Chapter 140: Just because he is the governor?
Denison Henry is also in a hurry.
He doesn't know much about military affairs, but he can always understand the simplest numerical comparison. No matter how capable Purbov's army is, it can't replace the role of 100,000 people.
Here at the artillery position, he collected the broken troops, and the effect was actually quite good.
The main reason is that the twelve cannons lined up here are too bluffing. When the defeated troops retreated here, they couldn't help but slow down when they saw these artillery pieces.
Then, Henry came forward again, using carrots and sticks to save people for a while.
The so-called carrot is money.
Henry is rich, but not really that rich. It only took these two months for him to become prosperous. He made a lot of money, but he lacked some accumulation.
But the key is that he is willing to spend money now, even if he spends all his money or even goes into debt, that is okay.
Anyway, as long as you 'win' and defend, and Garbage Town is finally brought under the rule of the Governor, and the institutional policies of the new alliance are implemented, 'money' won't have much meaning.
Ordinary adventurers don't know this information, but it is still useful if he is willing to spend large sums of money.
And another big stick is the deserter policy promulgated by Junk Town. To deal with the constant escaping of adventurers, Garbage Town must of course come up with something. In fact, many adventurers who left the front line during this period were executed as deserters.
This part of the pressure is still transmitted to the front line.
When there was a big collapse, everyone was running away, the law was not to blame, and there were no military judges to enforce combat discipline, so of course no one took this thing seriously.
But at this moment, someone mentioned that there were heavy artillery here, and they were willing to pay double the money. Naturally, those adventurers had to think carefully about what they should choose.
Of course, there is another key factor that cannot be ignored, that is, after the adventurers are reorganized, they do not have to be sent to the front line immediately.
They had just been defeated by the green-skinned orcs, and if they were immediately sent to the front line, nothing would be effective. But it would be much better just to regain the organization level, reorganize on the spot, and guard the artillery positions without having to fight in person.
And by using these adventurers to continue to recruit more adventurers, it can play an expanding role.
In a few hours, Henry gathered about four to five thousand adventurers.
After having these men, Henry had the idea of sending them to the front line to fight.
However, after contacting Perbov, he got the answer that there was no need to send anyone over, they didn't have a big problem here.
Mainly, the beast-slaying group was organized.
Henry also knew Captain Li Kexi. Half of the beast-slaying regiment, under his leadership, finally had time to rebuild their morale behind the defense line formed by the First Combined Battalion. They were re-formed and then put into the front line, which greatly filled the manpower at various firepower points and alleviated the problem of insufficient infantry in the 1st Combined Battalion.
In this way, the defense line of about six kilometers in the fifth area can be regarded as impregnable.
What is difficult is the other front, which is about fifty kilometers long.
Those greenskins ceased their efforts in front of the first battalion, but they may launch another attack at other positions at any time.
In fact, this is probably already happening.
But what's worse is that neither Henry nor Purbeuf has a grasp of the overall situation.
These armies composed of free adventure groups even choose which defense lines they are responsible for. They accept tasks and choose by themselves. They don't even have unified centralized command. Although there are obviously 100,000 people, many people actually think about it. Take risks, pick up trash, make money. The team that did not receive the hiring task had no intention of fighting those greenskins, so the huge number could not exert its power at all.
But at least, Swann should have an overall situation.
He got in touch with the big boss of Junk Town again. On the one hand, he wanted to know what the current situation was. If there was any place that needed support, the three to five thousand people he had just collected could temporarily support him. ——But don’t believe too much in their combat effectiveness.
On the other hand, he wanted to know more about whether the situation in which many adventure groups were chosen independently or hired by other wavering businessmen and agents to protect those insects from running away had been curbed?
……
"I'm going to solve this problem now."
After hanging up the communication with Henry, Swann opened the door of the conference room in front of him with a calm face.
There were already many people sitting inside.
His appeal was still reflected at this time.
If it weren't for him, no one would have been able to bring together so many agents and important businessmen at a time when the war was in chaos, and many people even thought of abandoning everything and running away.
But that's all.
The conference hall was noisy, and many people had quite obvious expressions of impatience on their faces.
The content of their quarrel was also very routine. In fact, they had quarreled many times in the past.
There are those who stick to it, and there are those who give up;
There are also divisions among the adherents. Some people want to establish a unified army in Junk Town and cannot continue to be so disorganized; others say that they need to strengthen the supervision of those adventure groups, distribute tasks more reasonably, and increase rewards...
Swann actually listened secretly for a while before entering.
The debate at the scene was actually similar to what he knew before.
Most people still want to continue to guard it.
No matter how dangerous the situation is, our property is still in the garbage town.
In this wasteland, the value of 'floating wealth' is very low.
currency? You can't eat or drink this stuff, and you're not in a stable society where you can buy everything if you have money. In the wasteland, it is too common to have money but not be able to buy anything. Even if the alliance currency is issued by the alliance, it may not be recognized by many places if it travels farther, and the purchasing power fluctuates greatly.
The truly valuable things are actual materials, whether they are food, raw materials, or weapons and equipment. These are wealth.
Another important asset is industry.
Industry is something that relies on a lot of things. Machinery, sites, origins of raw materials, business channels, business environment...many people present are involved in the industry if they work as agents.
Giving up Fuxing City would be equivalent to giving up the greatest wealth they possess.
You won’t necessarily cry when you see the coffin, let alone you haven’t seen it yet.
The situation is just a little dire now, and those green-skinned orcs haven't rushed into the garbage town yet. Many people are indeed unwilling to give up Garbage Town, which would be equivalent to dispersing their wealth and disbanding.
