Qianye's heart moved slightly, and he looked at the map. There were several sets of simple data next to the mine mark, which were the descriptions of production and quantity. If he can take this place, plus the mine that Wei Potian transferred to him earlier, he can get a fixed income of about thousands of gold coins every year, which is enough to expand the "Dark Fire" to the scale of a thousand people, or maintain it at five hundred The size of the people, but the equipment treatment has reached the level of the main army of the empire.
"However, this mine is not so easy to get. It is estimated that there are almost a thousand people in it, led by a former colonel of the 7th Division. In addition, this location is very close to the 15th Division's defense zone, which is much better than when they took it out. The compensation is even closer."
Qianye lowered his head slightly, his expression didn't change much, he just asked, "A colonel at level seven or level eight?"
Wei Bainian said: "Level seven, but a veteran who has served for almost eight years." He served in the expeditionary force for eight years and was promoted to colonel, so he must have rich combat experience.
Qianye nodded, and said flatly, "If it's just like this, it's not a big problem."
A smile flashed across Wei Bainian's eyes, and he asked, "The Fifteenth Division..."
Qianye shrugged and said, "If I remember correctly, didn't they say that they would not intervene anymore? The time for a one-year agreement has not yet come. If the lesson they learned last time was not deep enough, I don't mind doing it again .”
Wei Bainian nodded and smiled, "Very well, I will help you withstand other pressures."
After discussing the matter of the mining area, Wei Bainian asked someone to bring a partial map around Heini Town, and compared it with the topographic map of the Black Marsh drawn by Qianye, he began to study how to arrange the defense line.
At this time, there was a lot of noise outside the window, including quarrels, crying, cursing, and even a few gunshots.
Qianye walked to the narrow long window and looked out. I saw a large number of expeditionary soldiers appearing on the street outside, driving away the scavengers and homeless people who lived on the street.
Standing on a high place, Hu Wei was shouting in a hysterical voice: "I'll give you 30 minutes, get the hell out of town. A campsite has been prepared for you there! Listen, only 30 minutes Thirty minutes later, if you reappear in front of Lao Tzu, what awaits you is a whip! If you dare to stay in the town after an hour, you will be killed on the spot! Don’t challenge Lao Tzu’s patience!"
Qianye just frowned, and then his face calmed down again. Driving out the scavengers was not just about making room for Wei Bainian's army. Fortifications and everything else had to be built immediately. There was no shelter for refugees on the battlefield.
The scavengers got up slowly, and some of them were still lying in place, unwilling to move until the boots of the expeditionary army were kicked up. A few scavengers clashed with the expeditionary army for some unknown reason. They became more and more excited, and suddenly pushed a soldier to the ground, and grabbed his gun and saber while beating him.
Seeing Hu Wei, he immediately jumped to the ground with agility that didn't match his figure, reached out and grabbed the gun from an expeditionary soldier, and pulled the trigger repeatedly without hesitation. His marksmanship was surprisingly accurate, even though it was a powder gun. , but almost every bullet hit a vital point, killing these scavengers one by one in an instant.
The hot blood and fresh corpses gradually extinguished the dangerous flame in the eyes of the scavengers.
One of Wei Bainian's personal guards also came to the window, and suddenly asked: "Some of these people are reasonable fighters, why don't you give them some weapons and incorporate them into the garrison?"
This is a guard who followed Wei Bainian from the upper continent. He now wears the rank of lieutenant colonel, but his behavior is typical of an orthodox soldier, and he should have a long service experience.
Qianye exhaled lightly, and said: "This is Yongye, these people are scavengers, they are people without belonging." It is terrifying, and it is possible to bite back at any time. Compared with us and the dark race, the dark race is obviously more terrifying."
The personal guard was silent, he could understand what Qianye meant, but maybe he couldn't understand it right away.
Only after living in the Eternal Night Continent for a long time, will one truly realize the meaning of the Abandoned Land. Those who were abandoned by the empire, of course, also gave up their belief and hope in the empire.
The next few days were busy, tense and peaceful. Wei Bainian's army spread out around Hei Ni Town, building a continuous front and completely blocking the exit of the Black Marsh. The army sent out scouts to go deep into the Black Marsh, so there was no need for Qianye to spy on the army.
After Wei Bainian decided on the overall tactical plan, he handed over most of the defense line layout to his deputy, and entered the quiet room to practice. When the war started, as the leader of a division, he had to face the generals of the dark race, which was the most dangerous task.
And Qianye also handed over all the affairs of the mercenary group to Song Hu, and he also practiced desperately. After several days of almost non-stop training, Qianye finally came out of the quiet room. He had a sudden whim just now, and he felt a vague sense of uneasiness, as if a black wave was sweeping from the southwest, and the southwest was the direction of the black mud swamp. Ever since he practiced the ancient scrolls of the Song Dynasty, Liming's original force has been continuously refined and refined. Although his total amount of original force is no longer two or three times that of the same level, after many experiments, the strength has not decreased but increased. The sense of danger has become more acute.
