Great Han Arrow God

Chapter 285 Plan
The mercenaries know how to lick blood, which is not a good thing.In order to grab business, there are some conflicts between them.What's more, when there is business, they are mercenaries, and when there is no business, it is common for them to play robbers - the target of robbery is often the customers of other mercenaries.

The protection of Suye City this time is very profitable, but not every mercenary group has gained a lot.Some mercenary regiments win by numbers, but there are not many masters, so the number of winners is limited.Although some mercenary regiments are small in number, they have many masters, and more people are selected.

In this big team, Liang Xiao is restrained, and nothing will happen for the time being. Once they are disbanded, will those mercenary groups that are overall strong but have not been allocated enough oil and water be jealous of other people's profits and grab a hand, really? Hard to say.

Without Liang Xiao's deliberate provocation, the mercenaries were already aware of the danger, and the sense of team they had cultivated so easily disappeared in an instant, and unexpectedly they were divided into several small groups, and their mutual wariness was clearly revealed.

Linghu frowned, and looked at Liang Xiao puzzledly.Liang Xiao did not speak, raised his wine glass, greeted everyone, drank the wine in the glass, walked out of the mercenaries' tent, put his hands behind his back, and left on his own.

The snow creaked and creaked, monotonous and cold, just like the glittering ice needles covered with trees, piercing into the depths of people's hearts.

"My lord, why remind them now?" Guo Wenbin was very puzzled.

"The battle is over. With them or without them, it doesn't matter." Liang Xiao said softly as he walked, "However, if you want to twist them into a single rope, you must first make them aware of the danger. Only when you feel If it is dangerous, they will follow me closely."

"My lord wants to keep controlling them?"

"Without enough strength to protect, how can we return to the big man?"

Guo Wenbin nodded and was about to speak.Liang Xiao stretched out his hand to stop him.Guo Wenbin was puzzled, but still kept his mouth shut.After a while, footsteps sounded, and Linghu chased him up from behind. "My lord, my lord."

Liang Xiao turned around and looked at Linghu with a smile. "Is something wrong?"

"Your Excellency is walking so slowly, isn't it just waiting for me?" Linghu walked up to him, took a breath, and said with a wry smile: "My lord, you can't do this. Once you get angry, the next thing you want to do is to pick up the heads of the Huns It’s hard to say how many of our own heads can be saved. Maybe when we get up tomorrow morning, there will be a few more corpses in the valley.”

"Haha." Liang Xiao laughed.He reached out and took Linghu's hand. "Go, let's talk in the tent."

When they came to the big tent, Beta and Xiya had set the big tent on fire and were chatting with Tu Niuer and Pang Shuo. Seeing Liang Xiao came back with Linghu behind him, they quickly got up and prepared food and drink.Liang Xiao took Linghu to his seat, but he didn't talk about what happened just now, instead he asked about Linghu's experience.

"Where are you from, how long have you been a mercenary?"

"I'm a Cypriot, and I grew up in this area." Linghu stretched out his hand and roasted it on the fire. "However, my master is Han and taught me a little bit of reading, so I am a little more familiar with Chinese and Han people than they are. Because of this, my business has been going smoothly. Counting it, it has been three years. "

"In three years, you can have a place in Suye City. You have good skills. With such good skills, are you willing to be a mercenary forever?"

"So what if I'm not reconciled?" Linghu said with a wry smile: "Dawan people don't value martial arts, and the Cypriots are barbarians in their eyes. The Huns and Wusun people welcome me, but they fight every day, and most of the gains go to me." It is owned by the rich and powerful, and ordinary soldiers can only make ends meet, so it is better to be a mercenary at ease."

"Are the mercenaries really comfortable? I don't think you are very comfortable."

"There's no real freedom in being a mercenary. Even if it's a moment of glory, it's hard to last long. According to my observation, the average time a mercenary enters the industry is no more than five years, and they are either injured or disabled, or directly killed. Can do For more than ten years, there are no more than one or two out of ten people. Once injured or killed, the family can only rely on savings and friends' relief, and it is good to have enough food and clothing."

"Did more people die at the hands of bandits, or at the hands of their peers?"

"Almost." Linghu thought for a while, and then said: "If you count some bandits who are colleagues, maybe there will be a little more."

"Since that's the case, why don't you unite and form a mercenary group to deploy in a unified way? This will not only avoid lowering prices, but also avoid being stabbed in the back."

"It's not that I haven't thought about such a thing." Linghu shook his head. "Firstly, the mercenaries are used to being free and don't like to be restrained by others. Secondly, there are only so many businesses, and they can't support so many people. They can only compete with each other and share the oil and water with fewer people."

Liang Xiao smiled. "In my opinion, the first reason is valid, but the second reason is probably just imagination."

"Why do you say that?"

"Have you organized it?"

"No, but everyone knows how many merchants and mercenaries there are in Suye City..."

"That's just what you see with your eyes." Liang Xiao interrupted Linghu. "Have you ever thought that if you are strong enough, you can do business that you couldn't do before, but now you can do it now? For example, assisting Lord Creon to defend the city like this, no one of you would dare to take it before."

