Chapter 18: A New Army
Zhao Dutian first let the cheap spear throwers and swordsmen go head-to-head, and then ......
Well, the ability of a spear thrower in close combat is simply at the level of an ordinary person, not like a soldier at all!
Well, about the same as the militia......
Next, let the spear-throwing warriors line up and fight against the swordsmen hand-to-hand, and as a result, those spear-throwing warriors can't even stand in a basic horizontal formation, let alone confrontation!
Zhao Dutian understood, this spear-throwing warrior couldn't fight the Indian warriors at all!
Then, the hand-to-hand combat ability of the foot archer does not need to be tried......
Looking at it this way, this swordsman with poor combat effectiveness has become a must-have!
Damn, when will this kind of reliance on scumbag soldiers be the end......
That Swordsman needs 3 tech points to improve!
Crossbowmen and Elite Spear Throwers require the same number of tech points......
This time, there is no limit to the reputation level......
However, spear throwers still have what they are good at, they move much faster than swordsmen in the mountains and trees, and they are quite accurate in throwing short spears, and they can still shoot humanoid targets more or less than a dozen paces away, well, stationary humanoid targets......
The short spear was more than a dozen paces away, and it was lethal enough against unarmored Indian warriors, but if it was paired with iron armor......
Well, it is more effective for a spear thrower to throw it face to face......
It seems that the spear-throwing warriors can only be scouts, with a few squads, they can throw short spears first when fighting, and there is no need to recruit a large number of people. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Therefore, Zhao Dutian only recruited 50 spear throwers, the throwing distance of the spear throwers is too short, and the melee ability is weak, even if the price is cheap, a large number of recruits are just cannon fodder......
Another class of foot archers is worth a lot in Zhao Dutian's eyes!
These foot archers use the most ordinary bows and arrows, with a range of more than a hundred steps, and you can see clearly, this is the range!
In other words, the arrows of the foot archers can shoot a distance of more than 100 meters, but it is difficult to say how much damage they can cause to the human body at a distance of 100 meters......
The specific effective range Zhao Dutian can't be estimated, conservatively estimated, against the unarmored Indian warriors, within 50 meters should be able to cause a lethal effect, the best shooting distance is still within 30 meters, this distance, as long as the foot archer does not shoot on the limbs of the unarmored Indian warriors, it can make it lose its combat effectiveness!
Zhao Dutian's imaginary enemy is an Indian warrior, and the armor rate is extremely low, if he is replaced by a large number of colonist armies equipped with iron armor, the foot archers should wash and sleep......
It's such a cheating father's ranged class, and your sister still needs 40 gold points!
In any case, Zhao Dutian, who is powerful in the ranged troops, still agrees very much, and he has reserved the configuration of 400 foot archers!
The reason why it is reserved instead of directly pulled out is because Zhao Dutian's gold resources are not enough......
The food resources needed by an infantry archer are nothing, but the 40 gold points multiplied by a 400 will cost Zhao Dutian's life......
In the end, the composition of the army under Zhao Dutian was intended to be established in this way, with 400 foot archers, 50 spear throwers as scouts, and 250 swordsmen in charge of hand-to-hand combat!
Well, the establishment is confirmed, just wait for the dumb businessman to earn more than 10,000 gold, and then he can form an army......
Zhao Dutian set up a relatively simple composition of his army, a squad of 10 people, a squadron of 5 squads, a centurion of 100 people, and a centurion of 5 centurions promoted one of the centurions to the captain.
The tactical formation was a simple battle column and marching column, which should be enough to deal with the Indians.
Zhao Dutian never thought that he would use such a rudimentary army to fight against the Western colonists, and if he didn't need anything else, the iron armor of the Western colonists could instantly crush his own troops......
As for the muskets and artillery of the Western colonizers, hehe, Zhao Dutian felt that he was not qualified enough to let the armies of those colonial empires face ......
At this point, Zhao Dutian's Han tribe has entered a period of rapid development, and Zhao Dutian, who has nothing to do, has also figured out a military flag, which is actually a tribal flag......
Zhao Dutian out of pride in the descendants of the dragon, the military flag naturally wanted to be painted with a dragon, but unfortunately, the tailor could not draw it......
Zhao Dutian had no choice but to take the simple route and have a showdown with the tailor: "What will you sew?" If you want to be domineering, don't draw me any cats and dogs! ”
"Tiger?" The tailor asked tentatively.
"It's too cheesy!"
"Lion?"
"Is there any difference with a tiger?" Zhao Dutian retorted with hatred that iron does not become steel.
Tailor Nono replied: "It's not the same......"
Well, Zhao Dutian gave up letting the tailor use his imagination......
Zhao Dutian held his chin in his hand, and after thinking for 10 minutes, he thought that he would inevitably have to go through all kinds of wars in the future to rise, well, that flag should be linked to war......
For some reason, when he thought of war, Zhao Dutian had a scene in his mind of a dove of peace holding an olive branch.
Hehe, if you do this, it's quite ironic, it's just a flag anyway, so it's better to make yourself happy!
Zhao Dutian, who had thought about it, asked the tailor: "You can sew pigeons and olive branches?" ”
The tailor didn't shake his head again this time, patted his chest and shouted, "No problem! ”
A day later, the military flag of the Han tribe was freshly baked, but did the pigeon look a little too fierce?
Your pigeon's talons are like eagles?!
That's not the point, are you holding an olive branch or a twig in your mouth?!
Forget it, at least you can see it, it's just a symbol, just let the soldiers recognize it......
Obviously, Zhao Dutian's soldiers appreciated the ferocious 'pigeon' very much and felt very deterrent......
In this way, the dove that symbolized peace in Zhao Dutian's previous life was made into a nondescript military flag by him with an olive branch in his mouth, and in the next few decades, the whole world's perception of pigeons was completely turned in the opposite direction!
In later generations, there was a name for the pigeon, the dove of war, which means that wherever this pigeon goes, there will be terrible wars!
Just after Zhao Dutian happily harvested the first batch of wheat fields that had been sown, Dumb's 6th trade caravan returned to the center of the town and told Zhao Dutian a very serious problem!
In the bedroom on the second floor of the center of the town, Dumb stood in front of Zhao Dutian and reported with a serious expression: "Lord Lord, the Yuma people's golden sands and ore reserves have been almost consumed, and next time we may not be able to continue to harvest a large amount of golden sands and ores!" ”
Dumb said this, paused, looked up at Zhao Dutian's calm face, took a deep breath and said, "Also, the Yuma people have already had a war with the Kocopa people, and the Yuma people mentioned to me during the transaction that they no longer need leather armor!" ”
This time, Zhao Dutian's face finally changed!