Volume 5 Chapter 38 Dangerous Situation
In fact, this plan is not necessarily brilliant. The key is that the enemy achieved two things: secret and fast!
I don't know if there is some big shot or some powerful force behind this, uniting so many gangs to launch an attack on Jinglei and other three factions at the same time. If there is, it is time for this force to show up; if there isn't, is the union of these gangs really just a tacit understanding?
In any case, their confidentiality work was excellent.
The intelligence network of the Jinglei League has grown to a considerable size after such a long period of painstaking construction and huge investment. Of course, there are too many gangs on the Cang Continent, and it is impossible for me to know every gang, but if there are more than 100,000 gangs, there must be undercover agents of our league among them.
I had no intention of getting involved in Shenghua City. Moreover, there were too many forces there, intertwined and mutually restraining, so I misjudged that no gang in Shenghua City had the ability to expand outward (this was indeed the case. Before today, no gang in Shenghua had ever waged a foreign war). Therefore, I did not pay much attention to that place. Although there were undercover agents from our alliance in Tongtian and other factions, their status was not high, and it was okay that they could not obtain important intelligence. The Evil God Temple was just a small faction, not worth mentioning. However, Mingjian Villa had long been valued by our alliance. Overtly or covertly, we sent no less than five or six undercover agents there, including someone with a high status in Mingjian. However, we did not receive any news in advance, which was abnormal. And which gangs, such as Qingcheng, Jiuyou, and Death Tribe, did not have my people? They were all unaware of it, which showed that the enemy's plan this time was extremely confidential!
In fact, I also learned some vague information from gangs such as Qingfeng Pavilion in the big alliance. If another two or three days pass, it will not be difficult to analyze clues from it. Moreover, I believe that secrets in other gangs cannot be kept for long and will be known by our alliance sooner or later. But the enemy has achieved the word "fast". I am sure that their plan was just formed and they immediately launched a thundering attack, catching our alliance off guard!
The reason why so many gangs were able to reach a unity so quickly was, after all, the word "profit". Although the profiteers were professionals, they had no experience in handling such a large amount of trade in the past. They seriously underestimated how much profit this East-West trade could make. Later, Xiao Yi told me that she asked the evaluation experts in her father's company to make a special calculation. If it could be monopolized, based on the number of players in Fantasy, this trade could bring at least 500 million in profits every year! This is just the direct trade profit. If the intangible assets such as distribution channels and advertising potential are counted, it will be an astronomical figure! Driven by such amazing interests, all parties of course hit it off and joined forces to eradicate the Thunder Alliance, which currently has the greatest advantage in this market!
However, what the enemy did not expect was that there were two variables. First, the Grand Alliance had never expected that I would withdraw from the alliance immediately and pull away five gangs at once. Their plan to veto support for the Thunder Alliance in the form of an alliance resolution failed. The current strength of our alliance's defense exceeded the opponent's expectations. Second, just when I was sweating profusely, Xiao Yi said lightly: "A Tian, don't worry about Tianshui Pavilion." After that, she called a subordinate and whispered a few words. The subordinate took the order and left. After hearing those words, I felt incredible and wanted to ask more questions, but Xiao Yi gently sealed my lips with a finger and smiled: "Don't ask first, and concentrate on dealing with the current battle. I will explain to you later."
I was full of doubts but couldn't express them. But seeing that Xiao Yi was so confident, I had to put aside the problem of Tianshui Pavilion for the time being. And since her 50,000 troops did not need to retreat, I could rest assured.
At this time, an important piece of information was transmitted back, and my men finally found out who those more than 100,000 troops were.
They are the Mercenary Union! I gasped!
This is a strange organization. In terms of gang size, they are not even a mainstream organization. They are just a small gang with a thousand people. But if you really think that they only have a thousand people, you are wrong. The way this gang survives is to take on various gang tasks and earn hired money. No matter what kind of tasks they receive or how many people they need to dispatch, they can always find so many temporary gang members to make up the numbers. The largest scale before was when they accepted the commission of a faction in Tianyuan City and dispatched 80,000 troops to resist the attack of the Brotherhood Alliance on that gang!
Such a force certainly would not fail to attract attention from all sides. I also sent people to try to infiltrate their organization, but this gang is extremely mysterious and never recruits people from outside. Our intelligence officers tried their best, but they couldn't even find out their peripheral organizations (that is, the temporary gang members recruited ). Through follow-up investigation, we found that their peripheral gang members were always available at any time, and they were usually free players, and never dealt with people from any forces. A clever intelligence officer under our alliance's electronic group managed to make friends with a peripheral member of the Federation, but he couldn't get a word out of the other party, and the other party never mentioned that he was a member of the Federation (the intelligence officer secretly observed a battle in which the Mercenary Federation participated and followed one of the soldiers to confirm the identity of this member). When the intelligence officer talked about the Federation intentionally or unintentionally, the other party seemed to have discovered his identity, and since then, he has been disconnected.
Various signs indicate that the Mercenary Union is not a simple organization. It is an extremely strict organization, and this organization was not formed within the game. Its core members and peripheral members should all belong to a huge force in reality!