Qianye walked into the bathroom, took a shower, and then looked at his legs in the full-length mirror. Since the sixth force node was ignited, his legs had been numb and itchy for almost a month. Although it didn't affect the action, the feeling in his bones was very uncomfortable.
This is due to the fact that the essence of the body is constantly growing and strengthening, but when the original force node was ignited before, except for the special position on the chest, Qianye had never experienced such a long transformation. However, the longer this process lasts, the stronger the body will be after completion.
Now that the transformation process is over, Qianye only feels that every corner of his legs is full of explosive power. He walked to the corner of the room where there were two barbells for strength training.
This is what Qianye uses for single-arm strength training, although barbells weighing hundreds of kilograms are used for whole-body strength training for others.
Looking at this pair of barbells at this moment, Qianye's heart suddenly moved, and he stretched out his feet to lift it lightly. The barbell flew up with a whoosh, and when it was about to touch the ceiling, it stopped the rise just right, and then fell.
Qianye stretched out his right leg, and caught the falling barbell with the flat surface of his foot. The barbell stopped firmly in the air, while Qianye's feet only sank slightly. If you didn't observe carefully, you would definitely ignore the dip, which was less than a finger wide.
Qianye pondered for a moment, flicked his outstretched right leg lightly, raised the barbell a little, and then switched to his left leg like lightning. This time, the left leg received the barbell without moving at all. It seems that the activated force node is at the left knee, so the strength of the left leg is slightly greater.
Qianye lowered his left leg slowly, and gently bounced the barbell back to its original position.
This kind of power has far exceeded Qianye's own imagination, and even until now, he is still somewhat uncomfortable with the sudden increase in power. It seems that it takes a period of targeted training and actual combat to fully control and adapt to the new body.
Standing in front of the mirror again, Qianye looked at himself, and suddenly felt that the person in the mirror was a little strange. Humans have always been far inferior to the dark race in terms of body and strength, and Qianye has long been accustomed to the fighting style that is good at long-range sniping and speed skills.
But now, the strength of this body should be able to completely overwhelm the blood race of the same level, even compared with werewolves of the same level, it has advantages in many aspects. But Qianye didn't know where this power came from.
But now is not the time to explore these things. The first thing we have to face is the battle in front of us.
After Qianye walked out of the training room, he called the craftsmen of the mercenary group and asked them to take a look at the werewolf and nerubian armor pieces he had brought back.
The armor of the werewolf and the nerubian was very rough, without the slightest sense of beauty, but the materials were all of the highest quality. The armor Qianye got was made of black iron alloy smelted by demon or blood craftsmen, and its strength was much higher than that of high-grade human alloy steel.
This batch of armor has almost no style at all. It looks like a few large pieces of raw materials. It only needs a little modification to make a suit of armor suitable for a human body. The arm armor of the werewolf can be used as leg armor, and the plastron of the nerubian is originally divided into six pieces, and two of them are taken out to form a set of breastplate and back armor. The craftsmen only need to install some leather connecting parts for these armor pieces, so that they can be connected and tied to Qianye's body.
The whole modification took an afternoon. Qianye put on the freshly baked armor and tried a few fighting moves at random. He felt very satisfied. He could also put on the inner armor that he got from Darul under the samurai suit. .
When the craftsmen and mercenaries watching this scene, many of them turned green. Several craftsmen refitted the armor with their own hands, knowing the weight of each part. And a few mercenaries also went into battle to weigh the weight of the armor of the dark race warriors themselves. They never thought that someone would be able to move freely wearing this set of nearly 200 kilograms of heavy armor without even arousing the original force.
Qianye operated the original force slightly, and immediately felt that the original force array in the armor was activated, and couldn't help but feel a sense of stability. After he obtained the dark origin force cultivation method suitable for him from Song's ancient scrolls, he finally completed the guidance of Zhou Tian. One of the benefits is that although he can feel the origin force of the dark attribute during operation, the breath of blood is not so strong. Obvious.
This is more conducive to concealing the abnormality of the body for Qianye. The force possessed by human beings may be the most complicated in the world, and a little dark attribute is not a big problem.
The nerubian and werewolf armor wins with thicker armor, but the effect of the force array is not bad. These are the components of the third-level armor. If the force array is fully activated, it can weaken the bombardment of the fifth-level force gun to the two-level level. Such defense can be called a mobile fortress on the battlefield.
At night, Qianye realized that his intuition was correct.
The scouts who went deep into the swamp returned one after another, reporting the news of the dark race army. Because they had to cross the difficult and dangerous swamp, this time the dark army carried almost no cannon fodder, but all regular soldiers, plus a small number of auxiliary arms.
According to their current marching speed, the vanguard troops will appear on the outskirts of Heini Town tomorrow morning.