Early the next morning, the recruits got up to the sound of the bugle, packed up, and headed for the hills to the north of the city, led by Sean and accompanied by the few remaining veterans in the Keen Territory.
Although they have been training for two months, the gap between recruits and veterans is still obvious. You couldn't tell it when they were marching in unison inside the military camp. Now when marching out of the city, the veterans' steps were much more agile and steady than the recruits. There was no trace of fear on their faces, only full confidence and high fighting spirit.
They are originally brave and aggressive people. Many of them were even gangsters before joining the army. Their style of doing things is to be happy when they hear a battle. As long as there is a bonus, they welcome the war. Even if there is no bonus, when they are bored, they will find fights as a pastime.
During this time, they patrolled with Rhett. Although Rhett was able to suppress them with his martial arts skills, this group of energetic gangsters had not fought for several months and were already panicking. Now that they knew they were going to exterminate the gray goblins, they were all very excited, with bloodthirsty and aggressive looks in their eyes, and they couldn't wait to vent their destructive desire that had been suppressed for months.
Of course, this is also because the gray goblins are weak enough. If it were an ogre or bugbear or something, they wouldn't be so excited.
Defeating the gray goblins is free, but defeating the ogres will cost you your life...
Under their influence, the recruits' courage also plucked up. They looked at the pieces of armor that had been maintained in good condition on the carriage next to them, clenched the weapons in their hands, and listened to the nonchalant laughter of the veterans next to them, naturally they felt reassured.
This is the benefit of veterans leading new recruits. As long as the veterans are not wiped out, an army can be rebuilt quickly if veterans lead new recruits.
Not to mention that Creek spent a lot of money on the training of new recruits. These new recruits were well fed and clothed, and had enough training every day. Not only did they have good discipline, but they also had good physical fitness. This is exactly what the modern army has to offer. The most welcome kind.
In Crick's view, although they are not strong enough yet and their force is much weaker than that of the veterans, they represent the direction of the future army. As for the veterans, they can either go one step further and be promoted to the level equivalent to senior adventurers and become specialized elites, or they can only be gradually eliminated and sent to the countryside to become militia captains.
This is not bad either. The bravery and toughness of the veterans can effectively inspire and drive the militia. When the territory has sufficient manpower and material resources in the future, it will be much more convenient to train militiamen.
As the troops slowly left the city, Creek noticed a horse galloping away, and on the horse was Rena.
He couldn't help but smile slightly, feeling a little more confident about today's victory.
In order to preserve the soldiers' physical strength, the troops marched at a slow speed and did not reach the foot of the mountain until noon.
Creek did not rush up the mountain, but let the soldiers rest first, have some lunch, and fully recover their strength. And he took out the simple map he had already drawn and discussed it with Red and Sean.
"I arranged for adventurers to lure those gray goblins to the bend by the river." He pointed at the map and said, "The terrain there is open and suitable for us to fight."
Rhett and Sean didn't know it beforehand. When they heard it now, they couldn't help but look at each other and smile.
"Originally, I thought that it was not convenient to use two-handed spears in the woods, and it was impossible to pull out the array, so I could only rely on the advantage of the armor to fight slowly. But sir, you are already prepared!" Sean said with a smile, "The open terrain, There is still a river behind the goblins, and there is no way to retreat. If I still can't win, I might as well jump into the river and die."
"Such an open terrain is very beneficial to archers." Rhett said, "There are heavy spearmen holding down the position in front. I lead the archers behind to ensure that not even a single gray goblin escapes."
He said it very easily, not taking the twenty or thirty gray goblins seriously at all.
This is not a matter of pride. With his strength, even single-handedly he can wipe out a large tribe of hundreds of goblins. The reason why they want to go to war this time is simply to use goblins to train their troops.
The reason why Creek brought the veterans was, firstly, for insurance to prevent the new recruits from making mistakes on the spot due to lack of experience, and secondly, to allow Rhett to come as well.
To be honest, having a high-level strong man in the team makes him feel much more at ease.
Not to mention that this strong man is an expert archer, the kind who can shoot three arrows in an instant. With Rhett in the team, he can ensure that nothing goes wrong and casualties are avoided.
The Keen Territory really can’t afford to die at the moment!
Because they were going to fight next, the soldiers didn't eat much. They ate some bread and drank some cold water. After resting for a while, they stood up again, moved their bodies, and waited for the order to set off.
After a while, a horse galloped over and stopped next to the team. Reina jumped off the horse. Although her expression was a little unnatural, she still smiled and said: "The mission has been completed. I arranged an adventurer that looked like a wild wolf hunting and then being passed by. With a killing look, the goblins are pouring out and rushing towards the river."
Crick also smiled, waved his hand, and ordered the troops to set off again.
