A Realistic Mount & Blade Game

And so, time passed peacefully for a week or two.

Deherim was still developing rapidly.

New Uxhall had also entered a state of construction, but it was not focused on civilian livelihood and buildings, but rather on the defensive capabilities of its military system.

Bandak had always taken Shen Mu's instructions to heart, especially since he was stationed in this New Uxhall, surrounded by the rules of necromancy, and he could be said to be quite serious and responsible.

After all, the surrounding area was full of buildings from the Blue Star world, and there was a lot of darkness within, which also meant there were a lot of undead monsters.

Things like underground parking garages, underground shopping malls, and underground passages were countless.

This also meant that the undead rules summoned countless undead monsters.

Every night, Bandak needed to be very careful and personally patrol, because when night fell, there were still many undead monsters appearing inside, and some undead monsters had even discovered the sloping road leading to the mound.

Even when Bandak was leading the Swadian civilians and recruits to level up, he discovered many higher-level undead monsters.

Such as ghouls or skeleton warriors.

They all appeared in the darkness.

This even caused some casualties among the Swadian recruits and civilians.

Of course, there were no fatalities, only minor or serious injuries, but compared to Bandak, who had previously been leveling up with basically no injuries, this was not a good sign.

This showed that the undead monsters had discovered the human forces appearing on this mound, so they were starting to gather towards this side, or rather, the undead rules had begun to notice the heavy losses of undead monsters in this area, and then slowly increased the quality of the undead monsters.

Therefore, Bandak was really quite serious and responsible, ensuring that the castle's defenses he arranged had as few loopholes as possible.

After all, he understood that if there were loopholes, they would be fatal.

What's more, the enemies facing this New Uxhall castle were not only those undead monsters, but also the Green Leaf Group, which had silently chosen to lie dormant since the establishment of Deherim.

"I really hope that Lord Shen Mu will put the construction of Deherim and New Rivacheg on the agenda as soon as possible, and complete the military construction process as soon as possible."

Bandak was standing on the top of the city wall at this time, looking at the west with his hands on his hips, his face also relatively solemn: "This place has become the front line, and I think perhaps those guys who are destined to become enemies have already begun to secretly spy on this castle."

He had this premonition, after all, the Rhodoks themselves were good at defense and counterattack, and they were relatively sensitive to this mysterious sixth sense of secretly spying on the enemy.

He believed that what he felt should be more than just a pair of eyes staring at this New Uxhall castle where he was.

Perhaps when he relaxed, they would take the opportunity to swarm up.

"But I won't relax."

Bandak reached out and raised his heavy crossbow, looking at the traces left by his long use, his face becoming more and more serious: "The Rhodoks themselves are like stones in the mountains, as long as we are allowed to guard here, then we will not have any possibility of relaxation."

After all, this was the Rhodok's character.

Steady, serious, and stubborn.

This was also why the Rhodoks had occupied the mountains since the Kingdom of Swadia became independent.

After all, the Kingdom of Rhodoks was only a small duchy at the time.

Why could they become a kingdom?

The reason was that the Rhodoks were really good at defense and counterattack, brave and good at fighting, and when defending their own territory, they made any enemies who dared to attack suffer.

You must know that among those enemies who attacked the Kingdom of Rhodoks, there were not only the Swadians who were angered by the split.

There were also the Sarranids from the southern desert who wanted to conquer them along the relatively flat coastline along the desert and mountains.

As well as the Nords who sailed across the sea to plunder along the way, and directly attacked their abdomen and the more prosperous areas of the coastal area.

These people had all suffered in front of the Kingdom of Rhodoks' solid castle and fortress defenses.

"I will also gradually develop this New Uxhall castle into a strong fortress like the Kingdom of Rhodoks, firmly guarding the safety of Deherim and Lord Shen Mu."

Bandak reached out and touched his beating heart, his face becoming more and more determined: "I am Lord Shen Mu's strongest shield and the sharpest crossbow bolt."

Then Bandak looked at the gradually setting sun.

Once again walked towards the city wall.

Before nightfall, he planned to patrol the city wall again to see if there were any loopholes that he had not noticed.

He must do it himself.

And in the middle of the night.

Bandak would also wake up on his own initiative.

Then lead a guard of 5 Holy Tree Knights protecting him and 10 Swadian sergeants to patrol the entire city wall again.

If he was sure that there was no problem, then he would arrange for those Swadian civilians and recruits to go out again to gain combat experience, and by the way, clear out some of the undead monsters that dared to appear on the mound.

Moreover, after this period of fighting, those Swadian civilians had evolved into Swadian recruits, and many Swadian recruits had already become Swadian militiamen.

The remaining Swadian recruits, as long as they go through tonight, will all be able to become Swadian militiamen.

This was also why Bandak was so concerned.

He had been busy for so long, and it was just the last step, so there must be no problems.

Now, all the military preparations in this New Uxhall castle have been completed.

As long as he upgrades the last 20 or so Swadian recruits to Swadian militiamen, then he will have completed a task.

Even if there are more enemies, Bandak is confident that he can defend it.

After all, Swadian militiamen are already standard combat soldiers equipped with hunting crossbows and spears.

Although compared to the Swadian light infantry, they are less equipped with chainmail.

They are only equipped with some leather armor.

But with the current ten-meter-high mound plus the six-meter-high city wall.

It is enough for these Swadian militiamen, plus the Rhodok veteran crossbowmen and sniper crossbowmen, to exert their advantages in long-range shooting.

What's more, there are light catapults and light crossbow cannons.

