"Brother Li, must we cooperate with other Dreamwalker teams?"
Huang Hao frowned. Most of the dreamwalkers were felons, and he knew very well what kind of virtue they had in their bones. Even if he joined forces with his country's dreamwalkers, there was no guarantee that he would not be stabbed in the back.
Li Mengnan naturally understood Huang Hao's scruples. In fact, he did not trust the so-called dreamwalkers from his country, but he still patiently explained: "Everyone has seen the information we bought from the mercenary union, and we are going to break into Dracula's Castle.
, we must pass through the Cursed Land. There are a large number of monsters gathered in the Cursed Land. Although the individual strength is not high, the number is staggering. If we only move with the six people in our current team, we may not be able to reach half the distance of the Cursed Land.
If you break through, you will be completely exhausted."
"We are not acting alone this time, are we? There are also aboriginal expedition teams, and this notice also mentioned that the Holy See and the Kingdom will also send corresponding regular troops." Guo Yimin wondered.
"Although the regular army has strong combat power, it cannot be counted on at all. Even our forward route has to avoid the regular army's forward route to a certain extent."
"Why?"
This time, Guo Yimin, Huang Hao, Lao Man, and Dong Zi asked questions at the same time. Apparently they couldn't figure out why they had to take risks and open up wasteland alone without the help of the regular army.
"Because the regular army's target is too big."
Everyone was suddenly stunned, especially the three young men Guo Yimin, Huang Hao and Dongzi.
Have you never seen a war in the cold weapon era, or played a real-time strategy game? Your own troops launch a large force and go straight to the enemy's old camp to push all the way. How can the other party still be scattered and play all-round defense? It will definitely do the same.
Concentrate superior forces to block the attack, and also counterattack to regain the initiative.
This also means that those who follow the regular army and try to pick up the slack may be able to take advantage of the situation in the first half, but once Dracula comes to his senses, they will inevitably face a stronger backlash, which is very likely
There will also be a wave of legendary monsters.
"Not only that, I suspect that this call-up order itself is looking for cheap cannon fodder for this crusade."
PADIO once again made a surprising statement.
Guo Yimin and others suddenly felt frightened and said, "Isn't this a bit of a conspiracy theory?"
"No, this situation is indeed very possible."
Li Mengnan's fingers tapped the summons order on the table, and the yellowish paper made a rhythmic crisp sound.
China is the ancestor of cold weapon warfare. It can even be said that the history of China is a history of war. There are so many historical battles for reference. Even people who don’t know much about military affairs can become half-experts under the influence.
Although the individual combat effectiveness of mercenaries is slightly stronger than that of the regular army, their overall combat effectiveness is indeed far inferior to that of the regular army. In this kind of crusade, which can be called a war, although the mercenary army cannot be said to be completely useless.
It works, but its effect is absolutely limited.
What is the role of the miscellaneous army? Anyone familiar with history knows that the miscellaneous army, in addition to being used to build up its appearance before the war, its biggest role is to act as cannon fodder during the attack or retreat, so as to reduce the damage of the regular army.
Judging from the historical data collected so far in this world, before the emergence of Dracula's power, the three countries surrounding the Cursed Land had been attacking each other for nearly a hundred years. It is not an exaggeration to say that they were feuding. Later, due to the emergence of Dracula, the three countries
Only under the coordination of the Holy See did these countries put aside their disputes for the time being and fight against the enemy together.
But to say that this alliance has become monolithic, it can only be said that Sao Nian is too naive.
In order to ensure that their own countries will not be annexed by neighboring countries after the elimination of Dracula's forces, the three countries will not hesitate to spend their lives in the crusade, and may even dig holes for each other. This may also be the case.
This is the reason why the aboriginal forces in this world have been fighting against Dracula for decades but have never been able to completely eliminate him.
Still in line with the old saying, "If you're not afraid of opponents who are like gods, you're afraid of teammates who are like pigs." No matter how powerful you are, you can't stop a group of people from fighting for their lives.
But whether these three countries are sincere in their crusade or are at war with each other, it doesn't matter to Li Mengnan and others. Their ultimate goal is just to take advantage of the situation and attack Dracula's castle.
It has to be said that their group of dreamwalkers are indeed very lucky. As soon as they entered the legendary world, they caught up with the large-scale crusade against Dracula by local forces. If not, it may not be impossible to break into Dracula's castle on their own.
