Chapter 297: Suppression
The regular army of the Empire almost always had its own cannon fodder unit, which was generally composed of civilians who had been sold into slavery, especially the elderly who had lost their ability to work, ugly-looking women, and children with birth defects. The combat effectiveness of this lowest-level cannon fodder www.biquge.info Pen Fun Pavilion is completely zero, so it is generally not even equipped with weapons and armor, and only uses some sticks and planks as weapons to rush into the battlefield. Their only task is to drain the physical strength of the opposing warriors, and the limited war resources such as arrows and traps.
A little better than this kind of pure cannon fodder is the daring troops composed of surrendered soldiers or prisoners of war criminals, although this kind of troops cannot be said to be completely ineffective, but the morale is absolutely negative, and naturally there will be no loyalty, and there will often be a situation of defection, so it is generally only equipped with a minimum of weapons and equipment, and the food supply can only barely maintain the state of starvation and freezing without death, and the role that can really be played on the battlefield is also very limited.
Above these two is the subhuman war slave force, a cannon fodder force composed of retired gladiators in the gladiatorial arena as the backbone, and natural warriors such as ogre minotaurs and orc slaves as the main force. They are simple-minded and easy to control, and they are unable to plan decent rebellions, not to mention their combat effectiveness, sometimes more powerful than the regular army of the Empire.
The only problem is that once such a force is in combat mode, it is easy to go berserk en masse, and while a mad subhuman legion would be an absolute nightmare for any enemy, it is equally impossible for such a legion to be under human command and control. It's okay to go crazy in the enemy's formation, but if you don't control it for a while, you'll go crazy in your own territory. Half of the battle was already lost without fighting. Therefore, in the entire empire, except for the dragoon regiment, few troops dared to use subhuman war slaves as cannon fodder.
And that's the task of Goron's trip. He's going to train the lazy, dirty, and unruly guys in front of him into a real legion. This was the task that the Dragoon had given him to Rhine, but it was also the goal that Goron had set for himself.
As soon as Rhine, who was standing beside Goron, entered the place, he crossed his arms and looked at Goron and sneered. He naturally knew the hostility of this group of subhuman war slaves towards them, and he just wanted to see Goron's performance now, if he couldn't even pass this first level, then naturally not to mention the work after that, he could only blame himself for wasting so much time and energy on this beautiful waste.
At this moment, a minotaur covered in gray hair trotted over, first kowtowing to Rhine, and then nodding humbly to Goron.
"Greetings to you, Honorable Dragoon, my beloved master, Old Slave Byrne. May I ask if this beautiful and noble young lady is the new slave trainer you mentioned during your last inspection?"
Goron didn't bother to correct him, and asked directly, "Are you in charge of this camp?"
"Yes, this camp is managed by the old slave, and the training on weekdays is also in charge of the old slave. ”
Goron looked at this guy, and knew at a glance that this was probably an old slave who had been a slave for a long time, and it was even possible that he had been a slave since his ancestors, and the edges and corners of this kind of guy who had been a slave for generations had long been smoothed, loyal and honest. And he knows the rules very well. This is the perfect person to run a war slave camp.
Even if the subhuman family slave like this is a minotaur of the race, he has long lost his bloodiness and wildness, and he can't even awaken his talent madness. Of course, combat power will not be placed in the eyes of this group of rebellious subhuman war slaves, but he has the rights given by the dragon knights. The regular dragon knights guarding the camp can be mobilized to suppress and punish slaves who do not obey the discipline, and even have the power of life and death.
"Byrne is my house slave. You can trust it with confidence, during your time as a trainer for these bastards. It's up to you to act as your deputy......"
"I don't need to. ”
“…… You can just let it go, I'm looking forward to it...... Wait a minute. What did you just say?" Rhine, who reacted, looked at Goron in surprise and said with some uncertainty: "Did you just say that you don't need Byrne's help?"
"Yes. Goron nodded in acknowledgement, then pointed to the sentry on the fence and added, "Not only this old minotaur, but the team of dragon knights who are responsible for guarding this camp can also be removed, and I don't need them." ”
Rhine stopped talking, but his face was gloomy and terrifying, and it was clear that his anger could explode at any moment. In his opinion, Goron is not self-confidence at all, but outright stupidity and arrogance.
He is the only one of the three dragoons who is interested in training war slave cannon fodder, and naturally knows a lot about these subhuman slaves, if this group of wild and untamable bastards is not constantly monitored and guarded, then it will not take a night to turn the world upside down, and then run away.
