Real Cthulhu Running Game

   Chapter 723 Looking up at the starry sky

   "I'm very glad that you brave adults can come to Jinfeng City. I am Cowens, the lord of Jinfeng City." Cowens said actively.

  Zhang Jingxu nodded and said with a smile, "I didn't expect you, Marquis Cowans, to come to greet us in person. We are really flattered now."

  Zhang Jingxu and Cowens exchanged a few words, and the relationship between the two sides became more intimate.

   At least that’s what it looks like on the surface.

   "Mr. Braves, do you want to rest in the castle first, or go to the barracks outside the city with me?" Cowens asked with a smile.

Zhang Jingxu didn't think about it, and said directly: "I have received the latest order from the emperor of our country, so our brave team will also participate in your country's fight against the rebellion and the crusade against the plague clan, so since you have said so, Marquis Cowans. , then we must be more willing to go to the barracks to see, after all, we should fight side by side in the future."

   Cowens nodded and took Liu Xing and others to the barracks not far away.

   Liu Xing can see at a glance that this barracks should have just been established, because there is not even a fence on the periphery of this barracks, and there is not even a soldier responsible for guarding the periphery.

   It seems that the military quality of Jinfengcheng soldiers is a little worrying.

Covings looked at his barracks and said a little embarrassedly: "This barracks has just been established in the last two days, and it is specially provided for those recruited recruits to live in. The original soldiers of our Jinfeng City are all waiting. in the castle."

   Zhang Jingxu nodded and asked, "I see, but Marquis of Covents, can you tell me how many recruits Jinfeng City has recruited now?"

After being silent for a moment, Cowens said embarrassedly: "Hey, I'd better tell you the truth to the brave adults, now we have only recruited more than 300 recruits in Jinfeng City, plus the original 200 standing troops, the distance from the king to give him. The 1,800 soldiers I ordered are still more than half short; and the most important thing is that in three days I have to lead the army to the capital for reorganization. I think I will be thankful that I can gather 1,000 soldiers by then. already."

   At this moment, Ding Kun suddenly asked: "Marquis Cowens, I heard before that your Skaven Kingdom's recruiting efficiency is very high, why can't even half of the recruits be recruited now?"

Cowens sighed and said seriously: "The answer to this question is actually very simple, that is, the current Skaven Kingdom is no longer the previous Skaven Kingdom. Because the Skaven Kingdom was just founded, it experienced There have been many large-scale wars, so there have been a large number of veterans who are willing to re-enter the battlefield when necessary; and the current Skaven Kingdom is different, because today's continent has become relatively peaceful, plus Next to the Skaven Kingdom is a powerful empire, so the Skaven Kingdom has not experienced other wars other than the Ruszia siege that year, so after those veterans have died, those who did not People who have been through war no longer want to be in the military."

"Besides that, it's the location of my territory, because my territory is located on the border between the Skaven Kingdom and the Empire, so after the Empire announced that it would no longer initiate wars, successive kings began to reduce their control over my territory. The military assistance provided, and the military establishment of Jinfeng City is also constantly being cut. Up to now, there is only a 200-strong city guard army dedicated to destroying bandits in the territory. You must know that Jinfeng City was in its heyday. There were nearly two Thousands of people are stationed in the army, but I didn’t expect that for more than 20 years, I could only watch my subordinates leave the army one by one.”

   Sure enough, Cowens came from the army.

   "Marquis of Covents, this is actually a good thing. After all, the war is really too cruel. It would be better if the swords could be avoided." Zhang Wenbing said.

  Cowens nodded, pointed at the two Kewen brothers and said, "You are right, if it were the same now, these two boys would have already died on the battlefield."

  The two Kewen brothers smiled awkwardly.

   At this time, a fully armed veteran walked out of the camp and said with some complaints: "General Cowans, the quality of this batch of recruits is really poor in all aspects, and even the most basic training cannot be completed."

