Victor laughed, "I trained the secret knights of the Randall family precisely at the suggestion of Trisley. ”

The Grand Legion strategy was a military idea proposed and implemented by Victor to deal with the opponents of the ancient alchemists. It involves changes in many fields such as politics, economy, military, logistics, equipment technology, and infrastructure. In the end, however, it must be embodied in the innovation of specific tactics and tactics.

Through Victor's ingenious design, the Grande Legion strategy was first supported by Sylvia and Clement. Under the impetus of the Knights of the Gods and the Pope, the knight lords of the kingdoms of Centaur Hills and Neville generally accepted the basic concept of "great armies fighting for attrition".

However, Victor's copying of the military system and battle formations of the Earth Cold Weapon Era was questioned by the vast majority of knight lords.

Among them, the Duke of York and Lady Caterina were the most fiercely opposed.

If the York family wants to open up the territory of the Southern Continent, they must first ensure that the people and horses are not worried. At least 16,000 soldiers need to be stationed in the three walls to block Ant-Man, and the reserve force of Centaur Hills cannot be less than 20,000 people. Only by fully implementing Victor's Grand Army strategy can the lords of the House of York meet the needs of both opening and defending fronts.

However, if the lords of the Centaur Hills were to use the 5,000-strong mercenary corps of the Randall family, then the Duke of York and Caterina would have to recruit more mercenaries in order to ensure the military superiority of the lord. As a result, the York family will be mired in military competition, and perhaps before the southern continent can be explored, the finances of Jinshui City will collapse.

Caterina couldn't say plainly that the mercenary corps advocated by Victor would cause the Duke to go bankrupt early. From a military point of view, she elaborated on the shortcomings of Randall's mercenary corps. For example, a 5,000-strong mercenary army is slow to move, unable to play the central role of knights and clergy, extremely low in combat effectiveness and mobility, and particularly prone to collapse when confronted with strong enemies, etc.

Victor admits that Caterina is right in saying that a 5,000-strong mercenary corps must be arranged in a tight formation to ensure order and command in battle, otherwise it will be a rabble. However, it is difficult for the priest to take care of 5,000 people at the same time, and it is difficult for the knight to exert his strength in the military array. If the formation collapsed, the knights and priests would not be able to control the fleeing soldiers.

The soldiers in the army are mortal creatures, and of course they will also collapse. If the army never fails, then what do you need to do with the army? In fact, since ancient times, almost every battle in the earth world has ended in the collapse of one side.

However, Victor's ideal large army is often hundreds of thousands of people, and there is no 5,000-strong legion, so that commander has the ability to command so many people?

Caterina discussed the formation of the Legion with Victor many times, and she wanted the Randall family to divide the 3,800 mercenaries into 8 small legions, each with a full strength of 500 men, so that the mercenary legions could be compatible with the extraordinary power of the knights and battle priests.

Victor never let go. Sylvia was also silent on this issue.

She wanted to see what else her sweetheart could do, but Victor was shaken.

Katerina asks Victor two questions: Why should mercenaries be organized in groups of 5,000 people?

Victor was stunned for a long time before realizing that he had made a cognitive mistake.

On the network of the earth world, the Macedonian infantry phalanx was blown to the gods, and the Macedonian infantry phalanx was defeated by the Roman Empire's infantry phalanx. Victor took it for granted that the Roman phalanx was superior, and the Randall family's mercenary corps was based on the Roman Empire's legions.

But what invincible tactics are there in this world? If so, how can it be eliminated?

It is hard to imagine that the infantry phalanx of BC could endure and sweep through the Liuhe Eight Desolations.

This does not make sense logically, and historical facts have also witnessed the continuous elimination and improvement of the tactics of the military formations.

The Macedonian soldiers defeated the Persian army head-on, but the Roman legions used the new tactic of throwing spears and short swords to break the Macedonian phalanx.

By the third century, the Germanic barbarian peoples were oppressed by the Xiongnu and migrated to the territory of the Roman Empire. In response to the threat of barbarian peoples, the Roman Emperor Diocletian implemented military reforms, reducing the Roman legion of 6,000 men to 1,000.

