The news that Taotie was back spread like an invisible wind, instantly spreading throughout Taotie City and the surrounding withered forests. Many citizens, as well as those who were hiding, ran out, vying to see the new appearance of Taotie.
Thirteen also releases his spiritual energy with the aura of gluttony without reservation, and the gluttonous smell on the sword niche ghost is also very exciting.
The sword niche ghost said it was the smell of time, but Lin said it was the bad breath left by not brushing his teeth for a long time... On the thirteenth day, fighting, soldiers, and cheap bones were all released.
Time is running out, and they still have a lot to do. The more people they have, the better. As a starting point, thirteen is not too bad. The Satan Expeditionary Taxation Corps that was eliminated had already been to dozens of places before coming.
The 80 carriages left behind were filled with grain and meat. The people of Taotie City had not seen so much grain and meat for many years, but they were very disciplined. No one touched them even if they were drooling.
These things are worth nothing, because everything in Taotie City belongs to the Taotie Overlord, and it is up to him to decide how to distribute them.
"My subordinates suggest that all these supplies be stored together. Since you are going to fight, food and grass are crucial." Maya followed Thirteen and quickly entered her new identity.
"No, distribute them among the people, give them to those in greatest need, and hold a banquet to eat the rest." Thirteen ordered with a smile.
"Have a banquet? But Satan already knows our actions and may launch a surprise attack at any time." Maya knew that the Taotie Overlord never used his brains in fighting, but this did not mean that the Taotie could not feel the existence of danger.
"Don't worry, he doesn't have time to take care of our affairs now. Originally, if we didn't contact him, he should be able to deal with us after 15 days. Now that we have contacted him, he will also need 10 days." Shisan looked at the scene while falling.
The five twelve-winged judgment angels are so powerful. Their tactics are very flexible. They do not attack randomly just because they are in a desperate situation first. Instead, they effectively fight and retreat at the same time, looking for opportunities here.
Faced with such a troublesome enemy in the hinterland, in order to effectively reduce losses and prevent them from escaping, Satan should have spent more time and little effort to capture them all alive. But now because of the addition of the humanoid Thirteen
Taotie's threat forced him to speed up his actions.
But the faster it goes, the greater his losses are destined to be. Thirteen estimates that Satan will be free to deal with them in ten days, but in ten days, he can do a lot of things.
"Soldier, I need you to classify personnel and open a recruiting office or something. Only recruit front-line combatants and never fill up the numbers. Now, you are responsible for organizing women and children. You must be flexible and familiar with the personnel. I need them to ensure supplies and
The needs of the medical team. Dou, find the best craftsmen, and start forging weapons and armor as quickly as possible. If you don't have enough materials, buy them. Someone here must know a black market merchant, or have connections with neighboring countries.
I have the Soul Crystal, the price is not a problem, the problem is that it must be delivered with free shipping and quickly." Thirteen gave the order, and the three people around him immediately dispersed.
"Brother, they all have work to do, what can Xiaosheng do?" Bitch asked with great anticipation.
"Your job is very important. You will serve as a messenger to convey my wishes to Qiongqi, Yaozhu and Chaos. I need to get in touch with them. The location is a bit far away. It will take 3 days for Tianze to get back and forth at full speed."
San patted Jiangu Gu on the shoulder, "Are you confident you can complete the task?"
"Xiaosheng doesn't understand why we let him do errands?" I don't want to fly around, I feel so bored.
"Because I don't know what the attitude of these three people is towards me. What if they want to whip my messenger? I think it's better for you to be safer. Anyway, you like to be whipped."
"Brother..." Bitch Bones had tears in his eyes, even though he had no eyes, "You are so good to me. I have never been whipped by the king of the demon world. I'm so looking forward to it!"
The mean bone left like that. Maya knew that there was no shortage of weird things around the Gluttonous Overlord, but this bone was considered the weirdest among the weird.
"Lord Overlord, what about my mission?" Maya asked impatiently.
"Hold a good banquet, find the best cook, feed the hungry children, and let everyone temporarily forget the pain of the past. Tell them that in the near future, they will no longer be anxious about food and will not be free
People force them to pay taxes and bring back their spirit of resistance." For Thirteen, this is the most important thing.
The grand banquet started at this moment that I didn't know whether it was night or day, and the whole city was boiling because of Taotie's generosity. They even set fire to the dilapidated houses to light up the city. Taotie City has not been so lively for a long time.
A limited amount of food was cooked and distributed, and everyone even got wine.
The musicians played country music from the devil world, and men and women went to the streets to embrace each other, dance and celebrate. Thank the Creator that they have not forgotten how to share happiness.
