Lingxi City, the main hall of the Marquis's Mansion.
After the banquet, the generals did not disperse, but gathered together to discuss matters.
Regarding the military affairs discussed tonight, all the generals had a rough idea in their hearts. Therefore, although the banquet was lively, everyone controlled themselves and did not drink, keeping their heads clear.
As the host, Bai Hua sat at the head of the table.
Sitting on the left was naturally the representative of Lingxi City. In addition to the two generals, Cao Can and Zhang Liao, Violet, Red Eagle, and Cyan Robe were also there.
Sitting on the right were the representatives of the allied forces. There were only three of them: Dragon Seeking Acupoint, Luo Shixin, and Qin Qiong. The only exception was that Moon Illuminates the River did not appear in the main hall.
In fact, as soon as the banquet ended, the adventurer players all teleported back to Dali City through the teleportation formation. As for the military operations of Lingxi City, they would no longer participate.
After this battle, [Breeze Pavilion] suffered heavy losses. Of the guild's elite combat teams, five were annihilated, and six were crippled. Although they had received generous compensation and rewards, the Cool Breeze Pavilion still needed to heal their wounds and recover their strength as soon as possible.
After all, there were several guilds in Dali City that had been coveting [Breeze Pavilion]'s position. Seeing that [Breeze Pavilion]'s strength had suffered a setback, there was no guarantee that these people would not have any ambitions.
Fortunately, Bright Moon Illuminates the River might look bold and unrestrained on the outside, but his methods were also extraordinary. He and Bai Hua, the brother and sister, were really the best of the best among professional players.
[Breeze Pavilion]'s demonstration participation this time caused a small wave in the China region. Adventurer players formed mercenary armies to fight for the Lord players and collect rewards. It seemed to have become a new game mode.
Although the risk was great, the rewards were quite amazing. In addition to the most common reward of gold coins, some Lord players directly opened weapons, equipment, martial arts manuals, and other items that adventurer players dreamed of.
As the saying goes, when there is a great reward, there will be brave men.
In the current China region, there were even professional mercenary guilds. They directly changed the name of the guild to a certain mercenary group.
Not only did they change the name, but the entire structure of the mercenary group also underwent a restructuring and reorganization.
The members of a mercenary group were basically all combat personnel. Moreover, in order to adapt to the battlefield in the wilderness, their class combinations had also been constantly experimented with and innovated. It was completely different from the combinations used for leveling and dungeoning.
There were leveling teams of all classes, and balance was the most important thing.
Mercenary group members were different. They needed to survive on the battlefield. What they faced wasn't small scale battles, but large scale battles.
Therefore, the occupation of the mercenaries had to be highly unified.
On the battlefield, adventurer players had to treat themselves as ordinary soldiers. In this way, they would be able to carry out orders and prohibitions, and not be in a state of disunity.
Some of the guilds that couldn't go on could even rise from the ashes and shine brightly after this change. Most of these guilds were combat-type guilds, but they were not good at managing.
Mercenaries were tailor-made for them.
In this way, the player lord and the mercenary group had each other's strengths and weaknesses, and were in perfect harmony. The Lord would provide strong logistical support, and the Mercenary Group would contribute their combat power. It was an equivalent exchange.
If this trend continued, the future mercenary groups would become closer and closer to the army. It wasn't just the combination of classes, it was also the same in the formation of battles and the command of battles.
Powerful mercenary groups were like mobile combat divisions.
It was reported that the major guilds, especially the top ten guilds, had already noticed this problem. According to Lin Jing's letter, Snow Rose was already preparing to set up a professional mercenary group under the guild.
For this, Lin Jing also wanted to apply for a quota of weapons and equipment from the Alliance.
It could be said that the Breeze Pavilion's first trial was deeply changing the structure of the players in the China server. The seemingly insurmountable boundary between adventurer players and overlord players was slowly being broken.
As someone who had been reborn, Ouyang Shuo understood that all of this was the trend of the times. Moreover, in the West, where the mercenary group culture was the most developed, this model had long since matured.
In his previous life, it was only a year later that mercenary groups really became popular in the China server. Ouyang Shuo, this butterfly, was constantly changing the course of history.
Of course, for a territory like Shanhai City, it was disdainful to hire mercenary groups.
From Ouyang Shuo's point of view, instead of spending a lot of money to feed a group of greedy ingrates, it was better to train a territorial army that was absolutely obedient to the overlord.
However, in the eyes of some small and medium-sized lords, mercenaries had an irresistible allure. Most importantly, compared to a territorial army, mercenaries had two major advantages.
First, mercenaries didn't need time to train.
As long as they had money, a lord could recruit an army at any time and start a war. Whether it was defense or attack, they could do it with ease.
