“You’re here just in time, I’m going to send someone to the police station to look for you two.”
Suldak wiped his mouth with a napkin and invited Andrew and Samira to sit down and eat together. Rita brought a bowl of oatmeal and filled Andrew's plate.
Natasha followed Rita's footsteps and brought a plate of fruit and placed it in front of Samira. People who are familiar with Samira will naturally know her eating habits and she likes fish and fruits.
In the past two months, this half-elf archer has not only been guarding Wall Village, but also continued to train militia battalion members in archery at the security station every day.
The village has also organized a group of young people who have not served in the military to conduct training. This winter, in addition to practicing basic swordsmanship, the greatest progress has been made in actual combat archery.
Except for those sharpshooters, the archery skills of ordinary archers on the battlefield are very different from those of hunters. The biggest difference is the control of the overall situation. Hunters usually hide in the dark like sharpshooters and carry out precise strikes on their prey.
.And ordinary longbow archers pay attention to the coverage of long-range arrows.
Throughout the winter, Samira spent most of her time training these young men who had not served in the military in archery.
According to the requirements of the old village chief, Uncle Bright, even if these boys cannot become cavalry, they must at least be selected into the archer camp.
Samira lifted her hood. Even though the people at the dinner table had seen Samira's delicate face many times, when she lifted her hood at this moment, they were still attracted by that crystal clear face. Only that
Her pair of light red pupils made her look incompatible with other elves.
Every time, Surdak would think of the scene on the archery tower of Wozhimala city wall. With his cold eyes, he stood on the high archery tower and looked down at the hell dogs under the city wall. Even in desperate situations, he was unwilling to back down.
Due to the frequent use of blood power in the arm to pull the bow string, the blood vessels and meridians exploded and became bloody and bloody.
Suldak smiled at the half-elf archer Samira and asked: "How are the training of the young people in the village?"
Samira curled her lips, showed some dissatisfaction, and spread her hands helplessly, saying to Suldak: "If you use an alloy bow, you can hit the target almost thirty meters away."
Such results are no better than those of a novice.
“The results are really bad!” Suldak laughed dryly.
He said to Andrew at the end of the table: "Otherwise, let the young people in the village form a squadron of longbow archers! The longbow archers do not have high requirements for the accuracy of archery. They have mastered the most basic volleys and throws.
The training during this period will at least be of some use on the battlefield."
Andrew nodded.
Suldak asked Samira again: "What about other aspects of training?"
“I have learned some basic swordsmanship and defensive postures, but I still don’t know how to ride a horse.” Samira said truthfully.
Seeing Bright Village Chief, Luke, and Charlie looking at him with puzzled faces, Suldak explained: "This time I will lead a cavalry battalion to Bena City. In addition to the current cavalry battalion,
I have two hundred cavalry, and I need to recruit some more cavalry. My idea is to give priority to recruiting from the barren land. If the number of cavalry is not enough, I plan to go to the Hellanza City Hall to recruit some new recruits, maybe in the
There is a squadron of longbow archers in the cavalry camp, so no one should mind."
“How many more people do we need to recruit?” the old village chief asked Suldak.
“I plan to take away a cavalry regiment of 500 people, so I have to recruit 300 new cavalrymen.” Suldak said.
"There are less than 80 young people participating in the winter training this time. We only have so many young people from neighboring villages. Now it seems that the cavalry battalion is still short of at least 200 people. I will go to each village to have a look. It should be
There are young people of the right age who are willing to join, or this time they have seen the harvest of the veterans in the cavalry camp in the desert, and those veterans who have been hesitant before can also figure it out this time and are willing to join the cavalry camp," the old village chief said.
The population of the deserted land is so large that it is not easy to assemble a cavalry battalion.
Suldak then asked about the placement of the Andrew Cavalry Battalion.
…
After breakfast, Suldak and the old village chief and his entourage came to the row house where the cavalry battalion was stationed.
The veterans temporarily formed a horse farm with straw ropes and tree sticks in a dry river nest. Here, Suldak's biggest harvest in the desert, nearly 900 war horses and more than 100 camels, were kept. A group of war horses
Walking in circles around the horse farm, the sand on the river was trampled into dust for a while, and the horses were breathing heavily. On such a winter morning, it was like there was a steaming mist in the horse pen.
