When Qianye returned to the Hall of Valor, Carol was already waiting at the cabin door and asked, "Is everything going well?"
"Of course. The Wolf King is not a fool, he knows what to do."
"Is there no way to draw him to our side? I mean, a real ally."
Qianye shook his head and said, "No way. Until now, we still don't know the real purpose of the Wolf King, even why he appeared in a neutral place. Big risk. At least for now, I still can't trust him."
Carol smiled slightly and said, "Then why do you trust me so much? You also gave me part of the authority of the Hall of Valor?"
Qianye didn't know how to answer for a while, so he faltered a few words, trying to get away with it. Of course, there are many reasons. In the battle of the floating land, Carol guarded the Hall of Valor without fear of casualties, and did her best. Comrades who have gone through life and death are naturally reliable allies.
However, Qianye himself felt guilty for not knowing where he came from. At this time, if he couldn't see Carol's intentions, he would be really stupid. It's just that Qianye has been unwilling to blow away this layer of fog, preferring that this matter will never be revealed.
Disappointment flashed in Carol's eyes, and she pulled herself together and said, "It's a good thing that you trust us. Well, let's go back to the Frost Thunder Temple first, and I need to mobilize more people to help. I think, the relatives of the temple At least two-thirds of the guards can follow our actions."
"It couldn't be better!" Qianye said happily.
The personal guards of the Frost Thunder Temple are all deacons, and they need to have at least the equivalent of a human warrior to be able to serve. This is the accumulation of the temple for many years, the essence of the entire family. Until now, there are only a dozen members of the guards of the Frost Thunder Temple. Carol transferred two-thirds, which is equivalent to adding seven or eight warriors to Qianye.
Qianye walked towards the bow of the ship, and when he passed the gun bay, he suddenly remembered something, reached out and patted a ballista next to him, and said, "Remove this."
This ballista is more than ten meters long, and the giant crossbow placed on it is also several meters long. It is so powerful that it can be seen at a glance that it is the main gun of the cruiser class. But when Qianye slapped it casually, he flicked it, and there was a dull sound of thumping, not metal at all, but wood.
Several soldiers came over and lifted the huge ballista with force, and dragged it to the elevator. Their steps are light and they don't feel strenuous at all. After the ballista was lifted, the wood grain was exposed under the base. This so-called main gun was originally a model carved out of wood.
"Withdraw now, but the wolf king will see it." Carol reminded.
Qianye smiled and said, "It's just for him to see."
"I really don't understand you." Carol shook her head and went back to her cabin.
Qianye, on the other hand, commanded the crew and soldiers to remove the camouflage from the models and put them back in the warehouse.
In the ancient totem battle castle, the wolf king had just sat down in the study when he heard a burst of hurried footsteps. A young priest pushed the door in and said, "Great chief, you'd better look at this."
Seeing that he was anxious, the wolf king didn't blame him for being impolite, and quickly climbed up the main tower of the castle with the priest, looking up. At this moment, the Hall of Valor is slowly rising, and with the wolf king's eyesight, one can see that the ballistas on the side secondary artillery positions are disappearing. How clever the wolf king is, he can understand what's going on after a little thought.
In a blink of an eye, most of the artillery positions became empty. There were dozens of ballistas that were originally lined up densely, and nearly half of them were terrifying firepower of the cruiser class. Now there is only one cruiser main gun and five destroyer main guns, not even a fraction.
The werewolves who could see this scene on the ground were all pale. Who didn't know that they were tricked by Qianye just now
The priest gritted his teeth and said bitterly: "How dare you lie to us! Chief, this matter is unbearable. No matter what request he just made, as long as we go and bring Nanqing City, let's see what tricks he can play!"
The Wolf King thought for a while, then suddenly laughed, and said: "Don't worry about him, the cooperation with him will continue as usual. Inform our legion that from today on, no one is allowed to touch Nanqingcheng. That's it!"
The werewolf priest was dumbfounded and asked, "Great chief, you just saw it with your own eyes, what did he do!"
The Wolf King said casually: "Of course I saw it, and I know that's what he showed me. So, continue to cooperate."
The priest couldn't figure it out, seeing that the Wolf King meant that instead of getting angry, he was even more willing to compromise with Qianye. He could only deliver the order full of doubts, but he planned in his heart that he would go to the high priest's side immediately after finishing the work and ask for advice, otherwise he might not be able to sleep tonight.
Nanqing City was busy. Whether it is expanding the army or preparing for war, Dark Fire is a big move, and every move affects the hearts of countless caring people.
On the top floor of a tall building in Nanqing City, several people stood in front of the window, overlooking the mercenary training in the dark fire school field in the distance.
Dark Fire was originally built in Nanqing City, and many facilities were directly exposed to the eyes of others. In Song Zining's eyes, places like the school grounds were not important, nor were they particularly closed off.
On the school field, about 3,000 recruits are divided into several teams and are practicing. The school field is not too big, and it feels crowded when there are thousands of people. On the side of the school field, thousands of new recruits have completed their initial training and are registering to receive equipment and weapons.
