Surdak felt that it was a bit shocking for a living ghost-patterned male ant to follow behind the cavalry battalion and enter the town of Dodan in a grand manner.

Aphrodite wouldn't stay on the White Forest Plane forever.

So when this ghost male ant walked to the entrance of the canyon, it was considered to be at the end of its life.

Surdak searched for a quiet clearing nearby, and conducted a live dissection of the ghostly males with all the cavalry.

This dissection was done by Surdak himself, but even with a blood-red crescent full of the power of holy light, without being fully soaked in acid and decay, it was definitely not an easy task to completely divide these hard armor skins that were half a foot thick.

Although the Holy Light has a strong corrosive effect on ghost-patterned red ants, this hard carapace is really thick and hard.

Fortunately, Surdak has also dismembered more than 30 ghost-patterned male ants before and after, and he is also experienced in this.

After some on-site autopsy, the cavalry finally figured out that the deadliest part of the ghost-patterned male ant's body was on the back of its neck.

There was a complete piece of hard armor there.

This piece of intact hard armor does not have hard armor pieces stacked on top of each other, so it is easy to peel off.

By making an incision along the edge of the hard carapace and along the soft edge, the hard carapace can be completely peeled off the male ant.

But it was not easy to peel off such a piece of hard armor the size of a small round shield.

The other ghost-striped males are not as honest as this one, they will do everything possible to tear off the enemy from their backs, and then use their huge bodies to crush the enemy into fresh meatloaf.

Of course, if you have the opportunity to peel off this hard carapace, you can see the gray-green cerebral marrow under the fascia inside.

These brain marrows are as fragile as jelly, and a single branch can be inserted into a pulp.

In addition, the joints of the ghost-striped male ant's body are also his weakest parts, and since a ghost-patterned male ant weighs several tons, its six legs bear a large burden.

As long as he can cut off two legs, the ghost male ant can only crawl on the ground when he moves, and his heavy belly will plow four deep furrows in the ground.

As Aphrodite withdrew his mental power, the ghost-patterned male ant let out a reluctant 'hissing' sound, and under the huge shock of his body, he was cut off by Surdak with a sword.

At the ogre's insistence, Surdak took out all the frozen brains and put them in a wooden barrel and gave them to Gullitmu.

Finally, it is dismembered, skinned, and all clean meat is peeled off

Now that the cavalry had become accustomed to eating whatever they wanted, the taste of the red ants was at least stronger than the hard-to-swallow marching rations.

Many cavalry in the cavalry battalion have eaten a lot of demonic beast meat for a while, and their physique has been completely changed.

How can people usually have the opportunity to eat so much Warcraft meat!

Even on the table of the great nobles, they will not be able to eat fresh demonic beast flesh and blood every day.

Therefore, the veterans in the cavalry battalion, with the blessing of the 'Divine Blessed Body' buff effect, their physical fitness far exceeds the limit of the physical fitness of ordinary soldiers, and everyone often eats Warcraft meat to enhance their physique, and always fights to break through the limit of physical fitness, which is of considerable benefit to the improvement of their strength.

In this case, it is not surprising that the veterans frequently advance to the first turn.

The only thing Surdak couldn't help with was to instruct the veterans on how to comprehend the 'potential', and in fact he had no experience in this matter himself.

……

Su En and a group of young natives followed the cavalry team, and it was the first time they saw someone dismember the giant ant clan in such detail, which was the first time it was an eye-opener.

Holding a sharp skinning knife, Surdak is very meticulous in every aspect from beginning to end, and during the dismemberment process, he will often stop to explain, and finally the flesh and bones are completely separated, and the flesh and skin are stored separately.

It's a pity that Su En couldn't understand what Surdak said, and could only guess some clues from his repeated demonstrations.

It was already evening when I returned to Dodan Town along the Dodan Gorge, and in the distance I saw the flags on the northern wall flying in the wind, and the defenders on the wall leaned out of the battlements and waved vigorously at the cavalry.

On the way through the canyon, Suan also met some mercenaries along the way, who had also just returned from hunting at the north entrance of the canyon.

