Chapter 522 Change of Game Mode

Lingxi City, the main hall of the Hou Mansion.

After the banquet, the generals did not disperse, but gathered together to discuss matters.

Regarding the military affairs discussed tonight, all the generals have a rough idea in their minds. Therefore, although the banquet at night was lively, everyone refrained from drinking and kept their heads clear.

Bai Hua, as the host, sat at the head.

The one sitting on the left is naturally the representative of Lingxi City. In addition to the two generals Cao Can and Zhang Liao, Violet, Hongying and the three girls in Tsing Yi are impressively on the list.

Sitting on the right are representatives of the friendly forces, and there are only three of them, namely Xunlong Dianxue, Luo Shixin and Qin Qiong. The only exception is that Ming Yue Zhao Da Jiang did not appear in the hall.

In fact, as soon as the banquet was over, the adventure players all passed through the teleportation array and teleported back to Dali City. For the next military operation in Lingxi City, he will no longer participate.

After this battle, [Qingfeng Pavilion] suffered heavy losses. Five of the elite battle groups in the guild were wiped out and six were disabled. Although he has received generous pensions and remuneration, in the next period of time, [Qingfeng Pavilion] will also heal his injuries and strive to restore his strength as soon as possible.

You know, there are several guilds in Dali City, who have been coveting the status of [Qingfeng Pavilion]. Seeing that [Qingfeng Pavilion]'s strength has been frustrated, there is really no guarantee that these people will not have any ambitions.

Fortunately, the bright moon shines on Dajiang, even though he is bold and unrestrained from the outside, his methods are also extraordinary. He and Bai Hua are really the best among professional players.

[Qingfeng Pavilion]'s participation in the demonstration this time caused a small upsurge in China. Adventure players form mercenaries to fight for lord players and collect rewards, which seems to be a new game mode.

While the risks are high, the rewards are also quite amazing. In addition to the most common gold coin rewards, some lords directly offer rewards such as weapons and equipment, martial arts cheats and other items that adventure players dream of.

As the saying goes, under heavy rewards, there must be brave men.

Now in China, there are even professional mercenary guilds. According to the name in the West, they directly renamed the guild to a certain mercenary group.

Not only was the name changed, but the structure of the entire mercenary group also underwent a new deconstruction and reassembly.

The members of the mercenary group are basically combatants, and in order to match the wilderness battlefield, they have also undergone continuous exploration and changes in their professional matching, which is completely different from the combination of leveling and dungeon.

The leveling team has basically every profession, and the emphasis is on balance.

The members of the mercenary regiment are different. What they want is to survive on the battlefield. What they face is not a small-scale battle, but an organized large army battle.

Therefore, it is necessary to require the occupation of mercenaries to be highly unified.

On the battlefield, adventure players have to treat themselves as ordinary soldiers. In this way, orders and prohibitions can be achieved, rather than a state of disunity.

Some guilds that couldn't get along, after such a change, were even reborn from the ashes and shined brilliantly. Most of these guilds are fighting guilds, but they are not good at management.

Mercenaries are not tailor-made for them.

In this way, the player lord and the mercenary group have an unusual fit for each other's strengths and weaknesses. The lord provides strong logistics support, and the mercenary group contributes their combat power, which can be regarded as an equal exchange.

According to the development of this trend, the future mercenary group will be more and more close to the direction of the legion. Not only in professional matching, but also in combat organization and combat command.

A powerful mercenary regiment is a mobile combat division.

It is reported that major guilds, especially the top ten guilds, have noticed this problem. According to Lin Jing's letter, [Shangxue Meigui] is already preparing to set up a professional mercenary group under the guild.

For this reason, Lin Jing also wanted to apply to the alliance for a quota of weapons and equipment.

It can be said that [Qingfeng Pavilion] is trying first, and it is profoundly changing the structure of the player group in China. The seemingly insurmountable boundary between adventure players and lord players is slowly being broken.

As a reborn person, Ouyang Shuo understands that all of this is the general trend, and in the west where the culture of mercenary groups is the most developed, this model has already matured.

In the previous life, it was a year later in the China region that the mercenary group really became popular. Ouyang Shuo, the butterfly, is constantly changing the course of history.

Of course, for a territory like Shanhai City, it would disdain to hire a mercenary group.

In Ouyang Shuo's opinion, instead of spending a lot of money to feed a group of mercenary white-eyed wolves, it is better to train a territorial army that is absolutely obedient to the lord.

But in the eyes of some small and medium-sized lords, mercenaries have their irresistible allure. The most important thing is that mercenaries have two advantages over territorial legions.

First, mercenaries do not require training time.

As long as there is money, the lord can raise a large army at any time and start a war. Whether it is defense or offense, it seems to be more than capable.