But on the contrary, many commercial agents who do not have permanent production and rely on freight and channels want to run away. Although the loss of breaking up and running away is not small, it is better than continuing to hold on and the situation will completely collapse and no one can run away. However, the next piece of news that Swann will announce is likely to change this situation.
After he stood on the rostrum, the quarrels gradually subsided.
People began to wait for his boss to speak, preferably some good news.
And Swann did not disappoint them: "The retreat that spread from the 18th District to the 5th District has stopped. An alliance army from Fuxing City accepted my request. They not only blocked the loopholes in the defense line, They also pushed back two kilometers. At the same time, the teams in other positions retreated in an orderly manner and established a new defense line with the fifth area as the core. "
This news is exciting!
Everyone knew that the army belonging to Governor Gu had arrived next to Junk Town. People who are not well-informed cannot sit in this conference room.
Some people couldn't help but ask: "Is the Governor coming to help us? Will he help us completely solve the trouble of those green-skinned beasts?"
"Yes." Swann gave a confirmed answer.
In fact, he hasn't had a chance to communicate with Governor Gu yet, he only talked to Henry.
But that doesn't stop him from talking freely now.
And this news is really exciting!
Anyone with a discerning eye knows that the green-skin crisis has spread to this day and can no longer be solved by Garbage Town's own strength. And with the introduction of the power of the Governor who has completely taken control of Fuxing City, there is hope for solving this problem.
However, some smarter people thought of another key.
A man with dirty, tangled blond hair stood up and asked Swann: "What about the price? What's the price?"
Swann looked towards him.
That was his nemesis, Nasser.
Unlike him, the second-ranked agent in the entire Garbage Town, Nasser does not control many physical industries. His biggest 'industry' is the adventure group.
There are at least thirty adventure groups, large and small, active around Garbage Town, which he has brought together through funding, sponsorship, and direct formation. He controls the harvesting and sales channels of these adventure groups, and can directly issue tasks to those adventure groups.
These thirty adventure groups, ranging from thousands of people to dozens of people, totaled twenty to thirty thousand armed adventurers influenced and controlled by him.
Moreover, he also has close ties with many raiders in the wasteland.
This is a nasty guy, and he is also the person Swann is most wary of during this greenskin crisis. He is a typical guy with no property. His wealth lies in those 'people'. With the garbage town abandoned, Nasser will certainly suffer serious losses, but he can lead his people to find ways to open up another 'ruin mine', or simply become a plunderer for a period of time.
If someone has a gun, there is always a way to survive.
Faced with the intimidating gaze that Swann looked at him, Nasser didn't care at all. He opened his mouth, showing his yellow teeth, and said: "Will the governor be so kind as to help us fight this war for free? Our Mr. Swann, what exactly did you promise to the governor?"
His question silenced the scene again.
It's certainly a good thing that the governor is willing to help, but the cost must be clearly understood.
Other agents, large and small, were waiting for Swann's answer.
Swann showed a smile: "The price is the entire garbage town."
As soon as these words came out, the whole audience was silent.
Even his old enemy Nasser can't be punished.
He tried to trouble Swann, but why did you say it all yourself?
He was still thinking about how he would press further and clarify that Swann had sold out certain rights in Garbage Town in order to embarrass Swann even more. However, he unexpectedly heard something that made him dumbfounded. information.
That's not selling any rights, that's selling them all, leaving nothing behind!
Naseer, who had regained his composure, laughed. His hoarse laughter seemed very sharp: "You betrayed the entire Garbage Town to the Governor? What right do you have to do this! Does Garbage Town belong to you alone?!"
Faced with the question, Swann showed an indifferent smile.
"To correct you, it's not 'betraying', but 'price'. Can I decide whether the Governor will come to save Junk Town and what price he will charge?"
"What do you mean?"
"Let me make my words more clear." Swann said, "The Governor believes that Junk Town is a member of the alliance, and he is the ruler of the entire planet. Junk Town should be ruled by him. It should be included in the system of the new alliance. It just happened that Junk Town encountered a huge difficulty. He was in the green skin crisis and he wanted to help his people."
Swann took the word 'helping the people' very seriously.
Many people understood what he meant and couldn't help but fell into deep thought.
And some people don’t understand, or they understand it but are unwilling to do so.
Nasser was still clamoring: "Why does he do this? Do you think that the 100,000 people and 100,000 guns we have here are for nothing?! Those factories and industries are our property! Who does he say to take them away?" Just take it away? Just because he is the governor!”
Some people who didn't know what was going on started making noise together.
Swann looked at them and just snorted without saying much.
Slowly, some people began to come around and gradually shut up.
Nasser's face finally turned ugly.
He no longer has enough supporters.
Gritting his rotten teeth, he said to Swann: "You want to kill them all?"
"I never said that."
"I want to leave with my people! Leave now!"
Swann finally smiled, and he smiled brightly: "That won't work. This is a state of emergency. The battle outside the city has not ended yet. The threat of green skins is still serious. In addition, the governor is about to arrive. I propose that the garbage town should start immediately. Starting from now, a state of emergency has been entered, and the entire town is under martial law. No one is allowed to enter or exit.”
According to the process, when he made a proposal, it had to go to the voting stage. But today, instead of asking those in favor to raise their hands, he asked those opposed to raise their hands.
Nasser shouted in opposition, and a few people joined him in roaring with indignation.
But it was of no use, and most people remained eerily silent.
With a smile, Swann announced: "From this moment on, Garbage Town will officially be under martial law."
(End of chapter)