Valon: Even a supporting character can change his fate.

Valon investigated these seven people again and finally chose one.

This centurion is different. He used to be an ordinary soldier. He accumulated military merits by fighting on the battlefield and was promoted to centurion, but this is the end of his career.

You know, there are five centurions above the centurion, but to reach that position is not as simple as going into battle and killing the enemy.

Although there are specific military merits in order to demonstrate fairness, any discerning person can see that it is impossible to achieve that level of military merit through personal strength, unless you are a god from heaven or a reincarnated god of killing.

So the question is, who do these five centurions and the officers above them serve for?

The answer is actually very simple. These high-ranking positions are given to the children of aristocrats, or to those who have connections and backgrounds with those above them.

Not to mention the children of the nobility. Even though the nobility has been stripped of their wealth over the years, they still have some foundation, as their heritage has been passed down for so many years. A lean camel is still bigger than a horse.

Compared to ordinary people, children of nobles are generally well educated. In addition, their families have some money, so after making arrangements with others, they will naturally be promoted faster.

There are also those who have connections above them. When they arrive, they will be centurions directly. With a little work, their military achievements will naturally increase, and becoming a five-centurion will be a natural thing.

However, this centurion was just an ordinary centurion, not a son of a noble, and had no one above him. After so many years of military service, the military pay he had saved was not enough to buy a centurion's salary.

The reason why Valon chose him was not because of his bravery and fighting ability, but because his physique was suitable for learning magic.

After all, even in this world, unless you have special means, learning magic is still a gift from God.

Although the other six are also very good, they have no talent in magic. Even if Valon helps them, it will cost more resources and wisdom, and the achievements they can make in the future will be very limited, which is not cost-effective.

Because he was a centurion, considered the top officer among civilians, he had his own independent tent to rest.

That night, Valon found the other party, showed his absolute strength in front of him, and promised him that as long as he followed him, he would also gain powerful strength, a high status and endless money.

In order to make his words more convincing, Valon refined a piece of stone into gold on the spot. Although it only looked like gold on the surface, and was not gold, it was enough to fool an ordinary person.

Seeing Valon's powerful strength, the other party surrendered to Valon without any hesitation.

"I am Zhao Peng, a humble man, and I am willing to submit to you, sir, and hold the stirrup for you."

Seeing that the other party was so sensible, Valon was naturally happy. He took out a magic stone on the spot, drew the magic power in it and injected it into Zhao Peng's body, allowing Zhao Peng to successfully awaken his magic power.

Of course, Zhao Peng only possesses magic power now, and he still has a long way to go if he wants to become a magician. But it doesn’t matter, because we still have Walon.

As long as there are enough resources and knowledge, Wallon can greatly shorten this process.

Valon then injected the magic power from the two magic stones into Zhaopeng's body, bringing the magic power reserves in his body to the limit that he could bear.

Then Valon injected the breathing method and the knowledge of using magic to nourish and strengthen the body into Zhaopeng's memory. Finally, he gave Zhaopeng a bag of gold coins for him to use to manage his upper and lower bodies.

The task that Walon gave to Zhao Peng was very simple, which was to let him increase his influence and official position in the border army as much as possible, so as to prepare for the future rebellion of the border army.

Zhao Peng did not disappoint Walon. In the following period, Zhao Peng actively practiced and used all the gold coins to manage the situation.

Not only was his official rank promoted to captain of five hundred, but he was soon promoted to captain of a thousand. Under the financial offensive, Zhao Peng also won over a group of officers who were willing to follow him to the death.

Yes, Zhao Peng is not a fool. He knows very well that it is useless to win over the soldiers.

Soldiers on the battlefield are nothing but cannon fodder, and it's no exaggeration to say that they face a life-and-death situation. You take great pains to win them over to your side, and the next moment they die on the battlefield. Isn't your money wasted in vain?

For this reason, Zhao Peng chose to win over military officers, the youngest of whom was a centurion. He even managed to win over a thousand-man captain under the financial offensive.

However, it was not Zhao Peng who actively tried to win over this centurion, but the other party came to him on his own initiative.

This captain was also a shrewd man. Seeing that Zhao Peng was so rich and his rank was promoted so quickly, he immediately realized that Zhao Peng must have established some kind of connection with the people above him and was protected by someone, which was why he was able to be promoted so quickly.

In this case, it is a foregone conclusion that Zhao Peng will become a thousand-man captain. For this reason, the other party took the initiative to approach Zhao Peng before he became a thousand-man captain, hoping to establish a certain connection with him.

After all, even in the army, factions do exist. The two main generals and the several deputy generals under them cannot be a united front for their own interests.

Each of them represents a faction, and in order to protect themselves, the people below naturally need to take sides and find backers.

However, Walon had no interest in these. After seeing Zhao Peng become the captain of five hundred and gain a foothold, Walon left here and continued to go deeper into the empire.

The entire empire not only has this border army, but also many other armies. However, many of them are in training because there are no wars to fight for the time being.

It was very simple for Valon. He disguised himself as an officer and sneaked into these armies. He first found a capable senior official, and then gave him a certain amount of power while holding his power. Then, he turned him into his own man through the double attack of the big stick and the sweet dates.

Then, with this person as the center, he would train and win over more people in the army to serve him.

In a month, in addition to the initial border troops, Wallon sent five armies, but the number of these troops was obviously not comparable to that of the border troops.

The largest of these armies could have as many as 10,000 men, and the smallest only 500.

Among them are veterans who have retired from the battlefield, as well as new recruits who have not seen blood and are just in training.

However, no matter whether you are a veteran or a rookie, the numbers are there, and the reason why Valon spent a month and took the trouble to deploy these five armies was to control the army first.

You have to know that the empire is no different from other kingdoms. It has a large territory and a large army. In addition to the border armies in the southeast, northwest, northeast and southwest, there are seven armies within the empire.

Because the south is adjacent to the Vatican and has been at war for years, the border troops in the south have the strongest combat effectiveness but also consume the most resources.