In a study room in Duncan's mansion, Qi Yuan stood with his hands behind his back in front of a life-size statue, as if he was looking at the statue carefully, but his brows were slightly furrowed and his eyes were a little vague. Behind him, Wei Huo stood with his hands hanging down.

After a long while, Qi Yuan turned back and said, "Wei Huo, today's victory report also includes Wu Le Glindo. What do you think?"

"Father, my opinion is not important. Your decision is the most important." Wei Huo replied.

"What? Are you resentful?" Qi Yuan frowned again.

"My son doesn't dare." Wei Huo lowered his head slightly.

"What do you mean by dare or dare? If there is, there is. If there is not, there is not." Qi Yuan glared at Wei Huo. "I know you are very optimistic about that kid Wulagindo, and you have some thoughts about why I didn't take action against Wulai when Gosmondo was fighting Wulai, but I have to warn you that the situation is very unclear. What you see may not be true. Wulagindo is not from my Duncan lineage."

Wei Huo was a little annoyed. Just as Qi Yuan said, he was very optimistic about Wu Lai. Compared with his father Qi Yuan, Wei Huo, who had spent most of his life in the army, was full of military spirit and had an obsessive appreciation for good soldiers and generals, and Wu Lai was undoubtedly a good general.

"Father, Wu Lailindo holds the black flag..." Wei Huo felt that his father seemed to have forgotten that Wu Lai had been incorporated into the core of the Duncan family.

"Shut up!" Qi Yuan interrupted Wei Huo, "Wei Huo, don't you know the significance of the black flag badge even now? It can only play a real role when it is in the hands of the Duncan family. In the hands of people outside the Duncan family, it is just a symbol, a symbol!"

"Father, Wu Lai is a talented person. He not only brought new vitality to Salt Marsh Town, but also won victory after victory on the battlefield. His defense zone in Kayikede City was originally guarded by the Woye Army. Although the victory record achieved by the Woye Army was basically the same as Wu Lai's, their defensive strength is ten times that of Wu Lai. Compared with Wu Lai, the Woye Army is nothing." Wei Huo said.

"Then tell me, if you were me, what would you do?" Qi Yuan's brows furrowed a little. Wei Huo's attitude surprised him a little. He even felt a little old, because in all the previous conversations between father and son, Wei Huo had never been so intense.

"Father, if I were you, between Gosmondo and Wu Lai, I would choose Wu Lai." Wei Huo replied.

"Why did you choose that?"

After hesitating for a while, Wei Huo replied: "Because cooperating with Cosmondo can only maintain the present situation of the Duncan family. Once something unexpected happens, it is hard to predict what the fully-fledged Cosmondo will do to us. If we choose Wu Lai, we will get a powerful follower, and perhaps, it can make our Duncan family more glorious."

"Have we lost Wu Lai now?" Qi Yuan asked again.

"Although not, I guess that we stood aside and watched the defense zone arrangement, and we did not care about Wu Lai after he arrived. This should have caused Wu Lai to feel resentful. Father, if we don't make amends, the day when Wu Lai will leave is not far away."

Qi Yuan snorted coldly and waved his hand: "Dissociation? I'm not afraid of Wulaglindo's dissociation. Wei Huo, you must always remember that the person you can really rely on is always the one with the last name of Duncan. No matter how strong and loyal an outsider is, he is still an outsider!"

Wei Huo was about to retort, but Qi Yuan raised his hand to stop him, and then said: "Wei Huo, do you know what I am most worried about? There are so many tigers and wolves out there, and I am worried that the Duncan family will have no successors! You will all be eaten alive one by one!"

"Father..." Wei Huo sighed softly, but had nothing to say. Although the Duncan family had many talents, no one could inherit Qi Yuan's mantle.

"Hmph, I asked you what you think about Wu Lai's consecutive victories, but you said so much. Wei Huo, I'm going to be frank with you today." Qi Yuan narrowed his eyes, "Do you think I don't know that Cosmondo is more difficult to deal with than Connor? Do you think I'm so eager to join forces with Cosmondo to deal with Connor?"

Wei Huo was stunned, a hint of surprise flashed across his eyes.

"A lot of Connor's followers have been disintegrated by Cosmondo, and they have no soldiers on hand, so they are no longer a threat." Qi Yuan slowly walked to the big chair and sat down, then continued, "Although Cosmondo is aggressive, he is not invulnerable. The trade blocking plan prepared by Wuleglindo is useful, but it is not easy to block the trade in Mondo Woye, because there are rich gold mines there. If you want to achieve the goal of completely destroying it, it will be a protracted entanglement. This is secondary. The most important thing is that Cosmondo has a Woye army that I am afraid of, so what I want to do most now is to consume this fierce brigade of his!"

"But!" Qi Yuan slammed his right palm heavily on the armrest. "Wuliglindo's successive victories are helping the Woye Army preserve its strength! On the border, the forces of other legions are constantly being depleted, but the Woye Army remains intact. Wei Huo, tell me, if this situation continues for a while, who will be able to compete with the Woye Army?"

There was a flash of horror in Wei Huo's eyes, and he couldn't help but take a breath. Qi Yuan was right. If they continued like this, the Woye Army would really become the only dominant force.

"Father, what should we do then?" Wei Huo asked hurriedly.

"The best plan for now is to transfer Wuleglindo away from that defense zone. It would be best if he returns to Salt Marsh Town." Qi Yuan sighed heavily and reminded, "Wei Huo, you also have to be careful with Wuleglindo. He has great ambitions. If we don't keep him now, there will be some use for him..."

Qi Yuan did not finish the rest of his words because he believed that Wei Huo could understand.

