First update.
Salin said to Marquis Carolana, "I'll take care of Pompeii. You don't have to bear any pressure. You can use the resources I provide to build a new army. These troops can be trained when attacking Pompeii. But the real battlefield should be the conflict between us and the Vatican. "
"Your Highness, you only brought less than two thousand troops!" Although Marquis Carolana admired Salin's personal strength, it was a bit difficult for him to fight a grand duke alone. In his opinion, there was always a limit to a person's strength.
"No, I brought a hundred thousand troops and hundreds of level-nine powerhouses. Grand Duke Pompeii's territory is not a real duchy, so he can't gather too many troops. Everything will be over once Pompeii is taken. The rest will be done by you. "
Marquis Carolana knew that a mage would not lie to an ally, but he could not see Salin's hundred thousand troops. Salin smiled. "That's a hundred thousand demon army, absolutely loyal."
"Alright, Your Highness, I've heard that you can use special equipment to mobilize the demon army. What else can we do to help? "
"Marquis, I don't care whether Rex becomes the emperor or not. What I care about is the extent of your support for him. The war between the Church and Qin Yin has been temporarily pacified because of Daliang, but it will break out eventually. Due to geographical reasons, the south of Qin Yin is only bordered by Cloud Flow. Will you fight the people of Cloud Flow for Rex? "
Marquis Carolana did not think much. "The other two dukes and I are willing to support His Highness Rex to inherit the throne. But the current emperor … is Rex's younger brother. Before he abdicates, we can only maintain the current situation and will not support any of the prince's decisions. "
This was clear enough. The current emperor was an ordinary person with poor health. Rex was a level-nine Magic Shooter and could live for at least a thousand years.
"Apart from you, there are more than three hundred nobles in the southwest with a certain amount of military power. How many people can you influence? "
"Two hundred and seventy-four. Apart from these people, there is nothing else to rope in."
"That's good. There are not many places in the southwest that borders Cloud Flow. You have to make sure that you are not ambushed by those dozens of nobles. Then, your enemies will come from Cloud Flow."
"Pang Peicheng?"
"I won't spit it out to Sephiroth after I take it down."
"Your Highness, are you confident?" Carolina wasn't afraid of Sephiroth. He just asked Salin if he could defend Pompeii. Next to the canal, Pompeii was a very important strategic city.
"Sephiroth is not the problem. The problem is Alchemy City." Salin observed Carolina's expression when he said this. Carolina's expression did not change. As expected of a Gold Sword Saint. Even if he respected a Mage, there was a limit to it.
"Your Highness, Alchemy City was originally harmless to the empire. However, for a long time, the empire's strength has not expanded, and that is why the situation today has come to be." Carolina's point of view was novel, and Salin did not want to probe further into whether or not it was accurate. It was fine as long as the nobles of Carolina were not afraid of Alchemy City.
Next, Salin asked for more than twenty thousand soldiers from Carolina. Of course, it wasn't just the Marquis, but also the soldiers of two other Marquises and the nobles nearby. These twenty thousand people were going to escort Salin into Grand Duke Pompey's territory without any prior notice. If this could not anger Grand Duke Pompey, Salin could only write a letter to ask the Grand Duke to hand over his son.
Qin Yin had always been rich and powerful in the south. The three Marquises and a dozen nearby nobles gathered twenty thousand people for Salin in a day. Of course, this had to do with preparation, but the speed of gathering twenty thousand troops proved that the combat power of the southern nobles had never been reduced.
Salin stayed in Gauss City for two days and met with the nobles of the southwest. He signed about three hundred contracts before bringing the twenty thousand troops into Grand Duke Pompey's territory.
At this time, Salin experienced the benefits of status. Because he was the ruler of a country and had territory soldiers, the nobles of the southwest would give him face. Otherwise, even if they cooperated, they would still be living under someone else's roof.
Although Salin had participated in wars that easily involved millions of people, in reality, a war with tens of thousands of people was already a huge scale. The twenty thousand soldiers protected Salin's team as they entered Grand Duke Pompey's territory. The nobles under Grand Duke Pompey immediately panicked.
The first to panic was a Viscount. This Viscount mobilized nearly a thousand troops under his command, wanting to stop Salin's despicable behavior.
This was a brazen invasion!
Salin could not have asked for more than twenty thousand troops to defeat the personal soldiers of the few hundred nobles. The Viscount did not expect Salin to really act. Not only did Salin act, but he also captured more than half of his troops.
