Chapter 140 Just because he is the governor?
Denison Henry was also in a rush.
He doesn't know that much about military affairs, but he always understands the simplest comparison of numbers.No matter how powerful Perbov's army can fight, it can't replace the role of 10 people.
He is here in the artillery position, gathering the broken soldiers, and the effect is actually not bad.
The main reason is that the twelve cannons lined up in this line are too bluffing.When the rout retreated here, seeing these artillery pieces, they couldn't help but slow down.
Then, Henry came forward again, with carrots and sticks, to keep the man.
The so-called carrot is money.
Henry is rich, but not that rich.It took only two months for him to develop, and he made a lot of money, but he lacked some accumulation.
But the point is that he is willing to spend money now, even spend all his money, and even go into debt, that's okay.
Anyway, as long as they 'win' and survive, the Garbage Town is finally brought under the rule of the governor, and the new alliance's system policy is implemented, 'money' doesn't mean much at all.
This information, those ordinary adventurers don't know, it is still useful for him to throw out large sums of coins.
And another big stick is the desertion policy promulgated by Trash Town.For the adventurers who keep fleeing, Garbage Town must of course come up with some solutions.In fact, during this period of time, many adventurers who left the front line were executed as deserters.
This part of the pressure is still transmitted to the front line.
During the big crash, everyone was running, the law was not responsible for everyone, and there were no military judges enforcing combat discipline, so of course no one took this thing seriously.
At this moment, someone mentioned it, there are heavy artillery here, and they are willing to double the money, those adventurers naturally have to think carefully about how to choose.
Of course, there is another key factor that cannot be ignored, that is, after the adventurers are reorganized, they will not be sent to the front line immediately.
They had just been defeated by the green-skinned orcs, and sending them to the front line immediately might not have any effect.But it would be much better just to restore the organization, reorganize on the spot, and stand next to the artillery position without having to fight in person.
And with these adventurers, continuing to recruit more adventurers can play an expanding role.
In a few hours, Henry gathered about four or five thousand adventurers.
With these manpower, Henry had the idea of sending them to the front to fight.
However, after contacting Perbov, the answer he got was that there was no need to send people over, and there was no big problem here.
Mainly, the Beast Slaughter Group was prepared.
Henry also knew the leader Li Kexi.Under his leadership, half of the Beast Slaughter Regiment finally had time to rebuild their morale behind the line of defense formed by the First Synthetic Battalion.They were re-formed and put into the front line, which greatly filled the manpower of each firepower point and alleviated the shortage of infantry in the [-]st Synthetic Battalion.
In this way, the defense line of about six kilometers in the fifth district can be regarded as impenetrable.
What is difficult is the other front, which is about [-] kilometers long.
Those green skins died down in front of the first battalion, but they might attack other positions at any time.
In fact, this is likely already happening.
But what's worse is that neither Henry nor Perbov has a good grasp of the overall situation.
These armies composed of free adventure groups, even the lines of defense they are in charge of, are all chosen by themselves. They don't even have a unified centralized command. There are obviously 10 people, but many people actually think about it. Take risks, pick up trash, and make money.The team that didn't receive the employment task didn't have the idea of fighting those green skins at all, so that the huge number couldn't exert its strength at all.
But at least, Swann should have an overall situation.
He got in touch with the garbage town boss again. On the one hand, he wanted to know how the battle is going. If there is any need for support, the 5000 people who have just gathered in his hands can temporarily go up— — but don't trust their fighting power too much.
On the other hand, he wants to know whether many adventure groups were chosen by themselves or hired by other vacillating businessmen and agents to protect those insects from running away. Has it been curbed?
...
"I'm going to fix that right now."
After hanging up the communication with Henry, Swan opened the door of the conference room in front of him with a sullen face.
Inside, there are already many people sitting.
His charisma is still reflected at this time.
If it weren't for him, no one would be able to gather so many agents and important businessmen together in such a chaotic time when many people even wanted to abandon everything and run away.
But that's all there is to it.
The meeting hall was noisy, and many people had obvious expressions of impatience on their faces.
The content of their quarrel is also very routine. In fact, they have quarreled many times in the past.
There are those who stick to it and those who give up;
There are also divisions in the Persistence faction. Some people want to build a unified army in Trash Town, and they can't continue to be so scattered; some people say that the supervision of those adventure groups should be strengthened, the assignment of tasks should be more reasonable, and the rewards should be increased...
Before entering the door, Swann actually listened secretly for a while.
The debate at the scene was actually similar to what he had known before.
Most people still want to keep guarding.
No matter how dangerous the situation is, everyone's property is still in the garbage town.
In this wasteland, the value of 'floating wealth' is very low.
currency?This thing cannot be eaten or drunk, and it is not in a stable society where money can buy everything.It's all too common in the wasteland to have currency but not be able to buy things.Even if it is the alliance currency issued by the alliance, it may not be recognized by many places if it goes far, and the purchasing power fluctuates greatly.
What is really valuable is the actual material, whether it is food or raw materials or weapons and equipment, these are wealth.
And another important wealth is industry.
Industry is something that relies on many things.Machinery, venues, origins of raw materials, commercial channels, business environment... Many people present, who were mixed into the positions of agents, all have industries.
Giving up Fuxing City is equivalent to giving up the greatest wealth they have.
You don't necessarily cry when you see the coffin, let alone you haven't seen it yet.
It's just that the situation is a bit broken now, and those green-skinned orcs haven't rushed into the garbage town yet.Many people really don't want to give up the garbage town, that's tantamount to dissipating wealth and breaking up gangs.
