The remnants of the Nicodossi and Izayu families were charged with treason. Kim Gates ordered their bodies to be hung on a wooden frame in the central square and displayed in public for seven days. The implication was that the nobles were bored and fighting each other every day.
I can only speculate slowly.
Fatty's actions are undoubtedly bloody and unethical. Such behavior is completely prohibited in peacetime. But war is like this. It is a process of shattering rules and reshaping them. The final rules are still the same, but its makers have changed.
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Nicodosi's head was also smashed into disarray by Karu. On his face covered with black blood and dust, the position of his eyes and nose could barely be seen, completely losing his former resolute demeanor. In fact, there are many members of the Izayo family.
Just like Nicodosi and Tedot, such upright subordinates, it is a pity that their leader was made a little stupid by his condescending position, like a fool, no matter how strong his limbs are, he must obey the order of decay.
's brain.
In any case, the affairs of Norland City have come to an end. Of course, the recruitment activities are still going on. There are too few soldiers that the Thorn Mercenary Group can mobilize now. Even if the combat tasks are completely transferred to the war magic machine, the security of the new territory
Still need manpower.
Karu personally sent the battle report and the latest news from Noland City back to Alice Fortress.
In the huge round table conference room, the core members of the Thorn Mercenary Group gathered together. Kim Gates did not appear here anymore. He had to stay in Noland City. At this time, another person was sitting in his place, Locke.
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I don’t know what Jie Xi’s motives were, but Locke was appointed as the deputy captain of the pilot team, and the captain was naturally Yvette.
Locke's appearance at this time was completely different from before. He was wearing a tight-fitting black leather jacket, his thin figure was outlined, and a brown belt was connected to metal protective gear to firmly protect all important parts of the body. This is the uniform of the pilot team.
, combining flexibility and security.
Locke sat in his seat anxiously and uneasily, his eyes constantly scanning the people around him.
This meeting will determine the future trends of the Thorn Mercenary Group.
Aranza patted the table, signaled everyone to be quiet, and said, "Well, let Jexi talk about the current situation first."
Jiexi pulled back her cascading red hair, nodded to Aranza, stood up, and said: "First of all, the city of Norland is already under our control, but it is not stable enough. Karu fought well in the battle the day before yesterday.
But at most it can appease the army, oh, well, if this number of people can be called an army, so we have to continue to recruit troops."
Kalu opened his mouth and said: "I agree with what the regiment leader's wife said, but the expansion of the army, supplies and other matters are not taken seriously by the regiment leader's wife, so I won't talk about it. Hahaha, the key is that there is no place to train troops, no matter how many people there are
They are all new recruits, most of them were lying there after a fight!"
One of the rules of the roundtable is equality. Everyone can put forward suggestions or doubts at any time.
Jie Xi raised her eyebrows and smiled, and said: "Don't worry, I just said that in addition to recruiting troops, we also need to stabilize the situation around Noland City and completely control the city. I will let Fatty do this. Well... in the end
I hope Fatty is the only nobleman in the ruling district of Noland City. Those nobles also have many private armies. I will let you cooperate with him, so you have to hit a lot of sticks, so let's use it as training."
After saying that, Jie Xi deliberately added: "I won't send Alice and the Bear to help you."
Kalu simply waved his hand and said: "Haha, that's good. Without those things, troop training can be effective!"
Jie Xi smiled and took out a map. This map carefully marked the locations of the family territories established by the local nobles of Noland City around Noland City. There were eleven places in total, including the strength of each place and the strength of the leader.
The level, whether it is equipped with a mage, etc. are very detailed. It is obvious that Jiexi has been doing a lot of intelligence work recently.
She handed the map to Carew and asked him to think about it slowly.
At this time, Ifei spoke in a rare voice and said: "Well... why do you want to kill them all?"
Jexi smiled slightly and replied: "We don't need politicians. When only Kim Gates has the right to speak in Noland City, he represents the entire city of Noland."
Aranza scratched her hair and suddenly interrupted: "Jiexi, well, I just asked you to explain the situation, but you stole my limelight again."
Jexi said "Hmm", rolled her eyes at Aranza, and sat down.
Aranza chuckled, glanced at everyone, and said, "Well, next, please pay attention."