The conflict between the nobles of the southwest was not too deep, but Grand Duke Pompey's actions made the nobles very dissatisfied. In this battle, Grand Duke Pompey's troops had died over a hundred. The rest were captured by Salin and handed over to the nobles of the southwest to be sent back to their territories. They would decide what to do with these captives after the battle was over.
The people of Qin Yin rarely killed captives, especially in battles between nobles of their own country. Although these captives were dejected, they knew that this was better than dying on the battlefield.
Salin deliberately slowed down and went straight to the coordinates of the temple. It took Salin close to ten days to cover a distance of less than two thousand miles. For the people of Qin Yin, even an ordinary army was too slow.
This was because Salin had to constantly deal with harassing troops along the way. These troops were not large in scale and even had a small number of mercenaries. Salin paid attention to the casualties because it was not a life and death battle with these small nobles. These soldiers were all natives of Qin Yin. If he killed them too ruthlessly, it would be detrimental to his future rule.
Finally, when the weather gradually turned cold, Salin's troops arrived outside a city.
Salin sent a messenger and wrote a letter to the city lord. Salin used a very arrogant tone to explain his intentions. He wanted to expropriate the city for about six months. During this time, the people in the city would be evacuated outside the city, including the city lord, a veteran count.
Then, Salin set up magic cannons outside the city and aimed at various targets in the city. His magic cannons were built on man-made hills and could directly shoot into the city.
The count was furious when he read Salin's letter. Some of his subordinates tactfully said to the count, "Sir, Salin is a king after all. This is indeed not honorable, but Sir, you are no match for him. How about this, you can say evacuate, but ask him to compensate you for your losses. "
The count thought about it and agreed. Although he had more than three thousand elite soldiers, it was like hitting a rock with an egg if they wanted to fight against the more than twenty thousand people of the southwest nobles.
In the barracks outside the city, Salin was patrolling. Salin had long seen the elites of Qin Yin. Now that he was a level-10 mage, he found that he still liked them from the bottom of his heart.
In the previous battles, Salin had proven the fighting power of demons. Now that he had set up the magic cannons, he could definitely take down the city in front of him at a very small cost. In such a stable battle, the soldiers did not let down their guard. The atmosphere in the barracks was solemn. Even the soldiers in charge of feeding the horses did not seem lax.
Military discipline was strict. Dozens of noble soldiers formed two large barracks, and their cooperation seemed very proficient. These soldiers must have been trained professionally.
Salin patrolled the barracks accompanied by the barracks general. Suddenly, a soldier reported that an envoy from the city had asked to see His Highness.
"I don't want to see him, lest I get angry and kill someone. Just tell him that." Salin was about to send the envoy away when Nelis whispered a few words in his ear. Salin stopped the soldier, took out a piece of paper, and wrote a few lines with magic. He handed it to the soldier and said, "Have the envoy bring this into the city. If you send someone out again, I won't be polite."
In the city, the count waited bitterly for Salin's reply. He thought that if Salin did not give him compensation, he would also escape. It was not wise to fight against such a powerful enemy. Unexpectedly, Salin had come looking for trouble. In the letter brought back by the envoy, there was a piece of news that made him want to cry.
Salin told the count that in order to prove his seriousness, he had decided to use the magic cannons to bombard the city lord's residence. Salin gave the count an hour to evacuate his family.
Below these lines, there was also a map that clearly marked the layout of the city and the location of the city lord's residence. Salin drew a red line around the city lord's residence. Within the red line was the range of his attack.
"How can this be! How can this be … "the count said to himself in pain. He stared blankly at the letter. He could evacuate all the people in the city lord's residence in ten minutes, but what if there were still a lot of treasures in the city lord's residence?
This Salin was too tyrannical. Was he still a noble?
On the letter, a magical light lit up. In front of the count, a line of strong and powerful words appeared, flashing in the air.
"Count, I am here to invade, so please hurry."
Salin's words made the count jump. He shouted, "What are you waiting for? Hurry up and evacuate from this damned place!"
The count finally understood that Salin did this because he did not intend to kill anyone. But it did not mean that Salin did not dare to kill. Iron Wall City was a good example. Although he was the count, the city only had 80,000 people, not even one-tenth of Iron Wall City's.
It took the City Lord's Mansion half an hour to evacuate everyone. Everyone had seen the magic cannons outside the city. At this time, everyone knew that life was precious. As for the buried treasures, the count could only regret that he did not deposit them in the Imperial Bank.
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