Soon, Sui Xiong received the news from Wenner.
The opportunity for the merchant faction to win has been found by him.
Sui Xiong hurried over, but what he saw was a sight that puzzled him.
A group of people who look nothing like soldiers but like farmers are arranging in a neat array and stabbing the target in front of them with their spears.
"Is this the group of people you're talking about?" Sui Xiong asked doubtfully.
"Yes, my priesthood tells me that they are the opportunity for the merchant faction to win." Wenner said confidently.
Sui Xiong looked at it carefully and shook his head repeatedly: "I bet you that the person with the most combat experience among them will not kill more than a rooster in his life!"
Although he does not have the priesthood of war, he also has profound knowledge in fields such as war and combat. After witnessing the desperate fight between the two main gods, especially the last sword of the human god Uther Jean, he rose He felt a deep sense of urgency, so after receiving the legacy of the previous Sun God, the first thing he studied hard was these things that could immediately improve his combat effectiveness.
With his ability, it was naturally impossible to tell whether there was going to be a war or the winning or losing trend of both sides in the war, but facing a group of soldiers, it was easy to tell how high their combat effectiveness was.
At this moment, it seemed to him that the basic attributes of this group of soldiers were pretty good. They were all strong and strong. What was rare was that everyone had good character and no bad habits, which was of great benefit to the morale of the army. However, the experience of this group of soldiers is generally very low, and there is no blood accumulated from fighting on their bodies. It is obvious at a glance that they were probably still working as farmers or workers not long ago.
Sui Xiong really didn't think highly of the combat effectiveness of such soldiers.
Wenner smiled slightly: "It's not a problem to kill as little as possible. The key to the army's combat effectiveness lies in equipment and training, and actual combat is actually not that important. Anyway, as long as the hard power is there, you can get actual combat experience after fighting a few battles. This is actually the least valuable. "
"Huh?" Sui Xiong was stunned and asked subconsciously, "Don't all powerful armies have to go through hundreds of battles?"
"The army can go through hundreds of battles, but soldiers can't. Swords have no eyes. How many people in the world can survive a hundred battles for the rest of their lives?" Wenner smiled and shook his head. "That's why there is an important principle in military training: practice is the main thing. In general. To put it simply, problems that can be solved through training must not be solved through actual combat.”
"I thought you were a staunch fighter."
"I've beaten the staunch combatants to death."
Sui Xiong laughed loudly at what he said and nodded repeatedly.
He doesn't understand the art of war and doesn't have much experience in military training. Despite Crick's practice over the years, compared to Wenner, the real God of War, he is probably at the level of an amateur. Since Wenner felt that these people could become stronger through training, that should be the case.
"But I still don't understand. Is it too late for them to train now?" Sui Xiong looked at it for a while and couldn't help but ask.
"It's not too late. Don't say that the war hasn't started yet, even if it has already started. In the beginning, it will only be some minor frictions on the border. When it develops into a full-scale war, it will take at least a few more years... All in all, in the end, At the very least, there will be no real war between the North and the South in the next five years." Wenner's judgment on the war is undoubtedly the most authoritative, and no one will question this, "Five years is enough for them to grow into a reliable and powerful army. .”
Sui Xiong finally understood and finally felt relieved.
They just watched the training of the rookies who had just picked up weapons. After a while, Wenner suddenly smiled and said, "Actually, the emergence of this army has a lot to do with you."
"Ah?" Sui Xiong was confused, "What does it have to do with me?"
"Don't you have a Holy Spirit named Crick Keen? This set of military training methods was first proposed by him. Several powerful nobles sent by the merchants have been looking for reliable troops in view of the fact that they do not have a truly reliable army. They searched around and finally found the Keen Territory." Wenner's envoys just sent a report about this matter, "In order to obtain the Keen family's military training secrets, the businessmen But it cost a lot.”
Sui Xiong was stunned for a moment, and quickly checked the relevant situation through the clergymen and believers stationed in Keen City.
The Church of the Mask of the Void has a great influence on Keen's territory. The contemporary Baron Keen, Anna Keen, is a follower of Sui Xiong, and the intended next generation lord, her eldest son Louis Keen, is naturally also a member of the Church of the Mask of the Void. , and he is also a priest. Although he is not even a middle-level person, this status itself is enough to explain the problem.
More importantly, it was Louis Keen who personally handled the task of teaching the Keen family's military training methods to the Gold Coin Federation businessmen.
About three months ago, when there was still a lot of quarrels in the Grand Council, several far-sighted and powerful businessmen had already sent people to Keen City to try to negotiate with the Keen family. Learn the military training methods of the Keen family.
Unlike ordinary nobles, the Keen family never recruits adventurers to form an army, nor does it recruit strong rogues and villains. They always recruit soldiers from civilians who are innocent and have good moral character, and then after long-term training, they train these people into loyal, brave and tenacious soldiers.
Over the years, Baron Keen has had conflicts with other surrounding nobles more than once, and has used troops to fight several times. In every battle, this army showed a completely different style from ordinary armies - they were not particularly stronger than those traditional armies, but they were exceptionally obedient to orders and perseverant. On more than one occasion, they endured nearly 20% of casualties and fought bravely, eventually defeating an enemy that may have been stronger than them.
The merchant faction is not short of money, but they have always been short of truly reliable troops. There is no doubt about the combat effectiveness of mercenaries, but they are not reliable enough. Normally or when things are going smoothly, that's it. Once in adversity, the whole situation will suddenly collapse, like a wolf running like a pig.
Of course, there are loyal and reliable mercenaries, but even if the merchants have money, they can't hire too many such troops - because their number is small in the first place.
For example, the famous "Mountain Halberdbearers" are an excellent army that is extremely loyal and reliable. But even if the Merchant Faction has recruited almost all the mercenaries that can be recruited on the mainland over the years, they still haven't been able to gather a thousand people.
This number is certainly enough to fight minor frictions on the border, but if we want to completely break away from the noble faction and start a full-scale war, this number is not even enough for the vanguard.
Therefore, the merchant faction paid special attention to the Keen family's military training method. After spending a lot of money and many political costs to acquire it, they adjusted it according to their actual situation, and then eagerly formed several experimental armies. , began actual training.
What Sui Xiong and Wenner saw was one of them.