By the time the knights mastered the ability to use their feet to step on the stirrups, thus freeing their hands to hold their weapons and slash, a basic version of the junior knight was actually born.

And each of these guys is a bit pretentious and arrogant. Under the leadership of Kress, they continued to compete with each other and improve each other, and in just half a day, this cavalry team already had a little appearance.

When Jin Zhan and Spartacus led the group of men and horses to follow, they saw Kress leading 200 cavalry galloping across the field, but they could still maintain a tight formation, and the weapons in their hands were constantly waving, as if they were slashing the enemy.

The rest of the rebel soldiers were all fascinated and inspired. Unexpectedly, in a short period of time, their cavalry actually created a decent cavalry team from scratch.

Even Jin Zhan could clearly see the strong potential of this cavalry team. Compared to the cavalry they had seen at Camp Graeber, their own cavalry was clearly much stronger now.

The strength of the legs and hips of these excellent gladiators was so amazing that when they stepped on the stirrups, their bodies were firmly integrated with their mounts. As you can imagine, when charging in formation, there is no force at all that can separate them from their mounts.

The immediate effect of this is to increase the weight of the horse and the armor of the knight as much as possible, thus further increasing the impact and destruction of the knight.

I didn't want to know, and when I thought about it, Jin Zhan suddenly found that the cavalry team in front of him could be quickly upgraded and transformed into a legendary heavy cavalry unit.

Once the heavy cavalry units can be effectively built, they can be successfully built. Then he is definitely a devastating ace arrow force for the war in this era of cold weapons.

Not to mention the fact that it was a heavy cavalry unit composed entirely of gladiators. Under the layers of gains, Jin Zhan seems to have seen the brilliant future and legendary achievements of this army.

It's a pity that the productivity of this era is still very backward, and it is not enough for them to create enough chain armor to equip heavy cavalry. Moreover, there is really no way to mass-produce strong gladiators, otherwise this heavy cavalry unit will definitely make a strong mark in the history of warfare of the times.

After Kress led his cavalry team and showed off his achievements to Jin Zhan for half a day, he didn't expect that instead of receiving any credible praise and worship, he was taken off the water by Jin Zhan.

At Jin Zhan's request, Kress led the cavalry with him to break up into pieces, scattered to check the terrain, and by the way, to inquire about the movements of the Varilius army. This is obviously familiar to Kress, who had killed hundreds of Graeber Army sentries with Jin Zhan before.

With the help of powerful mounts, they began to explore the terrain of the entire battlefield with relative ease, and made sufficient plans and preparations for the upcoming big battle.

Spartacus, on the other hand, led the rest of the infantry back to the temple first, stored supplies, money and food, and then updated and replenished the equipment and props needed for the Mandarin Duck Array. Moreover, use the powerful phenomenal combat power of the Mandarin Duck Array to quickly absorb strong labor force to join the training, and try to mass-produce more Mandarin Duck Formation queues before the arrival of the Varilius army.

On the side of Varilius, he didn't think that the rebels did not sail directly to Capua for a sneak attack, but abandoned the expedition halfway and chose to land nearby. In this way, after the army of Varilius marched north, it would inevitably fall into the ambush that the rebels had prepared for.

But fortunately, Varilius was also meritorious this time, bringing enough military supplies, and ambitiously wanted to go to Capua to take revenge, and by the way, he took a share of the success of the bandits, thus writing a bright light in his poor military career.

His troops also numbered around 15,000 men. The number of combatable forces also exceeds 8000.

In that era when the population was relatively sparse, the scale of the operation of nearly 10,000 people was actually very terrifying. The amount of food to be consumed every day is very exaggerated. In particular, the expedition to cross the mountains and mountains adds a lot of burden, and there are still many horses to feed.

Therefore, for Varilius, this time it can be said that it is very hard to lose money and money. If you can't make a lot of money on the rebels, it will definitely be a loss-making deal.

Therefore, Varilius, the general of the son-in-law, changed his old style very rarely, and personally led the army to march north.

It is not known whether it was due to self-confidence or inexperience, but he did not send a sufficient number of vanguard troops to reconnoitre. Instead, the army directly opened the way, and the mighty and upright were on the road.

Chris and Jin Zhan were sharpening their knives and waiting for the enemy sentry force to come and investigate, but they didn't expect that only a few sentry agents appeared in their field of vision, which made the itchy Kress angry.

Jin Zhan was inevitably a little disappointed, because it was obvious that the number of sentries was also proportional to the overall size of the team. So it seems that this time Varilius did not send the main force for reinforcements. Originally, I wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to teach the Roman army a hard lesson. But now it seems that you can only eat one hors d'oeuvres, and there is no delicacies from the mountains and seas.

But disappointment is disappointment, and preparation is still essential. Jin Zhan and Chris, along with the knights, had roughly explored the surrounding terrain.

According to their descriptions, Jin Zhan clearly drew all the mountains and rivers with three-dimensional images in his powerful brain. In this way, all the battles will not escape his control.

According to the characteristics of the terrain, Jin Zhan had already judged several areas suitable for their army to rest and station.

