Although the title of Baron Harden is still relatively low, his strength is very strong. Although he has retired from the position of army commander, he is still a heavyweight officer in northern Xinjiang, responsible for commanding operations in one direction.
He has influence in the capital city of Nolan, and has a wide range of news channels.
Baron Harden knew that some of Nolan's magicians had been conducting blood experiments on captured orc professionals.
Especially the royal magic laboratory requires an extremely large number of experimental subjects, so living orc professionals are more valuable than dead ones.
Ordinary orcs can also be used to make experimental supplies and serve as slave labor.
"Let the chaplains accompanying the army do their best to treat the injured orcs without fear of consuming mental energy. The snake-like professionals who were captured alive will be treated with healing techniques immediately and sent to Fort Wright first. After the war, they will be escorted to Nolan in exchange for merit."
"The military judges of each army will seize the time to report their military exploits, reward meritorious personnel as soon as possible, and boost morale."
Baron Harden knew that the casualties of the Eighth Battalion were already considerable, especially the Sixth Squadron, the main force in this battle, which suffered more than half of its casualties and had lost its combat effectiveness without repairs.
Now, by rewarding the merits, it can very well stabilize the morale of the army.
The statistics of military achievements of a legion are very complicated.
Each squadron has a military judge responsible for recording merit.
Specific to the Mad Lion Legion, after the war, the meritorious service of each soldier will be registered and then made public at the squadron headquarters. The list of meritorious personnel will also be posted on the wall for everyone to monitor and see if any officers have snatched the battle merit.
Soldiers' merit is calculated based on head count, with one small merit for a first-level professional, two small merit for a second-level professional, and three for a third-level professional.
Killing a fourth-level professional will reward you with one medium skill, killing a fifth-level professional will reward you with three medium skills, and killing a sixth-level professional will reward you with one great skill.
Killing a seventh-level professional will reward you with three great merits. Killing an eighth-level professional will reward you with five great merits.
Killing a ninth-level professional will reward you with an extraordinary feat and you will be granted the title of hereditary baron.
Kill the legendary professional and be directly granted the title of hereditary earl.
At the level of hereditary earls, they are already at the top of the pyramid of the Grant Kingdom. The entire Grant Kingdom, with a land area of two million square kilometers, adds up to seven dukes, four marquises, and eight earls.
Counting the royal family, there are only twenty hereditary families in the ruling class.
In the past hundred years, no low-ranking noble in the kingdom has been promoted to a hereditary earl because it has not expanded its territory or won any commendable victory.
In the thousands of years of recorded history of the Dawn Continent, no ordinary soldier has ever killed a legendary professional and been granted the title of hereditary earl.
Soldiers who can kill legends in war are basically either legends or high-level professionals. Such people must be high-ranking people in the army.
The northern orcs invade south every three to five years. In the past hundred years, no legendary professional has been killed in the Grant Kingdom.
It is extremely difficult to kill a legendary professional in a war. Unless you have accurate intelligence and set up an ambush in advance, you can succeed.
In addition to recording merit on the head, when the army wins a battle, superiors will also ask for merit for officers who have made outstanding contributions.
For example, this time during the defense operation of Castle No. 3, the brigade applied for medium merit for the three surviving professional officers.
Based on the results of this battle, it is not difficult to approve.
For the military merit obtained by cooperating to kill the enemy, the military judge will also count the contribution, divide the proportion and convert it into a portion of gold coins, and reward those who contributed less.
If a professional is killed using a magic crossbow, the soldier who controls the magic crossbow can share one-tenth of the military merit.
Each squadron's special equipment, explosive arrows, also needs to be exchanged for the squadron's collective military merit.
There are wars in the northern region all year round, with humans and orcs competing for the right to survive.
If humans lose the war, their parents, wives, and children will become slaves, and they may even become food for the orcs.
Many brutal orcs have the habit of cannibalism.
Under such an environment, it is necessary to have strong legions stationed in the northern Xinjiang region.
Years of war have slowed down the decay of the armies in the north.
Most of the hereditary nobles whose fiefdoms are in the north are strong and brave and have rich war experience.
If the first generation of heirs is not good enough, it will be difficult for the title to be passed down.