It can be done, but the price paid will probably be unimaginable.
With the backward communication methods and poor traffic conditions of this era, the time required to organize such a large-scale crusade through a summons is often calculated on a monthly basis.
Since he had plenty of time, Li Mengnan was not in a hurry to go to Grana King City, which was the closest of the three registration points. Instead, he spent money to hire several mercenaries who had been hunting monsters in the cursed land for a long time, taught them their combat experience, and provided training for the entire team.
The six people took advantage of the weakest martial arts course.
Of course, the martial arts mentioned here are not fighting skills, they are just the most common weapon moves. Just like the legendary martial arts secrets, fighting skills are also secrets that few people in this world can master. Only the royal family,
Only nobles and some families of hereditary warriors have the inheritance of fighting skills.
Li Mengnan once inadvertently complained that this setting was very similar to the rhythm of some domestic novice novels about magic and martial arts from other continents. Unexpectedly, he really got a jaw-dropping answer from PADIO, a pseudonym who seemed to know everything.
"It can only be said that the population of China is too large, equivalent to the consciousness of one-fifth of the total population of the earth, which is enough to interfere with the consciousness of every legendary place in the world of Gaia to varying degrees."
I, the great China, are mighty, and millions of netizens are mighty…
The so-called martial arts in this world can actually only be regarded as some skills in using weapons, and some personal insights into combat experience. They are not as systematic as the martial arts of the Chinese nation, and have even risen to the spiritual realm of "Tao".
The only limitation for learning this simple and pure killing technique is personal physique, but this is not a problem at all for Dream Walker who has exceeded his personal physical limits.
In just ten days of assault training, everyone has mastered the skills of using most of the commonly used weapons in this world. With their own physiques that can be called cheating in this world, Guo Yimin and others can already compete with mercenaries in one-on-one situations.
The old bird fought vigorously, and PADIO, a powerful transvestite with heavy weapons, even achieved an outrageous 1V5 record.
Li Mengnan's melee combat ability has also grown explosively during this training. In contrast, due to lack of power, the flying knife that was once the main means of attack has become useless.
According to the senior mercenary who taught them martial arts, unless Li Mengnan can obtain a set of enchanted flying knives with additional attack effects, or learn some kind of fighting skills specifically for throwing weapons, otherwise this flying knife skill can only
Used to contain harassment.
In addition, based on the characteristics demonstrated by Li Mengnan and others during training, this senior mercenary also taught them a set of small battle formations, which can nearly double their combat effectiveness by covering each other and cooperating.
…
Nearly half a month passed in a blink of an eye. Li Mengnan and others were about to set off, and the blacksmith shop sent people to deliver customized weapons and equipment.
The choice of weapons is determined by the position of the battle formation.
The core of the battle formation is PADIO, the pseudo-girl. Her crazy power, coupled with the weighted and enlarged tower shield and war hammer, can allow the entire team to take the initiative in the battle, whether it is offense or defense.
If it weren't for its refusal to wear heavy armor, this strangely powerful tomboy would definitely be an invincible fighting fortress on the battlefield.
Guo Yimin, who is wide and fat, has been clamoring to be a MT, but except for his qualified weight, he is completely unreliable. Moreover, the technical content of Erdao style is too high, and none of them can understand the passive attribute of "fighting left and right"
Due to his talent, he could only choose an ordinary short-handled battle ax as a weapon. He also wore a small steel-clad buckler on his left arm. If necessary, he could also cover the members of the team who could not be taken care of by PADIO. It was considered
It fulfilled his MT dream in disguise.
Huang Hao's talent in close combat was average, and he was only equipped with a short knife that did not affect his movement for self-defense. His real main battle weapon was a compound bow that he personally designed and supervised.
Although the precision of the parts of this purely handmade compound bow is not as high as that of industrial products in the real world, with the blessing of this world's unique alchemy and monster materials, it has achieved almost the same effect.
It can easily penetrate leather armor within 150 meters, and with a special three-edged armor-piercing arrow, it can even break through the defense of ordinary plate armor within 30 meters.
Of course, such astonishing power comes with a high cost. It can be said to be the most expensive of all customized weapons.
