Chapter 824 Conflict Shift
During the time when they stayed in Liang for the winter, Emperor Liang frequently entertained him and got close to him, and Kabak also dealt with it casually.
Later at a banquet, Emperor Liang asked a relatively sensitive question due to his drunkenness...
"Captain Kabak led the mercenary group, and must have participated in the banquet. Having been through many wars, you should know a lot about the surrounding countries, right?”
Although Kabak is not smart, he is definitely not a fool. How could he not figure out what Emperor Liang wanted to do? He is collecting information from surrounding forces.
In fact, in Kabak's view, the other party does not need to beat around the bush. Their centaur mercenaries have always only paid to fight, and they don't care about other things.
It is not within their scope of business to help their employer keep secrets.
Of course, under normal circumstances, he would not spread his employer's information around.
But this time the situation is different after all. Emperor Liang asked them to spend the winter here, and they kind of accepted each other's affection.
Thinking of this, Kabak simply provided the information about his previous employer, Yan Sheng, to the other party as a return of favor.
Now that I have met Emperor Liang, looking at his appearance, I know that the other party must have checked the authenticity of the information, and at the same time, I also have some guesses in my mind.
“Did Emperor Liang call me over now?”
When Emperor Liang saw this, he didn’t go around in circles.
"Captain Kabak, what are the chances of winning if I hire you to start a war with China?"
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After hearing this, Kabak subconsciously recalled the Chinese troops, and then said...
"Seven or eight points."
Although he felt that Yan Sheng was not worth mentioning, It would be easy to defeat him, but after all, he is a businessman who makes money. In addition, the influence of Liang Guo's troops cannot be ignored, so he cannot be overstated.
About this, Emperor Liang was well aware of this. After reaching this conclusion, a smile of satisfaction suddenly appeared on his face.
"Well, Captain Kabak, I want to hire you again and let you help me attack China! What do you think?"
From the perspective of Emperor Liang, although China's national power was empty due to continuous wars, how could the Liang Kingdom be the same?
To be honest, the Liang Kingdom just finished the war before winter last year. If we really compare the national strength, it may not be any better than China. Even the other side is stronger. maybe.
The reason why he dares to provoke a war now is undoubtedly the centaur mercenaries in front of him.
Liang Huang knew very well that apart from a simple employment relationship, the Kabak commander in front of him did not want to have too much involvement with him.
So once spring starts, they will leave quickly.
This group of centaur mercenaries has no fixed location. Once they leave, it will be difficult to find them.
Emperor Liang didn’t want to let go of this opportunity to take over the Central Plains, so this was the scene before him.
Compared to Emperor Liang who had many ideas, Kabak’s idea at this moment was rather simple.
Although China's territory is larger than that of Liang, and its strength is estimated to be stronger than that of Liang, from their perspective, neither side has cavalry that they can handle, and their centaur cavalry is facing It goes without saying how strong the suppression power of the infantry unit is.
In this way, from their point of view, whether it is China or Liang, they are only half as good as each other.
So it doesn't make much difference to them who hires them.
As long as the money is in place, everything is negotiable. This is the professional ethics of mercenaries. Needless to say, the two sides quickly reached an agreement, which allowed Emperor Liang to safely start raising supplies and mobilizing troops.
During this process, although the opponent has not made any further moves, Zhou Xu estimates that the opponent will not stop.
With this speculation, just in case, the first thing he did after issuing the order was to transfer all the two thousand recruits to Anling City.
Although the training period has not yet come, Shi Lei can still train them when they get to Anling City. In this area, Shi Lei is still quite experienced.
Their recruit training camp here is arranged in an area between Xishan City and Black Rock City. It is located in the center of the territory of the New World. After the recruits are trained, no matter which city they go to, they will be transferred. Very convenient.
After setting off, he moved in a marching state. Within a week, he successfully arrived at Anling City and completed the check-in with Shi Lei.
With this mobilization of troops, so many soldiers have entered the city, and the news cannot be concealed at all.
Fortunately, Zhou Xu had no intention of hiding it. As early as when he ordered the deployment of troops, Zhou Xu also gave an order to the Propaganda Department to publicize the news.
At this moment, listening to the storyteller's narration, many diners in the restaurant were already filled with indignation.
“Damn foreigners, do you really think we, Dazhou, are easy to bully?!”
At this moment, they didn’t know which country they were facing, so the Propaganda Department directly gave them a word, Foreigners! There's nothing wrong with that, it's even quite appropriate.
It is actually very simple to reduce people’s panic, resistance and dissatisfaction with war.
Just let the people know that they are the one being bullied.
To put it more bluntly, it is called contradiction transfer, turning internal contradictions into external contradictions.
In fact, the actions of the opposing reconnaissance troops on their border have become increasingly aggressive recently.
We are living a good life here, why are you coming to beat us and prevent us from being peaceful?
This clay figurine is still very angry. Who wouldn’t be able to bully others after hearing this?
At this time, there was a chorus of curses in the restaurant, and there was an immediate response.
"If we don't do anything, those foreigners won't be able to get in trouble?!"
"Send troops! We must send troops! Give those guys some color!"
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For a while, the call for sending troops in the restaurant became louder and louder. Under the conscious operation of the Propaganda Department, the news quickly spread throughout the whole country. New World.
Although some people still express worries about the possible outbreak of war and worry that the country will fall into war again, the overwhelming majority of voices support sending troops to prepare for the next series of military operations. Get vaccinated.
Zhou Xu also took this opportunity to issue another order to recruit three thousand troops!
Twice before and after, the number of conscripts reached 5,000. Not counting the extreme conscription like recruiting strong men. Under normal circumstances, taking into account the domestic permanent strength of the country, this number of conscriptions was basically that of their great Zhou Dynasty. On the New World side, this is the maximum number of troops that can be recruited while ensuring normal internal operations.
The subsequent recruitment of three thousand troops went very smoothly, and then training of new recruits was immediately launched to prepare for the war that may break out at any time.
In the process, before the end of spring, Liang's army officially pressed outside Anling City, which was located in the northern border of their Great Zhou Dynasty...
(End of this chapter)