Chapter 154: The Besieged Land
When the battle has entered the harvest stage, the profit of the loot has become a concern for Barrett. And if you want to talk about net worth, how can those ordinary big-headed soldiers compare to those spellcasters. After dispersing the soldiers of the Eagle Feather Legion around him, Barrett also joined the hunt for the enemy caster.
The magic armor constructed by the low-ring spell could not stop the attack of 'Broken Peak'. After a 'puff, puff' stop, Barrett's blade easily sliced through his target's fluttering robes. Without tight muscles, Broken Peak easily makes contact with the opponent's bones and cuts them off.
Because of the difference in heart function, the blood spouts from the spellcaster in front of him were much smaller than those of the previous warriors. Barrett, who was killed with a knife and walked away, managed to avoid the filth without even trying to dodge. When he shifted his gaze to the next target, the target that his gaze swept over immediately dispersed.
Barrett's performance from the beginning of the war to the present day has left a deep impression (psychological shadow) on all members of the 'Eagle Feather' Corps. So even though the Master Chief had a knife around his neck, the Wardn Feather soldiers were still reluctant to stop Barrett - they knew that if they refused the Master Chief's orders, they would not necessarily die, but if they faced Barrett, it would be difficult to live.
Naturally, it is not easy to bring the team when the hearts are scattered, anyway, in the eyes of the ordinary soldiers of those 'Eagle Feather' Corps, even if these mages die unexpectedly, the captain's board will not be able to hit him. As for what kind of punishment their old superiors will suffer next, they can't care about it for the time being-after all, it can't compare to their own lives anyway!
The non-commissioned officer of the 'Eagle Feather' Corps, who also failed in his last attempt, could only disperse the blockers in front of him as quickly as possible at this time. Try to keep as many casters as possible in this race to death.
After chasing and running all the way, Barrett's physical strength finally became even worse. Looking at the physical strength gauge that had entered the cordon on the character panel, he stopped himself in order to ensure safety.
Although in terms of physical strength, Barrett has a relatively high initial physical strength and good professional growth. But in the previous battle. As a stormer, he consumes much more physical strength than anyone else. In addition, the entanglement with the spearman just now was even more depleting, so at this time he had the first problem.
Barrett stopped and watched as the members of the 'Bounty Band' passed him one by one. He then turned around and began to collect his loot, as this time there was no employment relationship between the player and the 'Bounty Warband'. After being dragged to act as a free thug for so long, Barrett felt that he could get some interest back.
In fact, when he met the second line of troops of the Noble Council, Mr. Clifford still chose the way to advance with great fanfare. Barrett already understood. The other party is deliberately trying to attract attention, in order to reduce the pressure on other places as much as possible. In Mr. Clifford's opinion, the power thug who is free for a limited time anyway - naturally not in vain at this time.
So today's loot, even if Barrett really takes more, the other party will definitely not gnaw. After all, Mr. Clifford himself is even more unclean in this matter.
As he approached the corpse of the enemy spellcaster, Barrett expertly took off the other's ring and necklace, untied the other's waist bag, and pulled out the unused scroll from the pocket of his robe. Of course, the most valuable spell books are not to be missed - but not all enemy spellcasters are mages, so the number of spell books is not very large.
By the time Barrett had disposed of the seven caster's corpses, Rielly had arrived with the team at this time. Then Barrett stopped what he was doing and waved his arm at Rielly: "Come here and help the handle, use the detection magic to see if I missed something just now." ”
Finding loot is not a simple matter, especially for Barrett's style of not wanting to strip the opponent naked, and it is even more important to pay attention to whether something is missing. After all, there are some inconspicuous parts. In fact, it is a very expensive curiosity. Although Barrett himself can be regarded as a researcher in this area, he is not a professional with the assistance of the system. So he still wants Rielly to add insurance.
"Leave it to me!" Rielly, who slapped the two peaks on her chest with her hands. It's not just a smile, but it's also full of smiles in the eyes. During this time, she was about to be driven crazy by Lalu's high advanced fees, and finally found various opportunities to accumulate funds, and Rielly was naturally unwilling to let go.
As Rielly's work was done, she tossed a pair of straw sandals in her hand with some disgust, which looked rather thoughtful. Judging from the slightly distorted expression on her face, the smell of this thing seemed to be quite heavy. At the same time, it proves that Barrett's previous caution was right – or it reflects that Barrett does have a flaw in this regard.
"Forget it! Let me put this thing away! Look at the stuff I've confiscated. Is there anything useful," Barrett said, taking the straw sandals from Rielly's hand. A pungent smell immediately ran through Barrett's nostrils, making him almost sneeze. He held his breath and handed Rielly his bag of loot.
Immediately after giving out the shoes, Rielly, who pulled out a piece of linen and rubbed his palm desperately. Then he shook off the stained linen with one hand, and quickly took the bag handed by Barrett: "I want to take a good look." What good things have been left to us by the churches of those aristocratic councils? ”
Then, under Barrett's protection, Rielly began to identify the loot one by one. I saw that her eyes narrowed into a line at this time, and after occasionally confirming what was good for Dingxi, the smile was even more undisguised.
Before Rielly could finish her job, the Eagle Feathers seemed to have fled to their nearby stronghold. Although the number of people in the stronghold was small, the improvised fortifications made Mr. Clifford give up his intention to continue fighting. On the contrary, those players who used the 'Mandarin Duck Array' don't know if they were carried away by the previous victory. At this time, he actually tried to launch a charge, but as a matter of course, he was beaten by the natives of the noble council who were prepared.