In the fourth century, the Hun king Attila knocked the Roman Empire to the north. Even though the "Whip of God" suffered a crushing defeat at the Battle of Chalon, the Huns used a carriage formation to stop the attack of the Roman coalition. This tactic was learned by the Huns from the hands of the Han army.

At the beginning of the 8th century, after the fall of Spain, the Frankish court minister Karl Martel abandoned the infantry phalanx tactics and formed armored cavalry to defeat the invaders. From the 9th to the 10th centuries, Vikings and Hungarian cavalry swept through Europe. In the face of an elusive enemy, the infantry of the kingdoms of Western Europe was useless, but the armored cavalry shone brightly. The castles and knights of medieval Europe came from this.

The invincible Ironclad Knights defeated the Viking berserkers and the Hungarian cavalry, only to encounter the English longbowmen, followed by the Mongol archers...... The once glorious tactics of the Roman legions have long since been lost to the dust of history.

The soldier is impermanent, the water is impermanent, and the one who wins due to the change of the enemy is called a god.

Blindly imitating the tactics of the era of cold weapons on earth will not work at all.

In contrast, the tactical tactics of knights, clergy, and human soldiers working together are more in line with the realities of another world.

One knight, four midshipmen, and 20 to 30 elite soldiers form a squad of knights. A squad of knights with 3 battle priests and 15 paladins can lead 140 vassal soldiers to form a knight brigade. Three knightly brigades form a standard legion of about 500 people.

This is the largest military unit in the human kingdom, and if there are more of them, chaos will inevitably occur, which will reduce the combat effectiveness of the standard legion.

In the heat of battle, several, or even dozens of standard legions, cooperate with each other and fight in tandem. As long as the knight lord and battle priest are around, the loyal vassal soldiers will not collapse. If the Knight Lord dies in battle, the Battle Priest will lead the soldiers of the Knight Brigade to continue the battle. When all the knights and priests of the Standard Legion are killed, the soldiers must try to get out of the battle, go to the rear and regroup, and join the disabled Standard Legion with the belief of avenging the Lord.

What are the consequences of the withdrawal of a large army of 5,000 men in battle? Will the soldiers who have not been blessed with divine magic by the priest be frightened? How can a large army split into two groups, the brave and the cowardly?

The worst thing is that even if the mercenary army has enough battle priests, those battle priests are not Victor's subordinates, how can they allow the Warlord to use bloody methods to suppress the fleeing mercenaries.

Trisley tells Victor that the victims of the Great Fight in Rock City are mostly killed by stampedes. Victor finally made up his mind to train his own secret knight.

"I am ready to reduce the size of the mercenary corps. ”

Sylvia blinked her charming blue eyes and asked with a smirk, "Honey, are you ready to give up?"

Victor's heart moved and asked, "What do you think, my dear?"

Sylvia raised her slender hand, straightened her hair, and said lightly: "Traditional tactical tactics can't help me gain an advantage in the Southern Continent. ”

Augusta had tens of thousands of vassals, and the Yorks were only higher in overall strength than the Solims among the Great Lords of Gambis. If the centaur hills use traditional tactics to open up the southern continent, not to mention the Augustian royal family, even the Wellington family has an advantage over the York family.

Sylvia said softly, "In my opinion, the Grand Legion should be able to accommodate more tactical tactics, for example, the car camp you designed is very good...... Dear, the knightly standard legion is indispensable, but the new tactics of mercenaries cannot be abandoned. Inclusiveness is the direction of the Grand Army. ”

Victor smiled, hugged Sylvia's soft body, and said with great interest: "Honey, we have thought of a piece. ”

The professional mercenary corps is the hole card of the York family to surpass other big families, but in Victor's eyes, the rapidly forming and constantly replenishing mercenary corps represents the hope of humanity to defeat the mysterious invaders.

The main reason for the low combat effectiveness of mercenary legions is the limited number of knights and priests.