There are several high-power telescopes on the top floor, and the two old people put their eyes in front of a telescope. The binoculars have a clear field of view, and they can clearly see the styles and models of weapons and equipment received by the recruits.
Of course, the vision of the force is good, but the scan of the force is easy to attract the attention of the strong opponent, so most of the time, in a peaceful environment, various tools and equipment are easy to use and safe. It can also be seen from this how cautious the stalker is.
After watching for a long time, the two old men glanced at each other, put down the binoculars, led everyone downstairs, sat down in an airtight meeting room, and carefully closed the door, then they were obviously relieved. An old man sitting at the bottom said: "Brother Liu, what do you think?"
The old man in the center narrowed his eyes slightly, pondered for a long time, and said, "Dark Fire equips recruits with relatively common weapons, which can barely be regarded as high-quality weapons, but as far as I know, they are still not as good as the standard equipment of the main army of the Empire. Some larger mercenary regiments in the neutral land can't afford these equipment. To put it bluntly, the 50,000 recruits recruited by Dark Fire are all equipped with such equipment, and the cost is equivalent to a main division of the empire. "
Another person continued: "The batch of equipment that came a few days ago is really high-end. According to the insider of Darkfire, that batch of equipment is all customized equipment of the Imperial Elite Legion. It's just that the quantity is not large. It is said that the purchase quantity is only two Thousands of sets, halfway through the advance.”
The old man surnamed Liu pondered: "That is to say, Qianye will form an elite army similar to the Red Scorpion and Broken Wing Angel, and the rest will maintain the standard of the first-class mercenary army in the neutral land."
Many people nodded and said, "That should be the case."
They have been observing for a period of time, and based on all kinds of information, their guesses are almost indistinguishable.
After a while, someone finally broke the silence, "Then what should we do? Should we just watch him send troops to Yonglu and do nothing?"
This question made the room dead silent. After a long time, Fang, the old man surnamed Liu in the middle, said: "From now on, it might be good to stand still."
Immediately, some people objected: "Then if he gains a firm foothold in Yonglu, wouldn't his strength be further improved, and there is nothing he can do about it?"
The old man surnamed Liu sighed, and said slowly: "The dark fire grows stronger, and no one wants to see it. But now we really have nothing to do. Even if we want to fight, how to fight, and what to fight? Qianye's battle this time , it is bound to bring the elite and all the fleets. Then what are we going to fight? After the raid, only some ordinary mercenaries will be wiped out, and some supplies will be stolen? You have also seen that this kind of mercenaries can be replenished in a month. tens of thousands."
Although everyone already knew that this conclusion would come to pass, they still felt unwilling to admit it when the situation came to an end. They didn't expect that Qianye would use most of the resources to build a small-scale elite army, while the large army would still maintain the level of mercenaries in the neutral land.
One said with a wry smile: "That's the case, let's cancel the action plan."
"It's been a month of hard preparations, how can you just say it's cancelled?"
"What can we do if we don't cancel it? No one dares to do anything about Qianye, and he is worthless after leaving the dark fire. At that time, the most valuable thing in the whole Nanqing City was the trading workshop. Are we copying ourselves?"
"Doesn't Ningyuan Heavy Industry still have several workshops here?"
"Those workshops produce simple components and process raw materials. The workshops that actually assemble the engine are still in the empire. Those parts are only valuable in their hands, and they are just a pile of scrap iron in our hands."
So far the discussion has concluded. The old man surnamed Liu said: "The plan has been cancelled. Be careful, everyone, and don't show any tricks on weekdays."
One person was unconvinced and said: "The gears produced by our workshop are also the key components of the airship. There are several models that only we can produce. Do you dare to offend us?"
"Without their orders, who will the gears we produce be sold to?" This sentence knocked down the former's arrogance.
The meeting broke up unhappy, and everyone waited to leave Yuyu.
A few days later, Qianye finally completed the preparations for the dark fire. The huge transport fleet was loaded with 12,000 mercenaries, slowly lifted off, joined the escort fleet in outer space, and prepared to sail to Yonglu.
Before the formation of the large fleet was completed, several high-speed airships had set off first, heading to Yonglu to contact the local area for support.
Then the Hall of Valor, together with Battle Cruiser and some faster airships, carried 2,000 of Darkfire's most elite fighters and set off first. The slow transport ship, together with the old battleship, was loaded with 10,000 ordinary mercenaries, and they were on their way slowly.
In Qianye's plan, the 10,000 mercenaries were there to maintain law and order and occupy territory, and there was nothing to do when it was too early.
Inside the Hall of Heroes, Qianye was repeatedly confirming the list of elite troops. Among the two thousand people were the elite from Dark Fire, the surviving veterans from Baicheng, the top mercenary fighters from the Gaohu people, the talents selected by Song Zining from the Ningyuan Heavy Industry Guards, and a few guards from the Shuanglei Temple. .
The composition of this army can be described as complicated, but if you want to form an elite army comparable to the Red Scorpion and the Broken Wing Angel, you can only do so. It's not all together, not counting the time it takes for the fighters to grow.
Qianye has already read the list several times, and he can almost memorize it by heart. However, he suddenly thought of a problem. After being busy for so long, it seemed that the team hadn't been named yet.