Mr. Clifford, who had regrouped his ranks, soon came to Barrett: "We now take advantage of this opportunity to hurry into the city!" It is best to be able to enter Walkerson before the Council of Nobles comes to their senses. Otherwise, if the other party sends people over again, we may not be able to win a second time. ”
Most of the time the fronts tend to be staggered. There are very few parties who can surround the other side. Otherwise, the group of player reinforcements just now would never have broken through the blockade and came out to receive the 'Bounty Band'. That is to say, although the aristocratic council formed a joint posture in the land direction of Walkerson City, the Walkerson City side also guarded several windows of external contact.
It's just that what happened to the 'Bounty Warband' just now also shows that these windows seem to be under the control of the noble council, and they are not actually safe to use.
Barrett, who probably understood what was going on, asked Mr. Clifford with a serious face, "How much information did you hide before?" This time, which troops were sent by the Council of Nobles to besiege the city of Walkerson? ”
"I didn't hide anything before. At that time, it was mainly the 'Eagle Feather' Corps that was responsible for the attack, and the 'Dragonclaw' Corps only arrived after we set out from Winterspring Town. Now the two corps together, a total of about 15,000 people! Although Mr. Clifford's expression was very calm, there was still a hint of grievance in his words.
"Don't take me for a fool! So how many servants are there in these two corps, and the mercenaries they hire? Logistics troops or something, I don't care. You have to give us a letter on these two points! Barrett waved his hand unceremoniously. Apparently he saw through Mr. Clifford's little trick.
You must know that the calculation method of the army in the game is generally biased towards the West, which is significantly different from the majority of the 10,000 armies of the Easterners. If the player doesn't turn the corner for a while, he will definitely be very noisy in this regard.
My **** ancient army went out to include the regular army, retired soldiers, militia, soldiers, logistics personnel and even people, and when fighting a big war, it was out of propaganda needs. At least multiply by about 1.5 times. In Europe, on the contrary, the first is that the militia is not counted as a head, and the mercenaries are not counted in many cases - simply put, one is that the fighting power is too weak and the status is low; The other is that speaking out will steal the leadership role, and it will not affect the glorious image.
To put it bluntly, there are different ways of recording. As for the specific number of people participating in the war, considering the development of the times and the arable area and population, it is certain that the later the era, the more troops there are. And my big **** relied on the first-mover advantage and good development in ancient times, even if it was dragged down by the mobilization mechanism of the pit father. On the whole, it still has great advantages.
So don't look at the title of 5,000-man corps played by some people, in fact, it is common to encounter more than 10,000 enemies in battle. There are some regimes that will go even further. For example, the Boreham family, to which Barrett belongs, when he sent troops
The way they calculated was only knights, knight squires, lords' immediate guards, and city guards.
The knight's guards remained. That is, there are professional soldiers similar to the Ming Dynasty family members in the knight's manor. But if they don't get the status of squire, most of the time they don't count. Not to mention those temporary conscripts or something. Moreover, with a monetary advantage, the Borams tend to hire the smallest number of elite mercenaries equal to the number of the public - according to the Boreham family's opinion, it is far more cost-effective to spend gold than to consume the population of the territorial type.
It is precisely because I had such an experience during the test period that I learned about it. That's why Barrett was able to debunk the news that Mr. Clifford deliberately concealed in the first place.
"It's useless for you to ask me this kind of question! The situation of our church in the district ruled by the noble council. It's not that you don't know. Where can I get accurate information on this? I can only say that, judging by the financial resources of the noble council, the number of mercenaries should not be very large. The rest is really not clear. Mr. Clifford looked embarrassed, "Besides, you'll be in Walkerson for a few days at most!" It won't be long before it's gone, so it shouldn't have much of an impact! ”
"Who said it didn't have much impact! We're going to get out of Walkerson as soon as possible, but who knows when Boreham's armed merchant ships will be here? Barrett's eyes widened deliberately at this time, "In case we miss the nearest ship, the next business trip will only have a long interval, then we will have to stay in Walkerson City for 7-8 days, to say the least." It's possible to be lucky, not to be fast for a month. When the time comes, it is indispensable to deal with those guys from the noble council, do you say that the intelligence is important? ”
Since the beginning of the war, the players of the 'Bloodstained Gray Flower' have been naturally divided into the camp of the Seven Cities Alliance. At this time, even if he wanted to switch to the Council of Nobles, Barrett and his party had no chance to kill so many of them and ruin so many of their plans.
What's more, even if there was an opportunity, Barrett would not have made such a choice. This is not only because you don't want to be treacherous, but more importantly, because you have to consider the position of the Boreham family, to which you belong. The Boreham family has been a supporter of the Seven Cities Alliance since 200 years, and it is better to do less things that go against the family's policy if they don't want to affect their development in the family in the future.
So in the rest of the time waiting for the ships to arrive, players will probably have to fight alongside the defenders of Walkerson City. Defend against all kinds of attacks from the noble council. In such an environment, it is naturally important to learn as much information as possible. Barrett didn't want to die in vain because he didn't know the specific strength of the enemy. That would be a tragedy.
"Maybe you'll get some accurate information from the defenders when you enter the city!" So said Mr. Clifford. (To be continued.) )
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