A strange world

Chapter 797 Chapter 28. Commander Annan

The Empire's Black Watch have drawn almost all of the Skaven's attention away from them.

And the forces scattered everywhere also encountered sporadic ratmen. Annan, who was closest to Black Watch, encountered the largest wave of rats. However, with the sound of magic muskets, the battle ended in half a day, and Annan fell into a strange calm.

At most, there are some sporadic rat people scattered in the grassland, running to the outskirts of the "forest" and stealing corpses.

The soldiers of the Hellfire Legion woke up one after another in the evening. They only slept for three or four hours before waking up one after another.

The physical fatigue is gone, but the mental one is not.

Annan projected magical images over the camp to relax the soldiers' spirits and let the goblins cook the food.

Blom came back, bringing some good news: the coalition forces of the Principality of Seck were besieged by ratmen.

They neither escaped the rat tide, nor disappeared into the black waves.

"Blom, Elder, you go over to support the Principality of Sike and set up anchor points at the same time. Fermi, inform the soldiers and prepare to rescue the allies."

Femi turned around and shouted, "Boys, we have rat men to kill again!"

The sluggish Hellfire soldiers cheered up instantly, wiped their magic guns, and prayed softly.

Thirty minutes later, Annan opened the portal in front of the soldiers in formation on time.

"Thank you... I thought you wouldn't care." The Earl of the Principality, whose face was full of exhaustion and nervousness, finally breathed a sigh of relief and said gratefully.

"We will treat our friends as warmly as spring." Annan signaled to him, "My soldiers will go over to cover you, and ask all your people to withdraw."

Looking at the group of ordinary soldiers behind Annan, the Earl of the Principality hesitated: "But..."

"There's no need for me to put myself at risk."

Signaling Hellfire to set off, not long after, gunfire rang out on the other side of the portal.

Not long after, the Earl of the Principality's men came over and whispered something. The Earl was stunned.

Annan's voice sounded at the right time: "Do you want it? It's high quality and cheap."

…

Annan only promised 20% off and made the earl of the Principality of Saike his solid follower.

The Principality of Saike withdrew to the camp, and now they have gathered two forces.

Annan was suddenly not satisfied with this.

There are still more than twenty forces scattered in this woodland. Why not rescue them all, so that they can have their own feelings and listen to you?

Just do what you think of, Annan asked the white dragon and the vampire to disperse, and the night gave them the opportunity to discover other forces in the long land.

Hellfire struck again and again to rescue the forces that were besieged by the Skaven, and the rapidly growing camp made their rescue easier.

As for those forces that had solved the rat problem, Annan also used excuses to invite them over.

Late at night, Annan and the leaders of the nineteen forces sat at the round table in the camp.

There are still nine forces that have not yet been found, and the white dragon and vampires are searching outside.

"I invited you here because I have an idea." Annan showed them the image taken from a distance of the Magic Stone. "The ratmen outside are nothing. The real rat tide is around Black Watch... We want to help the Imperial Legion. Share some of the pressure.”

"us?"

"Share?"

"pressure?"

The leaders stared at the black wave in the magical image and discussed Annan's whims.

"Don't belittle yourself. Black Watch is powerful, but we are not weak either. Even if we can't fight the rat tide head-on, as long as we can attract the attention of some rat men and reduce the pressure on Black Watch, will we still worry about not having any military exploits?"

No one from the nobles answered.

"You all should know that my relationship with the Empire is...very good."

Annan continued.

"I know you are somewhat reluctant to come to the Great Northern Wall... To be honest, I am the same. But aren't you curious why I came? Don't forget, the empire said it would keep statistics on our military exploits... "

The nobles present are all old foxes, and a military achievement without specific rewards cannot make them work hard for it.

To convince them, Annan had to talk about some substantial benefits.

"In addition, after the success of the hunting plan, news of the Great Northern Wall will spread back home, and my "Voice of Liberty" and the "Empire" of Montreal Mountain will promote your reputation."

The nobles finally showed some intention.

Those sent to join the coalition were either marginalized figures who were marginalized, or important figures who were feared. They do need reputation, something that is invisible but does exist.

"I am loyal to the king!" shouted a general.

Annan looked at him and saw that his face was full of beards and his rugged image looked like "Who put the crown on my head, you are harming me."

Annan suddenly lowered his voice: "What I'm going to tell you next is the secret of the empire. Don't leak it unless you want to be caught... Luo Gebo 'enjoys' torture."

"What is Logbo?"

I made it up - of course Annan couldn't say that, he could only tell them: "This is a special guard belonging to the emperor. They are responsible for monitoring all illegal activities in the empire..."

Gudong——

Some people swallowed their saliva because of Annan's exaggeration.

"My friend's elder nephew in the Montreal Mountains secretly told me that this hunting plan will allocate rewards based on military merit. The rewards... are very generous."

Annan was still waiting for them to ask "How rich is it?", and then answered by the way, "Even I, who earn millions of gold coins a year, couldn't resist the temptation to send troops to join the war, what do you think?" As a result, everyone seemed to be inexplicably silent... …

What happened to them?

Annan had doubts.

What these leaders want is that Annan's relationship in Montreal Mountain is not a secret: his friend is Olin, his friend's elder is his ancestor, and his elder's nephew is...that emperor?

Even the emperor of the empire was moved out. They believed what Annan said and chose to join one after another.

"Since we are acting together, there must be a commander in chief..." the military minister of the Windmill Principality who was mixed in the crowd suddenly said.

"I propose that Annan be the commander-in-chief."

Others hesitated, not wanting to entrust their fate and their army to a boy, even if he was more famous in Middle-earth than all of them combined.

The Minister of Military Affairs expressed his reasons: "Annan and the empire wear the same trousers. If he is the commander-in-chief, he can bring us more benefits. And which of your countries does not have Annan's theater?"

No one disputed his words.

"I agree."

At this time, the Earl of the Principality of Sike spoke up.

The remaining people cooperated and agreed that Annan should be the commander-in-chief.

Annan thus gained command of the coalition forces except Black Watch.

"I'm just a city lord, why did I suddenly become the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces..."

Annan said humbly, looking around at everyone: "Since you believe me, I want to explain one thing first."

"There can only be one voice here for the next actions... Of course you can make suggestions, but I hope that when faced with key decisions, you will not act as a stumbling block like politicians in parliament."