Chapter 153: Going to the Battle (Part 1)

After autumn, the weather gradually became cooler, and Akham City was rainy and rainy, and it was underground for more than a month. The design gap between Akham City and the newly built two castles is reflected. After all, Akham City is an old city. Although it has been renovated, the city's drainage system is obviously backward. After half a month of rainy season, local blockage began to appear. The streets at the doorsteps of some residents became small rivers, and complained. Ruhrburg and Portlandburg were drained smoothly, which did not cause any inconvenience.

The Wuhui mudflat has become a vast ocean. Every autumn, the Wuhui mudflat will be connected with the dictatorial ocean. Although the water surface can only touch the ankles, the monsters can adapt, but people can't adapt. The water surface is covered with mud and iron ore, and the mine is forced to stop production, and Solgviren also retreats.

Ge Zheng said that before sending troops, he should make some preparations. In addition to military equipment and personnel preparations, the most important thing is to reach an agreement with Cronise in advance. Ge Zheng would not be as stupid as those nobles, "loyalty to the emperor" and sent troops west of the Giant Mountains to work hard for Cronise. The relationship between him and Cronise was more of an employment relationship. Cronise did not use his emperor's identity to suppress him, nor did he have the awareness of being a minister.

The Emperor of the Empire would regularly send people to bring jewelry to exchange for military supplies. Ge Zheng asked them to bring Croniser a wooden box. The wooden box contained a long-distance sound-transmitting magic circle, and she wanted to have a good talk with Croniser.

The Emperor of the Empire didn't know what the alchemist was doing, but after receiving the capital, he calmly contacted him. Ge Zheng bargained with him, and finally Cronize agreed that he could use the land west of the Giant Mountains in the war and exchange the land around Akhama City with Cronize, with a replacement ratio of two to one. In other words, two acres of land west of the Giant Mountains could replace one acre of land around Akhama City.

The conditions seemed a bit harsh, but in fact, Ge Zheng could not have two territories across the entire empire, and he could not control it. To the west of the Giant Mountains, most of the barren land was barren, far less rich than the eastern part of the empire, so Ge ​​Zheng did not suffer any loss.

After receiving the personal promise from His Majesty the Emperor of the Empire, Ge Zheng was considered to be worried and prepared to lead his army to the expedition.

The army had no doubts, so naturally he chose the Ghost Cavalry regiment he formed himself. After the bandit suppression battle in Wuhui's mudflat, the Ghost Cavalry regiment was no longer well-equipped and the soldiers' newly young embroidered pillow army. Although they cannot be called "inherited in a lot of battles", they have also experienced dozens of small-scale battles, and they can be calm in the face of war.

Everyone has a hand in a hundred sword training. Because of the tight time, the arsenal did not have time to cast a new armor for every soldier, so they could only use a shield made of new alloys on each. However, facing the Western Thirteenth National Assembly of the miscellaneous army, this was enough.

The standard equipment of the Ghost Cavalry regiment includes: an excellent knight gun, a nine-layer magic overprinted knight round shield, an exquisite armor, a T-shaped battle axe, a combo bow and crossbow, and a hundred-training knife.

Five hundred people stepped onto the ghost floating saddle, like a heavenly soldier and general held on a gray-black cloud. From a distance, they could scare away the timid people.

These five hundred people followed Ge Zheng to the expedition, and another group of newly trained ghost cavalry stayed in Akhama City. Waiting for the end of the rainy season, they immediately drove into the tidal flats and continued to mine mud and iron ore. The output of the two mineral deposits in Ge Zheng has steadily increased. In addition to supplying his arsenal, there is also surplus production. However, Ge Zheng strictly ordered that ore should not be sold to the main road, because he felt that selling primitive resources was the stupidest business act. He had an arsenal and had the ability to process ore into weapons for sale, and the profit was more than ten times higher. Ge Zheng is not short of gold coins now, so he stored all his resources and waited for the expansion of the arsenal's production capacity in the future.