But on the contrary, many commercial agents who do not have permanent production and rely on freight and channels, they want to run away instead.Although the loss of breaking up and running away is not small, it is better than continuing to push on and the situation completely collapses and cannot escape.
However, the next piece of news that Swann will announce is likely to change this situation.
When he stood on the rostrum, the chaotic quarrels gradually subsided.
People began to wait for his big brother to speak, preferably some good news.
And Swan did not disappoint them: "The rout from the No.18 District to the Fifth District has stopped. An alliance army from Fuxing City accepted my request. They not only blocked the loopholes in the defense line, They also pushed back two kilometers. At the same time, the teams in other positions retreated in an orderly manner, and have re-established a new line of defense with the fifth area as the core. The situation has stabilized for the time being."
The news is exciting!
Everyone knew that the army belonging to Governor Gu had come to the side of Garbage Town.Those who are not well-informed cannot sit in this conference room.
Someone couldn't help asking: "Is the governor coming to help us? Will he help us solve the troubles of those green-skinned beasts?"
"Yes." Swann gave a confirmed answer.
In fact, he has not had a chance to communicate with Governor Gu, only chatted with Henry.
But it doesn't stop him from talking nonsense now.
And this news is really exciting!
Anyone with a discerning eye knows that the greenskin crisis has spread to the present, and it is no longer possible to rely on the power of Garbage Town itself to solve it.With the introduction of the power of the governor who has completely controlled Fuxing City, there is hope for a solution to this problem.
However, some smarter people thought of another key.
A man with dirty, blond hair in knots stood up and asked Swann, "What's the price? What's the price?"
Swann looked at him.
That was his nemesis, Nasser.
Unlike him, who is the second-ranked agent in Garbage Town, this Nasser doesn't have much real estate. His biggest 'industry' is the adventure group.
There are at least [-] large and small adventure groups that are active around Garbage Town. They are the teams he has pulled together through various methods such as funding, sponsorship, and direct formation.He controls the harvesting and sales channels of these adventure groups, and can directly issue tasks to those adventure groups.
These [-] adventure groups, thousands of people big, dozens of small people, add up to [-] to [-] armed adventurers influenced and controlled by him.
Moreover, he also has close ties with many raiders in the wasteland.
This is a nasty guy, and it is the person Swann is most wary of during this green skin crisis.He's the typical guy with no estate, his wealth, on those 'people'.If Garbage Town is ruined, Nasser will certainly suffer serious losses, but he can lead people to think of a way to open up another 'ruin mine', or simply be a looter for a while.
Someone with a gun, there is always a way out.
Facing Swann's menacing gaze towards him, Nasser didn't care at all.He opened his mouth, showing his yellow teeth, and said, "Will the governor be so kind as to help us fight this battle for free? Our Mr. Swann, what did you promise the governor?"
His question silenced the scene again.
It is of course a good thing that the governor is willing to help, but the price must be asked clearly.
Other agents, large and small, waited for Swann's answer.
Swann showed a smile: "The price is the whole garbage town."
As soon as this word came out, the audience was silent.
Even his old enemy, Nasser, couldn't be dealt with.
He tried to embarrass Swann, but why did you say it all yourself?
He was still thinking about how he would press the question again, and then clarify the claim that Swann had sold some specific rights in Trash Town, in order to embarrass Swann even more, but unexpectedly, he heard a speech that made him dumbfounded information.
That's not a sale of some rights, it's a whole sale and nothing left!
Nasser, who was relieved, laughed.His hoarse and ugly laughter was very sharp: "You sold out the entire Trash Town to the governor? What right do you have to do that! Trash Town, is it yours alone?!"
Facing the questioning, Swann showed an indifferent smile.
"To correct you, it's not a 'sell', but a 'price'. Is it up to me to decide whether the governor wants to save the garbage town, and what price to charge?"
"What do you mean?"
"Let me make my words clearer." Swan said, "The Governor believes that Trash Town is a member of the alliance, and he is the ruler of the entire planet. Trash Town should be ruled by him. It should be included in the new alliance system. It just happened that Trash Town encountered a huge difficulty, and he was here to help his people in the midst of the greenskin crisis."
Swan bit the word 'helping the people' very hard.
Many people understood what he meant and couldn't help but fell into deep thought.
And some people don't understand, or understand clearly but don't want to.
Nasser is still clamoring: "Why does he do this? Do we think that the [-] people and [-] guns here are for nothing?! Those factories and industries are all our property! How can he say to take away Just take it away? Just because he is the governor?!"
Some people who don't know why, followed suit.
Swann looked at them, just let out a cold snort, and didn't say much.
Slowly, some people began to recall it, and gradually shut up.
Nasser's complexion finally became very ugly.
He doesn't have enough supporters anymore.
Gritting his rotten teeth, he said to Swann: "You can't kill them all?"
"I never said that."
"I'm going to take my people away! I'm leaving now!"
Swann finally smiled, with a bright smile: "That can't be done. It's a state of emergency. The battle outside the city is not over yet, and the threat of greenskins is still serious. In addition, the governor is about to arrive. Since then, a state of emergency has been entered, and the entire town is under martial law, no one is allowed to enter or leave!"
According to the process, he made a proposal and it was going to the voting stage.But today, instead of raising hands in favor, he raises the hands of the naysayers.
Nasser yelled in opposition, and a small number of people also followed him and roared angrily.
But it was of no use, and most people remained strangely silent.
With a smile, Swan announced: "From this moment on, Trash Town is officially under martial law."
(End of this chapter)