After some analysis, things have become clear.
Although the number of the coalition forces on the opposite side was large, even because of the previous cross-river battle, the number of troops present was too low, and it was slightly disadvantaged compared to the number of people on the opposite side.
However, the composition of the coalition forces is too mixed, and it can basically be said to be a mob.
Except for the less than 3,000 samurai who can be called elites, the rest are regular ashigaru trained by wealthy families from all over the world with great efforts and countless resources.
The number of these Ashigaru is not large. The total number of the entire coalition army is about 8,000.
In addition to the warriors, this means that the entire coalition army only has more than 10,000 people, which can barely be called a regular army, and the rest are just ordinary farmers who were recruited temporarily to make up the number.
Under this situation, although there were many coalition forces, they were definitely at a disadvantage against the regular troops in the dojo.
"Ashigaru team, press on."
Tomita Yoshinari shouted, and then a messenger quickly conveyed his order.
At this time, both sides had already set up their formations, and soldiers were arranged in different positions according to the orders of their respective generals, forming large formations.
As the order was conveyed, an array of about a thousand people in front of the dojo army began to move forward slowly.
These one thousand people were all ordinary soldiers wearing blue cloth without any covering.
These soldiers had only one weapon in their hands, which was a long spear made of white wood with an iron tip inserted into its head. Except for this spear, these soldiers didn't even have a weapon.
This is the largest army in the dojo, and it is also the cannon fodder army that is often used when starting a war.
All of these armies were recently recruited. They were basically recruited from farmers who used to work in the farmland. They also included some weaker members of the Chinese people.
It can be said that these soldiers have basically not reached the first level. They are recruited into the army for consumption.
Nowadays, this kind of large-scale corps combat is just right to use them to test the opponent's army and consume the opponent's strategic materials and strength.
And although these soldiers are called expendables, it doesn't mean that they are really ignored.
Zhong Yu still left them a glimmer of hope, or a chance to climb up and change the fate of this cannon fodder.
The technique that Zhong Yu passed on to his disciples before was an adaptation of a technique given by the system for his soldiers to practice.
This technique is inherently extremely fast. Soldiers continuously absorb the enemy's blood and energy on the battlefield, and attract evil spirits into the body to stimulate the body's potential and achieve a rapid promotion effect.
Originally, this kind of technique was extremely harmful to the body. After all, everyone's potential is limited. If it is fully developed, it will easily cause a person's body to collapse and eventually die miserably.
Although the exercises provided by the system have this flaw, they also have solutions.
That is, through constant killing and very frequent fighting, you can reach the state of breaking through the current stage before your body collapses. Then during the breakthrough, the body is allowed to undergo a kind of sublimation. In life, the original consumption potential of the body will be restored and further strengthened.
Of course, if you cannot break through in time and restore your body's potential, death will definitely be inevitable.
But what does it matter
What Zhong Yu wants is an army that can conquer and fight well. As for the people who died in it, they are just weak and do not deserve the slightest mercy from him.
The techniques originally practiced for his soldiers were so evil in nature and had great hidden dangers. However, the techniques that were improved by Zhong Yu and allowed them to break through faster would naturally have greater hidden dangers.
This technique completely abandons the role of restoring the body's potential after a breakthrough, and completely transforms the energy used to repair the body at the time of breakthrough into a more powerful force.
And the body suddenly gained such a powerful force, it would definitely be on the verge of collapse, but Zhong Yu changed it slightly.
He not only used the energy used to restore the body to strengthen greater strength, but also allocated part of it to strengthen the body's structure so that the body could better adapt to this energy and not collapse so quickly.
But this is a tightrope walk. People who practice this technique are fine in the early stages, and hidden dangers can be ignored as long as their potential has not been exhausted.
But in the later stages of cultivation, that is, after the third level, the body is completely maintained by energy.
Once this energy fluctuates or consumes too much, it is very likely that the practitioner's body will collapse, his flesh and blood will turn into countless blood, and the whole person will completely melt.
Of course, with such a big hidden danger, the speed of practicing this technique is naturally faster. This is why Zhong Yu was able to pull out an elite team of nearly 20,000 people in just two years.
In addition to the magical power of transforming blood, Zhong Yu also has a simplified version of the magical power of chemistry.
This simplified version does not have much power, and even the breakthrough speed is far inferior to the original version, but it has a very special effect, that is, it is used to help him select talents.
As long as one person can kill more than ten people in a row on the battlefield, or one person has extremely outstanding qualifications and can break through on his own.
You can use the simplified version of the blood-transforming magical skill to develop a trace of internal strength.
Of these two types of people, the former is an extremely brave man who kills people like chopping vegetables and melons. He is born to dominate the battlefield.
The latter type has extremely high qualifications and is able to achieve breakthroughs with this technique. They must also be people who are extremely thirsty for power and do not hate killing.
No matter which one of these two types of people, they are the talents Zhong Yu needs.
The simplified version of the magical skill is mediocre, and its only function is to select people suitable for practicing the blood-transforming magical skill.
For Zhong Yu today, with the expansion of territory and the increase in personnel, it has become unrealistic to personally select and recruit disciples.
Then it becomes extremely necessary to use a method to allow those needed talents to emerge on their own.
So a simplified version of the exercises appeared. As long as you can cultivate a trace of internal strength, you will be promoted immediately, taught the next step of the exercises, and become a glorious Taoist disciple.
Therefore, for these cannon fodders, as long as they can cultivate a bit of internal strength on the battlefield with the skills taught during their training, they can immediately avoid the fate of becoming cannon fodder and become people in their eyes. people.
The opportunity has been given to them. Whether they can seize it and grasp it depends on their own destiny.
(End of chapter)