Chapter 540: Helping in Times of Need and Adding Icing on the Cake

There are far more than 23 mercenary groups in Conaston, but only these 23 have accepted the bounty mission.

Xu Lai does not have the time or energy to check all the information of the mercenary guild one by one.

Even if he does not check it himself, he does not have the manpower.

Moreover, Mohan has leaked the secrets of the mercenary guild and offended almost all mercenaries. It can be imagined that the mercenary guild in Conaston will inevitably decline.

Even this decline will spread to other cities.

Therefore, Mohan has no need to offend Xu Lai completely for the sake of an irreversible situation.

It doesn't matter if he hides one or two mercenary groups, unless he can guarantee that this secret will not be leaked for a lifetime, otherwise the day it is discovered will be his death.

The most troublesome thing is that after doing this, he now dares not even leave Conaston.

Because he knows that once he goes to other cities, those mercenary groups that he betrayed will definitely not let him go.

As for the Mercenary Association, they have done their best by not taking the initiative to retaliate, and providing shelter is a no-brainer.

Since he can't even escape, how can Mohan dare to offend his only way out now?

This is also the important reason why Mohan has become more servile in the past two days.

Before Xu Lai settled in Conaston, Mohan had always had a good relationship with Aini. Even after Xu Lai settled in, Mohan was more optimistic about Aini.

Mohan and most of the dignitaries in Conaston hope to see Aini reoccupy Conaston, and believe that Aini has more chances to win the final victory than Xu Lai.

Otherwise, without Mohan's acquiescence, who among the leaders and staff of the Mercenary Association would have the courage to continue to hang such a deadly task.

Of course, after this incident, Mohan dared not continue to please both sides.

If Aini knew that Mohan sent all the mercenary groups that supported him away, the other party would definitely not forgive him.

So, now Mohan has probably switched to Xu Lai's camp.

As for whether it is reliable or not, Xu Lai still needs to continue to observe.

With the help of Mohan, the mercenary leader, Xu Lai is much more relaxed.

At least there are professionals who can help him deal with the information of these underground mercenaries, Dark Alliance killers, and members of the Thieves Guild.

When the official liquidation operation begins the day after tomorrow, Mohan and his mercenary guild can even provide some troops to help deal with some characters like Xiao Karami. It should not be a problem.

For other mercenary groups, all procedures have been completed in the past two days.

Other mercenary groups whose headquarters are not in Conaston are a bit troublesome and need to communicate with the headquarters.

But the seven mercenary groups whose headquarters are in Conaston have not made any moves until now.

The backgrounds of these mercenary groups are all complicated. Most of them are retired from the army, and most of the leaders are former officers.

These people are undoubtedly supporters of Aini.

It is not an easy task to establish a mercenary group in Conaston.

In addition to meeting the standards of the mercenary guild, having a large enough scale and a certain number of masters, a stable base is also required to form a group.

Obviously, only Eni is qualified to provide such a base.

Even if the mercenaries pay for it themselves, they need to obtain Eni's permission.

Eni also took the opportunity to arrange a better position for his confidants and confidants in the army, so that the mercenaries can take care of him in his old age.

The leaders of the mercenaries also wanted to use Eni's power, and the two sides hit it off, which was a willing fight and a willing loss.

However, once the city changes its owner, the land, buildings, and a series of other privileges promised by Eni before may not count.

"Jimmy, when will your troops arrive?"

Xu Lai set the date of the clearance at three days later because Jimmy's troops should be able to arrive in these two days.

Although there are some prisoners mixed in, the officers are all his own people, and the entire army can be used stably.

With the addition of more than 7,000 people, Conaston has more than 10,000 troops, not counting his troops. It is not a big problem to wipe out several mercenary groups.

Jimmy said awkwardly: "There was a small problem on the way. Some prisoners wanted to defect, which created a little chaos and delayed a little time."

Xu Lai waved his hand and said: "I don't want to know the process. Just tell me when your people will arrive and whether I can count on them the day after tomorrow."

Jimmy hurriedly stood up and assured: "They will definitely arrive tomorrow, please rest assured."

After Xu Lai nodded, he said: "Then, President Mohan, it's time for you to clean up the door.

