The sound of rumbling horseshoes was continuous, and a black shadow riding in the dust flew out of the dust and smoke in a neatly lined team, bringing an overwhelming momentum. The only difference from the Flying Tiger Legion's Lancers charging in formation was that their formation was not so dense, the distance between the two cavalry was about two meters apart, and their charging speed was also faster.
A sharp whistle sounded suddenly, and a torrential rain of crossbow arrows shot out from the hands of these black shadows, and then continued to be wound and fired, and countless crossbow shadows swept across the space more than a hundred meters away and rushed towards the target...
With the sound of another whistle, the black shadows in the front row suddenly separated left and right and galloped to the two sides, while their rear row continued to gallop forward, firing crossbow arrows, separated left and right, and started again and again.
"Your Highness, this is the training I designed for cavalry line shooting. If the enemy encounters such an attack during the march, then there is a great possibility that they will be wiped out under such continuous attacks. Of course, if they are in the field If you are guarding in the center, then the effect of this attack may be somewhat different. After all, the long-range attack launched during the horseback charge can cause the greatest damage to the unsuspecting enemy." Josk proudly said to Loris Special introduced his tactics.
Because the steel crossbow needs to be kept secret, outsiders should not know that the Norton family's armed forces have been equipped with this kind of long-range shooting weapon for personal use, so within two days Lorist went to the Chaser Legion's garrison, which was undergoing closed training, to observe He conducted a training in line shooting on horseback.
"How did you come up with that?" Lorist asked.
"There is nothing strange about this." Jost replied: "Your Highness, the most elite light cavalry are scout light cavalry. They detect the enemy's whereabouts, monitor the enemy's path, and kill the enemy's scouts. Their fighting method is to dismount and use Long-range attack and close combat on horseback. Only a few talented individuals can use long-range weapons on horseback. Among them, throwing axes and spears can only be regarded as short- and medium-range throwing weapons, and longbows are generally used to attack enemies from a long distance.
Even if the Fiesabrun family's famous Border Ranger Legion is known as the most elite light cavalry in the former empire, their performance is still no different from what I said. Back then when our Chaser Legion was defeated in Muyeyuan Province, the tricks of the grass barbarian cavalry who attacked us were nothing more than following us, watching us from beyond the range of the steel crossbow of the chariot, and luring our light cavalry to rush out of the protection of the steel crossbow. When we fell into the trap, they only had one more shield car to cover us and defeated us by virtue of their numbers.
If we had had this steel crossbow back then, we would never have experienced that defeat at all! We will turn against customers and annihilate their scout light cavalry on the grassland. In the process of chasing, we can use long-range attacks to eliminate them without dismounting. Even when surrounded by the enemy, there is no need to dismount and form an array. No enemy can resist our long-range attack during the march or charge. Then the mobility and flexibility of the light cavalry can be brought into full play..."
Joss Crory said a lot of useless things, but Lorist understood. The current main task of the light cavalry is to scout and trap the enemy. Because of the lack of long-range attack methods, the most powerful long-range attack of the light cavalry is to dismount and form a formation, and use longbow lobs and direct shots to cause damage to the enemy. However, the dismounting of the light cavalry means the loss of mobility, and the threat to the enemy defending in the field is greatly weakened. And let the light cavalry rush to the enemy's position with horses, it is not worth the loss. The attack and defense of the light cavalry in close combat are not as good as the heavily armed enemy's heavy infantry, unless the enemy is defeated and fleeing.
And with this crossbow that can be fired immediately, it not only increases the attack power, but also does not affect the mobility and flexibility. Even if the enemy's formation is tightly defended, the light cavalry can still move to the enemy's weak rear or attack separately by virtue of mobility, tearing open the weakness of the enemy's defense, and knocking down the enemy with stormy long-range attacks, avoiding head-on confrontation with the enemy. From this aspect, the appearance of the crossbow gave the light cavalry the basis for defeating the enemy in field battles.
Lorist took a steel crossbow from Josk and examined it carefully. To be exact, this should be a crossbow gun, which is very different from the shape of the strong crossbow, stone crossbow, hunting crossbow and heavy crossbow in Galintia. It seems that Master Sid borrowed from Lorist's musket design when designing it. Some advantages of the crossbow are that the crossbow has a butt and a handle, which is convenient for the rider to aim and shoot on horseback. At the same time, because of the existence of the butt and the handle, the crossbow has a place to use when it is wound up after firing. Easier and faster.
"Your Highness, this crossbow was finalized after we sent a hundred light cavalry to assist Master Sid for a year and a half of experiments. From the current point of view, this is the most perfect light cavalry long-range attack weapon. Once Appearing on the battlefield, our Norton family will set off a storm of light cavalry..." Josk said proudly.