This New Uxhall is simply like a hedgehog.

… …

However, outside New Uxhall, about several hundred meters away, Yang Di was standing in an apartment, arms crossed, looking at the towering castle, his face quite unsightly.

"Mr. Yang, this is the new human castle," Zhang Song said, standing beside Yang Di, introducing the place to the Yang who he deeply respected: "It wasn't built before. This place used to be just the site of the Diesel Company. Who would have thought that in just one night, this site would undergo such a huge change, and a castle would appear here."

"Then what does that Shen Mu mean?" Yang Di asked, his face even more gloomy as he saw the castle with his own eyes. Although he already knew that a castle had been built here, it was definitely more shocking to see it in person now.

This was a visual impact.

"Mr. Yang, there's no need to say more. That Shen Mu definitely has ideas about us. He has already destroyed the Diesel Company, so now he must be eager to make a move against our Green Leaf Group," Zhang Song said with a serious expression.

In fact, Yang Di's question was also a rhetorical one, as he understood it very well.

The Green Leaf Group and the Diesel Company were already rivals. It was only because both sides had things that the other feared that a war to completely destroy the other had not occurred.

The reason why the Green Leaf Group allied with the newly established human force, Deherim, led by Shen Mu, was also because the Diesel Company's strength was too great.

Out of desperation, they formed an alliance.

But who would have thought that the Diesel Company would be easily taken care of by Shen Mu, the master of Deherim, so quickly that he didn't even have time to react before it was destroyed.

The remaining Diesel Company was indeed in an awkward position.

Moreover, the alliance, which was already not very solid, must now have a huge rift.

The reason why the two sides have not completely started a war is probably because Deherim is still digesting the Diesel Company's foundation, turning the various resources and foundations accumulated by the Diesel Company into its own nourishment.

Once the other party has completely consumed all those nutrients and become stronger, the Green Leaf Group will probably be the next Diesel Company.

"How is Zhang Bo's side doing?" Yang Di asked, looking at Zhang Song.

"Everything is in progress. According to my contact with Zhang Bo, he has already begun to buy off those middle-level managers and has a great influence among the high-level ones," Zhang Song replied.

"Very good, very good," Yang Di nodded, then looked at the castle in the distance: "Then what is the relationship between Zhang Bo and Shen Mu like?"

This was what Yang Di was most concerned about.

After all, to Yang Di, those high-level managers and middle-level managers were actually Blue Star humans, and they didn't have much value in winning them over. After all, he would never lack Blue Star humans in his own territory.

Because Blue Star humans always need a territory to get the safest protection, including those spirit realm commanders who must rely on a territory to survive under the threat of the undead rules.

This is also why Yang Di and Shen Mu have a fundamental conflict of interest, because they both have essential competitive relationships.

Hearing this question, Zhang Song hesitated for a moment, but still answered seriously: "It's so-so. Zhang Bo said that although Shen Mu nominally values Zhang Bo very much and has returned the magic crystal ball to Zhang Bo, Zhang Bo can tell that since they met a few times, Shen Mu has not had much contact with him."

"Does this mean that Zhang Bo has not actually gained Shen Mu's trust and has not entered his core circle?" Yang Di, after all, was a business executive, and he immediately grasped the key point.

"That's right, you could say that's exactly the case," Zhang Song said with a sigh: "Zhang Bo has indeed not entered Shen Mu's core circle."

If he had truly entered the core circle, he would be like Zhang Caidong and Sun Zhiru, with opportunities to meet Shen Mu at any time if anything happened.

And Shen Mu would adopt or suggest various proposals from them.

That is the core circle level.

However, although Zhang Bo has also been given high hopes by Shen Mu and has been given quite good treatment, he cannot directly see Shen Mu at critical moments.

"This is troublesome," Yang Di frowned: "If he can't gain Shen Mu's trust, then Zhang Bo's work will be difficult to carry out. Even if he gets along better with Zhang Caidong, Zhang Caidong is actually just an agent among the Blue Star humans and cannot decide real policies."

"But it's okay," Zhang Song comforted: "At least Zhang Caidong still listens to Zhang Bo and has given Zhang Bo the right to recommend middle-level managers to become spirit realm commanders. In this way, Zhang Bo can easily build up a force of his own, possibly even emptying out these high-level managers and giving Shen Mu a hard blow at a critical moment."

"Yes, that's good, at least there is still hope," Yang Di nodded, looking at the castle with an increasingly ugly expression.

Because he thought of more things.

"Moreover, I have found that it is not very realistic for us to attack Deherim now and quickly carry out a beheading tactic. If it fails, then the troops in this castle will return to Deherim, and we will be in danger," Yang Di said.

"Mr. Yang, shouldn't we negotiate with those guys again?" Zhang Song suddenly said: "If those guys nod and are willing to help us again, perhaps we will have enough opportunity to destroy Deherim. After all, no matter how strong Deherim is, it can't be stronger than that group of guys."

"That is seeking skin from a tiger," Yang Di frowned. Of course, he knew what group of guys Zhang Song was talking about.

It was under the entire Longcheng City.

The tens of thousands of skeletal legions of the Black Arrow Tower Seventh Dynasty!

"If we really look for them, even if they destroy Deherim, we will be in danger if they get out of control," Yang Di slowly frowned.

He also thought of the words of the wood elf elder in the Star Realm, advising him not to have too much involvement with the skeletal legions of the Black Arrow Tower Seventh Dynasty, even if those skeletal legions were once wood elf legions who died in the War of the End.