Volume 5 Chapter 11 Iron-Blooded Declaration of War
I returned to the Jinglei League headquarters with a gloomy face. I found the leaders of the four intelligence teams one by one and told them three things: First, do my best to infiltrate the Ming Cult and try to get all the information I can about this gang and the leader of the Ming Cult, Gongzi Suifeng. Second, assist the business intelligence team to search for the whereabouts of the last Sky Crystal Pillar. Third, at all costs, find out as soon as possible why the Pojun Iron Blood League was able to subdue so many small gangs in such a short time, and which gangs have surrendered to the Iron Blood League!
Of the three tasks, the third one is the most important! The Ming Cult is certainly a formidable enemy in the future, but the one we have to deal with right now is the Iron Blood Alliance. I must not make a mistake in the order of priority.
In fact, the alliance of sixteen gangs is far superior to the Iron Blood Alliance in terms of overall strength. Even though the combat effectiveness levels of each gang are somewhat uneven and the coalition may be confused in command, it is not difficult to defeat the Iron Blood Alliance by relying on human wave tactics. Therefore, the key to determining victory or defeat lies in those small gangs that are affiliated with the Iron Blood Alliance.
What I want to know most is why so many small gangs have joined the Iron Blood Alliance, which has always had a bad reputation? And how much control does it have over these small gangs? If it is just a general loose alliance, then there is nothing to be afraid of. Not to mention whether the Iron Blood Alliance can mobilize the forces of these small gangs in a real battle, even if they join the battle, the more gangs form a coalition, the more difficult it is to reach a unified command. If they cannot have an advantage in numbers, then they are not as strong as a few elite troops.
But seeing that Tieti had turned against all the gangs without any scruples that day, it is very likely that he has absolute control over these small gangs to have such confidence! A small group of people can make a big one. Although the number of people in each small gang is small, if Tieti can mobilize them together and give unified command, they will indeed be a force that cannot be ignored!
But how did the Iron Hoof do this? If I could figure out the key, could I change this most unfavorable situation for us?
The matters at hand are so busy. In order to prepare for the sale of the Western goods that the profiteers will bring back in the future, various shops in the alliance need to be expanded. It is necessary to deal with the sales network representatives of the profiteers to determine the distribution of goods and profit sharing in various places. It is also necessary to discuss with Lonely and others about the terms that the Thunder Alliance will propose at tomorrow's alliance meeting...55555, if the operation of a large business group is similar to these contents, and it must be even busier, then I can understand why Xiao Yi is unwilling to take over her father's business !
Most of the brothers in the Thunder Alliance that day had already known about the situation of the alliance and understood that the war was imminent, so their morale was quite high, and they were sharpening their swords and spears. Our alliance focuses on training. Not to mention the Thunder Group, even the ordinary members of the four major halls have undergone more or less coordinated combat training and war exercises, but they lack actual combat opportunities. Most of the personnel were recruited after the battle with Ao Shi, and the number of people dispatched for the battle with the Tyrant Sword Alliance was not large. Those members who did not have the opportunity to participate in the battle had been holding back their energy for a long time. It was good that they had a bad relationship with the Iron Blood Alliance this time, otherwise I would really worry that if they held back for too long, their desire for battle would fade, and then they would think that training was a waste of time. Once people's hearts were scattered, it would not be so easy for the Thunder Alliance to rebuild its cohesion.
I have another puzzled point. It is said that Tieti failed to demonstrate that day and was killed by me on the spot. Let's not talk about whether he will be furious because of this. From the perspective of practical interests, now is the time for him to be eager to restore his prestige. Otherwise, how can he intimidate those small gangs under him? Moreover, the Grand Alliance has just been established and all the terms have not been implemented. The major gangs are still doing their own things. This is indeed the best time for him to launch an attack. Otherwise, after a few days, the gangs in the alliance will formally form a joint defense system. If one side is attacked, all sides will come to help. It will be much more difficult for the Iron Blood Alliance to attack. In other words, I will definitely not miss these two days, but so far the Iron Blood Alliance has not taken any action. I don't believe that Tieti is a fool. There is definitely something wrong with his abnormal behavior!
