Chapter 2449 Mercenaries
Although the Parliament previously identified the four armed forces of the Royal Court, namely the Militia, the Queen's Guard, the Phoenix Army and the Hand of Isa, currently except for a small number of militia, the Queen's Guard and the Hand of Isa Outside of the watch, the Phoenix Army, the real main body of the army, has only an empty frame, and the reason is——
Dolar did not say, but Soshyan knew it very well.
Even in order to maintain order, Doral had to fill his limited original team into the hands of Isa. On the one hand, he performed various special tasks, and on the other hand, he played a role similar to patrolling the royal court. Monitoring and correcting possible violations of the royal court's laws in various settlements, and arresting offenders when necessary, this also greatly diluted the armed forces on hand in Doral, so he still used the 1,000 people who sent out the expedition. It was finally organized after a lot of connections from various families and the help of the Dark Death God and the Shrine of the Howling Banshee.
Soshiyang sighed when he heard this. He always thought that the Eternal Royal Court should be very powerful already. After all, it had added such powerful battleships, two black stone fortresses, and absorbed so much AI. Da, and the two craft worlds should have far surpassed all the Ada forces except Commorragh.
But reality is not a simple number addition and subtraction game, especially when it comes to military politics. This may have been overlooked by both him and Veronica. The Ada Empire has been destroyed for more than 10,000 years, except for those who Once an ancient existence, most of the Ada now were born after the demise of the Ada Empire. They no longer have the concept of a country, and they will not have the consciousness of being a "citizen", even those prophets. , they don’t know how to organize a real country, they just imitate the system of the ancient empire.
Of course, this is inseparable from the fact that the Phoenix King and the Eternal Queen have been offline for a long time. Normally, if the two couples are playing like this, the entire royal court should have fallen into an internal fight, but it has to be said here. As a consul who travels around the Arkworld and Comoros, and has endured humiliation and climbed from the bottom to the top of the Dark City, Doral's level of political struggle and power skills really overwhelm the Ark Eldar who are accustomed to clan life. , on the other hand, the Eternal Court’s essentially unified system of politics, religion, and even humans and gods also prevents the Lord from causing big troubles when he is “offline”. At least no one dares to deny Veronica’s decision for any reason. legality.
But prestige alone cannot allow the people to form a large-scale army on their own.
In this case, considering the possibility of larger-scale wars in the future, Doral He had to turn his attention to mercenaries. This was also a continuation of his flexible thinking as the Archon of the Cabal, because for various purposes or special battlefield needs, the Dark Eldar's Cabal would be filled with mercenaries. Various non-eldar mercenaries, the most famous of which are undoubtedly the snakemen.
Speaking of snakemen, we have to mention the dozen or so that Doral brought out from Commorragh. They were originally mercenaries of the Cabal. They seemed to have undergone some changes under the influence of Veronica. Changes, but Soshyan didn't know much about it. He only heard Veronica mention it accidentally.
So Doral's reason is very simple. If it is just defense, then the power on hand is indeed more than enough, but if you want to launch offensive actions, then the current situation does not support it at all, unless Soshyan can quickly rectify the royal court. Armed force, but no matter how you look at it, it will take a lot of time, so the most convenient way is to use the power of mercenaries.
Soshyan accepted Doral's point of view. After all, he also hired short men during the Maelstrom Expedition, but he was curious about what mercenaries Doral hired? After all, Ada still despises other races. Another question is how to pay these mercenaries?
So Doral took him to meet the mercenaries who were temporarily staying in the orbital facility——
“This is.”
Changed into the Phoenix King Soshiyang, wearing armor and a mask, looked surprised when he looked at the large group of creatures in front of him.
They have strong bodies, huge, neckless, diamond-shaped heads with a pair of black eyes, gills on both sides of the back of the head, four webbed limbs and a long finned tail that is almost split. A set of sharp teeth can be seen in the big mouth at the back of the head. They stand a little taller than a Space Marine. They all wear indigo metal armor and have a water tank on their back similar to a power backpack. This water tank passes through a tube. Attached to their gills, swords and bolter-like weapons hang from their waists.
But these are not the point. The point is-
They look too fish like!
In other words, it is a fish with legs!
Still a shark!
Soshyan has seen a lot, but he has never seen a fish-man with legs and walking upright. "Your Highness, this is the Sahadouin tribe. Their homeland was destroyed by the Empire's Space Wolves in the past. Although some worlds survived, they were very short of survival resources, so they often used mercenaries in the galaxy. They move around in exchange for all kinds of survival supplies for their distant homes. Their individual weapons are comparable to those of the empire, but they are very united. The mercenaries who roam outside are called Pisces warriors. They are usually hired in units of one tail. They are ten Pisces warriors.”
Hearing Doral’s introduction, Soshyan glanced over, there were probably several hundred of them.
A lot, indeed a lot, but it doesn’t seem to be a lot.
"I'd rather be the Phoenix King, hmm?"
At this time, an extremely huge Sahadouin, half white and half greenish brown, came over. It was a little taller than the others around it. The exposed cloak was full of scars, and one of its eyes was missing, leaving A horrifying scar and a black hole showed that he was a veteran warrior who had been on the battlefield for a long time. Naturally, he was also most likely the leader of this group of Sahadouin mercenaries.
It speaks very strangely, but Soshyan can understand it with the help of a translator.
"It's so tall, I'd rather be Ada, hmm?"
Standing in front of Soshiyang, this man had to raise his head, his slightly open mouth filled with Barbed teeth.
“Discourteous!”
Several sea guards behind Soshyan immediately knocked their spears lightly on the ground and started scolding, but Soshyan raised his hand to indicate that there was no need to be nervous.
"Since I am standing here, there is no doubt, why are you here?"
The Sahadouin leader glanced at Doral, and then He said directly:
"Treasure, Mu."
Well, Soshyan can confirm that this race has a strange oral habit.
At this time, Doral explained:
"Your Highness, in the eyes of most backward races, Ada's handicrafts are rare treasures, and they are also the main commodities for our galactic trade."
Soshyan knows this. Even the empire that officially hates Ada the most has a large number of nobles and rulers who are eager for the exquisite Ada crafts and accessories, and as a result, an extremely large empire has been born that spreads throughout the entire empire. smuggling network.
(End of this chapter)