Shortly after the first snow fell, Dahl led the Winter Sweepers out of town. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The main force of this army was the private army under Baron Dahl, a total of 100 professional soldiers. Don't underestimate these 100 people, not only do they train all year round, but every one of them is fully armed. Baron Dahl was willing to spend money on armaments, and the soldiers were all replaced with simplified full-body armor introduced by the Northwest Republic in recent years. This armor is based on a one-piece breastplate, with the addition of waist, arm, leg armor and helmet masks made of stamped steel sheets, making it a solid heavy-duty full-body armor. Not only that, but it is also much lighter than the traditional full-body armor, and although it cannot travel long distances, it can at least raise a gun and charge, which is beyond the reach of heavy full-body armor in the past.

As for the weapons of these people, they are naturally all exquisite weapons, spears, broadswords, shields, and battle axes, everything.

In addition to these professional soldiers, there were the same number of archers. They belong to the semi-full-time soldiers, who can receive a salary in peacetime, but have to prepare their own equipment. In battle, they are mainly responsible for supporting in the rear, and these experienced archers can often kill weaker monsters such as goblins with a single arrow, and their combat effectiveness is also very strong after forming an army of 100 people.

The army of these two hundred people can be regarded as the confidence of Baron Dahl. And the remaining more than 300 people are just miscellaneous people. About 100 of them were militiamen—mostly rogue scoundrels gathered from various villages. Baron Dahl didn't expect these men to fight tough battles, but they did it when they beat the side drum and helped destroy enemies such as goblins in an advantageous situation.

The last 200 men were mere servants. Among them were specialized servants, the kind of people who had learned from childhood how to serve the soldiers, how to march, how to set up camp, how to build battlefields, but more often there were poor people from the slums of the city. This group of men, women, and children, who were largely untrained, were only responsible for helping to transport baggage and serve the soldiers.

Yes, that's all they need to do. As for other jobs, such as cannon fodder, cannon fodder, and cannon fodder, they don't need them.

The reason why the poor servants were able to have such treatment was naturally due to the clergy of the Church of the Void Mask.

In order to protect this group of poor people, including the local chief priest Kabbalah, all ten priests were dispatched, and even two parishioners were even recruited to help, a group of 12 people, forming a powerful team.

There are three middle-level and nine beginner-level in this team, and their combat effectiveness is definitely not low. Even against Baron Upper Dahl's personal guards, the victory or defeat was between five and five.

And the staffing of this squad is quite reasonable, with two rangers, a priest, three priests, and six paladins, whether ranged, melee, or spell, they have plenty of manpower. The Kabbalah priest even brought the sacred altar and placed it in a special cart, and if necessary, he would be able to exert a power that would strike fear into the hearts of any enemy.

Well, any enemy.

Whether it's beasts, monsters, or ill-intentioned humans.

This was particularly uncomfortable for Baron Dahl, who had wanted to put the clergy in the vanguard and then send them to fight the powerful monsters. As a result, the priests said, "Our altar is here, if you want to give any orders, you can negotiate with your majesty yourself." He had no choice but to admit cowardice and retreat shamefully.

His Majesty the Void Masquerade is a good deity, and Baron Dahl doesn't think he might be in the category that his old man looks like, so it's better not to be bored.

Since he didn't come to discuss it with His Majesty the Void Mask, of course, it would not be good to give a direct order. But Baron Dahl was a clever businessman after all, and he quickly figured it out - it wasn't a big deal not to be able to count the priests. Anyway, when they encounter powerful and evil monsters, can these priests not be able to do so?

If they retreat, then they are not worthy of being priests!

For the sake of these people being able to help him fight a tough battle at that time, Baron Dahl didn't bother with the Void Mask Church, and didn't even let those poor servants risk their deaths.

For the sake of huge profits, there is no need to care about small things, and people who do business must always know how to make trade-offs.

Of course, Baron Dahl does not pin his hopes on the priests of the Void Mask Church at a critical moment, and what he really reassures most is his own personal guard.

A personal guard of knights, thieves, and mages.

In this pro-guard team, there are four masters at the intermediate level alone. In particular, the mage who specializes in protective spells, and the thief who is good at tracking stealth, are the helpers that Baron Dahl has spent a lot of money to hire. They have been living in Dar Territory for five or six years, and they have been working together happily and generally believable.

And the other two mid-rank are the men of the Dahl family itself, two reliable knights.

These two knights had been subordinate to the Dahl family since three or four generations ago, and they could not have been more reliable. One of them was also a distant relative of the baron, the knight's mother, also surnamed Dahl, and had the same great-grandfather as the baron.

With such reliable subordinates, Baron Dahl dared to come out and sweep away beasts and monsters in this icy and snowy time, laying the groundwork for next year's safety.

He had a map in hand, which the thief had summed up for the year, and roughly sorted out all the beasts and monsters in Dahl's territory. The most dangerous thing on this map is a tribe of ogres who have migrated not long ago, and the closest to them is a group of goblins.

Or rather, a tribe of goblins.

"Our first enemy will probably be a group of goblins. When camping at night, the Kabbalah priest, who also had a map of the distribution of beasts and monsters in the Dal Domain, and was far more accurate than Baron Dahl's, gathered the faithful, unfolded the map, and introduced the situation to everyone, "There are probably more than two hundred of these guys, and there are quite a few of them. Among them was a chieftain, a shaman, and six warriors and fifteen archers. In general, it is not easy to deal with. ”

A single goblin can't even beat a sturdy farmer, and even two hundred of them are nothing more than a group of live targets, as long as three or five brave soldiers, one charge kills two or three, and the rest can be easily dispersed. But if there are goblin warriors among them, then they will be more courageous and able to withstand a certain amount of casualties. And if there are more chiefs, they can even put on some decent battle formations and make some clumsy but effective coordination, which makes the danger much more dangerous.

Not only that, but with the Goblin Chieftain, there will be a division of labor among the Goblin Tribes, from which advanced monsters such as Goblin Hunters, Goblin Shooters, etc. are born. Goblin archers are a hated enemy for adventurers, and these shortbow wielders are so skilled at archery that they can hit you in the right spot if you're not careful.

And the most terrifying thing is the goblin shaman. They may not be very powerful on their own, but they can greatly improve the goblins' ability to fight in groups.

"So, in tomorrow's battle, our first target is the chief and the shaman!" At about the same time, the Kabbalah priest and the Baron Dahl both made the same decision. (To be continued.) )