They were polite to the cavalry, but they were not very kind to these indigenous young people, and they were even a little hostile.

Su En and the others passed by the mercenaries with a wary face, but these mercenaries didn't even make a provocative move.

When the army returned to Dodan Town, Surdak called Aung San over, and with Aung San as an interpreter in the middle, communication between the two sides finally became smooth.

It's just that Aung San has been a bit busy lately, he usually has a lot of things to do, and now he is the leader elected by the aborigines of Dodan Town, and he has a lot of trivial matters to deal with every day, so he can't always follow these young natives as an interpreter.

Aung San called his brother Latu over and told him to leave the city guard and join the cavalry battalion with the young natives.

In this way, the military life of these young natives in the cavalry camp was officially begun.

After being assessed on their physical fitness and skills before entering the camp, the young natives were better at running and archery, and Surdak needed to form his own battalion of archers, so the young natives were temporarily issued with an alloy bow, a long dagger, a pot of steel arrows, and a set of chain mail.

The quarters of the Archer Battalion had just been expanded, and the new dormitories had fifteen bunk beds, just enough to accommodate five squads.

This time, a total of twenty-three young natives joined the cavalry battalion, which was just enough to form four archer squads, and Latu, as an experienced veteran, was naturally promoted to the squadron leader of this half of the archer team, and Suan was appointed deputy squadron leader.

Each young aboriginal was given a set of sleeping bags, and each squad was a standard combat unit, and a set of marching tents, iron pots, shovels, and so on were uniformly distributed.

Latour led the young natives into the canteen of the barracks, and saw that the barracks actually provided unlimited free food, and these young natives had eaten their first meal, and they did not dare to bend down when they walked out of the canteen one by one.

Latour took them around the training ground again and gave them an overview of some of the requirements in the barracks.

The next day, the young natives began training with the other archers.

……

"The pensions of these fallen knights are carried out according to this standard, and the merit value of the last battle is also taken into account."

Surdak sat at his desk in the study and said to Selena.

"Got it." Selena held a merit book, nodded and walked out.

She was in charge of logistics and merit statistics in the cavalry battalion, and this time more than sixty cavalrymen were killed, and the merits of these cavalrymen had to be calculated separately, plus the post-war pension, which Selena believed would give their families a comfortable life for a while.

She hadn't woken up long ago, and she was still a little tired.

It's just this merit counting job, and no one can replace her.

……

The mercenary leader walked up the steps of the small building in the barracks, and the guards at the door pushed open the wooden door of the small building for him.

He stepped into the hallway and saw Selena coming out of the study with a sheepskin ledger, she was wearing a long black dress, her body was graceful and plump, and her beautiful face had a hint of tiredness.

The mercenary president knew Selena and knew that she had a special position in the cavalry battalion, so he hurriedly greeted her.

Selena looked up and saw the mercenary leader, bowed slightly, and walked out of the small building.

……

Surdak crouched on his desk, making some changes to the details on a map.

He looked up and saw that it was the mercenary leader walking in, and motioned for him to sit down on the chair opposite him first.

Nika brought two cups of black tea and immediately retreated.

Surdak finished revising the markings on the map before he looked up at the mercenary leader.

This president's personality is a little too soft, he is very low-key, and he seems to have no sense of existence in the mercenary union, it is said that such a person cannot be the president, but he is very popular in the mercenary union.

When Surdak first came to Dodan, he had a bad impression of this man.

However, when the beast tide broke out later, the president of the mercenary union persuaded two mercenary groups to run to the north city wall to help defend him, and his impression of him changed.

Now that I think about it, this old man is indeed working diligently for the mercenary union, which is the main reason why the mercenaries support him.

The mercenary leader rubbed his hands, glanced at the map on the table, squinted his eyes and said:

"Commander Surdak, I heard that this cavalry battalion has lost some cavalry in the hills and mountains, and so many cavalry have been wounded, and now the military strength may be a little insufficient, I heard that you have recruited some men from the indigenous tribes......

He paused before he added:

"I came here this time to find out the specific situation, if you want to recruit cavalry, our mercenary union also has some mercenaries with good ability, and they also have the idea of joining the cavalry battalion."

