Chapter 101: Training
The newly formed infantry detachment of mountain people ended the battle and formed in the defeated orc horde.
There are still unburned embers in the tribe, and the commune's instructors are working with the orc mercenary officers to classify and record the various materials they have captured, and there are many corpses of orcs and goblins piled up on the side of the collapsed wall, both tribal and commune mercenaries, and the orcs who have lost their homes are roped and ready to be escorted to the iron mines or salt pans to contribute to the commune.
Commander Konid looked at the excited mountain people's subordinates, and smiled a little mockingly, these mountain people recruits were just the orc mercenaries who broke through the cottage and killed dozens of desperate orcs with spears and short bows, and they were so excited that they were really becoming real men, they were still far away! This is not a battle at all.
"Here's a seized ale!" Conneid's lieutenant, Conca, handed over a water bladder.
Konid muttered, took off his iron horn helmet, took the water bladder handed by Conca, and drank the stale ale, his rough taste buds sensed some spoiled ale, Konid coughed, and almost spit out the precious ale, seeing Conca swallowing saliva, Conneid swallowed the ale and returned the bladder to Conca.
"It doesn't taste bad. Konid said against his will.
"Come on, this thing is like horse pee. Conca grumbled as he drank the rest of the ale.
"Actually, we should give it to the dwarves so they can give us armor a little faster?" Konid nodded approvingly, and then offered his opinion.
"It's too little, and it's not fresh, it's not foamy, the dwarves won't be satisfied, giving them this thing will only anger them, and the blacksmith's workshop is at its limit, and it's now producing the iron pots and tools needed for the new production team. Conca pouted absently.
"My soldiers need armor, look at their smug looks, as if they could defeat the orcs, without armor they are not far from death!" said Konaid, dissatisfied.
Of the 100 recruits, only a dozen or so had chain mail or chain armor, these iron armors were eliminated by the fifty camel warriors of the commune who dressed in simple plate armor, and the others had leather armor in a minority, and more people could only wear as thick as possible, most of them had spears in their hands, a few people had short bows in their hands, there was no uniform uniform, no flags and horns, a few people wore cowhide boots, most of them wore straw sandals and leggings, which made Konaid, who had seen the regular army of the Purple Dragon Legion, feel very uncomfortable.
Unlike Conca, who was born in the rocky mountains, Konid was born in a knightly family in the north of Cormier, as the second son, he failed to inherit the family's manor and knight armor, so he could only choose to join the Purple Dragon Legion, participated in many wars, retired with the rank of sergeant, and when the Baron of Iwadi pioneered the rocks, Konid had the opportunity to be knighted in the rocks, but before waiting for the royal letter, the orcs broke through the baron's castle, and Koned was also defeated and captured, and was imprisoned as a slave until recently, and was only recently rescued by the commune, and Konaid, who had military experience, was appointed by Link as the commander of the mountain people's infantry。
'They played well today. Conca pointed to the mountain infantry who were resting in place after the formation, and these young men were talking excitedly to each other, their eyebrows full of flamboyance, and from time to time they showed an exaggerated expression.
Glancing at the orcs and goblins who were a little farther away, Konid whispered: "Have you forgotten what Lord Link said when he gave a meeting to our officers? To master our own strength, we can't just rely on Lord Balusa and the orc mercenaries, these mountain people's current equipment and tactical level are not as good as Cormier's village guards! The next time we fight the cottage, we have to let the mountain people rush the wall!"
"Then our casualties will be very large. Conca replied in a low voice.
"You have to endure the big casualties, there is no point in training like this, the orc mercenaries are getting stronger and stronger, you see their performance today! Do long ladders and battering rams are decent, the archers suppress the wall, the veterans force the recruits to climb the wall with a long ladder, the heavy armor veterans take the opportunity to break the door with a battering ram, after breaking the door, the heavy armor veterans hold long weapons in front, and the lightly armored ones are behind, the archers are free to shoot as skirmishers, and the stockade is captured in just a while, and Lord Balusa Hua can shoot and kill the orc priests, nothing else!" Konear said with some anxiety.
"That's right, let's suggest to Lord Link, we have to focus on it in the future, and we can't break the village like today, how do you say to fight in the future?" said Conca through gritted teeth.
After thinking for a while, Konaide said: "We have to let the orcs come to attack the wall with a long ladder, our people's equipment and combat effectiveness can't take down the wall, let them use the long ladder to die in vain, our archers have to step forward with the orc archers to suppress the wall, we can't let them watch! After breaking the door with a battering ram, we will come! We also have iron armor! After breaking the door, we have to line up, we still have to have a shield, no tower shield, wooden shield is fine, the first row has to be a heavy shield soldier, spearmen and archers are behind the shieldmen, we have to practice a small formation." ”
Looking at the frowning Conca, Konid explained: "Lord Link now makes the trained hundred-man team suitable for large-scale combat, if we have a hundred people, we will line up a five-element spear formation, and the orcs will collapse after a rush." ”
Looking at Conca's disbelief, Konid said: "Now most of the orcs in the rock are old and young, you haven't seen the orc army, you can't meet it now, maybe you will meet it in the future, first let the captives or a large number of goblins impact the enemy's formation, the archers mix behind to shoot the enemy, and when the enemy's formation shakes, the chief and priest will personally charge with the heavy armor, the light armor is behind, the fight is not afraid of death, advance and retreat, human beings are basically not the opponent of orcs in single or small-scale battles, only large-scale battles human beings can win." ”
"How did the Purple Dragon Legion fight?" Conca asked curiously.
"Human rangers and elven archers form a skirmish line to deal with orc archers, heavy infantry with tower shields resist the charge of orcs, war mages use plastic energy spells in the sky to deal with orc chiefs and priests, archers harass orc flanks, heavy cavalry find an opportunity to outflank orcs back road, not to mention mountain people, even the veterans of the Purple Dragon Legion can't beat orcs alone, we have to practice small-scale battle formations, practice how to win the door with orcs, how to fight with orcs in narrow terrain formations, shield soldiers, spearmen and archers, as long as we practice well, we can defeat orcs, orcs don't listen to commands as soon as they go crazy and rush forward with red eyes, not our opponents。 ”
Listening to Konaid's words, Conca nodded: "But I'm afraid that there will not be many opportunities to fight orcs in the future, isn't the Commune now taking the lead in negotiating business with Dangerous Rock Fort? ”
Konid sneered: "Don't worry, there is a chance, didn't Lord Link say that sooner or later you will have to capture the entire rockland, and there is a chance." ”