Chapter 2378

"How is it? Commander? Did it succeed?" In the temporary headquarters of the newly established Gray Dove Mercenary Corps, several members of the Mercenary Corps saw the returning Commander Villaverde, and immediately surrounded them anxiously to inquire.

It has only been a few days since the Gray Pigeon Mercenary Group was established. Yes, it is a new mercenary group that broke away from the previous mercenary group. The deputy head, Villaverde, led a group of backbone members to leave directly and established a new mercenary group.

When the mercenary group was just established, they naturally encountered many problems, not to mention that they had to face the suppression of the old mercenary group.

Yes, in the original mercenary regiment, the breakup between the head and the deputy head was not considered peaceful, or it could be said that the two sides were more restrained if they didn't do it directly. The original regiment leader was naturally very dissatisfied with Villaverde's behavior, saying that they would not be able to get along.

Now the new gray pigeon mercenary group is naturally eager to gain a foothold. But they didn't have a plan. Linton announced more than 20 countries in one go. Obviously, there was a battle to be fought. Isn't this their chance to gain a foothold? As long as they can perform well in this war, they can not only get rewards, but also fame. With these, wouldn't they be stable?

But before that, they must first ensure that they can go to the battlefield, right? What if the empire doesn't hire them. However, Villaverde dared to make this decision, and naturally he had something to rely on. He has a relationship. When the empire issued an arrest mission before, he relied on this relationship to show his face. Now that the empire needs to hire mercenaries, he must be the first to know the news, and Definitely get selected first.

And just now, he also received a message from his network, asking him to talk over there. Villaverde was naturally happy to hear this, and he thought that the empire must be hiring them. However, after talking there, when Villaverde returned to the temporary headquarters, his expression was obviously not that good. Happy.

The team members naturally also saw Villaverde's expression. It seems that things have not been done? They quickly surrounded him and started asking questions.

"The asking price is too high?" asked a member of the group. Yes, the relationship network is naturally maintained by profit. They made a lot of money before, and the official above them who connected them also made a lot of money. Could it be that the other party asked for a high "intermediary fee" this time?

"No..." Villaverde shook his head, "This time the situation is rather strange."

"Strange?" Everyone was taken aback for a moment, not quite understanding what Villaverde meant by strange.

"It is true that some mercenaries are recruited to complete the mission, but they are not missions to help in combat." Villaverde said.

"Uh... huh?" The members of the regiment expressed that they didn't understand. What does it mean that it is not a combat mission? Now that the empire directly declares more than 20 countries, no amount of troops in the empire will be enough. It's impossible for this empire to start conscription now, you don't even have time to train.

"The higher authorities require us to act with the empire's combat troops, but we are not allowed to participate in the battle. We are only allowed to collect supplies in the captured city..." Villaverde said.

"Uh..." Everyone was taken aback, collecting supplies? That's naturally a nicer way of saying it. Isn't it just a robbery? They are very familiar with this job.

But now they also understand why this order is strange. They don't need to fight this battle, and the work of stealing money is entrusted to them, and... such a good thing?

Before they could figure out the situation, Villaverde continued: "The empire requires that 70% of the materials that have been seized be handed over, and the remaining 30% will be our reward, and the empire will not pay."

"Thirty percent... That's not a lot." The members around nodded, which was easy for them to accept. It is obviously impossible for the empire not to take a commission. This has always been the rule. Even if the mercenary group helps in the battle, the supplies they grab need to be shared together.

What's more, it seems that they don't need to fight this time, they just want to grab it. Although the ratio of being drawn is a bit higher, it feels like they still make money.

"This is a good condition." Several members of the regiment thought for a while and said, "Have you agreed, commander? Which army will we go with? The Third Army? The Fourth Army?"

"...A new army that I have never heard of." At this time, Villaverde said the part that he was worried about. Yes, he also felt that the conditions were good, so he agreed at the time, but when he asked them to fight with that army, the other party told him that it was a new army, which made Villaverde suddenly lose his mind.

In fact, this task was easy to understand originally, but now that the empire has many enemies, the battle plan is probably more urgent. If you don't have time to plunder after conquering other cities, you will recruit some mercenary groups to help you grab supplies.

Although this might look down upon the fighting power of their mercenary group, Villaverde wasn't that angry. But the problem is that the request from above is to let them follow the newly built troops. Where does the confidence come from?

Given the current situation, it is not unexpected that the empire has a new army, but how do you have the confidence that the newly recruited army can win? Why don't you let them fight together? No matter what their mercenaries are, they can't be worse than the recruits who have just joined the army.

Although their mission this time does not require fighting, once the empire's troops are defeated, does the enemy still care whether the mercenary group following them participated in the battle? Of course we fought together. And they don't have combat missions. Although they can retreat directly, the problem is that retreat is also dangerous. They may be hunted down, killed or captured. This mission is not without danger.

So Villaverde is really worried now. You said that the other party asked them to fight together, even if it is a recruit army, he can accept it a little bit. After all, they participated in the battle, so he can also give advice on the battle, can't he? But the battle has nothing to do with them, they can only wait for the result, isn't this betting the safety of their mercenary group on others?

Villaverde explained the current situation to the team members. He has not yet made a decision and is going to ask everyone for their opinions.

"I think, although it is a new army, since the higher-ups are so confident, they may be sure. This new army may be a secret army prepared by the empire. It has already started training, but it has not been exposed. Otherwise, would His Majesty the Emperor take the initiative to declare war on more than 20 countries at one go?" one of the regiment members said.

"That's right, I heard that His Majesty the Emperor is quite powerful, he must not be stupider than me, I know I'm not prepared and don't cause trouble." Another member of the regiment also said.

"I think, why don't we go and see what's going on with the new army first? If not, why don't we prepare for the retreat earlier?" At this time, the deputy head of the new regiment suggested.