After all my good talk, Sir Scar finally reluctantly agreed that he would be in command of the army for the time being, from now until the end of the rescue of the Armored City. I will continue to be positioned as I am now, and after the remaining army has been replenished to 1,000 men again, I have readjusted the distribution of my soldiers.

First of all, I didn't want any soldiers except for about 100 men left behind in the vanguard that had followed me before. It's not that I'm so disappointed with their performance that I sent them out. It is because each of their soldiers has a wealth of combat experience after experiencing this series of wars, and the soldiers in this formation still have some new recruits, or soldiers who have not fought for a long time. Therefore, it is an extremely effective option to add them to the formation. It's just that I kept all the twenty magicians. For the time being, no one else can replace their role. Unless, unless, I meet a Viren again. Of course, how can I say that I can meet a magician like that?

Of all the remaining heavily armored knights, I have only fifty left. When I made this decision, Shen Lin reminded me, "Hey, ma'am, you have to remember that these heavily armored knights are nobles, and if they feel that they have been discriminated against, they may cause trouble for us and Sir Scar through their own family power." ”

This question was actually not a problem, and I immediately corrected it: "Wrong, first of all, all soldiers, including the heavily armored knights, are part of the army of the Denomah Empire, which means that I treat all soldiers equally. I don't look down on him because he has a few good horses, or because the shields he has are about to burst completely. What's more, this time it is not because of their poor performance that they will return to their own formation, but because the recruits in this formation need their guidance, so that they can become a qualified combat unit in a short period of time, and they can effectively avoid casualties. And they will be honored to bring more people home. ”

Sir Scar was 100 percent supportive of this, and said to me, "Ma'am, I thank you very much for this. Because only by letting them go back to guide those recruits can our combat effectiveness be further improved, so as to avoid greater battle losses. Thank you, ma'am!"

The Tiger King and I looked at each other and smiled, he was the other being who saw my intentions. In Shen Lin's puzzled gaze, I had already begun to discuss with the Tiger King how we could reorganize an army with immediate combat power.

"First of all, we have fifty heavily armored knights with a lot of combat experience, but this is not enough. We also need at least two hundred and fifty heavily armored knights to ensure that we have full impact capability in the ensuing conflict. That way, we have enough leverage whether we take the initiative or retreat. And the other twenty magicians we will never be able to let go. I think we're all fully aware of the power of magic in this world. We could even ask Sir Scar if he could send us thirty more magicians. ”

This tiger king, I didn't expect to take advantage of it. "Tiger, are you thinking too much, even these twenty magicians are a bit too much for a team of a thousand people. Among the other armies, an elite army of about 1,000 people only had five magicians. But there are twenty of them, so let's not be too greedy, the other magicians are going to keep the army safe, and we can't ask for more. ”

"Lone is just talking casually. The Tiger King immediately shifted his target and said, "Next is the Rangers." Although we have now penetrated into the Apostles' sphere of influence, we still need enough Rangers to be our eyes. So, I hope our rangers will be able to reach about fifty. Only in this way can we better obtain the relevant information of the apostles. They are the most dangerous professions, and hopefully they are all ready to die at any time. ”

I nodded, there were only two of the twenty or so Rangers left. Seeing their danger, he decided: "I'll ask Sir Scar to send us a squadron of Rangers, plus exactly fifty of them, and the two of them will be the captain and vice-captain of the Ranger squadron." I'm sure they won't let us down. ”

The Tiger King nodded and continued, "Next, our remaining army is basically all crossbowmen. But the crossbowmen are also a class we desperately need. I suggest that their number be increased to two hundred and fifty, respectively. If you add three hundred cavalry, fifty rangers, and twenty magicians, the total number of the army is approximately... ”

"Eight hundred and seventy. "It seems that the Tiger King is not very good at calculations.

"Yes, yes, eight hundred and seventy, Lone was about to say it, but you girl preempted it. The Tiger King smiled awkwardly, and then asked suspiciously, "So, we only have one hundred and thirty vacancies now?" Ma'am, what do you mean ... ”

Actually, I didn't want infantry. In the previous battles, they were the ones who died the most. However, I realized at once that I had just said that I would not look down on heavy knights because of how many horses they had, nor on how broken the shield in the hand of an infantryman was. And if I just said that to the Tiger King, wouldn't it mean that I look down on those infantrymen?

No, I didn't look down on them, but just, I just didn't want them to have too many casualties. That's why I'm going to bring all the infantry back to my position.

The Tiger King still seemed to be a little incomprehensible to my move: "Madam, don't you know that only one hundred and thirty infantry can't hold out for long in the face of the apostle's onslaught?"

I replied lightly, "Then, we will divide these one hundred and thirty places among the crossbowmen and the heavily armored knights." Among them, there are fifty places for archers and crossbow archers, and thirty places for heavily armored knights. I'm sure Sir Scar wouldn't have a problem with me on this issue. ”

The Tiger King was taken aback: "Madam, what does Gu mean is that our current infantry quota is too small, and we need to appropriately adjust the other quotas and adjust the infantry quota to at least three hundred or more, rather than completely deploying our infantry quota to other arms!"

