Just after dawn, Zhang Yang stood by the stream, holding a willow branch and licking it in his mouth. Then he took a mouthful of water, slurped it several times, and finally spit it out with a pop.
Not far away, there are three half-old tents. There is still smoke coming from the fire in the middle. About ten steps outside the tents, 30 horses are buried. These horses are tied with wooden sticks, just blocking the stream. of this camp.
In the camp, two war horses, a hunting horse, and two nag horses were eating fodder leisurely. Next to them was a four-wheeled cart, which was loaded with some supplies, including horse feed and food for Zhang Yang and others. etc.
This is the family background of the Raging Fire Mercenary Group.
As the saying goes, a new regiment has a new atmosphere. After Zhang Yang officially defeated Tonks and obtained the qualification of the mercenary team leader, he ignored Tonks' many suggestions and objections and stopped recruiting mercenaries in the tavern, nor did he stay in the tavern. I was so drunk there that I could talk to the young lady.
He directly purchased a four-wheeled carriage, two horses, three tents, some maintenance tools, as well as grain, iron pots, fodder, seasonings and many other supplies, and left the city of Sarion that day.
All this cost only 300 silver dinars.
Tonks was naturally dissatisfied with this, but he didn't care.
"Captain, get up!"
Carly also walked out of the tent at this time, and she consciously started preparing breakfast.
After Zhang Yang took a bath in the cold stream water, Tonks walked out mumbling.
"Theo, you are an ascetic."
"Haha, Tonks, if you feel uncomfortable, come and spar with me."
Zhang Yang laughed, pulled out a two-handed wooden sword from the carriage, and made several attacking and defensive movements smoothly.
"snort!"
Tonks snorted heavily and walked to the stream. First, she poured out the water, then imitated the publicity and fiddled with it for a while, and finally took out the training wooden sword casually.
"Theo, I can beat you a hundred times with one hand, and you will never be my match."
"Then give it a try!"
Zhang Yang, who had finished warming up, was like a young leopard. He took a stance and launched the attack first. Then he was knocked to the ground by Tonks in less than three rounds. The gap was too obvious. After all, his hands proficiency was only 65, while Tonks Sri Lanka has a proficiency of 320.
But that’s exactly what Zhang Yang training is for.
Throughout the morning, Zhang Yang was knocked down again and again. His nose was bruised and his face was swollen. His whole body was sore and he was in an extremely embarrassed state.
However, he also gained 5 points of two-handed weapon proficiency, and also calmed down Tonks' resentment.
After breakfast, Zhang Yang asked Carly to continue training with Tonks. After resting for an hour, he started throwing training.
The first is fixed-point throwing. The target is set 60 meters away. Zhang Yang needs to throw the heavy javelin and the ancient empire javelin and hit it accurately.
In fact, there is no problem in throwing such a long distance, the focus is on accuracy.
Of course, even if it hits, it will not be of much use in actual combat. Unless it is used for a sneak attack, it can always be avoided as long as the enemy sees it.
Therefore, such throwing training is to increase throwing skills and ultimately gain proficiency.
Throughout the morning, Zhang Yang threw 150 times, hitting 78 times, and all the others missed the target. He was so tired that he almost collapsed, but the effect was extremely obvious, and his throwing weapon proficiency increased by 3 points.
During the lunch break, Zhang Yang had to ask Carly to massage his muscles, otherwise he thought he would be disabled from practicing.
In the afternoon, Zhang Yang, who was still sore all over, climbed onto his horse and began to continue practicing his riding skills. Yes, level 5 riding skills were great, he didn't think so.
This time, Carly and Tonks also started riding training with him.
Carly wanted to get revenge and become stronger, so she learned everything, and her hard work in learning was no less impressive.
As for Tonks, she probably felt that it was a shame, so she also studied with him.
Carly and Tonks practiced jogging on horseback, while Zhang Yang practiced fast obstacle running, turning running, accelerating running, and also practiced throwing throwing knives quickly while the horse was galloping.
This kind of training not only shows off his own efforts, but also requires him to communicate and cooperate with the war horse, and finally achieve a state of unity between man and horse.
It was also thanks to the fact that this Daxia war horse was truly a splendid horse, otherwise he would have been unable to resist such training. Of course, five eggs a day and twenty kilograms of concentrate were also necessary.
At night, Tonks was responsible for the security in the first half of the night, and Zhang Yang was responsible for the security in the second half of the night.
This kind of life is indeed like that of an ascetic.
Thanks to this being an uninhabited wilderness, there are no dangers except wild animals.
This high-intensity training lasted for a full month and did not end until all the supplies on the cart were consumed.
Zhang Yang and the other three packed up the camp and returned to Sarion, as if they were in another world.
But their gains are also really great.
Like Tonks, his skills in combat and other aspects cannot be improved for the time being, but his riding skills have been improved from the original level 1 to level 3, and he can already gallop on a horse.
Although Zhang Yang's riding skills are still at level 5, his weapon proficiency has been greatly improved. One-handed weapon proficiency has increased to 85, two-handed weapon proficiency has reached 90, and throwing weapon proficiency has increased to 235 points. It is basically guaranteed that he will hit every shot within 50 meters. Even on a high-speed horse, he can guarantee that eight out of ten shots will hit.
Even Tonks was speechless when seeing this kind of skill.
However, compared to the two of them, Carly has made the most progress due to her very low foundation. Although she is still at level 7, her overall attributes have exceeded that of a level 10 female guard.
details as follows-
Carly: 18 years old (Level 7)
Identity: Maid (female citizen)
HP: 66
Attributes: Strength 11, Agility 6, Intelligence 8, Charisma 10.