Now it was Covance's turn to be embarrassed again, "Monroe, you are my most trusted lieutenant now, so I hope you can give these new recruits the most basic fighting ability within these three days... Of course, if it really doesn't work, Monroe, you must at least let these guys learn how to maintain the most basic formation, because I heard that our king will hold a military parade in the capital, and I don't want to lose face in front of other lords. "

  Monroe sighed and said weakly: "Then I can only try my best."

   After saying that, Monroe returned to the barracks.

"Monroe was my former adjutant in the army, and he once helped me block a deadly arrow on the battlefield." Covings introduced: "It seems that those recruits have not adapted to their military life, so we don't need it for the time being. Go in and disturb them."

   Zhang Jingxu nodded and said with a smile, "I think so too, and I'm feeling a little hungry right now. After all, we set out early in the morning to come to Jinfeng City, and we didn't eat anything on the way."

  Cowens saw that Zhang Jingxu gave himself face like this, so he decisively borrowed the donkey and said: "Oh, then you must taste the special food of our Jinfeng City - looking up at the starry sky pie."

   The commercial smirks on Liu Xing and others' faces disappeared instantly, and their hearts became uneasy.

   Soon, Liu Xing and others returned to Jinfeng City and headed to Covents Castle in the center of Jinfeng City.

   As expected by Liu Xing and others, the taste of Jinfeng City is stronger and more layered than that of Blacksmith Village, because all kinds of livestock and poultry are everywhere in Jinfeng City.

   I hate this continent. . .

   Liu Xing said silently in his heart.

   But the good thing is that because Covents Castle is built on the highest point of Jinfeng City, the air in Covents Castle is not bad. . . Equivalent to Jinfeng City.

   Sitting at the dining table, Zhang Jingxu and Cowens chatted very happily.

   As for Liu Xing and others, looking at the magic version in front of them and looking up at the Starry Sky School, it is impossible to say anything.

  Because the Skaven Kingdom is an inland country, the fishery resources of the Skaven Kingdom are very scarce. The modified version of Star Watching Pie naturally replaces the fish in the Pie with a different ingredient.

  It makes sense in theory to exchange mountain delicacies for seafood.

   However, when Liu Xing looked up at the black snakes that were still moving in the starry sky, he did not have the courage to move a knife. . .

   Is this thing really edible?

   Liu Xing couldn't help but back his chair a little, because Liu Xing suspected that these black snakes who were still alive would run out of the pie by twisting and twisting.

As a digression, Liu Xing once met love when he was a child, and he was less than twenty centimeters away from a cauliflower snake, so since then the snake has left a deep shadow in the young Liu Xing's heart, and it is now Liu Xing. The most feared creature is still the snake.

   At this time, Yin En, who was sitting next to Liu Xing, said in a low voice: "Xie Te, this magic-modified star-gazing faction is too scary. I think my san value is going to zero."

   At this time, Liu Xing and others saw that Cowens picked up a fork and directly killed a black snake, and then ate it together with the pie.

   Liu Xing felt that he lost 1 san value in an instant.

  Because "travel tired", Liu Xing and others who "have no appetite" only drank a few glasses of wine at the table, and then left the restaurant and went back to their room to rest.

   Of course, Liu Xing and the others didn't rest for long, so they wandered around in Covents Castle and inquired about various information from the servants and servants in Covents Castle.

   After several successful verbal judgments, Liu Xing and Yin En got a lot of information about Cowens.

Cowens is an inspirational example of the Skaven Kingdom, because Cowens was originally just the son of an ordinary blacksmith. After he built a set of weapons and equipment for himself at the age of sixteen, he secretly joined the army. He performed well in battles, so Covance became a general step by step, and his title changed from a baron to an earl.

