Almost at the same time that the aristocratic party formed the rapid response force, the merchant party also received the news and held a meeting to discuss this matter.
The merchants attached great importance to this matter — not to mention anything else, but with an earl personally leading the team, they had no choice but to take it seriously.
The Commonwealth of Gold Coins was so big, but there were only two marquises and 14 earls in total. Earl Hauss, the "good horse," had been guarding the border between the north and the south. Almost everyone in the Commonwealth of Gold Coins knew of the contemporary earl's brave and ruthless reputation.
Such a dangerous person personally led a group of adventurers with extraordinary strength to form a highly mobile force to specifically attack and harass the civilians in the rear … As long as there was nothing wrong with their brains, they would understand how serious the problem was after a little analysis.
"How can they do this!" a young merchant roared angrily. "They are simply inhumane!"
"When have the aristocrats ever been humane?" an old merchant said coldly, stroking his beard.
"Don't waste time on this topic," a big merchant interrupted them and said with a frown. A merchant interrupted them, frowning. "What we need to discuss now is how to deal with this army."
"What else can we do? We should also form a rapid-mobility force and find a chance to destroy them! "
The merchants looked at each other, and all of them looked a little awkward.
Destroying an army was nothing, but the leader of that army was an earl! If they killed an earl, the matter would be very serious!
"What are you worried about?" A merchant who was also sitting near the center saw the inkling and asked with a frown, "Are you worried about the serious consequences that killing Earl Hauss might cause?"
The big merchants did not answer, but just sighed deeply.
"This can't be helped. No matter how serious the consequences are, we have to do what we have to do," the merchant advised. "We can't just leave them alone just because we are worried about the serious consequences."
"Maybe … we can remind them …" a big merchant said hesitantly. But before anyone could refute, he shook his head first. "No! This won't do! Even if we fight with all our might, we may not win. If we still have misgivings in our hearts, then we can't fight! "
"Yes, we can't have any misgivings." Another big merchant sighed. "It seems that we can only do this!"
"Well, let's do this."
"I agree. If there are any consequences in the future, we will bear it together."
"Count me in too!"
…
Soon, the discussion came to a conclusion. The merchant party had also formed a rapid-mobility troop, which was led by a high-level ranger. There were about 300 people in total, and their goal was to find and destroy the aristocratic party's rapid-mobility troop.
In addition, the merchant party had also made a decision to ask for help from the Republic of Northwest through the private channels of the Chamber of Commerce. They asked the Republic of Northwest to send elite troops to help deal with this dangerous rapid-mobility troop.
If it was a head-on battle, the merchants did not think that the elites they had carefully selected would not be able to defeat the rapid-mobility troops of the aristocratic faction. However, no matter how strong they were, it would be useless if they could not find their opponents. They would only be useful if they could find their opponents and block their opponents.
Therefore, they needed more elite troops. Even if it was just a little bit more, it meant that the chances of finding the enemy would be higher, and it meant that there would be fewer victims in the future.
The efficiency of the merchants was not low. After the meeting, they were busy with the two matters. On the one hand, they were recruiting manpower, collecting supplies, and preparing to form a rapid-mobility troop. On the other hand, they were sending messengers to secretly visit the Republic of Northwest to discuss the matter of borrowing soldiers.
A few days later, the messenger, who had used magic to move quickly, arrived at Void City and met the Grand Consul of the Republic of Northwest.
"… The above is the predicament we are facing." The messenger, who had a goatee, was very sincere and humble. "Although we have the intention to fight to the death with the other party, we are very worried that they will deliberately avoid us and not fight with us. And we really can't mobilize too many people. Therefore, we sincerely ask for your help. You don't have to help us fight, just help us find the whereabouts of the aristocratic party's rapid-mobility troop. "
The few Grand Consul of the Republic of Northwest discussed it and agreed to this matter.
This was already a done deal. Minister of Defense Leonard had already informed everyone about this matter. The work of forming a rapid-mobility troop in the Republic of Northwest was already in progress. It would not take long for the rapid-mobility troop of the Republic of Northwest to take shape.
What else could it be for but to specially form such a troop? Could it be that they had nothing better to do?
Therefore, when the aristocratic party's rapid-mobility troop finally bypassed the border line from a mountain range and entered the territory of the merchant party, the rapid-mobility troop of the Republic of Northwest had also arrived at Rye Town. They were stationed in the Rye Fortress that had been modified by Sui Xiong and were waiting for the order to attack.
Not long after, news of the first battle between the aristocratic party and the merchant party came.
The main forces of both sides had accumulated a large number of troops at the border. Although they had been restraining themselves, they finally could not restrain themselves and exchanged blows.
The result of the battle was almost equal. The two parties were the professional army under the command of a count of the aristocratic party and a troop of the third army of the merchant party. Both sides did not put in too much effort. They only tested the waters a little before withdrawing their troops. Generally, each side only lost four or five people — this was the result of shooting arrows at each other. On the contrary, the infantry at the frontline who fought with spears and halberds did not suffer any losses and only suffered some minor injuries.
The result of the battle made the aristocratic party a little worried, but the merchant party was very satisfied — in the past, their troops would often collapse in the face of a wave of arrows. This time, they could actually raise their shields to resist the rain of arrows, which fully proved that the quality of the soldiers had improved and the combat effectiveness of the army had greatly improved.
As for the aristocratic party, they were surprised that the second-line troops of the merchant party actually had such fighting spirit. At least in this wave of testing, they did not seem to lose to the professional soldiers at all.
If the second-line troops of the merchant party really had the combat effectiveness and fighting spirit comparable to that of the professional soldiers, then this battle would be very disadvantageous for the aristocratic party.
It should be known that although the aristocratic party had a lot of troops, there were not many professional soldiers. It was true that one dead meant one less. If it really developed into a war of attrition with the second-line troops of the merchant party, when the professional soldiers suffered heavy losses, it would be very difficult to resist the attack of the merchant party's new first-line troops.
Under such circumstances, even the bravest men would not dare to attack rashly. They could only defend their positions and wait for an opportunity.
The opportunity they were waiting for would come from the hinterland of the merchant party, from Earl Hauss, who had already sneaked into the territory of the merchant party and was ready to wreak havoc.
Not long after, they got the news they wanted.
At least four or five villages and towns of the merchant party had been attacked. The bandits had set fire to a large number of houses and killed a large number of people and animals. They had even sprinkled poison in many wells, almost making these places completely lose the possibility of revival.
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