And it takes at least three months to cultivate a territorial army.

Therefore, the more critical situations are dealt with, the more marketable mercenaries will be.

Second, mercenaries are "low cost".

Although in the long run, it is more cost-effective to cultivate a territorial army. But in the short term, the cost of hiring a mercenary group is actually not as good as the cost of building an army.

After all, to form an army, in addition to the transfer fee, it also needs to be equipped with weapons and equipment, and the military salary is also a considerable expense.

Based on the above two points, the mercenary market will only become more and more popular.

In other words, some big lords, including Dichen and others, did not rule out the possibility of temporarily hiring a mercenary group to assist in the battle in a critical situation.

Waiting for Ruo to say, the appearance of the mercenary group has won a very useful hole card for Dichen and other big forces in disguise. After all, the supplies in their territory are quite abundant.

More importantly, through the form of mercenaries, the participation of adventure players in the game will be higher and higher. The improvement of the status of adventure players will also become the general trend.

And this is exactly what Gaia expects.

"Earth Online" is not only used to screen lord-type talents, but also to benefit the whole people. As the highest level of artificial intelligence, Gaia abides by the way of neutrality, and will never favor one of them.

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In the main hall, Cao Shen, as a representative, notified the situation of the war damage after the war.

In this battle, facing the 200,000 Taiping Heavenly Kingdom West Route Army, all the master regiments suffered relatively large battle losses. The biggest loss was naturally the Lingxi City Legion at the forefront, which directly reduced its staff to more than 50,000 people.

In addition, Luo Shixin's regiment lost more than 1,600 people, and the division of Xunlong City lost more than 2,000 people.

After the war, all the master regiments were scarred.

But according to Ouyang Shuo's overall arrangement, it's not time for the master groups to rest yet.

The reason why Lingxi City was so difficult during the Western Expedition of the Taiping Army, although Ouyang Shuo deliberately indulged in the main reason, but the most intuitive reason was that the lords of Yunnan Province stood by and watched.

Especially the lord of Kunming County, not only did not help, but also deployed the army on the border, eyeing Lingxi City, making Lingxi City distracted.

Therefore, Ouyang Shuo suggested that when the Taiping Army had just withdrawn and the other lords had not heard of it, the army stationed in Lingxi City should seize this rare opportunity, quietly turn their guns, and directly annihilate the other lords in Kunming County Forces, let Lingxi City realize the unification of Kunming County.

It has to be said that Ouyang Shuo's idea is really bold. Even Bai Hua couldn't react for a moment. But if you think about it carefully, it has strong operability.

First, although Lingxi City lost troops and generals, if Luo Shixin Division and Xunlong City Division were counted, its strength actually increased rather than decreased.

Because whether it is the Luo Shixin Division or the Xunlong City Division, they are all first-class ace divisions.

In order to help Lingxi City, Xunlong Dianxue also spent a lot of money this time, and sent the heavy cavalry division trained by Qin Qiong.

The equipment of this division is close to that of the Imperial Guard Division of Shanhai City, and it was purchased from Shanhai City only after Xunlong Diancuo nearly wiped out all the property.

Mingguang armor, horse lance, Tang knife, and strong crossbow are all equipped in place one by one.

Coupled with the command of the fierce general Qin Qiong, the combat power is comparable to that of the Luo Shixin division.

As for the Lingxi City Legion, after being tempered in this battle, not only the level of soldiers has grown explosively, but also the individual strength has greatly increased, and the more important combat experience has also increased.

It is not the army of any territory, like the army of Shanhai City, it can constantly experience the baptism of actual combat. The general territorial army can only have a chance to flex its muscles on the battle map.

In normal times, they just suppress bandits.

However, Shanhai City was different. It expanded outwards all the way, and experienced so many battles.

Because of this, the army of Shanhai City became stronger with each battle, and the gap with the armies of other territories also widened. It can be said that only those who have experienced the tempering of blood and fire can become a truly strong army.

The Consonance City Legion undoubtedly experienced such a tempering this time. Coupled with the command of general Zhang Liao, looking at the Chinese region, the Lingxi City Legion can now be called a strong army.

The addition of the two is the confidence for this expedition.

Second, surprise.

The lords of Kunming County were engrossed in watching the excitement. They would never have imagined that the army of Lingxi City would swing their butcher knives at them at this time.

Because of the surprise, no matter whether it is the lord of Kunming County or the lord of Yunnan Province, they have no time to form an alliance and form an allied army to fight against the powerful enemy.

Therefore, as long as you plan carefully, you can win a battle.

As long as Kunming County is completely occupied, Lingxi City can truly gain a firm foothold in Yunnan Province. No other lord, not even the Alliance, can challenge his leadership.

After all, Kunming County occupies one-third of the territory of Yunnan Province.