Skills: Iron Bone Level 2, Assault Level 1, Riding Level 2, Persuasion Level 3, and Trading Level 1.
Proficiency: 75 points for one hand, 0 for both hands, 0 for pole, 0 for throwing, 0 for bow and arrow, and 90 for crossbow.
Equipment: leather armor, leather helmet, leather gloves, tempered sword, small buckler, hunting crossbow, crossbow bolt.
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Back in Sarion, Tonks checked into the Lion Tavern and said nothing, saying that if Zhang Yang had to live as an ascetic for another month, he would rather break up.
Zhang Yang was helpless about this and had no choice but to promise that he would definitely take on the mercenary mission this time, but before that, they needed to train for a few days before Tonks could be comforted.
But Zhang Yang had his own ideas.
Their current team assets still have 1,200 silver dinars. After replenishing enough supplies, especially some luxury supplies, such as wine, dark beer, etc., the hard training in the previous month was just because they couldn't drink it. The wine almost drove Tonks crazy.
So this removes 300 silver dinars, and the remaining 900 silver dinars will be a bit stretched if used to recruit mercenaries.
Because according to the current market situation, the monthly hiring fee for any mercenary above level 20 requires 50 silver dinars. This is short-term. If it is long-term, such as more than one year, then at least 500 silver dinars are needed. dinar.
Especially those powerful mercenaries who work together with a few people, so if they want to hire them all, his little money is really not enough.
Therefore, according to Zhang Yang's idea, instead of looking for tavern mercenaries, they might as well train them themselves.
That's right, go directly to recruit young, healthy, ambitious farmers or noble second sons.
However, he did not dare to mention this idea to Tonks for the time being, otherwise this guy would really become angry.
But what can be done.
While Tonks was chatting with the girls at the Lion Tavern, Zhang Yang and Carly wandered around the city, because there were always some young men who were neither willing to be farmers nor recruited by the lords. Come out and make a fortune.
They are not qualified to enter the tavern and do not have dinars, so they usually gather in places where caravans hang out. Most of the time, they cannot become mercenaries, but they will become hard-working caravan partners.
In short, it only took two days for Zhang Yang to recruit 12 young, energetic, and most importantly healthy and potential young men. After all, he had the game player system that could see attributes at a glance.
Zhang Yang's promise to them was a settlement fee of 30 silver dinars per person, and then 100% mercenary status. Each battle kill would be divided into 20% and they could choose to stay or leave freely after three years.
Then, according to the standard of 30 silver dinars per person, he customized coarse cloth jackets, coarse cloth trousers, shoes, as well as simple wooden shields and simple spears for them.
Finally, he brought these 12 recruits to the Lion Tavern. It was time to start a new journey.
However, when Tonks saw these 12 recruits, he finally went crazy and became furious.
"What the hell, Theo, what are you doing! These are farmers like a bunch of pullets!"
"I'm fed up with your own way of doing things, you've just, really let me down!"
"I'm sorry, I have to make a decision. With you, I will definitely achieve nothing."
"Goodbye and good luck!"
Tonks just left. Zhang Yang was dumbfounded, and then he could only smile bitterly. What do you mean, don't you mean you don't agree with each other
"Carly, do you think I did something wrong?"
"No, you are the captain and have the right to decide anything, and I will always follow you." Carly said simply.
"Let's go to the old place. These new recruits won't be able to go to the battlefield without training." Zhang Yang sighed. Everyone has their own ambitions, and he can't force them.
After purchasing another batch of food supplies, Zhang Yang led the team to leave Sarion City silently. However, this time, perhaps it was bad luck, or perhaps Tonks' departure greatly reduced the team's strength, so they left Sarion City. At twenty miles, he was overtaken by five riders from behind.
The other party didn't even say a word of nonsense. He immediately caught up and revealed his weapons.
The 12 recruits were immediately frightened. After all, the momentum of the cavalry's frontal charge was beyond the imagination of weaklings like them.
"Grass!"
Zhang Yang just cursed, turned his horse's head and went forward. At the same time, a heavy javelin came into his hand. He took it off angrily without stopping at all. The afterimage flashed, and a rider dozens of meters away screamed wildly, He fell off his horse.
Zhang Yang didn't care about the result at all. In just a few seconds, all five heavy javelins were released. Three hit, one missed, and one was blocked by a rider holding a shield.
In the blink of an eye, there were two people left on the other side, and the two sides were already within five meters of each other. Seeing the war horses staggering each other, Zhang Yang suddenly swung his horse's head, and the war horse ran out to the outside like an extension of his body, dodging a gap with just a hair's breadth. A lance impaled.
In the blink of an eye, the three horses pulled away from each other, and Zhang Yang twisted on the horse and returned with a flying knife. The sapphire talisman flying knife directly hit the rider on the left in the back. Even though he was wearing hard leather armor, it was hard to hit him. Unable to block the sharpness of the flying knife, he screamed, his body swayed, and he almost fell off his horse. Then he accelerated and fled forward, but at this moment, he heard a clang, and a crossbow arrow flew towards him, directly penetrating this guy's chest. Eye socket, but it was Carly who took action at this time.
The other rider was so frightened that he ran away from the road, but Zhang Yang chased after him. With his level 5 riding skills and the majesty of the horse, he was able to catch up to him more than ten meters away in the blink of an eye.
The assassin then struck out with flying knives, killing the man in a few seconds.
At this point, in less than half a minute, all five horses were wiped out.
The frightened recruits thought of running away at this time, but found that the battle was already over.