Surdak asked him:

"Mercenaries in the guild want to join the cavalry battalion?"

The mercenary leader nodded,

"That's it."

Surdak wanted to laugh a little inexplicably, and he scraped the stubble on his chin with his fingers, taking the opportunity to rub the muscles of his face to cancel out the smile.

"This kind of thing is also part of the daily affairs of the mercenary union?" Surdak asked.

The mercenary leader squeezed out a humble smile and said:

"Someone has to stand up on their behalf and ask you about the situation, and I think it's better for me to come and inquire about this matter than for them to go to the barracks one by one to inquire about it, after all, I can represent most of the mercenaries in Dodan Town."

Surdak nodded ambiguously and said:

"Mercenaries want to join the cavalry battalion, I naturally welcome it, the weekly salary is basically no different from the veterans hired in the military camp now, as long as it is not during the military service, there is some salary every week in the cavalry battalion, these are the most basic benefits of the cavalry battalion."

"But ......"

His voice was a little heavy,

He looked up and stared coldly into the eyes of the mercenary leader and said:

"Once you join the cavalry battalion, the specific actions need to be subject to unified deployment, and disobedience to orders will be considered rebellion."

"Once you join a cavalry battalion, you must serve for four years without any disability before you can leave, otherwise you will be considered a deserter."

After saying this, his voice changed.

"After all, this is a cavalry battalion, it is impossible to join if you want to, and leave casually if you want to, in that case, it is better to be hired temporarily in case of war."

"I know what you guys are looking at, now I see the cavalry of the cavalry battalion clearing the ghost pattern red ants, and harvesting merit can be exchanged for some nice magic items."

"But they should also be able to see that this time we lost a battle, and we brought back more than sixty jars full of ashes, and we have to think clearly about this."

The mercenary leader nodded a little embarrassed.

When many mercenaries in the union saw that the cavalry battalion had recruited some men from the indigenous tribes this time, some of them immediately thought carefully: 'If the cavalry battalion is short of people, we mercenaries can do it!' ’

Thinking that after these cavalry hunted ghost pattern red ants, almost everyone exchanged some valuable magic items from the merit exchange list, and at worst they could exchange some gold coins and magic crystals, and there were all kinds of envious voices in the mercenary union.

However, these mercenaries did not directly find Surdak, and they were obviously in awe of this tough commander, more fearful than respectful.

That's why the president of the union came to Surdak to find out.

Of course, Surdak also knew that the mercenaries wanted to join the combat group, and they were interested in the items on the merit exchange list.

Once the ant tide passes, it will not be as easy to accumulate merit as it is now, and when the mercenaries leave the cavalry camp for various reasons, it will make a mess of the cavalry camp.

That's the last thing Surdak wants.

……

Not long after the head of the Mercenary Guild left, the guard at the gate of the barracks came running over and reported to Surdak:

"The steward of the Thunder Rhino Caravan has come to visit."

Surdak asked him to bring people in, and pushed open the window of the study, letting in the sober air outside.

Outside the barracks dormitory in the distance, a group of wounded soldiers lay under the eaves basking in the sun, and after Surdak returned, he did not have time to check on them.

It was evident that the wounded soldiers were in a good mood and did not have a gloomy look on their faces, and they seemed to have either confidence in Surdak's medical skills or in the compensation paid by the cavalry battalion.

The bath wall is simply the liveliest place in the entire barracks station.

Every time the cavalry came back, they would wash the blood from their bodies here, and then run to the canteen in fresh and clean clothes to eat and drink, and then lie down in the dormitory for a good night's sleep.

Andrew and Gulit were also next to the bath wall, competing with the other cavalry for their scars.

The two-headed ogre was born with 'stone skin magic', and his skin was like a hard rock when he fought, so he didn't have any scars, and he was immediately compared.

But the brothers, Gulit and Brainflower, were notoriously eloquent, standing by the wall and arguing with a group of horsemen.

If it weren't for the ogre, it is estimated that these cavalrymen would probably roll up their sleeves and stand up to fight him.

But now I can only spit at the gutter and endure it.