However, with the promotion and improvement of the new farming and pastoral system, the number of believers and clergy will grow in parallel. The Refinement Flask and Gold Recovery Flask will significantly increase the number and abilities of the Cadet Knights.

Victor's readjustment of the mercenary corps is not a complete rejection of the Grane Legion's way of fighting, but a necessary supplement to the tactics of the Grane Legion.

The Alchemy Militia's individual strength is close to that of veteran probationary knights, but their ability to make decisions on the fly is too poor to lead an army. Victor is ready to adopt 100 young sons and daughters of down-and-out nobles, and use the refining potion, gold potion, and body shaping secret method to train a group of family dead. If half of them can awaken their fighting spirit and become senior trainee knights, the Randall family will have 50 generals comparable to beginner knights, and with the alchemy militia and alchemy auxiliaries, Victor will be able to form 20 elite ranger regiments.

"I plan to transfer the War Bear mercenaries and set up a staff department to oversee the affairs of the Randall Legion. Within 20 years, a large army of 4 to 50,000 men was formed, including 20 ranger regiments of 300 men each, for a total of 6,000 elite rangers. ”

"In addition to the elite rangers, there are also infantry regiments, chariot regiments, archery regiments, ironclad cavalry regiments, baggage regiments, and so on......"

Victor told the story of his military reform plan. After hearing this, Sylvia frowned and said, "The staff is extremely powerful, your war bear mercenaries are all ordinary people, will the secret knights of the Randall family obey their orders?"

Victor Zhengse said: "The Great Army is strictly hierarchical, and it pays attention to the fact that orders must be carried out, and those who violate orders will be beheaded. Otherwise, those mercenaries will be scattered, and the battle will be crushed, and more than half of the legions will be killed or wounded by a stampede alone...... Moreover, the General Staff is only responsible for giving advice to the Commander-in-Chief, and orders are given by the Commander-in-Chief himself. ”

Sylvia's eyes lit up and she asked, "You are the commander of Randall's legion?"

"I'm definitely the supreme commander of House Randall. ”

Victor smiled and said, "But below me, there may be a commander-in-chief...... If the Randall family has 5 large armies, how can I control them alone?"

"Actually, my dear, you are facing the same problem right now. You are undoubtedly the supreme military commander of the Centaur Hills, and if the vassal lords of the House of York have a large army, they are the commanders under your command. Of course, you can't give specific tactical instructions to the commander-in-chief, you can only put forward clear combat goals. For example, the Earl of Tellandon was asked to capture a high ground and build a defense within ten days. ”

"To put it simply, you only ask the commander to complete the task, and you can't control how the other party fights. ”

Sylvia nodded, pursed her lips again, and said unhappily, "Then won't I enjoy the fun of going into battle to kill the enemy?"

Victor shook his head and said, "The extraordinary intelligence of the Divine Knight is more suitable for controlling the overall situation...... That's a battle of hundreds of thousands of people! Wait until you've cornered the enemy's main force before you can lead the Rose Knights into battle. ”

"The Great Battle ...... of Hundreds of Thousands of People"

Sylvia's face was flushed, and her pink tongue licked her delicate red lips, "Seems to be funny." ”

Victor stared blankly at the unparalleled Sylvia, stunned for a few seconds, coughed dryly, and said, "My dear, about the refining potion......"

"The ingredients are ordinary, but the potions are expensive. Sylvia said with a smile.

Victor smiled and said, "You're not going to buy me 1,000 gold soles, are you?"

Sylvia shook her head, stretched out her jade hand and shook it in front of Victor, and said, "The quota of 3 arcane warriors is exchanged for 1 refining potion. ”

"What?!"

Victor was about to jump, but was pressed against the couch by Sylvia and gagged his mouth with her red lips. After a while, she let go of Victor and said coquettishly, "You are too expensive, then the price is 1,000 gold soles for 1." You must know that the secret refining potion of the Kite Castle is worth 3,000 gold soles each. ”

Victor said helplessly: "Honey, this is indeed a bit expensive......