I don't need you to participate in the frontal battle, but the action the day after tomorrow, I am worried that it will affect Ordinary people, so the security team cannot be dispatched.

I hope you and your people can help maintain order, and most importantly, prevent the leaders of the mercenary groups from escaping.

As for ordinary mercenaries, if they run away, they run away, no need to worry about it.

But these leaders of the mercenary groups, especially the leaders of the mercenary groups who have a close relationship with Aini, I hope they can all appear in front of me. "

Speaking of this, Xu Lai glanced at Mohan and said: "I think you probably know better than me which mercenary group leader has a better relationship with Aini. "

Mohan swallowed his saliva, knowing that Xu Lai wanted to cut off his retreat and make him completely break with Aini.

He also knew that people who were indecisive often had no good end, so he stood up and answered decisively:

"Please rest assured, leave this matter to me. I will keep a close eye on those people and never give them a chance to escape."

At this point, Mohan hesitated, and finally asked: "Sir Xu Lai, why don't we just attack tonight.

Giving them three full days of preparation time, the variables are too great.

Generally at night, there won't be too many people in the bases of those mercenary groups. Even if Viscount Jimmy's troops haven't arrived yet, we can organize some elite forces to raid and wipe out these leaders.

As long as If the leader is defeated, the ordinary mercenaries will be useless. Once your troops arrive, they will have no choice but to surrender and be imprisoned, waiting for processing. "

After thinking for a while, Xu Lai shook his head and said, "No, I am an upright army, and I can defeat the opponent in an upright manner.

I just want all the opposing forces in Conaston to watch. Even if I give them three days to prepare, they can't come up with any tricks.

After this battle, Conaston will surely be completely settled, and no one will change their mind. "

Mohan looked confused and didn't understand the idiom Xu Lai said, but he could understand what Xu Lai meant.

This is also the magic of these heroes who fell from the sky, there is no language barrier at all.

Xu Lai didn't want to be trapped in Conaston for too long, so he had long wanted to find an opportunity to wipe out the opposing forces.

So, these three days were deliberately given to them by Xu Lai, hoping that they could take advantage of these three days to communicate and collude well.

Xu Lai is arranging troops to ensure that all the leaders of the mercenary groups, especially the supporters of Aini, can be caught in one fell swoop.

And the mercenary leaders who are being calculated by Xu Lai are also discussing countermeasures.

Being temporarily blocked in the city for two days is not a big problem.

Xu Lai has not and will not completely block the city. If so many people in the city are blocked, a group of people will starve to death.

However, the problem is not big now, but it does not mean that it will not be a big problem tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.

"Captain, please make a decision quickly. Today, several new members who have just joined the group have quit the group without saying hello.

The mercenary guild did not pay any attention to our opinions and directly processed the procedures for them."

The leader of the group has a tall and straight figure and a square face full of worry.

"There's nothing strange about this. It's said that they killed people all over the place in the Mercenary Guild that day.

Mohan is old and irresponsible, so it's inevitable that he will succumb to Xu Lai."

"The Tiger Group sent an envoy to invite us to discuss countermeasures tomorrow. I think he wants to form an alliance with us.

In addition, it is said that the Tiger Group has won over at least three local mercenary groups. The four mercenary groups together have more than a thousand people."

The square-faced man glanced at the deputy head of the group next to him and said in a deep voice: "So, do you also think we should Should we form an alliance with them? "

The deputy leader gritted his teeth and said, "That's right. Instead of being targeted, we might as well just give it a try.

That guy surnamed Xu was coming for us. My friend in the mercenary guild told me that the guy surnamed Xu specifically transferred all the detailed information of our seven guilds.

This guy is clearly trying to kill us. "

The square-faced leader was silent for a moment, and then asked another deputy leader:

"Qiuqiu, what do you think?"

The one called Qiuqiu was a young woman.

Qiuqiu is not only a young woman, but also a hero from heaven, and her level is not low.

It can be said that the mercenary group paid a great price for Qiuqiu to have the current level.

Of course, this price was also rewarded. With Qiuqiu's blessing, all mercenaries below the vice president can get a huge improvement.

