle and survives. Even if he is willing to hire us, there is not much fuel and good fortune. On the contrary, we should join the Germans and help them conquer the castle of Watergast. Think about it, in addition to commissions, there are spoils to plunder, and we will make a fortune."
"What you said makes sense, but to be on the safe side, we sent envoys to both sides of the war and asked them if they were asking for the price."
"So is it still the same price as before for Kang Tuoyi?"
"No. Double the situation is different after all." The mercenary captain touched his beard and said proudly to his younger brother. In his opinion, he was actually a businessman, but they were businessmen who sold human lives. Since they were merchants, of course they had to find someone who could afford the highest price.
The Mecklenburg army outside Watergast Castle had blocked all the way in and out. More than 600 troops were entrenched outside the castle and neither attacked nor left. It seemed that they were trying to surround the castle. Kang Tuoyi was not worried that the Mecklenburg people would break through the wall. Although most of his army had been lost, the remaining troops were enough to defend the castle.
"The Count has a messenger from Mecklenburg." Arod stood outside Watergastburg. He carefully looked at each section of the city wall with a single-hole telescope, but disappointingly he was simply impeccable. These walls were made of solid rocks and then smeared with white ash to make solid walls.
"Messenger?" Aruod was very surprised. He put down his glasses in his hand and looked at a dusty man standing behind him. The man saw Aruod turn around and kneel down on one knee. He was covered in a green cloak, looking exhausted.
"Dear Count, I brought Mecklenburg's message."
"Tell me quickly what happened?" Aruod looked at the messenger in front of him, and a feeling of something bad appeared in his heart. He had a premonition that something big must have happened in Mecklenburg.
"The Pomeranian chief led an army of five thousand men to attack Mecklenburg, and the soldiers were leading by your noble wife, Princess Josie, to resist the enemy's attack." The messenger said to Arod.
"What? The Pomeranians are attacking Mecklenburg." Arod was dizzy when he heard the messenger's words. Originally, he thought that the Pomeranians would either join the battle in the early stages of the war or pick peaches after the end of his battle with Kang Tuoyi, but he did not expect that the Pomeranians were so cunning. They took most of their troops to go on the war and raided Mecklenburg. Mecklenburg was Arod's nest and the foundation of everything, not to mention that his wife was still in Mecklenburg with her child.
"Sir, let's withdraw our troops immediately." Baron Ron also became nervous. If Mecklenburg was in danger of losing, his Rage Lion Castle would soon fall.
"Thank you for your hard work to rest first, but you are not allowed to reveal a word of what you told me to him." Arod said to the Arod in silence for a while. He could not let the soldiers know about this. If the soldiers knew that there was a crisis in Mecklenburg, the morale of the army would definitely be shaken. As a commander, Arod must suppress his inner anxiety and make the right decision.
"It's the Count."
"Baron Ron, go to the coast immediately and order the Teutonic knights to give up the fortress and return to Mecklenburg by sea. No, wait, I'll think about it again." Arod quickly gave instructions to the generals around him, but the number of Teutonic knights brought by Yifu was not large, Arod immediately overturned his decision, thinking about the danger that Princess Josie and her unborn child might face. Arod was in a mess.
"What should I do if I do?" Baron Ron, who was at a loss by Arod's inconsistent orders, stood there. This was the first time he saw Arod so trampling, but Arod soon calmed down.
"Please order the Teutonic Knights to give up the fortress and come to us."
"What should I do with Mecklenburg?" Baron Ron asked.
"Let's take the Watergastburg first and use the fastest speed." Arod gritted his teeth and looked at Wei Ran's unmoved Watergastburg. He knew that it would be useless even if he returned to Mecklenburg immediately, not to mention that a tired army might fall into the enemy's trap. If Arod and his army were destroyed, Mecklenburg would have to end.
"How to take it down? I'm sorry, Count, we're not enough." Baron Ron looked up at the sturdy castle. If it was to conquer, it would take at least several weeks. No, if the defender was Kang Tuoyi, it would probably take several months.
"Sir Earl, a man who claimed to be a mercenary came from outside our military camp. He wanted to see the Sir Earl." At this time, a soldier from Mecklenburg came to them and reported to Arod and others.
"Mercenary?" Arod and Baron Ron looked at each other. They were not surprised that Watergast had mercenaries. Mercenaries were distributed like bacteria in every corner of the Europa continent. They were always waiting for the moment of making money in wars, but these people were generally on the waiting and neutral side in the noble war, unless they were hired by one side.
"Dear adults, on behalf of the mercenary captain of the Death Mercenary Group, Barron, asked you if you need a mercenary." The young mercenary had a red beard on his chin, and his eyes were brown and looked very magical. When he saw Aruod in fine armor, he knew that the person in front of him must be the commander of the army.
"How many of you are?" Aruod asked straightforwardly.
"We have six hundred good men, including four hundred spear soldiers, one hundred archers and one hundred swordsmen, they~~~~." The young mercenary immediately reported to Aruod as he knew.
"Bring them all, I'll hire you." Arod interrupted and said to the young mercenary without saying a word.
"All of it? But, but." The young mercenary looked at Aruod in surprise. The nobles usually picky when hiring mercenaries, and used various reasons to lower the price. This was the first time he saw such a cheerful noble.
"But what?" Aruod's brow frowned slightly. He was not in the mood to bargain with these mercenaries now.
"We do not accept the noble lords on credit." Perhaps the Death Mercenary Group had suffered similar losses before, and he thought Aruod wanted to hire them on credit.
"Hmph, come with me." Aruod waved to the young mercenary and then walked towards the barracks. A black pointed tent was erected in the center of the barracks, and two personal servants were standing outside the tent.
"Master Earl." Seeing Aruod coming, the two attendants quickly bowed to him. Aruod nodded slightly and got into his tent. The young mercenary didn't know what was going on, so he had to wait patiently outside the tent.
"Clang~~~." When Aruod walked out of the tent, he was holding a golden sickle in his hand. The golden sickle was thrown at the feet of the young mercenary and made a clanging sound.
"Well, this is, this is." The young mercenary bent down and picked up the pure gold scythe with charming luster. His eyes were full of greed and confusion. When he raised his head, he looked at Aruod in front of him in confusion.
"This is a deposit for you, and I'll call all your people." Aruod looked at the mercenaries in front of him with disdain. After looting the temple of Wolgast, he had two boxes of this kind of jewelry and gold sacrificial vessel. He originally planned to bring back to Mecklenburg for a new round of territory construction, but now it has to be used for war. (To be continued...)r1292
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