CHAPTER XXIII

Early the next morning, the recruits got up to the sound of the horn, packed up, and set off for the hills north of the city, led by Sean, accompanied by the few remaining veterans of Keane's territory. Pen Γ— fun Γ— Pavilion www. biquge。 ο½‰ο½Žο½†ο½

Although it has been two months of training, the gap between recruits and veterans is still significant. When walking in unison in the barracks, I couldn't see it, but at this moment, when marching out of the city, the veterans' pace was much lighter and steadier than that of the recruits, and there was not even a trace of fear on their faces, only full of confidence and high morale.

They were originally brave and aggressive, and many of them were even hooligans before they became soldiers. As long as there is a prize money, they welcome the big game. Even if there is no bonus, they will find a fight when they are bored, and they will use it as a pastime.

During this time, they patrolled with Rhett, although Rhett's martial arts were strong enough to suppress them, but this group of energetic people had not fought for several months, and they had long been panicked. Knowing that they were going to exterminate the gray goblins, they were all elated, with bloodthirsty and aggressive eyes in their eyes, and they couldn't wait to vent their desire for destruction that had been held back for months.

Of course, this is also because the gray goblin is weak enough. If it were an ogre or a bear goblin or something, they wouldn't be so excited.

Fighting gray goblins is for nothing, and fighting ogres is going to kill you......

Under their infection, the courage of the recruits was also plucked up. They looked at the well-maintained armor on the carriage next to them, clenched the weapons in their hands, and listened to the nonchalant laughter of the veterans next to them, and naturally had a bottom in their hearts.

This is the advantage of veterans bringing new soldiers, but any army, as long as the veterans are not exhausted, and the veterans bring new soldiers, it will soon be able to rebuild.

Not to mention that Crick spent a lot of money on the training of recruits, who were well fed and warmly clothed. There is enough training every day, not only the discipline is in place, but the physical fitness is also very good, which is exactly the kind that is most welcomed by the modern army.

In Crick's opinion, although they are not strong enough for the time being, the force is much weaker than that of the veterans. But it is they who represent the direction of the army of the future. As for the veterans, they will either go one step further and become the equivalent of veteran adventurers and become specialized elites, or they will have to be phased out and sent to the countryside to become militia squad leaders.

The courage and toughness of the veterans can effectively inspire and motivate the militia. Wait until the territory has enough manpower and material resources in the future. It will be much more convenient to train the militia again.

As the troops slowly left the city, Crick noticed a horse galloping away, and on horseback was Rena.

He couldn't help but smile slightly, a little more sure of today's victory.

In order to preserve the physical strength of the soldiers, the troops did not march fast, and it was not until noon that they came to the foot of the mountain.

Crick did not rush up the mountain, but let the soldiers rest first. Eat some lunch and fully recover. And he took out the simple map that he had already drawn. Discuss it with Red and Sean.

"I arranged for the adventurers to lure the grey goblins to the bend in the river. He pointed to the map and said, "It's a good place for us to fight." ”

Red and Sean didn't know in advance, but when they heard it at the moment, they couldn't help but look at each other and laugh.

"Originally, I thought it was inconvenient to use a two-handed spear in the woods. I can't pull the array, so I can only rely on the advantage of the armor to fight slowly. You're ready, my lord!" said Sean with a smile, "The terrain is open, and there is still a river behind the goblins, and there is no way back." I can't win that way. Just jump into the river and die. ”

"Such open terrain is very advantageous for archers. "There are hoplites in front of you holding down the position, and I'm in the back with the archers, so I can make sure not even a single grey goblin escapes." ”

He spoke lightly, without the slightest hint of twenty or thirty gray goblins.

This is not pride, with his strength, even if he single-handedly can wipe out a large tribe of hundreds of goblins. The reason why he wants to make a big move this time is nothing more than to train his troops through goblins.

The reason why Crick brought the veterans with him was to be insured, to prevent the recruits from being inexperienced and making mistakes on the spot, and secondly, to logically let Red come too.

To be honest, there is a high-level powerhouse in the team, and he is much more down-to-earth.

Not to mention that this strong man is a sharpshooter, and he is still the kind that can shoot three arrows in an instant. With Rhett in the team, he can make sure nothing goes wrong and avoid casualties.

Keane really can't afford to die at the moment!

Because of the next battle, the soldiers did not eat much, but after a little bread and water, and rested for a while, they got up again, moved their bodies, and waited for the order to leave.

After a while, a horse galloped up and stopped beside the group. Rena jumped off the horse, although her expression was a little unnatural, but she still smiled and said, "The mission is complete, I have arranged a look that looks like a wild wolf hunting and then being killed by a passing adventurer, and the goblins are rushing out towards the river. ”

Crick also smiled, waved his hand, and ordered the troops to set off again.