He stood up and turned into the table in the ring. There was a sophisticated small magic machine inside. Aranza inserted a magic crystal into it. In an instant, a three-dimensional map appeared in front of everyone.
This map is obviously more realistic, but the level of detail is actually not as high as the one Jexi gave to Karu. Of course, this map shows more than just the administrative area of Noland City.
"Well, this is a plan. This plan will wait until Kim Gates has the right to speak. Those nobles have been declaring neutrality. We must shut them up. Only in this way can the fat man announce that Norland City has officially joined the war."
Dolores interjected: "Really, you humans are in real trouble! We are all in war, so if you want to fight, just fight, no matter what formality or informality it is!"
Jie Xi smiled and said: "We intervene in the war and call ourselves bandits without any reason. Bandits will be surrounded and suppressed by the army, so we have to have a reason to prove that we are an army."
Aranza did not comment on Jessie's explanation. He continued: "This plan is actually Kim Gates's war plan. Well, we will be divided into three teams, responsible for logistics, expansion, and stability. We will
With Noland City as the center, it expands in a semicircle..."
This meeting may not have left traces in history because it happened at such a random time, but only the members who participated in the meeting understood the importance of this meeting. Its content was very simple, and it only decided how to clear the territory and then expand it.
That's it, yes, that's it.
Aranza thought for a while and finally concluded: "Well, let's call it Project Elculus."
Dolores wondered again: "What is Elculus?"
"Well, it's the name of a dragon. It has three heads. Each head has different abilities, darkness, thunder, and ice. It is a unique dragon. It is said that its strength once shook the demon god at that time, but its lifespan and habits
Ah, everything is just like other dragons."
Dolores did not understand the relationship between this name and this plan. It was not until later that she vaguely understood. Just as the plan is divided into three teams, thunder symbolizes aggression, darkness symbolizes the means of stabilizing the territory, and ice symbolizes logistics-the ice dragon
They have a special ability. When they are seriously injured, they will freeze themselves until they are healed and break out of the ice.
After the meeting, a secret letter was sent from Fortress Alice to Norland City and fell into the hands of Kim Gates. After reading it, the fat man threw the letter into the fireplace in front of him.
The next day, he vaguely expressed his intention to join the war in his contacts with the nobles. As expected, he was politely rejected by the nobles. Kim Gates did not officially say that he would join the war. Of course, they could not object openly.
If the city lord suddenly has no intention of war, they will be in great embarrassment.
But from that day on, Kim Gates expanded the scale of conscription. First, the minimum age of soldiers was lowered to fifteen years old, and the maximum age was also raised to forty years old. The expansion of the army was not limited to Norland City.
, the recruitment orders were sent to all the villages affiliated with Noland City, but they avoided the noble territories and did not recruit their children as soldiers.
When the size of the army reached 500 people, with no intention of stopping, someone finally couldn't help it and came out to criticize Kim Gates.
Carew then led these five hundred people to crush the nobleman's territory, capture his private army, confiscate armaments, and anyone with the nobleman's surname was killed on the spot.
Kim Gates then held a meeting to criticize the nobleman for insulting his authority, and said that he recruited soldiers for the sake of public security. When the other noblemen secretly rejoiced that they were not rash, the fat man suddenly took out some envelopes and said that they were in the nobleman's room.
What was found was a secret letter between this nobleman and several noblemen. The content of the letter was to the effect that he was preparing to join forces with them to overthrow Kim Gates.
Of course the noble whose name was called didn't know this. The letter was actually forged by Fatty. However, he resisted arresting half of the local nobles on the spot, and the next day, he ordered Karu to lead the army to take back the family territories of these nobles.
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The nobles whose names were not mentioned did not intervene in this matter. They believed the fat man's words. It was not until Karu regained the last territory that they discovered that even if they united, their strength could not surpass the city defense army. At this time, Jin·
Gates no longer needed to perform any more tricks and simply asked Carew to eliminate the remaining nobles one by one.
At this point, the only person who has the right to speak in Noland City, at least on the surface, is Kim Gates. His words are the will of the entire city of Noland and the will of all residents, no matter what these residents are thinking in their hearts.
Subsequently, the first thing Kim Gates did was to send a notice to the surrounding cities that he would hire the Thorn Mercenary Group to join the war!