"Pass my order! Arrest Mayor Soroyov for now! He shall pay 10,000 gold coins, and that amount needs to be paid in full in three days! Other nobles shall be charged 50,000 gold coins each, and the amount needs to be paid in full in three days as well. Also, each family needs to hand over 100 personal soldiers to help with the defense of the city..." as Fei said that, he looked at the nobles who were stoked to be alive and continued, "From today on, you guys will defend the west side of the defense wall. I will be here as well watching everything!"
Fei's tone was very decisive and didn't allow any room for negotiation.
"Sir! We are willing to pay and hand over soldiers for the defense; we are willing to listen to all of your calls and orders..." one of the nobles who had a fat face was already showing his good side as a flattering smile appeared on his face.
The nobles were happy that their lives were spared; although some of them felt painful giving away that much money, they couldn't do anything about it.
In the end, they all looked at that first fat nobles in disdain as they all copied his attitude and expressed their willingness to pay and defend.
"Ok, you guys can leave now. Go back and prepare; bring people to the defense wall by tomorrow morning."
Fei waved his hand, and some soldiers walked up and took Soroyov away. The other nobles all bowed at Fei respectfully and quickly escaped the defense wall; some of them were so scared that their legs were soft.
"From now on, this west gate will be my command center! As long as Jax doesn't pull back its forces, I won't leave this side of the defense wall!" Fei decided to put his command center on this side of the defense wall. Anywhere was the same in his eyes, and he would be able to discover the movements of the enemies by placing his command center here,
This action made the soldiers and the commanders admire him even more.
More and more people started to believe that there was still hope in this war where Zenit was at a severe disadvantage; as long as this young king was here to protect the Dual-Flags City, they could see a future.
...
The red sun was finally about to disappear on the horizon.
The sky darkened, and the white clouds in the sky were painted into the red color of the sunlight; they looked bloody from afar.
The temperature was dropping quickly.
Since it was the desert and the sand could not hold in the heat, the temperature difference between the day and the night was huge.
It was heard that even the Sand Tigers that were known as the [Boats in the Desert] could be freeze to death in the cold winter nights.
As a result, it was almost impossible to travel and battle in this climate. There had never been a case of enemies sieging a city in a winter night in the desert, so Fei and his fellow commanders didn't need to worry too much about the safety of the city in the night.
The soldiers in Dual-Flags City who had fought for the whole day could finally get a good rest.
The seven noble families were confiscated, and the value of properties was worth more than 1,000,000 gold coins; there were more than 600,000 gold coins in their mansions on top of the rare treasures.
All of these were put into the military fund.
The soldiers in Dual-Flags City witnessed and participated in the whole expropriation process, and Frank Ribry who woke up after being treated by Fei a second time and the doctors in the city also appeared and helped. There were lots of witnesses and proofs that indicated that Chambord didn't misappropriate the treasures.
[Wolf Teeth Legion]'s actions earned the respect of the native soldiers in Dual-Flags City.
After the herald brigade entered the city, the attitude of the native soldiers changed from skeptical to cautious and to respect. One had to admit that Fei's charisma did 80% of the work, but the friendships that were built between the native soldiers and the soldiers in [Wolf Teeth Legion] during the battles today also helped a lot.
From strangers to friends; the two different groups of soldiers were getting to know each other quickly,
Fei was happy to see this; this would help to increase the concentration and the combat ability of the military forces.
Before the night arrived, the news about the king of Chambord executing the leaders of the seven noble families already got around the city.
On top of being shocked, the people in Dual-Flags City sensed the direct and aggressive personality of the new No.1 Commander. Fei's new policies around the reward and punishment system were made into posters and got posted around the city as they came to effect immediately.
No one in the city dared to disobey the orders anymore unless they wanted to hang their heads on the west gate.
This greatly motivated the soldiers and the civilians!
Inside the massive watchtower on the west gate, Fei hosted his first military meeting as the No.1 Commander of the Battle Zone.
