Although Herman Buckley was full of confidence, his father, Earl Solon, only felt a little uneasy in his heart.
But he couldn't tell what was wrong, he just felt that it might not go as smoothly as originally expected.
Idar collar...
Earl Sauron once again set his sights on the map. No matter what, this battle... must be won!
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Krell happily became a member of Idar's standing army, and then... nothing more. The extremely heavy training tasks every day almost overwhelmed him, and he had no time to think of anything else.
As for the immature ideas that Krell mentioned before when he applied to join the army, they gradually evolved into simply protecting the Idar Territory under the guidance of military instructors.
Unify thoughts and seek truth from facts, these are the rules Bruno set for the Idar Standing Army when it was first established.
The idea put forward by Krell has a good side, but there is also a side that worries Bruno.
If properly guided, Krell's protection of this hope will turn into a protection of the Idar regime, but if it is allowed to grow wildly, Bruno is worried that it may have a negative impact.
Therefore, after a conversation with Krell, a new position appeared in the standing army - instructor.
Instructors are responsible for the daily training of the soldiers, while teachers are responsible for the ideological education of the soldiers, so that they understand why they join the army and what they are fighting for.
In fact, Bruno originally planned to wait until paper was produced using papermaking technology, and then provide simple cultural education to the soldiers of the standing army.
However, now this step has been taken apart, allowing Bruno to start the ideological education of the soldiers in advance.
Every day's training of the standing army is a double test of the soldiers' physical strength and perseverance, starting from the simplest military stance, to cross-country with heavy loads, and finally to common training subjects.
However, it is worth noting that since the Idar Territory is the only aristocratic territory in the eastern part of the Norman Empire that implements a recruitment system, the training intensity of the soldiers is not a bit stronger than that of other territories.
Take the regular army of the Norman Empire as an example. Due to the tight supply of food and grass, they usually drill once every two to three days. As for the private soldiers of other lords, it may be normal to drill once every five days.
But in Idar Territory, the soldiers will conduct a drill every day, and other than that, they will all stay in the military camp for other training exercises, such as military stance, push-ups, frog jumps, weight-bearing cross-country training, etc.
The project is a required course every day.
Under the special care of Sam Layton, Krell was tortured to the point of death, but he also grew rapidly in the high-intensity training.
Fortunately, the food of the standing army was good. Not only was it pioneering in providing three meals a day, but it was also sufficient. Although it was not very nutritious, it was enough to fill the stomachs of these tired and complaining soldiers.
White bread is naturally not available to these rough men, but brown bread is always available, and every day there is a bit of meat, fish or wild fowl, although not much is available to each person.
But you can still taste a bit oily.
This is also thanks to the huge income brought by sea salt and sugar preparation. Without these new sources of income, Bruno would not be able to reorganize the army and ensure military supplies while building the wonders of the hanging gardens.
After these days of training, the soldiers' training subjects have gradually increased, and common training methods of this era, such as the more common archery training, chopping, and fighting, have also gradually been developed.
It's not that Bruno doesn't want to directly use muskets, gunpowder and other weapons that span the ages, but it's because Bruno only knows that making gunpowder requires raw materials such as sulfur and saltpeter. As for other steps, Bruno doesn't know anything about it.
The price of gunpowder formulas in the system mall is extremely expensive, so in the short term, the combat methods of this era may only be continued.
However, fortunately, this is a world with magic, and the concept of enchanted weapons provides new possibilities for the way soldiers fight.
Enchanted weapons such as swords cannot be manufactured in a short time. After all, the requirements for the stability of the magic circle are too high. We can only hope that Arnel will trick some mages to come over and everyone will work together to find a solution.
Moreover, even if you have an idea, how to mass-produce it is still a big problem. You can't really treat the wizard as a coolie to draw various types of magic circles all day long, right?
However, fortunately, it is not too difficult to combine the blast technique with arrows. The only thing that needs to be noted is that the arrow shaft is too thin, making it difficult to carve the magic circle.
So much so that Anel could only draw it manually, and even if he worked hard in a day, he could only produce more than 20 finished products of the Wind Arrow.
Bruno specially found a sharp archer from the standing army to test the arrows. He saw the man draw the bow fully and let it go. Bruno only felt a shadow passing through the air. In an instant, it was firmly nailed in the distance.
on the target.
The speed of blast arrows is obviously more than twice as fast as ordinary arrows, and the range has also been greatly improved. If ordinary soldiers can shoot sixty or seventy steps, then if they use arrows with the blast technique, even
It can shoot to more than a hundred steps.
It's easy to achieve the achievement badge of "One Hundred Steps Ahead".
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With the arrival of early spring, the soldiers in the Idar Territory gradually became nervous.
After all, when the long winter gradually becomes a thing of the past, it will also mean that the testing on the Sauron territory is about to begin.
Earl Sauron was able to find out the information about Idar, so Bruno naturally had a way to learn about the Sauron Territory. The Sauron Territory had already shown its intention to annex the Glen Highlands. This is why Bruno was so anxious to establish a standing army.
One of the reasons.
No one wants someone to run wild at their doorstep, let alone a time traveler like Bruno.
Before Bruno's soul passed through, Idar had already suffered several defeats in the Grand Highlands, so that Bruno after traveling through time had to clean up the mess left behind by his original body.
To be honest, before this, there was indeed a gap in military strength between the Sauron Territory and the Idar Territory, but the gap was not big. It was just that the Sauron Territory had a slight advantage in numbers.
Both sides are at the same level, and even with a few sticks of black bread, they can have a good fight.
There are no tactics to speak of. Everyone first lets the civilian soldiers who serve as cannon fodder rush in and fight in a chaotic manner. When they feel that the fire is almost done, they let their own bodyguards go up and fight.
This kind of combat method, which is similar to a group fight, really has no technical content.
But this year...
Looking at the strong men in the military camp, Bruno felt that he should be able to make up for all the losses he had suffered previously.