Especially the hereditary nobles who faced the orc attack in the front-line areas were almost all first-generation military nobles, and their combat effectiveness was quite strong.
With their military exploits, the influence of the northern nobles has become very great. Many branches of the northern nobles are also developing into other regions. The northern nobles have the loudest voice in the noble council, and they almost respond to everything.
The most important thing in building a strong army is fairness in rewards and punishments. The three main armies in the north can maintain a general fairness in rewards.
The Sixth Squadron suffered a lot of casualties in this battle, which can be called outstanding military exploits. During the battle to defend the city, the Sixth Squadron suffered more than half of its casualties without being disbanded. It held on to the castle, laying the foundation for victory in the battle.
If the Sixth Squadron collapses and the orcs occupy the castle, the Baron Cavalry loses its opportunity to attack, and Platos's first line of defense loses its support point.
In this battle, the Sixth Squadron can be regarded as the first success.
Moreover, the Sixth Squadron killed over a hundred orcs and had six professionals, and the exchange ratio between ourselves and the enemy was also very good. This kind of solid contribution would generally be approved by the Legion Headquarters.
Sure enough, just a few days after the merit report document was sent, the Legion headquarters approved it.
Diarra and Richard won medium merit once, and Military Judge Owen won minor merit three times. In addition, the 6th Squadron won collective medium merit once, and the collective merit can be exchanged for enchanted weapons at the Legion Headquarters.
After discussing with Diarra, Richard decided to use it to supplement three explosive arrows.
There are only three sharp archers in the squadron. The basic archery skills of this kind of sharp archer are already at the fourth level, which is enough to be compared with Richard. Fortunately, this kind of sharp archer has been protected by everyone and did not die in battle, otherwise the additional sharp archers will become
Very difficult.
When the basic archery skills reach the fourth level, they can already be regarded as talents. It is very troublesome to transfer people from any squadron.
Replenishing an explosive arrow consumes a small effort. The remaining seven small efforts of the squadron, Richard and Diarra discussed it and prepared to exchange it for several low-level enchanted armors for valued junior officers to wear.
In this battle, the casualties suffered by the squad leader were too great. More than half of the casualties were killed and injured, so there was no one left.
Even Richard's eldest brother Ron was slightly injured, with a bruise on his chest and two broken ribs.
The third brother, Hayden, was very lucky and escaped unscathed in the battle.
In addition to his commanding merits, Richard also had merits in killing enemies. During the battle, Richard shot a first-level kobold with one arrow, and cooperated with more than ten comrades to kill a third-level snake body. In addition, he also shot and killed several orc soldiers.
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Miscellaneous soldiers do not count as meritorious deeds. Killing a first-level kobold is a small meritorious service, and killing a third-level serpent is three small meritorious deeds.
In the battle to kill the Snake Man, military judge Owen confirmed that Richard made the greatest contribution.
Moses, the captain of the second team, made the second most contribution. Unfortunately, Moses had already died on the top of the city. The remaining dozen soldiers played a supporting role and did not effectively kill the snakes. They only participated in killing the snakes.
Fighting is a bit of a trivial achievement.
Finally, Owen discussed with the soldiers and decided to let Richard get the battle merit, and then give three gold coins to each of the dozen soldiers. In addition, he also needed to provide thirty gold coins to provide pensions to the family of Moses who died.
Including the thirty gold coins pension issued by the legion, sixty gold coins, if not squandered, would be enough for Moses and his family to live for many years.
After this battle, Richard gained one medium gong and four small gongs, including the three small gongs he had accumulated. He already had one medium gong and seven small gongs to his name.
Although Ron and Hayden participated in the battle, they failed to make any contribution.
If the two of them are lucky enough to survive this war, they should be able to get a Pratos Defense Battle Commemorative Medal. Obtaining a medal is to accumulate qualifications, and when you are promoted in the future, the merits of the medal will be the greatest capital.
Ron's student-level breathing skills have been perfected and he can start practicing professional-level breathing skills. Unfortunately, he has no military merits. The legion stipulates that personal military merits cannot be traded. If he wants to exchange for the legion breathing skills, Ron must kill the orc professional immediately.
Perform military exploits.
Ron has been slightly injured, and it will be difficult to make a contribution in the next battle. This matter still needs Richard to find a way.