Instead of answering his question, I asked, "Tell me, then, what is the role of the infantry?"

"Ma'am, isn't the role of infantry still less?" said to the Tiger King, who seemed to understand a little, "Infantry is the foundation and foundation of an army. The infantry is the backbone of the army, and in many countries where there are not many cavalry, the infantry is the absolute main force of an army!"

"But now the Dnoma Empire has cavalry and heavy cavalry. ”

"Don't you see? The human heavy cavalry is just an ordinary toy in the eyes of the apostle! Without the guarantee of speed, the heavy cavalry can only become the apostle's lamb to the slaughter!"

Still, I said, "But at all times, the infantry was a lamb to the slaughter in the eyes of the apostles." ”

"You seem to be overestimating the role of heavy cavalry in an army. At this time, Sir Scar suddenly appeared, he looked at the red-faced Tiger King and Shen Lin, who didn't know what to say, and said to me: "Madam, of course, once the heavy cavalry presents a cluster charge, it can indeed form a great deterrent ability, and it can also cause great damage to the enemy, but it is based on two elements, one of which is to have absolute numbers. And the other one is to have absolute speed. ”

After all, Sir Scar is someone I respect, and he's right. "Sir, please continue. ”

Sir Scar nodded, and continued, "But so far, ma'am, this cavalry in your hand seems to be lacking in both ways. In a large-scale war, a mere 300 heavy cavalry could not make much difference. In our previous foreign warfare, only a group of heavily armored cavalry with a number of thousands could be divided into left and right flanks to assist the large force in striking the enemy's flank, and could not even attack from the front. In the case of a large-scale war of tens of thousands of people, we need at least 5,000 cavalry to be able to assault from the front. And as far as I know, the number of those apostles is about that number. ”

"However, I don't intend to fight a large-scale conflict. My mission is to assist you and eliminate the apostolic detachments that harass us. ”

However, Sir Scar corrected again, "Ma'am, that's the second point I said. You don't have enough speed. ”

Not enough speed? What does this mean?

"Ma'am, first of all, please take a look at the nearby landscape. "Sir Scar took me and the Tiger King and Shen Lin to the tent he was in. It was a tent without any decoration, and although it was large, it looked incredibly empty. Except for a sand table in the middle, only a straw mat was left in the corner. He led us to the sandbox, pointed to one of the cities and said to me, "Ma'am, this is the terrain around the City of Armor. You see, the city of armor can be said to be covered in deserts and dense forests. This is not suitable for large-scale cavalry charges, so I only applied to His Majesty the Emperor for 5,000 cavalry in this operation, so from the beginning, their role was not to be the main force, but to pursue the victory, or to launch a final charge for us, to buy us time. ”

"Oh my God!" Shen Lin let out a burst of exclamation: "You mean, in the event of an accident with the thing, you want these noble lords to be substitutes for you as a substitute for the dead?"

Sir Scar's resolute and indifferent face still had no expression, "Yes, little girl, I admit that what you said is what I have in mind. Yes, if we fail, we will only have their charge to stop the apostles from pursuing us and buy time for the retreat of our main forces. And only they can break through the ground for us with a charge when our main forces can't open the situation. All military personnel should be treated equally. It was the same whether it was a heavy cavalry composed of nobles, or an infantry composed of ordinary people or even criminals. ”

"Hey, uncle, I have to admire your cold-bloodedness. ”

The scar on Sir Scar's face moved, as if he was smiling, "All in all, in such a terrain, the heavy cavalry does not play as much of a role as it did in the plains, so I suggest that the number of heavy knights be reduced to a hundred." Everything else remains the same, and the rest of the places are all replenished to the infantry. ”

"Five hundred and thirty infantry?" I exclaimed, "Sir, that's more than half of all my troops!"

Sir Scar glanced at the Tiger King before he said to me, "Ma'am, the Tiger King is right, no matter what kind of war it is, only the infantry is the backbone of an army. ”

"But don't you know? All the infantry in my hands before was about to die! Putting them against the apostolic soldiers is simply sending them to their deaths!"

This time, I can confirm that Sir Scar is indeed smiling, "Ma'am, I'm not done yet." ”

I stared blankly at Sir Scar's current expression, is he still the one I know Sir Scar?

"Actually, we could have arrived a little earlier. But halfway through, when the Tiger King told me about the current situation, His Majesty the Emperor sent us a gift. ”

"What gift?"

Sir Scar led us out of the tent and into a nearby square. Although the sky was completely dark, for some reason dozens of torches were lit. And with the help of the firelight, I vaguely saw rows and rows of human heavy infantry, dressed in heavy armor and holding strong shields.

"Ma'am, this is the gift that His Majesty the Emperor has brought us. Sir Scar seemed to see my doubts, and said to me proudly: "This is the personal soldier in the hands of His Majesty the Emperor, the elite of the elite of the Guards Army, the fortress. There are two thousand, and His Majesty the Emperor has given us the command of half of his own soldiers, as well as a full fifty dedicated wind system intermediate mages, with whom the slow-moving fortresses can exert their maximum combat effectiveness!"

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