My bathroom connects to another world
Chapter 349 - 349 349 Mix of Real and Fake Troops

349: Chapter 349: Mix of Real and Fake Troops 349: Chapter 349: Mix of Real and Fake Troops Zhao Guang, after painstakingly arranging everything, had run around for two days.

Exhausted, Zhao Guang sat in his own seat, yet he still couldn’t stop.

There were many things that needed to be thoroughly researched in advance, so he continued to scribble and draw on his notebook.

Although these tasks weren’t as mentally draining as the ones he usually dealt with, they felt even more strenuous.

“Master, you have become thinner from exhaustion these past days, let me massage you.”

“Who did you learn this from?

I don’t recall you ever doing this before.” Zhao Guang didn’t turn around; he knew it was Xi Fei behind him.

His head leaned back slightly, relishing the unfamiliar touch that seemed to alleviate his weariness considerably.

Xi Fei’s voice grew even softer, “I learned it from specialists over these few days, please don’t blame me if it’s not good.”

Specialists?

Zhao Guang approximately knew who she meant, as after all, there were only so many people in the service industry in this world.

It was truly challenging for Xi Fei to think of contacting them, and reaching out to those people must not have been easy.

In any case, Xi Fei was merely a servant, entirely different in status from a noble like himself.

“Then do a good job.

If it’s not good, I will massage you later.” Zhao Guang’s words made Xi Fei soften, but she massaged with even more effort and seriousness.

After a night, Zhao Guang got up and had to continue being busy.

There was no choice, when the slaves were gradually getting prepared, Zhao Guang found that managing them wasn’t so simple.

This wasn’t simply a matter of issuing an order and having them obey completely.

Although they would obey, they also searched for loopholes in the orders to shirk work.

Or rather, their state of mind was somewhat unbearable.

With no other option, Zhao Guang had to spend more money to have Qiao Miya and Miller temporarily establish a team.

“Look after these people for now, train those who can be trained, replace the rest later if needed.”

It was just a temporary team, so there was no need to focus on many details.

The two bowed earnestly—this gesture, which was performed frequently, was truly unbearable.

At first, it might have had some significance, but over time it became tedious.

Waving his hand, Zhao Guang turned to Coscola, “Did you contact the mercenary group I asked you to?”

“They have been contacted already.

It’s the Mad Lion Mercenary Group; they are well-regarded in the industry, but their strength might be lacking.”

Zhao Guang wanted to hire the mercenary group to safely transport his troops to the border.

No matter who did the transporting, safety had to be assured.

However, mercenary groups, to be honest, didn’t usually have a good reputation.

Their surface reputation might be excellent, but if you were not an insider, you wouldn’t understand the reality.

Luckily, Coscola was once a mercenary and thus understood this better.

After a selection process, only the Mad Lion Mercenary Group qualified, which indicated just how poor the industry was.

“Lacking strength?

What exactly is the reason?”

“Manpower.

Mad Lion Mercenary Group takes an elite approach.

The number of people they could bring this time adds up to only thirty.

It might be difficult for them to protect our team of over two thousand.”

It wasn’t just about a team of over two thousand people, but also a large amount of resources crucial for building a territory.

Transporting these resources would help establish the ecological chain.

Even saying that nothing could replace these resources would be an understatement.

Once established, Zhao Guang’s territory would be hardly affected by famine, making this species a miraculous one in this world.

But Zhao Guang recently discovered that not everyone was qualified to breed this species.

Because to breed them, one needed expansive lands and many hands to manage.

Ordinary bandits or brigands didn’t have these capacities.

But if they saw it, they would directly try to rob them, something they certainly would do.

This route demanded primarily the protection against these individuals.

“With manpower lacking, first go and select some slaves you think can be trained the best.

At any rate, once we arrive at the territory, your task will still be to train soldiers, so start now.”

“However, among these people, there may not be many who meet the criteria.”

“It doesn’t matter, even if there is none who meet the criteria, just choose some robust ones, at least they look the part.

I will prepare weapons and armor for them, they need to appear as a real army.”

Mixing real and fake, equipping a fake army with real mercenaries, should deceive those people.

Coscola immediately responded, “If that’s the case, then I have no problem.”

As a mercenary, such deceptive tactics were commonly used, hence Coscola didn’t object.

On the contrary, with his experience, he was more knowledgeable than Zhao Guang in this area, and could easily perfect all the details.

The two quickly agreed on everything, and then Coscola went to prepare.

Zhao Guang, meanwhile, returned to the warehouse to pack and transport the armor directly.

“Good thing I had prepared an extra batch of armor previously, otherwise it wouldn’t be possible to procure them on short notice.”

These weapons and armors, Zhao Guang had prepared many more than necessary, just in case.

Now, they were being used.

As long as they could be used even once, it wasn’t a waste at all.

In the following days, they conducted intensive training.

However, the training wasn’t conducted within the city because such an activity couldn’t be detected by other nobles.

The news the other nobles had was that Zhao Guang was aggressively hiring mercenary groups, but who exactly was hired remained unknown; the mercenary world in the Chirali Empire was quite chaotic.

Yet, after a few days, they saw some soldiers wearing various types of armor.

Even the Mad Lion Mercenary Group received a batch, saying it was their advance payment.

In this world, armor was a very precious combat resource.

For ordinary people, acquiring armor was definitely not an easy task, as it was too expensive.

These finely crafted armors were even more beyond consideration.

Finally, a force of over three hundred people appeared in a temporary camp outside the city.

The nobles, who were initially planning to stealthily do something, immediately gave up upon seeing this.

They disliked Zhao Guang but would not let a disdain for him result in significant loss to themselves.

In less than ten days, Zhao Guang, having prepared everything, set off with his troops.