Chapter 622: Very Careful
This new discovery made Zhou Xu lose his sleepiness all of a sudden. After Silk left, he sat there and fell into deep thought for a long time.
The emergence of this mercenary group is equivalent to the addition of a new force.
Although at present, their population and military strength cannot be compared with that of a country, but precisely because of this, this mercenary group has a bit of the bandit spirit of "the barefoot are not afraid of those wearing shoes", and has been able to deal with multiple forces without being destroyed.
The problem that Zhou Xu is most worried about now is that the other side, seeing that the situation is not good, will hire those Centaur mercenaries to fight again.
Of course, he was not afraid of those Centaur mercenaries coming to deal with him.
Although the Centaurs are strong, they are essentially cavalry after all. Unless they blow up the city gates and collapse the city walls, creating space and routes for the cavalry to launch a surprise attack, it will be difficult for the cavalry to be of any use in a normal siege.
With this as a premise, Zhou Xu, who has now occupied Huangsha City, naturally knows what weapons and equipment the other side has.
Among them, the main siege equipment is the battering ram on a cart.
It’s not that the battering ram can’t break through the city gate, it’s just not that easy. It’s not easy to transport the battering ram to the outside of the city gate, not to mention using it to knock down the city gate later.
In this way, they don't need to worry about how much threat the Centaur mercenaries can pose to them in the short term.
What he was really worried about was that the other side would use the troops on hand to deal with them, and then hire Centaur mercenaries to deal with the rebels that might appear behind.
You know, the rebels are a very important part of Zhou Xu's plan. They are the "good comrades" who help them share the pressure.
If this "good comrade" were to be suppressed by the mercenaries in a blink of an eye, the other side would be able to concentrate all its forces in Huangsha City.
By then, with three to four thousand, or even four to five thousand soldiers stationed here, this city will be 100% impossible to defend.
During this period, he also thought that why not just hire those Centaur mercenaries and deal with the First Emperor in turn. From the previous intelligence, it is not difficult to see that the way those Centaur mercenaries choose their clients is to see who pays more.
However, Zhou Xu soon realized that they might not be able to compete with the opponent in terms of money.
It’s not that they have confirmed that the other party is richer than themselves, but because of the currency issue.
While occupying the Huangsha City military camp, in addition to the military equipment and food supplies stored in the camp, the remaining military funds here undoubtedly fell into their hands.
And these military expenses are exactly a large box of silver.
Combining the information obtained from the interrogation office, Zhou Xu completely confirmed that the currency here was basically the same as the ancient monetary system of their original world, using gold, silver and copper coins.
At the same time, this is most likely the mainstream currency in this world.
With this as a premise, he doesn't think he can be richer than the other party.
“This is such a headache.”
Zhou Xu also knew that it would be useless for him to continue to worry about this problem, but since he had discovered such a thing, many times, he could not stop worrying about it if he wanted to.
Zhou Xu, who should have gone to bed at eight or nine o'clock, did not fall asleep until midnight because of this incident.
The next morning, although his precise biological clock made him wake up on time, he did not get enough rest that night, so his eyes, which he barely opened, were bloodshot and his head was dizzy.
Zhou Xu knew clearly that he was in such a bad condition now that he wouldn't be able to do much even if he got up.
So he called in an elf knight who was guarding outside.
"Go find Shi Lei and ask him to pay attention to everything. Bring breakfast directly in later. I need to rest this morning."
"yes."
After receiving the response, the Elf Knight, who was a member of the Royal Guard, hurried off to carry out his mission.
After a simple breakfast, Zhou Xu lay back on the bed. Even though he couldn't fall asleep for a while, he forced himself to close his eyes and rest.
He was tired in the first place, but it wasn't like he really couldn't sleep, so gradually, he fell asleep.
At the same time, the arrival of Bai Tu and his men made the military camp in Huangsha City a little crowded.
It was now breakfast time, and the soldiers of the Great Zhou had already lined up.
Although Zhou Xu asked Drogo and the others to have less contact with Bai Tu and the others for the time being, they couldn't just skip meals, right? Looking at the centaurs led by Drogo from afar, the Weiguo slaves all had mixed feelings.
However, after Bai Tu came back yesterday, he explained everything to them clearly, and they were not fools who would not listen to him at all.
In addition, they all knew that after the defeat of the Wei State, their greatest enemy was China and the First Emperor Yan Sheng, not some Centaur.
Those mercenaries are paid to do their job. If they can pay mercenaries to fight you today, you can also pay mercenaries to fight them tomorrow. To put it bluntly, that's the situation.
Of course, even though we understand it, we still have to feel uncomfortable, and this is unavoidable.
During this process, Drogo and the others who were queuing for breakfast could naturally feel the complicated gazes falling on them.
You know, the Centaurs are a very perceptive race.
Faced with this situation, Drogo just glanced at Bai Tu and the others casually, and then ignored them.
After all, he already knew that there was a group of Centaur mercenaries here.
For this purpose, he called Diak, who was about to go to bed, to discuss this matter last night.
According to their thinking, in order to expand and develop their tribe, they definitely want to recruit the other party and let those Centaur mercenaries join their Great Zhou and become one family.
However, it is not difficult to see from the limited intelligence that the other party is large in scale and strong in strength, and seems to be doing well here. It may not be so easy to recruit them.
Thinking of this, Drogo and Diack also began to worry.
But the difference is that although they are worried, it does not affect their sleep at all, which shows that they are very open-minded.
"Sir, can we get through?"
The Weiguo slave laborers didn't keep staring at Drogo and the others. As the aroma of food wafted in the air, everyone's stomachs began to growl and they couldn't help but ask Bai Tu a question.
This question really stumped Bai Tu.
He didn't know whether they could actually line up for meals!
In terms of status, they have surrendered to the Great Zhou, so they should have a share of the meal, but considering their current special status, he is a little unsure.
Just then, Silk, who noticed the situation here, came over.
After all, he was the one who brought Bai Tu and the others back, so their king also instructed him to pay more attention in the next few days and take care of them.
"What's wrong? What are you all standing here for? Go and get your meal in line!"
When these words fell into the ears of the Weiguo hard laborers, it was like the sound of nature. Many of them could not help but cheer on the spot. Even Bai Tu's face showed a hint of joy.
"Thank you, sir!"
(End of this chapter)
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