During this reconnaissance operation, Jin Zhan discovered a very serious problem. It is when traveling on this rugged and difficult road, if Kress and the others ride a war horse for a long time to run over the mountains and mountains, the physical exertion of the war horse is very terrifying, which is a very real problem for the knights who do not have much riding experience.

Naturally, Kress also noticed this problem, and when his war horse had carried him for half a day or so, he could already clearly feel the fatigue of the horse. This is in great contrast to his impression of the image of a war horse with excellent endurance. When he discussed the situation, Jin Zhan immediately understood.

Because the height of these war horses is about 1.5 meters or more, this is actually a very large individual among the war horses, and the general height and weight of gladiators often reach about 100 kilograms. Combined with a certain amount of armor load, the weight of the horse itself plus the load will reach a very staggering figure.

Trekking with this weight obviously requires a lot of energy, and the horses are very inefficient at eating. The energy density of the forage eaten is not at all as high as that of the food eaten by humans.

So don't look at the horses that spend most of their time eating, except for moving. But in fact, the energy that can be replenished is very limited, and it is nothing compared to the long-distance attack of camel-loaded gladiators.

If the horse's body is exhausted after a long period of fatigue, the fat stored in the horse's body will be consumed, and it will be difficult to maintain enough motivation to actually fight. At this time, Jin Zhan suddenly understood why there was a classic measure of fat and strength for war horses in ancient times.

Thinking of this, Jin Zhan asked Kress to immediately inform all the knights to minimize the time spent on the horses and camels. After all, a man does not weigh as much as a horse, and the power lost in his actions is much lower.

In addition, the efficiency of human eating and replenishing energy is much faster than that of horses, so if you are not fighting on horseback, you should try to save the energy consumption of war horses the rest of the time.

When the exploration and mapping of this terrain came to an end, Jin Zhan and the others finally discovered the mighty army of Roma. From a distance, the ancient Roman army was in a neat and orderly formation.

While maintaining the formation, the marching speed is not slow at all. It can be seen that the basic combat strength of the armed armies under the banner of the Roman Republic at that time was very considerable.

From time to time, you can see some Roma soldiers wearing helmets with high crested feathers or horsehair and other items. These outfits, which are obviously different from those of other soldiers, should be generals such as captains, captains, centurions, and thousand-man commanders in the ranks.

The thick Roma shield, the glittering sword, and the sharp spear javelin all showed the terrifying strength of this army, but these terrifying weapons were not worth mentioning in Kress's eyes.

For their group of arena warriors who sank in the sea of corpses and blood, these weapons were just like ordinary dishes and chopsticks, just tools that accompany them every day, and they could not produce any emotional changes at all.

As long as you are not surrounded by the enemy's brigade, you can completely break through the position by constantly attacking the weak with strong and weak positions. Therefore, for gladiators with particularly strong individual abilities, skirmishes are like picking up something.

Jin Zhan saw the disdain and strong fighting intent in Kress's eyes, and couldn't help but admonish: "Kress, you must not have any thoughts of underestimating the enemy. ”

"The fact that we were able to defeat this lost force was actually due to the combination of many factors. In the next battle, you have to get your mindset right, and you don't want to be greedy. ”

Although Chris admires Jin Zhan very much, how can his proud personality change his personality all at once. In his eyes, the army of Rome in front of him was like his worst enemy.

Not to mention the revenge of himself and his compatriots being plundered and displaced in a foreign land, just the hardships he endured in Capua, as well as the fact that his beloved Nivea was not heard from and died nine times in his life, made him feel a strong hatred.

Under the influence of tyrannical emotions, Cress has always had some irrepressible impulses. He couldn't hide the perfunctory tone in his tone and said: "Don't worry, Brother Jin Zhan, I am naturally measured, and I will not let the enemy have any chance to take advantage of it." But I will not easily miss this opportunity, and I will surely beat these hateful Romans to tears. ”

Jin Zhan said in a serious tone: "Cress, you have to remember that you are now the leader of our rebel cavalry team. At the same time, the lives of these Gaolu brothers behind you are all in your thoughts. ”

"The cavalry team we have built now is not easy to come by, not to mention how precious the war horses are, our group of gladiators in Capua are really dragons and phoenixes among people, and a random attrition is a big blow to the rebel army."

"So it's important to remember that keeping your companions safe is the number one priority. Moreover, the most important thing in this raid is actually to create chaos, and by the way, burn their supplies, food and grass, and not cause many casualties at all. ”

Although Kress is impulsive and irritable, he is naturally very comfortable with Jin Zhan's straightforward explanation. He also valued the lives of his companions very much, nodded and said: "I understand, you are right, the number of gladiators in our rebel army represents our actual combat effectiveness, and it must not be lost in the war for no reason." ”

Jin Zhan nodded secretly, thinking that after this Kress assumed a certain leadership role, his sense of responsibility also increased. It doesn't seem to be the same brainless and impulsive behavior as before. So Jin Zhan once again gave a detailed exhortation and left the area.