"Father, it is not easy to transfer Wu Lai." Wei Huo said, "It must be approved by the Operations Department of the Supreme Council."

"Isn't the temporary operations officer Fieldcobo? You should have some personal relationship with him. Tell him, can there be any problem?" Qi Yuan asked.

"Father, the temporary operations officer is responsible for executing the deployment. After all, the change of defense zone still needs Connor's approval." Wei Huo said worriedly, "So, I'm afraid it will be a bit tricky."

"It's difficult?" Qi Yuan laughed, "No, you can go, Connor will definitely agree."

Wei Huo was stunned for a moment, then he suddenly realized, the Duncan family wanted to consume the Woye Army, but didn't Connor want to?

…

It is not easy to form a legion. Money, food and people are all essential. In addition, a sufficient reason is needed.

Last time, Connor gave the reason that he was preparing for war, because the Hulett and Kimo coalition forces were eager to fight at the border, but now this reason is no longer valid. The entire border is already in full swing. Why prepare for war? Just join the war directly.

Yes, that is to directly participate in the war - it is natural for the legions to participate in the war, and it is also natural for local towns to organize their own armies to participate in the war and for nobles to integrate scattered forces to participate in the war. After all, they are all about defending the borders. The difference is that the food and wages of the legions participating in the war are paid by the territory, the military expenses of local towns organizing their own armies to participate in the war are borne by the local area, and nobles who integrate scattered forces to participate in the war need to pay for it out of their own pockets.

Connor cannot give Wu Lei the title of the Ninth Legion for the time being, because he alone has no say, or in other words, the Supreme Council has no right to make the final decision. If the Ninth Legion is to be born, both the Senate and the Temple must agree.

The last time the Senate and the Temple agreed, it was because in addition to Connor's efforts, the face of the Assyrian god of war, Lini, played some role. However, Lini is no longer here. If Connor wants to pick up the Ninth Legion again, he has to go through the procedures all over again as usual. This will not be accomplished smoothly in a short time.

Connor naturally didn't want to waste time on this matter. Anyway, for now, the most urgent thing was to hand the soldiers to Wu Lai. Although he had the same idea as Qi Yuan before, to let the Woye Army continue to consume its strength in the confrontation with Hulett's Third Legion, but now that Wu Lai was so tough, it would be a good thing to enhance Wu Lai's strength in one fell swoop and let this kid firmly control that defense zone, leaving the Woye Army with no battles to fight and no achievements to make.

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In the end, Connor decided to let Woolley recruit soldiers to join the war as an individual to build this makeshift team of the Ninth Legion - because there are conditional restrictions for local towns to participate in the war, that is, the soldiers must be locals, and there is no such restriction for individual recruitment.

"Now that we have agreed, let's get started." Connor smiled and nodded. "Send all the money, food, people, and weapons to Kayikede City, and then notify that kid to receive them. Now, let's discuss the list of officers and make sure everything is foolproof."

Everyone nodded. Since Connor had confidence in Wu Lai, they certainly would not object. However, it was necessary to arrange some constraints for Wu Lai. Otherwise, if there were any changes in the future, it would be easy to send the soldiers out but difficult to take them back. It was always better to be more cautious.

The next evening, when Wei Huo reported to Qi Yuan with a frustrated look on his face, the vanguard of Connor's troops set off to the city of Kayiked.

After a moment's silence, Qi Yuan narrowed his eyes and said, "Go, write a letter to Wu Lelindo and ask him to apply to the Operations Department of the Supreme Council to withdraw from the defense zone. As for the reason, let him come up with it himself."

"Yes, father." Wei Huo nodded.

…

When Woolley received Connor's handwritten letter, he had just achieved what the Woye Army called "the fifth inexplicable and incredible victory". As usual, Teller was happily selecting people to expand his harem, while Bailey followed the people sent by Date, counting the spoils and preparing to send the prisoners to the city of Kayked.

After reading the letter, Wu Lai smiled deeply. After he couldn't help swearing, he hugged Meng Bao excitedly and said, "Meng Bao, brother will become a real general soon."

The cute baby opened his mouth wide and wagged his tail.

After nightfall, Wu Lai added four times the number of sentries on the left and right wings of the defense zone, and then gathered all the rest of the people together.

"I have an announcement to make!" Wu Lai glanced at the three neatly lined companies and said loudly, "In the next month, our defense zone will increase by 6,000 troops, and these 6,000 troops will be under my command in the name of a private army!"

Six thousand troops! Bailey's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but lead the applause. Although Wu Lai said it was a private army, according to Assyrian practice, one thousand troops were equipped with a lieutenant general and a civil and military lieutenant general. Two thousand troops had double the number of lieutenants and civil and military lieutenants, and an additional deputy general. Six thousand troops had three times the number of two thousand, and an additional priest. Don't underestimate this priest. In terms of encouraging soldiers to fight bravely, his role can even exceed that of the main general, because he represents the god Amon.

After the applause died down, Wu Lai smiled slightly and continued, "In the next eight days, there will be no fighting in the defense zone, so starting tomorrow, I will lead everyone to rearrange the defense zone. By then, the new company..."

Just when Wu Lai was assigning tasks to everyone, in Black Stone City of Hulit Territory, a man in gray with his head and face wrapped in black veil knocked on the back door of Jiachi's mansion. The person who opened the door for the man in gray was actually General Jiachi himself.

"Welcome the Holy Envoy. Jiachi has been waiting for a long time." Jiachi said very respectfully.

"Greetings to General Lao Jiachi." The gray-clothed man said as he lifted the black veil to reveal his beautiful face. He then smiled slightly, with a playful dimple on each side of his cheeks. "My name is Ye Renwu."