The children were playing happily, the old people gathered together to drink hot soup, and the men rushed to the recruitment office to sign up and become members of the Taotie Corps.
If tomorrow is their end, then at least today, they are happy.
The banquet lasted for a full 24 hours, until the musicians could no longer sing and the drinks were all gone. A large number of people fell asleep directly on the street. The burning houses did not make them feel cold at all.
Thirteen was sitting on the wall of the imperial city, looking in the direction of the Kingdom of Satan in a daze. Maya came with this report. At this moment, she no longer looked like the slave she had been a day ago. She put on simple black armor, just
It protects the waist, forearms, and chest, just like a bikini made of metal.
"Lord Overlord, Lord Bing's statistical results are out." Maya looked at Thirteen's back and said softly.
"Say it." Thirteen did not look back.
"As of now, we have about 5,000 veterans at our disposal. They are all relatively strong, have combat experience, and know how to use formations. But as far as I know, the number of people who can fight in Taotie City should be close to 50,000.
, you only need to relax the requirements for conscription a little bit, or issue a compulsory conscription order, and you can immediately expand this number to 10 times." Maya used to work as a temporary city lord, and she knows the population situation here better than anyone else.
But she couldn't tell Taotie so straightforwardly that he was wrong. Maya could only cautiously make insinuations.
"Maya, I know what you mean, but I can't do that. Our enemy is an empire. They have countless soldiers and use endless equipment and food. This battle is almost guaranteed to be fatal, and even I can't guarantee
How many people have gone home? Therefore, I only need soldiers who volunteer to go to the front line, and they are no small number of people who fight for me." Thirteen finally turned around, "Besides, when dealing with an empire, there is no difference between 5,000 troops and 50,000 troops.
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"I understand, my subordinates. In addition, I want to tell you that we have contacted 6 black market merchants. They can provide us with some ready-made equipment, but the price is very outrageous." Maya looked embarrassed.
"It doesn't matter. When doing business with us, they are risking their lives to fight against Satan. No matter what price they offer, I will accept it, but I don't want defective products. I want at least the level of equipment used by other countries' elite troops. Money is not an issue.
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In addition, find out their details and their ancestors for three generations. After the first transaction, use this information and ask them for a family price. If they don't give us a 50% discount, they threaten to mail a copy of these information to Satan. I believe they will send it to Satan.
Everything you eat will be spit out." Thirteen said with an evil smile.
"Lord Overlord, you are indeed smarter than before." Maya was quite pleased. With the despicable behavior shown by Thirteen, at least she would no longer be in a situation where she would be teased to death by a fairy. "Also, if someone asks again, what are the details?
departure time."
"Actually, I'm not sure. Everything depends on the outcome of the negotiations between me and the three big brothers. But you can't tell the people below like this. You should tell them to hurry up and practice, because they may leave for the front line at any time.
." Thirteen waved his hand and told Maya to go down.
"Isn't it despicable of me to do this? For my own benefit, I drag innocent people in to fight for me." Thirteen said with emotion on the deserted city wall.
"Didn't you already say it? You are more important than the people who need to fight for you. They are fighting for their own dignity. As long as you don't use these people as cannon fodder, it should not violate the justice in your heart.
"The sword niche ghost actually comforted Thirteen.
"Cannon fodder has never been in my tactical plan. If the plan goes well, the people of Taotie City can regain their own lives and win long-term peace. But the Kingdom of Satan... will never have a good life in the future." Thirteen
Smiled slyly.
"Don't be too confident. Satan is not the strongest demon in the demon world, but he is definitely the demon you least want to be your enemy. Caution is your only way to victory." Sword niche ghost taught this tirelessly.
In the next two days, earth-shaking changes took place in Taotie City. As the saying goes, money can make all the difference, and black market merchants delivered a large amount of supplies, many of which were standard equipment for the frontline combat troops of surrounding countries. Maya originally planned to follow the ten
Three's suggestion is to use status to force profiteers to give up the price.
As a result, after learning that the farmers in Taotie City had a lot of money, several black market merchants came in one fell swoop and started bidding against each other. They managed to bring down the outrageous selling price. Although it was still 20% higher than the market price, it was already considered the best in the industry.
conscience.
Bing has been classifying soldiers in the past two days. Unlike the demon world, which likes to put soldiers of the same nature together to form a phalanx such as a human shield regiment or a cavalry regiment, Bing breaks up all the soldiers and forms a pile according to their characteristics.
A small team of 5 to 10 people has low survivability when fighting on a large-scale battlefield, but it is indeed a very practical and scientific layout in guerrilla warfare.
According to Shisan's words, don't compete with the fat man for his meat, and always beat the enemy in the way he is least good at!