This organization can easily mobilize tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people. It is simply unimaginable how powerful and potential it is! If the Thunder Alliance were in reality, I, as the leader, would probably only be able to command the dozen or so elder brothers, right?
What is the purpose of such an organization intervening in Fantasy? As for making money, it is not impossible to make money in the game, but it is impossible for everyone to make money, otherwise the game company will be left with nothing? Even if hundreds of thousands of people go to Africa to mine, they can make more money than doing tasks in the game! What's more, the average level of the members of the Federation is very high, which means that most of its members spend their time leveling up. In order to maintain the expenses , this organization must pay salaries to its subordinates in reality. In other words, it has supported at least 100,000 people to play games in Fantasy!
When I came to this conclusion, I thought I was crazy. But when I had to confirm the results of the comprehensive analysis, I realized that there really are people in this world who go crazy because they have too much money.
This mercenary union has such a huge real-life power. If it could recruit soldiers in the game, it would be easy to unify the Fantasy World. However, it only limits itself to a small gang (although no one really views the union in this way). What's even more strange is that it doesn't seem to be very interested in business connections. Most of the time, it refuses business that comes to it, even if the employer is willing to pay a high price.
Ah Wei had carefully analyzed the intelligence about the Federation and discovered that most of the time the Federation only accepted defensive jobs, and sometimes even accepted jobs that were clearly unprofitable (i.e. the commission was lower than the combat costs). However, it was extremely rare for them to be hired for offense, and there was only one recorded case, which was when a certain boss was helped to reclaim the foundation that a traitor had snatched from him.
Then, this attack on the Thunder Alliance should be regarded as the Federation’s second exceptional mission!
I really want to cry but I have no tears. What kind of gods did I offend? I can't afford to offend this Federation! Because it's not just the Thunder Alliance. After the Brotherhood Alliance was blocked by it last time, Big Brother was also very interested in it and spent a lot of effort to investigate. With Big Brother's power, no matter what the Federation has in reality, he should have found it out. Unexpectedly, when we exchanged information later, Big Brother said that he couldn't find out the details of the other party, but he also hinted that I shouldn't investigate anymore because the other party was too powerful.
This is a force that even the starlings are afraid of. Not to mention the 500 million yuan in profit, even if it's 5 billion, it's still unclear whether the other party will look down on it. I'm not as notorious as that traitor. Why would the Federation make an exception for me?
"Fuck!" I spit out the three-character classic. Since I became the boss, I haven't said dirty words for a long time in order to maintain my image. This time is really depressing! I don't know whether the Federation has set its sights on the Thunder Alliance, or whether it is a simple hired mission. If it is the former, I am afraid I will have to disband the gang and go home to herd cattle! But... this time the enemy has such a large-scale action, no one believes that there is no one behind the planning, and who else has such ability except the Federation? Maybe super-rich people like Gongzi Suifeng and Xiaoyi also have such ability, but Gongzi regards me as an opponent, and he will not use the power in reality to embarrass me. Xiaoyi is my wife. There are only a few rich people like them. Who else will play this game and deliberately embarrass a small person like me? The Thunder Alliance is really in danger this time!
I clenched my fists tightly, unwilling to accept this. This is the business that my brothers and I have worked hard to build. It is the result of our hard work! Is it going to disappear like this?
I turned around and looked at the profiteer, lonely and the others. They were all core veterans and knew what the Mercenary Union meant, so everyone had a serious look on their faces. But when they noticed that I turned around, they also looked at me. What was flashing in their eyes was clearly determination and courage!
I was filled with heroic spirit. Come on! No matter how powerful the enemy is, if they want to take away our foundation, they must first ask the Tiger Soul in my hand and my brothers!
My courage grew and my mind became more flexible. Actually, since this was in the game, no matter how powerful the Federation was in reality , it had to follow the rules of the game in the fantasy world. If they really wanted to deal with me in reality, there was no need for them to spend so much effort in the game. I didn't have any bodyguards with me, so it would be easy for them to send a few people to kidnap me (it would be easy for such a force to find out my address in reality). And in the game, who would I be afraid of? Since the Federation had dispatched more than 100,000 troops, the troops I had were enough to fight them!
I was just thinking deeply when everyone around me suddenly exclaimed. It turned out that the winner between Huoyun Evil God and Xiao Qiao had been decided!
Huoyun was covered in blood, with dozens of sword wounds of varying sizes, but he was still able to stand upright. Xiao Qiao flew out like a kite with a broken string, fell to the ground, and then turned into white light!
We finally lost the battle, but Xiao Qiao's performance was enough to make the morale contrast between the two sides inversely proportional to the outcome of the battle. As for the losses in offense and defense, I will make up for it!
I stood on the command platform and shouted at the enemy: "I am Bloody Sky challenging you. Who in the Evil God Temple dares to fight me?"
Huoyun hesitated for a moment. He couldn't go on the field himself, but who among his men could beat the leader of the Thunder Alliance? Originally, from the perspective of morale, he should have sent someone to fight even if he lost. But he had spent so much effort to defeat Xiao Qiao. If he sent someone out and was defeated by me in just a few moves, it would be a bigger blow.
