Lorraine was the second group to arrive in Cold Wind City. This time, about 300 people left the Black Forest in a carriage. Everyone was in high spirits, and they were all talking about a better life in the future.
Accompanying them were the acidophilic ants led by Da Hong. More than two thousand large ants acted as porters, slowly carrying out the equipment of the forging yard. Including forging machines and windmills, they were all heavy and bulky items.
The ability of acidophilic ants to carry loads should not be underestimated, and their coordination ability is even better. By placing a large wooden board on hundreds of ants as a platform, the forging machine can be transported away as a whole without disassembly.
Lorraine watched such wonderful scenery all the way to her destination, but before she could take a break, an officer came over to call her name and took out the order from the city lord's palace to ask her to follow her into battle.
"Going to war?" Lorraine was startled, and was so nervous that she didn't know what to do. "Sir, are you making a mistake? I am a civilian and will not participate in combat operations."
The officers and civilians are also the management system created by Uncle Zhou. After he came back from the Banshee Castle, he got a lot of cloth, and the first thing he did was to cut uniforms for the people in his system.
There is no concept of uniforms in the society of the other world. If you have money, you will wear good clothes, but if you don’t have money, you will wear tatters. But Zhou Qingfeng has a paranoid hobby for neatness. From rules and regulations to behavior and even eating, drinking, and peeing, he ignores everything.
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When setting out for Cold Wind City, the personal guards and close guards wear uniforms. This has a very obvious effect on cultivating a sense of honor and cohesion. The evolution of distinguishing ourselves from the enemy from observing flags to looking at uniforms is also a big progress.
The military has uniforms, and the civil service also has uniforms. Uniforms can be used to distinguish grades and classes at a glance. Being able to wear the uniform issued by Monsignor Hugo is a sign of success in Harmony Village. Wearing clothes indiscriminately will be punished.
Lorraine had her own trainee clerk's uniform, which showed that she was separated from the civilian class. When an officer came to recruit, she felt that there must be a mistake. Civilian personnel did not participate in military operations.
"Eve Lorraine, you are assigned to the statistics section of the city lord's palace and are seconded to our fifth action team. You can confirm this order with Holy Light." The officer still insisted.
Calling on the Holy Light, Lorraine confirmed that the officer's words were correct. She could only express her obedience, hurriedly boarded several other modified carriages, and rushed to the battlefield without entering the city.
The fifth action team includes five Guards Cavalry and fifty Guards Infantry, plus several modified heavy-duty carriages. The team is a mix of veterans and new recruits, without much training, and the team is not very neat.
Lorraine was a civil servant and a woman, so she could sit on the carriage. After she joined, she learned that the team was going to attack the territories of some small nobles near Cold Wind City. Most of these nobles fled from the city, and it was extremely necessary to eliminate them.
"What is my mission?"
"Responsible for the post-war inventory."
"Are you sure you can win?"
"Hahaha, we will definitely win." The morale of the action team was extremely high, and the cavalry and infantry fought well. They carried weapons and guides and marched like a picnic.
The Long Legs family was destroyed, and many nobles in Cold Wind City died and many fled. It was impossible for Zhou Qingfeng to wipe out them personally, so the integrated army he trained would be of great use.
Although these teams are still very young, their backbones are relatively reliable. As long as there are veterans, the new recruits will improve very quickly. As for those who do not improve fast enough, they will naturally be brutally eliminated.
Only half a day after setting off, the fifth action team to which Lorraine belonged arrived at a small knight's manor. The owner of the manor had obviously been on high alert recently and noticed that a strange team was approaching, and a warning bell immediately rang in the manor.
The economic conditions of this small manor were extremely poor, and it could only support one or two combatants, while the rest were servants and serfs.
Several heads popped up from the wall of the manor, and some people were shouting angrily: Barbarians of the Black Forest, get away. I have five heavy crossbows on my wall, which are enough to shoot through your armor.
The action team was still more than 200 meters away from the manor, and the slogans on the wall could not be heard at all. However, the several heavy crossbows aimed at the wall made it clear. Everyone knew that the enemy would not surrender obediently, but the guards officers also did not understand this.
Just laughed.
Lorraine poked his head out of the carriage and saw that his side had no intention of attacking the manor wall directly. The infantrymen lifted up the oilcloth covering the carriage, revealing a heavy crossbow with a full metal structure inside.
"If these idiots don't escape, let's show them whose heavy crossbow is more powerful." The Guards officer waved his hand, and a Guards veteran commanded several recruits to operate this novel and powerful weapon.
Lorraine has seen the heavy crossbows on the city wall. They are big guys that are inconvenient to move. They have huge and bulky bases and long wooden crossbow arms. Although they are very powerful, the heavy crossbows are obviously not convenient for the army.
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But the heavy crossbow in front of me is completely different. It is fixed on the carriage of the carriage, and can be disassembled and dragged when necessary. It is also small in size. The crossbow arm is forged from metal and cannot be pulled open manually. It must rely on a ratchet.
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This complex machine requires a very high level of forging and assembly, and the tolerances between parts are relatively high, and ordinary blacksmiths cannot do this work. But its power is not inferior to the large heavy crossbows on the city walls.
The two recruits of the Guards turned the ratchet with all their strength, and the metal crossbow arm began to bend. A thick iron arrowhead was stuck in the chute of the heavy crossbow. The veteran Guardsmen were responsible for aiming and fine-tuning the direction of the crossbow's sight.
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During this period, several crossbow bolts were fired from the wall of the manor. However, the distance was too far, the shots were inaccurate, and the power was weak.
But Lorraine was frightened when she heard the opponent's crossbow bolt passing over her head. After waiting for a while, the guard veteran operating the metal heavy crossbow stepped on the firing pedal, and the curved crossbow arm released potential energy, and the hinged metal crossbow
Xian fired the crossbow bolt.
The buzzing sound of the metal crossbow arm was frightening. Lorraine was so close that his heart was shaking. He saw a thick crossbow arrow flying out, flying over a distance of more than 200 meters at an extremely fast speed.
The distance finally becomes a small dot.
The impact point was so small that it was almost invisible. Lorraine didn't know whether it was hit or not, but she soon heard the creaking sound of the ratchet winding the crossbow arm. The soldiers who were winding the crossbow were replaced by two, because now
The soldiers had just joined the army and were very weak.
After shooting like this for several rounds, Lorraine thought that the battle would continue like this. However, the manor opposite suddenly lowered the suspension bridge, opened the gate of the village, and more than a dozen people rushed out.
Really shabby.
The leader was probably the manor owner himself, who was riding alone. Behind him were his sons and other attendants, and in addition were serfs holding dung forks. Now even Lorraine understood that this battle was too childish, and the opponent would lose.
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The action team's five Guards Cavalry, together with the commanding officer, rode forward and charged forward. The opponent was still shouting for a fair duel, but was cut down by two sabers flanking him from the left and right.
Several bright silver rays of light appeared on the battlefield. The manor owner was not bad at strength. With one on two, he just fell off his horse in a hard fight. He jumped up quickly after landing and continued to fight with his sword. But
Another group of Guards Cavalry attacked again.
It is unfair for the cavalry to attack the lone infantry. Not to mention that it is a flanking attack. There is no absolute strength advantage and there is only a dead end. Lorraine soon saw the splashing blood and the flying head.
The serfs who rushed out of the manor had already turned around and fled, while the servants of the manor owner simply knelt down and surrendered. This was a completely asymmetrical battle. The so-called nobles were nothing more than that.