Chapter: 3319

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Soon, Wanlong Temple's two defeats spread throughout the mercenary world.

This sudden turn of events wiped out Wanlong Temple's reputation, which had been standing tall for so long, and its image as an unbeatable warrior suddenly collapsed.

In no time at all, the entire mercenary world was laughing at Wanlong Temple, with even Western countries moving to put this news on the front page and subtly mocking Wanlong Temple.

As Wanlong Temple's reputation slid, Hamid's feats spread throughout Syria and soon reached the entire Middle East region.

Who could have thought that at a time when Hamid was defeated in battle after battle, he would suddenly win two major victories! This was like gods descending to earth for others.

So, as the sun rose over Syria, a large number of irregular troops arrived to join Hamid.

Next, several small band leaders brought their teams and formations to surrender to him.

These people were mostly worried about being wiped out soon, so when they saw Hamid's powerful strength, they all came to join him in exchange for a chance at survival.

As a result, within just half a day, Hamid's base had enlisted over 5,000 people.

Two days later, the number of recruits at Hamid's base exceeded 8,000, with the total population surpassing 10,000. The entire base was suddenly overcrowded.

Hamid resolutely carried out Leaf's orders, whether it was a small team of 10 or a large formation of 1,000 - as long as they came to join him, he would disband their teams and put them under his subordinates' command.

Moreover, except for old comrades-in-arms who knew each other well, almost everyone else had their weapons temporarily taken away by Hamid's soldiers.

The soldiers who were taken in numbered over 5,000.

And these 5,000 people were all enrolled in a temporary engineering unit and continued to dig alongside construction workers.

Automatic equipment was not sufficient, so they just used hammers and manual carts to haul away broken stones.

The reason for having so many people work together on digging is mainly because there are too many of them, and they need to quickly construct large-scale anti-slope trenches to ensure their safety.

As soon as these people think about digging defense trenches for themselves, they will indeed be more energetic than anyone else, even without weapons, and completely ignore the fact that their food supply is limited, just wanting to dig out more trenches as quickly as possible to secure a place to live.

Among the 8,000 recruits who came over, almost all of them had their own equipment, but their rations were not abundant, averaging only three to five days' worth. However, Hamid himself had sufficient strategic reserves to feed around 2-3,000 people for two or three years, or even a population of 10,000 that could last for over a year.

Moreover, he also purchased large quantities of food from neighboring merchants and had it transported by land from the north day and night without stop.

When Leaf heard that Hamid had so many people, he breathed a sigh of relief.

However, just as Hamid's base was expanding exponentially and focusing on infrastructure development, 50,000 Dragon Legion soldiers suddenly cut off Hamid's land routes to the north at a point 50 kilometers away from his base.

Over 100 trucks carrying food supplies for Hamid were only able to deliver about 30 of them before being blocked.

Immediately after that, Chen Zhonglei led 50,000 Dragon Legion soldiers to cut off Hamid's land routes from the south, and then another 5,000 Dragon Legion soldiers occupied several high points around Hamid's base and began building defensive works, making it clear that they intended to encircle and capture Hamid.

When Hamid received the news, it was already too late. JrNovels.com