In desperation, Huoyun had no choice but to refuse!
The alliance immediately started to curse: "Shameless!" "Coward, you don't even dare to accept a duel, go home and suck your mother's milk!"
The Evil God Temple was scolded and humiliated, but they had no words to refute, and their morale plummeted. Although they still had a 2% advantage in attack and defense, it was probably not as much as the negative effect of the depressed morale.
At this time, Xiao Qiao had resurrected and walked out. She came to me and said angrily: "I was defeated and I come to confess my crime to the leader!"
I smiled and said, "What crime have you committed? You have performed very well. The reason you lost this battle is just because your level is a little lower than Huoyun's. Besides, I think Huoyun has lost more than he has gained!"
Xiao Qiao raised his head and said, "Humph, that's right. If it were in reality, that guy would never be my opponent! Next time I meet him, I will definitely cut him into pieces!" Everyone smiled.
I said solemnly, "Everyone, the Mercenary Union has ill intentions and is extremely powerful. We must defeat the Evil God Temple before they arrive! All cavalrymen, listen to my order: follow me and go straight to the center of the Evil God Temple! Xiao Wu, you lead the infantry to follow and kill them. Brother Demon God, I still need your cooperation in this battle, please!"
The Supreme Demon God smiled and said, "No problem, it's just bluffing, a small case!"
At the sound of the horn, the gate of the Thunder Alliance opened wide, and the first to rush out were not cavalry but 30,000 infantry, who formed a formation within an arrow's distance from the Evil God Temple troops, followed by 10,000 magicians - the Demon City preferred the magician profession when recruiting gang members, and among the 40,000 troops supporting the Thunder Alliance this time, there were 15,000 high-level magicians.
The infantry held up their shields and advanced slowly. There were only more than 20,000 people in the Evil God Temple, and the long-range troops were naturally limited in number. The rain of arrows they shot were not dense, and it was difficult to cause heavy casualties to our side.
Under the cover of the infantry, the magicians advanced step by step. After entering the shooting range, ten thousand magicians chanted the spell of meteor shower at the same time!
Although it was not as dramatic as the last time when tens of thousands of mages launched their attacks at the same time, who wouldn't be on guard against this move during the current war in the Dream Alliance? While the mages were still preparing, the temperature suddenly rose, and the Evil God Temple was in chaos, shouting, "Retreat, retreat! That's a meteor shower! Get out of range!"
Huoyun Evil God also knew that if he did not move, at least half of his troops would be killed by this round of meteors, so he had to order a retreat.
However, the mages in Demon City suddenly shut up halfway through their spells, and the magical energy that was gathering naturally dissipated. This way, the meteor shower could not be released, and they also couldn't use this trick again within half an hour. It just saved a little MP.
At the same time, 10,000 cavalrymen in the garrison rushed out!
These 10,000 cavalrymen were dispatched from the gates on both sides of the village, bypassing their own magician and infantry formations, and then combined into a torrent to kill the members of the Evil God Temple!
The Evil God Temple was originally retreating, and they were in a panic and in a state of chaos. When they noticed that my mage had stopped, Huoyun knew that they had fallen into a trap and quickly ordered his subordinates to redeploy their defenses. However, how fast were the cavalry? Before the Evil God Temple could stabilize their position, I rode on Benlei and charged in with my sword!
Seeing that the situation was not good, Huoyun stepped forward and tried to stop me, punching me with both fists at the side of my Tiger Soul Edgeless Sword.
Unexpectedly, I swung my sword with such force that Huoyun was pushed far away. In an instant, the two of us were separated by the chaotic army and lost the chance to fight. It turned out that my swing happened to coincide with the explosive power of the fierce tiger soul. How could Huoyun block it?
It was easy for 10,000 cavalry to defeat 20,000 troops in chaos, not to mention that the Evil God Temple had already taken away their momentum. In less than two minutes, I had penetrated the Evil God Temple's formation, and turned back to lead my troops to attack. The infantry led by Xiao Wu quickly pressed forward, and the Evil God's troops had gone from chaos to defeat!
Huoyun was furious. According to the agreement, after he took the lead, the Federation should have come forward to support and serve as the main force to attack the Thunder Alliance. However, the news he received at this time showed that the Federation was still advancing slowly and hesitantly. It was obvious that they were waiting for the Evil God Temple to be defeated before they would clean up the mess!
Seeing that the situation was hopeless and that if the battle continued, the entire Evil God Temple would be annihilated, Huoyun finally gave the order: "Evacuate the battlefield!"
The Lord of the Temple gave the order, and the already unsustainable evil god troops immediately scattered in all directions, but about half of them were still surrounded by my infantry, and they could be annihilated in a short time. I then divided the cavalry into dozens of teams to hunt down the scattered evil god remnants. It was a rare good situation, and I must try to eliminate as many of the evil god temple's living forces as possible, so that they cannot reorganize a complete force to attack our alliance in a short period of time, so that I can concentrate on dealing with the powerful enemy of the Federation!
