Chapter 073: A Mercenary Group That Rises in the Wind and Water
While the battle on the side of Elbuk Castle was in full swing, Su Hao, under the leadership of Iyaya's henchmen, came to the port of Wocheze, and waited for about an hour, when he saw a dragon head warship with a length of 30 meters and a width of 4 meters separated from a fleet and sailed towards here in the wind and waves. A total of 20 Nord sailors on board paddled hard together and the oars were a spectacular sight.
In addition, there are 10 Iyaya's mansion guards, who are now waiting by Su Hao's side.
Here I have to introduce the combat power of the new army, the Nords are natural sailors, familiar with water, and are better at naval warfare, of course, they are also excellent infantry after wearing armor, the land combat power of these 20 Nord sailors, but comparable to the Nord warriors, can not only hold a shield and sword melee combat, but also can throw javelins for long-range attacks, in addition to not being able to ride a horse, it can be said that it is an incomplete version of the all-round warrior.
And Iyaya's mansion guards, that is a very good warrior, strong body, full of physical strength, and also riding horses to the sea to drive ships and archery, 18 kinds of martial arts are proficient, is a real all-round warrior, combat power is only one line lower than the Nord royal guards (Nord royal guards can also fight on horse, but the Nord people's natural habits make them prefer to kill on foot) But under Iyaya's training, they reduce their own initiative to attack**, but prefer absolute defense, to ensure the safety of the commander as their first duty, Unless ordered to do so by their immediate superiors, they will never move forward, let alone take a step back.
After loading the horses, a total of sixty or seventy men sailed along the north coast on the Nord dragon warship, in the direction of the nest.
The destination of their trip was those small islands.
If nothing else, temporary villages had been established on those small islands, and the enemy's advance had been pushed westward to the castle of Elbuc, and all the land east of Elbuc was included, and the village of Loire was no exception, but it would have been spared by hiding on a few small islands overseas.
A few days later, they came to the islands.
After experiencing the massacre of the pirates, the compatriots of Loire Village also deeply realized the importance of force, and after obtaining a lot of weapons and equipment from the pirates, they restarted the militia system in their villages, not only organizing a militia system that integrates soldiers and peasants who are busy with farming, training in their spare time, and fighting in wartime, but also used various tactics such as ambushes and sneak attacks to seize a large amount of baggage and combat effectiveness in several active attacks against Vigian's logistics troops and baggage troops, and to attack more with less, and to seize a large amount of baggage, and its combat effectiveness has become stronger and stronger.
After hearing the shouts of Dwight and the other Loire brothers, the patrolling militia also lowered their bows and crossbows, waved their hands, and welcomed them into the docks.
Su Hao got off the boat, leaving only a few sailors to watch the boat, and then he was welcomed by the villagers of Loire and the old village chief.
To be honest, the village chief felt extremely fortunate at the beginning, if... If Su Hao hadn't given him this advice, and he had adopted it in time, then I'm afraid that he and all the Nords in the village of Loire and its surroundings would have been brought under the rule of the famous tyrant lord Mariga, and the burdens of heavy taxes, forced labor, racial discrimination, etc., would have followed, and the Loire... will also live in a hell of dire straits.
But now, there is no need to worry, Maliga can't even handle the more dangerous pirates, plus the attack on Elbuck Castle, almost all the elite troops have been withdrawn, and they are too busy to take care of themselves, how can they have time to take care of some peasant soldiers?
The old village chief pointed to one of the small islands and said, "If you need to, there are no people on that island, and it is large enough for you and your people to live there." ”
Su Hao shook his head with a smile and said, "I will put the excess baggage and grain and grass here, and then leave here." ”
The old village chief asked, "Where are you going?" ”
Su Hao replied, "Fesdena." ”
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Fesdena, like the Loire, is a village located in the easternmost part of the north coast of Calradia, and is not a fishing village at a relatively short distance from the coast, and this distance is used to prevent the pirates from quickly landing and raiding, and to gain time to react.