The Randall family and the church made an agreement to exchange ten half-dragon hearts, plus a set of Zesheng medicinal herbs and 400 gold sol in exchange for a place for an arcane warrior. The Randall family cultivates an arcane warrior, and the resources cost more than 1,000 gold soles. However, it takes up to 10 Refining Potions to raise a Secret Knight. According to the price of 1,000 gold soles, to train a trainee knight, Victor has to prepare 10,000 gold soles. Train 100 apprentice knights, which is 1,000,000 gold soles.

Victor doesn't have so much money in his hands, but he can take out the resources to train arcane warriors. With the Wizard of Emerson and the Vigilante Militia, the resources of the Swamp are not yet up to Victor to demand.

Victor was ready to accept Sylvia's terms, but he couldn't agree so happily that she wouldn't see the flaws. Just as he was about to bargain, Sylvia shook her head and said, "The scholars of Rose Manor are cultivating alien war beasts. The dragoons in Kite Castle are all apprentice knights. I don't have that many apprentice knights...... But I can train arcane warriors to act as war beast cavalry. ”

"However, the church has a quota for cultivating arcane warriors for each family. August is 1000 and our York family is 300. Sylvia looked sideways at Victor and asked, "Why isn't there a quota for the Randall family's arcane warriors?"

Victor suddenly realized and said, "After a long time, Pope Clement originally wanted to hide people's eyes and ears and train arcane warriors for you?"

"What do you think? That in itself is a condition of Clement's alliance with me. ”

Sylvia raised an eyebrow, squinted at Victor and said, "It's not just Randall who is close to the Lizard Swamp. ”

Seeing that her sweetheart was a little frustrated, she comforted her again: "My dear, the refining potion of the Kite Castle is excellent, and an average of five can create a trainee knight. But with medicine alone, it is not possible to have noble heirs. I have arranged for Audair to travel to the Kingdom of Souss to persuade Kim to adopt the noble children of the Eastern Alliance. I can give you some...... Are you satisfied?"

Victor perked up and said busily, "Of course I am satisfied." Just do it on your terms!"

"4000 gold sol adopts a child with knightly blood. ”

"Give me 20 first. Victor gritted his teeth and nodded heavily. This price is a bit inflated, but he really has no channel to do aristocratic population trade now.

Sylvia was greatly satisfied, and asked with a smile, "In the future, how are you going to place the secret knights of the Randall family?"

"25 years of service, 70 square kilometers of fiefdom. ”

For the Secret Knights, a fief of 70 square kilometers is a bit small, but the land of the Centaur Hills is different. Sylvia nodded and asked, "Lord?"

Victor hesitated and said, "There must be a lordship...... However, the nobles of the Randall family only enjoyed the ownership of the land, and the land use and administrative rights were directly managed by Pinghu Town. It's like Lord Nelson, who and Linda hold important positions, and all the realms are entrusted to me. Of course, such a new family does not have the ability to govern the territory. Conversely, they now have much more power than Lord Lords. ”

Sylvia said with a burning gaze, "You really want to brake the vassal!"

Victor said leisurely: "The times are different, there are more and more apprentice knights in the family, how many territories do we have to seal? And what lord is willing to weaken his power? The knight of the family can be named a lord above the baron...... As for the lord lords, it is better to be in our hands. ”

Sylvia looked at Victor quietly, her red lips lightly opened, "Very good, this is also the result I want." ”

She stood up and asked with a smile, "By the way, you just said that I am the supreme military commander of the Centaur Hills, so do you also obey my orders?"

Victor nodded and said solemnly: "War is not a game, military orders are like mountains, and words must be done. As a member of the Centaur Hills, I must of course obey the orders of the Supreme Commander. ”

"That's good. Sylvia crossed her slender waist with her hands on her waist, raised her delicate chin, and said to Victor proudly: "I now command you, serve me well, and fulfill all my requirements!"

Enraged, Victor picked up Sylvia and threw her onto the ornate feathered bed, where she pounced viciously.

"At home, I'm your man!"