In the siege of Ruthzia that year, Cowens, as a pioneer, took his own troops to the city wall of Ruthzia first, and then because he wanted to clear the plague clan defenders on the city wall and ensure that the city wall would not be damaged. It will be taken back by the plague clan, so Covents did not participate in the next street battle, so Covents' troops did not suffer too many casualties.

   is still the same sentence, because this continent is set in medieval Europe, so "my vassal's vassals, not my vassals" still apply on this continent.

   To put it simply, although Cowens' troops belonged to the Skaven Kingdom in name, in fact, Cowens' troops were Covens' private branch and only accepted the command of Cowens.

Therefore, after the siege of Ruszia, Cowens, who was sitting on two thousand soldiers and horses, can be regarded as self-respecting, so the king of Skaven at that time ascended and descended secretly, and raised the title to the test of the marquis. Vince was deployed from the hinterland of the kingdom to the border with the empire, and the significance of it is self-evident, and Covens has never been reused by successive kings since then, and has been subjected to various kinds of suppression.

   If it wasn't for the new king this time, in order to ensure that the rebels and the plague clan could be defeated, Cowens had the opportunity to be recruited.

However, according to some unidentified gossip, according to the recruitment standards issued by the king to other lords, Cowens theoretically only needs to recruit 800 soldiers. Covins dismounted, so he added a thousand soldiers to the recruitment requirements of Cowens. If Cowens did not complete this recruitment goal, then Cowens would likely be downgraded to an earl or even a viscount.

   Apparently, Cowans is now being suppressed in the Skaven kingdom.

   Hearing this, Liu Xing finally understood why Cowens was willing to put down his body and make friends when facing his group.

Obviously, judging from the current situation, unless Covance recruits strong men and forcibly recruits a group of recruits to complete his recruitment goals, there will be no way for Covance to gather 1,800 soldiers within three days. If Cowens really dared to catch the strong man, then Cowens may be directly deprived of the title at that time.

   Therefore, the only way for Covance to break the game at the moment is to pretend to be a tiger and hug Jingxu's thigh.

Although Zhang Jingxu will not be of any substantial help to Cowens, Zhang Jingxu is a hero recognized by the empire after all, so if Zhang Jingxu is willing to stand on Cowens' side, then King Skaven will have to consider Zhang Jingxu. At that time, he can only choose to "forgive" Covings for his unfavorable behavior.

   Because the mercenaries of the empire will definitely choose to support Zhang Jingxu.

Therefore, if Cowens can have a good relationship with Zhang Jingxu and let Zhang Jingxu intercede for him, then Cowens can get through this difficulty, and after that, Cowens can also bring his team of recruits with a combat effectiveness of five to go. To take refuge in the mercenaries of the empire, so that they will not be sent to death as cannon fodder.

"It seems that this Cowens is not a reckless man who only knows how to fight." Yin En said with some sigh: "But it's always a little uncomfortable to be used as a gunman. I didn't expect us to become Cowens's. shield."

Liu Xing shrugged and said, "Actually, this is also a good thing for us, after all, our initial purpose was to make Cowens our spokesperson, so we can achieve our goals more easily, then Of course, it couldn't be better, and judging from the current situation, we might be able to indirectly control Cowens' troops. Although the combat effectiveness of these recruits is extremely poor, they are still a large army. It can help us solve some problems.”

Yin En nodded, touched his chin and said, "In fact, if we had known that the empire would send mercenaries to fight, we could have cooperated with the leader of that mercenary. After all, Zhang Jingxu's hero title is better on the empire's side. Use, and the strength of the empire's mercenaries will definitely not be too bad."

"It can't be said, you must know that mercenaries have no right to speak on the battlefield. They can only obey the arrangements of their employers to fight, so if we join the mercenaries of the empire, then we will be subject to many restrictions, and we will also I can't guarantee that I can convince the leader of the mercenaries to cooperate with us. At that time, we may be assigned to various messy tasks, which is not a good thing for us; so the strength of Cowens is poor. A little, but Covance should choose to follow our advice and become a qualified spokesperson."

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