Chapter 48 The increasingly tense situation and the rising reputation of the mercenary group

Taner looked at the fifty new soldiers and felt Rand's deep expectations and support.

Given the current population and economic situation of the hideout, it is not easy to train fifty full-time soldiers and equip them with weapons and armor. However, the letter Rand sent over never mentioned the difficulties of the hideout.

But Taner truly felt this support and expectation.

However, the situation has been good recently. As the most powerful mercenary gang in Black and Brown City, after completing several missions to eliminate bandits, Taner gradually gained the recognition of Earl Black and Brown and began to do some more difficult tasks that tested their strength.

Taner opened the "Reference for the Use of War Strategies", which was a little damaged due to being opened too many times, even though it was carefully cared for. There were a few pages inserted on it, which were the answers to Rand's questions when he was exchanging letters with the messenger of God.

Now that autumn is approaching, the situation in the Frost Moon Kingdom is gradually becoming tense. The old nobles who pursue stability support the second prince, hoping that the domestic situation will not change and stability will be maintained.

The military faction supported the third prince, hoping to strengthen the army and take revenge on the Kingdom of Lensa. Although the Kingdom of Lensa withdrew its troops, the army passed through and the Frost Moon Kingdom suffered heavy losses in large tracts of land.

Nowadays, many nobles of the Kingdom of Lensa have died in the war, and the vacant territories are now in dispute and the country is caught up in mutual wrangling, so it is definitely unable to take care of external defense.

If they could regroup immediately, there would be great hope for revenge, and at most they would be mediated by the Torch Church again.

But what is very interesting is that the strength of the conservative faction is stronger than that of the military merit faction, but not by much, and now the two sides have begun a military confrontation.

The same thing happened to the Black and Brown Count, who sent a large number of troops to the border and began armed demonstrations.

Therefore, many affairs within the territory require mercenaries to complete.

But so far, no one thinks that a civil war will break out, except Rand, who has now led his team to the northeast of Crescent Moon Territory.

Taner, with his mercenary group that had now expanded to 150 people, began to deal with the incident of monsters invading the village.

One hundred of these 150 people are the soldiers of the hideout, with support from Rand. They are reliable and trustworthy, and are the team that Taner can rely on.

There are also fifty people who are a mixed force of prisoners, citizens recruited in the Black and Brown City, and some volunteers. They usually do some unimportant chores, such as cleaning the battlefield.

In addition, along with the new batch of recruits, there were also five scouts riding war horses. Taner didn't know what price the Lord Rand spent to purchase such high-quality war horses. However, the scouts' horse riding skills were really average and needed more training.

Such strength is actually only slightly weaker than that of some barons. In fact, it is stronger than the regular troops. A baron will have about twelve armored knights and twenty to thirty mounted knight attendants. Such cavalry strength can suppress the Fengrang Mercenary Group, which can be said to be an all-infantry group, to a certain extent.

However, the mission the mercenary group is currently receiving is certainly not to deal with other nobles, but to subdue wild beasts.

The reason why the Black and Brown Collar is called the Black and Brown Collar is because this territory is rich in black and brown wild boars. Relying on this specialty, the Black and Brown Earl also formed a wild boar cavalry regiment.

But if there are not enough soldiers to protect the village, these black and brown wild boars that breed in the black and brown collar forests may come out at any time to destroy crops and even hurt villagers.

Taner and his mercenary group were stationed in a village in the Black and Brown Territory. Truffles that could attract black and brown wild boars had been placed not far away. They were just waiting for the wild boars to appear and then clear them out.

Opening the "Reference for the Use of War Strategies" again, the last page said to act according to the situation, and the first page said words that Taner could not understand: The best military operation is to attack the enemy's plans, the next best is to attack their alliances, the next best is to attack their soldiers, and the worst is to attack their cities.

Taner didn't understand the meaning of this sentence at all. To be more precise, Taner had never seen this kind of text before. He didn't know what the meaning of what the Messenger Rand wrote here was.

The wild boar soon appeared. It was much larger than the common wild boar, with a broader back, and looked like it could be ridden.

However, wild boars are wild creatures that are difficult to tame. Even if they can be tamed, they probably won't be considered particularly good mounts.

Taner touched his chin, imitating the way Rand thought. He felt that he could collect some of these truffles. They might be useful in case he ended up on the opposite side of the Black and Brown Count in the future.

As the wild boar appeared, Taner ordered the soldiers in ambush to surround it.

Wild boars have an exaggerated sense of smell and can easily sniff out people lying in ambush.

But based on smell alone, the wild boar would not be able to realize what the smell of these people represents.

Taner took out the second strategy book "Formation and Discipline" sent by Rand. There was no need to use any strategy to deal with these wild boars in the open area. The front row of large shieldmen surrounded them and the back row of archers shot them.

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At the northeastern border of Crescent Moon Territory, Baron Huyuan couldn't wait any longer. Originally, the illegal lords here said they were willing to offer food and goods, and he was very excited. He thought he had caught a soft target, but when he received their diplomatic letters requesting a delay, he suddenly felt that these people were just like the villagers who begged for grace time when being taxed, and he could manipulate them at will.

He originally planned to wait patiently for a while so that he could get the money without any effort.

But yesterday the creditor came to collect the debt again.

When the army of the Kingdom of Lensa attacked, Baron Huyuan saw that the situation was not good and fled with all his money. Logically, he should have lost this fiefdom.

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Fortunately, he was usually good at scheming and the old king who always maintained strict laws had died in the war, so he spent a lot of money to make arrangements and finally kept his territory.

Of course, there is also the reason that his territory is purely useless. The nobles in the country are now busy fighting for the throne. Those who are interested in it do not have the strength, and those who are strong do not want to be interested in it.

He spent all his money and was even in debt, and the wealth of the villages in his territory was plundered by the Lensa people.

Yesterday, when the creditor came to collect the debt, he humiliated him severely. Therefore, he was unwilling to wait for these ungrateful people from Crescent Moon Leader to slowly accumulate wealth. He wanted to come and rob them himself now.

At the entrance of the village on the northeastern border of Crescent Moon Territory, Rand looked at Olenna, who was standing beside him with a serious face, and said, "I can do it myself. There is no need for you to follow me. Have you forgotten the powerful strength that can even kill giant snakes?"

As he spoke, Rand gestured, recalling the scene when he faced a four-story-high giant snake and snapped his fingers without changing his expression.

Olenna smiled in agreement, unmoved: "That's what Ellie meant. If something happens to you, all plans will be put on hold, which is something none of us want to see."

Rand was not nervous at this moment, and even had time to joke, "Aren't you worried about me?"

Olena continued to echo: "Yes, yes, we are all worried about you."

"Actually, just let Lysa come." Rand said.

Olenna felt that Rand was a little too insensitive to politics, and said, "Letting the elves intervene in human disputes will bring a lot of problems. You know, the truce between the elves and humans was only a hundred years ago, and the hatred of the past has not been completely forgotten."

Rand nodded, not quite understanding, and then expressed his gratitude to Olenna for her explanation and protection. It was just hard for Ellie, as the clerical work, which was originally done by two people, was quite difficult, but now it all fell on her alone.

(End of this chapter)