When Zhang Yang hurried back from the training ground, Wu Yuan had strengthened all 47 first-level soldiers to the second level, and was about to start the third-level strengthening.
"Wait a minute, no, let's strengthen those 30 archers to the captain level first, and the rest of the sword and shield soldiers will be at the elite level for the time being."
Zhang Yang quickly ordered. He had carefully read the instructions on morale.
The morale value setting in the village building order is quite complicated.
First, the villagers' loyalty is divided by 2, and the resulting value is added to the village's prosperity divided by 10. This is the basic morale value.
For example, the villagers' loyalty in Zhangyang Village is 74, which is 37 divided by 2. The prosperity of the village is 225, which is 22.5 divided by 10. The sum of the two equals a basic morale value of 59.5.
So from this point of view, as long as the loyalty of the villagers does not decline and the prosperity of the village increases, and a prosperity of 1,000 is reached, the morale of the soldiers will naturally increase.
The so-called "defending the homeland and the country" still makes sense.
But if there is basic morale, there will be floating morale.
The specific calculation method is: if the number of food types is greater than or equal to 5 per day, morale will not be reduced or increased.
The amount of food supplied every day, eight times full, will not reduce morale, nor will it increase morale.
In a non-combat state every day, the fatigue level of marching training is lower than or equal to moderate fatigue, which is the consumption of a farmer working in the farmland for six hours. It will not reduce or increase morale.
In combat status, for a combat team (a hundred-man team), if one person is injured, the morale will be reduced by 5, and for each person killed, the morale will be reduced by 10; if the number of injured and dead exceeds 20, the morale will be reduced by 30% of the current morale value;
When the number of injured and dead exceeds 50, morale is forcibly reduced to 45 points, which is the critical point of escape.
"Fortunately, the 500 soldiers provided to me by the village founding order were not so pretentious, otherwise I would be like a wolf now."
Zhang Yang thought in horror, this setting of morale value is very annoying, but if you think about it carefully, it is very reasonable. In wars on earth, excluding modern wars, in ancient cold weapon wars, casualties exceeded 50%. Those who can fight to the death without retreating are really elite troops led by famous generals.
Everyone is afraid of death, this is human nature, but in this world with a fantasy background, this setting is deceiving.
"At this time, I really would rather these soldiers were NPCs!"
Complaints are complaints, but Zhang Yang had to make a choice.
That is to arrange this group of soldiers with morale values into long-range units. In this way, they cannot die easily, so naturally there is no possibility of escaping.
For melee combat, the first batch of veterans and elite units must be used, such as the 40 two-handed swordsmen currently being trained.
"It seems that I need to strengthen the cultivation of outstanding and elite people in the future, otherwise it will be very troublesome just to fight in the future."
When Zhang Yang was thinking, he saw Duan Kuan running over with a strange look on his face.
"Village Chief, we encountered a black fox while patrolling around the village this morning."
"Then kill him. Why did you come back?" Zhang Yang was surprised.
"But that was a black fox, the one we all met a few days ago, the black fox that helped us." Duan Kuan was very anxious and explained quickly.
"So what? If it dares to invade our village, it will be killed without fail!" Zhang Yang felt that Duan Kuan's head was funny.
"No, Mr. Village Chief, let me finish. That black fox wants to see you. Yes, it can also talk. Now Liu Dali, oh, it is Liu Dali who is leading the patrol to monitor the black fox. , I’m asking you to make the decision.”
Duan Kuan's face turned red and he was obviously very excited. Thinking about a talking black fox, it was very exciting. If it could turn into several beauties, it would be even more exciting haha.
Zhang Yang was also stunned this time. A fox who could speak Mandarin had helped the hunting team a few days ago, and now he wanted to see him by name
Well, I don’t look like Zhang Sheng either!
"Okay, then take the fox to the tavern, Wu Yuan, and you will come too."
Zhang Yang thought this was very strange, so he took it as a precaution.