Rhine naturally knew that Goron was not as delicate and powerless as he looked, and he knew that he might have an artifact-level magic guide cannon in his hand, and it would be no problem to kill one or two disobedient subhuman war slaves in an instant, but he was only one person after all, even with the one-eyed ogre, it was only two, and there were more than two hundred subhuman slaves here, and that's not all, Rhine couldn't imagine how Goron could manage this crazy beast on his own.
Goron didn't seem to see the dangerous face of the dragoon, and he still said to himself: "This wall is not necessary, but forget it, there is no need to bother to tear it down...... By the way, Lord Rhine, didn't you say that my main task was to train a group of ogres? But I don't see a single ogre here. ”
"Hahahahaha......ha ”
It was a row of dilapidated houses, many of which were not even close to the walls, but when you got closer, you found that each of them was very spacious, and when you entered, you saw that there were large iron cages one after another, and in each cage there was a large and muscular ogre. Judging from the war streaks on the skin of these ogres, they all came from the same ogre clan, and they were also a clan that Goron was very familiar with.
Iron fist......
This ogre clan is one of the most powerful clans in the ogre world. The scale and number are dozens of times that of the Black Hand Ogre, and there are peripheral tribes of the Iron Fist Clan in many areas of the Dota Continent. In the past, the Iron Fist clan fought against Goron's Black Hand Clan and the Amazon Centaurs in order to fight for the rainforest area of the peninsula, and all three sides suffered heavy losses. So the Tekken clan can be called one of the main opponents of the Black Hand Clan besides the Amazon centaurs.
"I made a special trip to the Dust Swamp not long ago, and carefully selected these guys from the somewhat famous Iron Fist Ogre Village, their advantage is that they are rough and thick, and they are very durable, and I didn't deliberately spare my strength when I shot, these are the guys who can survive in the end. Of course, the downside is also here, they are all from the same warlike clan, and the level is not low, so the tamed ones have risen in a straight line, in fact, so far, except for a few that have been played to death, no ogre has been released from the cage. ”
Rhine looked at Goron, with a sneer on the corner of his mouth, and continued: "How about it, why don't you just release them all together, wouldn't it be more time-saving and labor-saving for you to train in one trip." ”
If Goron really dared to nod his head at this time, then Rhine made up his mind to let this beautiful little idiot get out of the way immediately, and at the risk of being scolded by the marshal, he also had to leave him a lesson that he would never forget, as a punishment for daring to play tricks on himself.
However, Goron looked at the ogres and thought about it seriously, and only replied after a moment: "No, just lock them up like this, and when the time is right, I will release them myself." ”
"At this time, do you still think that you can subdue the war slaves here on your own?" Rhine laughed angrily at this time.
But Goron looked puzzled and asked, "Didn't you call me over just to let me do this?"
Rhein froze, and he looked into Goron's eyes to determine if he was playing tricks on himself, or if he really had his own way of doing it. But in the end, Rhine couldn't confirm that Goron's expression was too natural, and that innocent and incomprehensible cuteness made him unable to find fault with it. In the end, Rhine simply gritted his teeth and said viciously: "Okay, I'll fight this slave camp to abolish it, and see if you can bring me a surprise." ”
Rhine was gone, taking his old minotaur and the group of dragoon warriors who were in charge of the guard. And he walked very crisply, very neatly, and without even going through the handover formalities, he simply threw a large group of slave cannon fodder to Goron who still had some unrealized what was happening, and then closed the door and left like that.
It was only after noticing that all the dragoons who had been patrolling the wall had disappeared from the wall, and the slaves began to talk to each other about a very serious and practical issue......
Should they run away immediately, or should they slaughter and eat the beautiful little man in front of them first, fill their stomachs, and then run away over the wall......
It wasn't until a one-eyed ogre slammed the camp gate to pieces with a heavy stride that the group regained their quiet, watching the terrifying one-eyed troll waving a thick and terrible totemic pillar, and then the Patronus standing behind Goron, that the slaves began to think seriously, maybe their freedom was not as far away as they thought......
"Slaves! I need ten places now, ten places that need to be slaughtered as materials for today's 'dinner', I hope you will sign up enthusiastically, from now on, anyone who wants to get out of this camp will be regarded as an automatic registration, and it doesn't matter if there are too many people, it will be regarded as a meal for everyone. But if you're all a bunch of useless bastards, and you can't make up ten of them, then pick out a few of you for the most useless waste, it's my first day in office, and I can't make everyone ......hungry." )