Frank Ribry who was the head commander of the native soldiers of Dual-Flags City participated in the meeting alongside the commanders in the herald brigade of [Wolf Teeth Legion]. In this meeting, the powers and rights of each level of the commanders were clearly drawn out, and the channels of communication were set up. As the head commander of the 30,000 native soldiers, Ribry earned a lot of respect and was liked by Fei; he was given a lot of power.
Shevchenko, Cech, and Ribry were the three direct reports of Fei
"Ribry, I will put you in charge of building the militia. You are much familiar with the city compared with the others," Fei laughed and said, "You will be doing a lot of work in the next few days."
"It is an honor to serve you. I don't mind the hard work," Ribry replied. He was a straightforward person, and he was quite manly. Since he already admired Fei a lot, he followed all of Fei's orders without hesitation.
"Great. Out of the 36,000 soldiers we have, they shall be divided into three groups, and you three will each lead one. Each group will be responsible for patrolling and guarding the defense wall at a given time, and you guys shall rotate the responsibilities; the number of soldiers patrolling the area can be reduced by half in the night. All resources will be provided by the logistics department in [Wolf Teeth Legion], and that is all for now. The rest of [Wolf Teeth Legion] will be here in two days, and we shall discuss more issues then!"
Fei wrapped up the meeting.
This meeting wasn't that long, and the commanders all left and went back to their defense locations.
Ribry who was recognized and valued by Fei was very excited. Without worrying about the injuries that still hadn't fully recovered yet, he started to prepare for the construction of the militia. Since the appearance of the invaders, there was a curfew at night in Dual-Flags City. However, it didn't feel less intense and less busy at all when it was dark outside.
Fei kept Pierce, Drogba, Huerk, and Kanort as his temporary guards.
Although soldiers were patrolling in front of the watchtower, it was quite empty inside the watchtower.
Fei was sitting on a stone chair that had a layer of leather on it, and he was thinking about how the rest of [Wolf Teeth Legion] could get through the enemies of Jax who had surrounded the city; the number of enemies was increasing by the day since there were a lot of reinforcements coming.
This was a big issue! Except for the soldiers, there was also the central logistic department who held a lot of resources including food and supplies; their movement speed was quite slow. Unlike the cavaliers in the herald brigade who were able to get through the enemies' defense lines in one charge, the rest of [Wolf Teeth Legion] that had 30,000 soldiers in it would suffer around 7,000 casualties if they wanted to get through the enemies by force, and the loss of food and supplies couldn't even be counted.
On top of that, it was a headache just thinking about how these soldiers could enter the city. It would take a while for 30,000 soldiers to enter the city, and the enemies might use this opportunity when the gate was open and charge in; that would be catastrophic.
Fei felt exhausted just thinking about it.
If it wasn't for Krasic's death and if Chambord wasn't only 400 kilometers away from Dual-Flags City and might be in danger after Dual-Flags City gets conquered, Fei would want to dust himself off and leave this place.
Since he had Diablo World, he could stay in Chambord and only show-off his strength after he becomes invincible; that was a more thrilling life.
Fei looked through the door and looked at the campsite of Jax that was quite bright in the dark, and a lightbulb appeared in his head.
He remembered that both Tanasha and Paris gave him a few magic boxes.
"Open up the boxes in order once you encounter difficulties," that was what these two intelligent and famous women told him when they gifted him the boxes.
...
3,000 meters away from Dual-Flags City.
Inside the campsite of Jax.
The long and cold night arrived, and even the soldiers of Jax who already got used to this weather had to go back to the tents with campfires inside of them. Only by getting warmed up by the heat from the fire could they survive the coldness.
Since they had the advantage in the war and it was freezing in the night, the defense and the patrol of the campsite wasn't too tight.
There were blockages set up 300 meters away from the campsite, and they were there to stop the cavaliers of Zenit charging directly into their campsite. Of course, the chances of that happening was really low in this weather.
There were wooden watchtowers all around the campsite, and the soldiers would be changed every 30 minutes to reduce the harm the cold weather would do to them.
The moon was shining beautifully in the sky, and the silver moonlight shined on the ground, making everything seem more beautiful and more poetic.
At this moment, a dash of shadow suddenly charged at the direction of this campsite from the west gate of Dual-Flags City.