Duan Kuan went first, and when Zhang Yang and Wu Yuan arrived at the tavern, the first thing they saw was a beautiful black fox. The fur, eyes, and big fluffy tail must be very comfortable to touch.
But this doesn't change the fact that this is a big demon above level 25. This fox's fighting power may rival Wu Yuan's.
"You, looking for me?"
After Zhang Yang looked at the black fox for a few seconds, he spoke first.
The next second, the black fox spoke in standard Mandarin.
"Dear Village Chief, I come here with no ill intentions. I just come with the goodwill of my king. My king said that it has no ill intentions towards you and is not your competitor, because three hundred years ago, its The village was captured, and it wandered in the wilderness. It survived a life of almost death and endured many tribulations before it became what it is today, so you can call it and me wild monsters without any scruples."
"And I came here today to make a deal with you, the village chief. According to our observations, you and the orc Haru tribe one hundred and thirty miles to the southwest are about to have a life-and-death war. Therefore, my king sent I am here to convey my goodwill. If you are willing to take out ten pieces of white quality hope fragments, my king will help you win this war."
Black Fox's words were very clear and understandable, but this shocked Zhang Yang, Wu Yuan and others greatly!
I see!
These wild monsters and monsters have long been eyeing their village.
No wonder there were flying monsters constantly hovering over the village. No wonder the black fox wanted to help the hunting team on purpose. His feelings were just for today's plan.
Countless thoughts flashed through Zhang Yang's mind, and then he asked expressionlessly: "Unfortunately, I don't have ten white quality hope fragments, so this deal seems to be impossible, see you off."
"Wait a minute, Mr. Village Chief. My king has said that we can borrow money. You only need to repay it within the next year. And there is absolutely no trick like nine outings and thirteen returns. As long as you agree, my king will definitely help you get it." After this war, you will find out how kind and trustworthy my king is."
"Hey, your king knows our human race very well. Could it be a human race?" Zhang Yang asked casually.
The black fox did not confirm or deny, just waiting for Zhang Yang's reply.
"How can I be sure that you also used the same rhetoric against the orc tribe opposite?" Zhang Yang asked again.
"When the war starts, you will naturally know that the orc tribe will not be willing to use the death of their soldiers to help us stage a clumsy scam." Black Fox said calmly, seemingly well prepared.
"I only have one piece of white quality hope fragment now, but I am still willing to trade with you. For this piece of hope fragment, I will hire you two big monsters to help me fight. There is no requirement to fight to the end, but only to kill a certain number of orc soldiers. That’s it, what are the conditions?”
Zhang Yang sincerely proposed a new way of cooperation.
"That's impossible, Mr. Village Chief." Black Fox decisively rejected it.
"Can't you be accommodating? After all, you also know how difficult it is to obtain white quality hope fragments. You just want to use the victory of a war to ask for ten white hope fragments from me. This is not reasonable at all." Zhang Yang began to bargain seriously. .
"I told you, Mr. Village Chief, that's impossible. My eldest son is a man of integrity and integrity, but when it comes to pricing, there is absolutely no room for compromise."
The black fox said proudly, although it is a fox, at this moment everyone can see that it admires and is very confident in its ghost king.
"So this matter is interesting, Mr. Fox. If, I mean if, I don't agree to cooperate with you, then why don't you just turn around and cooperate with the orcs, if they are willing to give out ten pieces of hope? .”
Zhang Yang smiled slightly, but his eyes became dangerous.
"No, Mr. Village Chief, I have already been to the orc tribe. I asked them for 5 white hope fragments because their overall strength is stronger than you. Unfortunately, the village chief of the orc tribe is only willing to give out one white fragment. Hope fragments, so our transaction was interrupted.”
"But if you, Mr. Village Chief, also refuse to trade with us, then we will just withdraw and watch, and will never interfere in the war between you, because we are not competitors and have no conflict of interest. We are just businessmen, pure businessmen."
Hearing this, Zhang Yang laughed even more interestingly.
"Fox, aren't you afraid that I will kill you?"