The kingdoms of Nord and Vegia divide the east and west areas of the north coast of Calradia, with Nord occupying the west and Veggia occupying the east.
Fesdena is a village in the northeastern corner of the Kingdom of Virginia that is as large and prosperous as the Loire.
Su Hao and the others took advantage of the night to land on the coast, and came to Fesdena with a few carts of prepared grain, as well as some gold and dinars.
As Su Hao expected, Maliga led a large army to conquer Elbuc Castle, and the security environment once again entered a chaotic period, so the pirates were even more unscrupulous, and the Nords who sailed from the extremely cold continent became pirates, and the grain and grass of Vigia to support the front line were robbed halfway, and the escort troops could not complete the task and simply fell into the grass and became pirates, and there were many poor people in villages who had no food to eat, and they also fell into the grass and became pirates, and the number of such pirates was the majority.
Of course, the sharp increase in the number of pirates has also led to uneven quality of pirates, and those peasant pirates are often poorly equipped, rarely bloody, and often lack combat effectiveness, so the mortality rate is higher, while the pirates who escort troops to the grass and the Nord pirates who come across the sea have higher combat effectiveness.
The village of Fesdena is in the predicament of rampant pirates and constant harassment and plunder, and it is even more so than the village of Loire.
Everyone in Fesdena is suffering from hunger, attention, it's everyone.
So Su Hao, who appeared at this time, became their savior.
Su Hao brought enough food to them, so the villagers of Fesdena warmly welcomed them. They told Su Hao that there was a group of pirates and a group of snow bandits here, who had been harassing and robbing them, making the people's lives miserable, and hoped that Su Hao and they could help the people of Fesdena and exterminate them.
Of course, Su Hao agreed, and he didn't ask for compensation.
Su Hao's current strength is not what it used to be, except for the coolies who are not capable of fighting and the old and young people of the "scimitar merchant" Mo Han, the remaining more than 50 people have basically completed the run-in, and their quality and composition are no less than the real army, so when those pirates and snow bandits come to blackmail, Su Hao does not need any strategy and layout, directly defeat them and collect the prisoners.
On the issue of how to deal with the captives, the opinions of the Rhodelia mercenary group were divided, some advocated killing, some advocated seizure, and some advocated surrender, while Su Hao chose to deal with it comprehensively. He revealed himself as a Nord infantry captain and told him that as long as he surrendered, he would not be blamed for the past. So some people who had conscience and did not touch the blood of many Fesdena villagers surrendered like this, and those who did not want to surrender and the crimes were extremely heinous, Su Hao was not reluctant, and directly handed them over to Fesdena and let them deal with them themselves, and those who had less sins were accepted as labor workers, and even let them go directly.
Su Hao organized these surrendered pirates and snow bandits together into a team, and Avril and Su Hao themselves gave them brainwashing lessons every day, and at the same time let Qianxue and Ying dance some good material in it, set up a private scout team, and then handed over the rest to Ken, Mohan and Romney, constantly strengthening their training, and expanding their cavalry, archers and infantry teams.
At the same time, a small part of the wealth of grain and grass that they had hidden in their nests was collected for their own use, and most of it was returned to Fesdena.
In this way, Su Hao is slowly growing his strength, and at the same time gaining the hearts of Fesdena.
I have to say that Avril has a very good brainwashing class, she knows that people are forced to fall into the grass because they are helpless, and the reason why these soldiers are willing to surrender is actually not a yearning for becoming a citizen under the rule of the real kingdom? So she grasped this point and desperately promised them that they would become the subjects of the Nord Kingdom under the leadership of Su Hao, and they would only need to bear a little obligation to be protected by the Nord Kingdom and Captain Su Hao.
And intentionally or unintentionally, she deliberately mentioned Su Hao more often, but the Nord Kingdom was only mentioned at the critical stage of the lecture.
In this way, the number of people in Su Hao's team has exceeded 100, and there is more base like Fesdener.