Outside Bingyan City, the sound of horseshoes rumbled.
The sound of bowstrings kept ringing, accompanied by the shouting and scolding of the officers.
"Status, posture! Don't focus on aiming, pay attention to maintaining your posture on the horse!"
"Tom! I'm talking about you, damn it! Is your back broken?"
"And you, Jerry..."
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"It looks pretty good. It looks good." Colin looked at the scene where the first batch of cavalrymen under him were training riding and shooting from a distance, and he was in a good mood.
"It's just a shelf, they are still far away." The Shire knight on the side was obviously still very dissatisfied.
Colin laughed: "After all, they are new recruits. You can't use the standards of the Black Cavalry to demand them now. I'm already very satisfied with this in only one month. You guys have done a good job!"
"You are overrated! This is mainly due to your strong support."
The words of the Knight of Shire were not entirely flattery.
Colin's support for this cavalry was indeed unreserved. He asked for people, money for money, and equipment for equipment.
The huge sum of money just borrowed is spent like water, as if there is no concept of saving at all.
The housekeeper, Aemon, was terrified when he saw it, and tried to persuade him from time to time.
But Colin still went his own way.
In his view, only the money spent can really generate value.
And, as one famous entrepreneur put it—
The money is not really spent, but a different way to stay with you.
Colin used to scoff at this sentence, but now, seeing the cavalry passing by in front of him, he deeply agrees.
"Is there a problem with the source of troops? I see that you have only recruited more than 300 people now." After receiving a huge loan, Colin increased the size of the cavalry from 100 to 1,000.
"Master Viscount, the first batch of recruits should not be too many, the training effect will be greatly reduced after there are too many people."
"Okay, as long as you know what's in your mind."
Colin did not interfere too much with the training of the Shire knights. He knew that professional things should be done by professional people.
He really doesn't know anything about cavalry training.
But the Shire knight, who was born in the Black Cavalry Army, is an expert in this field.
"Rego Knight told me a few days ago that you robbed him of many high-quality recruits?"
Just as Knight Shire was about to explain, Colin waved his hand and continued:
"Don't be nervous, I'm not blaming you. I've made it clear at the beginning that the cavalry has priority in recruiting recruits. I'm just wondering why you didn't pick the veterans under Lei Ge's men, but went to grab recruits from him instead. "
"Master Viscount, although the soldiers under Knight Rego are really good, strong and highly trained, they are infantry after all, they are used to fighting on foot, and many tactical moves have already taken shape, so it is not special to recruit them as cavalry Suitable."
"What about the recruits? What kind of recruits are worth fighting for with Lei Ge?"
"Is it a captive who escaped from the ice field in the sky?"
"captive?"
"Yes, it was the group of captives taken by the trolls when they invaded the northern border a few months ago. Later, when the Marquis Garcia led his army to catch up with the troll army, these captives with more than 50,000 people were not captured by the trolls. Abandoned on the ice field. During this period of time, many captives have successfully returned alive."
Only then did Colin suddenly understand why these escaped captives were scrambled by Lei Ge and Charles at the same time.
Because these people are the real warriors left after rigorous screening!
First of all, the first round of screening is done by trolls.
When they take captives away, they will definitely not choose the old, weak, sick and disabled, but the young and strong, so that they can be used as labor force when they are taken back.
The second round of screening started when these prisoners were abandoned on the ice field by the troll army.
This is a more brutal and harsh round of screening.
This requires not only a strong body, but also a certain amount of wisdom and courage to survive the severe cold and hunger.
After all, when trolls abandoned them, they wouldn't leave them food.
Therefore, the only way for these captives to obtain food is hunting.
But there are not many wild animals on the ice sheet. If these 50,000 people gather together, even if all the animals in the sky and underground in that area are captured, it will not be enough for so many people to stuff their teeth.
Therefore, smart people must make a choice at this time.
It seems safe to follow the big army, but in fact it is just waiting to die.
Only by forming a small group and staying away from large groups can you obtain enough food to fill your stomach through hunting.
In fact, judging from the teams of captives arriving in Ice Rock City one after another these days, they were indeed small teams of less than a hundred people.
Those with more people would have starved to death on the ice sheet long ago.
Those with fewer numbers will be in danger when encountering ferocious beasts.
Therefore, these captives who successfully escaped from the ice sheet naturally became the favorites in the eyes of Charles and Lei Ge.
Especially in each small team, the most core people are elite soldiers with excellent decision-making ability and excellent organizational ability.
Therefore, when Knight Shire drew these people into the cavalry team by relying on the priority conscription rights that Colin promised him, Knight Rego would inevitably complain to Colin.
No way, this big knight is too greedy.
But no matter how greedy he is, Ke Lin will not change the established strategy.
Cavalry has always been the arm that he is determined to give priority to.
In this era of cold weapons, the deterrence of a powerful cavalry is really terrible.
Especially in places with mostly plain terrain like the northern border and the sky ice field.
Unless the infantry hide in the city and cannot come out, the cavalry will always be the master of the battlefield.
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After inspecting the training of the cavalry, Colin also went to the training ground of the infantry to have a look. After all, one should not be too partial.
After getting a huge loan, Colin also increased the size of the infantry from the original 1,000 to 3,000.
At present, this establishment has not yet been fully recruited, and only about half of them have been recruited.
According to the estimates of the Moben brothers, they should be fully staffed in another month, and then practice for about three months before they can have initial combat effectiveness.
Although it is not an elite, it can still go to the battlefield.
After a few more battles, those who survive will be the elite.
Infantry formed so fast, compared to cavalry, it was too slow.
According to Shire's estimation, it would take a year at the earliest for the cavalry to be able to barely enter the battlefield.
This is thanks to Shire's excellent instructors from the Black Cavalry Army. If Colin came to do it, it might take three to five years to make it happen.
When inspecting the infantry, Colin also saw the depressed Knight Rego.
The big knight has been a little irritable recently, and whenever he has free time, he takes the recruits to the forest on the outskirts of the city for training.
Of course, Colin knew that this guy was using the name of training to let these recruits help him search for the mysterious knight who had attacked him.
However, Knight Rego is destined to be unable to take revenge.
The blood slave Cynthia is usually hidden in the basement of the Red Castle by Colin.
After borrowing blood from Knight Rego twice, Colin has also been successfully promoted to the third rank.
If such a speed is known by outsiders, I am afraid they will call Ke Lin a genius.
After inspecting the infantry training, Colin returned to the Red Castle.
After drinking a glass of stag blood wine, he took another nap.
The life of Ke Lin, the hands-off shopkeeper, is very nourishing.
However, his leisure time was soon interrupted.
I saw the butler Aemon hurried over and reported:
"My lord, there is a team of trolls coming up the ice field."
"Trolls?" Collin's heart tightened suddenly, "How many of them are here?"
"There are only a hundred or so people who claim to be envoys to Cold Winter City, passing through Ice Rock City, and want to see you."
"Messenger?" Colin was relieved.
After thinking for a moment with his cheeks on his hands, Colin nodded and said:
"Okay, then I'll meet this troll messenger."
there is another chapter tonight
(end of this chapter)