He wasn't worried that Rena would deceive himself, and the favorability of the character attributes had risen from sixty to sixty-five was enough to tell.

Although Rena seems to have something on her mind, who doesn't have a little secret?

As long as things can be done well, what does it matter if there is a secret or something?

When the troops set out this time, they were no longer marching slowly, but hurriedly trotting, making a circle, copying the back road, and intercepting between the mountains and forests and the river.

At this time, I can already see the chaotic scene in the open space at the bend of the river from a distance, Rena did a very beautiful job, she got a sheep and a wolf, the sheep was bitten to death by the wolf at a glance, the wounds forged by the senior adventurer may not be able to deceive the peers, but there is no problem in deceiving the goblin, and the wolf was killed by a sword, the head is different, with the horseshoe prints next to it, it is obvious that the wolf hunted a sheep, but was killed by a passing adventurer. The adventurer was so strong in martial arts that he didn't even dismount before sweeping the account with a sword.

Rena is indeed not a combat-type adventurer, but no matter how bad she is, her level of the tenth-level combat profession did not fall from the sky. It's just a wolf, and it's really not in her eyes.

In fact, she could try to exterminate the gray goblins on her own, but it was a bit of a risk. If Crick had given her a little more money, she wouldn't have minded taking a risk.

But Crick is not wronged......

After occupying the favorable terrain, the recruits were busy putting on their armor. They were heavily armoured, and their armor was worn in battle, otherwise...... A suit of armor is more than twenty kilograms, and it is absolutely impossible to fight for a long time wearing such a thing.

However, heavy armor naturally has the benefits of heavy armor, heavy armor means strong defense, when these recruits put on the heavy armor neatly, and then put on the helmet like an iron bucket, it suddenly becomes a moving steel fortress. Thirty of these steel fortresses were drawn into a huge arc, and the spears in both hands, which were about two and a half meters, pressed over with such a menacing attitude......

Although everyone couldn't understand the goblin language, the reaction of the gray goblins was clear at a glance. They were all stunned when they saw dozens of steel fortresses with terrifying spears and shouting slogans in unisonβ€”in fact, "One-Two-One," to keep the ranks in order. Everyone even saw a goblin with a drop of flesh in his mouth making a strange scream, and his mouth was so long that he wondered if his jaw would be dislocated, and the flesh in his mouth naturally fell off.

The gray goblins are not very smart, and at a glance, Crick can see that they are all a bunch of scum with a maximum intelligence of nine. But no matter how stupid they are, they know that there is no way out but to fight to the death.

A tall gray goblin quickly picked up a bow and arrow that had been placed on the ground, and bent it to shoot an arrow at the recruits.

The arrow whizzed into a recruit's chest, ricocheted off by the solid metal armor, leaving only a shallow trail.

Several other grey goblin archers then followed suit, but they didn't do better than their companions. In the face of heavily armed hoplites with their heads in barrel helmets, ordinary wooden bows and toothed arrows could not pose a threat at all.

The rest of the grey goblins took up their weapons, mostly spears and a few with large wooden clubs, and they screamed and charged towards the recruits.

Facing this group of ugly monsters screaming and rushing over, the recruits' originally neat steps suddenly became a little chaotic. Sean, who was following the group, immediately shouted "calm down", but he couldn't really calm them down.

Just then, a roar came from behind them, but it was Crick who spoke.

"Stand upright!"

The recruits immediately subconsciously straightened up, and the originally somewhat chaotic ranks were back in order. Sean finally breathed a sigh of relief, hurriedly ordered to raise his gun, put on an offensive stance, and slowly moved forward according to his orders, continuing to compress the goblins' space for movement.

The next scene was really tragic, the charging goblins crashed headlong into the Rulin spear formation, and not a single one of them could attack the recruits alive. Gray-green, reddish blood spurted all over the ground and splashed on the recruits' bodies.

The recruits immediately panicked again, but this time Sean controlled the rhythm well, using roars and orders to restore order and move on.

The goblins who failed in their charge had no choice but to turn around and jump into the river. At this time, it was the turn of the veterans under Red's command, most of them could use bows and arrows, and even if they couldn't use bows and arrows, they would pick up rocks by the river and throw them out, and one of them even used a sling. Covered by various long-range attacks, not even one of the slow-moving goblins in the river reached the opposite bank alive, and soon turned into corpses along with the blood in the river.

Interestingly, there was actually a dead man hiding in a pile of corpses on the bank of the river. This guy was seen by Crick at a glance, and with a casual finger, he was stabbed by several recruits and died no more.

In this battle, the total number of twenty-seven gray goblins was wiped out, and none of the recruits led by Keane were killed! )