Storage rings on the road are also considered high-end products, and not everyone can afford them. Otherwise, the adventurer backpacks made of Warcraft leather in the Adventurer Store will have no market.

However, for Ge Zheng, it is really a piece of cake to create a storage space. In fact, if it weren't for the hundreds of thousands of troops under Croniss, he could have equipped each soldier with a storage ring, so that the logistics pressure of the army would be greatly alleviated. Even if Croniss is rich and powerful, he could not afford hundreds of thousands of storage rings. But Ge Zheng would be different.

Most of the storage rings used by adventurers on the mainland are one cubic cube, two cubic storage space, and five cubic storage rings are already large in capacity. Storage rings with almost unlimited capacity like think tanks can be regarded as a top quasi-artifact. Of course, Ge Zheng could not give each warrior a top quasi-artifact, but he prepared a ten cubic storage ring for each warrior. Logistical supplies are all placed in this storage space.

Because the army is small, drinking water can be solved by the magicians accompanying the army. The ghost floating saddle only requires magic crystals, not like ordinary war horses, and needs to prepare for forage and beans. Therefore, the supply pressure of the entire army is actually half smaller than that of ordinary battle pairs. Ten cubic storage space is completely used to store food and magic crystals, which is enough for the troops to fight for three months without external support.

Ge Zheng set the time for his expedition in late autumn. By then, the northwest of the empire was already cold and cold. He notified the logistics to prepare cotton coats for all the soldiers.

The day of the expedition was approaching, and Solgevellen said that he would not stay in Akhama City, and this time he decided to go with Gezheng. There was no threat around Akhama City now, and President Ramir was in charge. It didn't matter whether Solgevellen was there or not. However, someone still needed to stay in the mud and iron mine. Gezheng looked for him and couldn't find such a person.

The rain that lasted for a month and a half finally stopped. The sky cleared, but the sky was not clean after the continuous rain washed away, and it was still gloomy and lead-gray. Ge Zheng walked out the door, but saw a man standing in front of the wolf crow. The figure of the man shook, suddenly turned into two, and then turned into four, and then seven!

Seven people turned around the wolf crow and turned into another one.

The Wolf Crow obviously couldn't tell the difference. He turned his head to see what was going on. Ge Zheng had already figured out: the seven people were wearing exactly the same armor, covering their faces. The seven people stood in a straight line, just like one person. Ge Zheng noticed a slight fluctuation of magic power, which obviously needed some phantom magic to create a false effect.

A sudden "clang" sounded, and the man "splied into pieces". The two rolled on the spot, and the short sword in their hands stabbed at the joint of the wolf crow's armor. The two of them soared into the air, and the weapons in their hands pointed directly at the connection between the wolf crow's helmet and the breastplate. The other three people quietly bypassed the wolf crow and surrounded Ge Zheng.

"Papapapapapapapapapapa" four crisp sounds, and all the short swords that attacked the wolf crow like a wolf crow were broken, but the wolf crow did not fight back, but just fought there firmly, breaking their short swords.

The three people next to Ge Zheng took action together. Ge Zheng was similar to the overlord's armor removal action in martial arts. His back was the force point, and he shrank back, causing his whole body to slide back. His arms and legs were dragged away, just like an octopus.

The attacks of the three of them all failed.

But Ge Zheng felt a little sluggish in his body, and he snorted, "Slow Magic." As he spoke, his body shook, and a layer of weak fighting spirit blocked the magic. He kicked his legs and suddenly accelerated and rushed up again. Ge Zheng casually stepped on a punching fist. The owner of the fist exclaimed and punched his companion. Ge Zheng frowned: "Why is it a woman?"

A blue lightning flashed beside him and a flash of electric sparks came: "What's wrong with a woman!" Ge Zheng did not mean to look down on a woman. He looked at it carefully. Although the armor of the seven people wrapped their whole body tightly, it was still possible to see that the waist and hip lines were indeed different from men.

A shield suddenly flashed in front of Ge Zheng. The magic lightning was powerful and difficult to deal with. He no longer controlled it and allowed the matrix to move the shield automatically to defend.

