Empire of Shadows

Chapter 42: Divide the spoils?

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When I made up my mind to burn the Waste Stone City to the ground and actively prepared for tomorrow's offensive, Thacker, Carson and other senior generals who had returned from the battlefield had already returned to the central army tent. Shocked by the new war mode, all the legion commanders and Wink wizards did not say a word since they entered, and sat in their chairs silently thinking about something. . . . . .

In the end, it was Carsent who couldn't hold back any longer. Facing the silent crowd, Carsent moved his chair and cast his eyes on Thacker: "I want half an army, and I want to know how to make these two kinds of equipment..."

"No, I will never hand over a single one... Um, what did you say? Say it again?" Thacker, who was intoxicated with a beautiful dream, jumped up without thinking after hearing Carsent's words. There were many people who dared to pull teeth from his tiger's mouth, but it really made him angry that a legion commander from a local force tried to pull teeth from his mouth. However, after seeing that it was Carsent, Thacker's tone of voice changed a lot. Think about it, Hanlong himself was dug from him, and if he ate meat himself, he should at least give him some soup to drink.

"I said I want half of the trebuchet and crossbow operator, half of the equipment, and I want to send someone to learn how to make these two types of equipment! But the rest, including Shen Hanlong, will belong to you." After being startled by Thack's leap, Carsent repeated his request. Since knowing Thack's identity, Carsent gave up the idea of competing with him for me. When Thack said the first sentence, Carsent almost felt desperate. When he thought that he would not have those powerful equipment, his mood was almost gray. But Thack's second sentence immediately ignited his fire of hope.

"I agree, but you must resign from the 103rd Legion and come with me to the imperial capital to take up the post. I will arrange everything for you, and the position you are given will definitely not be lower than the current one. The other option is that you take the entire legion to the vicinity of the imperial capital and participate in the defense of the imperial capital after the empire's reorganization. No matter which one you choose, I will meet the requirements you mentioned just now, because I will never let this kind of equipment get out of control and flow into the hands of other countries." Sack agreed to Carsent's request without hesitation, but also put forward corresponding conditions. After all, this kind of thing is too powerful. If it is only controlled by one's own country, then even if they are not used, the deterrent power alone is greater than that of 10 elite legions.

"This..." Thacker's request immediately made Carsent feel extremely embarrassed. If he agreed, he would immediately become one of the most powerful legions in the empire. But at the same time, he would not be able to repay Lord Baroque for raising him, and would even break his original oath to "protect the lord for life."

"You don't have to reply so quickly. You can reply to me after the war is over, that is, before I return to the imperial capital. If you have nothing else, you can go back first!"

After hearing what Thacker said, Carsent immediately breathed a sigh of relief. This decision was too difficult to make. After saying goodbye to Thacker, Pavel and others, Carsent stood up and returned to his camp. Following closely, Wenke also said goodbye to Thacker. After witnessing the almost one-sided massacre today, Wenke also wanted to go back and discuss with his men about how to deal with his magician troops, or to put it bluntly, a way out.

"Lord Wenk, I have something to say that I hope you can consider. I don't know what the idiot under your command and the other senior disciple think of Han Long, but I hope that from now on they will not provoke Han Long. After all, he is now my direct subordinate, and I don't want him to have any accidents. If there is such a possibility, don't blame me, Thack, for being rude..." Before Wenk stepped out of the military tent, Thack's words almost made the wizard with the title of Imperial Earl fall to the ground. This was not a plea or a warning, it was completely a warning to himself in a threatening tone. But then again, he only had to take care of Irina, and let that self-righteous idiot die, and only death would put an end to it all... . . . . .

As he watched other people go out one after another, the seriousness on Pavel's face faded a little. When only Thak and he were left in the tent, Pavel and Thak slapped each other hard with their hands, and then laughed wildly at the same time.

"Sack, this time I have to admit that you are superior to me in terms of swordsmanship, and that is your ability to judge talent and your level of meanness. Not to mention your ability to judge talent, you are truly mean enough to be able to pull over a genius who is worth thousands of troops with just a few words, yes, you are really mean enough, hahahaha..."

"Okay, don't laugh at me. I'm mean. You take advantage of what's already done, but don't you consider who will get half of the credit in the future? By the way, is today's battle report out? I don't think that little guy will continue to attack tomorrow without us urging him. If Hegma doesn't have a good countermeasure, then in three days, the Waste Stone City will be renamed the Ruins City."

"The battle report is out. Our 223rd and 224th Legions lost 11,830 men in the siege this morning, and there were more than 2,000 casualties. One of the mid-level magicians in the magician unit temporarily lost his magic attack ability due to excessive consumption of magic power. The rest will be able to continue to participate in the battle tomorrow. The other arms have not suffered any losses either.

The results of the battle are expected to be as follows: the enemy may lose about 100 magicians in our first round of attack, and the Black Wolf Legion is expected to lose about 3,000 after suffering a Holy Light Spear Formation. In the subsequent siege, the enemy's city defense army is estimated to be killed by infantry. About 3,000 to 4,000. So we can say that we were completely defeated in the first battle, and at the same time, we have achieved the requirement of the superiors to try to weaken the strength of the Eastern Territory.

The following is the action of the 2,000 men of that little guy. The enemy city defense army lost about 2,000 men, and the Black Wolf Army suffered bad luck again at his hands. According to estimates, the Black Wolf Army lost more than 2 divisions, and as many as 15,000 men died outside the city gate alone. It's terrifying! Who could believe that the infantry nemesis would be killed by 1/10 of his own army without leaving a single piece of armor, and even the opponent's hair was not touched. It is really unbelievable.

In addition, the area about 300 meters inside the south city wall was also attacked by his catapults, and the houses in the city that were ignited by the fire bombs thrown by the catapults were estimated to have destroyed half of the city, but the exact amount of damage is not something we can calculate. ... Damn, what a pervert!" At the end, Pavel couldn't help but swear.

"As long as it can kill the enemy, who cares if he's perverted or not? The catapult, the giant crossbow, and his crossbow that can fire continuously are all good things. By the way, I want to equip our light cavalry units with this kind of crossbow that can fire continuously, so that the combat effectiveness of our light cavalry can at least double..." When Sack heard Pavel say the word perverted, he immediately retorted and began to fantasize about how much his army's combat effectiveness could be improved with the help of these weapons.

"Sack, stop dreaming. I think we should finish the battle as soon as possible and return to the imperial capital. It's impossible for you to ask him to collect so much equipment here. Moreover, with so many troops surrounding us, it's easy for secrets to be leaked, and our equipment may even flow out of the empire. Now we should cooperate with Hanlong to smash Huangshi City into ruins. If the Senke Federation does not agree to the empire's request, I think they are too stupid..."

"Okay, you're just my senior, not my old man, so why are you talking so much nonsense? By the way, how are you arranging the troops to protect those treasures? Well, these must not be lost. Let's go and see what he is doing now? I heard that he is asking his men to come up with new things again? There are really many tricks..."

This chapter is a transition, haha! There will be another chapter in the evening!