Although the merchant faction of the Gold Coin Federation lacks decisiveness at critical moments and does not have the spirit to brave water and fire with a glare of teeth, but as long as the situation is not so urgent and the pressure is not so huge, their ideas are still very clear. of.
The core problem of the merchant faction is the lack of reliable troops loyal to them. To solve this problem, we can only rely on training new troops.
Therefore, once they obtained the method of training a reliable professional army from the Keen Territory, they quickly put it into practice and carefully kept the secret.
Each military camp is located in a secret base completely controlled by the old northern chamber of commerce. No one is allowed to approach within a radius of at least thirty miles. Even convoys transporting supplies can only be sent thirty miles away and then replaced by the base's own Fleet transportation. In order to prevent aerial reconnaissance, more than twenty mid-level or higher mages cast spells in shifts around the clock, maintaining an illusion magic that can cover the entire base.
Generally speaking, those who conduct aerial reconnaissance are combat adventurers who ride flying monsters. They do not have the ability to see through illusions. But the world is full of wonders. Maybe someone has a special bloodline that can see through illusions—for example, Donald James, the heir to the James family of Keenland; or maybe someone has a magic item that can see through illusions, or even... In order to obtain detailed and reliable information , sometimes even the battle mage may make a cameo appearance as a scout.
Therefore, these training bases have a second layer of shelter - huge roofs.
It is supported by pillars, which is enough to keep out wind and rain and can completely block the roof from the sky.
Naturally, these hastily made roofs cannot be very strong. They are probably similar to carports and awnings on earth. But no matter how weak it is, it is enough to block anyone's sight. Even the caster's reconnaissance spell cannot see through these roofs and see the soldiers who sweat and train hard every day after penetrating the illusion magic. them.
In fact, if Wenner hadn't been very experienced, even He would have been almost fooled.
Because the patterns on those roofs were painted by specialized painters - the same patterns as the ground. From a distance, it looks like ordinary ground. If Bu Fei takes a closer look, even the gods can't see the problem.
Mortal illusion spells are ineffective against gods, but the painted patterns are not spells. Wenner was almost fooled by this simple and crude method.
Of course, he would not tell Sui Xiong these words.
The two gods watched in the air for almost a day, watching these soldiers training combat skills, training arrays, training military orders, training physical fitness...these methods were quite simple and concise, nothing fancy, and they did not pursue any ingenuity, just two Words: steady and fast.
The first is stability. In any action, whether fighting or marching, the word "stability" is important. These new armies will be the backbone and core of the merchant army in the future, so the first requirement for them is stability and reliability. In this way, the effect of Dinghai Shenzhen can be exerted at the critical moment.
The second is speed. On the premise of stability, we must pursue quick action. When marching and fighting, it is important to be fast. As long as you are fast enough, the enemy will not have time to react when you attack. When you retreat, the enemy can only eat dirt behind you. There may not be a perfect way to win every battle, but as long as the army can always maintain a speed faster than the enemy If you're fast, you can at least run away if you can't beat him, so you won't be completely defeated.
In addition to these two points, there may be other pursuits, but for the rookie army in front of them, these two points alone are enough.
… For most armies in the world, these two points are enough.
When it got dark, the soldiers in the base went to rest, and Sui Xiong and Wenner also left.
Wenner set out to find several other bases, while Sui Xiong headed for Keen Territory.
When he learned that the troop training methods in these bases actually came from the Keene Territory, he was really surprised - in Creek's memory, the Keene Territory's troop training methods were not so complicated and high-end, and were very simple. Woolen cloth.
After arriving in the Keen Territory, he hid above the military camp and observed for a few days before confirming that the new army sent by the merchants was indeed using the Keen family's military training methods.
Moreover, he also found out the origin of this training method.
It's very simple to say, it's just the accumulation of time.
Since Anna Keen took over as Baron Keen, she has made great efforts to rectify the armaments in view of the fact that Keen's territory was not strong enough and suffered several heartbreaking incidents. In terms of military training methods, she inherited the tradition of "recruiting good people into the army" left by her brother. However, she also compared armies from various places and designed a detailed set of military training strategies with the knights, and continued to revise and modify them in the years that followed. Complete. Now nearly thirty years have passed. The original girl has already reached middle age, and the territory is about to be handed over to the next generation. With this continuously improved training method, Keane has led a combat force. The outstanding and strong-willed army performed well in several border conflicts and demonstrated the prestige of the Keen Territory.
Anna's style of doing things is different from that of Crick. It is not as deep and soft as Crick, but more direct and fierce. Over the years, the surrounding nobles have suffered from her more than once. It was precisely by frightening and subduing the surrounding nobles that Duke Thunder had no way to deal with the Keen Territory—no matter what he wanted, the nobles around the Keen Territory would never want to follow him again. Keen led the opposition. Without their support, the Grand Duke would be beyond reach of the Keen Territory.
Last time, at the suggestion of the Grand Duke’s second son, the Grand Duke promoted Viscount Sammat and placed him next to the Keen Territory. He tried to use this warrior who was loyal to the Grand Duke’s second son to provoke the Keen Territory and make things bigger. It got out of hand, so as to give the Duke an excuse to send troops. But the die-hard loyalist of the Grand Duke’s second son is currently playing a real-life version of Island Survival in Sui Xiong’s Kingdom of God. Wei Shake, who has replaced his identity, has no intention of causing trouble at all. As a result, the Grand Duke lost a piece of territory in vain and survived. Suffocated for several days.
As for the second son of the Grand Duke... Because of this mistake, he not only lost his original advantage in the battle for inheritance, but was also seized on by the eldest son of the Grand Duke to pursue and attack him. He has almost lost the battle for inheritance. . The only suspense now is that after his brother becomes the Grand Duke, will he be allowed to peacefully become the Marquis of Taiping? Or will he uphold the fine traditions of the Thunder Principality and send him to accompany his predecessors who lost the right to inherit
Probably, the latter is more likely.
After all, in this world, the most reliable thing is the dead.