With all kinds of speculations, time entered the 16th. The bosses of the sixteen gangs gathered with some trusted subordinates at the headquarters of the Pure Land in Chaos - currently the Grand Alliance does not have the financial resources to open up teleportation arrays between each gang, so it was decided the day before yesterday that each gang would first open a teleportation channel to the headquarters of the chief leader's gang. Every future meeting would be held in the Pure Land in Chaos. It is impossible to choose a location in the wild for every meeting. In addition, if an emergency occurs at the headquarters of any gang, the boss of the gang can also quickly return to his headquarters through the teleportation array, which is much faster than the reaction speed in the wild . If help is needed, the support forces of all parties can also arrive at the Quiet Land in Chaos first, and then teleport from here. In a word, Chaos has now become the headquarters of the Grand Alliance.
Our arrival has added a bit of tension to this usually peaceful and leisurely gang. I noticed that although the security work has been strengthened in troubled times, there was no excitement on the faces of the gang members stationed there. Instead, they had a listless attitude, which showed that they didn't care about the alliance war at all, and even hated to take part in the battle. Hehe, it turns out that every gang has its own characteristics. Those guys in the Thunder Alliance have already started howling!
This meeting was much more complicated than the last one, and the gangs argued fiercely at the meeting. Because this time they were discussing specific matters, which concerned the vital interests of each gang, everyone was almost unwilling to give in, and it often took a long time to argue about a topic before reaching a consensus.
A morning passed and the meeting was not over yet. As the host, Beibei naturally treated everyone to delicious food and drinks. Then the meeting continued until almost dinner time when the basic framework of the alliance terms was finally formed.
In this framework, the most important point is the formation of the coalition. Since the distribution of interests is also related to the proportion of troops, the gangs did not shirk their responsibilities too much and all sent troops to the best of their ability. Our Jinglei League promised to send 20,000 troops, and the remaining gangs also sent troops ranging from 20,000 to 40,000, bringing the total to 400,000!
Of course, I was cautious and did not say that I would send out the Thunder Regiment. It is better to keep this ace force in my own hands.
I made a suggestion that before the coalition forces were officially dispatched, all the troops should be gathered together for a large-scale exercise - an exercise would not help much in improving individual combat effectiveness, but it could identify many problems in the command level of this joint force.
Everyone knows that the troops of the Thunder Alliance are well-trained, and my suggestions must make sense in military terms, so everyone agreed to this proposal.
There is no doubt that the location of the exercise was set at the Jinglei League. This was not because I was the initiator or that the Jinglei League was the strongest, but because only the Jinglei League’s base had a training ground large enough to accommodate the exercise of hundreds of thousands of troops!
In Fantasy, land is an important resource, and there are only four ways to obtain land: 1. Buy a house from the system, including the land for building the house, and no one will care how you transform the building on this land in the future. 2. Establish a gang and obtain a station. 3. Start a war. If the condition for declaring war is that the loser disbands the gang, then the original gang station of the loser belongs to the winner. 4. If the winner really doesn't want this land, he can apply to the system for a land auction (but the procedures are very troublesome and the time will be very long). Other gangs can obtain this land through bidding, but in fact, it is very inconvenient to manage an enclave. Except for some very large gangs, they will not be very interested, and this kind of auction is also difficult to sell at a good price.
For a gang, before it has the ability to manage across regions, the most important thing is actually how to expand its headquarters. In Fantasy, a new gang will be given three square kilometers of land by the system, but to expand this land area, the gang level, the reputation of the leader, the title and other conditions must meet the requirements, and then you can apply to the system to purchase the land around the headquarters, but the purchase of land also requires a large sum of money.
The Thunder Alliance has good innate conditions. When it was first established, it received three times the land as an extra reward from the system, which was 9 square kilometers. I also obtained the title of Earl. Later, I killed many bosses, and often I was the first to complete a specific plot (such as the first to be promoted to a level 4 profession, etc.), which won me a lot of reputation rewards. Now I am far ahead on the reputation list, almost an order of magnitude higher than the second place, and my title has also risen to Marquis. The Thunder Alliance is currently also a large gang. According to regulations, I can apply to the system to purchase a maximum of 40 square kilometers of land.