Fifteen veterans of the cavalry battalion squatted on the ground to cut hay. A haystack as high as a hill was beside them. A group of kobold slaves crawled out of the haystack. They slept in the haystack last night. The kobolds'
The row house has been occupied by veterans of the cavalry battalion. Fortunately, the kobold slaves are covered in natural fur and are not too afraid of the cold.
The kobold slave seemed to have never seen so many scenes of galloping war horses. He was stunned by the horses in the racecourse for a while.
These kobolds were brought back by Luke last night. They pushed the four-wheeled carriage and delivered some fodder from Pudu Mountain overnight. These nearly a thousand animals were kept in horse pens and consumed a huge amount of fodder every day.
Er Village did not prepare so much fodder, which is why Luke rushed back overnight.
The waiting veterans poured the grass cut with guillotines into the manger in a basin. So many horses crowded in together, and the horse pen was filled with the smell of horse manure and urine.
“So many war horses can almost form two cavalry battalions.”
Standing outside the horse pen, Luke said with a look of amazement.
He just came from Pudu Mountain at midnight last night. He didn't see so many war horses at night. When he saw the horses now, he couldn't help but exclaim.
Even if he was planning to build a cavalry battalion, Suldak still didn't know how to gather 500 cavalrymen. He had no plans to build two cavalry battalions at this time, so he asked Andrew and the old village chief: "Then
Just pick and choose some with the best physiques and keep them as war horses. The number of these war horses should be controlled at about 600, and the remaining horses will be left to the village to form a team."
The village chief Bright frowned and asked Suldak: "Approximately how many horses do you have here?"
"Almost nearly 900 horses..." Surdak didn't know the specific number and could only give a rough number.
“It’s 916 horses.” Andrew added on the side.
Uncle Bright, the old village chief, frowned and asked: "Does that mean that after excluding the 600 horses in the cavalry camp, there are still nearly 300 horses left for the village?"
“That’s pretty much it.” Surdak nodded and admitted.
Uncle Bright lowered his head and considered for a while before saying: "You don't want to see if the village can afford it. There are already hundreds of yellow sheep in the village, and the Beigou grassland is only that big. Even in a year with plenty of rain,
The grass that grows can't support these yellow sheep and horses at all. Let's see, the village's fleet only needs 100 horses at most, and we can't even feed the remaining horses. Duck, you can handle it yourself."
They didn’t even know when the ogre Gulitem came up from behind, and suggested to Surdak excitedly:
“The remaining horses...should we kill them all and dry them into dried horse meat?”
Uncle Bright, the old village chief, was so angry that he blew his beard and stared at the ogre with an angry look on his face: "These are war horses, not just yellow sheep that can be slaughtered casually. A war horse can at least be exchanged for something on the battlefield."
Forty yellow sheep, Gulitem, don’t let this idea go to you..."
The ogre Gulitem was standing behind everyone, smirking at the angry village chief Bright, scratching his head and then said: "Then we might as well take out the unused horses and replace them with yellow sheep, and then
Are you killing the meat and making it into jerky?”
Suldak thought Gulitem's idea was good, but of course it was not to sell horse meat, but to sell the remaining horses to the horse market.
Even if two hundred war horses are sold for twenty gold coins each, they can still get back four thousand gold coins. In this way, the entire fee paid to the Sea Giant Mercenary Group can be earned back, and there will still be a surplus.
So Surdak took the opportunity and said: "Gulitem's proposal is good. We will pick out all the good horses and bring all the remaining retired war horses and injured horses to the horse market to sell them."
In with Li Li with
Suldak thought that there were several veterans in the cavalry camp who were good at raising horses, and they should also be good at looking after horses, so he told Andrew: "Andrew, go find the grooms in the cavalry camp and come here to select them."
For war horses, we will first select 600 war horses for the cavalry battalion, and then select 100 for the village team, and we will take the rest to Bena City and sell them..."
“Okay, boss!” Andrew agreed quickly.