"Bang" lightning bolted on the matrix shift shield, and Ge Zheng broke two pieces of the shield but was safe and sound.

Ge Zheng shouted: "Okay, who are you?" The seven people also stopped, and the leader took off his helmet. It was Leyana. Leyana said a little strangely: "You are so arrogant, aren't you afraid of being killed by us?" Ge Zheng shook his head: "The Wolf Crow didn't take action, which means you have no malice. It can feel the murderous intention in your heart. You have no murderous intention, so he didn't take action, and let you three come over."

Leyana was stunned, and the seven people looked at the Wolf Crow incredibly. The Wolf Crow didn't move, as if the whole thing had nothing to do with him.

Ge Zheng said, "Okay, you have carefully demonstrated the assassination routine to me. What is the purpose?" Leyana said proudly: "Just want you to see our strength." Ge Zheng nodded: "Then what?" "Then we need a job, we can't eat and live here for free."

Ge Zheng touched his chin: "Then I will now officially hire you as your personal bodyguards for President Ramir and Director Victoria..." "That's not what we mean." Leyana said: "We want a real job - no one is taking care of the mud and iron mine, we can help you take care of it." The shaking short sword in Leyana's hand pulled out a sword flower, and a brilliant magic light flashed: "Don't worry, I can be cruel and ruthless against the bandits."

Ge Zheng looked at her: "I don't doubt this at all."

"So how, we've finished the deal?" Leyana said. Ge Zheng shook his head: "This matter..."

Leyana chased after him and said, "You have seen our strength. Isn't this enough?" Ge Zheng pursed his lips and said, "It's not that simple. You have to understand that you are going to lead troops and cannot rely solely on personal force." Leyana pulled out a girl from her side: "Her grandfather is a four-star general of the Samer Empire." Ge Zheng was stunned. The girl's face was calm, and all her emotions were hidden under the wooden pupils. Ge Zheng could not capture a trace of the breath of famous generals from her body. Leyana said, "The prey prepared by the Adventurer Union for those big zombies is the best, but not only beauty is enough, but also our identity." When she said this, some shame still emerged.

Ge Zheng nodded. It seemed that the origins of these seven girls were not simple. He thought about it and felt it was suitable to try: "Okay, I promise you. But if I come back and find that Wuhui is in chaos in the mudflat, don't blame me for taking your military power."

On the day of his expedition, God gave Ge Zheng enough face. The continuous rainy weather was interrupted, giving Ge Zheng a sunny day. The rare warm sun appeared in the sky. At nine o'clock in the morning, Ge Zheng set out with his men and horses.

Although ghost floating saddles do not require feed, they consume magic crystals. During the war, magic crystals as strategic materials were particularly expensive, and Ge Zheng was reluctant to waste them casually. Therefore, he bought five hundred war horses, and the 500 knights of the Ghost Cavalry regiment had to ride on their horses before arriving at the Giant Mountains.

Maris came to see him off, and Ge Zheng told him that the bottom line of the negotiation with the Temple of Odin of Light was to build a temple in Akhama City at least in accordance with the standards of a second-level city, and the temple promised to provide free treatment for the city defense force. Maris felt that this "bottom line" was a bit high, and Ge Zheng made him feel at ease. He did not expect any good results in this negotiation, so it was impossible to reach an agreement.

The city administrator also brought a news: Deckmont might also send troops, and maybe Ge Zheng would meet him in the western part of the empire.

A day south from Akham City is the Blue Inn River. Both sides of the Blue Inn River are a prosperous area in the hinterland of the empire. With the mother river of this empire, commerce and agriculture are highly developed. The taxes in the Blue Inn River Basin account for more than half of the entire empire's tax revenue every year. The area of ​​the basin accounts for only one-quarter of the total area of ​​the empire's territory. Being able to own a fiefdom on both sides of the Blue Inn River is a symbol of the lords becoming the top nobles of the empire.
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