But the Jinglei League doesn't need that much land at the moment, and we have two branches, plus we are short of funds, so we didn't buy that much, we only bought 20 square kilometers, expanding the headquarters to 30 square kilometers, which is absolutely the largest in terms of the area. Other gangs may have money, but if they don't meet other conditions, they can't buy land even if they want to. The largest one, such as the Mingjiao, has a headquarters of only 10 square kilometers, of course it also has some branches.
400,000 troops is not a small number. If they are arranged in a row of ten, the length from beginning to end is 20,000 meters. If they are put in a field exercise, they may be attacked by monsters at any time. Since they are an army composed of multiple gangs, wouldn't it cause chaos if an accident happened? Only the super large military training ground of the Thunder Alliance can accommodate so many troops.
But just as the meeting was over and I was back at headquarters preparing for the upcoming exercise, I suddenly received news: The Iron Blood Alliance had declared war on the Youthful and Flirty, one of the sixteen gangs in the Grand Alliance! The war was scheduled to begin at 8:00 tonight!
All plans have been disrupted now. The exercise will have to be postponed or even cancelled. Let’s not say anything else for now. Let’s prepare to send troops to support the Qingqiu!
The Sui Yue Qing Kuang gang has 40,000 members, which is considered a relatively small group in the big alliance. Its leader is Xiao Yao Ku Ku, and he was the first one to jump out and refute Tie Ti at the meeting that day. From a geographical point of view, Sui Yue Qing Kuang and Tie Xue Meng are both located in the south of Po Jun City and are relatively close to each other. It is a normal choice for Tie Xue Meng to start with Sui Yue.
There are two alliance gangs, Stone Age and Who Else Is Right, around Suiyue. Even if their reinforcements run away, they should be able to reach Suiyue’s base before the battle. The rest of the gangs will have to go through the teleportation array. Since all the gangs are not connected, it is estimated that many gangs will have to go to the Pure Land of Chaos first, and then be teleported to Suiyue through the Pure Land. However, the teleportation array has limited transmission capacity, and the Pure Land must be crowded, so the Thunder Alliance may not be able to get a place there.
I chose another route. Xiao Yao and Xuehai have a very good relationship. The two gangs are ironclad allies and have opened teleportation arrays to each other a long time ago. Xuehe Sect and Jinglei League are also old allies. There is also a teleportation array between the two factions. Therefore, I can go to Xuehe Sect first and then teleport to Suiyue. This passage should be much smoother.
The troops were on the alert. Everyone knew that a war was imminent, although no official notice had been issued beforehand, relatively more people from our alliance had come online in the past two days. A rough count showed that there were more than 30,000 people. The Thunder Corps would not move for the time being, and 3,000 troops would be drawn from each of the four major halls to gather together instantly. The rest would be arranged to guard the headquarters and organize the reserve forces. I would lead 12,000 people to the Blood River Sect.
When I arrived at the Blood River Sect's headquarters, I didn't see Xue Hai Wu Ya. He had already hurried to Sui Yue. His deputy, Blood Hand Tu Long, received me and told me that the Blood River Sect had also organized 20,000 reinforcements, which were being sent to Sui Yue's base. The transmission channel between the Blood River Sect and Sui Yue was level two, and could transport 500 people per minute. A part of them had already been sent away, and in about half an hour it would be the turn of the Thunder League's troops.
Of course, as the boss of a gang, it was no problem for me to cut in line and go there first, so soon I arrived at the headquarters of Years of Youth.
About ten bosses have already arrived here. Xiao Yaokuku was very happy to see me and welcomed me into the headquarters lobby. After all, everyone has seen the strength of the Jinglei League, and my arrival undoubtedly gave him a shot in the arm.
I didn't hesitate to say hello to the other bosses and got straight to the point: "Little demon, how is your defense of the years going? How about you take us to familiarize ourselves with the terrain first?"
Xiao Yao nodded and said, "Okay. As soon as we received the declaration of war, although it is still more than an hour before 8:00, in order to prevent the enemy from launching a surprise attack in advance, I have already deployed all 20,000 people in the alliance to the fortifications. I will take you to see it so that I can arrange manpower when the time comes."
We couldn't wait for the remaining bosses who hadn't arrived, so we all stood up and followed Xiao Yao out.