In order to ensure that nothing was missed when choosing a war horse, Surdak found an empty tent, started the sacrificial ceremony, and added the blessing of the ‘eye of truth’ to himself.
When they walked back to the racecourse, several grooms were already standing in the horse pen and began to select excellent war horses. Almost all the war horses they selected, Surdak, had to be re-screened to see if these horses had any hidden injuries.
After picking and choosing, I didn't expect that there were less than 600 horses that could still go on the battlefield. I managed to scrape together 550 horses for the cavalry battalion.
Several grooms then selected 150 horses and gave them to the village chief Bright, asking him to reorganize the village's fleet.
The remaining more than 200 inferior horses that have been eliminated must be transported to the horse market in Bena City. According to normal routes, these horses need to be driven to Bena City by land to be the most economical.
It's just that Suldak wanted to lead the cavalry battalion to Bena City and had no time to transport so many horses back to Bena City by land. Fortunately, he had a recruitment order for the Bena Province in his hand. This recruitment order was the largest.
Its function is to recruit any magic airship at the airport terminal to carry the cavalry battalion to any place in Bena Province. Therefore, this time Surdak led the team to Bena City without paying a high ticket, and could even pick up the airship.
Privately, bring two hundred inferior war horses to Bena City.
Surdak's trip to the desert can be regarded as training two hundred veterans with rich combat experience. When recruits are recruited to join the cavalry battalion, the two hundred cavalry will be dispersed and scattered among the various teams of the cavalry battalion, allowing them to lead these
The new army quickly adapted to the lifestyle of the cavalry battalion.
In the morning, the old village chief asked the villagers to spread the news that the Suldak Cavalry Battalion was recruiting new troops.
…
Suldak returned to the police station in Wall Village in the afternoon.
Fifty young reserve knights have been waiting in the police station all morning. They have not been idle in the police station. This trip to the desert has greatly touched them. There are many things that need to be discussed and learned, not only
Field marching life and combat methods.
The veterans of the mercenary regiment and the cavalry battalion used two completely different tactics.
The Sea Giant Mercenary Group pays more attention to the personal strength of the mercenaries. On the battlefield, these mercenaries faced several bandits at the same time and basically did not lose in the battle.
The veterans of the cavalry battalion pay more attention to the combat power of the group. Under the halo of Suldak's knights, they are as brave as chicken blood.
It is also because of the nearly two months of contact that these young reserve knights of the guard camp are completely convinced by Surdak. At least in front of Surdak, those lazy habits have disappeared and they stand upright one by one.
When the chest is lifted, it looks more like a knight.
When facing Andrew and Samira, I no longer have any contempt for them.
To say that the courses at the Knight Academy are of some use, at least the riding skills of these young knights are pretty good.
Seeing Suldak walking into the security center with Andrew and Samira, fifty reserve knights from the guard battalion stood up and saluted Suldak.
Suldak stood in a group of guard camp reserve knights and said with a serious face:
"After this period of experience, I think you have understood the cruelty of war. The Desolate Land is located in the most remote area of Hilanza City. There are various bandit groups here all year round. The entire area is very vast, and the guard camp is here.
The purpose of setting up the security squadron is to maintain the security of the deserted land. If you plan to stay in the deserted land security squadron, you must be mentally prepared to fight against the bandits. If you are still like two months ago, you just want to hang out here.
, then I ask you to leave as soon as possible."
“Of course, I also welcome everyone to stay and help me manage the security of the deserted land. If everyone stays, then in the next period of time, I will work with you in the security squadron.”
"Let's talk about your mission. The Deserted Land Security Squadron currently only has 8 teams..."
Suldak said a lot to these young reserve knights in the security station, and no one chose to quit the Deserted Land Security Squadron.
These reserve knights who want to become official knights will probably not give up their status as guard camp knights easily, and since they have suffered so much in the desert, there is no reason to quit now.
Suldak led the knights of the guard battalion around the village of Wall, and promulgated the system of the security squadron, including punishment for vacation duties, etc.
This time Surdak leads the cavalry battalion to the Bailin plane. Samira and Andrew are bound to set off with the army, so the security of Vol Village will fall on these young people.