He was not worried that Leina would deceive him. The favorability of the character's attributes that had risen from sixty to sixty-five was enough to explain the problem.
Although Lena seems to have something on her mind, who doesn't have a little secret
As long as things can be done well, what does it matter about secrets
When the troops set off this time, they no longer marched slowly, but trotted in a hurry, went around in a circle, took back roads, and intercepted the troops between the mountains and the river.
At this time, the messy scene in the open space at the bend of the river could be seen from a distance. Reina did a beautiful job. She got a sheep and a wolf. The sheep looked like it was bitten to death by the wolf. The senior adventurer forged it. The wound may not deceive his peers, but it is no problem to deceive the goblins. The wolf was killed with a sword, and its head was missing. Combined with the horse hoof prints next to it, it was obvious that the wolf had hunted a sheep, but was passed by. of adventurers killed. The adventurer was very skilled in martial arts. He didn't even dismount his horse and just swept through the account with his sword.
It is true that Rena is not a combat-oriented adventurer, but no matter how incompetent she is in fighting, her tenth-level combat career grade did not fall from the sky. A mere wolf is really not in her eyes.
In fact, she could try to exterminate the gray goblins alone, but it was somewhat risky. She wouldn't mind taking the risk if Creek offered more money.
But Crick was not taken advantage of...
After occupying the favorable terrain, the recruits were busy putting on their armor. They are heavily armed soldiers, and their armor must be worn in battle. Otherwise... a set of armor weighs more than 20 kilograms. It is absolutely impossible to fight for a long time wearing such things.
However, heavy armor naturally has its benefits. Heavy armor means strong defense. When these new recruits put on the heavy armor and put on the iron bucket-like helmets, they suddenly turned into moving steel. fortress. Thirty of these steel fortresses were stretched into a huge arc, with both hands holding spears that were approximately two and a half meters tall, and they pressed forward so menacingly...
Although no one could understand the goblin language, the reaction of the gray goblins was clear at a glance. When they saw dozens of steel fortresses holding terrifying spears and shouting slogans in unison - which was actually "one, two, one", in order to keep the team in order - walking slowly, they were all stunned. Everyone even saw a goblin with a bloody piece of meat in its mouth making a strange cry. The mouth was so long that one doubted whether the jaw would be dislocated, and the meat in the mouth naturally fell off.
The gray goblins were not very smart. At a glance, Creek saw that they were all a bunch of scum whose intelligence did not even reach nine. But no matter how stupid they are, they still know that there is no way out now and they can only fight to the end.
A tall gray goblin quickly picked up the bow and arrow on the ground, bent the bow and nocked an arrow, and shot an arrow at the recruits.
The arrow whizzed into a recruit's chest and bounced off the solid metal armor, leaving only a shallow mark.
Then, several other gray goblin archers also shot arrows, but their results were no better than their companions. Facing heavily armed soldiers with their heads covered in barrel helmets, ordinary wooden bows and toothed arrows could not pose a threat at all.
The rest of the gray goblins also picked up weapons, most of them were spears, and a few used large wooden clubs. They roared and roared and rushed towards the recruits.
Facing this group of ugly monsters that rushed towards them with strange screams, the recruits' originally neat footsteps suddenly became a little chaotic. Sean, who was following the team, immediately shouted "calm down", but he was unable to really calm them down.
At this moment, a roar came from behind them, but it was Creek who spoke.
"stand at attention!"
The recruits immediately stood at attention subconsciously, and the originally chaotic team became orderly again. Sean finally breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly ordered to raise his gun, assume an offensive posture, and advance slowly according to his order, continuing to compress the goblins' space for movement.
The next scene was really tragic. The charging goblins crashed into the forest of spears, and not a single one of them could survive to attack the new recruits. Gray-green and reddish blood spurted all over the ground and splashed on the recruits.
The recruits immediately started to panic again, but this time Sean controlled the rhythm well, using roars and orders to restore order and continue moving forward.
The goblins who failed to charge had no choice but to turn around and jump into the river. At this time, it was the turn of Rhett's veterans to show off their power. Most of them could use bows and arrows. Even those who couldn't use bows and arrows would pick up stones from the river and throw them out. There was even one who used a sling. Under the cover of various long-range attacks, not even one of the slow-moving goblins in the river reached the other side alive, and soon turned into corpses along with the blood flowers in the river.
Interestingly, there was actually a man hiding among the corpses on the river bank, pretending to be dead. This guy was recognized by Crick at a glance. He pointed at him and was randomly stabbed by several recruits. He died without any hope of death.
In this battle, a total of twenty-seven gray goblins were wiped out, but none of the new recruits from the Keen Territory suffered any casualties!