Glory Riding and Cutting

After getting the Yangyan Group and Tiberius to arrive, Leonard can finally relax a bit. After all, although he has hostages in his hands, the Sword Gate Fort is not stable, but if Leon really doesn't care about anything directly If the army returns to the royal city, Leonard really doesn't have the confidence to resist Leon's army with just a royal city guard.

Although the Yangyan Regiment has nearly 3,000 people, there are only more than 2,000 people who can be called fighters, and the rest are slaves who serve as cannon fodder and support. After all, mercenaries are not regular troops, although there are many There are elite veterans who have survived several wars, but there are not a few people who have just joined.

Individually these people may be stronger and more vicious than professional soldiers, but if they fight in groups, their morale and combat effectiveness will be several grades worse. Maybe not even as good as Tiberius' clansmen.

Another advantage of their arrival is that Leonard can persuade the nobles to follow him. After all, if he wants to be king in Gaoling, he can't do without the support of the nobles. Before he was not strong enough, the nobles were all on the sidelines. Now that he has an army under his command, under pressure, the nobles who are closer to the royal city must think carefully about it, so that Leonard will be able to slowly expand his sphere of influence.

Although Fengming is between the spheres of influence of the first prince and the second prince, it is not in the middle of the contested ground. The three are more like a triangle situation. But if the two start to fight, then the Earl of Fernando will soon will also be affected.

Turning the perspective back to Fengming City, in the Temple of Michelle, Ben had already sent the finished cotton armor to Ronan. Ronan took the cotton armor and walked to the place where the temple guards were training.

After briefly checking the cotton armor, Ronan put it on a dummy standing in the open space, and then waved to a temple guard.

"Come on, let's test the defense of this armor."

"Yes, Lord Chosen!"

The guard nodded, then pulled out the standard long sword at his waist, and slashed hard at the dummy in cotton armor. The guard drew his long sword, and Ronan stepped forward to check the wound.

The long sword successfully broke through several layers of protection of the cotton armor, but it also reduced a lot of power, and did not cause too much damage to the dummy inside.

Then Ronan experimented with an axe, a spear, and a bow and arrow. The main source of defense of the cotton armor is the iron sheet sewn inside, so the defense against slashing and stabbing is similar, and there are two layers of cotton cloth Padded with leather, the defense against blunt attacks is stronger than that of pure iron armor.

Ronan is quite satisfied with the defense of the cotton armor. This kind of armor is barely enough as the standard armor for infantry. Ronan now doesn't have more funds to equip the soldiers with better weapons and armor.

The number of Ronan's troops is definitely not comparable to the strength of the other three princes vying for the throne, so Ronan can only close the gap in numbers through equipment and training, and then use the cutting-edge brought by the system advantage in strength to win.

"Call Priest Ashley over here." Ronan said to the temple guards who were a little breathless after the experiment. These temple guards have not participated in battles for many years, and they are used to being pampered. Ronan thought that he had to train them well during this period of time. , these guys are part of his combat power in his plan.

"Are you looking for me?" Soon, Priest Ashley came, and he was also a person Ronan planned to support. He is now 45 years old, and he is the second only to Marcel in the Temple of War in Fengming City. , the most important thing is that the relationship between him and Marcel is not very harmonious, and the relationship has become even worse after losing in the competition for the bishop in the early years.

"You take two guards to the blacksmith shop of the Candlelight Chamber of Commerce to find Walter in charge, and say that I let you go, and ask him to make 300 sets of cotton armor for me in the name of the temple! This is Funds." After speaking, Ronan threw a money bag to Ashley, and there would be a lot of money left in the money bag after buying the armor. What's the meaning.

"Okay, I'll do it now." Ashley bowed slightly to signal, then turned his head and went to work.

After dealing with the affairs of the temple, Ronan returned to the earl's mansion. Today is the last peaceful day. The intelligence of the dark agents has been collected, and tomorrow they will start contacting various targets, whether it is intimidation or temptation.

But there was an episode on the way back. The man named Xiao En who reminded him in the tavern in the outer city at the time came from the side alley when he walked through the street where he was ambushed that day. walked up to him.

"Sir Rodritte, I have something to tell you."

"Your name is Sean, right? I still have some impressions of you." Ronan raised his eyebrows and said, looking at the man standing in front of him.

Sean bowed and waved, motioning for Ronan to talk to him in a secluded place next to him. Not afraid of his tricks, Ronan followed him to the alley next to him, and at the same time signaled Meriuses to stay on guard.

"My lord, I have a deal and I want to discuss it with you." Sean whispered.

"What can you bring me?" Ronan asked simply.

"The criminal evidence of the officials in the city, I can also provide you with a lot of other information, as well as manpower and equipment!"

"Oh? Let's hear it." Ronan was quite interested.

"I am the son of the previous leader of the Fengdao Gang, but the current leader used tricks to kill my father and forged evidence to win the position of leader, because my father is very famous in the gang and has many supporters. Therefore, he can't deal with me clearly, and I have always been careful, so I can live until now.

But as time went by, after some of my father's old subordinates in the gang retired, my situation became more and more dangerous. It can be seen from the incident in the tavern some time ago that people like Sergey have completely disappeared. Don't take me seriously. "

"Since your life is in danger, why don't you leave here?"

"The Fengdao Gang is my father's painstaking effort, and it should be mine, and Fengming is my home, so I'm not willing to leave like this!"

"What do you want me to do for you?"

"Help me get rid of David, who is the current leader of the Fengdao Gang, so that I can take the opportunity to rise to the top. I have developed some confidantes in the gang over the years. After I become the leader of the gang, I can use these years Evidence such as the ledgers of officials taking bribes and dealing with David will be handed over to you!"

"Okay, I will send someone to kill that man named David on the grounds of offending me. At the same time, I will send you some soldiers to help you seize power. Don't let me down, Sean." Then Ronan patted Sean walked out of the alley with his shoulders, leaving only a somewhat excited Sean still in the alley, a little dazed.

Today's update, I want to think about the follow-up plot development and design some conspiracies and tricks, and at the same time, I would like to thank the boss who promised to have no return date for the reward. People who work seven days a week can't afford to be hurt, alas