"Is there no flaw in this steel crossbow?" Lorist raised the steel crossbow in his hand.
"Uh..." Joske paused for a moment, "There is only one shortcoming, Your Highness. That is, the steel crossbow cannot bear fighting spirit, and the strength of firing mainly depends on the strength of the crossbow arm and the mechanism."
When a longbowman's vindictiveness reaches the silver stage, he can input his vindictiveness into the special feathered arrows when shooting arrows, so that the feathered arrows can shoot faster, farther and more accurately, and can also form a small sword on the arrow. Awns, breaking the shield and destroying the armor, the sharpness is unparalleled. Jost is such a golden archer, with a green bone bow in his hand, even the great swordsman has to avoid his arrows.
However, there are extremely rare archers like Jost who are gifted with both left and right bows on horseback, and it can be said that there is no one in a million. It was also impossible for Lorist to select such a group of soldiers to form the cavalry and archery army. Judging from the current situation, the crossbow is indeed the best choice for light cavalry to carry out long-range attacks immediately. A small shortcoming like not being able to hold grudges is not a big problem and can be completely ignored.
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"Are you ready? I'm going to attack." Lorist smiled and said to Schwader standing in front of him.
Shi Huade nodded, and put on a defensive posture: "Your Highness, come."
The long sword in Lorist's hand was like lightning, arriving instantly with the sound of breaking wind. Shi Huade did not show any weakness, and the long sword turned into a net, blocking in front of him, so that the water could not enter. The master and apprentice fought together.
Reddy and Genorio stood by and watched, Genorio had an envious expression on his face.
Reddy laughed: "Genorio, if you want to learn swords, you will have to suffer. I taught Shi Huade a bad lesson when he learned swords."
Genorio nodded solemnly: "Brother, I have endured hardships, no matter how hard or tired I will learn from you very seriously."
There was a strange smile on the corner of Reddy's mouth: "Very well, I can find time to intercede with His Highness. But the basis of our school's sword learning is dynamic visual ability. If His Highness approves, Shi Huade and I will Help you exercise this ability."
"Really?" Genorio was very happy: "Thank you, big brother."
"You're welcome, who told you that you are my little junior brother." Reddy laughed evilly, mentally planning who to turn to to watch the fun this time, maybe he can take this opportunity to open a plate or something, and bet on Jeno How long can Leo last on the big disc without passing out...
"Zheng..." Lorist's long sword accurately lifted the sword in Shi Huade's hand.
"That's right, I didn't expect you to be able to withstand more than twenty strokes." Lorist was a little surprised, as expected of Bodfinger's son. Back then, when Bodfinger competed against him in the ring, he defended very steadily and carefully, which left a deep impression on him. Unexpectedly, Schwader is even better than the basket now, and he is really Bodfinger's own. This defense is better than Bodfinger at that time. Although Lorist's subordinates were merciful, after all, he was already beyond the level of a third-level great swordsman and close to the level of a sword master. It was really surprising that Shi Huade could take twenty moves.
"No wonder Reddy said that he went to pick you up and competed with you for nearly a hundred moves before he won. He was unconvinced for a while and competed with you for a few days, but the result was the same, so the two of you came back so late." Lorist Handed the sword in his hand to Shi Huade to let him put it away, thinking about it, he said: "Your way of sword is different from that of Reddy. Reddy relied on his innate power, and he walked with great strength and quick attack to win the sword. The road of no return.
You are completely different from him. Your swordsmanship is very similar to your father's. It can be said that you have inherited your father's talent. You are skilled in swordsmanship. You wait for an opportunity to see through the enemy's weakness in the tight defense and then counterattack, killing you with one blow. So after Reddy left the customs, I asked him to go out for a trip to increase his knowledge. You don't need to do this. If you want to practice swordsmanship, you can go to the guard camp, let many people attack, and you can concentrate on defense. "
"Yes, thank you teacher for your guidance." Schwader said.
"Hehe..." Lorist rubbed his head, "But before that, I have to organize your wedding with Katerina, so as not to keep your old man from complaining."
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"Director Hansk, I'm very disappointed in you." Lorist said to Supervisor Hansk standing in front of him. In order to express his dissatisfaction, he didn't even invite Supervisor Hansk to sit down and talk again.