Dongzi and Laoman didn't have any weapons that they were particularly good at. Considering the shortcomings of mid-range attacks in the entire battle formation, they were equipped with a long spear respectively.
The entire gun body is about two meters and three meters long. The special triangular pyramid tip not only ensures that it will not be easily broken, but also can cause a serious bloodletting effect. The connection position between the gun tip and the hardwood gun shaft is only about 30 centimeters. It has sharp steel teeth.
The column can be used as a blunt instrument such as a mace when necessary.
For humans, this weird-looking spear is obviously a bit too powerful, and it can be said to be extremely inhumane. Considering that the main opponent this time is a monster that is more difficult to deal with than humans, such a crazy design will be ignored by everyone.
Just ignored it.
Li Mengnan's position in the battle formation is that of a raider. To put it simply, he is a free man who has no fixed position and goes to put out fires wherever danger arises.
Moreover, when the battle formation is stable, they are also responsible for staying outside the battle formation, waiting for opportunities to threaten the enemy in another direction, and reducing the pressure on the battle formation.
With his combat style, he is indeed very suitable for such a flexible and changeable position.
But the biggest regret is that Li Mengnan has never found the weapon that he is most comfortable with. He has tried almost all the mainstream weapons in the world, but no matter what they are, they always feel a little inferior when held in his hands, but specifically
What's the difference? Even he himself can't tell clearly.
In desperation, he could only use an ordinary one-handed long sword to deal with it first. After all, this is the weapon chosen by more than 80% of the warriors in this world. It is characterized by mediocrity and has no obvious advantages, but it also has no obvious advantages.
There are no obvious shortcomings either.
In addition to weapons, you must also bring things such as tents and dry food. This crusade will go deep into the Cursed Land. Even if the progress goes smoothly, it will take at least half a month to reach Dracula's Castle, and there will be barren mountains and mountains halfway.
There's no place to stay.
The road to the royal city was not peaceful. Due to successive years of poor harvests, a large number of farmers who could not afford the taxes had to find other livelihoods. Some families' self-prepared weapons became mercenaries who worked for money, while more paupers who had nothing could only
Those who climb mountains and fall grass are bandits.
In just three days of travel, Li Mengnan and others encountered at least five groups of bandits, and the largest group had nearly a hundred people.
However, the only advantage of these bandits is that they have more people. Without even a decent weapon, they cannot pose any threat to Li Mengnan and others who are almost armed to the teeth. They often charge and kill the most capable ones.
After a few young men, the other bandits would disperse in a rush, and the entire battle often lasted less than a minute, like a ridiculous farce.
Every time at this time, Li Mengnan would order a pursuit until the bandits' lair was destroyed.
This kind of poor bandit who doesn't even have decent weapons naturally has little to gain. He did this just to allow Guo Yimin and others to adapt to fighting... to be precise, to adapt to killing.
The last thing people dare to kill is human beings. As long as this psychological barrier is overcome, there is nothing in the world that people dare not kill.
Soldiers who have never seen blood are not good soldiers no matter how elite they are. Li Mengnan did not want to lead a team of rookies who could collapse and wet their pants at any time into the battlefield.
Facts have proven that his approach was correct.
After killing someone with their own hands for the first time, Guo Yimin and others vomited directly while kneeling on the battlefield where corpses were strewn. Their hands were shaking like chaff and they could no longer grasp their weapons. Fortunately, the remaining bandits had been frightened.
They were so brave that they didn't dare to turn around at all, otherwise a countercharge would probably catch them off guard.
On the other hand, PADIO, this transvestite, is still mentally tough and frightening. A sixty-pound war hammer can smash people into meat pies, but she can still calmly set up a fire next to roast pig legs and eat them, which made Guo Yimin and others vomit.
All over the place.
Li Mengnan also became more and more curious about PADIO.
Of course, there are still three thousand nails in the broken ship. It is impossible for these bandits to pull up such a large team without any inventory. Although they did not get any top-quality equipment or fighting skills secret books in their lair, ordinary
There is still some wealth, and the pockets of Li Mengnan and others that were deflated by custom-made equipment are once again filled.
Until this moment, Li Mengnan felt a sense of gratification and grudges in the end of the world with swords. Unfortunately, this world is not an oriental martial arts background. The Western fantasy scenery full of oil paintings always makes him feel like he is inexplicably jumping out of the drama.