And it took at least three months to train a territorial army.
Therefore, the more dangerous the situation, the more popular mercenaries were.
Second, mercenaries were "cheap".
Although in the long run, it was more cost-effective to train a territorial army. But in the short run, the cost of hiring a mercenary group couldn't compare to the cost of building an army.
After all, building an army required not only the transfer fee, but also enough weapons and equipment, as well as pay. All of these were not small expenses.
Because of these two points, the market for mercenaries would only become more and more popular.
It could even be said that some great lords, including Di Chen and the others, could not rule out the possibility of temporarily hiring mercenary groups to assist in battle in times of crisis.
In other words, the appearance of mercenary groups indirectly gave Di Chen and the other great forces a very useful trump card. After all, the resources in their territory were quite abundant.
More importantly, through the form of mercenaries, the participation of adventure-type players in the game would increase. The rise of the status of adventure-type players would also become the general trend.
And this was also what Gaia hoped for.
In addition to screening out lord-type talents, "Earth On Le" should also benefit the entire population. As the highest level of artificial intelligence, Gaia scrupulously abided by the path of neutrality and would never be partial to one side.
In the main hall, Cao Can, as a representative, reported the battle losses after the battle.
In this battle, facing the 200,000 Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's West Army, all the divisions suffered relatively large losses. The greatest loss was naturally the Lingxi City Army, which was at the forefront, directly losing more than 50,000 people.
In addition, Luo Shixin's division lost more than 1,600 people, and the division of Dragon Seeking City lost more than 2,000 people.
After the battle, all the divisions were riddled with scars.
But according to Ouyang Shuo's overall arrangement, it was not time for the divisions to rest.
Although Ouyang Shuo deliberately indulged the main reason for the Taiping Army's West Expedition this time, the most obvious reason was that the lords of South Cloud Province stood by and did nothing.
In particular, the lord of Kunming County not only did not help, but also deployed his army at the border, eyeing Lingxi City covetously, causing Lingxi City to have to be distracted.
Therefore, Ouyang Shuo suggested that the army stationed in Lingxi City should seize this rare opportunity while the Taiping Army had just retreated and the other lords had not received the news yet. They should quietly turn their spear and directly annihilate the other lords in Kunming County, so that Lingxi City could unify Kunming County.
It had to be said that Ouyang Shuo's idea was really bold. Even Bai Hua did not react for a moment when he heard it. But when he thought about it carefully, it was very practical.
Firstly, although Lingxi City had suffered heavy casualties, if Luo Shixin's division and Longxun City's division were included, their strength would actually increase instead of decreasing.
Because both Luo Shixin's division and Longxun City's division were first-class ace divisions.
In order to help Lingxi City, Longxun City had also put in a lot of effort this time. They had sent the heavy cavalry division trained by Qin Qiong over.
The equipment of this division was similar to that of the Shanhai City Imperial Guard Division. Longxun City had spent almost all of its money to purchase all of its equipment from Shanhai City.
Radiant Armor, long spears, Tang knives, and strong crossbows were all equipped.
Coupled with the valiant general Qin Qiong's command, their combat strength was not inferior to Luo Shixin's division.
As for the Lingxi City Army, after the tempering of this battle, not only had the soldiers' levels increased explosively, but their individual strength had also greatly increased. More importantly, their combat experience had also increased.
Not every territory's army could be like the army of Shanhai City, constantly undergoing the baptism of actual combat. Ordinary territory's armies could only have the opportunity to display their skills on the battle map.
In normal times, they would only be suppressing bandits.
But Shanhai City was different. It had been expanding and had experienced many battles.
Because of this, the army of Shanhai City would become stronger and stronger, and the gap between them and the armies of other territories would become wider and wider. It could be said that only those who had experienced the tempering of blood and fire could become a truly strong army.
The Lingxi City Army had undoubtedly experienced such a tempering this time. Coupled with the general Zhang Liao's command, the Lingxi City Army could now be called a strong army in the China region.
The combination of these two factors was the basis of their confidence in this expedition.
Secondly, it was unexpected.
The lords of Kunming County were only interested in watching the show. They probably never dreamed that the army of Lingxi City would brandish the butcher's knife against them at this time.
Because it was unexpected, whether it was the lords of Kunming County or Yunnan Province, they did not have the time to form an alliance to fight against the strong enemy.
Therefore, as long as they planned carefully, they would be able to win the battle.
As long as they completely occupied Kunming County, Lingxi City would be able to truly gain a foothold in Yunnan Province. No other lords, including the alliance, would be able to challenge their leadership.
After all, Kunming County occupied one-third of the territory of Yunnan Province. (To be continued.)
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