"Your Highness, I can't be blamed for this, it's mainly because those barbarians don't obey their orders..." Director Hansk argued with a livid face. In his heart, he thought that he had done his best to make the project progress because of his family's troubles in the wilderness of the Northland. But those barbarian laborers were really savage, and they refused to accept even killing them, which delayed the progress of the whole project. Now that Lorist put the blame on him, how can he be convinced
"Director Hanske, it seems that you haven't realized where your mistakes are. As the person in charge of the improvement of Northland road traffic facilities, your responsibility is to coordinate management and ensure that the progress of the project and the plan are implemented. Therefore, the budget plan You are responsible for the schedule of the project, and you only need to implement it step by step according to the plan. Please tell me why you want to extend the working hours of the wild laborers, cut their benefits, and disrupt all the plans And it caused riots and grinders from the mountain barbarians..." Lorist was a little angry.
"Your Highness, please don't forget that the mountain barbarians are the enemies of our Norton family. Your father and countless ancestors of the Norton family died in the invasion of our family's territory by the mountain barbarians. You should not regard these mountain barbarians as It's labor, not only give them wine, but also provide them with meat. Are you treating these mountain barbarians as guests of our Norton family?" Supervisor Hansk yelled loudly.
"Hehe..." Lorist was annoyed: "So you deducted all their wine and meat? Just two fist-sized bread made of moldy grain every day? And then drove them day and night Do you think this is loyalty to the family? This is avenging my father and the ancestors of the Norton family? Stupid!"
Lorist slapped the desk with his palm, the sound not only startled Supervisor Hanske, but even Schward, who was outside the study, quietly opened the door a crack and peeped out to see what was going on.
"In order to build the road from Jinling to Yuequan Town and open a road in the forest, we killed at least 7,000 of the 30,000 barbarian laborers who built the road before we built this road full of blood and death. On both sides are the heads of the mountain barbarian captives who escaped and were hunted back. After killing so many people, our family can find a way to drive the mountain barbarians to work with peace of mind. That is to provide them with wine and meat. After twelve hours of hard work every day They can get the wine and meat as a reward, which is why those barbarian laborers are willing to work hard. They regard the wine and meat we provide as the reward for a day's hard work...
Then you took these wild laborers who worked for our family as the murderers and enemies who killed my father and the ancestors of the Norton family. Not only did you cancel the wine and meat provided to them, but you also extended the working time by four hours. You are really capable, do you think you can subdue these barbarian laborers? They rioted, and you asked Berunek to bring a battalion of guards to suppress them, killing more than 10,000 mountain barbarians at one time. You think this will kill them, don't you? But what about the project? Work has almost stopped completely!
I regret entrusting you with the Northland Road Traffic Facilities Improvement Project, which is related to the fate of the Norton family in the next hundred years. You have failed my trust. You want to say that the mountain barbarians are the enemies of our family, yes, that's true, but it doesn't mean that all the mountain barbarians should be exterminated. These more than 70,000 mountain barbarian laborers are all young and strong. Do you understand how much wealth they will create for our family when they work hard in our family territory with peace of mind? Do you know how much the family lacks these young and strong laborers who don't pay wages? It’s great now, you have left less than 60,000 mountain barbarian laborers in this way, and the family has to pay a greater price to appease them... "
Lorist smiled wryly and shook his head: "Director Hansk, you really let me down. Considering the great contributions you have made to the family, I don't want to pursue more mistakes you made. There are some things you should I understand, did you go beyond the duty of a retainer, stretching your hand too far? Forget it, I can forgive you once, go back to your own baronial territory in Dremke Province, and reflect on it.”
Supervisor Hanske's face was pale, his lips were trembling, and he turned and walked towards the door of the study in a numb manner. He knows that this is exile, his power in the Norton family has disappeared, and he is no longer qualified to call the wind and rain. However, Lorist still remembered his past friendship and did not deprive him of his territory and title.
Director Hansk, who came to the door, stopped, and after a moment of silence, he walked back to Lorist with a very excited look on his face: "Your Highness, I can leave, but there is something that Your Highness must consider more carefully."
"explain… "
"Your Highness, please establish a young master as soon as possible, with the hearts of millions of An family leaders." Supervisor Hanske said with a tragic expression.
"Oh, then tell me, who should I choose?" Lorist asked playfully.
"Of course it's Master Lescott, he's thirteen years old and about to come of age..."
Lescott is the first eldest son born to Lorist and Irina. He is somewhat tyrannical by nature. The main reason is that he lived in Fenglin Villa when he was a child. When he was young, he was fostered by Lorist at Malek's house, and Mrs. Malek was in charge of discipline. He just entered Nicole Academy to study last year.
"Do you think I'll be a short-lived ghost?" Lorist asked a bit bitterly.
"Your Highness, be prepared. Your father thought the same way back then, and forced him to fight against the invading mountain barbarian cavalry with his illness. As a result..." Supervisor Hansk was still rambling.
"Get out!" Lorist was furious, grabbed the folder on the table and threw it over.
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