"How is it? Captain, have you succeeded?" In the temporary headquarters of the newly established Gray Pigeon Mercenary Group, several members of the mercenary group saw the returning leader Vera Wade and immediately gathered around them anxiously to ask.
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The Gray Pigeon Mercenary Group was established just a few days ago. Yes, it is a new mercenary group that was separated from the previous mercenary group. The deputy leader Vera Wade led a group of backbone members and left directly to establish
New mercenary group.
When the mercenary group was just established, they naturally encountered many problems, not to mention that they had to face the suppression of the old mercenary group.
Yes, within the original mercenary group, the breakup between the leader and the deputy leader was not considered peaceful, or it could be said that both parties were more restrained if they did not fight directly. The behavior of the original leader towards Villaverde was naturally
I was very dissatisfied and told them to make it difficult for them to get along.
The newly-built Gray Pigeon Mercenary Group is naturally eager to gain a firm foothold. However, they are not without plans. Linton announced more than 20 countries in one breath. This is obviously a war to be fought. Isn't this where they stand?
Is there a chance to gain a foothold? As long as they can perform in this war, they will not only get remuneration, but also fame. With these, aren't they secure?
But before that, they have to ensure that they can go to the battlefield, right? What if the empire doesn’t hire them. But Villaverde dares to make this decision, so he naturally has someone to rely on. He has connections, and the empire had previously issued an order to arrest them.
During the mission, he relied on this relationship to show his face. Now if the empire needs to hire mercenaries for a war, he will definitely be the first to know the news, and he will definitely be selected first.
And just now, he also received a message from his network, asking him to go over and talk. Villaverde was naturally happy when he heard this, and went there. He thought that the empire must be hiring them.
, however, after talking there, when Villaverde returned to the temporary headquarters, his expression was obviously not that happy.
Naturally, the team members also saw Villaverde's expression. It seemed that the matter was not done? They quickly gathered around him and started asking questions.
"The asking price is too high?" asked a member of the group. Yes, relationships are naturally maintained by profit. They made a lot of money before, and the official above them who helped them make connections also made a lot of money. Could it be that it is?
Is the “agency fee” the other party wants this time very high?
"No..." Villaverde shook his head, "This time the situation is rather strange."
"Strange?" Everyone was stunned, not quite understanding what Villaverde meant by "strange."
"The higher-ups do recruit some mercenaries to complete tasks, but they are not given tasks to help in combat," Villaverde said.
"Uh... ha?" The members expressed that they didn't understand. What does it mean if it's not a combat mission? Now the empire has directly announced more than twenty countries. No matter how many troops the empire has, it won't be enough. This empire can't be like this now
Let's just start conscription. You won't even have time to train.
"The above requires us to act together with the empire's combat troops, but we are not allowed to participate in the battle. We are only allowed to collect supplies in the city under attack..." Villaverde said.
"Uh..." Everyone was stunned. Collecting supplies? That's a nicer way of saying it. To put it clearly, isn't it just robbery? They are very familiar with this job.
But now they understand why this order is strange. They don't need to fight this battle. The job of robbing money is left to them, and...such a good thing?
Before they could figure out the situation, Villaverde continued: "The empire requires that 70% of the supplies seized be handed over, and the remaining 30% will be used as our reward. The empire will not pay us."
"Thirty percent...that's not a lot." The surrounding members nodded, and they could easily accept this. It is obviously impossible for the empire not to take a commission. This has always been the rule, even if it is a servant
The corps helps in the battle, and the supplies they grab need to be divided together.
What's more, they don't seem to have to fight this time, they just rob. Although the proportion of being drawn is a bit higher, it feels like they still make a profit.
"This is a good condition." Several members of the regiment thought for a while and said, "Commander, have you agreed? Which army are we with? The third army? The fourth army?"
"...a new army that I have never heard of." At this time, Villaverde said the part that made him worried. Yes, he also thought that the conditions were good, and he agreed at the time, but he asked which army they would fight with.
When he arrived, the other party told him that it was a new army, which suddenly made Villaverde feel at a loss.
In fact, this mission was quite easy to understand originally. Now that the empire has many enemies, the battle plan is probably more urgent. After conquering other cities, there is no time for looting or the like, so we recruit some mercenary groups to help grab supplies.
Although this looks down on the combat effectiveness of their mercenary group, Villaverde is not that angry. But the problem is that the higher-ups now require them to follow the newly built troops. This... where does the higher-ups get the confidence?
Given the current situation, it’s not unexpected that the empire will form a new army, but how do you have the confidence that the newly recruited troops can win? Why don’t you let them fight together? No matter how their mercenaries are, they can’t compete with the new recruits.
The combat effectiveness is poor.
Although their mission this time does not require combat, once the empire's troops are defeated, does the enemy still care whether the mercenary group following them participated in the battle? Of course they fought together. And they have no combat mission, although
Just retreat directly, but the problem is that retreat is also dangerous. You may be chased, killed, or captured. This mission is not without danger.
So Villaverde is really worried now. He said that the other party asked them to cooperate in combat, and he could accept it a little bit even if they were new recruits. After all, they are participating in the combat, and he can also put forward combat opinions, right? But the battle has nothing to do with them, they
We can only wait for the result. Isn't this risking the safety of their mercenary group on others?
Villaverde explained the current situation to the members. He had not made a decision yet and was going to ask everyone for their opinions.
"I think that although it is a new army, since the higher-ups are so confident, they may be sure of it. This new army may be a secret force prepared by the empire. It has begun training a long time ago, but it has never been exposed.
Otherwise, would His Majesty the Emperor be so proactive in declaring war on more than 20 countries in one go?" one of the group members said.
"Yes, I heard that His Majesty the Emperor is quite powerful. He must not be dumber than me. I know that I don't want to cause trouble if I am not prepared." Another member also said.
"I think it's better to go and see what's going on with this new army first? If that doesn't work, why don't we just make preparations for a retreat as soon as possible?" At this time, the deputy commander of the new regiment suggested.
This chapter has been completed!