After the arrival of Yangyan Group and Tiberius, Leonard could finally relax a little. After all, although he had hostages in his hands, Sword Gate Castle was not stable, but if Leon really didn't care about anything, he would just take the initiative.
If the army returns to the royal city, Leonard really has no confidence that he can withstand Leon's army with only one royal city guard.
Although there are nearly three thousand people in the Sun Flame Regiment, there are actually only more than two thousand people who can be called warriors. The rest are slaves who serve as cannon fodder and are responsible for auxiliary work. Moreover, the mercenaries are not regular troops after all, although there are many
There are elite veterans who have survived several wars, but there are also many people who have just joined.
Individually, these people may be stronger and more ferocious than professional soldiers, but if they fight in a group, their morale and combat effectiveness will be several levels lower. They may not even be as good as Tiberius' tribesmen.
Another advantage of their arrival is that Leonard can persuade the nobles to follow him. After all, if he wants to become king in Gaoling, he can't do it without the support of the nobles. Before, he was not strong enough, and the nobles were waiting and watching.
, now that he has an army under his command, under pressure, the nobles who are closer to the royal city must carefully consider this, so that Leonard can slowly expand his sphere of influence.
Although Fengming is between the spheres of influence of the eldest prince and the second prince, he is not in the middle of the battleground. The three are more like a triangle situation. But if the two start to fight, then the Earl of Fernando will soon
will also be affected.
The perspective returned to Fengming City. In the Temple of Michelle, Ben had already delivered the made cotton armor to Ronan. Ronan took the cotton armor and walked to the place where the temple guards were training.
After briefly checking the cotton armor, Ronan put it on a dummy standing in the open space, and then waved to a temple guard.
"Come on, let's test the defensive power of this armor."
"Yes, Lord Chosen by God!"
The guard nodded, then pulled out the standard long sword from his waist, and struck the dummy wearing cotton armor hard. The guard pulled out the long sword, and Ronan stepped forward to check the wound.
The long sword successfully broke through several layers of protection of the cotton armor, but its power was also reduced a lot, and it did not cause much damage to the dummy inside.
Then Ronan experimented again with an axe, a spear and a bow and arrow. The main source of defense of the cotton armor was the iron sheets sewn inside, so the defense against slashing and stabbing was about the same, and it had two layers of cotton.
Padded with leather, its defense against blunt blows is stronger than pure iron armor.
Ronan was quite satisfied with the defensive power of the cotton armor. This armor was barely sufficient as the standard armor for infantrymen. Ronan now did not have more funds to equip the soldiers with better weapons and armor.
The number of Ronan's troops is definitely not as good as the strength of the other three princes vying for the throne. Therefore, Ronan can only close the numerical gap between them through equipment and training, and then use the cutting-edge technology brought by the system to
Strength advantage to achieve victory.
"Call Priest Ashley here." Ronan said to the temple guards who were a little breathless after the experiment. These temple guards had not participated in battles for many years and were used to being pampered. Ronan thought that he would have to train them well during this time.
, these guys are considered part of the combat power in his plan.
"Are you looking for me?" Soon, Priest Ashley came. He was also the person Ronan planned to support. He was now forty-five years old and the person with the highest status in the Temple of War in Fengming City after Marcel.
, the most important thing is that the relationship between him and Marcel is not very harmonious, and the relationship got worse after losing in the competition for the bishop in the early years.
"You take two guards to the blacksmith shop of the Candlelight Merchant Guild to find Walter, the manager. Just say that I asked you to go, and in the name of the temple, ask him to make three hundred sets of cotton armor made for me! This is
Funds." After saying that, Ronan threw a money bag to Ashley. There was still a lot of money left after buying the armor. This was also one of Ronan's methods to win over. Ashley could also understand that it was
What's the meaning.
"Okay, I'll do it now." Ashley bowed slightly and turned around to do his work.
After the matters in the temple were dealt with, Ronan returned to the Earl's Mansion. Today was the last peaceful day. The intelligence of the secret agents had been collected, and they would start contacting various targets tomorrow, whether it was through coercion or inducement.
But there was an incident on the way back. The man named Sean, who had reminded him in the outer city tavern that he had met once before, walked through the alley next to the street where he was ambushed that day.
Walked up to him.
"Sir Roderet, I have something to tell you."
"Your name is Sean, right? I still have some impression of you." Ronan raised his eyebrows and looked at the man standing in front of him and said.
Sean bowed and waved, motioning to Ronan to talk to him in a quiet place nearby. Ronan was not afraid of his tricks and followed him into the alley next to him, while motioning to Meluses to be on guard outside.
"Sir, I have a deal that I want to discuss with you." Sean whispered.
"What can you bring me?" Ronan said simply and clearly.
"I can also provide you with a lot of other information about the criminal evidence of the officials in the city, as well as manpower and equipment!"
"Oh? Tell me." Ronan was quite interested.
"I am the son of the previous leader of the Fengdao Gang, but the current leader used a trick to kill my father and forged evidence to seize the position of leader, because my father is very famous in the gang and has many supporters.
Therefore, he cannot deal with me openly, and I have always been careful, so I can survive until now.
But as time goes by, after some of my father's old subordinates in the gang have retired, my situation has become more and more dangerous. It can be seen from what happened in the tavern some time ago that people like Sergey have completely
Don’t take me seriously anymore.”
"Since your life is in danger, why don't you leave here?"
"The Fengdao Gang is my father's hard work, and it should be my property. Moreover, Fengming is my home. I'm not willing to leave you like this!"
"What do you want me to do for you?"
"Help me get rid of David, the current leader of the Fengdao Gang, so that I can take the opportunity to rise to power. I have developed some confidants in the gang over the years. After I become the leader of the gang, I can put all these years
I will give you the evidence including the ledgers of the officials’ bribery and transactions with David!”
"Okay, I will send someone to kill the man named David on the grounds of offending me. At the same time, I will also send you some soldiers to help you seize power. Don't let me down, Sean." Then Ronan patted him.
Sean's shoulders walked out of the alley, leaving only a somewhat excited Sean who was still in a daze in the alley.