"This..." Linghu was at a loss for words for a moment, rolled his eyes a few times, and clapped his hands in frustration. "My lord is right. We really haven't thought about this. However, if you don't come forward this time, I'm afraid we still can't organize it. The mercenaries think highly of themselves, and they don't accept each other. No one can bring everyone together. Together. If you want to form us into a mercenary group, unless your lord..."

Liang Xiao smiled. "I don't have such strong financial resources, you are too expensive. You also know that I only have enough money to pay your deposit. I did not pay the rest of the money, but you earned it yourself."

Linghu frowned, stared at Liang Xiao for a while, then suddenly bowed. "My lord, I understand. I'll go back and discuss it with them. If I can convince them, please don't dislike our vulgarity and bring us to make a fortune together."

Liang Xiao smiled without saying a word, and raised his wine glass.Linghu is a smart man, so it is perfect for him to test the tone of the mercenaries.

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Linghu left.Liang Xiao asked Li Shuyun and old Andrew to be called over, and told them his plan.

When old Andrew heard this, he slapped his thigh. "My lord, why are you looking for these mercenaries? They don't know how to fight at all. My lord needs more manpower. I can recruit more old brothers."

Liang Xiao smiled. "Your old brothers, of course you have to recruit. However, you are all too old to charge forward. It is better to leave it to young people to do such things."

"Your Excellency, are you looking down on us?" Old Andrew was a little unhappy.

"Old Andrew, it's not that I look down on you, but that there are more important tasks for you than fighting."

"What task is more important than combat?"

"Escort me to Greece."

Old Andrew froze for a moment, staring straight at Liang Xiao. "To Greece?"

"That's right, I want to go to Greece." Liang Xiao smiled. "The protection of the merchants is left to the mercenaries. I want to take you to Greece and see the homeland of your dreams. I am the emperor's envoy, and I am the emperor's eyes. If possible, I will travel all over the world .How could I have come so far without your protection?"

Old Andrew was already dizzy and had no idea what Liang Xiao was talking about.

Although he has always claimed to be a Greek, he has never been to Greece.Since his grandparents had settled in Daxia, Greece was just a legend to them, and even the language was not pure enough, with many Dawan local dialects mixed in.All of a sudden, Liang Xiao said that he would take them to Greece, just like the gods from Mount Olympus suddenly came down to the world. Apart from prostrating himself on the ground, his mind went blank.

"My lord, if you can really take us to Greece, no matter thousands of miles away, we will stay together until death." Old Ander said, knelt down in front of Liang Xiao, embraced Liang Xiao's leg, and kissed Liang Xiao's knee .

Liang Xiao was startled, and quickly helped old Andrew up.He had heard from Alpha that this kind of etiquette was passed down from ancient Persia, and it was usually used to express submission to God or the most honorable person.After Alexander conquered Persia, in order to show that he was the heir to the Persian Empire, he also adopted this etiquette called prostration.

"Old Andrew, I know that this is your long-standing dream. I just hope that it may be possible to help you realize it. I don't know if it will be realized in the end. How can I afford such a big ceremony from you?"

Old Andrew was in tears. "My lord can afford it if he has this heart. I thought it was just a coincidence to save you. Now it seems that this is not a coincidence, but an oracle given to me by the sun god Apollo. My lord, you are our god of light. .”

Liang Xiao was very embarrassed, so he tried to persuade old Andrew with great difficulty, and finally let old Andrew calm down, and asked him to send him back to his account to rest first.After old Andrew went out, Li Shuyun, who had been silent all this time, opened his mouth.

"My lord, are you really planning to go to Greece?"

Liang Xiao nodded. "Yes, I plan to go to Greece. There are three reasons for me to do so. First, the empress dowager is still in power, and the emperor can only lie down. Launch a war against the Huns. If Dawan and Yuezhi do not get a response for a long time, they will inevitably become indifferent, and all our efforts will be in vain.”

Li Shuyun and Guo Wenbin nodded in unison.

"Secondly, stones from other mountains can be used to attack jade. Although Greece has perished, their stories are instructive to us. How they prospered and why they perished, if we can summarize them, we can benefit a lot from them , less detours."

"Thirdly, Greece is dead, but Rome is rising. We go west, they go east, and sooner or later there will be a collision. The law of war says: Know yourself and the enemy, and you can fight a hundred battles. Take this opportunity to learn more about them and be prepared. , I think it is very necessary."

Li and Guo were at a loss, they couldn't understand Liang Xiao's intention for a while.One of them is an ordinary Langguan, and the other is a businessman for profit, so they don't care about these important matters.However, they all believed in Liang Xiao's vision.

"Since my lord is going west, why do you plan to gather mercenaries?"

"I want His Majesty to know what we are doing." Liang Xiao looked at the two of them. "Wen Bin, you discuss with Nie Yi, organize the Han merchants in Suye City as much as possible, buy a batch of goods, and sell them to the big Han. Shu Yun, you lead these mercenaries to protect them, go back together, and report to the court on my behalf. Return."

The two were overjoyed and responded with a bang.
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(End of this chapter)