It is also because of Qiuqiu that the ranking of their Rainbow Mercenary Group can rise again and again, and now it is already one of the top three mercenary groups in Conaston.

"I have inquired about Xu Lai's deeds, and he should be a good person in general.

At least compared with that old guy Aini, Xu Lai is much better.

And if you think about it, our relationship with Aini is not that deep.

I heard that all the shops of Aini in the city were taken back and rented out again.

But Xu Lai still gave those merchants a transition period of 3 months, and the original owners will have priority if they continue to rent."

"What do you mean by that?" Another deputy head immediately became alert.

Qiuqiu did not continue to cover up, but said very straightforwardly: "I mean, why can't we cooperate with Xu Lai?

Our guild's ranking was not high before, and the connection with Aini was not deep.

And I specifically asked around, many businessmen came here to do business after knowing that Xu Lai occupied Conaston.

It is said that it is because Xu Lai's Qingfeng City has very good public security and various policies.

As soon as he took office, he immediately introduced various policies to promote commercial development and benefit civilians.

Just by canceling the city entry tax, head tax and other miscellaneous taxes, I don't know how much money our mercenary group will save every year.

As far as I know, many grassroots mercenaries are actually very supportive of Xu Lai.

If we blindly confront Xu Lai, we will only end up in a state of betrayal and alienation.

This is only if we work together and are lucky enough to be able to protect ourselves.

But I guess, if we have to confront Xu Lai head-on.

Not to mention just our few mercenary groups uniting, even if all the mercenaries in the city unite together, they will only be crushed into pieces.

In addition, even if that old guy Aini can retake Conaston, believe it or not, he will only double exploit us.

So, I really don’t see any reason why we should continue to support Aini. "

The square-faced captain nodded, then glanced at the deputy captain and several other captains responsible for leading the team.

"Even so, why should he, a mere advent hero, fight against the nobles of the entire grassland?

Although Count Ani is a bit greedy, we have invested hundreds of thousands of gold coins in him. Now that we are breaking up with him, wouldn't those previous investments be wasted? "

Qiuqiu shook her head silently, too lazy to continue paying attention to the deputy captain, but looked at the square face expectantly.

Seeing this, Fang Zhenglian also sighed and said: "What Blois said makes sense, Xu Lai is weak on his own, and I don't think highly of him.

If we turn to him now, we may end up even more miserable in the future.

In my opinion, we might as well spend some money and get an understanding with Xu Lai.

From now on, everyone will live in peace and harmony.

In this way, if Xu Lai is defeated in the future, we will not be harmed. "

The girl called Qiuqiu laughed angrily: "My leader, are you stupid?

Now that someone has made it clear that we should take sides, do you think someone like him would take a fancy to the savings of a small mercenary group like ours?

I'm not afraid of saying something ugly. Even if you sell all the assets of the entire mercenary group, including the people, how many gold coins can you sell for it?

Look, when you send the money over, will Xu Lai look at you more?

Do you think you have a choice? "

The leader of the dignified mercenary group did not get angry when his subordinates pointed at him and scolded him.

Even the captains sitting in the hall looked like they were used to it.

"Look at you, don't be anxious, can't you just say what you have to say!"

The head of the group reassured him in a low voice.

Qiuqiu rolled her eyes at him and snorted coldly:

"I heard from other heroes that Xu Lai will summon all the heroes in Conaston tomorrow, saying that he will send out all the villages, manors and towns near Conaston.

I think he must be very short of manpower now. If we take refuge in him now, it will be a help in times of need.

Once tomorrow is over, even if you want to take refuge with him, it will be just icing on the cake at best and completely worthless. "

Qiuqiu is indispensable to the Rainbow Mercenary Group's achievements today.

And for reasons well known to everyone, Qiuqiu is now not only the deputy leader, but also the only person who can legitimately supervise his own leader.

Even Blois, who was the deputy leader, could only lower his head and endure it when Qiuqiu scolded him.

"Okay, you always have an idea, so if we approach Xu Lai, will he be willing to accept us?

After all, we were all Aini’s people before, how could he trust us so easily? "

Qiuqiu patted her plump chest and said, "Don't worry, I'll go tomorrow too, and I'll meet him personally." (End of Chapter)