Chapter 422 Misty Mountain Barbarian
The sound of cleaning up the battlefield and cheering was like an August flood that was unstoppable.
Everyone jumped three feet high as if a spring had been wound up eighteen times.
They couldn't help but be excited and unrestrained. In this battle, even the weakest soldier gained something. Everyone fought in person and everyone saw blood. This was an invisible force that made the soldiers inadvertently identify with and become familiar with each other. The feeling that everyone was a family was totally worth being so unrestrained.
What's more, the spoils are so rich.
Just the weapons and equipment stripped from the 17 rogue knights who charged in the front and died in the front are enough to make people jealous.
Four complete sets of heavy full body armor, three sets of damaged chain mail, five sets of damaged scale mail, five complete sets of half-length sleeveless plate armor, two ancient inscribed shields, twelve complete lances, six rune hand and half swords, three Pendor two-handed greatswords, five thick knight shields, two short horn bows, and one short Noldor composite bow.
Two injured underworld charging horses, three crimson charging horses, 24 dead horses, and more weapons and equipment of the next level of quality.
This is really a fortune.
After giving the two ancient inscribed shields to the veteran Iger and the new veteran Blue, Zhang Yang ordered his men to return to Marion. This battle had already crippled and frightened the rogues in this area, mainly because the core rogue knights were almost all dead, so there was no need to worry about them making a comeback.
By the time the rogue knights from other regions heard the news and arrived, it was naturally too late.
As expected, everything went smoothly afterwards.
Under the shocked gazes of the merchants in Marions City, Zhang Yang sold most of the spoils in one go and earned a total of 8,300 silver dinars.
It is worth mentioning that about two thousand silver dinars were looted from those rogue knights.
There were so many silver dinars that they filled two large bags.
"Alec, go recruit some refugees, the more the better, you know what I mean, oh, and by the way, recruit two more blacksmiths and buy two carts."
Zhang Yang waved his hand and allocated 2,000 silver dinars to old Alec. Of course, this kind of thing was something that the old guy, as a local tyrant, was better at.
As for Zhang Yang himself, he took his two bodyguards, Robert and Iger, to the most famous mercenary tavern in Marions City. Norton, Blue, Carly, Tony and others were responsible for guarding the convoy.
The streets and buildings of Marion are more beautiful and exquisite than those of Sarion, because there is a port here and it is undoubtedly richer.
Therefore, there are slightly more mercenaries here than in other places.
In addition, due to the geographical location and Duke Elfwan's inclusive attitude, it is easy to see many people from outside the Pendor continent.
These are all war vultures that came smelling the scent of war.
The tavern that Zhang Yang and the other two were going to was near the port. It was very large and had two three-story buildings. There was a cargo square nearby, and it was very lively with people coming and going.
However, Zhang Yang was not interested in observing the local customs. He directly opened the Wanderer System and started a large-scale scan. When he found the target, he went forward to negotiate. In a short while, he recruited 5 Jatu raiders, 5 second sons of nobles, and 20 Misty Mountain Barbarians.
These are not high-level mercenaries, but they all have good growth potential and possess the qualifications for fourth or even fifth level.
For example, the Jatu Raider can be upgraded to the Jatu Hussar in the second level, to the Jatu Combat Cavalry in the third level, and to the Jatu Warlord in the fourth level.
The second son of a noble can be promoted to Explorer at the second level, Explorer Squire at the third level, Adventurer at the fourth level, and Explorer Hero at the fifth level.
The Misty Mountain Barbarian can be upgraded to the Misty Mountain Warrior in the second level, the Misty Mountain Warrior in the third level, and the Misty Mountain Bear Claw Berserker in the fourth level.
It's just that these types of soldiers are too difficult to train. Zhang Yang also considered that he could use a covert cheating method such as condensing pseudo-dragon tears to greatly shorten their upgrade and job transfer process and quickly form combat effectiveness.
Especially those Misty Mountain Barbarians, who were specially recruited by Zhang Yang. They were not very popular in the mercenary market. They could only be seen in the port city of Marions, where one could take a boat directly to their hometown in the snow-capped mountains of the north.
Zhang Yang’s plan is that in the future all these Misty Mountain barbarians will be transformed into Dragon Blood Warriors. By then, he will be qualified to break through the ceiling and rush out of this world.
It cost about two thousand silver dinars to recruit these mercenaries, which was the price for hiring them for three months, and did not include armor and weapons. Then each person was given a weekly salary ranging from 10 to 50 silver dinars depending on the situation.
After completing the recruitment, Zhang Yang did not stop but went straight to purchase various supplies.
This time it's a big purchase.
200 bags of wheat, 50 bags of flour, 10 cans of oil, 10 barrels of wine, 10 barrels of malt liquor, 30 barrels of dark beer, 500 kilograms of smoked fish, 500 kilograms of cheese, 200 kilograms of salt, 10 large bags of black bread, 500 kilograms of sausage, 2,000 kilograms of beans, 2,000 kilograms of cabbage, and 2,000 kilograms of apples.
In addition there were 1,000 kilograms of pig iron, another set of tools, and five large bundles of furs.
In short, Zhang Yang spent all the more than 5,000 silver dinars in his hand in one go. Such a large amount of goods filled six large carts, and some of them even needed to be carried by people.
Fortunately, after recruiting 54 refugees, old Alec still had some silver dinars left, which he finally used to buy a cart.
Just like that, Zhang Yang’s team returned not as a caravan but better than a caravan.
There will definitely be people following along the way. After all, such a large-scale purchase cannot be concealed at all, and it is easy for people to make enough associations.
Therefore, Zhang Yang directly ordered Old Alec to patrol back and forth with the rangers and cavalry, and kill or drive away any stalkers he saw. He didn't ask for his camp to be kept secret forever, but as long as it could be kept secret for a period of time, it would be enough. By then, he would have the dragon-blood warriors in charge, and would not be afraid of any accidents.
Two days later, Zhang Yang's convoy returned safely, while the rangers and cavalry squad led by old Alec wandered outside for five or six days, killing many trackers and even having a small battle with a rogue squad. Finally, they returned after confirming that it was absolutely safe.
In this regard, Zhang Yang has nothing to worry about, no one can do better than old Alec.
Now, there are 76 refugees in the camp (21 of whom were brought back before). Zhang Yang selected 20 young and strong, and most importantly, flexible ones as recruits, and the rest will all be workers and farmers.
There were also two recruited blacksmiths.
There are six village girls who cook, eight grooms and coachmen, a captain-level soldier who is also Zhang Yang's confidant, and the future generals include old Alec, Robert the Guard, Carly, Tony, Bob, veterans Iger, Norton, and Blue.
The middle-level soldiers include five armed infantrymen, Ander, Jack, Ward, Boris, Hank, two Gatu Hussars, and five noble expedition followers.
The bottom-level soldiers include 5 Jatu raiders, 5 second sons of nobles, and 20 Misty Mountain Barbarians.
Including Zhang Yang, the total number of people is 147.
With so many people, the camp suddenly became overcrowded.
However, Zhang Yang handed over the tasks of expanding the camp and training soldiers to Old Alec, Robert and others, and then he went into seclusion because he did not plan to go out. He continued to visualize the soul-nourishing talisman and the dragon soul talisman, while condensing pseudo-dragon tears to prepare for the final massacre of soldiers.
(End of this chapter)
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